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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]].

== Introduction ==

== Involvement with The Elite ==

Phil "octo" McCanna was one of the first members of the-elite, and today is an active member of the chat community as well as various gaming communities.  Octo is primarily known for achievements in Perfect Dark multiplayer, MarioKart 64 and Guitar Hero III.  Phil currently does administrative work with the-elite.net as the updater for the Perfect Dark Elite and Goldeneye 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.

'''Guitar Hero III'''

'''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.

Octo's strongest game is 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], currently with over 10,000 competitors. Phil has perfected 44 out of 70 songs, and has achieved the highest rating, 5 stars, on all 70 tracks.

'''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'''

'''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.

Phil's efforts in Perfect Dark were focused nearly entirely in multiplayer.  Octo was the second player behind Paragon to beat Challenge 30 on the 3 player setting without a second or third player.  Octo 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.

'''Goldeneye'''

'''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.

Octo's only point-scoring time is 1:15 on Streets A.  Other than this, Octo hasn't put considerable effort into speedrunning GE.

'''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 McCanna created the Majora's Mask rankings, now taken over by N64HS, and competed with moderate success with about 2 dozen other elite members across multiple minigames and sidequests available.

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.

'''Other gaming interests'''

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.

Octo is a solid Smash Bros' player, and mains Luigi and Marth in SSBM and Lucas in SSBB.  Currently, Phil 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 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://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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