Is This The Perfect Profession Or What?
Posted by Endo at 17:14 11/2/2004.
 | Over on CNET News.com, David Becker has posted an interview conducted with the all-time most successful professional gamer, Johnathan ‘Fatal1ty’ Wendel. The interview focuses on the birth of his ‘Professional Gaming’ career and the man behind the legend, so to speak. |
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The interview is essentially conducted by a layman to Gaming, with few questions delving into the specifics of his success with many focusing on his aims and ambitions for his future in gaming. How do you keep your reflexes sharp?I run four miles a day; I do real aerobic training. That keeps me fit and really keeps my reflexes up. It helps you move faster and think faster. I was a serious tennis player in high school. I was team captain in football. Most top gamers were pretty good athletes in high school. It's a lot of the same skills. It's about being competitive and thinking fast and knowing how to win--it's not about sitting at a computer all day. I use the same tactics in "Quake" that I used in tennis. It's all about mind games, knowing what your opponent's thinking, knowing where a shots going to go. Anything in a computer game, I can relate it to something in sports I've played. The rail gun (the heaviest weapon in "Quake")--that's like going for the overhead slam in tennis. You set 'em up and then you drive it home with your hardest shot. It's like all the shots in tennis are, back and forth, trying to get them off balance. And when you do, you slam it down their throat. Same as gaming. Unfortunately, these questions have not revealed anything new from that has already been asked, and questions concerning Fatal1ty’s switch to Counter Strike are not present. However, if you haven’t previously read one of his interviews then I would suggest this one. Or if you are interested in discovering how he managed to be such successful ‘Pro-Gamer’ then I am sure this will be an interesting read.
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endeffect
17:17 11/2/2004
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UKTerrorist
17:26 11/2/2004
Online Multiplayer Gaming
17:26 11/2/2004
17:28 11/2/2004
thats just pathetic [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
THX
17:30 11/2/2004
Will anyone care who the best quake player was (or CS for that matter) ten years down the line when his reactions have faded and other kids and other games are hot property?
Be very surprised if he is succesful just off a fatal1ty brand alone tbh [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
17:32 11/2/2004
even teppum? :D [ Score: 1, pointless | Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Void
17:32 11/2/2004
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UKTerrorist
17:33 11/2/2004
Though looking at the gaming community, it's a lot less mature than sport communities etc, so it'll probablt be a case of: "fatality was such a f4g d00ds, 1m t3h 0wn0rz!1!"
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theb0g
17:36 11/2/2004
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Last Chance
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the demonic radicals
17:44 11/2/2004
the demonic radicals
17:45 11/2/2004
Aye.....okay... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
17:47 11/2/2004
17:48 11/2/2004
He plays games well, holy s*** thats surely gonna make him financially stable in life! Being arrogant about being good at s***ty fps' games doesn't look good. His mother must hate him.
Plus, no wonder hes never got anywhere at tennis, applying Quake 3 tactics. John 'Fatality' Kimbell, this might come as a surprise but you don't find rocket launchers lying around tennis courts, or are u talking about picking up powerups and shields when ur 'HEALTH LEVELS' drop and u need to 'regenerate'? Dunno about you but I prefer lucozade, its cheaper as well. I think we have pete sampras mk2 tho! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
17:48 11/2/2004
17:49 11/2/2004
lol shame the only back and forth action hes ever gonna find himself doing involves firing a rail gun and bunnyhoping [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
17:49 11/2/2004
ROFL f***ing loser!
btw m0rph he said he uses the same tactics u f***ed up piece of pish [ Score: -1, abusive | Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
17:51 11/2/2004
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Nocturne
17:56 11/2/2004
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/me looks at ukt ;p [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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Disturbed
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unicon.cs
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unicon.cs
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unicon.cs
18:08 11/2/2004
i wasn't aware there was "fake" aerobic training.... or maybe he also runs a few laps around Q3_DM6 whilst hurdling some lava pits. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
18:09 11/2/2004
2)recon dont start sumt you cant finish coz alex with wipe the floor with you :(
3)recon is a bit of a s*** nickname
4)umm being fit makes s*** all difference to gaming. Caffine does. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
BLACKLiGHT
18:09 11/2/2004
hehehe [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Disturbed
18:12 11/2/2004
dont start something you cant finish boy! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
18:15 11/2/2004
think he forgotten his 6eggs in the morning. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Clan [F]
18:15 11/2/2004
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sykotic
18:17 11/2/2004
One word.....Teppum........discuss [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
18:22 11/2/2004
rgr that caffeine pills increases everything cant play without em >:D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
18:36 11/2/2004
stop getting all jelous just coz hes better then u and probably has already achieved more by winning COMPUTER GAME competions then u will do with anything in your life. that applys to all you c00l d00ds out there who diss him. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Anti-saviour of UKT
18:37 11/2/2004
Landed LAN
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19:10 11/2/2004
Doesn't he actually own the house though? I think on MTV I'm a gamer thing he said he bought the house from his winnings and set up his parents in it, with him living in the basement. Could be wrong though.
"who's still made more than most out of gaming :)"
Probably some korean starcraft player. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Landed
19:37 11/2/2004
Landed LAN
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Atari.Crew
21:16 11/2/2004
#The.ChoseN
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Landed LAN
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fightclubclan
04:44 12/2/2004
the way i see it, it doesnt matter what the f*** you do in life as long as you are happy, and even better, successful. He is both, he made a s***load of money from playing quake3 (around quarter of a million dollars), not to mention winning a brand new ford focus.
Yeah hes really arrogant, talks a load of crap and looks like a penis but i respect the guy for what hes achieved. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
fightclubclan
04:47 12/2/2004
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13:19 12/2/2004
Yeh maybe one day I can make enough money to get the car I've always wanted, or have enough money to buy a huge house... wait a minute!
I could, however, be JELIOUS! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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'ur name is beLL, bellend' [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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fightclubclan
17:39 12/2/2004
2seXeh 2perfoRm
09:35 13/2/2004
maybe u need to be fit for q3! its a damm sight more draining playing 4hrs of "JUMP FIRE JUMP FIRE JUMP FIRE JUMP FIRE" than it is " strafe fire strafe fire strafe fire" aka cs! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
theb0g
22:16 14/2/2004
Oh dear [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]