Posted by Thorin @ 11:18 CST, 21 February 2025 - iMsg
In the 480th episode of my "Reflections" series I interviewed Kurt "immortal" Shimada, CPL champion and Quake 2 legend.
immortal was one of the pioneers of the professional Quake 2 duel scene in the late 90s, along with friends and rivals Thresh and Makaveli. The champion of the CPL's Extreme Annihilation in 1999, he is best known for upsetting Thresh at PGL S3 on Q2DM3.
immortal discusses his time as a pro, why he stepped away and some of the other adventures he had over the years.
probably a super obscure fact without any existing evidence to back it up, but at one point immortal was the fastest typist on the most popular typing site in the world around 2001. kdawg and i were also in the top 10, but i think immortal was getting 150+.