Casino arcade and London Trocadero, in an effort to support the competitive fighting game community and share knowledge. The success of these events lead to a weekly ranking battle held at the Casino arcade. Hart competed at Fuce Championship on 15 October 2000, for the Tekken Tag Tournament console tournament held in Amsterdam, placing first by defeating Sandro Aousdji from Italy in the grand final. In 2001, Hart competed at the Euro 3 tournament for Tekken Tag Tournament held in Birmingham, placing second. In the same year, Hart flew over to the United States for the first time to compete within the Electric Cancel 3 tournament; Hart placed third within the main tournament due to a faulty controller, but later in the event played against the American Tekken Tag Tournament champion JOP to a first to 26 exhibition, winning 26–21. Hart had great success at the Euro 4 arcade tournament held on 26 July within the Extraball Arcade, Rome, Italy, winning on Tekken Tag Tournament. Hart came to more success in 2002, winning first place in Tekken Tag Tournament and third place in SoulCalibur II at Absolution UK 2002. 2002 is also the year where Hart won his first Capcom vs. SNK 2, Virtua Fighter 4 and Tekken 4 tournaments. Hart won multiple Virtua Fighter 4 and European Tekken Tag Tournament events within 2003 including Torneo di Napoli, Tekken Tag Tournament (solo) at Euro 5 (also winning Tekken 3 and Tekken Tag Tournament (pair play)) and Toreno di Ancona, thus cementing his name as the best European Tekken and Virtua Fighter 4 player at the time. This led to Hart entering the Tekken Tag Tournament event held at Evolution 2003 within California placing second, losing to Kim Bong Min in the grand finals. Before the events of Evolution 2003, Hart challenged the Korean and Evolution 2003 champion Kim Bong Min to first to 26, winning the set 26–21, with this win Hart became the first European player ever to defeat a Korean champion on a Tekken game. Hart also had success playing Virtua Fighter 4, winning the Warriors Unite Pre-Absolution 2004 event that took place in December 2003, defeating Japanese player Jun within the grand finals. Hart also entered Virtua Fighter 4 at Evolution 2003 tournament placing 3rd. In 2004, Hart continued to have success within Tekken Tag Tournament, placing first at Torneo di Napoli 2nd Edition and second at