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
that's why it was unexpected, i tought i knew what to expect from plazma. What to expect from detrony has never been clear because ZA and his style of play and aiming.. Bpatela has a gamestyle more rewarding in QL LAN environments
How can people vote for phantom when he was high seeded and didn't qualify.
Plazma was among the very few that had a lower seed and did so, therefore he (or the other one or two) deserve the title of best unexpected performance and no one else.
Agree, has to be plazma or geinon, the rest finished where they should have pretty much according to seed, although bpatela may have done better than expected map score wise etc, he did not make it out so ye :P