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MARIO KART UPDATED NEWS! Sami Çetin's update, 5th April 2001 |
NEW MEMBERS SOON
As many of you already know, there are some new members that will join the site soon, but for different reasons, their entry to the site has been put on hold this week. Some of them may need questioning about their times first in order to include them. Secondly, as I have ben in Germany I am very busy with College this week, meaning that I would not have had enough time to add them this week anyway. The good news is that I have two weeks off College starting 6th April. Hopefully those players will have their times ready to be entered during these two weeks when I will have more time to enter them.
LOUIS-PHILIPPE'S CRAZY MC1 LAP WR!!!
The return of SMK veteran, Louis-Philippe Sabbagh this week brought a shock to the top players as the championship title is now open for many to take. Among the new WRs that Louis-Philippe made, there was one that stood out from all others and has got to be one of the greatest laps driven on NTSC so far! Louis-Philippe is now in the faster end of the Legend C section, and looks as though he may take #1 soon if he keeps up the pace.
Louis-Philippe's PRs:
Mario Circuit 1 (5-lap): 1'00"25 Legend D
(1-lap): 0'11"85 (NTSC WR!!!) GOD
Mario Circuit 2 (5-lap): 1'15"14 (NTSC WR!!!) GOD
Choco Island 2 (5-lap): 1'08"65 (NTSC WR!!!) GOD
(1-lap): 0'13"51 (NTSC WR!!!) GOD
SR Score: 2.300 = Legend C
Keep up the great Karting!
STANLEY JERAM REGAINS 1ST PLACE!
Stanley Jeram set some WRs and a few PR this week, MC3 is getting faster now by the standard and we may even see sub 1'31"s sometime. MC2 went extremely well, only the 5-lap was taken by a few hundredths from Louis-Philippe. Stan has now once again regained the first place on NTSC SMK, and with the return of Louis-Philippe, we will see some interesting karting!
Stan's PRs:
Mario Circuit 2 (5-lap): 1'15"24 Legend A
0'14"72 (NTSC WR!!!) GOD
Mario Circuit 3 (5-lap): 1'31"34 (NTSC WR!!!) Legend D
(1-lap): 0'18"07 (NTSC WR!!!) Legend C
SR Score: 2.050 = Legend C
Keep up the great Karting!
JOSEPH HURTGEN MAKING MANY PRS
Joseph Hurtgen has made many PRs this week and last week, the biggest times he made were the CI2 WRs which were later taken by Louis-Philippe Sabbagh. Many fast times on many courses have taken Joseph up to King B overall standard just before King A. He has improved a great amount this week, if he keeps up the performance he may be at Legend soon!
Joseph's PRs:
Ghost Valley 1 (5-lap): 1'06"59 Elite A
(1-lap): 0'12"53 King D
Bowser Castle 1 (5-lap): 1'31"13 King C
(1-lap): 0'17"73 King A
Mario Circuit 2 (5-lap): 1'17"87 King G
Donut Plains 2 (5-lap): 1'31"48 King C
(1-lap): 0'17"77 King A
Bowser Castle 2 (5-lap): 1'47"43 King C
Koopa Beach 1 (5-lap): 0'56"48 GOD
Choco Island 2 (5-lap): 1'09"32 GOD
(1-lap): 0'13"59 GOD
Vanilla Lake 1 (1-lap): 0'10"87 Legend D
Bowser Castle 3 (5-lap): 1'36"71 King G
Mario Circuit 4 (5-lap): 1'43"20 King D
(1-lap): 0'20"17 King C
Donut Plains 3 (1-lap): 0'16"61 King F
Ghost Valley 3 (5-lap): 1'18"18 King B
(1-lap): 0'15"22 King A
Vanilla Lake 2 (5-lap): 0'55"19 Legend E
Rainbow Road (1-lap): 0'17"61 King B
SR Score: 8.125 = King B
Congratulations on your new records, keep on karting!
MICHAEL LIEM HITTING SOME NICE TIMES
Michael Liem has again lost his 1st place to Stanley Jeram this week, but he drove some great times including a new WR!! MC4 will always be a difficult race to do but a lot of potential left here. Michael is getting closer still to Legend B, we look forward to seeing where he PRs next....
Michael's PRs:
Mario Circuit 1 (5-lap): 1'00"15 Legend C
Mario Circuit 2 (1-lap): 0'14"85 GOD
Mario Circuit 4 (5-lap): 1'39"98 Legend F
(1-lap): 0'19"67 (NTSC WR!!!) Legend E
SR Score: 2.200 = Legend C
Keep on Karting!
NICOLAS CLEMENTY LEAVING ROODHORST BEHIND
PAL Champion of France, Nicolas Clementy has made quite a few nice PRs this week and last week on some important races. Mario Circuit 1 is almost ahead of Edwin Peeters, Ademir Cortes and Steven Zwartjes. Mario Circuit 2 1-lap is really getting fast along with some crazy times on the KBs. Impressive driving on Choco Island 2 as Nicolas gets nearer to the WRs there!
Nicolas's PRs:
Mario Circuit 1 (5-lap): 1'01"65 Legend E
(1-lap): 0'12"21 Legend E
Mario Circuit 2 (5-lap): 1'18"34 King B
(1-lap): 0'15"30 Legend D
Koopa Beach 1 (5-lap): 1'00"09 Legend E
(1-lap): 0'11"64 Legend C
Choco Island 2 (5-lap): 1'13"47 Legend C
(1-lap): 0'14"55 Legend E
Vanilla Lake 1 (1-lap): 0'10"95 GOD
Koopa Beach 2 (5-lap): 1'05"25 Legend B
(1-lap): 0'12"62 GOD
SR Score: 4.275 = Legend E
Keep on Karting!!
MIKE GROELS CLIMBING FAST AGAIN!
This week, Mike Groels has driven 21 great PRs mainly on the Flower, Star and Special Cups. He is starting to use D.K.Jr a lot more now to drive PRs which is helping quite a lot. Many times now taken up to the Expert standards on more courses and some Semi-Pro and even a few Pro times here and there. Mike's Overall standard is now up to Expert C overall.
Mike's PRs:
Ghost Valley 1 (1-lap): 0'14"72 Expert B
Ghost Valley 2 (5-lap): 1'17"41 Expert G
(1-lap): 0'14"61 Expert B
Donut Plains 2 (5-lap): 1'54"38 Expert C
(1-lap): 0'22"03 Expert D
Mario Circuit 3 (5-lap): 1'54"80 Expert E
(1-lap): 0'22"01 Expert E
Koopa Beach 1 (5-lap): 1'07"87 Semi-Pro F
(1-lap): 0'12"74 Pro C
Choco Island 2 (5-lap): 1'26"04 Semi-Pro B
(1-lap): 0'16"52 Pro G
Bowser Castle 3 (5-lap): 2'04"27 Advanced C
(1-lap): 0'23"80 Expert G
Mario Circuit 4 (5-lap): 2'04"59 Semi-Pro B
(1-lap): 0'24"14 Semi-Pro A
Donut Plains 3 (5-lap): 1'51"75 Expert G
(1-lap): 0'21"39 Expert G
Koopa Beach 2 (5-lap): 1'18"32 Expert A
Ghost Valley 3 (5-lap): 1'46"12 Expert G
(1-lap): 0'20"60 Expert G
Vanilla Lake 1 (1-lap): 0'14"35 Expert D
SR Score: 44.175 = Expert C
Keep on Karting!
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MARIO KART UPDATED NEWS! Sami Çetin's update, 12th April 2001 |
LOUIS-PHILIPPE HITTING PRS AND WRS!!
Louis-Philippe Sabbagh has had another amazing week that has taken him to a point fom becoming champion once again!! 4 new WRs were made, one of them being a WR tie. Sub 1'15" times on MC2 and GV3 were made which are looking great and some other great times on DP3 including a 15 second lap were driven. Louis-Philippe Sabbagh is now a Legend B Player in #2 position on the NTSC Players' List.
Louis-Philippe's PRs:
Donut Plains 1 (5-lap): 1'16"36 Legend G
(1-lap): 0'15"00 Legend E
Mario Circuit 2 (5-lap): 1'14"98 (NTSC WR!!!) GOD
(1-lap): 0'14"72 (NTSC WR TIE!!!) GOD
Donut Plains 3 (5-lap): 1'21"60 Legend G
(1-lap): 0'15"79 Legend D
Ghost Valley 3 (5-lap): 1'14"78 (NTSC WR!!!) Legend C
(1-lap): 0'14"71 (NTSC WR!!!) GOD
SR Score: 1.725 = Legend B
Keep on Karting!
MIKE GROELS REACHING SEMI-PRO
PAL Karter Mike Groels has advanced greatly this week with his 25 great new PRs!!! Many faster times with D.K.Jr are happening as the MC1 nears 1'05" and the fastlap is under 13 seconds. Some of the longer races are done much quicker now and it looks that Mike will become a very fast player in the following weeks and has the potential to pass many more players! He has now reached Semi-Pro F as a result and passed Jonathan Cem Pulleine for the 32nd place on the Players' List.
Mike's PRs:
Mario Circuit 1 (5-lap): 1'06"16 Semi-Pro A
(1-lap): 0'12"95 Pro E
Donut Plains 1 (5-lap): 1'37"80 Advanced E
Ghost Valley 1 (5-lap): 1'11"52 Pro D
(1-lap): 0'14"15 Pro D
Bowser Castle 1 (5-lap): 1'49"23 Semi-Pro D
(1-lap): 0'21"05 Semi-Pro G
Mario Circuit 2 (5-lap): 1'28"05 Pro G
(1-lap): 0'17"17 Pro F
Ghost Valley 2 (5-lap): 1'14"56 Expert B
(1-lap): 0'14"31 Semi-Pro E
Donut Plains 2 (5-lap): 1'54"18 Expert C
Bowser Castle 2 (1-lap): 0'25"67 Semi-Pro G
Mario Circuit 3 (5-lap): 1'48"89 Semi-Pro A
(1-lap): 0'21"17 Semi-Pro C
Koopa Beach 1 (5-lap): 1'04"57 Master E
(1-lap): 0'12"35 Elite G
Choco Island 2 (5-lap): 1'24"05 Pro D
(1-lap): 0'16"50 Pro D
Vanilla Lake 1 (5-lap): 1'15"89 Expert A
Koopa Beach 2 (5-lap): 1'14"66 Pro E
(1-lap): 0'14"73 Pro F
Vanilla Lake 2 (5-lap): 1'18"88 Advanced A
(1-lap): 0'14"44 Expert E
Rainbow Road (5-lap): 2'00"55 Expert B
SR Score: 40.200 = Semi-Pro F
Keep on Karting Mike!
JOSEPH HURTGEN MAKES CI2 5-LAP WR
Joseph Hurtgen has reached his first WR this week! It has been a week of serious CI2 Karting and Joe had the chance on many occasions but it was WR swapping between the top players. Now Joseph holds the CI2 5-lap! A great week with many new fast PRs, there were some errors on Joe's SR, but this has been corrected now. My apologies for any inconvenience. Joseph Hurtgen is now a King A Player and will be reaching Legend G pretty soon!
Joseph's PRs:
Donut Plains 1 (5-lap): 1'17"80 King G
(1-lap): 0'15"27 King E
Choco Island 1 (5-lap): 1'00"40 King A
(1-lap): 0'11"92 King C
Donut Plains 2 (5-lap): 1'30"96 King B
(1-lap): 0'17"74 Legend G
Koopa Beach 1 (1-lap): 0'11"04 Legend B
Choco Island 2 (5-lap): 1'08"44 (NTSC WR!!!) GOD
(1-lap): 0'13"48 GOD
Vanilla Lake 1 (5-lap): 0'57"66 Legend D
Mario Circuit 4 (1-lap): 0'20"05 King B
Rainbow Road (5-lap): 1'28"94 King A
(1-lap): 0'17"47 King A
SR Score: 7.450 = King A
Keep on Karting!!
NICOLAS CLEMENTY WITH FIRST PAL WR!!
Nicolas Clementy karted on the VLs mostly this week successfully making some great sub 1 minute times!! After working on some strategy for VL1, he has managed to break the 5-lap WR by 0.04!! GV3 is looking great now as a Legend A fastlap was made! Nicolas is now well into the Legend D overall standard with a 3.5 SR!!
Nicolas's PRs:
Vanilla Lake 1 (5-lap): 0'56"81 (PAL WR!!!) GOD
(1-lap): 0'10"63 GOD
Ghost Valley 3 (5-lap): 1'17"49 Legend E
(1-lap): 0'15"11 Legend A
Vanilla Lake 2 (5-lap): 0'57"67 King A
(1-lap): 0'10"86 Legend C
SR Score: 3.500 = Legend D
Keep on Karting!
MICHAEL LIEM GETTING REVENGE ON MC3
Michael Liem has played MC2 and MC3 this week, MC3 being the main focus to take back the WRs. He managed to take the 1-lap back by 0.01, but the 5-lap still stands although Michael is extremely close there. MC2 is looking great as the 1-lap improved a little and the 5-lap is now 1'15". Michael has lowerd his SR a few more points making him only 3 points from Legend B!
Michael's PRs:
Mario Circuit 2 (5-lap): 1'15"74 Legend D
(1-lap): 0'14"84 GOD
Mario Circuit 3 (5-lap): 1'31"38 Legend D
(1-lap): 0'18"06 (NTSC WR!!!) Legend C
SR Score: 2.075 = Legend C
Keep on Karting!
STANLEY JERAM REACHING GREAT LEVELS ON CI2!!
Stanley Jeram hasd joined the CI2 battle this week concentrating on getting those times as fast as possible. He has been successful going from 1'10" to 1'08", having many fast laps along the way leaving potential to a sub 1'08" time! He was able to improve on a lap Joseph Hurtgen made this week which then became the 1-lap WR! Stan's SR is now down further into Legend B, and he is leaving Michael a bit further behind. Louis-Philippe Sabbagh will be a challenge in the next few weeks....
Stan's PRs:
Choco Island 2 (5-lap): 1'08"79 GOD
(1-lap): 0'13"45 (NTSC WR!!!) GOD
SR Score: 1.700 = Legend B
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MARIO KART UPDATED NEWS! Sami Çetin's update, 19th April 2001 |
NEW PAL MEMBER
A new member to the PAL section this week from France, Lola Zappara. Lola has entered SMK with some great times using Koopa Troopa and is in the 26th position on the PAL World Rankings with an overall standard of Pro E.
Lola, your times have been added to all the Top Time lists, World Rankings, PAL Players' List and a profile has been made for you. Welcome to the site!!
LOUIS-PHILIPPE HITTING CRAZY WRS & REGAINING NTSC #1!!
Louis-Philippe Sabbagh has regained the NTSC World Title for SMK in style once again with some great PRs and some great WRs!!! Ghost Valley 3 is really looking fast, paricularly the lap record! Rainbow Lap has really gone fast now which leaves the 5-lap potential around the 1'25"s!! Louis-Philippe is not that far now from reaching Legend A and is determined to get there soon!
Louis-Philippe's PRs:
Donut Plains 2 (5-lap): 1'28"59 Legend E
(1-lap): 0'17"32 GOD
Mario Circuit 4 (5-lap): 1'40"86 Legend G
(1-lap): 0'19"72 Legend F
Ghost Valley 3 (5-lap): 1'14"63 (NTSC WR!!!) Legend B
(1-lap): 0'14"69 (NTSC WR!!!) GOD
Rainbow Road (5-lap): 1'26"85 Legend E
(1-lap): 0'17"07 (NTSC WR!!!) Legend C
SR Score: 1.375 = Legend B
Keep on Karting!!
MICHAEL LIEM HITTING LEGEND B
Michael Liem has made an important WR tie on Mario Circuit 1 this week with Charles Piché! And it didn't stop there as Michael went on to hit a sub 1'01" WR improvement on GV2 5-lap!! He also spent some time doing Choco Island 2 in which he has so far landed a sub 1'10" with a nice fastlap not far from the WR. Michael is now in the Legend B's with Stan and Louis-Philippe.
Michael's PRs:
Mario Circuit 1 (5-lap): 1'00"10 (NTSC WR TIE!!!) Legend B
Ghost Valley 2 (5-lap): 1'00"95 (NTSC WR!!!) GOD
Choco Island 2 (5-lap): 1'09"86 GOD
(1-lap): 0'13"68 GOD
SR Score: 1.925 = Legend B
Keep on Karting!!
NICOLAS TAKES TWO MORE PAL WRS!!
Nicolas Clementy continued to play CI2 as it was a popular track in the last week, and has made great success in that he has taken two PAL WRs there! There may even be more potential in this track, so PAL players may spend more time on CI2 to see what happens. Nicolas also made two nice DP2 PRs, the 5-lap being sub 1'30" and the 1-lap a GOD time. He is now getting closer to Legend C overall, we look forward to seeing more of Nicolas's PRs or maybe more WRs!!
Nicolas's PRs:
Donut Plains 2 (5-lap): 1'29"78 Legend C
(1-lap): 0'17"65 GOD
Choco Island 2 (5-lap): 1'12"73 (PAL WR!!!) GOD
(1-lap): 0'14"33 (PAL WR!!!) GOD
SR Score: 3.225 = Legend D
Keep on Karting!!
JOSEPH HURTGEN MAKING THE WAY TO LEGEND
NTSC Player Joseph Hurtgen has made 4 PRs this week that on MC1 and MC2 fastlaps and the 5-laps of DP1 and KB2. A few more SR points are taken down here that have helped Joseph to get a bit closer to Legend, it is now 16 SR points to take down to get there.
Joseph's PRs:
Mario Circuit 1 (1-lap): 0'12"10 King F
Donut Plains 1 (5-lap): 1'17"58 King F
Mario Circuit 2 (1-lap): 0'15"19 King C
Koopa Beach 2 (5-lap): 1'02"83 GOD
SR Score: 7.400 = King A
Keep on Karting!!
RAPHAEL BRAUN REACHES OUT TO KING E WITH KB1
Champion of Switzerland, Raphael Braun drove two super Koopa Beach 1 records this week which have helped him to climb to King E on the overall standard. He also reported this week that he had a close battle with a friend on KB1, he is hoping to have him enter the site sometime soon.
Raphael's PRs:
Koopa Beach 1 (5-lap): 1'00"27 Legend F
(1-lap): 0'11"74 Legend F
SR Score: 11.975 = King E
Keep on Karting!!
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MARIO KART UPDATED NEWS! Sami Çetin's update, 26th April 2001 |
NEW NTSC MEMBER
A new NTSC member from U.S.A this week, Kelly Malo. Kelly has had SMK for many years and is now showing his great skill on the site! He has entered the NTSC Players' List at #28. He was in an SR tie with Chris Olmedo, but Olmedo still has the lead by some wins. Kelly Malo has an overall standard of Elite E!
To Kelly: You have been entered to the Top Time Lists, World Rankings, NTSC Players' List and a Profile has been created for you. Welcome to the site!!
SABBAGH HITTING MORE WRS!!
This week Louis-Philippe Sabbagh made a kind of repeat performance like his MC1 Lap, but this time on KB2 Lap!! A crazy lap was driven here that looks as though it could stand for quite some time!! Other news this week is that he drove a Rainbow Road 5-lap WR, this leaves Travis Nelson with no more WRs left. Louis-Philippe Sabbagh is getting pretty close to Legend A, and may be able to reach it by next week.
Louis-Philippe's PRs:
Mario Circuit 3 (5-lap): 1'33"19 King A
(1-lap): 0'18"36 King A
Koopa Beach 2 (1-lap): 0'11"60 (NTSC WR!!!) GOD
Rainbow Road (5-lap): 1'26"75 (NTSC WR!!!) Legend E
SR Score: 1.150 = Legend B
Keep up the great Karting!
MIKE GROELS CLIMBING FAST
Mike Groels is picking up the pace now in his PRs as he takes SR points left, right and centre! 17 PRs helped him to reach Semi-Pro C overall standard also passing two more players along the way to become #31 on PAL!
Mike's PRs:
Choco Island 1 (5-lap): 1'09"63 Semi-Pro D
(1-lap): 0'13"60 Pro G
Donut Plains 2 (5-lap): 1'51"02 Semi-Pro E
(1-lap): 0'21"10 Semi-Pro C
Bowser Castle 2 (5-lap): 2'11"83 Semi-Pro C
(1-lap): 0'25"43 Semi-Pro E
Vanilla Lake 1 (5-lap): 1'14"24 Semi-Pro C
Bowser Castle 3 (5-lap): 1'58"26 Expert C
(1-lap): 0'23"02 Expert C
Mario Circuit 4 (5-lap): 1'58"10 Master G
(1-lap): 0'23"16 Pro A
Donut Plains 3 (5-lap): 1'48"43 Expert B
Ghost Valley 3 (5-lap): 1'42"08 Expert B
(1-lap): 0'19"94 Expert C
Vanilla Lake 2 (5-lap): 1'15"60 Expert C
Rainbow Road (5-lap): 1'47"22 Master G
(1-lap): 0'20"33 Master D
SR Score: 37.400 = Semi-Pro C
Keep on Karting!
MICHAEL LIEM WITH 4 PRS
Michael Liem set great GV3 records this week, nearly taking the 5-lap WR after some risky driving. A sub 1'15" looked great though and shows skill to make many more great PRs on other courses. GV3 success may be linked to driving good times on Rainbow Road as the corner jumping technique is similar. We may see some fast Rainbow times following from the top players soon. Michael also tried The Choco Island tracks for lap records. His SR is getting further in Legend B and he is catching Stanley Jeram.
Michael's PRs:
Choco Island 1 (1-lap): 0'11"74 Legend F
Choco Island 2 (1-lap): 0'13"58 GOD
Ghost Valley 3 (5-lap): 1'14"68 Legend B
(1-lap): 0'14"79 GOD
SR Score: 1.700 = Legend B
Keep on Karting!
STANLEY JERAM HITTING GREAT GV3 TIMES
Stanley Jeram drove a pair of Ghost Valley 3 times this week in an attempt to catch Sabbagh and defend himself from Liem. The 5th lap didn't go as well but he managed to race it to sub 1'15" as Liem did, also making a tie with Liem's new lap record.
Stan's PRs:
Ghost Valley 3 (5-lap): 1'14"94 Legend C
(1-lap): 0'14"79 GOD
SR Score: 1.600 = Legend B
Keep on Karting!
NICOLAS IMPROVING RAINBOW
Nicolas Clementy focused on Rainbow Road this week, he has reached a sub 1'29" and a nice lap close to Ademir and Edwin, we will see him improve that further soon. His SR is getting closer still to Legend C, 7 points to go.
Nicolas's PRs:
Rainbow Road (5-lap): 1'28"95 Legend E
(1-lap): 0'17"55 Legend D
SR Score: 3.175 = Legend D
Keep on Karting!
RAPHAEL BRAUN HITS SUB 1'00" KB1!!
Raphael Braun submitted 1 PR this week, and it was an important one. He worked hard on Koopa Beach 1 from last week and has managed to be the second PAL Player to break 1'00" there!! This has cut 1 point off his SR, hopefully we will hear of more PRs from him soon.
Raphael's PR:
Koopa Beach 1 (5-lap): 0'59"91 Legend E
SR Score: 11.950 = King E
Keep on Karting!
JOSEPH HURTGEN IMPROVES CI1 LAP
Joseph Hurtgen has worked on the CI1 strategy, particularly the last corner where you can cut in on the inside of the small lake. This is helping the fastlap as he cut a few SR points off helping him to get that bit closer to Legend overall.
Joseph's PR:
Choco Island 1 (1-lap): 0'11"77 Legend G
SR Score: 7.375 = King A
Keep on Karting!