Oops, I forgot to vote in this one but MJ took most the votes anyway.  Those who do not know much about the mk64 community probably have heard of MJ and his times and voted for him.  Based on Tim's bio he contributed a lot to the site community etc. and his famous Everett start.  Just a tough matchup for Tim given MJ's fame.

Yeah this was a tough matchup for Tim Everett (and a tough matchup for just about anyone else). I've talked with Tim many times. He found a way to shave .01 on basically every race...hey, every little bit helps.  

And also, the Tim Everett I knew was a good-hearted young man who treated others with respect and committed himself to playing by the rules and doing what he could to make the kart community a better place (not that it isn't great already...you know   ).

I voted for MJ though. It's like watching Michael Jordan play basketball (not right now, I mean several years ago when jordan was in ballin' shape), Tiger Woods play golf (when he's healthy...forget tiger's recent performances, that's not what I'm referring to.), Roger Federer play tennis (when he's not playing Rafael Nadal), Michael Jongerius is the best and he's an all-around classy guy aswell. He shares his strats and gives people a fair opportunity to beat him, and he always emerges victorious because of his amazing gifts as a kart player.

I haven't talked to him as much as Tim, but the times I talked to MJ he was very polite with a touch of humour, and he seemed to have a wonderful personality. Also, in his vids, he plays the kind of music I can get down to.  

Two worthy individuals, but since I can only vote for one, MJ gets my vote without a doubt.

Myles

I voted for Joe Bernier. This one was tough for me though because I don't really know either of these guys. I actually forced myself to do some research for this one to ensure that I would make a fair vote.

First off I must say, judging by Joe's bio, he's earned a ton of respect from me already. 11 WRs in one week (as Robin said) is amazing and anyone who rises to #1 in a kart community has to be talented and dedicated. It takes a lot to be #1 here. As far as quality racing goes, Joe clearly has an edge over Robin.

There's more to winning my vote than being the best player though. Afterall, Robin was creative enough to think of the rivalry feature that is now being used on all of our kart sites. And plus, he is a staff member, thus he puts effort into keeping the kart 64 website updated that I send my times to. I thank Robin for that and I respect what he does.

Also, I read in Robin's bio that he converted the join pages of MKDD and MKDS into Japanese, which helps our communities to become more global. So now after reading Robin's bio, I like the job he does and he seems like a great person that benefits our communities in many ways.

There really are a lot of good things to say about both of these guys I'd say, so it was a tough decision. The reason I chose Joe Bernier was that I was in a chatroom with him one time, and though I really didn't interact with him, I thought he was very classy and I liked his personality. If I knew Robin, who knows, I might say the same for him.

Oh, and one last thing. There's a bad comment on Robin's bio that should be edited or removed: "Robin also owns and briefly played Mario Kart Super Circuit, but he sucked so much at it that he couldn't even unlock the SMK tracks, so he never joined the site."

Who wrote this? Whoever you are, be more polite, c'mon.

Vote goes to Joe Bernier cause I had a chance to see what a great guy he is and he has great talent.

Myles

First of all, thanks to everyone who voted for me.

Second of all, Robin is a great contributor to many of the MK sites, and I really appreciate all the work he has done to make the community what it is.

Third of all, as soon as I saw the seeding, I knew it would be tough for both of us to advance further than the second round.  Whether it be me or Robin, we'd both be screwed against MJ...

I have to thank the people that let me into the contest; a million times over.  And thanks to Robin, of course, for knowing that we'd both inevitably eat it against the MK64 World Champion.  

These sites are a lot of fun, and I've always seen it to be that way.  You all kick ass.  Enough said...

Voted for moritz.

Lacey all the way. Tbh he was one guy I want to win the whole thing besides Hedley and Bernier. He is a cool guy who makes some awesomly funny posts!

Lacey kept me company in IRC for a long time. It was nice having a MK-girl around.

Voted for Lacey. On the next contest I voted for Pierre L Hoest, cause he gets a SMK world record like every week.

I voted for Karlsson.
I think Pierre is a better contributor to the message boards, but I voted for Karlsson because he's one of the best combined MK-players in the world. You can't just ignore a 4th place combined ranking.

Another reason is because he's from Scandinavia. I support my neighbors in Sweden even though I'm Norwegian.

Dr_Blueberry wrote on 07/17/06 at 06:07:35:
Pretty much same reason, just switch norwegian out with danish
And then i also happen to know karlsson slightly better as he has been active in MKDS and i have talked to him on msn before

I voted for Joe because he is from chicago.

Chicago is full of national champions man.

Joe definately gets my vote. That reminds me, i gotta see your smk skills sometime, its crazy how close we are both at home and at school for me not to have seen some of that famous nbt yet.