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== THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA IN SPEEDRUNNING ==
 
== THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA IN SPEEDRUNNING ==
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In 2008, after joining the United States Navy as a Hospital Corpsman Dental Technician and being stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, he once again picked up his Nintendo 64 controller and turned on Goldeneye to see if he still enjoyed playing it. He sure did! After stumbling across '''"the-elite.net"''' and finding the Goldeneye/Perfect Dark chat boards, he was, for the first time ever, in contact with some of the best players the world has ever seen and finally able to actually watch videos of strategies that he could never view before! Give him a break, he was/is poor and never had internet until only the last couple of years. (<---------LOL.) He was able to get strats and ideas from the likes of such legends as: '''David Clemens, Bryan Bosshardt, Ryan White, Wouter Jansen, Glen Stevens, Eddie Lovins,''' etc. As well as view a vast amount of videos and written strats from several other players. That, in addition to learning the 1.2 controller style, has turned Goldeneye into a whole new game for Shawn and times that he could never believe before, he was actually besting! In these past few years (2008-current), Shawn has climbed over 70 spots on the worldwide rankings and currently sits at 7th in the Point Rankings and 7th in the Time Rankings.  <3
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In 2008, after joining the United States Navy as a Hospital Corpsman Dental Technician and being stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, he once again picked up his Nintendo 64 controller and turned on Goldeneye to see if he still enjoyed playing it. He sure did! After stumbling across '''"the-elite.net"''' and finding the Goldeneye/Perfect Dark chat boards, he was, for the first time ever, in contact with some of the best players the world has ever seen and finally able to actually watch videos of strategies that he could never view before! Give him a break, he was/is poor and never had internet until only the last couple of years. (<---------LOL.) He was able to get strats and ideas from the likes of such legends as: '''David Clemens, Bryan Bosshardt, Ryan White, Wouter Jansen, Glen Stevens, Eddie Lovins,''' etc. As well as view a vast amount of videos and written strats from several other players. That, in addition to learning the 1.2 controller style, has turned Goldeneye into a whole new game for Shawn and times that he could never believe before, he was actually besting! In these past few years (2008-current), Shawn has climbed over 70 spots on the worldwide rankings and currently sits at 8th in the Point Rankings and 8th in the Time Rankings.  <3
    
Shawn was able to meet up with '''Adam Matis''' in early 2011.  Not having played with exactly the same rules over the past decade, Shawn was bested 15-5.  There would be redemption though and the next meeting with '''Adam Matis''' ended 4-1 in favor of Shawn.  He also split 2 games with GE great '''Trent Hovis''' and lost 1-5 to legendary '''Eddie Lovins'''.  Shawn eagerly awaits rematches against all those great players and his chance to play the Great '''Jimbo Barrett'''.
 
Shawn was able to meet up with '''Adam Matis''' in early 2011.  Not having played with exactly the same rules over the past decade, Shawn was bested 15-5.  There would be redemption though and the next meeting with '''Adam Matis''' ended 4-1 in favor of Shawn.  He also split 2 games with GE great '''Trent Hovis''' and lost 1-5 to legendary '''Eddie Lovins'''.  Shawn eagerly awaits rematches against all those great players and his chance to play the Great '''Jimbo Barrett'''.

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