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== Introduction ==

== Introduction ==

'''Sami Cetin''' was born in London, UK in October 1982 to Finnish and Turkish parents, and is the Founder and Director of the [http://www.mariokartplayers.com/smk/ Super Mario Kart (SMK) Time Trial World Records Site for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System SNES]. He was the chief times and news updater of the SMK community since November 1998, and continues this job on the 2006 automated reincarnation of the site as a Global Director. His dedication and long-service to [[Super Mario Kart]] have earned him the title 'Godfather of SMK'. Sami is a two time PAL Time Trial World Champion of Super Mario Kart (also holding the title of the longest reigning PAL Time Trial World Champion by cumulative number of days) and is currently 2nd in the World following his rival Guillaume Leviach of France. Sami first held the Time Trial title from September 1998 to April 2004 (at one point holding all 40 WRs) and has also maintained the title as the UK National Champion on SMK for all of the modes from 1998 to present. He is most famous for his achievements on Mario Circuit 1 (the first race track in the entire Mario Kart franchise), by being the first to reach a Non-NBT 1'00"99 in August 2000. This led to an eventual Guinness World Records entry in 2012 with a 58.34 seconds World Record time. On Christmas Day 2013 he became the first person on Earth to break the PAL 58 second barrier with a 57.90 seconds World Record and broke a similar barrier in November 2014 by going sub 56 seconds on NTSC with 55.97 seconds. Sami won the overall Multiplayer Title one time at the Super Mario Kart World Championships 2012 held in Thil, near Reims, France during 21st - 26th August 2012. He was also the overall PAL and NTSC Super Mario Kart Online Multiplayer World Champion from 2011 - 2014 on the [http://www.snesot.com/ SNESOT Rankings] based on a combined overall points system (not individual years). Sami is a senior moderator of the SMK forum and a popular member of the [[mariokart64.com|kart community]].

'''Sami Cetin''' of London, is the Founder and Director of the [http://www.mariokartplayers.com/smk/ Super Mario Kart (SMK) Time Trial World Records Site for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System SNES]. He is the chief times and news updater of the SMK community since November 1998, and continues this job since the 2006 automated reincarnation of the site as a Global Director. His dedication and long-service to [[Super Mario Kart]] have earned him the title 'Godfather of SMK'. Sami is a two time PAL Time Trial World Champion of Super Mario Kart (also holding the title of the longest reigning PAL Time Trial World Champion by cumulative number of days) and is currently 2nd in the World following his rival Guillaume Leviach of France. Sami first held the Time Trial title from September 1998 to April 2004 (at one point holding all 40 WRs) and has also maintained the title as the UK National Champion on SMK for all of the modes from 1998 to present. He is most famous for his achievements on Mario Circuit 1 (the first race track in the entire Mario Kart franchise), by being the first to reach a Non-NBT 1'00"99 in August 2000. This led to an eventual Guinness World Records entry in 2012 with a 58.34 seconds World Record time. On Christmas Day 2013 he became the first person on Earth to break the PAL 58 second barrier with a 57.90 seconds World Record and broke a similar barrier in November 2014 by going sub 56 seconds on NTSC with 55.97 seconds. Sami won the overall Multiplayer Title one time at the Super Mario Kart World Championships 2012 held in Thil, near Reims, France during 21st - 26th August 2012. He was also the overall PAL and NTSC Super Mario Kart Online Multiplayer World Champion from 2011 - 2014 on the [http://www.snesot.com/ SNESOT Rankings] based on a combined overall points system (not individual years). Sami is a senior moderator of the SMK forum and a popular member of the [[mariokart64.com|kart community]].

== 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. 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'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 acquired a copy of Mario Kart 8, but had no plans to play this to a professional level.