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===Perfect Dark===
===Perfect Dark===
Sam 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:
* designing the current appearance of the [[Perfect Dark Elite]] [http://www.the-elite.net/PD/elite.htm records page]
* designing the current appearance of the [[Perfect Dark Elite]] [http://www.the-elite.net/PD/elite.htm records page]
* writing [http://qntm.org/files/zero/history.html the future history of the PDE]
* 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 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
* 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") FOUR YEARS BEFORE IT WAS RELEASED
===Later career, 2002 to 2005===
===Later career, 2002 to 2005===
Sam spent several years playing PD extremely intermittently after "retiring", devoting his attention to (approximately in order):
* [[GoldenEye 007]]
* [[GoldenEye 007]]
** claimed [[Twin Galaxies]]' 2005 OoT bounty for completing the game as fast as possible while collecting all 100 Gold Skulltulas and the Mask of Truth, with a time of less than 7 hours
** claimed [[Twin Galaxies]]' 2005 OoT bounty for completing the game as fast as possible while collecting all 100 Gold Skulltulas and the Mask of Truth, with a time of less than 7 hours
Sam drifted away from the videogaming community over this period, playing videogames less in favour of maintaining his [http://qntm.org personal website] (then known as Sam's Archive), writing for [http://everything2.com Everything2] and concentrating on his studies at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University. He stopped posting at the Elite message board entirely in May 2004.
===2005 to present===
===2005 to present===
Sam graduated from Cambridge with a 2:1 in Mathematics in June 2005, and returned to active status within the Elite community soon afterwards.
He has recently picked up the controller again to play [[Perfect Dark]] in an attempt to get all his solo times under 4 minutes, and is also an avid player of [http://www.incitti.com/Blitz/ GridWars]. He occasionally creates [http://qntm.org/files/vote/ Elite-themed Dinosaur Comics].
He has recently picked up the controller again to play [[Perfect Dark]] in an attempt to get all his solo times under 4 minutes, and is also an avid player of [http://www.incitti.com/Blitz/ GridWars]. He occasionally creates [http://qntm.org/files/vote/ Elite-themed Dinosaur Comics].