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| 09 January 2008: "December update" |
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News: Many, many players active which is great. Also some new players and players that surprised us all with crazy pr’s. Who? You gotta read this! Players: Let’s start with myself, Alvin van Asselt #22. I tried to become the Dutch champion before Karel joined and I failed miserably. But still, many good pr’s, going from #29 to #22. I still have some CR’s left, like 31”86 and 3”23 on RKB1, and also some very good records like RR 44”33 (#10) and 10”83 (#5). My activity dropped after a mental injury, but maybe I’ll get the Dutch pr smash virus back soon! An other guy that was very active the last few weeks is Yuus Aricanli #18. He shot from #25 to #18, passing legends like Kevin Black. Some of his best new pr’s are RP 18”66 and SW 19”49! Judging by his times on Bowser Castle 2, I think he can cut even more AF! Well done Yunus! Let’s talk about the surprising comebacks. Let’s talk about Florent Lecoanet #12 He improved some pr’s to get an AF of exactly 16 points! It might be a bit boring to put all the pr’s here, so I won’t. Will he make a major comeback and chase Karel? Only time can tell! Next is Kevin Black #19. He showed the world that you really CAN have a WR with an AF above 20 (except the RKB1 f-lap). I’m talking about his WR on Retro Bowser Castle 3, 1’13”80*!!! RBC3 is a track that most players hate, but Kevin doesn’t! Was that all? No! He got many other pr’s, like his great f-lap on RBC3: (yes, yet again!) 12”86 (#2). 0”01 left to go, a great performance Kevin! I bet you all know that there’s a new world champion there. I’m talking about smk PAL. I’m talking about somebody who is very busy at the moment but found time to play MKSC. I’m talking about Pierre L’Hoest #1 (of course). Some nice pr’s and wr’s makes his AF even better. How good are his times now? Well, look at his WR on PC: 44”98. The #2 has 46”15! Our great updater Luca Barbetta #16 did it again. He got a CRAZY WR on Sky Garden. The f-lap is 12”25* now. Don’t say he doesn’t have any competition there, because the top 3 all set a new pr there this year. Was that all he got? No! A good example: SG 48”21! Forza Italia! One of that three is Cole Gilbert ,#14.at the moment. But if he wins 0.1 point AF, he’ll pass Florian Chollet for #13! But… He also submit some old times. SG is a new one: 49”68 and 12”31. In front of him are 2 Frenchies. But if Cole wants to get even more positions, Cole must get many new pr’s. Is he able to do that? Possible, he’s a good fighter! Coooooool(e) Gilbert! Robin Usher and Pete Crawford, the #52 and #53, were both active and both got good pr’s. (1 more and we have a new rivalry!) Judging by a matchup, Robin’s laps are much better than his course times, and Pete is somebody who likes the courses. You can see that when you take a look at the new pr’s: Robin got (for his rank) crazy times like MC 18”73, LC 25”17 and SL 25”05, while Pete got very good times like PC 50”66. Pete is still a few points behind, maybe he could pass Robin in the next few weeks. Jacob Goldfinger #36 played again! He got very good records and got a very good AF cut! The American guy from Chicago passed players like Sean Billingsley and Guilherme Arantes with records like: YD 1’14”98 (#33!) RCI2 9”44 and RBC1 13’32 (#34). The YD 3-lap isn’t his best record (yet!), that’s still the CCI 3-lap. Which legends will he pass next week? At least it’s almost sure that he will be active! Alex Hantson #44 didn’t win any position these weeks. But he did pr! I think we all know that he isn’t “just” a MKSC player. He’s also the Swiss champion because he’s the only Swiss player with a full timesheet (now happy   His best pr from the last weeks can be found at Boo Lake, it’s a crazy 23”27 f-lap, ranked #26 that is much, much better than his AF!!! His BC3 is a bit better than that time, though. He chases Kristopher Will and might pass him next week! Swiss power: 101%! Alvaro Fababu #70 completed his time set and is now ready to rise up the charts. Looking at the pr’s he got, I bet it took a lot of time to get that times. Some times show that he is still a newbie and needs a little help from vids, but some times prove that he is a great talent! Let’s just take one of ’em: The RKB1 f-lap. He got 4”35 there! Some people think that you don’t need skill to get a good time there. But think about when you began to play. Was it easy to do that strat? No! Also good news for him: Because he’s the only Spanish player (who has a full timeset), he’s also the Spanish champion! Back to somebody who is very active. Back to Martin Morissette #10. The Canadian hit some good pr’s on Retro Donut Plains 2 one or two weeks ago: 1'11"66 and 11"60. Most of his pr’s from the last weeks are on the retro tracks, but he also got many “normal” pr’s a few weeks ago. I bet he feels Karel coming at the moment, but I’m afraid he also isn’t extremely active at the moment. Tactics or not? I think he just needs a break! It took a long time before Enzio Fruijtier #24 came back to MKSC. But now, he’s finally back! He submit many old times, so I’m afraid I can’t say he got many pr’s. An outstanding new pr is a 14”28 f-lap on Peach Circuit. He’s chasing Alvin (me) at the moment. Will he be able to pass me and chase Karel? Well, I bet you know the rest… anyway, team Netherlands ftw! I can’t even remember when I’ve seen new MKSC pr’s from Robert Szabo #31. I don’t even think I joined before the last time that Robert got some pr’s. But he drove some nice pr’s last month! He got 2 records, both are f-laps. The first one is at Cheese Land: 16”17 (#32). And the second one? 8”95 at Retro Choco Island 2! I’m afraid he didn’t win a position, but I think we’re all happy that he got some pr’s again. Welcome back, Robert! It’s nice to see that Matt Ellis #8 picked up his DS/GB to play again. And not just for 1 pr! And they’re not bad, they’re all very good! I can tell you all about his new pr’s, but I’ll just focus on 1 pr at the moment. After eating some chocolate, he went looking for more. It was time to go to Retro Choco Island 2. He had want to wait very long for the chocolate, so he decided to make an f-lap there. And what’s the time? 6”55*! Well done Matt! I bet you’re hungry now Daniel Sampson #63 got many pr’s at the beginning of the month. He still isn’t the best Aussie at the moment, and I don’t think that will happen soon because he isn’t active at the moment. But still: He won a few positions. He has 2 new pr’s that are ranked #44: RR 49”35 and LP 20”06. Well done Daniel, I think you can go a long way if you keep up with this great pace like a few weeks ago! I must tell the same about Andrew Howes #57. He also focused his efforts to the begin of December. It’s good to see him active again. His AF is just a few points lower than Daniels AF (new additions to the rivalry!), and the main difference is that Andrew also has a few very good times. Some new good times: BC2 22”80, BC3 28”08, RKB1 4”15 but especially: RVL1 7”27 and RKB2 7”75, both ranked #37! When will he come back? We’ll wait! Last but not least: Alencar Faria #9. His AF is exactly 11 at the moment, and that means he has improved! He focused on Sunset Wilds and he got some nice times there: 1’03”40 (#3!) and 18”86 (#2!!) These are some great times! He doesn’t have any WR’s at the moment, but it might be possible that he will get one soon! New players: He’s coming from the World of smk. He is a huge talent and still NTSC world champion. It’s Karel van Duijvenboden #11. He’s coming from the Netherlands. He joined at the beginning of December and is very, very active since. He shot passed many players and legends and s almost in the top 10! So: How good are his records? He has 73 CR’s now, and his retro course records aren’t much better than his “normal” records. A 10”73 f-lap on Rainbow Road is very good, and his Retro Rainbow Road times are even better! 1’11”36 is ranked #2, and 12”22* is a world record! With a crazy vid: 12"22* I think we have a new talent here, and I think that Tom (or me will write about his road to #1 soon. It’s still a long way to the top…POW’s, POM, POQ and POY:: To be posted later today or tomorrow. |