Steven Zwartjes

Steven Zwartjes

Steven Zwartjes is one of those guys that has just been around forever.

During the time Steven was "most active", he was considered the best Nintendo player in the internet world by many people. He became champion in almost every single game he played. He was also one of the first players who put his races on VHS tape to show proof of his achievements and to share his unique strats with other players.

There was controvesy at The Elite over one or two of his unproven GoldenEye 007 records, but few deny that he was one of the strongest players in the early days of the game.

Steven's dominance also covers Mario Kart games, which was one of the first games he competed online for. Steven played Super Mario Kart just for himself years ago. Later it appeared the times he got were faster than what the SMK sites used to have until mid 1997. In MK64 he battled for the PAL championship with Peter Elsaesser in 1997 until he retired early 1998. In 1999 Steven returned, climbed quickly through the King and Legend ranks and became #1 again before 2000. After his retirement he would stay at #1 for almost 2 more years, scoring some legendary marks such as Luigi Raceway 1'58"14 (1'38"25), which was beaten (a long time later) by Michael Jongerius by just 0.01. His Royal Raceway 2'23"86 was a Top 10 nomination.

He joined MKDD in Feb 2005 and debuted at around 110th spot, but quickly climbed to the top 40 before he stopped playing. He is currently 41st.

Years ago, when Holland used to have Nintendo Championships (i.e. high-score and head-to-head competitions between all the Crazy Dutch PR Smash Virus sufferers, under one roof), Steven used to be one of the most feared entratns, and usually won (or came very close to).

At the moment, Steven seems to be mainly playing random Flash games, which he deviously comes in to the forum to post about, before shattering the egos of all the silly people who decide to challenge him.

Outside of gaming, Steven's appearance has changed dramatically over the years. He used to be lanky and sickly, but more recently he has buffed up. He even entered a "Mr Holland" competition, where 500,000 others entered. Apparently there was a 10-person jury, and he had to answer some personality questions, as well as send in 3 photographs, so it must've been a serious thing. Steven went all the way to the final 10. While he didn't win it, we can rest assured Steven wiped the floor with the competition in the Swimsuit round.

External Links

• Zwartjes' Elite Contest History