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[[Image:Mgs2 pic(taken with ingame cam).jpg|frame|left|Saved still from [[Metal Gear Solid 2]]]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' never waited so eagerly to play a game ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' actually that was really on the edge you know ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I dunno if I'll ever get, or want to, be that obsessed with a game again lol ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I guess the story line was well crafted into the game ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' kinda dived into the experiences with so many senses ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I read everything, I saw the characters as real people almost ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and when I beat it it was almost like I was emotionally really tired ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' like this awesome game I waited for so long was over ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I played it through again like 10 times to find everything there was ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I had been playing games since I was 8, that was like the highlight for me ~~

By now games had become an integral part of Ilari’s life.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I guess they have helped me through some tough times even ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' even though I sometimes think that I played too much ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I mean games take often 20-60h to play through ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so if you really play them through fully they take a huge part of our life ~~

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~~{{clr}}~~

Alongside the games that were life experiences, Ilari had also begun to get competitive in other games, in particular the racing genre. He enjoyed many hours playing against his brother and their friend Dantte and competing for times versus the group and against himself. Although he was never particularly interested in [[Mario Kart]].

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[[Image:goood(illu with friend).JPG|thumb|500px|right|Ilari with Dantte]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' I thought [[wave race]] to be more impressive for example ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I guess I looked up records for that too for awhile ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' found I was doing well ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I was obsessed with having all records ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' even had a couple [[PAL]] wrs on it for awhile ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but didn't really get into it more ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' probably I kinda had a thing for competition and speedrunning before [[GE]] too ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' ya for sure ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just it got extreme first when I found the-elite ~~

Then in January 2004 he discovered [[The Elite]] by accident.

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~~'''The Illu:''' hmm I think it was some magazine possibly ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' a swedish magazine ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I'm still not sure ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' its possible ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I think I found a link though ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' on a swedish game site ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' [http://www.gamecore.se www.gamecore.se] ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' they had some headline like: crazy records ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' nintendo crazies ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' or something like that heh ~~

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~~{{clr}}~~

The site immediately grabbed his attention as shortly before this discovery, Ilari had started playing more [[GoldenEye]]. In particular what soon came to be known as [[Dark License to Kill]].

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~~'''The Illu:''' I just thought it was awesome to try and beat levels with the highest settings ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I was trying out [[facility]] a bit ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' back in 2002 before I even found the-elite ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' my bro played too ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and we kinda competed who would beat facility ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' he discovered that using boxes to blow up guards was useful ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I was the one to beat the level ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' completion was probably over 10min ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' could have been like 20min ~~

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

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I never really went for times ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it was just completion then ~~

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~~{{clr}}~~

At this point no existing member of [[The Elite]] had legitimately beaten a level on DLTK, nor had any serious attempts been undertaken. In late 2003 Ilari lowered his [[Facility]] time to 8:57 and on January 30th 2004 made his [http://perfectdarkelite.yuku.com/topic/1118?page=1 first ever post] on [http://perfectdarkelite.yuku.com/directory The Elite Boards].

[[Image:archives dltk.jpg|frame|left|Escaping the cell on [[Archives]] has never been this much fun!]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' I just was curious to see if someone else had beaten facility or other levels ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' yes people were sceptical of whether I had actually beaten facility ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' well just a few ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' they wanted to see a vid ~~

‘Vid online = I am pwned, but until then I think you're full of crap.’ - [[Jimbo]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' but [[Wouter]] was faster on that heh ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just when I got the camera to record the vid Wouter had already gotten that insane 3:00 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so I thought the 8min vid was just boring or something ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I guess it would have been nice to make it anyway now that I think of it ~~

Soon after the thread was created people started completing some of the easier levels. [[Surface 2]], [[Egypt]], [[Runway]] and [[Archives]] were quickly beaten by existing players such as [[Wouter Jansen]] and [[Brandon Sanford]]. Ilari worked on lowering some of their times, playing for over 40 hours to obtain Facility 2:51 in February before taking the World Records on Egypt, [[Frigate]] and [[Bunker 2]].

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~~'''The Illu:''' then soon we had levels left that we didn't know if they could be beaten ~~

=== Dam ===

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[[Image:dam dltk.jpg|frame|Steady aim is needed to snipe on top of the Dam]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' I went for Dam ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' this was the first one that felt like really big ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it was longer than the others and probably took me 30h ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and I was for sure the first to beat it ~~

With [[Dam]] being so huge and the duration of the run so long, there were many little tricks that were developed to ensure a completion. Shooting boxes for ammo became very important and Ilari spent countless hours establishing the safest places to take out the guards from. Nevertheless there were many painful failures late in the level and he estimates around 20 runs ended with a death in the tunnel at the end. But on 6th March 2004, the stage was finally beaten for the first time.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I was extremely scared running to jump off lol ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I remember the air even felt fresh on the dam ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' like if I was there for real ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I almost could feel the breeze ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' the wind ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' my bro and a friend saw me beat it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I started like headbanging in front of my bro and my friend ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I dunno what the hell that was ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but it was crazy hahah ~~

Ilari’s first completion took over 35 minutes. He considered that time to be too long to produce a video for and thus went back a second time to lower it before releasing it to the community. The result was a time of [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/27-DarkLTK/Ilari%20Pekkala%20-%20Dam%20Dark%20Licence%20To%20Kill%2026.29.wmv 26:29].

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~~'''The Illu:''' the 26 vid is almost like some horror movie ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' partly because of the horrible vid quality ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' the music was really crazy too ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I dunno what the hell it was, my bro chose it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I called the end part.. hell ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' going down to hell there ~~

=== Surface 1 ===

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[[Image:s1 dltk.jpg|frame|left|On the roof of the Communications Tower observing the confusion below]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' what helped most was probably that I found that there were like 4 guards out there ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' that randomly appear ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so I figured I had to find a way past those somehow ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' if I shoot them they just reappear ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I found I could run on the edge on the level close to the sides ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so I could make it quite often up to the tower alive ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so I started shooting snipers from there ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' until they reappeared as klobb guards ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but that was not always necessary ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' since I lured them up to the tower anyway ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and hopefully they got stuck there ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and I ran out and completed rest of the objectives ~~

Ilari completed the level in [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/27-DarkLTK/Ilari%20Pekkala%20-%20Surface%201%20Dark%20Licence%20To%20Kill%206.44.wmv 6:44] on the 26th of March. Not only did this stand as the World Record for several years, but it was the only completion for the same duration.

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~~{{clr}}~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I remember Wouter trying it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' he couldn't understand my strat ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I remember him being frustrated ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' asking me how to do it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I guess he got sick of it and went back to normal ~~

=== Break ===

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With the ‘easy’ levels beaten and challenging World Records set, participatory interest in the DLTK league somewhat declined. People were still incredibly interested in what Ilari was doing however, even if they weren’t able to complete themselves. However even for Ilari the challenges left seemed daunting at this stage of his career.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I was like pretty much left alone to keep completing what was left ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but then I didn't play DLTK for some time ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' the rest of the levels seemed impossible at the time ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' there was just so much more I could do in normal ~~

In late 2004 he made his return.

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~~'''The Illu:''' hmm I've never reflected over that much ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I guess time went by and I wanted to return ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' the scariest damn levels lol ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I slept the days ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' exhausted from the job during night ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' didn't see any daylight ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' only darkness ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' dark LTK ~~

=== Aztec ===

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~~'''The Illu:''' I found a trap to lure Jaws into :) ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I just thought about how the guards get stuck in the mainframe sometimes ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and I kinda knew how that worked from trying the glass strat on normal ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so thought it would work with jaws too ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' doesn’t work 100% ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but if I did it the right way it's very likely that he would get stuck ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and it needed patience ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I had that ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I ran into lots of other problems though ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I kept finding solutions ~~

One of the biggest problems on DLTK difficulty is ammo shortage. Much planning went into each of Ilari’s runs to ensure that he didn’t run out of bullets. Fortunately on Aztec things were a little easier after the very challenging start where at one point he was down to just 3 bullets.

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~~'''The Illu:''' yes laser ya ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' infinite ammo ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I shot for ages behind those boxes ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' the laser was one of the key things yea ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and a good hiding spot during countdown ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' never died during that ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I had planned that so well ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' was more calm than at the end on some other levels ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' as I was really sure the countdown hide spot worked ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I was surprised I even died so many times before that ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' always thought I planned it so well ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I guess first completion is tough ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' you want it so much ~~

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~~{{clr}}~~

Even with a fully planned and tested strategy, a completion did not come right away.

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~~'''The Illu:''' it took like another 8h to beat it after I found out how to do everything ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' that was almost one of the crazier things with that lol ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and why the time ended up much slower than I first thought ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I was dead tired that morning when I beat it ~~

Ilari beat Aztec with a time of [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/27-DarkLTK/Ilari%20Pekkala%20-%20Aztec%20Dark%20Licence%20To%20Kill%2026.09.avi 26:09] in late September 2004. It remained the only completion of the level for years. On 5th January 2008 he reclaimed the World Record in a time of [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/19-Aztec/Illu%20-%20Aztec%20Dark%20LTK%208.19.wmv 8:19] with the first, and only, succesful completion using the glass strat.

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As news of the unexpected Aztec completion spread across the Elite, collaborative strategic thought continued on the forums over the remaining levels.

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~~'''The Illu:''' that got people going ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' trying to figure out strats for those other non beaten ones ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I remember talk about [[caverns]] ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but many were worried about the ending parts ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I had already started working on that ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I kinda planned it from the beginning myself, it was a one man show pretty much ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I even made a map over the level with all the guards and all ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' damn that level was even more big and complex than any I had ever beaten ~~

Ilari’s map of Caverns can be inspected by clicking the thumbnail to the right. It’s a testament to the scale of the level that such a detailed plan was needed. However just the existence of the map wasn’t enough, there was still the ending to figure out, and countless never before seen problems that needed to be overcome.

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[[Image:Plan for Caverns Dark LTK.JPG|thumb|400px|right|Plan for [[Caverns]] [[DLTK]]. Click to enlarge.]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' of course some of the guards having BA ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so couldn't keep up the old stun technique ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but yea I found a way around that ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' the guards stupidity you know ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I tried many things that didn’t work at first ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' shooting and hiding ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' losing too much ammo ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' that was more of a problem on that level too ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' than ever before ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so I had to find some easy way to hit their head with good accuracy ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I kinda found fast that you just lure them out ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and hide ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' then go around certain corner ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and they stop there ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and then just unload your magazine on them ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' the spiral helped too with that ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but they're not always that predictable ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but it was doable now ~~

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[[Image:cavs dltk slap.PNG|frame|left|Slapping guards is slow, but necessary to conserve ammo!]]

Having dealt with the Body Armour guards, multiple guards at once, serious ammo shortages, having to slap guards for the first time, as well as uncooperative scientists, progress was being made. What wasn’t doable just yet was the ending.

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~~'''The Illu:''' the most scary was the key thing and the ending though ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' no one still knew how to do it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it took just ages to get there ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' more guards to kill than ever ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' you had this room full of sensitive mission objectives ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' rcp guards ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' shotgun guards showing up right at the end ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' you had to be kinda fast too ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but though I mean that's how most saw it probably ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' like me ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' before ~~

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Faced with such a complex problem, the strategy was nonetheless discovered relatively quickly.

[[Image:cavs dltk.PNG|frame|Dealing with the Radio Room requires a lot of patience]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' I found out pretty fast ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' the simple solution ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just had to stay behind that slow door heh ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' open close ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' open ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' close ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' opencloseopleclose ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it's just patience heh ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' nerves ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' stuff ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I think I died sometime at a 50min run ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it was like... horrible ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I had kinda started getting used to it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' when I knew now for sure that caverns was doable I just needed to do it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it was like some obsession ~~

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~~{{clr}}~~

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~~However there was still the drone tunnel to navigate. After a brutal last minute death using his initial strategy, Ilari figured out a better method of dealing with it for the next time.~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I died at the end before because I wasn't fast enough to shoot the drone guns ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so I figured I needed to be faster there ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so I took out the drone guns in advance ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' before I had to run there ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and quickly after the last objectives just get in there ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' closed doors behind me ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' rcp of course came in handy at the end ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' since it shoots trough doors and guards ~~

With the objectives beaten, drone guns destroyed, and doors closed behind him, a visibly nervous Ilari faced the area in front of the lift.

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~~'''The Illu:''' it's still maybe the place where my heartrate was highest ever on a GE run ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it even began when I was taking care of the guards near those sensitive stuff ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' the radio ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' had to be so careful there not to blow it up and all ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' make sure the door kept going back and forth ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' from there to the end ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' felt like over 10min of heartrate 150 per minute or something lol ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' felt almost like when I was running ~~

Ilari finally beat the level in [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/27-DarkLTK/Ilari%20Pekkala%20-%20Caverns%20Dark%20Licence%20To%20Kill%2041.08.avi 41:08] at the start of October 2004. Whilst he had previously revisited levels to lower his time before making a video, this was not to be the case with Caverns.

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~~'''The Illu:''' never tried that level again haha ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and it's still the fastest so ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but one guy has beaten it now except me ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it was all mine for 3 years ~~

=== Jungle ===

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[[Image:Dltk xenia death.jpg|frame|left|Xenia can be killed safely here]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' Xenia was just impossible ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but [[Henrik]] found that you could get her from behind the plane ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just you needed to lure her there ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just stand there and Nat takes care of her ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' heh it's amazing there was that sweet spot at the beginning ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I don't know of any other place like that ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' maybe there are ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but that was just perfect safe way to kill Xenia pretty much every time ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so I got excited ~~

Minor strategies that had assisted on Caverns proved especially helpful on Jungle also.

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~~'''The Illu:''' the slap was more useful than ever ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' some guards died really easily with that on jungle ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I still don't know why ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' lots of places to hide and that in the jungle too ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just you get lost there easily ~~

Once he’d found the way to the end it was now only a matter of coming up with the best strategy to take care of the guards.

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[[Image:Jungle dltk (working together with nat).PNG|frame|Working together with Nat]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' the ending was unpredictable ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I had to have like plan A ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' plan B ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' plan C ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' plan A was like.. I shoot guards and hope they stay fixed in their positions ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and all work out fine ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but usually I had to use the plan B ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' some guards came running from the exit ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' had to back up ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it's risky ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' had to make myself visible for them ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but yea could lure the spawned guards there ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and AR them ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' then back to the business again ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' taking care of the guards behind crates ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but sometimes I was slow ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' or more guards would come from the exit ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and then I had to begin all over ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' new guards had appeared behind the crates ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so I kinda jumped to plan C instantly ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' speed ~~

[[Image:Jungle dltk.PNG|frame|Taking out the guards at the end]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' but yea it's not really that simple that I can say that I just had those plans ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it's all about just adapting much ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' experience ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' if I knew what situations came up ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I could be prepared ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' still new ones kept happening ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' stuff might not go as I planned ~~

Finally, it was a tip from [[Swaff]] that combined perfectly with his strategy of speed to make the ending possible.

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~~'''The Illu:''' it was great tip I got from swaff there ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' shoot the guards until their BA is off ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' leave them there ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but do it quickly before nat took any of them out ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' if you kill one at a time they just reappear ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' had to kill them fast ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' like at once ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' place remote mines or grenade ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and use the GL ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so they blow up pretty much at the same time ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' then quickly to the end ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so they don't have time to respawn ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' then very scary run ~~

Ilari completed Jungle in [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/27-DarkLTK/Ilari%20Pekkala%20-%20Jungle%20Dark%20Licence%20To%20Kill%2020.31.wmv 20:31] on 12th October 2004, and to this day is still the only player to have finished the level.

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[[Image:control dltk oops.jpg|frame|Boris presents no additional challenge, even on this difficulty]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' you just think like control ahh dltk ahh ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' no way ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but when I got working with it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' when I got serious about wanting to beat it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I didn't really see any problems ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I just was looking for solutions ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I was motivated again ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' then the pieces came together ~~

One of these solutions required switching control styles to tackle some of the more difficult areas.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I was using [[1.2]] at the time ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' for the first time for DLTK ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I used [[1.1]] for the crate area ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' where I needed to walk forward very carefully ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I sneak up on the guards ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' make their head show a bit ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' take their BA off ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and usually they throw grenades ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just had to make sure to listen to the sounds of grenades hitting the ground ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' run away.. and they blew themselves up ~~

To the casual observer, the protect objective still appeared impossible. As [[Andrew Kent]] put it: ‘Think of protecting Nat amongst all those guards. I'd rather not. That there'd be enough ammunition is just inconceivable.’ However the strategy [[Boss]] had posted did prove to be a success.

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[[Image:control dltk.PNG|frame|left|On the run to the lift]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' you didn't need to face those BA guards on protect ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' with that trick that Bryan had ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it was just weird ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just go stand in front of the screen ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and the BA guards get stuck somewhere ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it didn't work 100% ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but often enough ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' then for the ending I just took an alternate path ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' took care of everything I could before the protect ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so I just needed to get to the exit at the end ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I got the BA ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and ran like crazy ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I knew I could take one hit ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I think I even got boosted into the elevator on that run ~~

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~~{{clr}}~~

Amazingly the run to the elevator worked the first time he attempted it. On [http://perfectdarkelite.yuku.com/reply/50664/t/007-difficulty-EH-1000-ED1000-EA100-ERS100-.html#reply-50664 12th July 2005] Control was beaten in a time of [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/27-DarkLTK/Ilari%20Pekkala%20-%20Control%20Dark%20Licence%20To%20Kill%2016.33.avi 16:33]. Ilari is still the only player who has completed the level.

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[[Image:depot dltk rollerdoor.PNG|frame|Opening and closing the rollerdoor whilst shooting the guards is harder than it looks!]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' I decided to really try it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just it was again those guards that keep appearing ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I just needed to find some new way again ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so I hid myself in one of the many depots ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I kinda thought I'll just wait out all the guards ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' then I tried to lure them to a spot so I could run away to the next spot and leave them behind ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so I'd have them all in a nice pack ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' then I just used the openclose technique again ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' like on caverns ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' sometimes there were lots guards gathered outside ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' sometimes not ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so some stuff like that was never possible to be 100% on ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' you just had to take it as it went on the run ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it wasn't that bad ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' depot is short ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' not that many guards to kill ~~

In the end, what had seemed totally impossible to begin with actually turned out to be relatively easy for Ilari. On [http://perfectdarkelite.yuku.com/reply/50696/t/007-difficulty-EH-1000-ED1000-EA100-ERS100-.html#reply-50696 16th July 2005] he completed the level in a time of [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/27-DarkLTK/Ilari%20Pekkala%20-%20Depot%20Dark%20Licence%20To%20Kill%208.45.avi 8:45]. It’s still the only completion by any player.

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Depot is the last level Ilari has successfully beaten on Dark License to Kill difficulty. However he did make some serious attempts at [[Train]] shortly after completing it.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I tried train right away ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' thought I had it going well ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I got to the middle of the 2nd van ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but getting to the ending is hard ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' very limited ammo ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' BA guards ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' not enough room to hide and all that ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' there's really no way to have a really good strat ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' you just have to try and shoot and hide in the limited spots that you have ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I think it's doable ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' the ending will just be a bit hard with the pressure ~~

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~~[[Image:Train dltk.jpg|frame|left|Using the watch laser in [[Train]] attempts]]~~

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~~It seemed strange to many that a level Ilari thought was doable would not produce a completion.~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I just found that it's really really hard ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' in a way that I don't like ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it's like... I need to use lots of really precise peeking around corners ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' or take chances ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it also needs lots of 1.1 control style I think in the beginning ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I guess I don't like switching much anymore ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' so just didn't have the motivation to keep trying ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' normal was going well ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and I kept becoming more and more successful there ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I guess I still have some feeling in me that tells me that I should give it some more tries :p ~~

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~~{{clr}}~~

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On 23rd January 2006 [[Rayan Isran]] [http://perfectdarkelite.yuku.com/reply/50959/t/007-difficulty-EH-1000-ED1000-EA100-ERS100-.html#reply-50959 posted] that he had beaten the level in 58:49. Unlike every single other time that Rayan has achieved, he failed to provide video proof. He also failed to explain his strategy, giving different excuses each time it was requested.

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~~'''The Illu:''' maybe Rayan did it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just no vid ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but he even said he shot Xenia ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and that's super unlikely ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I have done it with double zmg ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it's just super rare to happen ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but still I trust ace and so ~~

The time was never accepted by the Elite and is not on the rankings.

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Other than Train, the only levels that have still never been beaten are [[Cradle]], [[Silo]] and [[Streets]].

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~~'''The Illu:''' yea well I still wouldn't be surprised if those got beaten some day ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' considering what I've seen before ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' impossible becoming possible ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I dunno I guess I just kinda have much else to do with my time also ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' nowadays ~~

[[Image:Cradle dltk death.jpg|frame|left|[[Cradle]] death past the bridge]]

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That being said Ilari did make a small attempt at each of the three levels.

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~~'''The Illu:''' on silo I think I got past 2nd room where you place the plastique ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I died ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' maybe had 2min left ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' wouldn't have been enough ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I got past the bridge on cradle ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' made two [http://www.thengamer.com/GE/18-Cradle/Illu%20-%20Getting%20over%20bridge%20-%20Cradle%20Dark%20LTK.wmv vids] of me doing that ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just never got farther ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' well Trev is super hard ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' he takes more than one grenade ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and his BA needs to be taken off first ~~

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~~{{clr}}~~

[[Image:Defection dltk 1,47.jpg|frame|[[Defection]] [[DLTK]] 1:47]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' streets I tried ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just barely ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I don't think I'm even the one to get furthest on that ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I think someone got to the tank ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' heheh ~~

He also had a brief play with DLTK settings on [[Perfect Dark]].

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~~'''The Illu:''' I did [[defection]] heh ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' 1:40 or so ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but it was pretty much like PA ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' just a couple of harder guard kills ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but yea another guy was doing such a great job with that already ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' [[Mahrla]] ~~

=== Reflections ===

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Having made so many epic completions, all of which displaying amazing creativity and calmness under pressure, it’s interesting to know which of the records Ilari values the most.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I guess it used to be Caverns ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it took so long and all ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' now it being tied however ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I guess it's jungle ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' with all the mess there ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' funny xenia kill ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and the unsure ending ~~

Indeed Jungle is one of the three levels that Ilari is still the only player to have beaten, almost four years now since his first completion.

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~~'''The Illu:''' jungle and control has their reasons I guess ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' they take lots of investigation ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' it's really hard to explain the strats ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' you need to explain lots of things that can happen ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and you probably need to experience those happening ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' to understand what you have in front of you ~~

Ilari has since continued to lower his times on some of the easier levels every so often, offers advice to others and participates in ongoing strategy discussions on the [http://perfectdarkelite.yuku.com/forums/2 boards].

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During Ilari’s first break from playing [[DLTK]] in March 2004 he began to experiment a little with [[GoldenEye]] normal difficulty to see where he stood relative to others. Initially though he was very reluctant.

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~~'''The Illu:''' I pretty much just didn't want to join if I didn't have anything cool to contribute ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' like with DLTK I think I had something ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' normal would just pale in comparison if I wasn't even in the top 100 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but it was interesting to try out ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and I guess some said I'd be good if I practised more ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' people convinced me kinda ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' [[Brandon]], [[Shep]], [[Wouter]] ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I spoke to Brandon much I guess ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' he saw my [[Dam]] times and my 1:40 something total time and said like ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' dude ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' that's good ~~

Ilari had not made it public that he was playing much on normal difficulty, only speaking to a few individuals about the times he had. He began to put together a page to see where he’d be on the ranks and continued to play around with various levels, getting multiple Dam 54s in particular. Furthermore to satisfy his goal of joining the ranks with a World Record, he had already prepared himself in every way possible by purchasing [[NTSC]] capability.

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[[Image:Illu.JPG|thumb|320px|left|[[NTSC]] or [[PAL]]? Not always a straightforward choice]]

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~~'''The Illu:''' I really wanted to make sure I had the best stuff and know everything since I really wanted to get WRs ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I guess WRs was on the back of my mind all the way ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I didn't just tell people how high I was aiming that much ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and I couldn't know for sure I'd ever get any WRs anyway ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but sure I wanted to try my best ~~

However in the end it was not a World Record that started it all off.

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~~'''The Illu:''' first normal PR that I posted and joined ranks with was [[Control]] A 4:09 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' 2004-11-04 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I guess wr was 4:02 ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I was myself not very happy with it ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' but I just posted it and said that I'm joining the ranks with that ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' and whatever times I had already ~~

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~~'''The Illu:''' I was maybe top 50 ~~

Nevertheless Ilari’s first World Record followed swiftly.

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