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[[Image:blom.jpg|thumb|Henning "teH Fl0werP0wer" Blom]]

[[Image:blom.jpg|thumb|Henning "teH Fl0werP0wer" Blom]]

== History ==

== History ==

Henning Blom's (born in Sweden, 18th December 1986) speedrunning history starts off way back in the year of 2000. That was the year Henning and his younger brother Hannes Blom got their own [[Nintendo 64]] along with three games which were [[Goldeneye 007]], [[Perfect Dark]] and [[Super Mario 64]]. Henning was mostly playing Perfect Dark and eventually wondered what the fastest times gotten for the game could be and he found (on a library computer) a site named pdark.com (2001 or 2002) that hosted some Perfect Dark speedrunning videos from players such as SnapDragon, Paragon X9 and Marshmallow. Henning was blown away by their times (especially Paragons and the WAR! PA 1:00 from Marsh. Henning's PR on that level back then was somewhere in the 5x:xx) and couldn't believe how it was possible to be that fast and even wrote a "ranking" on a normal blank paper so he didn't have to memorise the times. He tried the [[Chicago]] [[Agent]] mine throw but that didn't really work well for him.

Henning Blom's (born in Sweden, 18th December 1986) speedrunning history starts off way back in the year of 2000. That was the year Henning and his younger brother Hannes Blom got their own [[Nintendo 64]] along with three games which were [[Goldeneye 007]], [[Perfect Dark]] and [[Super Mario 64]]. Henning was mostly playing Perfect Dark and eventually wondered what the fastest times gotten for the game could be and he found (on a library computer) a site named pdark.com (2001 or 2002) that hosted some Perfect Dark speedrunning videos from players such as SnapDragon, Paragon X9 and Marshmallow. Henning was blown away by their times (especially Paragons and the WAR! PA 1:00 from Marsh. Henning's PR on that level back then was somewhere in the 5x:xx) and couldn't believe how it was possible to be that fast and even wrote a "ranking" on a normal blank paper so he didn't have to memorise the times. He tried the [[Chicago]] [[Agent]] mine throw but that didn't really work well for him.

== Finding the-elite.net ==

== Finding the-elite.net ==

Eventually Henning and his brother sold the Nintendo 64 in 2003 and it was all history until late 2005 when Henning bought a Nintendo 64 for little money from a friend. Henning immediately got back to playing (mostly) Goldeneye 007 and Perfect Dark. Henning was playing Combat Simulator in Perfect Dark where he tried to achieve the 1:Perfect title. It was here he started doing things more "professionally" with speedstrafing, headshots and accuracy. Henning also beat Goldeneye on [[00 Agent]] and achieved all the cheats there (his last cheat was Silver PP7). All this eventually led him trying speedrunning solo levels and he actually managed to get times such as [[Dam]] Agent 0:57 and [[Runway]] Agent 0:26. In early 2006, Henning remembered the pdark site he found years back and wanted to find out if the records has been improved. At his friends house he Google searched for "Perfect Dark Records" and couldn't believe the new times that was set by [[Bryan Bosshardt]] and [[Ryan Dwyer]] amongst others.

Eventually Henning and his brother sold the Nintendo 64 in 2003 and it was all history until late 2005 when Henning bought a Nintendo 64 for little money from a friend. Henning immediately got back to playing (mostly) Goldeneye 007 and Perfect Dark. Henning was playing Combat Simulator in Perfect Dark where he tried to achieve the 1:Perfect title. It was here he started doing things more "professionally" with speedstrafing, headshots and accuracy. Henning also beat Goldeneye on [[00 Agent]] and achieved all the cheats there (his last cheat was Silver PP7). All this eventually led him trying speedrunning solo levels and he actually managed to get times such as [[Dam]] Agent 0:57 and [[Runway]] Agent 0:26. In early 2006, Henning remembered the pdark site he found years back and wanted to find out if the records has been improved. At his friends house he Google searched for "Perfect Dark Records" and couldn't believe the new times that was set by [[Bryan Bosshardt]] and [[Ryan Dwyer]] amongst others.

== The beginning of a speedrunning career ==

== The beginning of a speedrunning career ==

Henning eventually got an AIM screen name, got added to the World Rankings (with N/As on WAR! and Duel PA), talked to [[Otto Oksman]] on AIM who was the first eliter Henning really "spoke" to and told about his times that he had gotten. Otto encouraged him to dupe his times and by this time, Henning had gotten a better digital camera that he could record long sessions with. After surprisingly little effort Henning duped 0:25 on 11th November 2006 and finally posted it on the boards. He tied Chicago Agent 0:15 and [[Villa]] Agent 1:08 (no longer a WR) and other impressive times that weren't world records.

Henning eventually got an AIM screen name, got added to the World Rankings (with N/As on WAR! and Duel PA), talked to [[Otto Oksman]] on AIM who was the first eliter Henning really "spoke" to and told about his times that he had gotten. Otto encouraged him to dupe his times and by this time, Henning had gotten a better digital camera that he could record long sessions with. After surprisingly little effort Henning duped 0:25 on 11th November 2006 and finally posted it on the boards. He tied Chicago Agent 0:15 and [[Villa]] Agent 1:08 (no longer a WR) and other impressive times that weren't world records.

== GoldenEye 007 ==

== GoldenEye 007 ==

One problem with NTSC was that it plays in B&W and Henning still recorded his runs with a digital camera, and that combination made his vids blurry and barely watchable. Henning solved this problem by getting a DVD recorder, finally awesome quality videos for a, by now, skilled player.  

One problem with NTSC was that it plays in B&W and Henning still recorded his runs with a digital camera, and that combination made his vids blurry and barely watchable. Henning solved this problem by getting a DVD recorder, finally awesome quality videos for a, by now, skilled player.  

== More meetings and a quick race to the top 4! ==

== More meetings and a quick race to the top 4! ==

In summer 2008, Axel Zakrisson hosted a Swedish meeting at his family's house. Two new faces showed up, [[Jim Söderlund]] and [[Axel Andersson]] along with all the contenders from the 2007 meeting. At this meeting Henning showed how "dangerous" he could eventually be for Ilari by tieing [[Cradle]] Agent 0:34 while several other eliters were watching him playing. Later the same day he even tied [[Bunker 2]] Agent 0:24 and got a new PR, Runway 00 Agent 0:38. Although he did all this he still didn't do very well in the Multiplayer tournament but at least he had improved a little since the 2007 tournament, being somewhat harder to win against.

In summer 2008, Axel Zakrisson hosted a Swedish meeting at his family's house. Two new faces showed up, [[Jim Söderlund]] and [[Axel Andersson]] along with all the contenders from the 2007 meeting. At this meeting Henning showed how "dangerous" he could eventually be for Ilari by tieing [[Cradle]] Agent 0:34 while several other eliters were watching him playing. Later the same day he even tied [[Bunker 2]] Agent 0:24 and got a new PR, Runway 00 Agent 0:38. Although he did all this he still didn't do very well in the Multiplayer tournament but at least he had improved a little since the 2007 tournament, being somewhat harder to win against.

== Current/future activity ==

== Current/future activity ==

After a "very long time taken to get" [[Control]] Agent 3:59, I am currently playing for Frigate Agent 0:23. I'm planning on doing something and I won't say much more about that, we'll see how that goes, lol. But one thing is for sure, I will stay active for some more time :)

After a "very long time taken to get" [[Control]] Agent 3:59, I am currently playing for Frigate Agent 0:23. I'm planning on doing something and I won't say much more about that, we'll see how that goes, lol. But one thing is for sure, I will stay active for some more time :)

== Hey, you dont have any other interests? LOL ==

== Hey, you dont have any other interests? LOL ==