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'''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 [http://qntm.org/defection_a Defection For Dummies], the first and most detailed guide for the famed [[Defection glitch]], as well as numerous other community-based contributions.
'''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 [http://qntm.org/defection_a Defection For Dummies], the first and most detailed guide for the famed [[Defection glitch]], as well as numerous other community-based contributions.
===Biography===
==Biography==
===Perfect Dark===
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:
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:
* creating One On One for [http://qntm.org/oneonone_pd PD] & [http://qntm.org/oneonone_ge GE]
* creating One On One for [http://qntm.org/oneonone_pd PD] & [http://qntm.org/oneonone_ge GE]
* running [http://qntm.org/poll the Ultimate GE vs PD poll] (side note: GoldenEye is winning, barely)
* running [http://qntm.org/poll the Ultimate GE vs PD poll] (side note: GoldenEye is winning, barely)
* [http://qntm.org/savedposts making and contributing to so many great topics it ain't even funny]
* [http://pub20.ezboard.com/fperfectdarkelitefrm37.showMessage?topicID=108.topic founding the annual l33t Awards] in 2001
* writing [http://qntm.org/files/zero/history.html the future history of the PDE]
* fabricating an IMDb page about [http://qntm.org/imdb Perfect Dark: The Movie]
* fabricating [http://qntm.org/files/zero/ezboard.html an entire ezboard thread] about Perfect Dark Zero, and accurately predicting one of the level names ("Demolition") THREE YEARS BEFORE IT WAS RELEASED
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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):