Love the hair.

fatality is the shit <3

Boring interview tbh.

pwn at quake live and I'll be impressed

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love how he says he'll beat his grandkids all the time

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Agreed, that interview was actually fun =)

The interviewer rocks \o/

Wtf is with all that asskissing?

Should I spray cum somewhere ? :D

didnt watch the interview yet, but didnt you mean agassi?

Of course I did. Thanks.

zzzzzz

no need for him to state he was #1 on leaderboard for the ql qcon lan

Plz, that already makes him a one time world champion in QL.

no need for you to state he stated that

That's just him, taking every opportuniy to say how good he is. Or how much he beat someone. He's unconfident so he pulls the "I AM THIS GOOD" card.

I'll agree, it was SOMEWHAT cheap statement, he didn't have to say that, but I guess he needed to say something to show he's still 'the best'...at something.

I know where you're coming from, I've seen a couple interviews by him, and I never noticed him taking cheap shots to promote his talent, more or less his products. I remember the 60 minutes interview, and he was asked "So, you're the best in the world, right?". Modestly, he said "Well...I'm good". He could of easily said "Yeah, I'm the best in the world" without any problem, because I guess at the time, he was. Sure, it would of been egotistical as fuck, but, he didn't say it.

I do agree with you that he tries to take every opportunity to talk about himself, except it's with his products. I remember an interview with him a month or so after UT3 was out, and he was asked if he played UT3 or not. His reply was "I've been on the road a lot, promoting the fatal1ty brand, so I haven't been able to play it at home. I've played it a bit on other PC's around here, but not at home with the Fatal1ty sound card, playing it the way it's meant to be heard".

That I don't agree with it...but what can you do.

Oh, and good luck at ESWC! I'll be sure to watch your GTV matches =)

Also, PLAY MORE PROMODE (Recently started playing it after ESWC Canada, CPM CTF is the most fun shit I've ever played)

=D

I roomed with fat at eswc 2003 and what vo0 said is pretty much how I thought there. He wasn't very confident and kept saying things to see how we'd react. At one stage he said "if this tournament was only about aim I'd easily win". With gitzzz etc in the field that year, that was so far wrong it was ridiculous.

Other players smack talk too. So I wouldn't make a deal out of it

Vanity is just as often externalized pride as it is a need for external validation; i'm pretty sure Fatal1ty belongs to the former, despite what you and Vo0 seem to imply.

Also, this kind of narcissism is not the worst of character traits (despite religion preaching humility as the ultimate virtue) - it makes people more transparent, and you know where you have them. :}

Well there's clearly some trauma from his parent's divorce and then the messy scenario created by him basically leaving his mother because she wanted him to stop playing quake. Something insane like that.

People are so closed to their own narrow socio-moral norms though. There are countries where every normal person in the country displays the same kind of "pride" as Fatal1ty. In fact, in many places the kind of christian humility preached in the west is looked upon as lack of confidence and as "weakness".. I've thought about it a bit, and really - the humility displayed by many people eventually just becomes a nuisance; they drag you down with them.

something WENT DOWN if you made this comment after playing tennis with him :D

Its already up on Fat's website....

Fatal1ty wins 13th world championship... In tennis :D

But even if the guy is insecure irl, it's pretty rude to insult him publicly for it.

I like him but everytime he starts talking about how he beats someone or whatever it just makes me think "Dude I don't care it's not necesary for you to tell me that I know you're good".

It was 3-3 btw. Heat killed me =8[

i smell you pimpin

aye, that 'top of the byoc' remark was really fucking lame. if you're there to chill and have fun with friends then you hardly need to brag about your 'result' as if it's some accomplishment, especially when you promote yourself as the turboleet 12334534 times world champion. if you want to talk about results then sign up for a torunament and win something.

Voo, take him down in all those games. Painkiller defeat bitterness should have left you a long time ago.

I thought she did a pretty good job :)

Great interview by Potter.

the only one to get an interview from United States of America Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel at QuakeCon 2008

Not true, he was interviewed by someone over at ETTV too (see http://quakecon.enemyterritory.tv/video/ ).

Not too bad.

I REALLY hope Wendel comes back and starts competing in tournaments. Most leagues will be using Quake Live soon, and since QL is similar to Quake 3 (Fatal1tys favorite game), why wouldn't he compete?

He always says he's going to come back and compete, so, I'm pretty sure he's going to need one REALLY good excuse to not compete in Quake Live for 2009.

=D

true. I'm really curious if he can catch up to the current top 5. if QL will be a decent esports game (in terms of tournament quantity) his only chance to secure his reputation is to fully compete and end up in the top 3 at least. If he doesn't compete people will say he's a coward if he does, and fails, he'll have a hard time keep saying he's the world champion (whatsoever).

I disagree. He has nothing to prove that he hasn't proven already. I wouldn't expect Michael Jordan to go back to playing basketball anymore than I'd expect Fatal1ty to go back to playing quake.
And for the same reasons.

I agree, have a plus! \o

well, the comparison with michael jordan is a bit far fetched if you ask me but ok. the difference between those two is that michael jordan is now way too old to do what he did in his glorious days (so physical reasons for not being on top anymore) whereas fat is still young (if age matters in gaming anyway). plus fat never quit gaming officially whereas jordan retired two times just to come back and still kick almost everybodys butt. and if fat doesn't play anymore quake because he was on top many years ago and therefore has nothing to prove we (and especially himself) should stop saying that he is the 'best player' in the world but say he 'was'. I'm not sure if I could make myself clear but we'll see how everything turns out anyway. so i leave it at that. :)

Age does matter in gaming. Your reactions do get slower and especially your motivation is a lot less . but it's rather secondary and pointless discussion. For him, who flies around the world doing his fatal1ty brand deals, making tons of money, seeing places, meeting people, I am not gonna criticize him for not wanting to compete anymore.

I don't exactly know who is saying he is the best player in the world, however, he has won plenty. And those "titles", if you wanna call them that, is something you cannot take away from him.

Not sure what you are on about quitting "officially". Only because you still do "gaming" doesn't mean you need to compete in competitions.
He just likes playing games.... I am sure Michael Jordan still plays basketball. Maybe not in the NBA, but in his own court with a couple of friends or doing some promotional events or whatever.

bah i dunno man, there's a long list of players who are quite old and are still fucking good at FPS games.

put them up against teeny boppers av3k and cypher plz.

so what, you think that if these two are so succesful it's because they are young?

what if czm or zero4, who are well in their 20's actually win eswc vs either av3k or cypher? :P

i will cut off my left testicle if someone other than cypher takes 1st place.

edit: did i say testicle? i meant thumbnail. I will cut off the tip of my left thumbnail if someone other than cypher takes 1st place.

wow that's quite a big risk. i dunno man, you're really gonna miss that tip of your thumbnail if cypher doesn't win... think about it before you do anything crazy

I'll take a screenshot of this in case you're gonna edit some more!

lol

Age, I suspect is only part of it. I can't imagine reflexes start to deteriorate that quickly - and I doubt reflexes can be cited in an argument about zero4 vs cypher.

I suspect (and I believe it's been mentioned already) the only reason younger players (av3k/cypher etc) might stand more of a chance against the 'older' players is probably down to time availability. They've got that much more time to practice whilst the older players have more commitments/life concerns.

However, I don't know how Fatality factors into that equation...

I'm sure he's already got fair bit of money behind him, so I'm sure he's financial stable - and I'm sure he's busy promoting his product line or whatever else he does with his spare time. But, I imagine out of all the 'old' players he's the one that is most capable of freeing up his personal time to practice and make a comeback.

Whether he wants to or not, and actually does is an entirely different matter altogether. But I reckon he could devote as much time, if not more to training to come back in QL as Av3k and Cypher can.

It's so irrelevant to the discussion at hand anyhow. No idea why you brought it up again.

I never said they cannot compete with the youngster. I merely stated that gamers are affected by age just like proper athletes. Everything changes as you get older. And it's pretty retarded to argue about how long someone can compete in "e-sports" when it is barely 15 years old...

I can only speak from my own point of view ofcourse.
I wasn't the greatest quaker around, but now that I am quite a bit older then I was back in the early days of Quake3, I feel that Ì can't perform as good as then anymore.

Reaction speed might be a bit slower, but mostly it's motivation I think. Back then I wanted to play the best players out there and I wanted to do as good as possible versus them. I was really motivated for a good result. Right now I hate to play good players, just because it's fucking exhausting playing an optimal game of Quake3!

I have no idea how to change this "motivation problem".

Bind '+forward' to one of your keys!

jk jk, I'm old too :(

I think it's just the result of priorities changing in life as you get older.

I think when your back at school your studies are the last thing you really think about and having fun and playing some games can rank pretty high. You also have the free time to do that and not worry about other things. It's also pretty easy to get carried away and have aspirations to play for a good clan, or be a top player and win money.

I think in reality as you move past that age you start to realise that it's not possible for everyone and only really a select few. You realise that you need a regular reliable income to pay the rent and bills and the more time you spend doing that, the less time you have to devote to training and playing games. Gaming becomes more of a casual hobby, and it can only get increasingly more casual as your life commitments increase at work and at home.

Exactly. :)

it's not only that but the rewards for success in the working+non-gaming world are much more consistent, not to mention better, than the gaming world. spend 5 years programming and see if you aren't in a better apartment with a better job. now spend 5 years playing quake 3 and see if you aren't in the same chair with the same desk.

you always have a choice about what you do to pay the bills, but once you get to 21-22 years old, it's pretty hard to go home and practice rocket jumps after seeing that guy roll down the road in a porsche with a hot chick next to him.

it's not just the pressure of having a reliable income, it's what a high reliable income can get you.

with 21 you get a porsche? damn! gotta work my ass off :S

nah you see guys who are in their 30s with stuff you know you want, haha :)

used porsches aren't that expensive to buy, just insurance and tax is higher.

It's like you're just a noob human warrior and you see a lvl 70 will all the epicz

Aye, exactly. Not to mention social acceptability.

I think at 26 it's more acceptable to be working late/bringing work home, or doing some reading in your own time to further yourself at work. It doesn't got down quite so well if I sit there playing quake or watching quake demos :)

Or you can say to your wife you're getting a part time job as a phographer and have a little dark room to reveal photographies and while you at it you sneak you laptop in and turn your quake on ;D

right you are, young padawan

well, michael jordan 'officially' quit basketball and he probably still plays some on and on. so?. and if you travel around the world promoting yourself as a famous pro player you should compete, yes. or call it a day. all I'm saying is that you cannot rest on previous achievements forever. It's not about proving anything. It's about backing up the image that's connected to him. call it credibility. I'm not questioning his marketing abilities (which are outstanding obviously) whatsoever. I simply have a problem with this hype around him (created by himself, media and fanboys) If previous achievements are enough to justify such a media presence we might as well worship wombat the same way. he has won major tournaments in totally different games and played in any game he ever touched on the highest level. ( q3,cs,rtcw,cod,pk,fear). who talks about him nowadays ?
nobody. and thats exactly what I'm talking about. I wanna see fatal1ty play cypher and zero4 besides doing interviews, selling mainboards, and owning the byoc.

Maybe so. But if wombat has 0 exposure, who is to know of his achievements? It's not like every gamer automatically hears the news of someone's achievements. I don't even know he played more than half the games you mentioned. How can I give credit for something I don't know?! Yeah, fatal1ty is resting on past achievements. But why not?

I don't really care to count how many years back his achievements are by now. 5? 6? 7? It doesn't matter. it's like you're trying to deny him credit for his achievements. He doesn't really have any obligation to play despite the fact that he could. And I am surely not gonna complain between "is" and "was", because everyone who cares that much about the difference between those two words in the context of "pro gaming history" (<- LOL) already knows better.

And yeah, I'd also love to see him compete....

I agree that fatal1ty has nothing left to prove but I'd just like to point out that imo you can't compare the history of actual sports and internet-based games.

It's on such a different and faster scale. Since it's relatively easy to set-up tournaments (hah) and that news and coverage are so easily available (n1 quakecon) , it's as if every large tournament (WCG, ESWC, CPL, etc.) become as important as say, a World Cup or an FA cup final. If you think about it, there were a LOT of important titles to fight for in Quake (for exemple), for such a short existence.

So yeah, i'd say there's definitely some good history already made in the FPS games, let alone all the other genres and platforms of gaming (Mr. Pacman anyone? :) )

Please we're talking about 6 years or so. he cant just have lost it all just because he got 6 years older. That's not an excuse.

You can't make a comparaison either with basketball since it is WAY more competitive (that's one) and two, basketball is a lot more about physical endurance than gaming will ever be. If it's true your reactions may lose a very small amount of time, it's not that much of a big deal compared to the basket ball's loss of physical abilities.

As much as I agree with the age factor, this can't be that much of a big deal, and if he used to be the best quaker in the world at one point, that means he should be able to be a high seed if he was to start competition again. (and as much as I believe the overall skill level has increased a lot since 2001)...

As I told loop already, the discussion of age is is secondary. No idea why you bring it up yet again.

I guess I didn't bother reading the other replies :)

nevermind.

No hard feelings \o

can we kiss? <3

High five is all you're gonna get, sorry

he bought me a drink the night this interview was done.

you eceleb

little ol' me? look at all your pluses! :P

Did you swallow?

Ah, so you were the friend.

I assume I'd have to actually watch the interview to get that reference.... :(

indeed

you know

you know, you know

you know, you know, you know

you know, you know, you know, you know

no, i don't know

i do

I don't know, and YOU don't know, and no buddyduddyduddy know-oh-ohes

you know, you don't know, you know, you know

you think you know, but you know, you don't know that you don't know, you know, what i know of your, like you know, knowledge about knowing, you know, the know of the you know, you know.

I am not so sure about that :|

You know the rules and so do I.

you lie

Awesome interview imo

care

nice interview and good to see that he takes times for his fans, already too much 'known' assholes around.

batman sux

hulk's balls!

but he doesn't like em..

... and he's still treating them anyway

u troll :P

that's awesome!

wauw, that's awsome !

Fatal1ty has the heart of a businessman, not a gamer.

he can't afford a fucking haircut?

When i click on "The Potter Show: Fatal1ty" nothing appears but blank space. Im using Vista and IE 7. Anyone knows what I can do to fix it?...

ze interweb is rated M for mature

your os is immature

flash evt ?

I have the same problem but I'm using XP and IE 7.

Edit: It's working now

I Found the problem:

"Im using Vista and IE 7"

i am using xp and ie6, and still have the same problem

plz tell everyone in public before you go to LAN so that others can update their virus shields :P

consider it done

had this problem several times. try to use FF if it shows you blank space .. sometimes it works, sometimes it wont .. :/

I like him,

and i think that he didnt think about how it sounds when he told her that he was on #1 at the ranking board at the lan. He knows that it doesnt really meant something.

And even this was really his master plan to show off, why shouldnt he. He was asked to do an interview...

He doesnt need the money any more so why put up with all the practice if there isnt a tourney with cash worth fighting for. The last one was the Painkiller final and he has proven himself again. I am also pretty sure that he was in for the publicity in order to make his products more known because the cash couldnt have mattered this much to him at this point anymore.

VOO: Taking every oppertunity to point out fatalitys flaws to make you look better? Talking about who is lacking confidence. Afraid the Painkiller hotshot wont be so hot anymore soon?

Atleast I'm not forming my worthless opinions based on interviews I saw of a person. I have actually met and spoken to him quite a few times so I actually do know what I'm talking about. Who the fuck are you to call me out on that.

Hes someone that looks at things from a third person perspective like most of us that dont get to these events.

Seems most comments i have read over the years from people that have met/spoken to fatal1ty have stated that hes a really nice guy and not up his own ass.

The fact is he HAS won a shitload of tournaments spanning a variety of games, not always against the top players if they arent there but it aint his problem, he has won and is clearly one of the best gamers of the decade.

Too many people who 'only saw him in an interview' seem to form their own opinions about how overrated the guy is and how he is scared to play, or sucks and only got lucky or played shit players.

Always people shittalking him, but its all just jealousy at the end of the day. I thought ur comment on him in this thread was a bit shitty, but then he did pip u on the final of PKWT and guess ur a little bitter about it.

As for me, i dont know either of you so i couldnt really give a toss about who likes who, but i know from following q3 from the start that hes one of the best players of all time, and if i had to stake my life on the outcome of a duel between the 2 of u it would be on him.

I have never publicly given him "shit" except for this thread. I wasn't planning on, infact I didn't even watch the video, but when someone said about him mentioning it how he was first on leaderbord, I couldn't resist.
To me at quakecon he was a nice person. He is a nice person, but he inserts his little brags into his chats too much. Basicly, I've noticed it since I met him at, and he still does it nowadays. We were talking about FRAG Movie documentary and it was about Rafik beating him in South Africa and that Rafik was on the cover and it mostly featured him (Lost-Cause that is). So ofcourse, he has to mention quickly that he "completely destroyed" him 2 months later but that they still chose South Africa. Little things like that I sum up and come to realize that he still feels he needs to find gratification among people around him.
No hate whatsoever, although I would have liked to win the Final =).

And I don't know why you have to bring that match up, it's not like you haven't always been a Fatal1ty fanboy (I remember your comments from 2004 =)

I admit to being a bit of a fanboy, due to fatal1ty being the top player when i started following tournaments and i guess its always stuck there, just like thresh and shub in q2.

But i like watching any player that can win consistently like cooller and now cypher etc.

As i said i dont know any of you irl though and do think ur making mad progress with your Q3 duelling so wish you luck at the masters.

So what? Gaming is his life, he needs to promote himself (i guess he realised that you cannot live from winning tournaments alone)- nothing wrong with that.

Fine you have spoken to him manytimes, congratulations. You were commenting on the video so did i.

Also i dont need to be somebody to call you out on anything, you arent the queen.

Maybe if you would have realised how to capitalise on your 30 people painkiller winnings you wouldnt have to try so hard to win a Q3 Duell Tournament now which obviously wont happen.

You are missing my point. I admire him what does and has done for gaming. I was just commenting on what you said and you are completely wrong that I take every opportunity to flame him (what?!?).
Also, the fact that you bring me up into the discussion about capitalizing on what I have won has nothing to do with the discussion, neither has the Q3 part.

dude, calm down. Vo0 is also a very cool guy, very laid back, and his biggest complaint that you're calling "bashing" is just that he brags too much, and he didn't even say it first, he was just agreeing with skinT.

I don't understand why people still try to downgrade the pk world tour. maybe there have been only a few players but it's not like these players were mainly noobs. In fact the game was pretty well stacked with top players. only because there was no cooller or czm doesn't make the competition easy. and if we talk about numbers: I don't think there are much more top players in Q3 nowadays. some players came back yes, but a shitload of players is missing also (lexer,stelam,zyz,stermy e.g.) And don't get me wrong, this reply isn't intended to downgrade Q3 ;)

He doesnt need the money any more so why put up with all the practice if there isnt a tourney with cash worth fighting for. The last one was the Painkiller final and he has proven himself again. I am also pretty sure that he was in for the publicity in order to make his products more known because the cash couldnt have mattered this much to him at this point anymore.

eg

"you will never achieve in a videogame"

POTAR I LUV U!111!11 OMG WTF UR TEH BST!1!!!!!! OMG AND CUTA ) H3H I R SAD WE DONT LIEV SM3 COUNTRY ( HEH3HEH NIEC INT3RVEIW AND FATAL1TY R GOD )

you've changed man : (

UR STIL TEH SMA NOB!!!1!11!!11!! OMG WTF AHAHAHAHAH L3ARN 2 PLAY :P

... ovo ;_;

taking the AHNXANXA route ?

I was first, then came ahxnxa

Vo0 is a very bitter soul

That's why we love him.

n1 harry

shaved > harry edit: and yes... i know...

pre pubescent emo. slitting wrist at the age of 5.

i think it's time to loose the tiger, Fat.

I like his tiger :>

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fejtality with a brand new cap.


.^.' <- turtle

VoO: It's not professional of you to shit talk someone harbouring bitterness. I am sure you are a great guy, just as Fatal1ty is, but you forget a lot of people who comment here are those that don't get to see you live in person either. Imagine what it would take to get rid of that opinion that's already starting to form imo (whiner).

Zero4 was just as bitter in his final showdown with Fat where he got raped, but I think he handled it far better and has the energy to prove himself in the upcoming tournaments.

And lets face it, who has the earnings and experience that Fata1lty can boast of while still being in business?

Fuck this and go ahead and own up in ESWC masters.

z4 is one of the biggest whiners and crap talkers ever.

Voo just kick ass in your next tournament and let that do the talking, people will form their own opinions on fat based on their own information, misguided or not!

I happen to agree with you but, thats my decision :)

shut
the
fuck
up

Top of the leaderboard?

I mean, I don't have anything against him, but...

http://www.quakelive.com/quakecon2008/

If you arrange by...

Total Time Played - Fatal1ty, 44th - skydragon, 1st
Total Games Played - Fatal1ty, 11th, - Morthul, 1st
Total Frags - Fatal1ty, 4th, - Morthul, 1st
Frags / Game - Fatal1ty, 6th, - bLadez0r, 1st
Frags / Minute - Fatal1ty, 2nd - John, 1st

He's never #1 for any of them. Maybe he WAS during the middle of Quakecon or something...but, it WAS the last day of Qcon when did do the interview.

His brother Jeb Wendel runs the stats program.

Far too much ass kissing from the interviewer, otherwise good.