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[[Image:Flo and Pierre.jpg|thumb|NLG World Championship 2007]]

[[Image:Flo and Pierre.jpg|thumb|NLG World Championship 2007]]

For the [http://www.ffsmk.org/?task=results&year=2006 CDF 2006] Florent stepped up to be a great ambassador of [[SMK]] as he literally saved the event that year. The organisation did not succeed in finding a venue for the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] of 2006 and it looked like it would get cancelled. However, as a last resort, Florent offered the solution by actually letting the players use his appartment in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angers Angers] as the venue. As the host, he surpassed the expectations of many by winning both the GP and Match Race tournaments. This was against the odds, as prior to this CDF it was [http://speedrunwiki.com/Pierre_L%27Hoest Pierre L’Hoëst] who singlehandedly ruled the three previous [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] events with an iron fist. [http://speedrunwiki.com/Pierre_L%27Hoest Pierre] still managed to win the overall classement of the CDF 2006 version, but it was very close, with Florent finishing just behind in 2nd position. His amazing skill and talent was becoming increasingly more evident and most karters agreed that it would only be a question of time now before he would win some major prizes.

For the [http://www.ffsmk.org/?task=results&year=2006 CDF 2006] Florent stepped up to be a great ambassador of [[SMK]] as he literally saved the event that year. The organization did not succeed in finding a venue for the [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] of 2006 and it looked like it would get cancelled. However, as a last resort, Florent offered the solution by actually letting the players use his appartment in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angers Angers] as the venue. As the host, he surpassed the expectations of many by winning both the GP and Match Race tournaments. This was against the odds, as prior to this CDF it was [http://speedrunwiki.com/Pierre_L%27Hoest Pierre L’Hoëst] who singlehandedly ruled the three previous [http://www.championnat-smk.org/ CDF] events with an iron fist. [http://speedrunwiki.com/Pierre_L%27Hoest Pierre] still managed to win the overall classement of the CDF 2006 version, but it was very close, with Florent finishing just behind in 2nd position. His amazing skill and talent was becoming increasingly more evident and most karters agreed that it would only be a question of time now before he would win some major prizes.

== SMK World Championship 2012==

== SMK World Championship 2012==

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.  

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 organization 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.