In the 500th episode of my "Reflections" series I interviewed Victor "Makaveli" Cuadra, elite dueler and Quake legend.
Makaveli was one of the pioneers of the professional Quake 2 duel scene in the late 90s, along with friends and rivals Thresh and immortal. Players like Fatal1ty and ZeRo4 have credited him with inspiring their approach to pro play. He became the "unofficial world champion" after beating Shub in an exhibition series after the Norwegian had won EDL.
Makaveli discussed his recent recontextualising of his playing career, the reasons he chose a life without esports and how archiving his past has changed his perspective.
Edited by Thorin at 09:40 CDT, 30 July 2025 - 1434 Hits
I will try to watch all candidates again to make fair vote, but I can't promise that. My favorite was Avek vs cypher on Blood Run but it's not listed here.
I thought about entering the 5th map of fazz vs bpatela as the best comeback award. Fazz was down 2-3 frags and out of control on t7 but managed to come back. Forgot to send it to memento though :) Oh well!
Why bother having the award if you're going to include the grand final, of course it's going to be the match everyone votes, people probably didn't even bother watching the other matches. If you don't see what's wrong with it you're an idiot.