||||||||||
Message Board
||||||||||
(1700+ users!)
||||||||||
Community
||||||||||
||||||||||
Affiliates
||||||||||
||||||||||
Related Sites
||||||||||
||||||||||
wtf?
||||||||||
||||||||||
Staff
||||||||||
||||||||||
Donations
||||||||||
T-E.N - Appreciation Fund
Stake your claim on a piece of our territory, forever.
|
38 Donations have been made so far by 35 people.
Please visit the
Donation Acknowledgements thread to see who these gracious people are,
where you can also see who made the The $20 Club!
PLEASE READ:
The-elite.net is paid for and operated by a few guys that just
want to see this place continue to thrive. If you'd like to
help me out with a small PayPal donation, it would be greatly
appreciated. Donations via
"snail mail" are also accepted, if you prefer. Just email me
for mailing info.
Again, THANK YOU, Elite!
|
|
Events:
January 2nd -
It has been way too long since the last update concerning Perfect Dark. While everyone might think everyone stopped playing, this is completely untrue! And I will tell you why.
In approximately 4 months already 18 seconds have been cut off to the overall time, with Bryan Bosshardt, Red Bull, David Clemens, Taka, and Denis Lucid being the ones who contributed to this.
The year 2009 started off with Bryan Bosshardt surprising everyone by sweeping MBR, and getting untieds on all the difficulties (Agent 1:19 (1), Special Agent 1:21 (1), Perfect Agent 1:24 (2)). It is a shame Bryan has decided to leave the-elite.net entirely, because it appears he got infected with some crazy virus which he thinks comes either from the Elite Boards or AIM, the latter case being highly unlikely. In any case, I think we would all like to thank him for helping PD out with a lot of new strategies and at least I hope to hear from him in the future to see whether he still has the skills to improve some of his times and contribute to the overall time once again.
Second of all, David Clemens deserves a huge mention on here, because he is the one who got several untied WRs and several tied WRs. Apart from getting ridiculous WRs no one ever thought were possible in the first place, one can argue that he definitely got even more insane tied WRs and PRs such as the highly regarded Villa Agent 1:06, G5 Agent 0:37, G5 Special Agent 0:43, and G5 Perfect Agent 0:54, and Investigation Special Agent 2:09. Also, Clemens proves that the Agent WRs as they were in 2008 were far from maxed, or at least, were not as maxed as people thought they were. Cutting off 1 second off Rescue and 1 second of Extraction are the proof of this.
I have been busy with getting several untieds myself, such as getting Escape Perfect Agent 3:18 (4 seconds) and Air Base Perfect Agent 2:05 (1 second). Along with this, nothing has really changed on my times page concerning the difference from last update.
As for Taka, he managed to get Attack Ship Agent 2:10 lately, and despite it being one of the most tied Agent record, it is still a good WR considering the amount of luck needed to get it. More importantly, he is the first one to get the Rescue Perfect Agent strategy to work on a WR run, cutting off 2 seconds from his already untied WR, down to 2:44 this time.
The biggest controversy comes from an Irish guy named Denis Lucid. After someone found a youtube video of him doing a 1:37 run on CI Perfect Agent (a 5 seconds untied!) people have been arguing about whether the run itself is real, whether it could have been faked, whether it is another Eliter in disguise, or whether it is who he says he is doing a completely valid run. Questions such as why he has not contacted the Elite before, why he gets such an insane WR without noticing us have been bugging everyone so far. As things are now, our proof moderator has decided to backroll Denis Lucid if he does not provide us with some real-life footage of him playing that level.
There have also been some fairly known and unknown players been getting PRs and WRs. One of them seems to be an upcoming player, named BRIO who has just recently tied the Defection Agent WR. Illu and Cara have also played this year, but we havent heard so much from these players yet. Let us hope that is going to change in this year!
Thus so far the year 2009 is in fact filled with activity when it comes to cutting the overall time and people getting WRs. The only thing is that this is done by so few people.
Love,
Red Bull
|
Week one of the Goldeneye Team Tournament ended yesterday, and we've seen some of the fiercest competition in recent memory! As expected, Team More Elite than Elite under the guidance of Ranked no. 1 David Clemens, who accumulated a third of the team's 39 total points, takes the number one spot. They placed first in three of the general events, and won the Personal challenge of the week. Great job guys! Other key performers on this stacked team were Afanoftherings and Ryan Lockwood, with especially impressive showings in their respective events, tying the first place time.
Moving down the ladder, we come to the always controversial Team Denis Lucid, in second place at 33 points, with a thorough and decisive clinch of the Team event by key players Henning Blom, Axel Zed, and Patrik The Destroyer. The total time of their rumble in the jungle was a low, low time of 2:37! Henning and Axel also tied the first place finishes of Clemens and Lockwood. The race between these top two teams looks to be a good one!
It doesn't stop there either, fellow Eliters! The battle at the bottom is looking brutal as well with three teams all within a few points at each other. Leading this pack right now, is Team Whatever we're calling ourselves at the moment, headed by Tournament Mastermind, Goose! Despite being edged out in the Personal and Team challenges, they put up respectable showings in all their individual events, all scoring 3rd place or better, with Durk taking a nice first place finish on the caverns event. While yours truly underperformed in his own event, he does maintain that he at least beat The Good Speedruntrainer, which is far better than actually winning. They currently sit a 22 points.
Unlucky fourth to the ever cuddly and lovable Team Adorable, headed by the Wailin' Australian, Glen Stevens! The team captain dominated the Grand Prix, netting a two second untied and 8 luscious, scrumptious points for his team, leaving everyone else deadlocked in a four way tie for second place. Our favorite clown, Adam Bozon showed off his fancy tomfoolery by dominating the Cradle event as well! They currently sit at a mere 20 points, but don't count these pretty eyed cuties out just yet!
In current last place is the one team that truly lived up to their name, The Busy Boys. Spending their time on meaningless things like school, and work, and sleep; they managed to collectively net only a paltry 12 points. Ouch! But don't dismiss these sleeping giants just yet, whose star power meter includes the Notorious Jim Barrett, as well as the Furious Matis the Mighty. Everyone's best friend, ringer and team leader Eddie Lovins was part of that clusterfuck 2nd place tie on the Statue level. And hey, there's really no telling when these guys might wisen up, take Jack Black's advice and quit their day jobs.
Not enough for you? Check out the official thread on The Elite forums for a detailed breakdown of the various rules and scores of Week One of the Tournament.
In other news, longtime GE veteran Wouter Jansen resigned from his position as Updater after a lengthy (read: half a year) dispute with many in the community on either side. The issue? Jim Barrett's untaped (though witnessed by a roomful of eliters) world record run on Archives Agent. After a long legal battle, the Supreme Judge eventually ruled in Jimbo's favour, to the annoyance of some and the ecstasy of others.
There was also a bunch of world and personal records set, but nobody cares about those.
......just kiddin'.
PEACE!
~Jack William Wedge II
|
In this news entry you will read everything about the progress of players and the rankings during 2008. Also, some of the great moments will be discussed and highlighted which have occurred during the past year.
Lets start off with the one and only Dark Otto, who started the year with a total time of 1:40:10 and during the year lowered that time to 1:39:34, that is a total cut of 36 seconds, good job! With this 36 seconds also comes an 47 net points gain, meaning he did gain more, but also lost some because of activity of other players.
Myself (Red Bull) cut off 6 minutes and 14 seconds (1:42:28 to 1:36:14) from my total time and gained 923 points, quite a lot if you ask me! This also puts me into third place on the time rankings compared to position 11 a year ago. In point rankings that is from place 16 to place 5.
Carathorn managed to cut off 9 minutes and 33 seconds (!) (from 1:54:49 to 1:45:16) during the course of the year, and with that total time cut he earned a net amount of points of 1846 points. With this accomplishment he moved from position 51 to 23 on the point rankings, and from 44 to 21 on the time rankings. Congratulations to that!
Taka bought the PAL version of PD this year, which is a good thing, since his rank now better reflects the skill he has. Along with several untieds (Rescue PA 2:46 and Air Base 1:43) he cut off 1:57 of his total time, which puts him in second place. With his new PD PAL version and some fine other stuff he gained 102 points during the year.
Wouter Jansen, who decided to improve some of his worst times he had still remaining, improved his total time with 4 minutes and 12 seconds, and a total points gain of 469. Good job fellow Dutchman!
Some people have been primarily playing GoldenEye during 2008, but also touched the PD game on several occasions. One of these players is Rayan Isran, who basically got to the first place in PD just before the start of 2008, and became the third Dual Champ ever in 2008. Still he improved his total time by getting some untied world records (such as Pelagic II SA 1:43, Pelagic II PA 1:59, and Infiltration SA 1:30). His total time improved from 1:34:40 to 1:34:27. Because of more activity from other players his total points actually dropped from 6221 to 6185 (36 points loss).
Henning Blom lowered his total time by 1 minute and 26 seconds (from 1:58:08 to 1:56:42) and gained a total of 404 points! A new entrant, David Clemens, the current GoldenEye champion has proven himself that he isnt only good in GE, but also in PD. As he hasnt finished every level yet, or played every level seriously, its quite useless to state a difference of points or total time. However, its worthwhile to mention some of his great accomplishments this year. Most notably his untieds: Investigation A 1:27 and Rescue SA 1:27, as well as some tied WRs: Rescue A 1:26, Infiltration A 1:11, and Chicago SA 0:27. Bryan Bosshardt, who lost his number 1 position in GE this year, made a comeback at the end of the year in PD. All his PRs also were untied WRs, which were MBR A 1:19, and Investigation SA 2:09. He posted his new untied (MBR PA 1:24) on 1 january, which is a great start of the year!
With the progress of several players noted, there were some other things which have drawn our attention this year. One of these things were the TAS vids of Henrik Norgren, who put a lot of time and effort into doing a full Perfect Agent run (which is still not really finished for what I know). Although these runs are useful in the development of several possible new strategies, and to see how maxed several levels really are. Matt Cook is also someone who is always up for crazy ideas for strats, but lets not forget that those ideas can be modified or changed and maybe implemented in actual WR runs.
Another PD related issue was the coop-battles battles we have had for a during 2008. The players involved were primarily Red Bull and Carathorn, JugadorJ3 and Funky Buddha, Vulpex and Failsafe, and the Brazilians working together (Mitrhil, Greg K, Ghus Dark). This is actually a very funny (and also annoying, because of immense lag issues) league, but dont be shy to join the fun in 2009! This league actually rewards creativity, because of all the possibilities working together.
Also, this was the year of another barrier going down. We have broken the 1:34:00 barrier, and are now in the beginning of the year at 1:33:36 (officially 1:33:33 with the new untieds of Bryan counted). We started the year at 1:34:08, so that is a total time cut of 37 seconds! Will the 1:33 barrier fall this year? I would say, only time can tell!
Dont forget to vote on the best WR of 2008 on the PD elite boards!
A happy new year to all of you,
Red Bull
|
A lot of things happened since the last news entry, which dates back to July 28th. In fact, competition is back in business again after some top players returned to being active again (Taka and Otto), who did a great job so far. Lets just hope this is only the beginning!
As for Takas return after more than a year, there are 3 active top 10 players again. Taka didnt only get some very good PRs; he also re-invented the Air Base SA strategy which took that WR down by 1 second. By throwing the Dragon in front of the patrolling guard, the glass above breaks; saving approximately 2 seconds. This means that it could go down to 1:42, maybe even 1:41. With Takas return there is also competition going on for the fourth place on the World Rank. As we speak, Red Bull has a small point advantage, but how long can it last? What is even more impressive and should be taken into account, is the fact that Taka is NTSC only, meaning he loses a huge opportunity by not exploiting the PAL Deep Sea A/SA times. Indeed, Taka would have been #2 if he had PAL.
Meanwhile I (Red Bull) have been steadily climbing the rankings, getting two WRs since last update. Maian SA 1:53 (tying Takas untied) and Attack Ship SA 2:37. Along with some very very fine PRs this has put me in fourth place! Yay!
Some notable players have made a comeback to the competitive environment of Perfect Dark. Henning Blom managed to finally get Defection A 0:06, along with some 90+ pointers: Maian PA 2:12, Rescue A 1:28. Otto also made a comeback after an absence of 4 months, which is uncommon for Otto to do! As of now, he managed to improve his Maian SA time to 1:55 and his Maian PA time to 2:11 (94 points).
Greg K. made a small comeback, getting Investigation 1:29, although his point was to test how to save time on that ridiculous luck-level. It seems that you can gain time by holding strafe against walls. This would save a combined ~0.7 seconds, although it still requires a bunch of luck to tie the 1:28 WR.
Also a suddenly very active speedruntrainer is on his way to climb the rankings. With a bunch of PRs and 1 WR (Duel SA 0:06), he is definitely on his way to become a top player, although he has a lot of work remaining. I would say, keep the PRs coming!
Then I would like to end this entry with some funny facts. Eise Smit somehow decided to play PD, which is strange. Then David Clemens thought it was funny to post some fake PRs with the intention to piss me off. Way to go!
Red Bull
|
64 days later, and here we stand... After defeating Reds, ST, MLM, SZ, Bully, Illu, and DK, last year's Bronze Medal winner Wouter stands on the brink of his first Elite Summer Contest Championship.
But not so fast! There's another true Titan opposing him on the other side of the squared circle: the always dangerous octo! octo has knocked out Poker Mark, Leo Santos, sdkess, marsh, Neo, Infil, and Shade to get here today, and will be looking to avenge last year's result. Back in 2007, octo was the feel-good surprise of the year, blasting all the way into the Final before coming a vote short against Wouter's longtime rival and friend, Boss.
Will it this be the second "close, but no cigar" Silver result for octo? Will Wouter take home his first Gold medal after five years of coming up just a little short? Only your votes will decide! As always, this is a special two-day long matchup; be sure to send an IM with your choice off to DKK5 on AIM sometime in the next 46 hours to have your say!
|
|
|
||||||||||
Rankings
||||||||||
||||||||||
Elite Originals
||||||||||
||||||||||
Video Files
||||||||||
- Select Movies (SDA server)
- Fastest Movies
There are approximately 1000 GE/PD movies in circulation, more than we could ever host.
Lucky for you, we're notorious around here for file sharing on AIM. Check out the Elite's AIM SN Directory to see which Eliters are sharing videos.
If it exists, we've got it.
Special thanks to The Speed Demos Archive
for kindly hosting GE videos.
|
||||||||||
News Archive
||||||||||
||||||||||
Link Us!
||||||||||
Interested in becoming an affiliate with www.the-elite.net?
|
|
