Group A: Jones and Ellis.  Mark because he's a fun guy to talk to and without him we wouldn't be here.  Matt because we chat and occasionally play Brawl or MKWii or something.  And he gave me Dr. Mario.

Group B: Roy and Matt.  Roy is on IRC a lot so I've got a chance to know him a bit.  Matt is my eternal MK64 rival and a very cool guy, and I was sad to not see him move on.  I would have voted for William in this match, but I knew 100% he would get 1st place anyway so I decided to vote for these guys instead.

Group C: Liem and Dave.  Dave is the legend, how could I resist?  Michael's effort and dedication for many years has kept the MK64 site alive, even long after he himself stopped playing competitively, so he definitely had my vote.

Group D: Tuomas and Darius.  Tuomas is very fun to talk to on IRC.  Darius and I are destined for a showdown in the finals, so I gave my vote to help him make it there.

From Group C I voted for Michael Liem. Fairly obvious choice really as this guy has done a lot for the community. My second vote went to Jonathan Steel, when you're a best man at someones wedding, it kind of makes sense to vote for him. However his MKDD skills were sick.

From Group D I voted for Darius Austin. I'm not suprsied to see this guy win the group as he is an all round nice guy. I enjoyed talking to the man about sport and he does well to organise mkwii tournaments and write mk64 news too. My second vote went to Tuomas Dunkel. This guy is a verteran as far as IRC goes and we have had a few random conversations to say the least. He is also known to come out with a few witty remarks. Another nice guy.

A shout out must also go out to Thomas van Leeuwen. He orgainsed the World Cup Pool in 2006 which was quality and also one for this years Euros which I missed out on His MKDD website is also brilliantly informative and I can see myself voting for this guy in later rounds.

Allright I guess I'll wait to reveal my votes for the still tied match.

So in Group E we could see some very fine players. First of all we could see Matt Tanzer a nice guy and a big presence on the board. Nathan the Summer Contest guy also very good at most Kart games and a lot of various game. Alvin a younger player who is also very present on the board and in varius section of the board. Pat Bertovich a very good Mario Kart 64 player and a funny guy on the board. Drew Blumfield another nice guy funny on the board and helpful if you need help and tips.  And last Myles Bukrim an old MK64 legend who discovered many glitches and also quite good at pretty much any games he touches.

So my first vote went without any doubt to Myles Bukrim. I talked to this guy a lot I competed against him on Super Mario 64. He discovered a fair amount of glitch in MK64 and SM64. He was always ther ehelping me with picture and videos when I needed help in SM64 or MK64. Definitly someone I'd like to meet someday. So for all this Myles got my vote.

The 2nd one was a closer call with Drew helping me when I played SMK and him being fun on the board and pretty good at SMK. Pat also a cool guy on the board and pretty good at MK64. Nathan another MK64 player who also played SMK and a bunch of other games and he's usualy good at them all. Out of those I talked to Nathan the most over AIM, IRC. So he did have an edge in that match which is why I voted for him. The other, I knew them less then those 3 so even if they are nice on the board I still prefer to vote for people I met or talked to a lot

Pat probably had to share vote with Nathan and Drew as well which is why I guess they may not have gone through. I would quite likely have voted for Drew on many of the other matches if he would have been in them. Unfortunatly he was up against 2 guys I talked to a lot over the past years.

So as I said the other match votes will be revealed tomorrow after the tie is broken and anyway I'll have 2 as usual since I'm in one of the match today.

From Group E I voted for everyones favourite Drew Blumfield, I seriously cant belive how this guy didnt get through, but I suppose when you're allergic to having 5k posts its going to hit you somewhere. Drews SMK battle skills are second to none and he did contrbute a lot to the message board back in the day. We have also had many a random chat but remember DO NOT BUY A WII FROM THIS MAN. Its a sad day now hes out, I feel like I lost a brother. My second vote went to Bo Garman, he has great MKDD skills and from his posts it is clear to see hes a nice guy and deserves to be through.

From Group F I voted for Luca Barbetta. This guy works in the doldrums of MKSC and does a lot of hard work for the game. This game may not be everyones cup of tea but Luca works hard for its cause. My second vote went to Kristopher Will, again another nice guy with mad gaming skills. His only downfall being he's German but you cant have evrything

Allright let's get down with the Group F match which had a tie in it. The match had several well known chatter and talented karters in it. It has several player that were quite well ranked in their games if not 1st . So with this tight matchup I decided to pick someone I've been talking to regularly over the past few years. He's also present in the chat room. This guy is Eric! Unfortunatly the guy isn't quite known in the kart scene.

My 2nd vote was for someone who's been around the board for some time. He's good at the game he plays and still around. I voted for him twice even! That's Armin good thing he did make it through in the tie breaker. A good guy and a good member of the community and SMK is also not that well represented in term of number so I have to back them up sometime

Group G was my match so I didn't vote in it but I'm quite surprised by Leyla Hasso result! If I would have had to vote I would have voted for Laflamme and Fried. Laflamme because I met him and he's quite a SMK player and he hold his N64 controller the strange Booth's way  . There were some epic battle against Sabbagh during those nights! Fried because well Fried is Fried pretty good at any games and it's nothing surprising to me he got that many votes. He's usualy helping with tips on the vids and take some of his time for the wrvids on youtube. Deserved for sure! The other karter were less known to me but I did thought Chili would make a stronger showing. Congrats to all! Thanks to those who voted for me whoever you are

Group H was wasy to vote in for me. My first choice was Tom Graffikin since he's been around here for some time and he's a mod and a respected member of the community. No doubt he was getting through but I just had to vote for him.

Pretty much the same for my 2nd vote who was Paul Tanney. He's active on the board and present in many MKs so it's not a surprise to see him through this. But still I had to vote for him since he's also a good member of the community. The other weren't much known to me though I know most are on th eboards but I never talked to them much.

Congrats to all and good luck on the other matches

Jonesy wrote on 06/30/08 at 21:14:20:


is that flaming Jones??   lol

You clearly haven't read my bio!  

I won't say who I voted for but the Bowser Castle vote was really tough for me to decide.

LOL I was really wasted yesterday at night and voted for more than two persons Sean Sullivan, Bunde, Alex Hantson, Kevin Booth

Finn and Guilherme- Luckily I had already voted in the morning lol

denderend wrote on 07/03/08 at 00:48:14:


You're welcome

Karina Villa wrote on 07/03/08 at 05:41:02:

I quess I should post some nice pictures of me    Mabye that will vote you for me next time  

^Thanks... Yes of course both Joe and Etch are great!! so good vote anyway

Thanks to everyone who voted for me, I didn't expect to do as well as I did in this group.