Cowen Hames
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Cowen "DarkLight93" Hames (born 06/12/1994) has become one of the best and most known speed runners of 2008. Starting with Blast Corps in 1997, he is also one of the oldest active speed runners today. Currently he is ranked as the Best 007 NightFire player in the world, with 4,182.21 Total Points, and the Best 007 Everything or Nothing player in the world, with over 9,000 points. Since March he has gotten good times on NightFire, including 6:31 Agent Countdown. His 1:59 Double Cross 00 Agent is considered the best record in the game. The best score in the game, Chain Reaction 1,392,376, also belongs to DarkLight93. His best level has been recognized as Equinox, as he has 1st in all 4 Categories for the level. He has a time of 1:57 Double Cross Agent, which is in 2nd place behind Steven Lee's 1:50. He currently has 1:52 for operative, as the run of 1:50 was determined to be a mistake as the real time was 1:54 and the recording software blurred the number. This record is 2nd behind Steven Lee's 1:50. He has the best score on the level at 1,317,985. He has dominated NightFire, holding 1st of all 4 charts in the game, Operative, Agent, 00 Agent, and Scores. He is also 1'st in the Medal Table, having an incredible 31 Gold Medals, beating the previous record of 30 held by Ben Southward in 2005. He also has 11 Silvers and 4 Bronze. He has been playing NightFire since 2002, and Goldeneye since 1999. He started playing TWINE in 2000. He is ranked 14'th best at TWINE, and 135'th at Goldeneye. He just started playing 007 Everything or Nothing again, getting good times on all 111 submissions on CyberScore. He has created a series called "The Untold Story" which is basically a run of the game with cutscenes and more realistic gameplay. This has just started to get famous, as other people are now making runs like this on other games. The first Untold Story was 007 TWINE back in 2007. DarkLight93 started out by picking up "Blast Corps" back in 1997. Even though he was only 3 Years old, he loved the game. 2 Years later his parents bought him Spiderman 64. The next year they bought him 007 The World is Not Enough. Ever since TWINE, DL has loved 007 games. He used to play TWINE every day, for 5 hours. After finding out about Super Mario 64 and 007 Goldeneye, he started to notice better scores for faster times. In 2002, as soon as he picked up NightFire, he became a Speed Runner, with over 400 records DL has only started to put his records on the Internet. You can find him on YIM (Yahoo instant messenger) almost 24/7. He is a fan of Metal music.
Years Active: (1997-present)
Important games:
Blast Corps (1997)- DarkLight93 has done multiple projects with this game, including 403 speed runs and 13 runthroughs. It is also known for being the oldest active game in DarkLight93's history, and his first video game.
Super Mario 64 (1999)- DarkLight93 has done literally thousands of projects with SM64, most noticably unique ways to get stars. He has beat the game over 30 times, including 2 16 Star runs, and 28 120 star runs.
007 Goldeneye (1999)- This is probably the 3'rd most played game for DarkLight93 of all time. Having completed most of the games hardest challenges, and peaking at 96'th in the world, this is definitely one of the biggest games DarkLight93 ever came across of.
Perfect Dark (2000)- This beat GTA San Andreas in total hours played on 09/1/08 and is officially the most played game by DarkLight93. He just started speed running the game in late August 2008.
007 NightFire (2002)- This is by far the most speed runned game of all time from DarkLight93. Being the champion for 4 months now, he has dominated the game, and it is very unlikely anyone will ever pass him.
Spiderman 2 (2004)- One of DarkLight93's favorite games. Got 100% 5 times.
GTA San Andreas (2004)- This was the most played game from DarkLight93 for 2 months in a row, finally being passed by Perfect Dark on 09/1/08.
Battlefield 2 Modern Combat (2005)- This is DarkLight93's most famous walkthrough, having a total of 21,000 views for all 19 videos.
Scarface: The World is Yours (2008)- This game broke the record of DarkLight93's fastest ammount of hours in the shortest amount of time. An amazing 64 hours were obtained in the first 14 days, beating Blast Corps 13 Days.
007 Goldeneye Enemy Rockets:
Starting in late July DarkLight93 started completing levels on Enemy Rockets. All 20 Levels were beaten on Agent and Secret Agent by August. These are all the levels DarkLight93 beat on 00 Agent and the date he beat them:
1.Surface I- 07/27/08
2.Facility- 07/27/08
3.Cradle- 07/28/08
4.Archives- 07/31/08
5.Streets- 08/01/08
6.Dam- 08/01/08
7.Bunker I- 08/03/08
8.Frigate- 08/06/08
9.Statue- 08/07/08
10.Surface II- 08/07/08
11.Runway- 08/07/08
12.Egypt- 08/07/08
13.Bunker II- 08/07/08
14.Jungle- 08/07/08
15.Depot- 08/07/08
16.Control- 08/07/08
17.Caverns- 08/09/08
18.Aztec- 08/09/08
19.Silo- 08/09/08
20.Train- 08/14/08
DarkLight93 is one of the few people who have beaten Levels 17-20 on 00 Agent Enemy Rockets.
Titles:
DarkLight93 became the World Champion of 007 NightFire on June 3'rd, 2008 and still is the champion as of August 30'th 2008.
DarkLight93 became the World Champion of 007 Everything or Nothing on July 8'th, 2008 and still is the champion as of August 30'th 2008.
Contact Info:
FalDoc93@hotmail.com
NightFireKing@yahoo.com
NightFire King19@aol.com
Instant Messaging:
AIM: NightFire King19
YIM: NightFireKing@yahoo.com
MSN: FalDoc93@hotmail.com
Games Played:
D=Doesn't play anymore
S=Still plays
Year: When DL Started playing that game
* D (1997) Blast Corps
* D (1999) Spiderman
* D (1999) Metal Gear Solid
* D (1999) Half Life
* D (1999) Super Smash Bros.
* D (1999) Super Mario 64
* D (1999) 007 Goldeneye
* D (2000) Perfect Dark
* D (2000) 007 The World is Not Enough
* D (2001) Super Smash Bros. Melee
* D (2001) Metroid Prime
* D (2001) Grand Theft Auto III
* D (2001) 007 Agent Under Fire
* D (2001) Halo
* D (2002) Spiderman: The Movie
* D (2002) Kingdom Hearts
* D (2002) Super Mario Sunshine
* S (2002) 007 NightFire
* D (2003) The Sims
* D (2003) Ford Racing 2
* D (2004) Spiderman 2
* D (2004) Halo 2
* D (2004) Metal Gear Solid 3
* D (2004) 007 Everything or Nothing
* D (2004) Strike Force Bowling
* D (2004) Grand Theft Auto Vice City
* D (2004) Professional Drag Racing 2005
* D (2004) Corvette
* D (2004) Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
* S (2004) Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
* D (2005) Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
* D (2005) Ultimate Spiderman
* D (2005) 007 From Russia with Love
* D (2005) Guitar Hero
* D (2005) Perfect Dark Zero
* D (2006) Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories
* D (2006) Guitar Hero II
* D (2007) Super Mario Galaxy
* D (2007) Need for Speed Most Wanted
* D (2007) Kingdom Hearts II
* D (2007) Grand Theft Auto Vice City Stories
* D (2007) Bully
* D (2007) Halo 3
* D (2007) Spiderman 3
* D (2007) Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
* D (2007) Assassin's Creed
* S (2008) Guitar Hero III
* D (2008) Just Cause
* D (2008) Scarface The World is Yours
* D (2008) Super Smash Bros. Brawl
* D (2008) Grand Theft Auto IV
* D (2008) Metal Gear Solid 4
* D (2008) Black
* D (2008) Battlefield: Bad Company
* D (2008) Wii Sports
* D (2008) 50 Cent: BulletProof
* D (2008) 007 Goldeneye (Emulator)
* D (2008) Super Mario 64 (Emulator)
* D (2008) Super Mario 64 DS
* D (2008) Gangstarr: Crime City
Total Games: 60
Year with the most games played:
1. 2008- 14 Games
2. 2004- 10 Games
3. 2007- 9 Games
4. 1999- 6 Games
5. 2001- 5 Games
5. 2005- 5 Games
7. 2002- 4 Games
8. 2000- 2 Games
8. 2003- 2 Games
8. 2006- 2 Games
11. 1997- 1 Game
Signature-
-DL
DarkLight93's signature (-DL) has been used on several videos and comments as of December 2006.
