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[[Image:Jimandkarl.JPG|thumb|Jimbo and Aussie-legend Karl Jobst at the 2012 Virginia meet.]]
 
[[Image:Jimandkarl.JPG|thumb|Jimbo and Aussie-legend Karl Jobst at the 2012 Virginia meet.]]
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'''Jim "Jimbo" Barrett''' (born March 17, 1988, in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is historically one of the most obnoxious, cocky gamers around the Goldeneye and Mario Kart 64 forums. He immediately gained infamy at the start of his career due to his arrogance and claiming of obviously fake times, such as Caverns Agent 1:02 at age 13. After being banned from [[The Elite]] rankings in mid 2002, Jimbo cleaned up his act, and in July 2003 achieved Bunker 1 00A 1:09 (then tying a [[Bosshardt]]-set untied of 2 seconds), spawning the beginning of a rise in the rankings. In February 2004, he reached the podium of [[GoldenEye 007]] and held off challengers for one year. Jimbo is more motivated to play for world records in the summer months due to the summer contest, and lack of NFL Football. Jimbo has only achieved 5 world records since January 2006, but one of them was [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75EQbM4h-HI Dam Agent 0:53]. A relevant list of accomplishments Jimbo could claim to would be:
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'''Jim "Jimbo" Barrett''' (born March 17, 1988, in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is historically one of the most obnoxious, cocky gamers around the Goldeneye and Mario Kart 64 forums. He immediately gained infamy at the start of his career due to his arrogance and claiming of obviously fake times, such as Caverns Agent 1:02 at age 13. After being banned from [[The Elite]] rankings in mid 2002, Jimbo cleaned up his act, and in July 2003 achieved Bunker 1 00A 1:09 (then tying a [[Bosshardt]]-set untied of 2 seconds), spawning the beginning of a rise in the rankings. In February 2004, he reached the podium of [[GoldenEye 007]] and held off challengers for one year. Jimbo is more motivated to play for world records in the summer months due to the summer contest, and lack of NFL Football. Jimbo continues to be an active member of the Goldeneye community. With the recent addition of twitch.tv, Jimbo's channel has become one of the more popular streams to watch for Eliters.
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* 3 official career UNTIED Goldeneye world records, and 24 official TIED world records.
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* 3 official career UNTIED Goldeneye world records, and 25 official TIED world records.
* Being ranked <b>3rd</b> on the Goldeneye rankings for over a year for points and time, (February 2004 to March 2005), and is still ranked in the top 20.
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* Being ranked <b>3rd</b> on the Goldeneye rankings for over a year for points and time, (February 2004 to March 2005), and is currently ranked in the top 15.
 
* Having administrative privileges on the Elite's main page and is a moderator on the General Chat and Goldeneye forums, also holding about 10 years of "seniority".
 
* Having administrative privileges on the Elite's main page and is a moderator on the General Chat and Goldeneye forums, also holding about 10 years of "seniority".
 
* Regularly updating the Elite's front page with relevant information and insight on the best players currently setting world records, and statistics on each news update! ([http://www.the-elite.net The Elite's Main Page])
 
* Regularly updating the Elite's front page with relevant information and insight on the best players currently setting world records, and statistics on each news update! ([http://www.the-elite.net The Elite's Main Page])
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Jim resides in Green Bay Wisconsin, has a full time job, lives alone, and is going for his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration. Jim checks the elite boards every day, visits the elite chat nightly, and sometimes visits [[Ngamer]] to conduct business. Jimbo has attended every major meet held since 2007, including all Virginia meets, the Michigan 2009 meet, the Florida 2010 meet, and the Michigan 2010 meet.
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Jim resides in Green Bay Wisconsin, has a full time job, lives alone, and is going for his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration. Jim checks the elite boards every day, visits the elite chat nightly, and sometimes visits [[Ngamer]] to conduct business. Jimbo has attended every major meet held since 2007, including all Virginia meets, the Michigan 2009 meet, the Florida 2010 meet, the Michigan 2010 meet, and countless Minnesota meets since then.
    
'''''Reasons why Jimbo could be pretty cool:'''''  
 
'''''Reasons why Jimbo could be pretty cool:'''''  
 
* He is a longtime member of the elite, going back to as early as December 2001.
 
* He is a longtime member of the elite, going back to as early as December 2001.
 
* He is one of the most social and involved eliters, always staying in touch with many people consistently.
 
* He is one of the most social and involved eliters, always staying in touch with many people consistently.
* He is a highly experienced and skilled drummer.
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* He is a highly experienced and skilled drummer, taking influences from his favorite drummers Neil Peart (Rush), Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan (Avenged Sevenfold), and Danny Carey (Tool)
* He's not too bad at Goldeneye multiplayer or Mario Kart 64.
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* While historically arrogant and quite trollish, Jimbo is insanely good at Goldeneye multiplayer and a "top 5 item user" in the world at Mario Kart 64 (Bryan Bosshardt).
 
* He is one of the most highly knowledgeable NFL and NASCAR fans around, being a pro/lucky sports bettor and avid [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers Green Bay Packers] fan. (OK so I'm basically a complete homer fan)
 
* He is one of the most highly knowledgeable NFL and NASCAR fans around, being a pro/lucky sports bettor and avid [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Bay_Packers Green Bay Packers] fan. (OK so I'm basically a complete homer fan)
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* Is a level 37 Sage poster on GameFAQs.com, a highly outdated message board for eliters
 
* Is a level 37 Sage poster on GameFAQs.com, a highly outdated message board for eliters
 
* Has tanked every tournament ping pong match in elite history, and was eliminated by [[Liz Mimms]] in 2009 and 2010 during round 1. Jimbo has extended his record to 0-8 in elite history.
 
* Has tanked every tournament ping pong match in elite history, and was eliminated by [[Liz Mimms]] in 2009 and 2010 during round 1. Jimbo has extended his record to 0-8 in elite history.
* Has an irrational, unhealthy, and outrageous obsession with every aspect of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic RMS Titanic].
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* Has an irrational, unhealthy, and outrageous obsession with every aspect of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic RMS Titanic] and the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks.
    
== Playing Host  ==
 
== Playing Host  ==
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