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{{short description|American esports player}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Chris Chike
| image = ChrisChikeKAC.jpg
| caption = Chike in 2020
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|08|10}}
| nationality = American
| other_names = "iamchris4life", "CHRS4LFE"
| occupation = [[Esport]]s player
| website = {{URL|http://www.iamchris4life.com}}
}}

'''Chris Chike''', otherwise known online as '''iamchris4life''' or '''CHRS4LFE''', is an American [[esport]]s player known for his skill in a variety of [[music video game]]s.

== Notable accomplishments ==

===''Guitar Hero''===

Chris holds the official Guinness world record for "Highest score for a single song on ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]''".<ref>{{cite book|title=Guinness Book of World Records: Gamers Edition}}</ref> On March 11, 2008, he managed to achieve 97 percent completion rate and 840,647 points in [[DragonForce]]'s "[[Through the Fire and Flames]]" in front of Guinness judges. He became the first person to achieve a [[full combo]] (hitting every note without losing a combo) on the song, scoring 987,786 points.<ref>{{Citation|title=Through the Fire and Flames TTFAF FC 100% 987,786|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5GpRJItqjw|language=en|access-date=2022-01-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|date=2008-08-10|title=Rec-Room Wizard|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/arts/television/10itzk.html|access-date=2022-01-24|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Chris was crowned the ''Guitar Hero III'' champion at the National [[Play N Trade]] tournament in [[Bloomington, Minnesota|Bloomington]], [[Minnesota]]. Local tournaments were held March 15 and 16, with close to 1,000 gamers at more than 100 Play N Trade video game stores across the country competing.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_March_19/ai_n24928493 Chris Chike, World Record Holder], Bnet.com, March 19, 2008</ref> He won $2,000 from his first-place performance in the song, "Through the Fire and Flames".

===''Dance Dance Revolution''===
Chris took 1st place in ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]'' at the 6th Annual Konami Arcade Championship Finals on February 11, 2017, taking place at the [[Japan Amusement Expo]] 2017.<ref>[http://p.eagate.573.jp/game/kac6th/detail.html?id=ddr&group=final&tab=result&lang=en#_tablevel2 Chris Chike, DDRA Champion], February 11, 2017</ref> This was the first year that players from North America were allowed to participate.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Good|first=Owen S.|date=2017-02-11|title=America's greatest rhythm gamer is now Dance Dance Revolution's world champion|url=https://www.polygon.com/2017/2/11/14587818/chris-chike-dance-dance-revolution-world-champion-ddr|access-date=2022-01-24|website=Polygon|language=en-US}}</ref>

Chris automatically qualified for the 7th Annual Konami Arcade Championship,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=David |title=The 7th KAC Preliminaries Results – DDRCommunity |url=http://ddrcommunity.com/the-7th-kac-preliminaries-results/ |website=DDRCommunity |accessdate=2 March 2020}}</ref> which took place on February 10, 2018, due to winning the championship the year prior. He ultimately finished as the runner-up to Korean DDR player Yoon Sang Yeon, also known as FEFEMZ.

Chris was seeded #1 in the world for the 8th Konami Arcade Championship, held in January 2019. However, he was again the runner-up, as FEFEMZ repeated his first-place finish.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=David |title=The 8th KONAMI Arcade Championship Results – DDRCommunity |url=http://ddrcommunity.com/the-8th-konami-arcade-championship-results/ |website=DDRCommunity |accessdate=2 March 2020}}</ref>

Chris was seeded #1 in the world for the 9th Konami Arcade Championship, held in February 2020. He finished first place.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=David |title=The 9th KONAMI Arcade Championship Final Results – DDRCommunity |url=http://ddrcommunity.com/the-9th-konami-arcade-championship-final-results/ |website=DDRCommunity |accessdate=2 March 2020}}</ref>

As of 2022, Chris currently holds over 30 world score records on songs in Konami's second most recent DDR version, ''[[Dance Dance Revolution A20|DanceDanceRevolution A20 Plus]]''. He is the first player to attain Perfect Full Combo (obtaining a "perfect" or higher judgment on all notes) on a level 19 difficulty song on play style Single.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-12-13 |title=The First Ever Level 19 Perfect Full Combo – DDRCommunity |url=https://ddrcommunity.com/the-first-ever-level-19-perfect-full-combo/ |access-date=2024-04-08 |language=en-US}}</ref> Chris is also the first to attain Marvelous Full Combo (obtaining a "marvelous" judgment on all notes and obtaining the highest possible score) a level 18 song on play style Single.

On March 5, 2022, Chris became the first person to attain a Marvelous Full Combo on every song from Levels 1-16 on play style Single in DDR A20 Plus, an achievement which entails gaining a Marvelous Full Combo on over 4000 charts.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1499933101379637250|user=CHRS4LFE|title=THE GRIND IS FINALLY OVER!!! Lesson by DJ bSP MFC 1,000,000!!! LEVEL SORT 1-16 MFC White Lamp!!!! That’s 4088 chart…|date=5 March 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1991 births]]
[[Category:American esports players]]
[[Category:Guitar Hero players]]
[[Category:People from Rochester, Minnesota]]
[[Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni]]

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