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== Mario Kart ==

== Mario Kart ==

Jacob joined the [[Mario Kart Players' Page]] on July 7, 2007. He had more interest in ARR system than his overall rank on the ladder, as he was drawn the allure of the hallowed [[God]] standard and figured that it was pointless for a newbie karter to worry about overall ranking. He printed out timesheets for all the standards and went to work. He progressed through the standards at a steady pace, and worked his way from Beginner A. According to his comments in his submissions, he reached Expert F by July 22, Semi-Pro C by July 28, Pro D by August 4, and an ARR of 20.0 (Master F) by August 10. He earned one POW over that period for week 1 of August. He then received his copy of [[Super Mario Kart]] that he ordered off of eBay. He had never played SMK before, but he immediately fell in love. He only had time to play each course once and submit of full set of times; because the day after he left to go on a 10-day vacation with his entire extended family. He grabbed a copy of [[Mario Kart Super Circuit]] to take on the trip and worked on learning the game and getting a full time set with Bowser. He submitted a set of times for [[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]] during this period, debuting on the site somewhere ranked very low.

Jacob joined the [[Mario Kart Players' Page]] on July 7, 2007. He had more interest in ARR system than his overall rank on the ladder, as he was drawn to the allure of the hallowed [[God]] standard and figured that it was pointless for a newbie karter to worry about overall ranking. He printed out timesheets for all the standards and went to work. He progressed through the standards at a steady pace, and worked his way from Beginner A. According to his comments in his submissions, he reached Expert F by July 22, Semi-Pro C by July 28, Pro D by August 4, and an ARR of 20.0 (Master F) by August 10. He earned one POW over that period for week 1 of August. He then received his copy of [[Super Mario Kart]] that he ordered off of eBay. He had never played SMK before, but he immediately fell in love. He only had time to play each course once and submit of full set of times; because the day after he left to go on a 10-day vacation with his entire extended family. He grabbed a copy of [[Mario Kart Super Circuit]] to take on the trip and worked on learning the game and getting a full time set with Bowser. He submitted a set of times for [[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]] during this period, debuting on the site somewhere ranked very low.

When Jacob returned from the trip, he submitted his times for MKSC and juggled school, MK64, SMK, and MKSC for the rest of 2007. In MK64, he worked his way up to Elite A. In SMK, he earned two MVKs on the [[Non-NBT]] page for November and December. In MKSC, he didn't do much.

When Jacob returned from the trip, he submitted his times for MKSC and juggled school, MK64, SMK, and MKSC for the rest of 2007. In MK64, he worked his way up to Elite A. In SMK, he earned two MVKs on the [[Non-NBT]] page for November and December. In MKSC, he didn't do much.

Jacob continued karting in 2008, playing primarily SMK and MK64 for the few first months until he bought [[Mario Kart DS]] to play during a car trip to Cleveland. Upon returning from the trip, Jacob remained active, but his karting slowed down due to the track season beginning. He played all five kart games between March and June 2008. He reached King B in MK64, the NTSC top 100 in SMK, reached around #200 in MKDS, played some MKSC, and played MKDD once or twice. He then left on a school trip to China on in mid-June, and just didn't really play much when he got back.

Jacob continued karting in 2008, playing primarily SMK and MK64 for the few first months until he bought [[Mario Kart DS]] to play during a car trip to Cleveland. Upon returning from the trip, Jacob remained active, but his karting slowed down due to the track season beginning. He played all five kart games between March and June 2008. He reached King B in MK64, the NTSC top 100 in SMK, reached around #200 in MKDS, played some MKSC, and played MKDD once or twice. He then left on a school trip to China in mid-June, and just didn't really play much when he got back.

Jacob is known on the Players' Page Forums by his frequently used mononym; chili and is credited with popularizing the use of the bathtub smiley at the end of a post.

Jacob is known on the Players' Page Forums by his frequently used mononym; chili and is credited with popularizing the use of the bathtub smiley at the end of a post.