Shawn Johnson

Le Fanny enjoys shaved ice now and then

Shawn "a fan of the rings" Johnson has always loved and appreciated the skills that it takes to speed-run Goldeneye, dating back to 1999 when he first came to know this exciting method of gameplay.

He first started speed-running in 1999, after seeing the unbelievable strats used by, then-Champ, Sterling Neblett and other top players like Steven Swartjes and Wes McKinney. So after quickly rising to renowned fame in his hometown of Spokane, Washington as the "sickest Goldeneye player ever," Shawn started smashing his opponents at multi-player! From 2000-2011, no challenger has ever been able to consistently beat him at multi-player.

Shawn decided to walk away from Goldneye and Perfect Dark in 2004 when he came to salvation through Christ due to the growing relationships between he and his new friends, who he met through his new church.

The next four years were pretty inactive as far as gaming goes.

In 2008, after joining the Navy as a Dental Technician and being stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, he once again picked up his Nintendo 64 controller and turned on Goldeneye to see if he still enjoyed playing it. He sure did! After stumbling across the-elite.net and finding the Goldeneye/Perfect Dark chat boards, he was, for the first time ever, in contact with some of the best players the world has ever seen and finally able to actually watch videos of strats that he could never view before! Give him a break, he is poor and never had internet until only the last couple of years. LOL. He was able to get strats and ideas from the likes of such legends as: David Clemens, Bryan Bosshardt, Ryan White, Wouter Jansen, Glen Stevens, Eddie Lovins, etc. As well as view a vast amount of videos and written strats from several other players. That, in addition to learning the 1.2 controller style, has turned Goldeneye into a whole new game for Shawn and times that he could never believe before, he was actually besting! In this past two years (2008-2010) Shawn has climbed over 50 spots on the worldwide rankings and currently sits at 22 in the point rankings and 25 in the time rankings.

Shawn was able to meet up with Adam Matis in early 2011. Not having played with exactly the same rules over the past decade, Shawn was bested 15-5. There would be redemption though and the next meeting with Adam Matis ended 4-1 in favor of Shawn. He also split 2 games with Trent Hovis and lost 1-5 to Eddie Lovins. Shawn eagerly awaits rematches against all those great players and his chance to play the Great Jimbo Barrett, who currently holds the title for 2nd loudest mouth in the Elite.

Fast-forward to August 2011. Fanny attended his first (and hopefully not last) Virginia meet and it was an amazing experience! Meeting up with so many different Eliters was a blast! Highlights included (but are surely not limited to): Meeting: David Clemens (The Champ) Bryan Bosshardt (The Boss) Jim Barrett (Teh Jimbo) Paddy Johannsen (The Neo... WHOA!) Patrik Nilsson (HighScore) Nate Stinson (Stins-Smash!) Tyler Wishall (ThiradellejteWizard), playing so much multi, BEATING JIM OUT OF THE GE TOURNEY!, an EPIC match against Bryan Bosshardt, floating on tubes on the lake in the middle of the night chatting about movies with Patrik and Mgay (and others), tossing the baseball around with Thomas Andrews, and many other such occurances.

Shawn isn't really known for his amazing skills at Goldeneye among the Elite, but a few of his GE times are noteworthy, including: Dam Secret Agent 1:18, Frigate OO Agent 1:10, Caverns OO Agent (JAP) 1:38 and few of the more common World Records. He is more known for (and perhaps avoided) his frankness when talking about Jesus. If, at any time, any of the members here at the Elite want to chat with him about Christ, Christianity or what he believes, then Fanny would love to chat.

External Links

• Shawn's GE World Records