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== Super Mario Kart World Championship 2014 ==

== Super Mario Kart World Championship 2014 ==

The Super Mario Kart World Championship 2014 will be taking place between 12th to 17th August 2014 at the same venue as the previous year; in La Suze-sur-Sarthe, near Le Mans in France. NintendoLife have kindly written up a good article detailing the event:  [http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/03/feature_a_look_at_the_super_mario_kart_snes_world_championship_2014 NintendoLife article on the Super Mario Kart World Championships]

The Super Mario Kart World Championship 2014 took place between 12th to 17th August 2014 at the same venue as the previous year; in La Suze-sur-Sarthe, near Le Mans in France. NintendoLife have kindly written up a good article detailing the event:  [http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/03/feature_a_look_at_the_super_mario_kart_snes_world_championship_2014 NintendoLife article on the Super Mario Kart World Championships]

Sami Cetin is attending once again, and has confirmed to be taking along 7 other members of team UK with a wider range of skill sets; his niece Leyla Hasso, making her 3rd appearance, Conor Wood and David Moll with their 4th appearance, Anna Moon with her 2nd appearance, returning racing specialist from Watford, Hertfordshire, Chris Clark, and two newcomers, Ashraf Khan and Darren Gian. Large promotions have been done at expos in France and the UK many are looking forward to see the action on the live twitch channel once again.

Sami Cetin is attended once again, along with 6 other members of Team UK with a wider range of skill sets; his niece Leyla Hasso, making her 3rd appearance, Conor Wood and David Moll with their 4th appearance, returning racing specialist from Watford, Hertfordshire, Chris Clark, and two newcomers, Ashraf Khan and Darren Gian. Large promotions have been done at Expos in France and the UK. His team performed well with three of the players, Sami, Conor and Leyla landing within the Top 16 overall; 2nd, 11th and 13th respectively.

 

Sami's overall performance was strong considering the heightened level of play from all of the competitors and the new system used in the group stages meaning more rival competitors. Sami managed to reach the Final in the Time Trial one tries, losing to Florent Lecoanet narrowly on Mario Circuit 2 due to lack of longboost usage. The Match Race group stage was a disaster for Sami as he tied and lost to many rivals setting him in a difficult position in the bracket. He managed to pull through, facing rival Julien "Scoub" Holmiere in the Quarter Final and later Geoffrey Label in the Semi to land in the final. A close match vs Florent Lecoanet happened and Sami lost 11-7, due to a few minor mistakes towards the latter part and a couple of lightnings that assisted Flo. Battle Mode went well in the group stages with Sami reaching a height of 3rd seed, to later go out in the Quarter Finals with a 7-2 loss to Drew Blumfield of USA. 150cc Grand Prix was solid with a good performance during the day and evening with Sami and Florent proving to be the top contenders there once again. Sami lost 5-0 on cups to Florent in the final but won some close races in between. Sami Cetin reached the 2nd Place Trophy overall, with Florent in 1st, and Julien Holmiere 3rd on the overall podium. Each of the 3 competitors plus 4th Place Geoffrey Label and 5th Place Karel van Duijvenboden were treated to Nintendo Wii U's as prizes, courtesy of Nintendo of France.

 

The Super Mario Kart World Championship 2014 was a big success with the competitors, twitch tv, media and the players are hoping to expand further in the coming years and invite more players.

== 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 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.

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. Following winning a Nintendo Wii U at the SMK World Championships 2014, Sami has acquired a copy of Mario Kart 8, but has no plans to play this to a professional level. He may look to run some tournaments for fun at events on this game for others to compete in.

== Sami Cetin's Super Mario Kart NTSC Time Trial Videos (Some are current or former World Records) ==

== Sami Cetin's Super Mario Kart NTSC Time Trial Videos (Some are current or former World Records) ==

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHM7N9brVI0 NTSC Mario Circuit 1 Course - 0'56"19]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgBgMj1G5Hs NTSC Mario Circuit 1 Course - 0'56"10]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmEEfLU23Cc NTSC Mario Circuit 1 Lap - 0'10"85]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmEEfLU23Cc NTSC Mario Circuit 1 Lap - 0'10"85]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iTX3S4rUcE NTSC Ghost Valley 3 Course - 1'12"27]

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iTX3S4rUcE NTSC Ghost Valley 3 Course - 1'12"27]

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