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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
'''Sami Cetin''' was born in London, UK on October 1982 and is the founder and webmaster of the [http://www.mariokart64.com/smk/ Super Mario Kart (SMK) Time Trial World Records Site for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System SNES]. He was the chief times and news updater of the SMK community since November 1998, and continues this job on the 2006 automated reincarnation of the site as a Director. Sami is a senior moderator of the SMK forum and a popular member of the [[mariokart64.com|kart community]], placing 4th in the 2004 Karter Contest and winning the 2006 Contest over [[Alex Penev]]. His dedication and long-service to [[Super Mario Kart]] have earned him the title 'Godfather of SMK'. Now ranked 4th on the PAL Time Trial Rankings, he was a former World Champion in Super Mario Kart between September 1998 to April 2004 (at one time holding all 40 WRs). Sami has however retained his title as the Champion of the UK on Time Trial, also including Match Race, Battle Mode and Grand Prix modes of SMK. He was also the first player globally to reach the famous 1'00"99 mark on Mario Circuit 1 with Non-NBT driving.
'''Sami Cetin''' was born in London, UK on October 1982 and is the founder and webmaster of the [http://www.mariokart64.com/smk/ Super Mario Kart (SMK) Time Trial World Records Site for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System SNES]. He was the chief times and news updater of the SMK community since November 1998, and continues this job on the 2006 automated reincarnation of the site as a Director. Sami is a senior moderator of the SMK forum and a popular member of the [[mariokart64.com|kart community]], placing 4th in the 2004 Karter Contest and winning the 2006 Contest over [[Alex Penev]]. His dedication and long-service to [[Super Mario Kart]] have earned him the title 'Godfather of SMK'. Now ranked 3rd on the PAL Time Trial Rankings, he was a former World Champion in Super Mario Kart between September 1998 to April 2004 (at one time holding all 40 WRs). Sami has however retained his title as the Champion of the UK on Time Trial, also including Match Race, Battle Mode and Grand Prix modes of SMK. He was also the first player globally to reach the famous 1'00"99 mark on Mario Circuit 1 with Non-NBT driving. Sami won the overall Title for the first time at the Super Mario Kart World Championships 2012 held in Thil, near Reims, France during 21st - 26th August 2012.
Sami has studied Computing and Business Administration at the University of Kent at Canterbury between 2002-2005 and has been working full time since. His hobbies also include recreational weight training/bodybuilding in the gym, designing and updating the SMK site, producing and editing independent films with his friend Jason Mathoora; and socialising with friends.
Sami has studied Computing and Business Administration at the University of Kent at Canterbury between 2002-2005 and has been working full time since. His hobbies also include recreational weight training/bodybuilding in the gym, designing and updating the SMK site, producing and editing independent films with his friend Jason Mathoora; and socialising with friends.
== Super Mario Kart World Championship 2011 ==
== Super Mario Kart World Championship 2011 ==
Sami also confirmed attendance at the SMK World Championship 2011 to be held in the town of Santeny in the suburbs of Paris, France. He is also attending with 4 other members of Team UK.
Sami also confirmed attendance at the SMK World Championship 2011 to be held in the town of Santeny in the suburbs of Paris, France. He is also attended with 4 other members of Team UK. Sami placed in 3rd in the Time Trial one try after an unfortunate Semi-Final elimination on Ghost Valley 1, and subsequently won the Mario Circuit 4. He faced Karel van Duijvenboden in the Match Race final instead of Florent Lecoanet this year due to Karel eliminating Florent for the first time in a Semi Final. Sami won Match Race to make it 3 years in a row. Sami performed steadily in the Battle Mode league but was eliminated in the Quarter Final by Harold Christensen and then on the final day had a tough path through the 150cc Grand Prix league, but managed to reach the final and come 2nd on that mode. Sami placed 2nd overall in the 2011 Championship, which was his 3rd time achieving this rank.
== Super Mario Kart World Championship 2012 ==
Sami was asked to bring the largest Team UK for this year's special 20th anniversary celebration year. 8 of the Top UK players attended including a first time appearance of Sami's niece [[Leyla Hasso]]. This year would feature an exhibition NTSC Tournament set around the usual main PAL Tournament. An NTSC Time Trial one try was on for the first night. The crowds were surprised to see why Sami refused to enter it, but instead he helped with the scoring along with Patrick Wessels.
The PAL competition got off to a good start with some fairly consistent driving by Sami on the Time Trial One tries; big rival Florent Lecoanet was unfortunately eliminated in the Quarter Final and Sami succeeded to the final vs Karel with a very close Choco Island 2 in which both competitors made a minor error and Sami won the first Gold Medal by 0.20 seconds. Sami dominated at Match Race again and had to face his main rival Florent in the Semi-Final. His form was solid and was 8-2 up at one point, finishing in a 9-4 win. Sami went on to face Geoffrey Label in the Final to win 11-6 and gain his 4th Match Race Gold Medal in a row. Sami now had a large lead on the overall points, so this was maybe his chance for the overall title. Battle Mode went very well in the group stages but after suffering some poor form he was eliminated swiftly in the Quarter Final by Florent Lecoanet. Florent however was unable to reach a medal so he didn't catch up much on the points. 150cc Grand Prix was next and Sami managed to push through with a few minor errors along the way. Unfortunately he ended up facing Lecoanet who has been an unstoppable force on this mode and Sami lost 4-0 on cups to him due to missed zoom starts and some random item hits that cost him key races. However Sami secured a Bronze Medal here after a 4-0 cup win vs Karel and for the first time won the overall Multiplayer World Championship on PAL.
A 2nd exhibition Tournament took place on the final day for the NTSC mode based on the shorter Belgian Tournament System. This comprised of Match Race, Battle Mode and GP. Although not all players entered, it had a long list of top competitors. Match Race went very well and after lots of SNESOT experience here Sami won it 5-1. Sami was eliminated in Semi-Finals on Battle Mode but won 4-1 vs Team mate Conor Wood to reach his first Battle Mode medal on a console. Sami later managed to with the GP 150cc for consistent driving and therefore managed to win the overall NTSC Open Tournament for 2012.
Winning both PAL and NTSC Tournaments in 2012 was a dream come true for Sami and he hopes to see other competitors push to do the similar achievements for the future, not just in SMK but other game competitions.