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== Awesome Games Done Quick 2016 ==
== Awesome Games Done Quick 2016 ==
In 2016, Florent participated in Awesome Games Done Quick ([https://gamesdonequick.com/ AGDQ]), the biggest worldwide speedrunning marathon that is held annually and raises funds for [http://preventcancer.org/ the prevent cancer foundation]. On the first day of AGDQ 2016, Florent faced-off against former [[Time Trial]] #1[[ Karel van Duijvenboden]] (alias KVD). Their race will be ingrained in the memory of most of the people that witnessed it live, as it climaxed into one of the closest finishes in the history of these events. The goal of the race was to complete all cups of Super Mario Kart (GP150cc, [[NTSC]] version) as fast as possible. Beforehand, there was no clear favourite. [[Karel]] is the World Record holder in this category ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrCD92rqX1Y 31m08s]) and the most trained (for this specific challenge) out of the two, but Florent’s overall GP prowess and ability under pressure could certainly be enough to make up for that. Florent travelled across the Atlantic ocean to attend this event, which was held in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C. Washington DC] in the [http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/virginia/hilton-washington-dulles-airport-IADAHHF/index.html Hilton Washington Dulles Airport hotel]. This marked the first occasion that Florent undertook intercontinental travel for a Super Mario Kart related endeavor.
In 2016, Florent participated in Awesome Games Done Quick ([https://gamesdonequick.com/ AGDQ]), the biggest worldwide speedrunning marathon that is held annually and raises funds for [http://preventcancer.org/ the prevent cancer foundation]. On the first day of AGDQ 2016, Florent faced-off against former [[Time Trial]] #1[[ Karel van Duijvenboden]] (alias KVD). Their race will be ingrained in the memory of most of the people that witnessed it live, as it climaxed into one of the closest finishes in the history of these events. The goal of the race was to complete all cups of Super Mario Kart (GP150cc, [[NTSC]] version) as fast as possible, each on a separate console. Beforehand, there was no clear favourite. [[Karel]] is the World Record holder in this category ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrCD92rqX1Y 31m08s]) and the most trained (for this specific challenge) out of the two, but Florent’s overall GP prowess and ability under pressure could certainly be enough to make up for that. Florent travelled across the Atlantic ocean to attend this event, which was held in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C. Washington DC] in the [http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/virginia/hilton-washington-dulles-airport-IADAHHF/index.html Hilton Washington Dulles Airport hotel]. This marked the first occasion that Florent undertook intercontinental travel for a Super Mario Kart related endeavor.
The race turned out to be close all the way through, with multiple lead changes. Florent started off strong, securing a solid lead of 13 seconds during mushroom cup. After this, Karel clawed back with some clean racing on flower and star cup and actually started the deciding special cup with a healthy 16 second lead. Florent amounted an incredible comeback building all the way through this final cup. His antics included a spectacular mushroom aided wall-skip on [[Donut Plains 3]]. On the final track, [[Rainbow Road]], Karel still had a lead of roughly 6 seconds left, implying that Florent needed to get a feather or mushroom to win through a possible final lap finish line trick ending. Instead of that happening, Karel suffered an unlucky blow as Luigi suddenly rag dolled into his kart upon firing a red shell, which ironically, Karel attempted to try and move Luigi out of the way with. This set-up a thriller of a final lap that culminated in a highly memorable photo finish. In the end Florent had won by 0.13 seconds, a mind-blowingly small difference after over 32 minutes of racing.
The race turned out to be close all the way through, with multiple lead changes. Florent started off strong, securing a solid lead of 13 seconds during mushroom cup. After this, Karel clawed back with some clean racing on flower and star cup and actually started the deciding special cup with a healthy 16 second lead. Florent amounted an incredible comeback building all the way through this final cup. His antics included a spectacular mushroom aided wall-skip on [[Donut Plains 3]]. On the final track, [[Rainbow Road]], Karel still had a lead of roughly 6 seconds left, implying that Florent needed to get a feather or mushroom to win through a possible final lap finish line trick ending. Instead of that happening, Karel suffered an unlucky blow as Luigi suddenly rag dolled into his kart upon firing a red shell, which ironically, Karel attempted to try and move Luigi out of the way with. This set-up a thriller of a final lap that culminated in a highly memorable photo finish. In the end Florent had won by 0.13 seconds, a mind-blowingly small difference after over 32 minutes of racing.