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'''Samuel Derek Hughes''' (born November 12, 1983) is one of this wiki's administrators, representing [[The Elite]]. | '''Samuel Derek Hughes''' (born November 12, 1983) is one of this wiki's administrators, representing [[The Elite]]. | ||
| − | Hughes joined the Elite in July 2001 and played [[Perfect Dark]] continuously between then and his first retirement in early July 2002, just short of a year after joining, having peaked at rank 53rd in points and 51st in time. Never noteworthy for his skills, Hughes nevertheless rose to fame for penning Defection For Dummies, the first and most detailed guide for the famed Defection Glitch, as well as numerous other community-based contributions. | + | ===Gaming history=== |
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| + | Hughes joined the Elite in July 2001 and played [[Perfect Dark]] continuously between then and his first retirement in early July 2002, just short of a year after joining, having peaked at rank 53rd in points and 51st in time. Never noteworthy for his skills, Hughes nevertheless rose to fame for penning Defection For Dummies, the first and most detailed guide for the famed Defection Glitch, as well as numerous other community-based contributions. His notable PD times include 1:15 [[Villa]] [[A]], 3:01 [[Investigation]] [[PA]], 0:16 [[Chicago]] A and 0:27 [[War]] A, the latter two of which were world records at the time. He is a proud member of the 3-4-5 club (Agent times all under 3:00, SA all under 4:00, PA all under 5:00). He has also pulled off an 11-0 win in [[PD Challenge 30|Challenge 30]]. | ||
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| + | Hughes spent several years playing PD extremely intermittently after "retiring", devoting his attention to (approximately in order): | ||
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| + | * [[GoldenEye 007]] | ||
| + | * [[Super Monkey Ball]] | ||
| + | ** peaked around rank 53 | ||
| + | * [[Astrolander]] | ||
| + | ** peaked at rank 1 with all three world records | ||
| + | ** first person to discover you could go under certain levels | ||
| + | * [[Ikaruga]] | ||
| + | ** peaked around 50th on the UK national rankings | ||
| + | * Sonic Mega Collection | ||
| + | * [[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]] | ||
| + | ** scored 34 in [[Letter Sorting]] | ||
| + | * [[Half-Life 2]] | ||
| + | * [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]] | ||
| + | ** obtained a single-segment time of 5 hours 41 minutes | ||
| + | ** masterminded the route for [[Mike Damiani]]'s 5 hour 4 minute world record run and devised many of the tricks he used en route, including the optimal Water Temple route | ||
| + | ** claimed [[Twin Galaxies]]' 2005 OoT bounty for completing the game as fast as possible while collecting all 100 Gold Skulltulas and the Mask of Truth, with a time of less than 7 hours | ||
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| + | However, most of this time was spent in study at Cambridge University, culminating in a 2:1 in Mathematics he obtained in June 2005. | ||
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| + | Hughes has recently picked up the controller again to play [[Perfect Dark]] in an attempt to get all his solo times under 4 minutes. | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
Revision as of 03:29, 30 May 2006
Samuel Derek Hughes (born November 12, 1983) is one of this wiki's administrators, representing The Elite.
Gaming history
Hughes joined the Elite in July 2001 and played Perfect Dark continuously between then and his first retirement in early July 2002, just short of a year after joining, having peaked at rank 53rd in points and 51st in time. Never noteworthy for his skills, Hughes nevertheless rose to fame for penning Defection For Dummies, the first and most detailed guide for the famed Defection Glitch, as well as numerous other community-based contributions. His notable PD times include 1:15 Villa A, 3:01 Investigation PA, 0:16 Chicago A and 0:27 War A, the latter two of which were world records at the time. He is a proud member of the 3-4-5 club (Agent times all under 3:00, SA all under 4:00, PA all under 5:00). He has also pulled off an 11-0 win in Challenge 30.
Hughes spent several years playing PD extremely intermittently after "retiring", devoting his attention to (approximately in order):
- GoldenEye 007
- Super Monkey Ball
- peaked around rank 53
- Astrolander
- peaked at rank 1 with all three world records
- first person to discover you could go under certain levels
- Ikaruga
- peaked around 50th on the UK national rankings
- Sonic Mega Collection
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
- scored 34 in Letter Sorting
- Half-Life 2
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- obtained a single-segment time of 5 hours 41 minutes
- masterminded the route for Mike Damiani's 5 hour 4 minute world record run and devised many of the tricks he used en route, including the optimal Water Temple route
- claimed Twin Galaxies' 2005 OoT bounty for completing the game as fast as possible while collecting all 100 Gold Skulltulas and the Mask of Truth, with a time of less than 7 hours
However, most of this time was spent in study at Cambridge University, culminating in a 2:1 in Mathematics he obtained in June 2005.
Hughes has recently picked up the controller again to play Perfect Dark in an attempt to get all his solo times under 4 minutes.
External Links
- How To Destroy The Earth, Hughes's greatest claim to fame
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