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== Mario Kart ==

== Mario Kart ==

Jacob joined the [[Mario Kart Players' Page]] on July 7, 2007. He had more interest in the 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; working his way up 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 had also submitted a set of times for [[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]] during this initial karting 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 the 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; working his way up 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 immediately liked the game. 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 had also submitted a set of times for [[Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]] during this initial karting period, debuting on the site somewhere ranked very low.

When Jacob returned from the trip, he submitted his times for MKSC and juggled 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 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.