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== Mario Kart 8 Promotions for Nintendo UK at EGX ==

== Mario Kart 8 Promotions for Nintendo UK at EXG ==

With the release of Mario Kart 8 due on the Nintendo Wii U in 2014, Sami has also partaken in some interviews along with his niece Leyla Hasso, filmed by Nintendo UK. This was also a good promotion of the upcoming new release and they were asked to have a demonstration of the game. This had taken place at EGX in London in late 2013 and the video was prepared for March 2014:  [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl0tI855B7g Sami Cetin and Leyla Hasso try out Mario Kart 8]

With the release of Mario Kart 8 due on the Nintendo Wii U in 2014, Sami has also partaken in some interviews along with his niece Leyla Hasso, filmed by Nintendo UK. This was also a good promotion of the upcoming new release and they were asked to have a demonstration of the game. This had taken place at EGX in London in late 2013 and the video was prepared for March 2014:  [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl0tI855B7g Sami Cetin and Leyla Hasso try out Mario Kart 8]

== Involvement in other Mario Kart games ==

== Involvement in other Mario Kart games ==

Sami's prowess extends to the other kart games, and he is one of the best all-round Mario Kart players: currently ranking in 2nd in the [http://www.mariokart64.com/combinedranks/ Combined Mario Kart Rankings] after a brief period in 1st place. He was formerly world champion in [[Mario Kart 64]], where he had many impressive WRs and broke milestone barriers such as WS 3lap in which he got 3:39.99. He was also world champion of [[Mario Kart Super Circuit]] for the first few months of competition including taking many former World Records during a visit to Germany in early 2002 before retiring from Mario Kart Super Circuit. He has spent a bit of time on [[Mario Kart Double Dash]] and a little more on [[Mario Kart DS]]. He competed on Mario Kart DS becoming UK Champion during the start of 2007 but retired within a few months to make a return to Super Mario Kart.

Sami's prowess extends to the other kart games, and he is one of the best all-round Mario Kart players: currently ranking in 9th in the [http://www.mariokart64.com/combinedranks/ Combined Mario Kart Rankings] which were created as a fun side statistic combining all Mario Kart games. He was briefly in 1st place years ago. He was formerly the Non-Shortcut Time Trial World Champion in [[Mario Kart 64]], where he had many impressive WRs and broke milestone barriers such as Wario Stadium 3lap in which he got 3:39.99 as an NTSC time. He was also world champion of [[Mario Kart Super Circuit]] for the first few months of competition including taking many former World Records during a visit to Germany in early 2002 before retiring from the GBA title. He has spent a bit of time on [[Mario Kart Double Dash]] and a little more on [[Mario Kart DS]]. He competed on Mario Kart DS becoming UK Champion during the start of 2007 but retired within a few months to make a return to Super Mario Kart where World Multiplayer Competition was picking up.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Racer Street Racer] for the SNES was a Super Mario Kart clone (although had different handling) but still followed the same Mode 7 graphics. It had a Time Attack mode aswell where you could specify how long a course time you wanted to do and a system to do Best Laps primarily. Sami is the unanimous Time Trial World Champion of NTSC on this game and holds most of the World Records on PAL (17 out of 24). His main rival being Pierre L'Hoëst of France who holds the other 7. However on an overall basis this makes Sami the Time Trial World Champion of both PAL and NTSC versions.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Racer Street Racer] for the SNES was a Super Mario Kart clone (although had different handling) but still followed the same Mode 7 graphics. It had a Time Attack mode aswell where you could specify how long a course time you wanted to do and a system to do Best Laps primarily. Sami is the unanimous Time Trial World Champion of NTSC on this game and holds most of the World Records on PAL (17 out of 24). His main rival being Pierre L'Hoëst of France who holds the other 7. However on an overall basis this makes Sami the Time Trial World Champion of both PAL and NTSC versions.

Sami has also competed on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Machines_2#Micro_Machines_2:_Turbo_Tournament Micro Machines 2 : Turbo Tournament] for the SNES for Time Trials. But didn't favour the game for Multiplayer as much. To add another racing game to his list of professional competition from the 16 Bit era, Sami was able to be the Time Trial World leader here officially since November 2011 with 22 World Records out of a possible 54. He has other rivals though including Harold Christensen who are more skilled on some of the other tracks and haven't entered competition on all of them yet. Should this happen they are likely to rise to the title. Sami has noticed that the records possible on the Sega Megadrive version of the game run faster than that of the SNES for some reason. He has expressed interest in competing with the World Records there as well as a side project for the future.

Sami has also competed on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Machines_2#Micro_Machines_2:_Turbo_Tournament Micro Machines 2 : Turbo Tournament] for the SNES for Time Trials. But didn't favour the game for Multiplayer as much. To add another racing game to his list of professional competition from the 16 Bit era, Sami was able to be the Time Trial World leader here officially since November 2011 with 22 World Records out of a possible 54. He has other rivals though including Harold Christensen who are more skilled on some of the other tracks and haven't entered competition on all of them yet. Should this happen they are likely to rise to the title. He has expressed interest in competing with the World Records there as well as a side project for the future.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Machines_V4 Micro Machines V4] for Playstation 2 was well enjoyed and introduced to Sami around the Norway 2007 meet time. The current Time Trial World Champion based on full completions average finish is Marius Hukkelas of Norway. However a faster player currently holds 29 World Records out of a possible 51 and is considered to be a Champion on this category; Super Mario Kart's Multiple Championship winner [[Florent Lecoanet]] of France. Sami doesn't have any World Records here but is the UK Champion of this game.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Machines_V4 Micro Machines V4] for Playstation 2 was well enjoyed and introduced to Sami around the Norway 2007 meet time. The current Time Trial World Champion based on full completions average finish is Marius Hukkelas of Norway. However a faster player currently holds 29 World Records out of a possible 51 and is considered to be a Champion on this category; Super Mario Kart's Multiple Championship winner [[Florent Lecoanet]] of France. Sami doesn't have any World Records here but is the UK Champion of this game.

== Personal Life ==

== Personal Life ==

Sami likes to keep himself healthy and has never smoked in his life nor does he drink any alcohol. He has suffered from moderate asthma since childhood but keeping active with a training programme at the gym has helped to ease this a lot.

Sami likes to keep himself healthy and has never smoked in his life nor does he drink any alcohol. He has suffered from moderate asthma since childhood but keeping active with a training programme at the gym has helped to ease this a lot. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with friends and family, travelling to new countries, movies, civil-aviation, reading, and growing Sunflowers in the garden.

Sami is not marrried and has no children. However he has had 3 relationships in the past; Sami has been single since September 2012 and has no further plans for any future relationships at this time.

Sami is not married and has no children. He has had 3 relationships in the past but is now single since 2012 with no further plans for any future relationships at this time.