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| − | '''Sam "SamSim" Hughes''' is one of this wiki's administrators, representing [[The Elite]]. First and foremost a [[Perfect Dark]] player, he shot to fame shortly after his July 2001 PDE debut by penning [http://qntm.org/defection_a Defection For Dummies], the first and most detailed guide for the recently-discovered [[Defection glitch]]. Alongside well as numerous other contributions to the videogaming community, Sam is perhaps best-known for being the author of [http://qntm.org/destroy How To Destroy The Earth].
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| − | ==Biography==
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| − | ===Perfect Dark===
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| − | Sam joined the Elite in July 2001 and played [[Perfect Dark]] continuously between then and his first retirement in early July 2002, just short of a year after joining, having peaked at rank 53rd in points and 51st in time. His notable PD times include 1:15 [[Villa]] [[A]], 3:01 [[Investigation]] [[PA]], 0:16 [[Chicago]] A and 0:27 [[War]] A, the latter two of which were world records at the time. He is a proud member of the 3-4-5 club (Agent times all under 3:00, SA all under 4:00, PA all under 5:00), and has also pulled off an 11-0 win in [[PD Challenge 30|Challenge 30]]. However, he was mainly known for his intensely detailed [http://qntm.org/strats strategy guides], and his community contributions, such as:
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| − | * designing the current appearance of the [[Perfect Dark Elite]] [http://www.the-elite.net/PD/elite.htm records page]
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| − | * creating [http://qntm.org/totalizer The Totalizer] for [[PD]] and [[GE]]
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| − | * creating One On One for [http://qntm.org/oneonone_pd PD] & [http://qntm.org/oneonone_ge GE]
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| − | * running [http://qntm.org/poll the Ultimate GE vs PD poll] (side note: GoldenEye is winning, barely)
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| − | * [http://qntm.org/savedposts making and contributing to so many great topics it ain't even funny]
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| − | * [http://pub20.ezboard.com/fperfectdarkelitefrm37.showMessage?topicID=108.topic founding the annual l33t Awards] in 2001
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| − | * writing [http://qntm.org/files/zero/history.html the future history of the PDE]
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| − | * fabricating an IMDb page about [http://qntm.org/imdb Perfect Dark: The Movie]
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| − | * fabricating [http://qntm.org/files/zero/ezboard.html an entire ezboard thread] about Perfect Dark Zero, and accurately predicting one of the level names ("Demolition") FOUR YEARS BEFORE IT WAS RELEASED
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| − | ===Later career, 2002 to 2005===
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| − | Sam spent several years playing PD extremely intermittently after "retiring", devoting his attention to (approximately in order):
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| − | * [[GoldenEye 007]]
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| − | * [[Super Monkey Ball]]
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| − | ** peaked around rank 53
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| − | * [[Astrolander]]
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| − | ** peaked at rank 1 with all three world records
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| − | ** first person to discover you could go under certain levels
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| − | ** penned the definitive AstroLander FAQ
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| − | * [[Ikaruga]]
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| − | ** peaked around 50th on the UK national rankings
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| − | * Sonic Mega Collection
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| − | * [[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]
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| − | ** scored 34 in [[Letter Sorting]]
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| − | * [[Half-Life 2]]
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| − | * [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]
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| − | ** obtained a single-segment time of 5 hours 41 minutes
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| − | ** masterminded the route for [[Mike Damiani]]'s 5 hour 4 minute [[world record]] run and devised many of the tricks he used en route, including the optimal [[Water Temple]] route
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| − | ** claimed [[Twin Galaxies]]' [[Mask and Skulltula run]] bounty with a time of less than 7 hours
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| − | Sam drifted away from the videogaming community over this period, playing videogames less in favour of maintaining his [http://qntm.org personal website] (then known as Sam's Archive), writing for [http://everything2.com Everything2] and concentrating on his studies at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University. He stopped posting at the Elite message board entirely in May 2004.
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| − | ===2005 to present===
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| − | Sam graduated from Cambridge with a 2:1 in Mathematics in June 2005, and returned to active status within the Elite community soon afterwards. He was partly responsible for coming up with the whole idea of Speedrunwiki.
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| − | He occasionally creates [http://qntm.org/files/vote/ Elite-themed Dinosaur Comics].
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| − | Sam's current projects are:
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| − | * Getting into the Four Minute Club in [[Perfect Dark]] (currently 4:03 [[Attack Ship]] [[PA]] is his only outstanding time)
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| − | * Mathematically determining the minimum number of points needed to get into the Two Hour Club in [[Perfect Dark]]
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| − | * Writing a book and many other things
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| − | * Getting a job
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| − | Oh, and his personal hygiene is '''above reproach'''.
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | * [http://qntm.org/ Things Of Interest], Hughes' personal site
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| − | * [http://qntm.org/destroy How To Destroy The Earth]
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| − | * [http://qntm.org/pr_pd SamSim's Perfect Dark records page]
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| − | * [http://thengamer.com/xstats/elite/ranks.php?name=Sam Sam's Elite Contest History]
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| − | {{2008 Elite Summer Contest}}
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| − | [[Category:People]]
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| − | [[Category:Eliters]]
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| − | [[Category:Britons]]
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