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== The Super Mario Kart World Championship 2009 ==
== Super Mario Kart World Championships 2009 ==
Sami has recently confirmed that he will be attending the World Championship of Super Mario Kart that is also to be held in France, during August 2009. A few of his team members are expected to join him also.
Sami has recently confirmed that he will be attending the World Championship of Super Mario Kart that is also to be held in France, during August 2009. A few of his team members are expected to join him also.
== The Super Mario Kart World Championship 2010 ==
== Super Mario Kart World Championships 2010 ==
Sami also confirmed attendance at the SMK World Championship 2010 held in the Village of Thil near Reims, France again as per the 2008 European Championship. Sami once again secured 2nd Place on the World overall on Super Mario Kart Multiplayer.
Sami also confirmed attendance at the SMK World Championship 2010 held in the Village of Thil near Reims, France again as per the 2008 European Championship. Sami once again secured 2nd Place on the World overall on Super Mario Kart Multiplayer.
== R3PLAY Retro Gaming Event at Blackpool and live World Record attempt ==
In November 2010 Sami attended the R3PLAY Retro Gaming event in Norbreck Castle, Blackpool, UK. The event catered for gaming on all consoles old and new that was prepared by a large team who hosted. There were around 2000 visitors during the weekend. Representatives from Nintendo, Sony, Sega, Microsoft were present and various other celebrity figures in the industry. All proceeds towards the event would go towards charity and Sami participated in a Match Race challenge for casual players by giving a large head start on two Super Mario Kart tracks; any challengers would contribute a small fee towards charity and if they finished the race before Sami caught up they would win a small Nintendo related prize. Sami raced a few hundred challengers and 4 players were able to reach the finish line.
The second challenge presented to Sami was to do a World Record attempt for Mario Circuit 1 fastlap on PAL Time Trials. The previous World Record of 11.34 seconds by Pierre would be tough to take down, but after many close shaves he was able to reach a new World Record of 11.32 seconds live at the event. He also tried to attempt the 5-lap World Record but due to time constraints was only able to improve the British Record that weekend. A few weeks later he took the course World Record and also did the same on NTSC for 5-lap and 1-lap.
== Rise in Time Trials again ==
Sami participated more in Time Trials in late 2010 and into the first half of 2011 hitting some goals on weaker tracks. Mario Circuit 1 became his strong point again and he also landed a World Record for Mario Circuit 3 on PAL. He improved his times to near World Record level or thereabouts on tracks such as Koopa Beach 1 and Vanilla Lake 1, more recently taking World Records for Ghost Valley 3 on PAL. He hopes to continue to lower some of his weaker times in future.
== SNES Online Tournaments (SNESOT) website ==
A number of former zbattle players set up a community called [[www.snesot.com|SNESOT]], in which players can link up to play online Tournaments in various SNES games. Super Mario Kart was a large feature and there has been some fierce competition, in particular due to the slight delay nature of online gaming. Sami however was able to win his first Battle Mode NTSC Tournament after a close bout vs some of the Top US Battle Mode Specialists. He also took the title on NTSC Match Race online to continue his PAL winning streak there since the last 2 World Championships. The Tournaments are ongoing and more are to be scheduled in Autumn 2011 and 2012.
== Super Mario Kart World Championship 2011 ==
Sami also confirmed attendance at the SMK World Championship 2011 to be held in the town of Santeny in the suburbs of Paris, France. He is also attending with 4 other members of Team UK.
