A Vancouver Island man captured the coveted Lasagna Cup and is the undisputed world champion at the video game Garfield Kart.

Andrew Panton, from Nanaimo, recently completed a sweep of the Xbox game Garfield Kart: Furious Racing, setting the world record on all 16 courses in the game.

The 25-year-old is a content creator for the gaming website Achievement Hunter and a lifelong gamer. He was formerly a high-level Halo player, setting a scoring record in Halo 391裸聊视频檚 Grifball mode and winning the first international tournament for that category at a PAX gaming convention in the U.S.

Panton, in an e-mail interview with the News Bulletin, said he picked up Garfield Kart because he loves the comic and he wanted to get into less-violent video games.

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Though Garfield Kart doesn91裸聊视频檛 have as competitive a gaming community as the more popular racing game Mario Kart, 91裸聊视频渋t91裸聊视频檚 a good product,91裸聊视频� said Panton, with more gamers getting into it.

After working to set records on 15 out of the 16 courses, the last track to challenge Panton was Catz in the Hood, the opener in the Lasagna Cup race series.

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Finally, on a Monday 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淕arfield91裸聊视频檚 least favourite day,91裸聊视频� Panton noted 91裸聊视频� he smashed the record by more than a second and a half, steering Odie around the streets with pixel-perfect turns to finish three laps in 1:10.776.

Panton said achieving his goal of having all of the world91裸聊视频檚 fastest times for the game 91裸聊视频渨as a big moment91裸聊视频� for him.

91裸聊视频淢y friends and I joke that it was like climbing a lasagna mountain. It took a lot of hard work and dedication, but after weeks of practice and many days and nights of failure, I did it,91裸聊视频� he said.

Panton will continue to defend his records in Garfield Kart, but he91裸聊视频檚 already started thinking about what91裸聊视频檚 next and wants to challenge himself with 91裸聊视频渋ncredibly difficult91裸聊视频� new gaming goals and try for new records.

91裸聊视频淢y hope with sharing this story is that it encourages others to pursue whatever dream or goal they have regardless of how big or small it is,91裸聊视频� he said.

Panton said the average person doesn91裸聊视频檛 have any idea how much time and dedication it takes to reach world-record calibre in video games, but he said that doesn91裸聊视频檛 matter 91裸聊视频� what91裸聊视频檚 most important in gaming communities is making people feel welcome and encouraged.

91裸聊视频淚t doesn91裸聊视频檛 matter if you are into competitive shooters like Rainbow Six Siege or just want to relax while building a farm in Stardew Valley, you can always find an audience or community of equally minded people,91裸聊视频� Panton said. 91裸聊视频淚f someone goes onto a (video game streaming website) with a completely open mind, it91裸聊视频檚 impossible not to find something that hooks you, and the number of people willing to try increases daily.91裸聊视频�

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