F-ZERO MV (GAMEBOY ADVANCE)
Archived News 2001 2002 2003
Monday [Dec-30-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) | Big pats on the back to our new F-Zero MV timekeeper, Kort Everett Jackson. Kort will also be handling F-Zero SNES timekeeping. Thanks for your help, Kort, we need it!! :-) Gregory Tiaiba set three one-lap Site Records (Bishop 4, Queen 3, and Queen 4) and pulled to within two points of retaking the site championship! Wouter Jansen and Clement Jeung each earned the Master D rank with their efforts this week. Congratulations, guys!! SNES player Daniel Yavitz moved over to the GBA this week, joining our competition for the handheld version at Pawn B. Welcome and good luck! Jeremy Wachter soared 11 positions to earn Bishop status at #57. Paul Magowan's latest entries boost him up 15 spots to #106 (Pawn B). Great job with your rank gain, Paul! Jerome Bourghart (Bishop) focused on lap times this week, making gains on five lap PRs among his six new submissions. Stephen Cue (Knight) jumped 13 places in the rankings, and is now only nine points from a promotion to Bishop! After a long break to focus on our other competitions, Kort Everett Jackson (Pawn A) returned with an improvement at Knight 3 lap. Fuzzy Willmott (Pawn B) improved his Pawn 2 and Pawn 4 times. Monday [Dec-23-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) As a reminder, this week's SNES update will happen on Thursday the 26th of December, not Wednesday (Christmas Day!!). Kort Everett Jackson is having a chat in the F-Zero Central chatroom this Saturday (December 28). It will begin at 9am Eastern USA (2pm Great Britain), and last for a big five hours!! Drop by whenever you can make it. Now on to the F-Zero Maximum Velocity player news!! Stephen Cue had seven PRs, earning Knight status with a three place gain. Congratulations on your promotion, Stephen! Our newest member is Dennis Henriquez from Brazil. He is at Pawn C level to begin the competition. Good luck, Dennis!! Neal Hodges moved up to three to #53 (Bishop) with his 11 new times. He had a pair of laps each ranked 31st (Pawn Final - 22"28, Knight 3 - 27"13). Also in the Bishop rank, Jerome Bourghart broke seven PRs to gain a pair of spots to #57. Jerome's Bishop Final lap of 20"02 ranks #31 on the site. Paul Magowan's 27 PRs moved him up ten spots to #121 (Pawn C). He raced a 2'03"28 time at Bishop Final (80th best!). Kevin Nickel (Pawn C) set 10 PRs and gained four positions to #126. Michael Kircher (Bishop) improved his Pawn 3 times (2'06"91, 23"52). Monday [Dec-16-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) Gregory Tiaiba (King A) set three Site Records: Knight 2 (2'06"68, 24"06 lap) and Bishop 3 (1'31"61). Congratulations! Wouter Jansen's 11 PRs were the highest total on GBA for the week. He gained six places to #40 (Expert)! Leandro Ribeiro (King C) improved his Bishop 3 times (1'33"71, 18"42). Stephen Cue had seven PRs and moved within nine points of Otmar Klaas in Pawn A. His new Bishop Final lap of 21"44 ranks 54th. Fuzzy Willmott sent in a few times and is only six points from catching Michael Devanandan (Pawn B). Kevin Nickel (Pawn C) bettered seven times, including a 22"88 lap at Bishop Final which is #75 on the site. Monday [Dec-09-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) Leandro Ribeiro moved closer to a top ten spot this week with 20 PRs to gain two places to #12 (up from King D to King C!). He now has top ten course times at Pawn 4 (2'04"82) and Knight 1 (1'55"14). Two weeks ago, Wouter Jansen joined the F-Zero X (N64) competition. Now he has sent us his GBA times, and he is already an Expert, ranking #46! He even has a top twenty time (Pawn Final - 1'58"17). Good luck to you in both games, Wouter!! Clement Leung improved 25 times, jumping eight spots to #38 (Expert). His new time on the longest track (Knight 3) is an impressive 2'29"00 (26th best!). Stephen Cue bettered his Knight 1 times (2'02"93, 23"36), moving up to #86 overall (Pawn A). Dave Crawford improved his Bishop 3 times (1'34"28, 18"54) and his #21 overall rank was upgraded to Master A thanks to our expanding field of competitors. Sunday [Dec-08-2002] - ALL The F-Zero Central redesign is complete! There will ALWAYS be minor tweaks of course, but the main work is done. I've reinstated the link to our Japanese affiliate, they are at a temporary location, but they have found a new server and are in the process of transferring all of their data to it! Hopefully their time and ranking charts will be back online soon. An interesting article at Gamespot tells us that the upcoming Action Replay for Gamecube will allow us to play imported games! I presume that means North American NTSC gamers will be able to play Japanese games, which would mean that North America can begin playing F-Zero Gamecube when it is released in Japan!! The full story: Action Replay for Gamecube Tuesday [Dec-03-2002] - ALL NEW LOOK Yes, it's true, four months after re-organizing and re-designing F-Zero Central to bring all of the news to one main page and create a primary navigation point, I'm at it again. This new, more modern look should serve us well for a long time. The competition sites will be integrated into this style in the coming days and weeks. I'm also making another noticeable change today. The GBA site will be moved into its own directory, meaning all GBA pages will have (slightly) new URLs. This is necessary to correct a file organization problem that was created back when we expanded from one competition into three (eight months ago). Any F-Zero Central GBA competition pages that you have bookmarked will need to be updated. I apologize for the inconvenience. Please report any broken links so that I can repair them as soon as possible. Thanks! Monday [Dec-02-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) Gregory Tiaiba broke a site record (Knight Final - 1'41"19) and tied another (Knight Final lap - 18"26) among his three PRs. Greg brought his course total time under 38 minutes, and now is only 20 points behind Antoine Bourlon in his bid to reclaim the Champion's crown. Clement Leung improved his Championship times (1'29"64, 16"99) and Queen Final (1'52"82). He passed Ben Smith and Peter Toch to reach #46 (Expert). Neal Hodges had 13 new times including a Knight Final lap of 19"70 that ranks #34. Neal gains four places to #55 (Bishop). Stephen Cue had six PRs to climb three spots to #87 (Pawn A). Leandro Ribeiro (King D) had 17 PRs including a sharp 18"10 lap at Bishop Final. Johan Talboom (Master B) bettered his Queen 4 time (1'58"69). Monday [Nov-25-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) Gregory Tiaiba broke two site records (Pawn 1 - 1'53"29; Pawn 2 - 20"69 lap) among his four PRs. Ranked #2 overall, Gregory cut seven points off of Antoine Bourlon's lead. Roland Pristauz submitted yet another full set of 42 improvements. He jumps eight spots to #31, earning the Master rank! Barry J. Herbert II also had a busy week with 25 new times. His ten place gain gave him a promotion to the Expert level at 40th overall. Congratulations! Our 167th GBA member is none other than Clement Leung of Hong Kong. Clement is already a solid player as he begins already ranked an Expert. Welcome and good luck! Leandro Ribeiro set a big 27 PRs to pass Wes McKinney for 14th overall (King D). Leandro's Knight Final lap of 18"52 is 6th best!! Jerome Bourghart (Bishop) moved up four places in the player rankings to #58 with his strong performance of 21 PRs this week. His 22"63 Pawn Final lap is good for #38 on that chart. Sunday [Nov-24-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) New GBA strat submissions from Kort Everett Jackson and Barry J. Herbert II have been added to the F-Zero Maximum Velocity Tips & Strategies section. Thanks, guys! Monday [Nov-18-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) We're back on target with this regularly scheduled Monday update (whew!). Next I will begin to rebuild the F-Zero X combined rankings, BACKING EVERYTHING UP FREQUENTLY! LOL Kort Everett Jackson will be hosting another chat this Saturday at 10am (3pm Great Britain) in the F-Zero Central chatroom. Please attend, these chats are always very enjoyable for all! PLAYER UPDATES Leandro Ribeiro jumped into the King rank this week with another stellar performance. His 21 unique PRs included a top ten time at Championship lap (16"58)! Roland Pristauz broke all 42 of his times to soar 23 places to 39th overall (Expert). His best time was his Pawn 1 lap (21"36, ranked #29). Neal Hodges climbed 16 spots into the Bishop level (#57 overall). His 22 PRs were paced by a Championship time of 1'31"99 (#46). Jerome Bourghart also reached Bishop with a seven place gain to #62. Among his 13 new times was an excellent Knight 3 run (2'34"21) that ranks 33rd for that course. Our newest GBA member is Sami Cetin. Sami's long resume includes being world champion in EVERY Mario Kart game, and being webmaster of the top Super Mario Kart competition site as well as former webmaster of the F-Zero SNES competition that we now host. He's ranked #3 PAL and #4 overall on our SNES charts. Sami joins GBA at #145 (Pawn D). Good luck and fast racing to you, Sami!! Barry J. Herbert II had 20 PRs including a very good Knight 3 lap (26"74, 27th best). He passes three players for 50th overall (Bishop). Kort Everett Jackson gained two places to #97 (Pawn A) with eight PRs. His Knight Final lap of 20"76 ranks #61. Alejandro Ricatti (Master C) improved Bishop 2 (19"08) and Bishop 4 (21"29) lap times. Saturday [Nov-16-2002] - ALL Everything is going well in my rebuilding of lost data. The F-Zero X update will definitely happen tomorrow, so if you have new times to submit, get them in ASAP! I can now very confidently say that the regular updating schedule will resume on Monday. The timetable for the new combined rankings and improved profiles for F-Zero X is still unknown. Friday, Nov. 29 is probably a realistic goal for that project. Friday [Nov-15-2002] - ALL GOOD NEWS / BAD NEWS The good news first . . . Tomorrow is Kort's chat in the F-Zero Central chatroom! As usual, it will begin at 9am Eastern USA (2pm Great Britain) and last at least four hours. Stop in whenever you can!! Now to the bad news. My system crashed and I lost a significant amount of data. I lost a full week of updates and all of my work on the combined rankings for F-Zero X. I WILL be able to rebuild everything, but not in one day. So I am delaying the F-Zero X update until Sunday. And even then, the combined rankings won't be ready. That feature will have to wait at least a week. The F-Zero MV update should still be on schedule for Monday. If that changes, I'll let you know right here. If you've ever been through a computer crash like this, you know how frustrating it is. Thanks for your patience. Monday [Nov-11-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) I've been working heavily on improvements to the F-Zero X area, but you'll have to wait until Friday to check out the new stuff, which will include combined track rankings and added information on the profiles. But that's for later . . . today is GBA day! Lots of action to report on our favorite handheld this week: Leandro Ribeiro passed Johan Talboom and Dave Crawford for the #20 position (a promotion to Master A!) by improving 30 of his times. Leo's new 1'56"06 at Pawn 1 ranks 15th best! Kort Everett Jackson's 17 PRs broke him into the top 100 at #99, earning him the rank of Pawn A. His best new mark is a nice 21"12 lap at Knight Final. Andrews Sebastian checked in with a full set of new times. He soars 35 places to land right on the #100 spot (Pawn B). Andrews even had Queen 4 times (2'15"24, 24"46) that almost cracked the top 50! This week we welcome Canada's Jordan Cline and Niklas Bruhn of Sweden. Both players begin at the Pawn D level. Good luck, guys!! Alejandro Ricatti (Master C), with six PRs, moved up two spots to 27th overall. Ale's 19"10 Queen Final lap is good for #19 on that chart. In his second week with us, Jerome Bourghart had five new marks and climbed two positions to #69 (Knight). Justin Boland's 16 new times moved him ahead of Cam Bair. This is Justin's first time passing a player. Great job, Justin! Barry J. Herbert II improved his Pawn 1 times (2'00"60, 22"19). Kort Everett Jackson will be hosting an F-Zero chat Saturday at 9am Eastern USA (2pm Great Britain) in the F-Zero Central chatroom. The chat will last at least four hours, so drop in whenever you can! Please attend, these chats are lots of fun!! Last but not least, Gregory Tiaiba has provided us with an advanced strat write-up for Pawn 2. Thank, Greg! Monday [Nov-4-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) Leandro Ribeiro continues to be a shooting star. His 27 PRs gained him another seven places this week, now up to #22 overall (Master B)! Welcome and good luck to our two new members, France's Jerome Bourghart (Knight), and Dean Johnson (Pawn D) from Phoenix, Arizona. Neal Hodges had 14 PRs, gaining six spots to #73 (Knight). Kort Everett Jackson's (Pawn B) 13 PRs were enough to move him up to #102 overall, passing Fuzzy Willmott and Brett Graber. Johan Talboom (Master B) improved his Queen 4 times (2'00"53, 22"14). Alejandro Ricatti (Master C) improved a pair of his lap times (P1 - 21"31, Q1 - 16"80). Monday [Oct-28-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) Guarionex Rodriguez got his King ranking (16th overall) back, setting a pair of PRs (P2 - 2'09"22, B3 - 18"59 lap). Alejandro Ricatti's 12 PRs moved him up one spot and earned him Master C status. Leandro Ribeiro continued to be red hot, reaching Master D with a seven place jump. Included among his big 27 new times were a couple of 16th ranked laps (K3 - 25"45, Q4 - 21"81). Congratulations on reaching Master so quickly, Leandro! Please welcome our two new members, Stephen Cue (Pawn A) and Nicholas Jakeman (Pawn D). Good luck to you both!! Fred Just (Master A) gained two places to #17 overall. He had eight PRs including his best lap time yet (K2- 24"67; ranked #15). Boris van Katwijk had 2 PRs (P1 - 1'56"87, Q1 - 1'27"47) at the Master A level. Kort Everett Jackson (Pawn B) set ten PRs, the best of which was a 20"06 lap at Bishop 1 (ranked #73). Kort's efforts moved him ahead of Eduardo Donoso. Monday [Oct-21-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) We had a good turnout for Kort Everett Jackson's chat on Saturday. He'll be having another one this Saturday at 9am Eastern USA (2pm Great Britain). One again it will be held in the F-Zero Central chatroom. Please attend, chatting is both fun and informative! :) PLAYER UPDATES: Gregory Tiaiba (King A) set three lap Site Records (Bishop 1 and 2, Queen 1) among his four new times, cutting 12 points from Antoine Bourlon's lead. Neal Hodges tamed the Fighting Comet this week, using it for most of his 18 PRs. Neal earned the week's only promotion, jumping from Pawn B to Knight! Alejandro Ricatti (Master D) had four PRs, gaining a place to #29 overall. Leandro Ribeiro (Expert) continued his hot streak with 29 new times. He gained 10 places and is now ranked 36th! Guarionex Rodriguez (Master A) came back with 11 PRs in an effort to regain his lost King ranking. He's now just 24 points from his goal! Guarionex improved his already awesome Championship times (1'25"99, 16"39). Fred Just (Master A) had seven PRs including a great 1'46"96 at Bishop 2! Barry J. Herbert II (Bishop) stayed active, breaking five of his course times. Monday [Oct-14-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) Gregory Tiaiba (King A) returned in grand fashion, setting a world record at Knight 4!! His 1'42"90 broke Site Champion Antoine Bourlon's previous WR by 4 hundredths. Fred Just made another contribution to F-Zero Central this week, this time providing an excellent video of his best Championship race. Check it out on our Videos page! I encourage you to attend a chat in our chatroom being hosted by Kort Everett Jackson this Saturday, October 19th. The chat will begin at 9am Eastern USA (2pm Great Britain), and will last at least four hours! Please drop in whenever you can make it. Even with no new entries, we had a busy week with ten active players reporting a total of 138 new times!! PLAYER UPDATES: In his second week of competition, Leandro Ribeiro broke most of his marks. His 22"04 Queen 2 lap ranks #21! Leandro jumped clear over the Bishop level, going straight from Knight to Expert! Barry J. Herbert II had a very busy week, crushing most of his times. He had a 19"03 lap (#34 rank) at Bishop 3. His big 20 place jump puts earns him a promotion to Bishop. Johan Talboom returned after many months to report 26 PRs, the best of which are at Championship (1'25"64, 16"63); both times are in the top ten! Johan climbed six places to earn Master B status. Neal Hodges had ten new times, including a very good 20"38 lap at Knight Final. Neal moved up six spots in the Pawn B group. Kort Everett Jackson (Pawn B) set 12 PRs, including a very nice Queen 2 mark of 2'20"40. Kort moved past Landon Sykora for #103 overall. In addition to his new K4 WR, Gregory Tiaiba also improved his Bishop 2 mark (1'42"91). Alvin Chan (King D) cut his Bishop 3 times (1'33"98, 18"48). Fred Just (Master A) set a new PR at Bishop 2 (1'49"56). Alejandro Ricatti (Master D) had five PRs, his best being a Knight Final time of 1'48"27 (#21). Justin Boland (Novice) improved nine times to move within five points of Cam Bair. Monday [Oct-7-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) There was a resurgance in FZMV play this past week, with 12 active players submitting a grand total of exactly 200 PRs, numbers we haven't seen in several weeks! I made a pair of noticeable site updates this week. The player profiles have a new and improved look to match the rest of the site. You can access the track rankings from your profile now too! And Fred Just provided us with his FZMV speed and boost comparison graphs. Thanks, Fred!! PLAYER UPDATES: Alvin Chan began a comeback bid by improving his Bishop 2 times (1'47"22, 18"19). Those marks paid immediate dividends as he earned a coveted spot in the King rank, passing Guarionex Rodriguez. Congratulations, Alvin! Fred Just broke three of his times and moved up a spot to #19 overall, reaching the Master A level. Michael Kircher had five PRs, earning a promotion to Expert (45th overall). Neal Hodges broke 32 of his PRs, soaring 30 places to land in Pawn B (#102). We have three brand new GBA members this week: F-Zero SNES NTSC champ Leandro Ribeiro (Knight), Shinji Inocencio (Pawn A), and Justin Boland (Novice). Welcome and good luck!! Alejandro Ricatti checked in with three new marks. He gains one place to 30th overall. Otmar Klaas sent in 16 new times, gaining a healthy 6 spots to #80 (Pawn A). Kort Everett Jackson had 17 PRs in the Pawn B division. Barry J. Herbert II had five PRs at the Knight level. Dave Crawford (Master B) once again improved his Championship time (1'28"97). Monday [Sep-30-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) Fred Just and Shawn Komar returned to action this week after lengthy rests. Fred had six PRs to narrow the gap on taking Dave Crawford's Master A position. Shawn's nine new times moved him up three spots, earned him Pawn B status, and also got him this week's High Jumper award. Kort Everett Jackson set 14 PRs to climb two positions to #103 (Pawn B). Dave Crawford improved his Championship times (1'29"61, 17"06), while Michael Kircher lowered his Pawn 1 marks (1'58"66, 21"98). Michael is now only 22 points from reaching Expert! Monday [Sep-23-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) Alejandro Ricatti had nine PRs and reached the coveted Master rank. With his five position gain, he was also our High Jumper of the Week. Great racing, Alejandro! Fabien Tognet had new times on a pair of tracks: Knight 1 (19"62 lap) and Championship (1'26"00, 16"61). Fabien re-passed David Van Moer for 6th place overall. Dave Crawford improved his Knight 1 time (1'56"86). Dave lowered his course total to 39'59"96, becoming the 21st player to go under 40 minutes. Michael Kircher raced 2'17"81 at Queen 2. Kevin Nickel made cuts at Pawn Final (2'15"74, 26"20) and Queen 1 (19"08 lap). Saturday [Sep-21-2002] - ALL On the F-Zero Links page, there is now a link to our new F-Zero Videos page. Please contact the Webmaster if you have any videos to submit for the page. Thursday [Sep-19-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) In a long overdue move, I've added Simon Cheetham's Nintendo Records to the FZMV Member Sites page. Monday [Sep-16-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) Barry J. Herbert II beat 25 of his times and reached Knight rank. Kevin Nickel had 19 PRs (including a nice Bishop Final lap of 23"07; 73rd best) and earned Pawn C status. Alejandro Ricatti had five new marks, the best of which was a 22"11 Queen 2 lap (#22). He gains a spot to #36 overall (Expert). 13 PRs for Michael Kircher was enough to make him the top Bishop, just missing a promotion to Expert. Kris Ong set 28 PRs to move near the top of the Knight level. He had very impressive new Championship times (1'30"09, 17"09). Andrews Sebastian's PR count was 24 this week, gaining five places in Pawn D. Andrews has a good feel for Bishop 3 (1'44'30, 20"34); his times there are ranked about 40 spots higher than his overall placement! Paul Sansom (Master A) had two lap PRs: Queen 3 (19"64) and Queen Final (19"07). Dave Crawford (Master A) improved his Pawn 4 times (2'07"29, 20"54). Mark Turner (Expert) had five new times, including a 19"29 lap at Knight Final that ranks #21! Ong, Herbert*, Nickel, and Sebastian each moved up five spots, and all share this week's High Jumper award. There were no site records set this week. *Barry sent in some last minute times after I had issued the High Jumper award. The times are updated, giving him a seven place gain, but the award will stay as a four way tie since it was already announced. Wednesday: F-Zero SNES update Monday [Sep-9-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) Times fully updated F-Zero MV Players Site Champion Antoine Bourlon announced his retirement after breaking three more Site Records (which earned him yet another Record Breaker award). He leaves holding or sharing 33 of the 42 possible records! You'll always be welcome here, Antoine! Antoine also takes our August Player of the Month award, his third win!! David Van Moer had a second straight impressive week, smashing many of his times, climbing three more places to #6 (King B). David is likely to be our first F-Zero Universal World Champion (a combined ranking for players of all four games) once the Gamecube F-Zero competition is underway. Paul Sansom passed Boris van Katwijk for 17th place (Master A). Barry J. Herbert II was our High Jumper of the Week, moving up 19 spots to #79 (Pawn A). Mark Turner continued his long hot streak, passing six to land at #32, just one spot shy of Master! Kort Everett Jackson earned Pawn B status with a big 16 place move, while Thomas Freeman gained four spots, also at the Pawn B level. Dave Crawford (Master A) and Michael Kircher (Bishop) also set PRs this week. Wednesday: F-Zero SNES update Saturday [Sep-7-2002] - ALL IMPORTANT NOTICE I have deactivated the F-Zero MV and F-Zero SNES Yahoo Groups . . . they will no longer allow posts (you can still view the existing posts). From now on, please use the F-Zero Central Message Board to post new times and discuss your favorite game! :-) Also remember that our Time Submission forms are always available to use for sending in new times as well. Saturday [Sep-7-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) New sites by Boris van Katwijk and K. Everett Jackson have recently been added to the F-Zero MV Member Sites page. Please check them out!! Thursday [Sep-5-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) Michael Kircher has written a Driving Guide aimed at players who are about to tackle the task of unlocking the Queen Series in F-Zero MV. I've added it to our Tips & Strategies section. Thanks, Michael!! Friday: F-Zero X competition growing fast! Monday [Sep-2-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) Times fully updated BOURLON BREAKS CHAMPIONSHIP WORLD RECORD!! Site Champion Antoine Bourlon of France has broken the most prestigious record of F-Zero MV, the Championship course! His time of 1'22"90 shaved one hundredth off the previous best. He also became the first player to go under 16 seconds in one Championship lap, with a lap of 15"97. Congratulations for these historic achievements!!!!!! Antoine (Record Breaker) and K. Everett Jackson (High Jumper; +10 positions) were this week's award winners. Great job! Two players join us this update: Thomas Freeman (England; Pawn B) and Anton Wu (Sweden; Novice). Welcome!! Belgium's David Van Moer made a comeback in a big way this week, climbing four spots to #9 (King C). David is the PAL World Champion in both F-Zero (SNES) and F-Zero X (N64), so the eight players still ahead of him here better look over their shoulders!! :-) Paul Sansom set a pair of 1-lap PRs, Mark Turner had many new marks to gain three spots in the Expert class, Michael Kircher improved his Pawn 2 time (2'13"52), and Barry J. Herbert II broke lots of PRs to move up four at the Pawn B level. Wednesday: F-Zero SNES update Thursday [Aug-29-2002] - ALL Helpful Tip The only way to guarantee that your times will be included in an update is to submit them no later than THE NIGHT BEFORE the update: send Thursday night for a Friday update, for example. The update could happen AT ANY TIME throughout the day, depending on my personal schedule. I've been known to do updates as early as shortly after midnight at the start of the day, or even wait until shortly before midnight at the end of the day. I include ALL times I have received up to the minute, so if you have new times on the day of an update, please still send them in, they may be included. But keep in mind that they may also have to wait a week if the update is already done. Monday [Aug-26-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) Times fully updated Antoine Bourlon added to his record collection with two new Site Records: Bishop 3 (1'32"06) and Queen 3 (1'38"79). This earned him our Record Breaker of the Week award! Otmar Klaas moved from #134 to #84 (Pawn A) to take the High Jumper of the Week award. Other players earning new ranks were Barry J. Herbert II (Pawn B) and Jonathan Carter (Pawn C). Oue newest member is Tony McKeever of Tucson, Arizona, who joins us at Pawn D. Welcome!! In the Master class, both Paul Sansom and Anthony Clavier set several personal bests. Paul is inching closer and closer to the prestigious King level. Keep it going, Paul! Mark Turner was the only active Expert this week, while Michael Kircher and Chris Green represented the Bishops. Michael passed five players to reach our front ranking page at #50. Great job! Mark Hill and K. Everett Jackson both raced many new PRs to shave points at the Pawn D level. Wednesday: F-Zero SNES update Monday [Aug-19-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) Times fully updated We had many big stories this week: Antoine Bourlon set a new WORLD RECORD with a time of 1'42"94 at Knight 4! Fantastic job by our Site Champion. We now have three GBA world records on this site, two of them by Antoine. Guarionex Rodriguez reached the King level with some great new times. Congratulations! We have an amazing SIX new members this week! Please welcome Roland Pristauz, Don Swartz, Barry J. Herbert II, Matthew Carter, Otmar Klaas, and Jonathan Carter. Mark Turner reached Expert, while Chris Green and newcomer Roland Pristauz both made Bishop. This week's awards go to Antoine Bourlon (Record Breaker) for three new records including that world record, and to Chris Green (High Jumper) for gaining seven positions. Elliot Jones' Pawn 1 site record was removed because it is too questionable. Antoine Bourlon now has the Pawn 1 course mark. Changes were made to the Rankings page (split into several pages; 50 players each page) and the Sortable Stats area (now top 100 only). Wednesday: F-Zero SNES update Sunday [Aug-18-2002] - ALL Great news, the convenient form to submit your F-Zero MV times is BACK, and there's MORE . . . Not only is the GBA form back, but I've added forms for the SNES and N64 games as well!! You can now submit times for ANY of the games with an easy to use form. Please contact me if you have a problem with any of the forms. Also, David Van Moer has updated his strats for F-Zero SNES Port Town I and Port Town II. They're found in the Tips & Strategies section of the F-Zero SNES Time Trialers area. Tomorrow: F-Zero MV update Monday [Aug-12-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) Guarionex Rodriguez reached Master A with some impressive new times:
Alejandro Ricatti set 18 new marks to climb four places and earn High Jumper of the Week. Boris van Katwijk and Michael Kircher set eight PRs each, while Paul Sansom broke the 17 second barrier with a 16"98 Championship lap. Wednesday: F-Zero X update Thursday: F-Zero SNES update Sunday [Aug-11-2002] - ALL We had a great time at the chat yesterday. Participants included K. Everett Jackson (SNES/GBA), Mike Kircher (GBA), Leandro Ribeiro (SNES), Richard Corrigan (GBA), and host Dave Crawford. It's great to talk live about the games that we love to play. More than one of the guys were even playing F-Zero during the chat! We want to see more of you come to the next chat, which will be scheduled in September. Look here for the announcement. Thanks to all who participated!! Saturday [Aug-10-2002] - F-Zero MV (GBA) For becoming our Champion, and for amazing consistency at a very high level, Antoine Bourlon has earned our July GBA Player of the Month. He is the first two-time winner of this award. Congratulations!! Monday: Full GBA update. Get those times in by Sunday night!! August 6, 2002 - F-Zero MV (GBA) I just learned that our Submit Times Form caused us more problems recently. It has failed us for the last time. I've removed it, leaving us to rely on good old-fashioned e-mail to send in times. It's less convenient, but far more reliable. I will continue to look for a reliable form system. August 5, 2002 - F-Zero MV (GBA) This week's awards go to Antoine Bourlon for Record Breaker of the Week (KF: 1'41"51, 18"26), and to K. Everett Jackson for High Jumper of the Week (11 place gain). Also setting some great new times were Paul Sansom, Guarionex Rodriguez, and Alejandro Ricatti. We need more nominations for F-Zero GBA July Player of the Month! Please go to the message board and submit your nominees. Please don't forget that we'll be having an F-Zero Central chat in our chatroom on Saturday, August 10th at 11am Eastern US (4pm England). Be there! The message board is back up and running! Please visit and post as often as you like. August 5, 2002 - ALL The message board is currently down. It is system-wide, not just our board. We just have to wait patiently while Sudden Launch fixes the problem. The GBA update will come late this evening, which will be early Tuesday morning for Europe. August 2, 2002 - ALL The main page for the upcoming Gamecube version is now in place, please check it out, there are links to some F-Zero Gamecube movies and screenshots. We will be ready to accept times and begin the competition the VERY DAY that this game is released! The F-Zero X Time Attack (N64) main page has been updated to fit the new design as well. I still have much work to do on the rest of the FZX site, as well as the entire FZMV (GBA) site. But the gains we'll see in easier navigation will be well worth it! I've said it before, but it bears repeating: If there's a page you can't find during this construction, please let me know right away. I WILL fix it. Thanks! All you Zelda fans, make sure to check out The Lost Realms, our new affiliate! It's run by Dick Grinwis, who is a member of our staff as well as our GBA competition. August 1, 2002 - ALL The rebuild is starting to take shape. This front page is now fully reorganized, and our brand new Message Board is a big improvement over the old FZMV Players Site board. Also, the FZMV (GBA) strats page has been reworked and updated to include some new strats from Frederick Johnson. Another happy personal announcement from your webmaster: This week I get to celebrate not only my 35th birthday (Tuesday), but also my 4th wedding anniversary (today!). :-) OK, I won't bother you with any more of that stuff for another 363 days. LOL July 30, 2002 - ALL "Redesign" is the word of the day. Well, that and "birthday," considering I am turning 35 today. :-) The new layout of F-Zero Central will put the news for each site right here, on the main page. This will improve the flow of the site greatly and put more focus on the F-Zero Central concept instead of each individual competition site separately. Look for minor design changes at each competition site in the coming days and weeks. This should in NO WAY hinder your ability to browse the sites at any time. If there's any page or info that you can't find, please contact me, and I'll fix it ASAP. Tue July 30, 2002 | update by Dave, 21:00 GMT Look for all future FZMV Players Site news on the homepage of F-Zero Central due to some site layout redesigning. This will not change our FZMV competition IN ANY WAY. You will still get all of the rankings, stat pages, message board, etc., that you are used to checking each week. The main F-Zero Central page will simply become your new "front door" to this site. Mon July 29, 2002 update by Dave, 15:30 GMT We had a nice change from last week as we had ten active players including three new players: Pierre Guilbert, Praveen Sebastian, Kevin Nickel. Welcome and good luck, guys!!
Mon July 22, 2002 update by Dave, 15:45 GMT SUMMERTIME BLUES The video game world is in a slowdown as people are finding better things to do with their time in the summer. Only four of us were active this week, but we still managed to see five new records!! Frederick Johnson led the way with three new marks to take the Record Breaker of the Week award, while Site Champion Antoine Bourlon wiped out both Championship records! Frederick moved into the #3 spot overall to become King A, while Guarionex Rodriguez had 17 PRs and moved up a place to #20 (Master B). Dave Crawford set a pair of new times. We'll be having an F-Zero chat on Saturday, August 10th in our chatroom. Please check it out!! It will be held at 11am Eastern US (4pm England).
Mon July 15, 2002 update by Dave, 14:15 GMT Antoine Bourlon set two records to earn Record Breaker of the Week. Anthony Clavier reached the Master level, and also was our High Jumper of the Week. Great racing, guys!! Please welcome our newest member, Kieran Klaassen!!
Mon July 8, 2002 update by Dave, 14:15 GMT Antoine Bourlon and Frederick Johnson continued to pound the record books this week, while Fabien Tognet made a triumphant return to claim the #6 spot from Cyril Cottet. Boris van Katwijk and Guarionex Rodriguez represented the Master class, and Roeland Klaassen got past a pair of Experts. Chris Johnson, Matt Martin, and Mark Hill all made solid jumps in the rankings, and K. Everett Jackson had 32 PRs for the week. This week's awards go to Frederick Johnson for Record Breaker of the Week (four records), and Matt Martin for High Jumper of the Week (12 place gain). Congrats!!
Mon July 1, 2002 update by Dave, 15:00 GMT NEW CHAMPION!! Today is the first anniversary of the day we began tracking our Site Champion for historical purposes. Before that, times had been changing too quickly to get a clear view of rankings. So it is fitting that on this anniversary there is a change at the top. With six new times including three Site Records, Antoine Bourlon overcame an 18 point deficit this week to become the new Site Champion. Congratulations, Antoine!!! Except for two weeks with Simon Cheetham on top, Gregory Tiaiba had spent the last six months as the champ. Antoine's lead over Greg is just one point . . . it'll be very interesting to see what happens in the coming weeks! Frederick Johnson is our Player of the Month for June! Frederick reached King level early in the month, and continued his magnificent progress all the way to #4 overall!! He's been improving his times seemingly effortlessly all month, and recently captured several Site Records. Fantastic racing, Frederick!! In other news, Frederick matched Antoine's three records to share the Record Breaker of the Week award. A quirky week led to Danny McCormick's unprecedented third High Jumper of the Week crown. He gained six places, easily the smallest improvement to ever win the award. Chris Johnson gained five spots, while Donny Meeks moved up four. Great job everyone! A hearty welcome to our newest members: Richard Huang, Andrews Sebastian, K. Everett Jackson, and Colin Breuer! Sadly, today my mother must help her boyfriend of many years bury his 20 year old son, Brian Huddleston. Brian was involved in an auto accident on his way home from work on Thursday. Please take time today to think about the people you love. Have you TOLD them lately how you feel about them? You never know when you'll have another chance. You never know IF you'll have another chance. Brian, you are loved by SO many, and you will be greatly missed . . . . . . . .
Mon June 24, 2002 update by Dave, 13:15 GMT Despite having 6 of the top 18 players active this week, the biggest action came from the middle ranks. Michael Kircher, Chris Green, Anthony Dunkel, and Chris Johnson all made big moves, each gaining at least 7 places. Green walked away with the High Jumper of the Week award for his 20 position improvement. Great work!! We had no new players, although two people attempted to join. It's important to point out that nicknames are not accepted for this competition. Nicknames take away from the enjoyment of this site by adding to the anonymity of the environment. We are REAL people with real lives, real families and friends, real problems, etc. This is an online COMMUNITY, not just a program being executed to sort times.
Mon June 17, 2002 update by Dave, 15:30 GMT Frederick Johnson is making this game look easy. In one of the most dramatic moves in recent memory, Frederick, already a King player, broke most of his times (including setting his first Site Record) and soared from #11 to #6 overall. He's just one point from catching Fabien Tognet for the 5th position. Amazing!! The other big news this week was the influx of new players. I don't think that we've had SEVEN new players in one week since LAST June, when the game was first released to the western world. All seven players are from North America, which my wife smartly pointed out is probably related to school letting out for the summer. Let's all welcome our new players: Brandon Furches, Matt Martin, Donny Meeks, Jacob Fielding, Mark Hill, Shbek Jones, and Daniel Luo. Good luck to you all!! Frederick Johnson and Antoine Bourlon share the Record Breaker of the Week award, each with one new record. Danny McCormick captured his second straight High Jumper of the Week award, jumping 24 spots.
Thu June 13, 2002 update by Dave, 16:00 GMT HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!! Today marks the one year anniversary of the F-Zero Maximum Velocity Players Site. What started a year ago as two players and only three web pages (the main page plus two profiles) has grown to 139 players, over 50 pages of information (not counting the 130+ profile pages!), and has spawned F-Zero Central, which hosts this FZMV Players Site plus competition sites for the original F-Zero (SNES) and F-Zero X (N64) as well as the yet to be released F-Zero for the Gamecube. I would like to thank each and every person who has participated at this site. You have all contributed to a first year that has surpassed my wildest dreams in terms of number of participants, level of community involvement, and quality of racing. Thank you!!! The future of this site looks bright. With 14-20 active players each week, there is no sign of a slow-down. The "next generation" of FZMV racers is flocking to the site as we speak. With schools letting out for the summer, we've had no fewer than six new players join in the past three DAYS. As is the case with any good video game, veteran players will occasionally get the "bug" to play again, and will stop by to report new times. And we should get another boost when the F-Zero Gamecube is released, causing more people to be captivated by the thrill of F-Zero racing. Plus, if the Gamecube game allows us to play our GBA version on the television, then the popularity of FZMV may reach an all-time high!! Thanks again everyone, and never stop racing!! :-) Dave Crawford, Webmaster Mon June 10, 2002 update by Dave, 16:00 GMT Frederick Johnson continued his strong play this week, reaching King status by jumping three spots to #11. Great job, Frederick!! Antoine Bourlon broke the P4 mark to earn his fifth Record Breaker of the Week award. Danny McCormick gained 25 positions to become High Jumper of the Week. Congratulations to both of you!! The field grows to 133 players this week as we are joined by California's Henri "Max" Gonzalez and also by Keitaro, our first member from Japan. Welcome, guys!! We haven't been able to have our weekly chats lately due to a lack of available hosts. I'm busy with my son's baseball games on Saturdays this summer. If anyone wants to volunteer their time to host weekly chats, e-mail Dave so we can work out the day and time that is best for a chat.
Mon June 3, 2002 update by Dave, 15:30 GMT The May Player of the Month goes to Edgar Moncisvais. Great work Edgar!! Gregory Tiaiba broke the P3 record to earn yet another Record Breaker of the Week award. The High Jumper of the Week goes to Peter Toch. In his second week of competition, Peter jumped all the way to Bishop! Congratulations to all of our award winners!! This week's we have a newcomer in Anthony Dunkel. Welcome, Anthony!! Gregory Tiaiba and J.T. McNally have both recently announced their retirements. They'll be missed from our community. Good luck in all you do guys, and of course you're always welcome here!!
Mon May 27, 2002 update by Dave, 13:20 GMT Boris van Katwijk reached Master this week. Great job, Boris!! A big welcome to our newest member, Peter Toch!! Peter joins us at Pawn B. This week's awards go to Gregory Tiaiba for Record Breaker of the Week, and to Eduardo Donoso for High Jumper of the Week, with a 13 place gain. Congratulations! It's already time to start nominating for the May Player of the Month!! Go to the message board to make your nominations. You may each select two players to nominate. The winner will be announced in the first week of June.
Thu May 23, 2002 update by Dave, 14:05 GMT TOURNAMENT RESULTS The tournament was a great success with a dozen participants. Simon Cheetham was the winner with a fantastic time of 1'36"06!! That is quite probably a world record with the JB Crystal. If you enjoyed the tournament, please let us know at the message board so we can have more special contests in the future! Here are the full results: JB Crystal at Championship 1. 1'36"06 Simon Cheetham 2. 1'36"32 Gregory Tiaiba 3. 1'37"20 Richard Corrigan 4. 1'39"69 J.T. McNally 5. 1'40"53 Boris van Katwijk 6. 1'41"17 Fabien Tognet 7. 1'43"52 Lee Atyeo 8. 1'43"54 Edgar Moncisvais 9. 1'44"00 Dave Crawford 10. 1'44"48 Roeland Klaassen 11. 1'44"56 Michael Kircher 12. 2'00"63 Vincent Onderwaater Mon May 20, 2002 update by Dave, 15:15 GMT Frederick Johnson accomplished an unusual double play this week, reaching the Master rank while claiming the High Jumper of the Week award by rising 10 places! I'd like to welcome Danny McCormick to the site. Good luck, Danny! Only two more days to compete in the JBC at Championship contest. So far Gregory Tiaiba is the leader with a time of 1'36"32.
Wed May 15, 2002 update by Dave, 13:20 GMT TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCEMENT! For the next seven days we'll be having a "side" competition to add a little flavor to your racing. The tournament is to see who can set the fastest course time with J.B. Crystal on the Championship course. POST ALL TIMES TO THE "TOURNAMENT TIMES" TOPIC IN "GENERAL FZMV DISCUSSION" AT THE MESSAGE BOARD. The tournament will end at 12 o'clock (noon) GMT on Wednesday of next week (May 22). That's 8am Eastern USA and 1pm England time. If we have a good response to this tournament we'll more in the coming weeks. Good luck!! Mon May 13, 2002 update by Dave, 14:50 GMT Edit: updated at 16:10 GMT to include Fabien Tognet's times We had another record-breaking week, in more ways than one! Our World Record holders Gregory Tiaiba and Antoine Bourlon attacked the site record books yet again, while the site saw activity from a record 22 players!! Edgar Moncisvais earned King status this week. Great job! Edgar has also joined our staff as a message board moderator. Keep those conversations going, Edgar!! :-) I'd like everyone to welcome Danny Moore of Elgin, Illinois to the site. He just got the game, so he has many fun (and sometimes frustrating!) hours ahead. Welcome, Danny! This week's awards go to Gregory Tiaiba for Record Breaker of the Week (5th win for Greg), and to Alan Moncisvais, who joins Roeland Klaassen as the only players to win High Jumper of the Week twice. Congrats to you both!
Sat May 11, 2002 update by Dave, 16:50 GMT Mark Turner has agreed to take over the profile updates during Alvin's absence. Welcome to the staff, Mark! Thu May 9, 2002 update by Dave, 13:45 GMT Staffer and FZMV Master Alvin Chan has announced to the staff that he will be taking the summer off from the site to concentrate on his medical studies. Alvin, we wish you the best and look forward to your return! You will be missed. Alvin's position at the site is currently unfilled. A person is needed to write the progress reports that are updated weekly on the profiles of the active players. If you are interested, please write to Dave or post at the message board. Chris Green of Silver Springs, Nevada is our first new member of the week. Welcome, Chris, and check out our message board! That's where you'll find the most helpful info. This week we created a site mailing list so that we can let everyone know the latest happenings. The first mailing has already proven successful as long-time members Clinton Yelvington, Gustavo Donoso, and Shawn Komar have all returned to active status. If you are a site member and didn't receive the mailing list e-mail, please let the webmaster (a.k.a. Dave Crawford) know so that we can update your e-mail address in our records. Tues May 7, 2002 update by Alvin Weekly Awards: Record Breaker of the Week is awarded yet again to Antoine Bourlon for breaking 4 more Site Records. Highest Jumper of the Week is awarded to last week's newcomer Mark Turner who leapt up 21 places in the league. Progress reports will be updated soon. Mon May 6, 2002 update by Dave, 15:55 GMT Antoine Bourlon broke or tied four lap records to become the week's only record breaker. Even more significantly, Antoine passed Simon Cheetham for 2nd place overall. Great work, Antoine!! Fabien Tognet made a key move, passing both Derek Kisman and Stephen Chan for the #7 position. And Edgar Moncisvais and Alvin Chan continue to push ever closer to the King level. Congratulations to Guarionex Rodriguez for reaching the Master level. Fantastic effort! Frederick Johnson has become our 126th member, the latest of our three newcomers this week. Frederick joins us as an already experienced player, near the top of the Bishop rank. Good luck, Frederick!
Sat May 4, 2002 update by Dave, 17:15 GMT April's Player of the Month is Antoine Bourlon. Congratulations, Antoine! We have a couple of new members, England's Thomas Moore and Mike Kircher of Germany. Welcome and good luck to you both!! Look for your rankings and profile page in Monday's update. Thurs May 2, 2002 update by Alvin, 22:15 GMT Firstly, the nominations for Player of the Month is drawing to a close. Please nominate on the site message board. This Week's "Players to Watch": The busy activity continues as the championship race hots up and Antoine Bourlon looks to overtake Simon Cheetham to closes in on Gregory Tiaiba. Fabien Tognet could not have responded to Richard Corrigan any better and now pushes towards Stephen Chan and former champion Derek Kisman. Alvin Chan and Dave Crawford, both chasing a place to be FZMV King are joined by Edgar Moncisvais who has flown up the Master rankings with ease. J.T. McNally comes back this week after a short break from the game to put some pressure on Paul Sansom. Looking to earn Master status are Boris Van Katwijk and Guarionex Rodriguez who will pace each other in the rise up to the top 25. Bishop league is constantly joined by new players as Ansley Holmes and Alejandro Ricatti are the latest arrivals to wave the flags for North and South America respectively. Roeland Klaassen overtakes Lee Atyeo for the first time. Brett Graber, Mark Turner, and Alan Moncisvais are players to watch for giant leaps and perhaps good contenders for the Highest Jumper Award. Last week's newcomers David Langsworthy, Danny Edgecumbe, Neal Hodges, and Vincent Onderwaater have a lot to look forward to in improving their times in the coming weeks. Tues April 30, 2002 update by Alvin, 23:50 GMT It's that time of month again for Player of the Month. Nominate on the message board who you think deserves the award in the month of April. Weekly Awards: Record Breaker of the Week goes for the 3rd week this month to Antoine Bourlon for smashing 4 more Site Records. Highest Jumper of the Week is awarded to Ansley Holmes who leapt up 19 places in the competition. Mon April 29, 2002 update by Dave, 18:40 GMT I believe that our 18 active players this week is a new record. Give yourselves a round of applause! :-) Once that applause dies down, start it up again for our FIVE new members: Mark Turner, David Langsworthy, Danny Edgecumbe, Neal Hodges, and Vincent Onderwaater. Welcome to you all!! This week Greg and Antoine continued to assault the record books, while Fabien Tognet passed Richard Corrigan for #9 (King). Edgar Moncisvais (Master) and Guarionex Rodriguez |