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Ilari had begun his playing career using the [[1.1]] control style. Although several players had done exceptionally well using this method, it was by now widely considered to be the harder of the styles to use to get top times with, and had been proven to be slower at the very very top level.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I didn't get that much really before I changed to [[1.2]] ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' maybe partly reason for my slow start ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' except 53 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and those cake wrs ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' [[runway]] SA 23 and [[depot]] 26 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' well I PRd a lot ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I didn't feel I was getting the times I wanted still ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and I believed that if 1.2 is faster then if I should use it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it just seemed impossible at times to switch ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I thought I should be good enough to be able to use it if others can too ~~

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~~{{clr}}~~

Eventually he got the hang of it and struggled to his first 1.2 PR, Dam SA 1:20 on 19th February 2005. He never returned to 1.1

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~~'''The Illu:''' it changed things so much ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it's lot also about the confidence ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' that I knew that I was getting used to the best control style now ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I just got better and better with it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I caked stuff like Dam 2:04 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' [[facility]] 48 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' that seemed impossible before ~~

[[Image:s1 103.jpg|frame|left|[[Surface 1]] Agent 1:03]]

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The PRs continued to flow, as did the World Records. Soon Ilari was ranked in the Top 10.

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'''The Illu:''' I guess first 1.2 pr that was a bit better than the average stuff was [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/04-Surface%201/Illu%20-%20Surface%201%20-%20A%20-%201.03.avi S1 A 1:03]

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~~'''The Illu:''' since only Wouter and [[Bryan]] had it at the time ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' well it was the WR then ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I tied runway 38 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' september 2005 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' the first time I tied a wr that was untied before ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and I tied Dam SA 1:19 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' Dan ([[Cervone]]) untied it soon after though lol ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I was kinda one step behind Dan there many times ~~

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~~{{clr}}~~

=== Aztec ===

As the end of 2005 approached, Ilari had tied many World Records but as yet had not got an untied time himself. Then he started playing [[Aztec]].

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~~'''The Illu:''' first untied was next ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' in october ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' Aztec 00A 1:54 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and second untied the day after ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' Aztec SA 1:44 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I think I was mostly though wanting to do some really special wr though ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I had these two untieds ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but didn't feel those were that amazing ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I just wanted to find my level ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' go for insane times somewhere ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I didn't think about my rank that much ~~

[[Image:aztec sa 142.jpg|frame|left|[[Aztec]] Secret Agent 1:42]]

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He continued battling with Cervone for space in the WR topic, pulling out times such as [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/01-Dam/Illu%20-%20Dam%20-%20SA%20-%201.18.wmv Dam SA 1:18] and [[Bunker 2]] 00 1:15 amongst other PRs. But in an attempt to find his level, Ilari went back to Aztec.

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~~'''The Illu:''' Well I ended up playing more Aztec ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I guess those are some of my most memorable moments from normal mode ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' march 2006 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' Aztec 00A 1:52 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' next day 1:50 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' then next day [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/19-Aztec/Illu%20-%20Aztec%2000A%201.49.wmv 1:49] ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I untied Aztec completely ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' sweeped it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' cut a second on SA and Agent to 1:42/1:34 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' SA was no BA strat ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' only Bryan had used it before for his 1:43 ~~

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~~{{clr}}~~

=== Dam SA 117 ===

Having swept Aztec, in the process untying the Agent World Record that itself had been untied for years, many would have assumed Ilari had found his level. Yet there was still one special time that had always been in the back of his mind, something that would be truly incredible could he pull it off.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I had tied some cool wrs ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' had got my first untieds ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' had improved those ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I guess I wanted to try go even further ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' not by a higher rank and more wrs ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I just wanted to go for Dam SA 1:17 ~~

In May 2006 he began attempting the time and right away was given hope that his target could be achieved.

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[[Image:facility 00 55(posing beside screen).PNG|frame|Ilari posing beside [[Facility]] 00 Agent 0:55 screen]]

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<~~font color=blue>'''The Illu:''' well it was pretty controversial that ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' though Bryan was slow with proof and I just decided to go for it and say that I'm the champ ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I guess it made him hurry more to prove himself ~~

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'''The Illu:''' actually in beginning of 2007 on the end of a [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/02-Facility/Illu%20-%20Facility%20Agent%200.46.wmv facility 46] vid I already wrote that I was the champ

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I only wrote proven champ 2007 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' which I was for sure ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I was always fast and good with proof ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I just decided to push it some more on the facility 55 vid :-P ~~

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Ilari had untied Facility 00 Agent in a time of 0:55. The 8 minute long video titled ‘[http://www.thengamer.com/GE/22-Misc/Illu%20in%20real%20life.wmv Illu in Real Life]’, released on 10th January 2007, included messages referring to his new status as the Goldeneye Champ, pending Bryan sending proof. The former No.1 didn't appear impressed.

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~~'''The Illu:''' congrats for bragging about being first ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' he said ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' lol ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' well he thought my vid was like just all bragging ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I guess it was too ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I just thought it was fun ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but yea I think that did get him to prove his stuff faster ~~

Bryan did indeed get himself proven again quickly and reclaimed the top position in April. Around this time Ilari’s activity had begun to decline.

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[[Image:runway awesome.jpg|frame|An AWESOME April Fool. Or was it?]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' I guess some time went by when I didn't do much ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I was just happy with what I've done ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' well I had a job actually ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' not as much time to play either with that ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and I didn't care much to play either ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I mean I had been playing lots since 2004 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' 3 years ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' like lots of periods with up to 8h a day sometimes ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' barely a week break ever ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' either it was GE normal ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' DLTK ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' or PD ~~

It wasn’t long however before Ilari did make his return, on April 1st 2007, claiming he’d tied [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/03-Runway/Illu%20-%20Runway%20Agent%200.22.wmv Runway A 0:22].

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~~'''The Illu:''' but it was a double fool ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I actually did get Runway 22 ~~

Nevertheless he remained somewhat inactive.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I thought I needed to focus on other things in my life ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just GE playing still happened ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it was still fun at times ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I think that I had a few moments when I got really serious again ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just not for any longer periods ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just I kinda saw me having the ability ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I played... had fun with it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I was spending more and more time enjoying others things ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' chatting ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' etc ~~

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=== More Aztec ===

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Ilari resumed his career on Aztec, initially untying Secret Agent with [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/19-Aztec/Illu%20-%20Aztec%20Secret%20Agent%201.40.wmv 1:40] and 00 Agent with [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/19-Aztec/Illu%20-%20Aztec%2000A%201.45.wmv 1:45] with some minor alterations in the strats.

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~~'''The Illu:''' well a small change on 00A ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I didn't stop and shoot the 4th guard ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' when you open the door ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I shot him on the run ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' hadn't been done on 00A before really ~~

He also lowered his own Aztec Agent record to [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/19-Aztec/Illu%20-%20Aztec%20Agent%201.32.wmv 1:32] on 6th June 2007.

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~~'''The Illu:''' Bryan congratulated me for the best GE wr ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' pretty much ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I used the pause in front of the drones first time ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I had thought about it back when I got 1:33 I think ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but now I used it first time successfully ~~

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[[Image:aztec 00 144(enter black room).PNG|frame|left|[[Aztec]] 00 Agent 1:44]]

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Despite the critical praise for his existing Aztec times, Ilari continued to play Aztec 00 occasionally.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I was just playing 00A from time to time ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just randomly really ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I got a good run and [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/19-Aztec/Illu%20-%20Aztec%2000%20Agent%201.44.wmv 1:44] popped up ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so I saw it as possible to still cut one sec on the others ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and since I had a tradition to improve all those 3 whenever I improved any ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I got [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/19-Aztec/Illu%20-%20Aztec%20Secret%20Agent%201.39.wmv 1:39 SA] ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' which was just a matter of motivation really ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and then I moved onto agent ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' even though it seemed really hard at the time ~~

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[[Image:aztec 131 (glass area).PNG|frame|[[Aztec]] Agent 1:31]]

1:32 Agent was still considered by Boss to be the best record but there was the tradition to be upheld. Furthermore there was still something magical about the 1:31 time claimed by [[Steven Zwartjes]] many years ago. Although the Aztec times had slowly been lowered to almost reach that mark, Steven's time saving strat itself wasn’t made use of at all

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~~'''The Illu:''' I still don't really get it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' he'd still had to have an insane run ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' people haven't got the glass open with one guard even with TAS ~~

Nevertheless, using the existing strat, on 15th November 2007 Ilari recorded the first ever proven [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/19-Aztec/Illu%20-%20Aztec%20Agent%201.31.wmv 1:31]. It took almost 70 hours.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I wrote the end on the post with 1:31 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' THE END ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and I haven't tried to improve Aztec since then ~~

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=== Jungle SA 0:54 ===

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[[Image:illu and nat in jungle 00a 56.PNG|frame|Illu and Nat in [[Jungle]] 00 Agent 0:56]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' I got back to jungle and tied [[Clemens]] untied on 00 there ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I just knew I could push the level more ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' then untied it with [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/15-Jungle/Ilari%20'Illu'%20Pekkala%20-%20Jungle%2000A%200.56.wmv 56] ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' which is the wr still ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but the worst of the jungles ~~

Better strafing at the end, boost ratios and the guard slap at the start had all contributed to lowering the Jungle times.

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~~'''The Illu:''' there was one more trick too ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' the warp at the end ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I don't know who came up with that ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but Ace was using it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and I wanted to use it too of course ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' not opening the end doors at all ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just warp through the right or left side of the wall instantly ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but not as consistent ~~

Still perfect execution and a little luck would be needed if Ilari was to set a new world record on Secret Agent difficulty.

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The day after untying Jungle 00 Agent, Ilari sat down to play Secret Agent and soon was on a run where everything did begin perfectly.

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~~'''The Illu:''' people speak so much about the play hours you need for a wr ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I didn't really think that necessarily makes the best wr ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I mean if you have the ability you can get the opportunity at any moment ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' important is to take the opportunity when you get it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' which almost never happens ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but this time it did ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' like a huge opportunity ~~

[[Image:Jungle sa 54 xenia.PNG|frame|left|[[Jungle]] Secret Agent 0:54 Xenia]]

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During his playing sessions Ilari would pause out if at any point the run was not going to be a 5x second time completion. Now he was on a run with a great overall boost ratio, perfect mine throws, no off-course boosts, and the kind of Xenia you don't get on like any attempt...

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~~'''The Illu:''' when I approached the warp I felt it was an insane run ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I just couldn't possibly think it was this good ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' even though I felt it was nuts ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I actually remember me thinking just for a split second to do a safe exit though ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but damn happy I didnt and nailed the warp on this run ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' since that boost ratio I'll never see again ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' not on a run as good as that ~~

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On 25th November 2007 Ilari completed Jungle Secret Agent in a time of [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/15-Jungle/Ilari%20'Illu'%20Pekkala%20-%20Jungle%20Secret%20Agent%200.54.wmv 0:54]. It is without question considered to be one of the best Goldeneye World Records ever.

[[Image:Bryans_double_trouble.jpg|thumb|400px|right|[[Laercio]]'s reaction to [[Jungle]] Secret Agent 0:54]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' I got high or something ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I felt it was like the result of almost 4 years of playing this game ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but just not playing ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' discussing, obsessing everything ~~

Although on 27th June 2008, [[Rayan Isran]] posted that he had untied Ilari's time with 0:53, it is worth remembering just what an important moment 0:54 was for the community when it was set. It also puts what Ace has subsequently achieved into perspective.

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''‘I can't do it any longer. I was going to save my 1000th post to my 16 arch but I can't take it anymore. WTF is going on around here.’'' - [[Patrik]]

''‘It is the best WR right now. End of story.’'' - [[Vitor]]

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=== Current Activity ===

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On 10th December 2007, Ilari untied Agent in [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/15-Jungle/Illu%20-%20Jungle%20Agent%200.51.wmv 0:51], holding a sweep of the level. It was to be his last special GoldenEye record.

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~~'''The Illu:''' i still play from time to time ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' probably won't take long until I play around a bit with it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' who knows ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I don’t have any unfulfilled goals ~~

However competition continues. New players have joined the ranks and had great success. [[Rayan Isran]] and [[David Clemens]] have now both overtaken Ilari and Boss at the top of the ranks.

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~~'''The Illu:''' its fun to watch ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I mean I can't keep up playing like that anymore ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' the only way I think I could possibly be better is if you look at everything ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I still have done about as much as them overall I think ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just I never found that dedication for just normal as they seems to have ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but overall they're faster everywhere when it comes to doing fast times ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' well.. almost everywhere ;-) ~~

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Ilari had been playing a lot of multiplayer [[Perfect Dark]] with his brother since its European release. Yet it wasn’t until after he started speedrunning [[Goldeneye]] that interest in playing PD for times also arose.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I saw some people playing [[villa]] ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I thought it looked fun ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' at the end of 2004 I tried and got 1:18 after practising a bit ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' then I really got into [[defection]] ~~

=== Defection ===

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Ilari quickly obtained very good times, initially posting 1:38 PA on 18th December 2004. This was still 15 seconds away from the claimed World Record on that level at the time but was worth a lot of points since many other top players found the level too difficult to play.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I saw the strat and I was like.. wow genius ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I wanna be able to do that ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it should have been like the hardest level to start playing PD with ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I just went for it because I thought it looked so cool ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' though some couldn't understand how I could like that level ~~

Thus in a similar manner to the way his GoldenEye career started, Ilari’s serious playing time began on a level with a history engulfed in controversy. In early 2002, Marcus "[[Sucram]]" Dolejsi had claimed times of 0:37 SA and 1:23 PA, far far beyond anything else another player had set. His failure to tape those runs led to the largest controversy in Perfect Dark history over whether to keep the times on the rankings and resulted in the development of the first official [http://the-elite.net/proofpolicy.html Elite Proof Policy]. Ilari was one of those who felt the times should be removed.

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~~'''The Illu:''' well I didn't care that much before ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but then I heard the story ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and it was such a long time ago ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it seemed weird he would have gotten the time back then ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but yea we couldn't be sure of course but I thought it was fair since it didn't have any proof ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' many agreed that that kind of a time should need full video proof ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but sure was an amazing strat he came up with ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' with [[Paragon]] ~~

[[Ryan Dwyer]] had got 1:27 on 13th December 2004 and claimed it as the real World Record. Sucram’s time was removed from the rankings and, whilst Ilari’s playing time was mostly devoted to GoldenEye, he now had a little more motivation to play Defection.

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[[Image:defection sa 34.PNG|frame|[[Defection]] Special Agent 0:34]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' yeah sucrams 123 wasn't proven ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I was actually closing in on that time ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I started doing a faster ending ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' falling down instantly after the upload all the way down to the place where you throw that ecm mine ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' no one expected it really but I got 1:26 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so I had the fastest proven time on it then ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' in december 2004 ~~

Although continuing with GoldenEye as his primary focus, for a while Ilari branched out to play other levels, setting himself small goals initially.

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~~'''The Illu:''' eventually I did set one bigger goal ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it was just to have something to aim for on every level ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' which wasn't that hard ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I went for like 70-80 pts I think for each level ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just it was so relaxing when it got harder and harder to PR on GE ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' at the end of 2005 I had some decent points on each level I guess ~~

However defection was still the only level that he continued to attempt serious times on, getting 0:06 on Agent in February 2005 and later improving Special Agent to 0:39 on 19th February 2005.

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Then in 2006 Ilari started to play other levels more seriously, although he continued to play Defection as well. He cut his Villa Agent time down to 1:10, tied the [http://www.thengamer.com/PD/05-Chicago/Illu%20-%20Chicago%20A%200.15.wmv [[Chicago]] Agent] World Record and on 23rd September 2006 with his 1,000th post on [http://perfectdarkelite.yuku.com/directory The Elite Boards](by accident – he had planned something special but forgot) announced he had untied Defection SA with [http://www.thengamer.com/PD/01-Defection/Illu%20-%20Defection%20SA%200.34.wmv 0:34], a time now faster than the one Sucram had claimed many years previously. He also lowered the PA World Record again to [http://www.thengamer.com/PD/01-Defection/Illu%20-%20Defection%20PA%201.24.wmv 1:24] on 26th September 2006.

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~~'''The Illu:''' and actually that was the start of some weird thing I tried ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I just started to go for the wr on each level ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' level by level... difficulty by difficulty ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' well I made it look like that at least for a little while :-P ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so after defection comes [[investigation]] ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' tied [[Bryan]]s [http://www.thengamer.com/PD/02-Investigation/Illu%20-%20Investigation%20A%201.28.wmv 1:28] ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so I tied investigation SA too ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' went on with [[extraction]] and got leaderboard there ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' villa A 1:09 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but wr was already 1:08 back then ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I kinda got leaderboard on most levels ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and got into top 10 for a brief moment in middle of 2007. ~~

[[Image:g5 sa 45.jpg|frame|left|[[G5]] Special Agent 0:45]]

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At the time the most famous sweep in the game existed on [[G5]]. [[Karl Jobst]] had set what were considered to be some of, if not THE, best World Records in Perfect Dark. No other player had come close at all to tying the SA or PA times.

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~~'''The Illu:''' well ya I decided to try and tie one of Karls G5 records ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' SA ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I liked that level ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I thought someone needed to challenge Karl more ~~

At a Swedish gamer meeting in late summer 2007 at [[Patrik Nilsson]]’s house, Ilari came close.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I got 46 twice at the swedish GE meet I think ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' one of those was a really low decimal ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' Patrik and [[Henning]] saw me do that one ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I had to wait until I got back home before I nailed it ~~

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Ilari tied Karl’s SA time of [http://www.thengamer.com/PD/06-G5/Illu%20-%20G5%20Special%20Agent%200.45.wmv 0:45] on 23rd July 2007, sharing a record a full 2 seconds ahead of the competition. He also set very good PRs of 40 and 58 on Agent and PA respectively. Then [[Rayan Isran]] started to play the level and at the start of 2008 untied Ilari/Karl’s time. By 4 seconds.

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~~'''The Illu:''' its 4 sec untied now ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I could see me getting 44 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but Ace took it to a whole new level ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so not much for me to do there anymore ~~

=== Current Activity ===

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It wasn’t just Ilari who felt the wrath of Rayan and his new [[NTSC]] console. As records were shattered everywhere, very few of the World Records Ilari had tied or untied remained.

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~~'''The Illu:''' well I think defection is still my best ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I'm still tied first there ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' with Ace of course ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' that hasn't been completely taken beyond belief ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but many levels got really wiped out ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' there's not that much you can do about some levels ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' Ace just owns many of them ~~

[[Image:115 airbase.jpg|frame|[[Air Base]] Agent 1:15]]

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Since setting his G5 times, Ilari has rarely played Perfect Dark. He PRd on [[Maian SOS]] Agent with 1:38 on 29th December 2007, but his first WR in almost 12 months came on 7th June 2008 on [[Air Base]] Agent where he tied several others with [http://www.thengamer.com/PD/10-Air%20Base/Illu%20-%20Air%20Base%20Agent%201.15.wmv 1:15].

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~~'''The Illu:''' just fun to get A pd wr again ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' dunno if I'll get untieds ever again though ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and ties for that matter even ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' probably won't get lot of prs anymore even in PD ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just I never felt that I could do as well on PD as GE ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so I guess when I played it was more GE ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and especially with Ace now ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I guess that would make me even more motivated to try but sometimes you just have to say that I've done what I could ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' like that was enough for me ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' [[Turok]] I had the training world record ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it was something fun I was doing for awhile ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it was a pretty cool run ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' in may 2004 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I found the controls in turok to be better than GE and PD even at times ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' felt really fluid ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it was faster than I found anywhere at the time ~~

However Ilari is arguably most famous in the gaming community as a whole for his work on [[Super Mario 64]].

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=== Super Mario 64 ===

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In June 2004 a guy called [[Dom Dunk]] had just come up with a basic strategy on how to beat Mario 64 with only 16 stars. Someone posted a link to it on [http://perfectdarkelite.yuku.com/directory The Elite Boards] and Ilari took up the challenge of setting the early World Records.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I found a really quick star route and quickly learned how to go fast ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it was pretty easy since the way to beat that game with only 16 stars had just come out ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and I found the controls in mario 64 to be awesome ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' had a better feel for that game when I control than even for GE or PD I felt many times ~~

Ilari quickly became the fastest player on both [[NTSC]] and [[PAL]], his first World Record coming at the end of 2004.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I actually held the ntsc wr with 5 full minutes pretty much at first ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' then got PAL ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' some people found my runs impressive and they wanted to be able to do that too ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so I lost the record ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I got my PAL record back after it was beaten ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and improved the ntsc record ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' for a while I held both ~~

[[Image:Mario 16(from vid with over 1000 000 views on youtube).PNG|left|frame|This former [[NTSC]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_nK_JQZkE4&feature=related World Record run] has over 1,000,000 views on YouTube]]

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Despite the fact Ilari’s [http://speeddemosarchive.com/Mario64.html#16PAL fastest PAL time] was set on 13th June 2005, it is still the World Record today. His [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_nK_JQZkE4&feature=related first NTSC run] is hosted on YouTube and with over 1,000,000 views is Ilari’s most watched gaming video. His best NTSC time however has since been beaten.

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~~'''The Illu:''' that ntsc one has been smashed beyond belief now ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' with 17:31 I think it was now ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I remember hearing about new strats from time to time ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' eventually they had enough to improve my run ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I had kinda played it enough though ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so didnt try and beat it again ~~

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=== Banjo ===

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~~'''The Illu:''' I remember playing the first Banjo game for the 64 at my friends house ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' also [[Banjo-Tooie]] too ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' wow what graphics with a ridiculous story about a bird and a bear ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' haha dead fun ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it's just fun to get obsessed with such a ridiculous funny Bear ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I was thinking of doing some kind of a Banjo speedrun for awhile ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but actually maybe I just haven't found that to be the kind of game I want to be competitive on really ~~

Instead over the years Banjo has become someone very close to Ilari.

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~~'''The Illu:''' yea I had some good times with Banjo ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' made me take a break from GE and have a good time with him ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' he liked me too and didn't want me to leave and kept showing up in some of my GE vids ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it was a bit annoying but I really couldn't help to like Banjo ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so yea he's one of my best friends now ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I dunno I just have this good personal chemistry with him ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it's like we have stuff in common ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' life is so much more fun with Banjo with me ~~

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== Outside Gaming ==

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By mid 2005 he decided to take up meditation with holosync and then later in the year a chance meeting with an old friend in town led to his return to active physical exercise.

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~~'''The Illu:''' well he kinda broke that pattern of mine ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' that pattern of just GE eat sleep chat ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' he knew a lot more people than me ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and invited me into... stuff ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' got to meet some people through him ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' we did some stuff together ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' like wrestling or so ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' heh ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' boxing ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I was just trying stuff out ~~

[[Image:Illu Henning Patrik and Axel Z.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Clockwise from top left: Ilari, [[Henning]], [[Patrik]] and [[Axel Z]]]]

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He subsequently took a job working as a cook and janitor at a school, where he excelled. Despite his outstanding performance and the fun working environment, Ilari left the job in late 2007 in preparation for his desire to return to education. Shortly prior to this decision, he had travelled to [[Patrik Nilsson]]’s house to meet other Swedish [[Eliters]].

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~~'''The Illu:''' ya it was fun meeting them ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' Patriks place ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' [[Henning]] was there ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' [[Axel Z]] ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it was us four ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it was quite new experience ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' fun to meet some of the people you've only spoken to online before ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' kinda taking the whole thing with GE to the real world ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just when you're alone playing much you kinda go into the virtual reality thing lol I dunno ~~

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[[Image:jump.jpg|thumb|400px|left|Jump!]]

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Furthermore, following the success of his wrestling and boxing, Ilari began training athletics again.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I've started that the past 6 months ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' well the 6 months was just to activate myself again heh ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I was in such a bad shape I thought... compared to before ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' now I've kinda started doing more actual exercise ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' weather got warm and I was swimming ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' playing football ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and got back to running again too ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it's fun to be able to run long ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so I might go for doing long races all over the world or something hehe ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I'm still scared of the marathon though ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' seems too long ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I could do it if I trained ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I mean there's idiots that go doing it without training much at all ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but ya they don't finish that well ~~

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Unsurprisingly Ilari is glued to the television whenever there’s a track and field meet being broadcast. He also watches a little football and F1 and has developed new interests, including going karting with friends at the local track. In August of 2008 he returns to high school to finish what he missed out on completing the first time. He has also continued with the meditation he started several years previously.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I've become happier and more relaxed overall during the years ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I try to be open to new possibilities ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' to expand my views or so ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it's fun from time to time ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' like suddenly going to USA and meeting more eliters ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' now from like all over the world ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' you never know what things will lead to ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' life is an adventure ~~

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As much as he is famous for being an incredibly skilled gamer, Ilari is without a doubt the most creative video maker [[The Elite]], and perhaps the gaming community as a whole, has seen. He had previously made several miscellaneous videos such as [http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ZWBW2PegHk Balance] on 31st July 2004 and [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/22-Misc/Hungry%20Illu%20-%204%20hotdogs%20-%202.39.wmv Hot Dog Eating] on 17th June 2005, but it was really his imagination and vision in pioneering entertaining videos of GoldenEye speed runs that caught the community’s attention.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I guess I more and more enjoyed putting something special in each wr vid ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' especially since I saw people liked that ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it almost became a priority sometimes ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' there were always those who didn't like it though ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it's funny ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' that it's like with one special game designer ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' who I admire ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' Hideo Kojima ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' kind divides people ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' into those who think his games are too much story and movie ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and those who love it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I am a bit influenced by his work I guess ~~

Here is a collection of Ilari’s 10 best videos, chosen by himself. These capture a broad range of emotions from the story behind Lost Without You to the truly ridiculous comedy in [[Dam]] 1:59. The intensity of [[DLTK]] and the genius of Dam 117 and [[Jungle]] 54. A magnificently colourful collection that is a must watch for any fan of gaming and creative film making.

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