Because you left.Shadow @ Wednesday, January 21st [link] |
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| This will be an update dealing with changes between the 1st and 21st of January First off, let me talk about these news updates. I realise how frustrating it can be sometimes when you play the game, get some decent PRs, and then never get mentioned. This is mainly due to the overwhelming activity we get here at the site. For instance, if I was to mention everyone who was active in this update, I'd have to talk about 105 players. Nobody has that sort of time, and nobody would want to read it all anyway. Also, I usually only talk about players who have submitted a full set of times to us. So the 250 people who haven't sent in those missing times will probably never get a mention. It sucks, but this is the way it is. 10% rule So for this update only, I'm going to only talk about moves from players who cut at least 10% off their AF. Why 10%? No reason at all. I'll deal with people from lowest ranked, to highest ranked. So let's start off with Daniel Boettcher. Daniel passed 37 players on his way to 112th spot. He should break into the top 100 soon. Jon Ho is even closer to the top 100, passing 31 players to reach 109th. Breaking that barrier though is Tom Norton of Coconut Mall fame. Yes, he's a double Site record holder. Yes he's 99th. Respect. As we rise up through the ranks, we meet Fintan Kelly. Fintan was outside the top 100 last update, but broke through with style, kicking 21 players aside on his journey to 85th. Good work. Jose Karica is rising steadily, making a move from #79 to #72. Michele Magnaterra is doing even better, moving from #78 to #69. Julian Grassberger is doing better than both of those, with a 10-man move #76 -> #66, and Robert Lee is doing better than all of those, taking out 13 unlucky players on his way to #61. Two players on the periphery of the top 50, made some excellent upward movement. Ted Kim shows no mercy, dispatching everyone in his way to 54th spot, whilst Carlos Morales makes light work of a total of 17 players. He finishes just outside the top 50 at #52 this week. Now we get into the serious business of the top 25, with Sam Hoar blasting through to #24 from #31. Daniel Anderson makes an impressive move into the top 10, with a move from #14 to #8. Nick Meade continues to impress with his relentless move up the charts. This time out he's up from #10 to #6. And finally, Shaun Tanney sends in some strong times to pass Lewis for 4th place. Site records Starting us off this week is Joonas Ryhanen He joins with both Mushroom Gorge records. The times are 44"634 and 13"185 Daniel Pascua lowers his own DKS world record to 1'51"078 At the time of writing this, Daniel Anderson is winning the battle to master the new SC on WGM. He has both records at the moment: 51"271 and 10"387 Cole Gilbert strengthens his Rainbow Road time to 2'30"378 Vincent Schuttevaar improves his PB to 1'13"462 Lewis Benny beats Alvin's MR time by a fraction: 1'42"952 Daniel Anderson picks up the Sherbet Land record with 2'05"302 C. Garrett improves his WS record to 1'52"788 David McPartland joins the site with both BC3 records 2'01"012 and 38"591 Lewis Benny improves both his MC3 site records: 1'18"842 and 24"142 Jaws Jawesome of the ridiculous name, takes Peach Gardens down to 2'01"191 And finally, Vincent Schuttevaar takes the N64 BC lap down to 49"507 New Players Welcome to: Joshua Cook, David McPartland, Nicholas Harvey, Jaws Jawesome, Edvard Tsymbala, Joonas Ryhanen, Robert van Zanten, Phillipp Hellmers, Anis Taktak -That's it for now! |
Goodbye 2008, Hello 2009Shadow @ Thursday, January 1st [link] |
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Hi everyone, and welcome to the last update of the old year, or the first update of the new year. It will deal with everything in the last 2 weeks of 2008. Due to crazily fast times from nowhere, and no evidence or proof to back them up, a certain person currently ranked at 3rd won't be mentioned in this update. Player of the Year 2008 It will come as no shock to any of you, that the clear POY for 2008 is without any doubt Alvin van Asselt. Not only is he the current #1 on the site, but he has consistently been #1, has always fought to stay there, and has a total of over 200 days at the top spot. Considering the game was only released in April, this accounts for nearly 80% of all days so far. He also has the most amount of Site Records (both 3lap and flap) and contributes the most by far to our domination percentage. He could have stopped playing in October, and still been ranked at #1 today. Congrats to Alvin! Other Awards Some of you may have noticed a few gaps in the POW and POM awards over the last couple of months. These are due to suspicious players who have improved without any form of proof and whom I don't want to give awards to, only to have to take them back. These awards will eventually be given to the right people. Site Records (Dec 14th - Dec 31st) James Pierrepont retains the most high profile WR of all. The LC 3lap record of 1'09"683 Romain Smadja takes James's LC flap away though, with a nice 21"917 Alex S takes Jochem's MC lap down to '25"619 Daniel Pascua does the double on DKSC, improving both of his times here to 1'51"424 and 36"154 respectively. Daisuke Oota branches out at takes on WGM with 1'53"217 Michael Tunzi brings that lap down to 36"132 Alvin van Asselt improved his own Daisy Circuit lap, bringing it to 28"741 Aubrey Clissold just dominates Koopa Cape with a Christmas eve 2'21"976 Santiago Munoz takes the Maple Treeway record with 45"345 Marc Bas takes both Bowser Castle records: 2'24"204 and 46"860 Cole Gilbert joins the sub 1 minute club on YF with 59"947 Patrick Dixie takes down that lap with 18"669 Lewis Benny takes down the Ghost Valley lap with a nice 16"692 Alvin van Asselt hits Delfino Square with 2'06"401 C. Garrett improves his own Waluigi Stadium time, securing the WR with 1'52"928 Lewis Benny lowers that lap to 36"715 Ryan Billingham makes the hills his own with a nice WR of 1'36"402 Nick Meade grabs the BC lap record by 0"006 seconds, taking it down to 39"200 Tim Shelbourne scores big on Mario Circuit with 1'32"632 And lastly Alvin van Asselt reduces his N64 BC lap to 49"552 Movement Alvin van Asselt remains active and top of the AF list at the end of the year. Nobody looks close to passing him at the moment as his lead is quite sizable to the #2 spot. Fakers currently seem to be his biggest threat. Cole Gilbert and Shaun Tanney both move closer to the top and swap places with Shaun at 5th and Cole at 6th. Mickael Smolen is right behind these 2, climbing 2 places this update to pass Michael and Tim. Rounding out the top 10 are two people making great moves: Ben Hart and Nick Meade. Ben is up to 9th from 16th making a 38% cut, whilst Nick finishes the year in the #10 spot, cutting 36% and climbing 5 places. In the teens, Joe, Alex and Callum all make upward moves to keep themselves in contention. Marc Bas takes out 5 on his way into the top 20, finishing at #18, whilst Leif Leopold passes a full 7 to finish the year at #20. Patrick Dixie sends us in a full set of times to appear at #27, making the movers around him look like they're standing still for a while. #35 Carlos Eduardo and #42 Mike Zarro both make good moves to pass 5 a piece. Ryan Billingham joins with a full set to slot him into a handy 43rd spot, just ahead of #44 Dennis Deede who passes a full 9 this time out. Finally Aubrey Clissold ups the ante by passing 18 players in one fell swoop, taking himself back into the top 50 at #46. Best of the rest goes to Brian Cook who breaks into the top 100 in style with a move that takes him from 103 -> 77. New players Welcome to: David Lee, Troy Howard, Fausto Piccini, Sebastian Rupp, Simon Wilson, Sean Longwill, Ryan Billingham, Eetu Lahteenmaki, Luke Veatch Happy new year!  |