David Monteith

David "New Dave" Monteith is a Goldeneye player who joined the-elite in January 2012. Since joining he has achieved 8 World Records including an United World Record in Depot Secret Agent 0:40. He is currently ranked 25th in points and is climbing fast.

Early Success

Within weeks after joining David achieved his first world record, Runway Secret Agent 0:23. He was also PRing rapidly, with many times that were considered pretty good for being the "new guy". His first time that really showed his potential was Facility Agent 0:46. What was so impressive about it is that facility is one of the most played and most skillful levels, having very little luck factors and mostly requiring raw skill, that and the fact that most people who had 46 were long time veterans of the game, and even many of them had struggled for it. He also then achieved Facility Secret Agent 0:55 just a few days later which is also a very respectable 91 pointer.

Throughout February he also achieved 2 more World Records, Archives Agent 0:16 and Streets Agent 1:13. Somewhere during this time people started calling him "New Dave" thinking he might be the next David Clemens.

Taking advantage of 2.X

When David was first going for Dam Agent 0:53, he tried experimenting with 2.2 Control style and he discovered that with a good enough joystick it's possible to hold full speed in both left and right strafe with Cruise control set straight back. Before it was only thought to be possible to hold full speed in one of the strafes at a time with cruise control set diagonally, because most standard n64 joysticks are worn down and don't have the range, which greatly limited the use of 2.4 and 2.2. By doing this he was able to get many world records, including Depot SA :40, Depot 00A :49, Dam Agent :53(no boost), and runway A :22, the last of which took less then an hour, and only had 6 boosts, which shows Runway SA :22 is most likely realistically possible.

Depot Madness

Shortly after David started experimenting with 2.4 he decided to work on Depot Secret Agent. With 2.4 he was able to bring his pr down from :47 to a 95 point time of :43 in less then 2 hours. About a week later he achieved depot SA :42, and then the very next day he got the World Record of :41, tying Clemens and Isran. After seeing the video, Clemens told him he thought the run was pretty sloppy and he told New Dave to go for :40 as it might be his only chance at an untied. At first New Dave was like "lol i can't do that, i suck at depot" but he decided he would go for it a little and see what happens anyway, knowing he had a chance at an untied. Once he legitimately failed a :40, he decided to go all out for it. 20 days and and about 40-50 hours of playing later, he achieved it giving him an untied world record. He then took a break from depot for a couple weeks before returning to it and tying the Clemens untied of Depot 00A :49. He currently has 293 points on Depot and is hoping to get :25 soon to give him that untied 300 point stage.

Outside of Gaming

Besides playing Goldeneye, Davids biggest hobby is playing the guitar. He plays in classic rock cover band named Rough Edges that frequently plays gigs throughout and around his home town of Merritt Island Florida.