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Line 1: − boaccvart − + + + + + + + + + + − Phil joined the [[Perfect Dark]] Elite in Summer 2000, becoming one of its first 20 members. Some time later he confessed to doctoring photographic evidence of some of his claimed times and was removed from the rankings. Photographic proof has never been admissible as evidence in [[The Elite]] since.+ + + + + − Despite this blunder, he has contributed a lot to The Elite, including creating the original [http://p075.ezboard.com/fperfectdarkeliteperfectdarkelite.showMessage?topicID=649.topic Perfect Dark World Record] topic, as well as a large number of other posts (over 7000!). He also created the [[Perfect Dark Challenges|Perfect Dark Challenge]] rankings, and is one of the very few people to have beaten [[PD Challenge 30|Challenge 30]] on 3 player by himself.+ − Phil was one of the fastest Karters to reach Legend in [[Mario Kart 64]], having done so in less than 2 months. He is currently ranked Legend C and has many videos of his PRs. He has also played [[GoldenEye 007|Goldeneye]] (with little success) and created the [[Majora's Mask]] rankings.+ − ==Personal==+ − + + + + + + + + + − * [http://www.myspace.com/octoinky octo on myspace] − * [http://www.thengamer.com/misc/octo%20-%20guitar%20recording.wmv octo on guitar] − − +
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[[Image:Octo.jpg|thumb|Phil "octo" McCanna]]
[[Image:Octo.jpg|thumb|Phil "octo" McCanna]]
'''Phil "octoinky" McCanna''' has many accomplishments under his belt in [[The Elite]] and [[Mario Kart]] communities.
'''Phil "octoinky" McCanna''' was one of the first members of [[The Elite]]. He is primarily known for achievements in [[Perfect Dark]] multiplayer, [[Mario Kart 64]] and [[Guitar Hero III]].
== Involvement with The Elite ==
Phil was a former updater and proof moderator for the [[Perfect Dark]], [[Goldeneye]], and [[License To Kill]] Rankings. On assuming that role he implemented a new proof policy which received some criticism, but ultimately achieved results.
Phil also spent one summer continuing the legacy of the Goldeneye World Records page, formerly operated by [[Derek Clark]] and [[Steve Bryze]]. The [http://gewrm.thengamer.com/ Goldeneye World Records Monthly] gave Player of the Month, WR of the Month awards, and logs data and summaries of the achievements every month. While not as popular as the old design and witty writing of Derek, the page remains a historical log and award source for the community, and is still up to date with records from January 2006 - Present.
Phil had a a major presence in the [http://the-elite.net/chat.html Elite Chatroom], and has over 9,000 posts on [http://forums.the-elite.net/index.php The Elite Boards]. He was also the trainer for the [[Goal Line Blitz]] starting ROT Oct. O. Tackle, and led the team in plays and pancakes in the 2nd season.
To keep interest in [[Goal Line Blitz]] he created the slowbuilding team the [http://goallineblitz.com/game/team.pl?team_id=5938 October Wildfire] which is poised to make a run at the Western Europe BBB1 conference title in season 8.
== Gaming Accomplishments ==
== Gaming Accomplishments ==
'''Mario Kart 64''' - devoted Summer 2005 to Mario Kart 64, where he made a name for himself as one of the fastest players ever to reach Legend C. With multiple god times and a current ARR of 3.219, he sits just outside of the top 50 in average finish and ARR despite only playing competitively for 2 months.
'''Guitar Hero III''' - extending his experience from electric guitar to the videogame, Phil was able to rise to a peak rank of 21st on the Wii platform and 160th overall at [http://www.scorehero.com ScoreHero] (out of over 10,000 competitors). He has perfected 44 out of 70 songs, and has achieved the highest rating, 5 stars, on all 70 tracks.
'''Perfect Dark''' - efforts focused nearly entirely in multiplayer. He was the second player behind [[Paragon]] to beat [[Challenge 30]] on the 3 player setting without a second or third player. Phil also shutout Challenge 30 on the 2-player setting with Ricky "[[Infil]]" Pusch, and reached the level 3:Invincible without any stat boosting.
'''Goldeneye''' - only points scoring time used to be [[Streets]] Agent 1:15. Other than that, he hasn't put considerable effort into speedrunning the game.
'''Majora's Mask''' - created the [[Majora's Mask]] rankings, now taken over by [[N64HS]]. Competed with moderate success with about two dozen other Elite members across multiple minigames and sidequests available.
'''Other Gaming Interests''' - mains Luigi and Marth in [[SSBM]] and Lucas in [[SSBB]]. Is working on Stepmania, a DDR variant using the keyboard, and is playing on the highest difficulty setting for standard DDR and ITG stepcharts.
Phil is an active chatter in The Elite. He is currently a student at University of California San Diego, where he is working toward a PhD in mathematics. His hobbies include casual gaming, spending time with his girlfriend, and playing guitar. In addition to playing music, he also writes progressive music for guitar and drums. He plans to record an album this summer with a drummer from Northern California.
== Personal Life ==
In mid-June 2008 Phil is graduating from University of California, San Diego with a B.S. in Applied Mathematics. Next year, he'll be returning to the University for the Masters program in Statistics. Octo also holds a job on campus, as Lead Field Liner for the Sports Facilities Office. That is, painting all the fields for the sports teams, clubs and rec department! He has held this job for the last 2.5 years.
Phil's personal life is centered around his girlfriend of 5 and a half years, Sarah Green, and they will be moving in together on July 7, 2008. Until that time, he is living with his two roommates Tim and Drew, featured in some of his SSBB videos. Phil is also an avid basketball player and fan (Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers) and has been playing guitar for 7 years. He played with multiple bands that had moderate success in the local scene in High School.
Phil has met with long-time Eliter [[Infil]] twice, once in December 2007 (Canada) and once in April 2008 (San Diego). Videos and pictures from the meets can be found in the links below. The two worked on gaming accomplishments together, and experienced what life was like in the respective countries.
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
* [http://thengamer.com/xstats/elite/ranks.php?name=octo octo's Elite Contest History]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/octoinky octo's Youtube channel]
* [http://ucsd.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3309855 octo on Facebook]
* [http://ucsd.facebook.com/profile.php?id=3309855 octo on Facebook]
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