Sami Çetin's update, 2nd April 2006
Reminder for updates and submitting PRs
Mainly just a note for recently joined karters.. Just to let you know that I still make final checks for PRs at approximately 18:00 BST every Saturday. If any times are submitted then, they will go into the following week's update. If you are unsure if your times can make it in, please send your PRs by Fridays, that way they should make it in ok for the Sunday update. Keep up the great karting everyone!
New Photos from UK Meet
Last weekend, Karel van Duijvenboden visited the U.K and met up with Chris Clark, Matthew McCarthy and myself (Sami Çetin). We had some great races and got a few pictures. One is of Chris, Matt and Sami racing (3 player mode?). And another picture of Karel and Sami following the Special Cup GP. The screen froze as the fish was taking a dive, thought it would be a good pic. The photos can be found on the PAL group photos page of the SMK Photo Gallery.
New Members
We have a new NTSC member this week; Matt Kuna from U.S.A who joins the NTSC World Rankings at #110 with an overall standard of Elite F.
A new karter has also joined to the PAL version this week; Gerbert Miedema from the Netherlands is ranked on PAL at #137 with an overall standard of Pro D.
Ha Nyan from Japan has recruited a new karter to NTSC. Please welcome Kazu Mi also from Japan who joins the NTSC rankings at #154 with an overall standard of Advanced C.
PR Updates
The battle has continued this week on the MCs between Karel van Duijvenboden and Pierre L'Hoëst; this time though on MC4! Pierre made some very strong times, but Karel took the slight lead with new PAL WRs of 1'34"38 and 0'18"54! He also took back VL2 5-lap with 0'49"61! In Canada, Chris Balch tied DP2 fastlap WR on NTSC with 0'16"60*. Chris has now also made it to GOD -17 on NTSC.
NTSC activity included a PR from Ha Nyan in Japan and a small SR cut. A good set of improvements came from Guilherme Arantes as he hits GOD -9 this week. In Canada, Dave Phaneuf returned with some PRs to climb to #105 on NTSC and Elite D. Not far Behind, Gabriel Laflamme is making good progress reaching the Elites and #109 on NTSC. In U.S.A, Joe Bernier made a cut to his CI1 lap PR and Tyler Worley reaches #3 in U.S.A with his latest PRs. David Smith worked on both NBT and Non-NBT hitting GOD -1 and #28 on NTSC.
On PAL, in the Netherlands, Michael Jongerius made a superb DP3 PR cutting a little SR. In the U.K, Matthew McCarthy made a great return with some NBT PRs and a climb back to #13 on PAL. Chris Clark also worked on NBT this week for MC4 with some decent PRs and a climb to #42. In Germany, Tanja Brönnecke drove some more PRs and has climbed up to Semi-Pro E and #152 on PAL. In France, Anthony Pichard now hits Legend E overall standard and #31 on PAL. Pierre Coste made 5 PRs and cut some SR score and Antoine Olivier is getting closer to GOD -5. Harold Christensen climbs to #10 on PAL following some fast NBT times this week and not far ahead, William Jonas is gaining speed as he lands at GOD -9 with his latest work.
Sami Çetin's update, 9th April 2006
New Member
This week Sami Çetin has recruited a new member from the U.K; please welcome Jonathan Sifleet (also known as Biff). Biff specialises mainly in Street Fighter games but has touched on a bit of SMK along with the rest of the Mario Kart series plus many other games old and new. He enters the Time Trial Rankings on PAL version at #172 with an overall standard of Intermediate C.
PR Updates
On NTSC, Chris Balch set two strong WRs on DP2 of 1'23"84 and 0'16"59! Karel van Duijvenboden played some NTSC this week and reached the next barrier of GOD -18 overall. He also hit PAL to land some WRs on Mario Circuit 4 of 1'33"92 and 0'18"39. French Champion, Pierre L'Hoëst set a great WR on MC3 of 1'28"13. We had some good activity from Japan on NTSC with Ha Nyan hitting several PRs to reach closer to GOD -9. Kazu Mi has also made some great improvements, climbing to #152 and Expert B standard. Guilherme Arantes from Brazil worked on his NBT driving with great results to land at #11 on NTSC and GOD -10 overall standard. In Canada, Gabriel Laflamme also did some good work to reach Elite C standard and the top 100s at #98 on NTSC. In U.S.A, Tyler Worley fought his way past more karters to reach #19 on NTSC and GOD -5. David Smith is at GOD -1 standard with some NBT and Non-NBT PRs this week. Kristopher Lamp made a return to SMK after a short break and has climbed to #112 on NTSC and Elite F overall standard.
On PAL version, in the Netherlands, Leon Kuijf has improved several records climbing to King F overall standard and #69 on PAL. Gerbert Miedema improves his CI1 time to climb to Pro C overall standard and Lars Volkers made 14 PRs to climb to Elite C and #96 on PAL. In the U.K, Matthew McCarthy has been on a NBT adventure and set some great new British records making a climb to GOD -8 and #11 on PAL. Chris Clark has had a great week as he finally reaches the target he was after; Legend G standard. His PRs also gained him a few positions on the PAL rankings to #40 on PAL. Graham Wallace sent in some of his first improvements which cut off a good amount to place him at #149 on PAL with a Semi-Pro B overall standard. In Australia, Eric Scott is getting closer to being champion of Australia as his latest PRs take him up to #62 and further into the King D standard. Gene Tagliabue is also doing well as he is getting nearer Elite B and is now #92 on PAL. In Germany, Tanja Brönnecke made further progress on some times and has hit the Professional standards at Pro G with a World Rank of #144 on PAL and #19 in Germany. Mario Brüser made some PRs to cut some SR down and reach #50 on PAL. David Schiering climbed to #101 and Elite E overall standard with many new PRs. In France, William Jonas set 2 PRs, cutting a bit of SR Score and Antoine Olivier reached #16 on PAL this week. Pierre Coste climbed to #22 on PAL this week with some NBT PRs and to GOD -1.
Sami Çetin's update, 16th April 2006 - Happy Easter!
Mario Kart Super Circuit Time Trials Site
As some of you may have seen, the Time Trials website for Mario Kart Super Circuit is now again active with the help of Tom Gaffikin and some other karters who will assist with the news updates and PR updates. Please check out the link when you get a chance: http://www.mariokart64.com/mksc/
New Members
A new karter from U.S.A joins the NTSC Rankings; we have Adam Wilkinson who enters the #110 on NTSC with an overall standard of Elite E.
We also have another karter from California, U.S.A who joins the NTSC World Rankings at #154. Jeff Kottcamp makes his entry into SMK Time Trials with an overall standard of Expert C.
On PAL we have a new member. From Germany, please welcome Rene Bauer who enters the PAL World Rankings at #141 at Pro E overall standard.
PR Updates
U.S Champion, Joe Bernier worked hard on the CI1 NBT strategy to aim for a particular barrier and he hit the target with a new WR of 0'53"95! On PAL, a battle took place on KB2 between Pierre L'Hoëst and Karel van Duijvenboden. After some WR swapping, Karel landed on top with new times of 0'56"39 and 0'10"49! He drove some fast PRs on VL1 and GV3 and then made a superb 5/5 island jumping run on VL2 with a new WR of 0'49"05!
On PAL we saw further activity from the Netherlands with Leon Kuijf reaching King E and #68 on PAL with new PRs. Gerbert Miedema made some big cuts to MC4 and is now ranked at #136 on PAL with a Pro B overall standard. In Australia, we see Eric Scott getting very close to becoming the next champion of Australia as he hits King C and climbs to #59 on PAL. Not far behind, Gene Tagliabue has also been making great progress as he reaches the high Elites and passes some more closely ranked Australian karters. Gene is now #3 in Australia, #85 in the World on PAL and has Elite A overall standard. From the U.K, Matthew McCarthy made 7 PRs with some great NBT work and is approaching GOD -9. Matthew is now ranked #9 on PAL. Graham Wallace set 13 new PRs with some big improvements to his times. He has climbed to Master G overall standard, #130 in the World on PAL and #25 in the U.K. In Germany, Mario Brüser cut some SR points down and climbed to #49. David Scheiring improved VL2 lap and reached Elite D overall standard. Tanja Brönnecke set 10 great PRs and has landed on Pro D overall standard, #140 on PAL and #18 in Germany. In France, William Jonas made a very fast GV1 NBT PR that was close to the WR. Matthias Boucher reached a great mark this week with a few PRs taking him up to GOD -11, #5 on PAL and #2 in France.
On NTSC from U.S.A, David Smith was very active with many of his PRs NBT improvements. David climbed to #26 on NTSC with a GOD -2 standard. Tyler Worley drove some great times on KB1 and CI2 along with some MC4 cuts and climbed to #17 in the World on NTSC. In Canada, Gabriel Laflamme made 4 PRs and has climbed to #97 on NTSC. From Brazil, Guilherme Arantes made several NBT improvements and is cutting chunks off his SR. He is now just short of GOD -11 and ranked #9 on NTSC. Kazu Mi from Japan climbed to #151 and Expert A overall standard with new PRs this week and Ha Nyan set 2 PRs cutting some SR score.
Sami Çetin's update, 23rd April 2006
New Photos added to Gallery
Some new photos were sent in this week of Mario Brüser and Tanja Brönnecke from Germany. They have individual photos on the PAL Germany photos page and a group pic added to the PAL Group photos list on the SMK Photo Gallery.
New Members
Two new karters for NTSC:
Please welcome Matt Stankey from U.S.A who joins the SMK Time Trials at #121 with a Master C overall standard.
We also have an entry for Ryan DeMaster, also from U.S.A who sends in all of his times to land at #121 on NTSC and Expert E overall standard.
PR Updates
From Brazil on NTSC, Guilherme Arantes has hit his first World Record, a lap tie on Choco Island 2 of 0'12"45*. His other PRs were also very good cuts that have brought him up to GOD -11 and #8 on NTSC! Alencar Faria also form Brazil made a return to NTSC this week with some good cuts, we look forward to seeing more improvements soon. As for as PAL WRs go, the battle on Koopa Beach 2 raged on with Karel van Duijvenboden breaking the barrier under 56 seconds, but Pierre L'Hoëst securing the PAL WR at 0'55"83!
We saw a lot of activity on the PAL half in France with Harold Christensen moving up to #10 on PAL with a few PRs, Antoine Olivier making further cuts with 6 new PRs. Clement Papon also reached #12 with a good jump this week and is well on pace with the rivals at GOD -8. A battle has started with Florent Lecoanet who has made some NBT improvements and Pierre Coste who is also karting close by on the rankings. They are now both GOD -2 with Florent at #19 and Pierre at #21 on PAL. André Coste made some PRs on his return and has climbed to #93 on PAL with Elite C overall standard. In the U.K, Matthew McCarthy is further improving with NBT and gaining a lead over the GOD -8 rivals as he reaches GOD -9. In Australia, Gene Tagliabue made a few PRs and cut a few SR points. In Germany, Tanja Brönnecke drove some fast PRs including a great lap on BC3. She has some great potential and should reach Elites soon. Tanja is now Master G overall standard, ranked #127 in the World on PAL and is also the 3rd fastest female karter on PAL. In the Netherlands, Gerbert Miedema made some big cuts to some PRs and has moved up to #121 on PAL, #18 in the Netherlands and Master D overall standard.
On NTSC, in Japan, Ha Nyan has been closing the gap to Japanese champion Masakazu Goto as he is now GOD -9 with some good cuts for MC4 and VL2. Kazu Mi improved several PRs and has reached Semi-Pro G overall standard and #151 on NTSC. In U.S.A, Tyler Worley made 4 PRs and is getting close to GOD -7. David Smith worked on more NBT this week with a good cut to his SR Score. Kristopher Lamp returned with a long list of improvements and has reached Elite E and #109.
Sami Çetin's update, 30th April 2006
U.K meet
We had a U.K meet yesterday that was a good laugh, unfortunately we were not able to finish all of the planned races and video as much as we would have liked to but it was still fun. Please refer to the topic on the message board for more details on the action of the day.
We are still currently trying to make arrangements for the World meet in London in July. However we have been unable to find a solution as of yet, there is also a message board topic in the important topics section of the SMK thread regarding the world meet. Several of you have been posting there already, many thanks for your input. If there are any ideas on where the games can be hosted please let us know on the Message board. Cheers everyone :)
New Members
Two karters joining Time Trials this week..
First up from Brazil we have Anderson Barbosa dos Santos who is joining the NTSC World Rankings at #64 with an overall standard of King C. He is also ranked at #6 in Brazil.
From U.SA, also joining NTSC please welcome Jason Foss. Jason enters the NTSC rankings with a Semi-Pro C overall standard with a World rank of #151.
PR Updates
On NTSC, Guilherme Arantes drove CI1 using the wall jump SC strategy and drove a great time of 0'10"18. This has been discussed on the message board and the route will remain as a SC on the Glitch and Trick times page. A great WR, well done Guilherme. Guilherme also hit some other very fast NBT PRs and climbed to GOD -12 and #7 on NTSC. Karel van Duijvenboden did some NTSC driving this week with some great new WRs; these included a lap tie on DP3 of 0'14"88* and twin WRs on KB2 of 0'54"49 and 0'10"11! KB2 was a heated battle with Guilherme for the lap! Karel also hit a PAL WR of 0'55"72 on KB2 this week. French Champion, Pierre L'Hoëst also jumped in with the WRs on DP3 with 1'17"88 and 0'15"04.
There was further activity from France this week with Pierre Coste hitting 5 improvements climbing a bit of SR and William Jonas made two small cuts. In the U.K, retired British champion Sami Çetin made a suprise comeback with a bit of work on MC3 with NBT for the first time. After a struggle with the strategy a small PR happened. The U.K's third fastest, Chris Clark did not stop at Legends as he has been cutting chunks off more PRs, mainly with the NBT work on DP1. He is now Legend F overall standard and #38 on PAL. In Germany, Mario Brüser made 7 PRs cutting some SR Score and Tanja Brönnecke has had a great week with more big cuts with Bowser as she is fast heading towards the Elites. Her overall standard is now Master D and she is ranked at #121 on PAL. In the Netherlands, Lars Volkers set some PRs climbing further to #93 on PAL and Gerard Roodhorst sent some ridiculously fast DP3 Non-NBT PR for 5-lap and a NBT lap.
On NTSC, Armin Huber has been more active with his NTSC adventure and has made a massive climb with several new PRs into the GOD standards at GOD -2 and #27 on NTSC. In U.S.A, Ryan DeMaster sent some of his first new PRs climbing to Expert B and #158 on NTSC. Just ahead, Jeff Kottcamp also PR'ed on several tracks with a climb to #154 on NTSC and Semi-Pro G overall standard. Adam Wilkinson made some more PRs with Bowser with some good cuts up to Elite D overall standard and #105 on NTSC. Kristopher Lamp has submitted another long list of great PRs as he hits the top 100s at #99 on NTSC and Elite C overall standard for his great efforts. David Smith's latest NBT adn Non-NBT work has helped him past Jeram for #25 on NTSC. Tyler Worley scrapes past Girard with a GOD -7 overall standard and lands on #16 on NTSC with two new PRs. In Canada, Gabriel Laflamme made 6 new PRs and climbs to #98 on NTSC. In Brazil, Luis Felipe Ferrari makes a return with severa; strong PRs and climbs up to Legend E overall standard, #48 on NTSC and #4 in Brazil. In Japan, Ha Nyan made 3 PRs and is a step closer to reaching Masakazu's SR. Kazu Mi made some good new improvements and has hit Semi-Pro F overall standard.