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== Karting Begins ==
== Karting Begins ==
After leading a very long, and war-torn life, I retired into normal civilian life in the early 1990's, shortly before mario kart was invented. I got hold of my very first games console in 1999, which was a gameboy colour, with super mario bros deluxe. Many a fine day was had while playing this game. It was not until 2004 that I experienced play on a mario kart game, which was the excellent double dash. I enjoyed playing it a lot, but I played many games at this time, so I never worked on time trials. In late 2005, I got Mario Kart DS, and very much enjoyed it. WHen I unlocked the staff ghosts, my interest to achieve fast times first awakened. I played the tracks a lot in order to beat each ghost by several seconds. I felt triumphant, and very accomplished in the art of time trialling.
After leading a very long, and war-torn life, I retired into normal civilian life in the early 1990's, shortly before mario kart was invented. I got hold of my very first games console in 1999, which was a gameboy colour, with super mario bros deluxe. Many a fine day was had while playing this game. It was not until 2004 that I experienced play on a mario kart game, which was the excellent double dash. I enjoyed playing it a lot, but I played many games at this time, so I never worked on time trials. In late 2005, I got Mario Kart DS, and very much enjoyed it. When I unlocked the staff ghosts, my interest to achieve fast times first awakened. I played the tracks a lot in order to beat each ghost by several seconds. I felt triumphant, and very accomplished in the art of time trialling.
== Discovery of the Player's Page ==
== Discovery of the Player's Page ==
In late 2006, I was on youtube, and stumbled across a world record video of a track on MKDD. I was quite impressed. Then I saw the link to the MKDD player's page, showing ranks and world records for each track. As I had played a lot of MKDS recently, I looked to find an MKDS equivalent, and was pleased to find one. WHen I saw the standard of times being set by the top players (such as Sascha Brauninger, and THomas Bolton), I was shocked. How can one get a time of 1:34 on Luigi's Mansion? I thought that 1:50 was a solid time! So I furiously played away on each track, improving every time, before joining the page at 188th.
In late 2006, I was on youtube, and stumbled across a world record video of a track on MKDD. I was quite impressed. Then I saw the link to the MKDD player's page, showing ranks and world records for each track. As I had played a lot of MKDS recently, I looked to find an MKDS equivalent, and was pleased to find one. When I saw the standard of times being set by the top players (such as Sascha Brauninger, and Thomas Bolton), I was shocked. How can one get a time of 1:34 on Luigi's Mansion? I thought that 1:50 was a solid time! So I furiously played away on each track, improving every time, before joining the page at 188th.
== MKDS Movement and Achievements ==
== MKDS Movement and Achievements ==
My movement up the charts to the top 100 was very fast, as I achieved this in about 1 month. Moving up the ranks within the top 100 was not a swift process, however. The year was 2007, and this was the year where the activity here would shape the top 100 for years to come. With players such as Ted Kim and Michele Magnaterra improving just a few ranks ahead of me, climbing up the ranks was tough. Although I was constantly moving, other players slowed this movement down considerably. It took me a year to get from 100th to 20th.
My movement up the charts to the top 100 was very fast, as I achieved this in about 1 month. Moving up the ranks within the top 100 was not a swift process, however. The year was 2007, and this was the year where the activity here would shape the top 100 for years to come. With players such as Ted Kim and Michele Magnaterra improving just a few ranks ahead of me, climbing up the ranks was tough. Although I was constantly moving, other players slowed this movement down considerably. It took me a year to get from 100th to 20th.
Although I didn't play constantly since then, I have never left the game. In August 2009, I finally got my first WR, which was set on Retro Choco Mountain. This record lasted about a week. Greater success came in mid-late 2010, however, when I finally broke into the top 10. After passing Fabien and Giulio, two former #2s, I reached 7th, which was as far as I could go without delving into an AF graveyard. Although my AF has imrpoved by about 4 full points since then, I have not yet moved up a rank. In this time, I got 3 Non PRB records (which still stand to this day), and all but 3 of the GOD standards. Will I ever achieve these standards? Only time will tell...
Although I didn't play constantly since then, I have never left the game. In August 2009, I finally got my first WR, which was set on Retro Choco Mountain. This record lasted about a week. Greater success came in mid-late 2010, however, when I finally broke into the top 10. After passing Fabien and Giulio, two former #2s, I reached 7th, which was as far as I could go without delving into an AF graveyard. Although my AF has improved by about 4 full points since then, I have not yet moved up a rank. In this time, I got 3 Non PRB records (which still stand to this day), and all but 3 of the GOD standards. Will I ever achieve these standards? Only time will tell...
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