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== SMK World Championship 2012==

== SMK World Championship 2012==

In 2012, the SMK World Championship was organized in Thil and used as a stage to celebrate the 20th anniversary of SMK (it was released back in August 1992) and the 10th year of SMK Championnat competition (it has been held every year, without exceptions, since 2002). To accompany the celebrations, the organisation staged an elaborate SMK quiz for everyone present, as well as tournaments played on the side of all game modes of the original [[NTSC]] version of the game. All the hype generated by the celebrations was enough to propel the participation rates to a record breaking 51! Like every year, participants came from across Europe, with the majority being from the host nation, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France]. For the first time the Team [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA USA] equipe was expanded to 2, with [http://speedrunwiki.com/Drew_Blumfield Drew Blumfield] bringing [[Christophe Charignon]]. Except for [[Pierre]], all the big names in SMK multiplayer were accounted for. [[Pierre]] actually participated in the NTSC Time trial tournament, but left the proceedings after this. Aditionally, [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami's] Team UK included female World Champion [[Leyla Hasso]] as a surprise guest.  

In 2012, the SMK World Championship was organized in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thil,_Marne Thil] and used as a stage to celebrate the 20th anniversary of SMK (it was released back in August 1992) and the 10th year of SMK Championnat competition (it has been held every year, without exceptions, since 2002). To accompany the celebrations, the organisation staged an elaborate SMK quiz for everyone present, as well as tournaments played on the side of all game modes of the original [[NTSC]] version of the game. All the hype generated by the celebrations was enough to propel the participation rates to a record breaking 51! Like every year, participants came from across Europe, with the majority being from the host nation, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France France]. For the first time the Team [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA USA] equipe was expanded to 2, with [http://speedrunwiki.com/Drew_Blumfield Drew Blumfield] bringing [[Christophe Charignon]]. Except for [[Pierre]], all the big names in SMK multiplayer were accounted for. [[Pierre]] actually participated in the NTSC Time trial tournament, but left the proceedings after this. Aditionally, [http://speedrunwiki.com/Sami Sami's] Team UK included female World Champion [[Leyla Hasso]] as a surprise guest.  

2012 was a monumental year for another reason, as Florent’s SMK World Championship winning streak was finally put to a halt. After a rocky start with an early elimination in the [[Time Trial]] tournament, Florent was unable to close the gap towards his all-time SMK rival, UK Champion [[Sami]], who became World Champion for the first time at the event ([http://www.ffsmk.org/?task=results&year=2012&show=maininfo CDM 2012 Results]). Although this was a huge disappointment for Florent, there were also personal accompishments worth celebrating, most notably his success in sustaining the GP gold medal streak he started 6 years ago, leading to his 7th consecutive gold medal for that mode.

2012 was a monumental year for another reason, as Florent’s SMK World Championship winning streak was finally put to a halt. After a rocky start with an early elimination in the [[Time Trial]] tournament, Florent was unable to close the gap towards his all-time SMK rival, UK Champion [[Sami]], who became World Champion for the first time at the event ([http://www.ffsmk.org/?task=results&year=2012&show=maininfo CDM 2012 Results]). Although this was a huge disappointment for Florent, there were also personal accompishments worth celebrating, most notably his success in sustaining the GP gold medal streak he started 6 years ago, leading to his 7th consecutive gold medal for that mode.