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<nowiki>Finn also played MKDD for a couple of months just after the release of the game, thinking his MK64 background would make it easy for him to succeed at the new game. It didn't, and he soon returned to his home base at MK64, where he until recently has been climbing steadily and extremely slowly in rank, almost reaching Legend A, and earning the title of of Turtle of the Year last year.  

'''Finn Berger''' is the oldest active member of the community (born in 1952). Despite the fact that he's not one of the most talented karters on the site, he's still one of the most respected players. The reason for his popularity--he finished 2nd in the 2004 Karters Contest--is mainly his great personality on the message board and his very insightful posts.

    His career has, however, ground to a halt because of the double effect of almost maxing out and finding true love at the same time. That career started in 1999, when he caught the bug after having bought the game for his son, and he joined the site in the spring of 2003. Since then he's also been a very ardent poster on the boards, offering comments and advice on every topic that pops up, regardless of whether he knows anything about it or not.  

 

    Finn earns his living as a teacher, which sometimes becomes very obvious from his posts. Give him the opportunity, and he launches a lecture. (It may sometimes pay to listen to it, though!)</nowiki>Finn Berger's foremost achievement is having stayed alive for 53 years. This is a feat he usually tries to capitalize on at every possible occasion. Apart from that, he's actually Norway's #1 MK64 player - by a rather narrow margin, though, being ranked #32 on the NSC list, just a few places ahead of Marius Hukkelaas.  

Finn's main game is [[Mario Kart 64]]. He joined the rankings in the spring of 2003, after having played the game since 1999 (the game he actually bought for his son...). He started a relatively slow but very steady rise on the rankings. His playing philosophy was trying to focus on one track at a time until he reached a satisfying time, before moving on to the next track. With this strategy he never made really big jumps on the rankings. However, his strong point is that he can keep playing almost forever to improve his times very patiently one by one. He saw many young and talented players fly past him on the rankings. In the end he managed to pass back the majority of them, often when the other guy was retired, and Finn kept on playing. This way of playing earned him the nickname "the turtle".

    Finn also played MKDD for a couple of months just after the release of the game, thinking his MK64 background would make it easy for him to succeed at the new game. It didn't, and he soon returned to his home base at MK64, where he until recently has been climbing steadily and extremely slowly in rank, almost reaching Legend A, and earning the title of of Turtle of the Year last year.  

 

    His career has, however, ground to a halt because of the double effect of almost maxing out and finding true love at the same time. That career started in 1999, when he caught the bug after having bought the game for his son, and he joined the site in the spring of 2003. Since then he's also been a very ardent poster on the boards, offering comments and advice on every topic that pops up, regardless of whether he knows anything about it or not.  

When Finn played a particular track, he always shared his thoughts about the tracks with other players on the message board. By sharing his knowledge, and asking others for their advice and opinions about that track (often about small but very useful details), he often created a discussion that was very valuable and insightful for everyone who needed strategy help on a track.

    Finn earns his living as a teacher, which sometimes becomes very obvious from his posts. Give him the opportunity, and he launches a lecture. (It may sometimes pay to listen to it, though!)

Finn's currently ranked #28 in [[Mario Kart 64]] (Legend +) which shows that he's more talented than he often says himself. He's also Norway's #1 non-sc player, but that may soon change as he's now (spring 2010) being challenged by younger players.  

 

Finn also played [[MKDD]] for a couple of months just after the release of the game, expecting his MK64 background would make it easy for him to succeed at the new game. He achieved some strong Peach Beach times, but then he found out that MKDD a very strong competition where people were quickly able to beat his times. Finn decided for himself that he was a better MK64 player and, more importantly, that he simply enjoyed playing MK64 more than any other game.

 

Finn earns his living as a history teacher. Very occasionally, you can tell that from his posts, when he decides to launch a lecture. Many people on the board could only wish they had a teacher that was as cool as Finn.

 

Finn's influence waned a little during the 2005-2006 period, because his significant other was taking up all of his free time. (Kart = Chicks, even for prehistoric turtles.) He has, however, returned, and seems set on staying on.

 

Finn is the wisest karter in the land and when he speaks the younger gents (read: all karters) listen to his graceful words of wisdom. The occasional karter (read: MKDS kiddie) try to thwart Finn's spread of wisdom, but Finn continues to defy the mutiny. Awe Finn ol boy, keep up the good work cause there are plenty of young karters eager to learn, and with nasty men like Penev around they need a good wholesome role model.  

 

finn is set to reach god rank in MK64 by the year 2032.