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tut tut, none listens to pobre. pobre knows truth. Etch @ Friday, August 15th   [link]

It's all coming down to this!!! Check out Karter Contest 2k8!!! Who will survive??? Movement It looks like #2 Ben Stoneman has been reading the news updates because he got his last time up into the top ten. His #9 time on RR sc flap of 37"707 moves him up 0.0312 points on prb AF once again inching closer to #1 Thomas Bolton. Besides that, nothing much from the toppies yet they have given the little challenges quite a try especially using BLS on LC2 getting flaps under 27 seconds there. Well maybe the WR will use it one day, just not very soon. There is a reason for this madness! Also not moving much is #9 Michele Magnaterra who's two new times on RR were not enough to hold off #17 Abel Marques who moved up to #9 on the prb charts now. Michele at least can have some satisfaction with sub 2 minutes there getting 1'59"687 and almost a sub 39 flap to boot with 39"016. Abel's pr's included some new times on DS getting 1'31"772 and 29"699, both Myth C and top ten! Best of all was his own sub 1'14 run on F8C. Much like #5 Sascha Brauninger, he did not get under the sub by much coming up with a 1'13"987, crazy! For now, it seems like Abel has his eyes set on the UK #2 spot on prb with not much more AF to cut before reaching #14 Matthew Ord. Again, his LC2 and SR flaps continue to weigh him down significantly. No one active again until #43 Pol Gonzalez who moved up three spots this week. He got 4 new times which were BP 5lap 43"367 Titan C, BB 3lap 1'49"364 Titan D, RR flap 40"016 Hero A, and WS flap 39"194 Titan D. Since he is out of the AF graveyard, he can start passing some more players without a huge load of new times now. Only 4 more AF points to go before catching non-prb Spanish champ #36 Christian Lapiera. Pol almost moved up on prb charts to #37. There are a trio of active players farther down with #58 Kevin Borne -3.4063, #61 Alvaro Arroyo -2.7969, and #62 Joep van Gelder -5.5625. All of them reached Hero A this week and moved up a few spots on the charts. As their AF cuts show, Joep scored the most new times with 12, Kevin 10, and Alvaro 9. Each of them got their share of decent times which was responsible for their large cuts. A race to the top 50 would be nice here but site activity has not been a huge forte as of lately but you never know. New guy #91 Jay Kreeler won't just let himself frop out like so many other n00bs by continuing his pr streak with a 4.2500 AF cut this week. He got the most new times out of anyone so far and made some noble efforts on prb also where he is #88. Compared to some of his other times, Jay's DP1 55"809 / 18"286 and PC 54"326 / 17"910 this week proves he has to be doing something right! More interestingly, he dazzled with his driving out of bounds skill on YC which you can watch here. This is just further proof that there could still be some shortcuts lurking but don't hold your breath. All it can take is just something very lucky or random to happen. Too bad some tracks do a good job with check points. Movement outside the top 100 included #102 Dallas Wilde -18.0310 (#9 Canada, Hero E to Hero D), #143 Matt Tanzer -5.9380 (#46 USA), #171 Ryan Ortiz -50.7350 (#53 USA, Advanced A to Expert D), #178 David Roldan -0.1720 (#5 Spain), #219 Austin Gates -6.3280 (#67 USA, Advanced B to Advanced A), #250 Ivo van der Stap -7.5160 (#18 Netherlands), #256 Daniel Pabst -8.8600 (#17 Germany), #273 Ben Sackville -20.6090 (#19 Canada, Advanced D to Advanced C), #304 Marc Schwartz -79.7810 (#22 Netherlands, Intermediate B to Advanced D), #356 Thomas van Leeuwen -51.2030 (#26 Netherlands, Intermediate C to Intermediate A), #400 Haddon Power-Cohen -51.4680 (#19 Australia, Intermediate E to Intermediate C) and #474 Andrew Tram -22.3910 (#30 Canada, Beginner C to Beginner A). New Records There was 1 WR improved (blue) and 1 non-prb time (pink). Finally a WR battle! Marshall LeVett decided it was time to play some RR non-sc flap taking the WR less than a day after 水色 beat the older time by センジュ. Marshall stepped it up though by making the corner cutter to reach the corkscrew sooner save time by going sub 38"500 first with 38"468. What was more exciting was 水色 returning the favor taking the WR back without the new technique reaching 38"455. But in the end, Marshall would trump it again switching to the second lap getting a much faster time and current WR of 38"350! You can watch the replay here. For nonprb, Marshall holds the RR flap at 38"350. Awards Once again, biggest cutter at the top and passing several players was someone who was just on the tip of the top 100. He floated around here before but his explosion of new times nearly pushed him over the edge. For reaching Hero D and chopping 20% off his AF, Dallas Wilde wins the POW for the second week of August! It's teh Final Four! ~ETCH

Let the Roidolympics begin! Etch @ Thursday, August 7th   [link]

Movement Still at it is #2 Ben Stoneman inching closer to #1 Thomas Bolton with his AF almost under 3 on non-prb and 0.8437 AF points away on prb. Ben improved his BC flap again coming dangerously close to another record getting 36"666, insert joke about 666. Also in his pr workshop was BP which is probably the most annoying to play but he was rewarded for his efforts getting 42"974 Myth C and the epic flap sub with 8"199. Long at last all of his times in non-prb are in the top 10! Quite a feat since Thomas does not fit into this category thanks to RR 3lap. Overall, Ben's only time outside the top 10 is the RR sc flap which does not come as a surprise since this is the toppies' worst nightmare! Looks like #8 Leonardo Assisi sent in some pr's after a few months of inactivity coming close to passing #7 Cole Gilbert. He only cut a tenth or so off his AF so nothing too big with couple #5 times on CM with 1'48"283 and 35"479 both ranking God. To go along with that were a few prb times getting LC2 1'15"527, CI2 46"802 and 15"229. Right below, #9 Michele Magnaterra was active again this week but has some huge AF ground to cover before passing anyone again on non-prb or prb. Still chugging away, he made some decent cuts including BB 35"253 God, BC 36"755 God, MC1 42"001 God, FS 1'39"366 and 32"173 both God. It sure sounds redundant but Michele is up to 23 God times in all which means he has a long ways to go before catching fellow country man #4 Giulio Centrone whose AF is almost three times less than his! Michele also improved his CI2 prb 3lap to 50"326 which is painfully far from where he places his best splits at. Who knows, maybe one day he will get consistent enough and really start storming the charts again? Sending in a couple times again is #14 Matthew Ord working on the MMF with 1'04"969 and 21"169, both ranked Titan B. More action was going down below though with #22 Nicolas Barco moving up a spot on non-prb and two on prb. His prb pr spree included DH 22"211, MC 29"808, MC1 38"988 and 12"827, KB2 41"375 and 13"311, RLC2 1"17"980, CI2 15"550, and SG 20"408. As usual, he tried to include some non-prb times getting DH 1"13"489 Titan B and MC 1"32"736 Titan C. If he can keep up this sort of pace, it will not be long until he passes #20 Paul Gourdon on non-prb for the #2 France. More importantly he is within reach of the France prb Champ title held by Paul at #11. Just a matter of kart devotion for Nicolas to reach these goals. #37 Lenny Andreev also got some new times this but wasn't able to move up chart wise. On prb he took his F8C flap down to 24"576 which ranks 19th and MC1 flap to 12"839 coming in at 23rd. Not too shabby for someone who has times ranging from 3rd to 93rd! If he can get some luck from Ben and stronger motivation he could easily make a run to the top 30. For non-prb Lenny got DS 30"324 Hero A, MC1 42"157 and 13"366 both God. Ranking up high with the big boys is quite an honor on some courses and with just 4 God times I don't think Lenny has shown his true potential yet. Not any higher than last week either, #45 Pol Gonzalez keeps edging his way up the charts. Not to worry though because he passed two players on prb to join the top 40 there at #38. Most of his AF cut from non-prb courses though with PG 1'30"853 Titan C and 29"019 Titan B, BC 1'58"483 and 38"299 both Titan E, F8C 1'15"929 Titan B, LM 1'35"791 Titan C, FS 1'42"026 Titan B and 33"029 Myth C. His couple of prb times were F8C flap 24"854 and SG flap 21"273. Below on on a much faster pace is #47 Florian Lorang cutting 4 AF points and moving up to Titan D overall. What's more surprising is his dedication to prb times reaching #25 with a 7 point AF cut there with all of his new times, yikes! He got more times than I care to list here, but he pointed out that he got a French record with CI2 prb flap 15"363, nice work. He got some other strong prb times hence his huge jump there. Unfortunately, it seems his DS is giving him problems too which is the only reason why a lot of players stop this game or walk away from it all together. Finishing up the top 100 were the busiest players this week. It seems like #62 Alvaro Arroyo is finding his Switz spunk jumping over ten places and nearly reaching Hero A overall from just getting to Hero B at the start of the month. With good times at his level comes good cuts and he sure got his money's worth on that 12 point AF cut. More exciting to me at least is #93 Jay Kreeler who finally joined the top 100. So many weeks of updating I saw this guy hovering near the boundary but after I don't know how many months he just comes by and kicks some serious ass to finally make it this week. He also jumped over ten spots and ranked up to Hero D overall thanks to his 11 point AF cut. Great efforts from both you two! Movement outside the top 100 included #111 Dallas Wilde -11.7500 (#9 Canada, Expert A to Hero E), #126 Scott Kaforey -3.9220 (#39 USA), #135 Mickael Smolen -1.4220 (#22 France), #222 Austin Gates -9.9540 (#68 USA), #255 Ivo van der Stap -30.6720 (#19 Netherlands, Advanced D to Advanced C), #373 Marc Schwartz -11.5630 (#26 Netherlands), #406 Andrew Howes -8.3130 (#140 USA), #447 Haddon Power-Cohen -12.7190 (#20 Australia) and #483 Pete Crawford -13.7040 (#170 USA). New Records There was 1 WR improved (blue) and 2 non-prb times (pink). Can it be? Yes, someone got a WR but he is not on this site though. Once again Japan strikes with 水色 getting the RR non-sc flap with 38"514. He does not beat センジュ by much and only trails his 3lap by a little being the second player to sub 1'57 non-sc with 1'56"945. You can watch a replay of his RR flap here. For nonprb, the RR flap by 水色 is also the record here with 38"514. Not sure if it has been mentioned in a news update like this before but 水色 also holds the WS 3lap with the only sub 1'55 time of 1'54"923, live replay. Awards In terms of chart cutting, one guy was the biggest beast of all. Cutting around 20% of his AF and jumping up another rank almost from last week made his pr spree especially strong. For his aggressive non-stop pace, Alvaro Arroyo wins the POW for the first week of August! Favre is on the Jets ~ETCH

Bob Burnquist Gets it Done Etch @ Friday, August 1st   [link]

Movement All though you can't see the improvement, #2 Ben Stoneman got one new time this week and it was on BC flap tying #7 Cole Gilbert with a 36"781. Other than that, the Aussie giant slumbered at the end of the month. So who was moving on up this week to the east side which also happens to be little Italy? Unless you don't pay attention to the site it was #9 Michele Magnaterra stepping up one rank on both charts. Cutting about .5 AF points on either side, his 5 new times were enough to get the job done. For PRB he got new LC2 flap 25"124 and MC flap 29"399. The question still remains if BLS can grab the WR here one day. Lastly, he improved BP 5lap to 42"921 Myth C, FS 3lap to 1'39"607 God, and BB flap to 35"253 God. His ARR is almost under 3 now still ranked Myth C overall. Who knows, maybe if he can start doing 3laps as well as his flaps he could actually reach his best splits! A lopsided battle between UK players sort of rages below with #15 Matthew Ord grabbing God times on CM with 1'48"482 and 35"681. Lurking dangerously close now though is #17 Abel Marques who made the biggest cuts at the top by beating over twenty of his pr's. His effort resulted in the big deuce cuts on both charts passing some players in the process and now #10 on prb! Where to start with his new times, can you say #3 time on YC with 1'26"273? His top ten times also included YC flap 27"886, FS 1'39"038 and 32"135, LM 3lap 1'34"338, SG prb flap 20"255, CI2 prb flap 15"282, PC prb flap 17"252, MC1 prb 38"518 and 12"593, MC prb 3lap 1'31"018, and F8C prb flap 24"268. Quite a roll of destruction Abel has going here on the top of the charts. He finished off nearly reaching Myth D overall this week but just a couple more pr's should do the trick. Maybe SR flap is a good place to start! Hovering below is #23 Nicolas Barco who is just as busy cranking out nearly the same AF cut with just 7 new times. He passed two player on non-prb and three players on prb moving up to #16 there! He worked on TTC some more getting 1'35"063 Titan A and 30"555 Myth A. Still balancing out some times, he played some KB2 and DH nonprb getting 43"363 Titan C and 22"744 Myth E respectively with a DS flap of 30"303 Hero A also. As for prb times, Nicolas got MC 3lap 1'32"454 and DH flap 22"256. He moved up to #2 France on prb charts and is almost approaching that mark on non-prb also. Like Abel, he finish off coming close to the next standard so let's hope he reaches Myth E overall soon! Well you can't be superman every week, #37 Lenny Andreev took it easy just racing two new times on YF with 47"803 Myth D and 15"607 Myth B. A little farther down #45 Pol Gonzalez continues his quest to reach Spain #1 on non-prb moving up one rank here and up to #40 on prb. With 15 new times, he was able to get a one point AF cut and accordingly move up one spot each. He got CM 1'50"572 Titan A and 35"981 Myth C this week so you know he has the chops to make it farther. Active again, #65 Joep van Gelder sent in 4 new times getting close to Hero A overall with F8C 1'16"659 Titan E, BC2 1'36"445 Hero A and 31"059 Titan D, and BB 3lap 1'51"436 Hero C. All Joep needs now is a pr smash virus like he had when driving his BB flap 35"356 God. Now we all know Switzerland's top 2 karters but who is there #3 player? Look no further because that is #74 Alvaro Arroyo who sent in some updated times getting a huge 8 AF point cut. Unlike everyone else in the top 100, he managed to reach the next standard reaching Hero B overall with an ARR of 12.4531. Sure, he is not getting WR's at the moment but who knows? The Kart Gods work in mysterious ways. Movement outside the top 100 included #106 Chuck Foster -0.2030 (#29 USA), #120 Dallas Wilde -5.8130 (#10 Canada), #131 Scott Kaforey -8.1720 (#41 USA, Expert C to Expert B), #138 Mickael Smolen France 162.2500 -19.5940 (#23 France, Expert C to Expert B), #146 Matt Tanzer -13.5780 (#48 USA, Expert D to Expert C), #179 Martin Morissette -5.0160 (#12 Canada), #232 Austin Gates -14.0150 (#68 USA, Advanced C to Advanced B), #296 Ben Sackville -1.7350 (#20 Canada), #383 Marc Schwartz -83.8590 (#30 Netherlands, Intermediate E to Intermediate B), #415 Andrew Howes -3.5780 (#143 USA), #429 Jean-Francois Schepers -0.5940 (#10 Belgium), #461 Haddon Power-Cohen -70.7970 (#22 Australia, Beginner E to Intermediate E) and #498 Pete Crawford -8.7810 (#172 USA, Beginner B to Beginner A). New Records No shit this week. Awards Cutting about 10% of his AF and nearing Myth D overall, he stormed his way up the charts taking #10 on prb and amassed a nice collection of top ten times. For some very strong times this week and busiest karter at the top, Abel Marques wins the POW for the fourth week of July! It was a weird month with some jumps here and there but not consistent activity all around. One exception though was a toppie who slowly but surely made the biggest jump in his kart ranks yet. Reaching the top 10 let alone the top 9 is no easy feat and he even scored a nonprb record along the way. Chugging along with more and more God times he is starting to look like a threat if he can lay it down on the 3laps, so for his constant work at reaching the top Michele Magnaterra wins the POM for the month of July! Manny got traded ~ETCH

Hello Dolly Etch @ Tuesday, July 22nd   [link]

Movement #2 Ben Stoneman keeps tearing up the asphalt with more top times this week and new nonprb records. First up was BC 3lap where Ben is not that far from the big lead #1 Thomas Bolton had before almost going sub 1'53 himself with 1'53"089. For such a long course, it's a miracle these guys get such gnarly times here. Next up was Ben's return to LC1 taking the nonprb times down to 1'12"176 and 23"735. If that's not sick enough, he improved his CI2 times to 14"989 prb and 15"682 nonprb!!! Ben becomes the second player to go sub 15 on the flap there and knocked two thousandths off his nonprb flap from last week. Last but not least, Ben worked on his F8C flap which has been pretty popular to play recently managing a 24"516 on nonprb. In terms of AF, Ben only cut some off on the prb side where he is less than 1 point from catching Thomas. If he can start improving some times where he is not #1 at he could quickly rise up to the top. Will the kart Gods permit a shift in the force? #10 Michele Magnaterra cut 0.5469 AF points inching closer to #9 Milan Pacino nonprb and #9 Paul Gourdon prb. Once again, it was just a few pr's from him improving his CM flap to 35"668 God and new MB times of 1'11"154 Myth D and 23"245 God. Thomas is still the God of the flaps here though with the only sub 35 on CM and sub 23 on MB. Bringing up the rear is #25 Nicolas Barco who continues to impress and amaze with his work on F8C getting the #3 time in the world with 1'13"488! He also beat his nonprb times with 1'14"851 Myth B and 24"603 God. If these two keep it up we could see a WR from them possibly one day. #37 Lenny Andreev stormed into the top 40 this week with his big 3.5937 AF cut which was enough to pass #38 Adam Nelson for the Australian #2 spot on nonprb. He got there with new times on YF 48"056 Titan A and 15"799 Titan B, CCB 1'27"802 and 28"466 both Titan C, LM 31"506 Titan D, WP 40"030 Myth E, and BB 35"889 Titan B. His best pr's this week though were on TTC claiming top 20 times with 1'34"379 Myth D and 30"632 Myth B. Lenny's pr spree almost got him up to Titan B overall but he'll need to make some more times to get there. With an unbalanced time sheet still, it shouldn't take much of an effort to make it farther up the charts. Still cranking out the times yet still #46 Pol Gonzalez however did make the move on the prb charts cutting 1 AF point to hop up to #40. Best of all, he takes the crown for Spanish champion on prb, congrats! Looks like slow but surely does win the race. With the way mkds is right now, all chart movement has been done at snail's pace but at least something exciting happens once in awhile. #49 Florian Lorang moves up to the top 50 with his 6.6250 AF cut and is the newest Titan E player overall. He also made it to the top 50 on prb jumping all the way to #36 with a 12 point AF cut! His updated list of times included almost 40 pr's so it's no wonder why he has the largest cuts in the top 100 this week. Fortunately for Florian, being inactive is not really a bad thing in mkds now as AF rarely fluctuates now a days. He will have to be more active if he wants to keep up with the pr madness at the top. Lastly, #65 Joep van Gelder continues to climb his way up sending some new times in this week with an impressive F8C flap of 25"003 for his rank. He is still 20 or so AF points from the Dutch Duo #52 Steven Glen and #53 Miguel Rodriguez. If Joep wants to catch them in a timely fashion he'll need to come down with the CDSCPRSV. Only thing that can stop him really is not playing. Movement outside the top 100 included #156 Mickael Smolen -29.2970 (#26 France, Expert E to Expert C), #245 Austin Gates -4.6720 (#73 USA), #296 Ben Sackville -55.0310 (#20 Canada, Intermediate A to Advanced D), #427 Jean-Francois Schepers -11.2180 (#10 Belgium), #464 Marc Schwartz Netherlands 515.8750 -21.4060 (#38 Netherlands, Beginner A to Intermediate E) and #506 Pete Crawford -25.0150 (#177 USA, Beginner C to Beginner B). New Records There were 2 WR's improved (blue) and 3 non-prb times (pink). Marshall LeVett was the lone wolf this week beating his RR sc WR's to go sub 1'52 first with an epic time of 1'51"993. To boot, his first lap was also a new flap record almost going sub 35 with an impressive time of 35"068. We all know the rail sc is the holy grail of mkds shortcuts so unless センジュ gets lucky enough to start landing this, Marshall should not have to worry about anyone else getting these times. Go USA! For nonprb, Ben beat his LC1 times with 1'12"176 and 23"735, and his CI2 flap 15"682. Awards Cutting over 8% of his AF and nearing Titan B overall, he jumped into the top 40 prb taking the silver medals for his country. For some strong times this week and most active recently, Lenny Andreev wins the POW for the third week of July! Chanserv is a chavsern ~ETCH

Did I see it? Yes, the fabled land of Fabienland! Etch @ Wednesday, July 16th   [link]

Movement Only #2 Ben Stoneman was active this week in the battle for the top. He made a strong showing with 8 new times with 2 of them of course new WR's on none other than WP. Ben continues to defy the laws of physics there taking his 3lap to a scary 1'58"171 and took his flap even farther with 39"036. It seemed like these barriers would not be broken anytime soon or ever for that matter but with the switch to BLS, Ben is really working hard to make this impossibility a reality. In addition to that, he scored a new LM flap of 30"309 and barely beat #1 Thomas Bolton's record on CI2 flap taking it back with 15"684. It was on prb though where Ben made a decent AF cut with another tenth of a point. He improved his MC1 3lap to 38"534, PC 51"976 and 17"166, and CI2 3lap 46"102. Ben is less than 1 AF point away from Thomas on prb now and as each week goes by the gap continues to close ever so slightly. If Ben can keep this monster pressure going, there is no telling where the end can be. Overcoming the lead #11 Nicola Gatti had set for so long, #10 Michele Magnaterra barely squeeks by him with three new times this week to join the top 10 on nonprb now. It also means the silver medal for Italy but fortunately for #4 Giulio Centrone, neither of them threaten his title immediately. Michele got it done by getting CI2 prb flap 15"541, AF 3lap 1'46"164 Myth C, and AF flap 34"823 Myth A. Another player getting some new times in the top 20 was the Brett Favre of mkds #15 Matthew Ord who got the itch to play again coming up with just two improvements with DKP flap 35"570 Myth E and BC2 3lap 1'33"629 Myth C. Other than these few new times, nothing else that interesting going on here. However, #20 Abel Marques out drove everyone combined so far with 15 new times! He started out on FS 3lap finally going sub 1'40 with 1'39"882 God. He followed that up with CCB 3lap 1'26"429 Myth D, RR flap 39"133 Myth D, YC 3lap 1'27"266 Myth C, and YC flap 28"052 Myth A. With those pr's alone, Abel got exactly a one point AF cut! He cut slightly more AF in prb scoring just as awesome times with LC1 1'11"932/23"524, F8C 1'14"793/24"485, WS 1'54''376/37''447, RR 1'57''254/38''106, and KB2 3lap 41"548. Despite a strong week here, Abel did not move up on either charts as there was quite some AF gap to overcome but if he has another week like this it could be a trip to the top 10 in prb to strengthen his #1 UK title. Like Abel, #25 Nicolas Barco does not exactly have a balanced time set but has his share of top times. Cutting almost 2 AF points from just 2 new times, Nicolas moved up a spot in nonprb with MMF 3lap 1'04"138 Myth D and MMF flap 20"957 Myth E. On prb, he cut 1.4532 AF points to move up to #19 getting the #2 time on F8C flap with a time of 24"082! It may have just been three times but he certainly got his money's worth out of them. Quite the largest AF cut we have seen in the top 50 for some time, #30 Zach Sterling made a 4 point AF cut flying pass 6 players making it all the way to the top 30 now and Titan B overall. In all, Zach got 17 new times and since everyone is packed close together in AF around there he was able to make his large amount of new times count. He also moved up to #35 on prb. His assorted God/Myth/Titan times included DH 1'13"173 Titan A/22"497 God, WP 2'02"629 Titan B/40'392 Titan C, TTC 1'36"140/31"151 both Titan C, RR 1'59"285 Myth C/39"366 Titan A, PC 56"648 Titan B/18"366 Titan C, WS 38"032 God, PG 1'31"017 Titan D/28"960 Titan B, BC 1'57"148 Titan B/37"927 Titan C, SR 33"416 Titan C, and AF 35"400 Titan D. On a side note, Zach joins the 30 or so players with a nonprb combined total under one hour of game play which means it takes us less than an hour to drive a full set. Amazingly, Thomas and Ben are on the edge of going sub 58 in the total times! With 4 USA players ahead of him, Zach could move up the country rank too with another effort like this next week. It's good to see someone from the USA getting some solid times for a change. Lastly, still #46 Pol Gonzalez cut .5 AF points to at least close the AF gap some more between him and those above. It may not seem like much but he is just about 1 AF point from taking the #1 Spain spot on prb. #36 Christian Martin Lapeira has a much more comfortable distance in nonprb but Pol has been working hard on getting some decent prb times coming up with SG flap 21"342 this week. In addition to that, he went on DKP with 1'50"893 Titan D/35"758 Titan A, MC1 42"758 Titan A, and MB 23"733 Titan C. Sure, he has not gotten any huge AF cuts but if he just keeps chipping away at his times he'll get there eventually. Movement outside the top 100 included #105 Jay Kreeler -3.0780 (#28 USA), #119 Basile Boffy -6.7350 (#19 France), #249 Austin Gates -11.9850 (#76 USA) #337 Ben Sackville -52.5000 (#21 Canada), #435 Jean-Francois Schepers -8.9220 (#10 Belgium) and #492 Daniel Sampson -0.7340 (#24 Australia). New Records There were 2 WR's improved (blue) and 3 non-prb times (pink). Ben Stoneman does it again lowering the WP once more approaching huge barriers with 1'58"171 and 39"036. Just a matter of time or how many sacrifices are made to the Kart Gods before these sub. Sascha would be very proud. For nonprb, there were Ben's WP times 1'58"171/39"036 and his CI2 flap 15"684. Awards Cutting over 10% of his AF and reaching Titan B overall, he was the busiest player this week and made the biggest jump in the top 50 for quite some time. For standing out against the rest, Zach Sterling wins the POW for the second week of July! jfk is triv champ ~ETCH

Joey Chestnut and his Jaws of Justice Etch @ Thursday, July 10th   [link]

Movement The top two really squared off this week as #1 Thomas Bolton and #2 Ben Stoneman kept trading World Records. Ben started things off on F8C getting a prb flap of 24"157 which is great and all but the best was yet to come when he beat his WP 3lap yet again with all his splits sub 39"500 with a fantastic time of 1'58"306. Striking at Thomas now, Ben beat the almost year old YC times passing him with 1'25"873 and 27"743. Getting back to some nonprb, Ben keeps racking up the top 3lap times with MC1 41"707, PC 55"520, DS 1'30"582, DH 1'11"564 and a new record on LC1 with 1'12"248. Lastly, Ben finished off with a superb run on MC1 prb 3lap getting 38"548. Thomas responded almost immediately taking back FS 3lap and the YC WR's. He barely beat Ben on FS with 1'38"443 and had a more sizable lead on YC with 1'25"573 and 27"717. Not very long ago, Ben took down #5 Sascha Brauninger's ancient MC nonprb 3lap but now it was Thomas' turn to beat that time too taking the record down to 1'30"773! That is nearly as fast as the WR which uses prb and this has definitely been one track begging to go sub 1'30, how could DS beat MC to this historic mark? Thomas finished things off in a godly fashion by landing another full prb run on F8C with the BLS improving his time to 1'12"663. All and all, another top notch week for numero uno. Almost in the top 10, #11 Michele Magnaterra is gunning after #10 Nicola Gatti for Italian Silver driving three new times this week improving his times on CM and AF. He gained some decent AF points for so few times getting 1'50"417 and 35"796 on CM and just missing the God time on AF flap with 34"854. Looks like he has some more times in queue so Nicola will have to regrettably play mkds some more to keep ahead. Michele's consolation prize for now is reaching Myth C overall. #20 Abel Marques had some more small cuts this week, just moving up one spot on PRB to #11. Ironically, most of his times were nonprb focusing on MC 29"601 Myth B, YC 28"076 Myth B, FS 1'40"122 God, and PC 56"173 Myth E. Abel also has some big PR's in line to update so maybe this is a sign he will start balancing out his time sheet. #44 Lenny Andreev and #46 Pol Gonzalez were at it again but failed to move up anywhere in nonprb this week. Although Lenny almost cut a full AF point, him and Pol are in the midst of an AF graveyard and until they get past #43 Josh Habben, flying up the ranks won't come easy unless they go on a pr spree. Lenny is almost out of there while Pol has 4 AF points to catch up on. Here's two names I have not seen in awhile, #61 Tom Webb and #62 Laurent Mesturoux. Don't worry though because they did not move up in AF either. Anywho, last month set the record for fewest submissions at 155. As long as there are WR's to update I'll keep stopping by. Movement outside the top 100 included #107 Jay Kreeler -4.1260, #145 Marcus Whitley -3.8750, #150 Arnaud Teil France -3.7500, #173 Daniel Boettcher -7.9840, #175 David Roldan -12.3130, #181 Martin Morissette -9.6400, #258 Austin Gates -12.5620, #436 Jose Karica -102.5880 and #445 Jean-Francois Schepers -22.4690. New Records There were 6 WR's improved (blue) and six non-prb times (pink). Thomas Bolton ended up with YC 3lap 1'25"573 and flap 27"717. He also reclaimed FS 3lap with 1'38"443. Saving the best for last he set the new F8C 3lap at 1'12"663. Ben Stoneman did keep one WR this week which of course was WP 3lap getting an even sicker time of 1'58"306. Seemingly out of no where, Marshall LeVett makes a tiny come back on RR sc 3lap taking just 4 thousandths off his time with 1'52"500. For nonprb, there was Thomas' FS 1'38"443, YC 1'25"573 and 27"717, MC 1'30"773, Ben's WP 1'58"306 and LC1 1'12"248. Awards With a week of not much going on, he got the most new times at the top hitting several WR's in the process in both nonprb and prb. For another strong week, Ben Stoneman wins the POW for the first week of July! A rather slow month in June but one player jumped several places making it well into the top 100 with some God times too! Not too often a Dutch player storms the ranks now in mkds but with the large amount of pr's and %AF and ARR cut Joep van Gelder wins the POM for the month of June! As the second quarter came to a close, no other player matched the monster pace this guy set. Grabbing WR's practically every week and moving up to #2 on both charts were just a few of the things he did. For a moment, it seemed that #1 was almost in his grasp! For being undoubtedly the strongest player these past three months, Ben Stoneman wins the POQ for the second quarter of 2008! Vote or Die ~ETCH

Karter Contest 2008 Kevin @ Saturday, July 5th   [link]
As of last week, this year's Karter Contest has been started on the forums. For those who don't know what it is, it's basically a popularity contest where you vote for your favorite MK players. The 2nd round is already underway, so why not check it out and go make a few votes? For more info, just check out the Karter Contest 2K8 board.

Spain gives Germany a swift kick to the huevos Kevin @ Wednesday, July 2nd   [link]

Movement As always, the top 2 were active once again, although to a minimum this week. #1 Thomas Bolton had two PRs this week, one a WR and one an SR. The WR came on AF 3lap, where he took down Ben's time with a 1'44"566. The SR was on DP1 3lap, where he hit a 55"632, but more importantly vanished Sascha from the records list! Thomas is slowly moving towards a sub-2 AF overall, and would easily make it if he improved times like his SR flap or RR times. #2 Ben Stoneman kept it slow this week, scoring just PRs on both sides of F8C flap; 24"543 for NonPRB and 24"157 for PRB. #20 Abel Marques had some small cuts this week, but the bigger cuts came on the PRB side, where he knocked off 0.2188 and is very close to passing #11 Robert Szabo. He hit some strong PRB times, such as MC 1'31"048 + 29"411, and hit a strong WP 3lap as well with 2'00"557 Myth B. #26 Nicolas Barco had yet another good week as of late, this time cutting 1.1406 to pass over #27, and moves within half an AF point of passing #25 James Leare. Unforunately from there he has a 3 point AF gaps to overtake the next player, which may be a bit annoying. Nicolas managed five PRs this week, including a few strong ones such as F8C 3lap 1'15"114 Myth D and MB 3lap 1'11"782 Titan A. He seems to be picking up a lot of momentum, and may possibly be even going for a spot in the prestigious top 20. As if his week couldn't get any better, he also cut 0.1719 ARR and became Titan A overall. The last two active players in the top 50 were #44 Lenny Andreev and #46 Pol Gonzalez. Lenny's 0.5156 may not have gotten him passed anyone, yet he is slowly but surely making a move to become #2 Australia with 4 AF points to go. His cuts only came from two times, so if he starts hitting lots of PRS, he'll surely pass #37 Adam Nelson soon, as well as the rest of that AF graveyard in the area. He did however cut enough ARR to make it tok Titan C overall. Pol seems to be active all of the time now, this week keeping it quiet with a 0.2656 AF cut, also failing to move up a spot. Like Lenny, he's also looking to move up a spot in his country, which will happen if he depatches Spain Champion #35 Christian Martin Lapeira and takes the gold medal for himself. A slightly longer journey than Lenny's, but still very doable within a few months, or ever weeks from now. The only other active player in the top 100 was... you probably guessed it already: #65 Joep van Gelder. He had another one of his outstanding weeks, with a huge AF cut of 6.4062 to move up eight spots on the AF ladder. He has become a regular in the news updates now, and with such an inbalance in his time sheet, he surely will in the weeks to come as he'll most likely continue to improve. If he goes at the pace he is now, he would easily be in the top 50 and #2 Netherlands by the end of august without a problem. Due to a badly damaged DS though, he may have to put those plans on hold for about a month. Still, with his potential, he can probably still accomplish those by the end of august. Movement outside the top 100 included #109 Jay Kreeler -2.5620, #150 Marcus Whitley -5.8440, #156 Arnaud Teil -1.5620, #183 David Roldan -3.7970, #185 Martin Morissette -4.3600, #271 Austin Gates -11.2500, #463 Jean-Francois Schepers -12.8440 and #489 Daniel Sampson -1.3910. New Records There was 1 WR improved (blue) and one non-prb time (pink). As mentioned earlier, Thomas took down Ben's AF 3lap WR to 1'44"566, about 0"1 better than Ben's time set last week. For nonprb, Thomas took down the last standing record of Sascha, with a 55"632 DP1 3lap. Awards It was a close week between two players. One had the upper hand though overall, with a 13.3% AF cut. Despite not getting a ARR promotion, he still had a very strong week, and that is why Joep van Gelder wins the POW for the fourth week of June! More awards to come later! ~Kmacc