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Introduction to gaming
Ryan played a Nintendo 64 for the first time at a friend's place in 1997, when he was 10 years old. The game was GoldenEye, which had just been released. From that moment on, Ryan started saving his pocket money for a Nintendo 64 of his own. When he eventually had enough money, he purchased his Nintendo 64 for $187AU. This occurred while Ryan was living in Theodore, a small country town in Central Queensland, Australia.
Ryan had his Nintendo 64 for a few years before he purchased GoldenEye or Perfect Dark. See the Game List for the list of games he owned.
Introduction to the Elite
Ryan frequently searched the Internet in search of cheats for his games. In October 2002, one particular search brought him to the Perfect Dark FAQ List on GameFAQs. He read some of the posts on the Perfect Dark message board at GameFAQs from users such as Jimbo007 and KillerSim7. Some of these users had links to their times pages in their signatures. After viewing their pages, Ryan concluded that speedrunning these games was cool. He quickly found The Elite, which was linked from their times pages. He downloaded videos from the PD Fastest Videos page (ableit slowly, using dialup). Ryan had his mind set that he would eventually become first on the rankings. He knew he could do it. But he was shy, as he'd never joined an Internet community before.
Your Eliteness: The Name
On October 22, 2002, Ryan was attempting to register a username on GameFAQs. He was choosing usernames which indicated success at Perfect Dark (eg. PD King), but they kept getting denied as they were already taken. Ryan realised his alias shouldn't be related to Perfect Dark, as he may want to post in other games and boards in the future. Eventually, he settled for the username "Your Eliteness". It was meant to be read as someone who is elite, much like "Your Royalness" means someone who is royal. Instead, it was read as my eliteness, which doesn't make sense at all. But the name was chosen, and it stuck.
From Zero to Hero
Ryan didn't start playing Perfect Dark for speed right away. He posted frequently on the Perfect Dark board at GameFAQs, helping users with their problems. It wasn't until December, when Ryan started playing for speed due to boredom during the school holidays. It wasn't long before he was challenged by KillerSim7 to join The Elite. Ryan made a times page and joined the rankings at 167th place (points) on January 3, 2003, at the age of 15 years. Throughout the course of 2003, Ryan used every spare moment he had to play Perfect Dark.
Ryan started to get the uncommon world records (ie. not Defection/Duel) around June - July. In August, Ryan paid Karl Jobst for his NTSC (American) console, and received it shortly after. He went on an NTSC rampage over the next few months, getting world records one after another. Ryan eventually passed Karl on December 24 2003 (Australian time) to become the Perfect Dark Champion. This was a very exciting day for The Elite, as Bryan Bosshardt passed Wouter Jansen to become the Champion of GoldenEye just hours later.
Reign as Updater
In May 2005, Bryan Youse gave up the task of updating the Perfect Dark and GoldenEye rankings. Ryan's experience in computers and programming, combined with his reliability and troubleshooting skills made him the perfect candidate for the Elite's updater. He consequently took over the reigns, updating ritually twice a week until January 1 2008 when he was succeeded by Octo.
Current Life
Ryan still keeps a close eye on the Elite's message boards as well as GameFAQs. He comes online about once per day but is rarely seen in the Elite Chatroom anymore. Despite no longer holding the role of rankings updater, Ryan continues to provide programming and troubleshooting support for the Elite's websites.
Summary
| Date | Age | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 10 | Played Nintendo 64 for the first time |
| 1998 | 11 | Purchased Nintendo 64 |
| October 2002 | 15 | Registered "Your Eliteness" at GameFAQs |
| January 2003 | 15 | Joined the Perfect Dark rankings |
| August 2003 | 16 | Received the NTSC console and game |
| December 2003 | 16 | Became the Perfect Dark Champion |
| May 2005 | 17 | Became the rankings updater |
| January 2008 | 20 | Left role of rankings updater |
Game List
In order of purchase:
- Banjo-Kazooie
- Dual Heroes
- Super Mario 64
- Lylat Wars (Star Fox 64)
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Donkey Kong 64
- Diddy Kong Racing
- Mario Kart 64
- Mario Party
- GoldenEye 007
- Banjo-Tooie
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
- Perfect Dark
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It is unknown in which order these games were purchased:
- ECW Hardcore Revolution
- Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko
- Shadowgate 64: Trials of the Four Towers
- The World Is Not Enough
- Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
- Twisted Edge Extreme Snowboarding
- Winback: Covert Operations
Contact Information
- AIM: YourElitenessPD
- Email: YourEliteness@gmail.com
