Sam Hughes

Sam Hughes

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 Defection For Dummies, the first and most detailed guide for the famed Defection glitch, as well as numerous other community-based contributions.

Biography

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). He has also pulled off an 11-0 win in Challenge 30.

Hughes spent several years playing PD extremely intermittently after "retiring", devoting his attention to (approximately in order):

• GoldenEye 007
• Super Monkey Ball
  • peaked around rank 53
• Astrolander
  • peaked at rank 1 with all three world records
  • first person to discover you could go under certain levels
• Ikaruga
  • peaked around 50th on the UK national rankings
• Sonic Mega Collection
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
  • scored 34 in Letter Sorting
• Half-Life 2
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  • obtained a single-segment time of 5 hours 41 minutes
  • masterminded the route for Mike Damiani's 5 hour 4 minute world record run and devised many of the tricks he used en route, including the optimal Water Temple route
  • 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

However, most of this time was spent in study at Cambridge University, culminating in a 2:1 in Mathematics he obtained in June 2005.

Hughes has recently picked up the controller again to play Perfect Dark in an attempt to get all his solo times under 4 minutes. He is also an avid fan of GridWars.

External Links

• How To Destroy The Earth, Hughes's greatest claim to fame