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===Biography===
 
===Biography===
  
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. 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 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. 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), and has also pulled off an 11-0 win in [[PD Challenge 30|Challenge 30]]. However, he was mainly known for his intensely detailed [http://qntm.org/strats strategy guides], and his community contributions, such as:
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* designing the current appearance of the [[Perfect Dark Elite]] [http://www.the-elite.net/PD/elite.htm records page]
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* creating [http://qntm.org/totalizer The Totalizer] for [[PD]] and [[GE]]
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* creating One On One for [http://qntm.org/oneonone_pd PD] & [http://qntm.org/oneonone_ge GE]
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* running [http://qntm.org/poll the Ultimate GE vs PD poll] (side note: GoldenEye is winning, barely)
  
 
Hughes spent several years playing PD extremely intermittently after "retiring", devoting his attention to (approximately in order):
 
Hughes spent several years playing PD extremely intermittently after "retiring", devoting his attention to (approximately in order):
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** peaked at rank 1 with all three world records
 
** peaked at rank 1 with all three world records
 
** first person to discover you could go under certain levels
 
** first person to discover you could go under certain levels
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** penned the definitive [http://qntm.org/astrolander AstroLander FAQ]
 
* [[Ikaruga]]
 
* [[Ikaruga]]
 
** peaked around 50th on the UK national rankings
 
** peaked around 50th on the UK national rankings

Revision as of 03:50, 30 May 2006

Sam Hughes

Samuel Derek Hughes (born November 12, 1983) is one of this wiki's administrators, representing The Elite. First and foremost a Perfect Dark player, he has never been noteworthy for his gaming skills, but is nevertheless well-known for penning Defection For Dummies, the first and most detailed guide for the famed Defection glitch, as well as numerous other community-based contributions.

Biography

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. 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), and has also pulled off an 11-0 win in Challenge 30. However, he was mainly known for his intensely detailed strategy guides, and his community contributions, such as:

Hughes spent several years playing PD extremely intermittently after "retiring", devoting his attention to (approximately in order):

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. He is also an avid fan of GridWars.

External Links

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