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===Perfect Dark===

===Perfect Dark===

Hughes 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:

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:

* designing the current appearance of the [[Perfect Dark Elite]] [http://www.the-elite.net/PD/elite.htm records page]

* designing the current appearance of the [[Perfect Dark Elite]] [http://www.the-elite.net/PD/elite.htm records page]

* writing [http://qntm.org/files/zero/history.html the future history of the PDE]

* writing [http://qntm.org/files/zero/history.html the future history of the PDE]

* fabricating an IMDb page about [http://qntm.org/imdb Perfect Dark: The Movie]

* fabricating an IMDb page about [http://qntm.org/imdb Perfect Dark: The Movie]

* 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") THREE YEARS BEFORE IT WAS RELEASED

* 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

===Later career, 2002 to 2005===

===Later career, 2002 to 2005===

Hughes spent several years playing PD extremely intermittently after "retiring", devoting his attention to (approximately in order):

Sam spent several years playing PD extremely intermittently after "retiring", devoting his attention to (approximately in order):

* [[GoldenEye 007]]

* [[GoldenEye 007]]

** claimed [[Twin Galaxies]]' 2005 OoT bounty for completing the game as fast as possible while collecting all 100 Gold Skulltulas and the Mask of Truth, with a time of less than 7 hours

** claimed [[Twin Galaxies]]' 2005 OoT bounty for completing the game as fast as possible while collecting all 100 Gold Skulltulas and the Mask of Truth, with a time of less than 7 hours

Hughes drifted away from the videogaming community over this period, playing videogames less in favour of maintaining his personal website, 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.

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.

===2005 to present===

===2005 to present===

Hughes graduated from Cambridge with a 2:1 in Mathematics in June 2005. He returned to active status within the Elite community soon afterwards.

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 has recently picked up the controller again to play [[Perfect Dark]] in an attempt to get all his solo times under 4 minutes, and is also an avid player of [http://www.incitti.com/Blitz/ GridWars]. He occasionally creates [http://qntm.org/files/vote/ Elite-themed Dinosaur Comics].

He has recently picked up the controller again to play [[Perfect Dark]] in an attempt to get all his solo times under 4 minutes, and is also an avid player of [http://www.incitti.com/Blitz/ GridWars]. He occasionally creates [http://qntm.org/files/vote/ Elite-themed Dinosaur Comics].