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[[Image:Alexpenev.jpg|thumb|Alex Penev]]

[[Image:Alexpenev.jpg|thumb|Alex Penev]]

'''Alex Penev''' is a Mario Kart player, all-round gamer, staff member, and popular personality of the [[mariokart64.com|kart community]]. He won the first Karter Contest over [[Finn Berger]] (2004), was runner-up to [[Sami Cetin]] in the [[2006 Karter Contest|second]] contest (2006) and won the champions playoff against Sami and [[Michael Fried]] in the [[2008 Karter Contest|third]] contest (2008).

'''Alex Penev''' is an all-round gamer and staff-ninja in the [[mariokart64.com|kart community]]. He was voted most popular personality in the inaugural 2004 [[Karter Contest]], was runner-up in 2006, and won again in 2008.

Alex is a former Mario Kart 64 world champ for both Non-Shortcut and Shortcut. His most active period in the game was 1998-2000, but he has been relatively inactive since 2001 despite never officially retiring. Alex pioneered several strategies (notably Kalimari Desert) and many shortcuts. All of his WRs have fallen over the years, but some were particularly long-standing. His most famous was CM flap, which stood for more than 5 years despite being done with a slower strategy. Some others, such as LRSC 3lap and CMSC 3lap, were eventually beaten with new shortcut discoveries. Alex was also the top "universal" (NonSC and SC rankings combined) player for several years.

A former Mario Kart 64 champion in both Non-Shortcut and Shortcut rankings, Alex never officially retired despite having been inactive since 2001. At his peak, he was the top universal/combined player for several years. Perhaps best known for his shortcut skills, Alex held some particularly long-standing records; notably CM flap, which stood for 5 years despite its suboptimal boost usage, and both the LR SC and CM SC course times, which were beaten after new shortcuts were found.

Alex is also a former Mario Kart Double Dash champion. He only played during the infancy of the competition, in early 2004, but rose to the top in a few weeks in January. He held the position for 4 months, and has been inactive since July 2004. Many new players and new strategies have arrives since then and pushed him well outside the top-50.

Alex was briefly #1 in Mario Kart Double Dash, where he reached the top in Jan 2004 and held the position for 4 months. He retired from MKDD in July 2004, but remained as a site updater. He also briefly competed in Mario Kart Wii in 2008, at the end of the first year of competition. He optimised several lap strategies and broke the then-records on most tracks he attempted. He also held a 3lap record on MG SC after revealing a 2s improvement on the shortcut strategy.

Alex joined the Mario Kart Wii competition in mid-2008. He has not played all the courses and does not have a rank, but he achieved most of his goals in the game by showing he could keep up with the best players; he achieved the lap record in most of the courses he practiced and briefly held a 3lap WR after optimising the 'Mushroom Mountain' shortcut to save an extra two seconds per lap. As of November 2008 Alex still holds the MG lap at 13'331, which is the oldest and longest-lasting record in the game. The previous oldest record, Alex's 22.7 PB lap, was beaten in Sept.

Outside of the Mario Kart series, Alex is a veteran of [[N64HS]] and Cyberscore. He holds or has held high-score records in many games in the Mario series, Zelda series, [[Pokemon Snap]], and Donkey Kong series, among others.

Alex is a veteran of [[N64HS]] and a member of several hi-scores sites, such as Cyberscore. He holds or has held site records in [[Super Mario 64]], [[Super Mario Sunshine]], [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]] and [[Pokemon Snap]], among others.

Outside of records competition, Alex has given back to the community by creating the front-ends of the SMK, MKSC, MKDD, MKDS and MKW sites. In more current roles, Alex is a site admin and forum admin, but rumour has it that he has other secret powers. Personal quotes include "chown -R me ~you/base*" (all your base are belong to me), and "...no queue jumping" (in response to "I want your babies!").

 

In addition to gaming, Alex has helped the community by creating the current front-end for the SMK, MKSC, MKDD, MKDS and MKW sites. He designed and maintains the database, as well as created the updating pages, templates, styles and graphics. Dictatorship of the MKDS and MKW sites was assigned to [[Sean Sullivan]] and [[William Lacey]] (resp.), and this able pair has added many features beyond Alex's contributions that Alex probably likes to take credit for. In more visible roles, Alex still updates the MKDD news and awards. He is also a forum and site admin, but rumour has it that he has other secret powers.

 

Personal quotes include "chown -R me ~you/base*" (all your base are belong to me), and "...no queue jumping" (in response to "I want your babies!").

== External Links ==

== External Links ==

* [http://www.youtube.com/alexpenev Alex's gaming vids on YouTube]

* [http://www.youtube.com/alexpenev YouTube channel]

* [http://www.cyberscore.net/user-470.php Alex's Cyberscore profile]

* [http://www.cyberscore.net/user-470.php Cyberscore profile]

* [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkdd/profile.php?pid=506 MKDD profile]

* [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkdd/profile.php?pid=506 MKDD scores]

* [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkw/profile.php?pid=1 MKW profile]

* [http://www.mariokart64.com/mkw/profile.php?pid=1 MKW scores]

* [http://thengamer.com/xstats/elite/ranks.php?name=Penev Elite Contest history]

* [http://youreliteness.thengamer.com/qdb/?link&quote=164 Alex at the QDB]

* [http://youreliteness.thengamer.com/qdb/?link&quote=164 Alex at the QDB]

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