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'''Greg Ihnatenko''' is a British [[Mario Kart 64]] player.

'''Greg Ihnatenko''' is a British [[Mario Kart 64]] player.

Greg is a veteran of the game, and has been around for many years. In 2001, when the top100s began being archived, Greg was #16 in NonSC and #2 in SC. With the introduction of many new players over the years, he slipped out of the top 30, but made a comeback in 2005, and improved his Non-SC back to around 26. He is currently 27th.

Greg is a veteran of the game, and has been around for many years. In 2001, when the top100s began being archived, Greg was #16 in NonSC and #2 in SC. With the introduction of many new players over the years, he slipped out of the top 30, but made a comeback in late 2004, and improved his Non-SC back to around 26. He is currently 27th.

But Greg is primarily an SC player. He was 2nd to [[Alex Penev]] throughout 2001, until [[Ben Miller]] narrowly passed him in September. The top few players remained relatively inactive at this point, with Ben having a very narrow lead over Greg. Throughout the next 3 years, Greg's strong times kept him at the top of the ratings, though he was passed by several others: [[Mike Simmons]] and [[Louis-Philippe Sabbagh]] in early 2003, [[Steven Gutierrez]] and [[Myles Bukrim]] in early 2004, as well as [[Jason Whalls]]. Steven dethroned Alex in Sept 2004. Greg wasn't having any of that, being behind Alex for so long, that he couldn't let someone else have the fun. He made a strong comeback to kart at the end of 2004, and resumed posting on the forums. In Jan 2005, he pushed past Jason and Mike, and in Feb, Louis-Philippe. In April, Ben Miller was his next victim. All of a sudden, Greg had reached #4 again, but he had Myles, Alex and Steven ahead of him. Meanwhile, some Brazilian dude called [[Karlo Tomazelli]] was making a fuss a little way behind him. Greg pushed on and passed Myles, but Karlo narrowly passed Greg, keeping Greg still in 4th. Both of them were on fire in Sept 2005, and caught up to Alex. Greg passed Alex, but quickly had to fend off comeback advances from Myles and Ben, swapping between 3rd and 4th a few times. He remained 4th coming into 2006, until June, when he once again passed Myles. He then passed Steven for #2, leaving Karlo a long way in front. The fight for 2nd spot is still quite close between Greg/Myles/Steven.

But Greg is primarily an SC player. He was 2nd to [[Alex Penev]] throughout 2001, until [[Ben Miller]] narrowly passed him in September. The top few players remained relatively inactive at this point, with Ben having a very narrow lead over Greg. Throughout the next 3 years, Greg's strong times kept him at the top of the ratings, though he was passed by several others: [[Mike Simmons]] and [[Louis-Philippe Sabbagh]] in early 2003, [[Steven Gutierrez]] and [[Myles Bukrim]] in early 2004, as well as [[Jason Whalls]]. Steven dethroned Alex in Sept 2004. Greg wasn't having any of that, being behind Alex for so long, that he couldn't let someone else have the fun. He made a strong comeback to kart at the end of 2004, and resumed posting on the forums. In Jan 2005, he pushed past Jason and Mike, and in Feb, Louis-Philippe. In April, Ben Miller was his next victim. All of a sudden, Greg had reached #4 again, but he had Myles, Alex and Steven ahead of him. Meanwhile, some Brazilian dude called [[Karlo Tomazelli]] was making a fuss a little way behind him. Greg pushed on and passed Myles, but Karlo narrowly passed Greg, keeping Greg still in 4th. Both of them were on fire in Sept 2005, and caught up to Alex. Greg passed Alex, but quickly had to fend off comeback advances from Myles and Ben, swapping between 3rd and 4th a few times. He remained 4th coming into 2006, until June, when he passed Steven. He then passed Myles for #2, leaving Karlo a long way in front. The fight for 2nd spot was still quite close between Greg/Myles/Steven. Greg stayed at #2 for four months before being passed by new uprising star [[Vincent Tolhuis|Vincent "VAJ" Tolhuis]] in October. As of 16-02-2007, he is still comfortably #3, a long way behind VAJ but a long way ahead of Myles.

Like Karlo and Steven, Greg is only one of 3 players to reach [[God]] in SCs. He is currently 12th in [http://www.mariokart64.com/top100/universal.html Universal AF], and 5th in [http://www.mariokart64.com/top100/universalARR.html Universal ARR], so despite being mainly a SC player, his overall ''combined'' rank is very high.

Like Karlo and Steven, Greg is only one of 3 players to reach [[God]] in SCs. He is currently 12th in [http://www.mariokart64.com/top100/universal.html Universal AF], and 5th in [http://www.mariokart64.com/top100/universalARR.html Universal ARR], so despite being mainly a SC player, his overall ''combined'' rank is very high.