you steal my money

what do you do if you don't have the cup in the middle?

"Ignore the negativity"

oh fuck you, progamerwannabepieceofshit

If you're actually serious... wow. Just wow.

If not, you need to work on your routine. Badly.

thanks man i appreciate your support.

Do many people use arrow keys? Seems so hard to play that way:P

Yeah it's odd.

One of the best Quake 2 TDM players (Scooby) used to play that way :o)

This is the shittiest interview I've ever read. Thanks ninex for bringing the last 10 minutes of my life to a complete stand still.

agreed

http://www.d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/

Good interview.

"Rapha will win QuakeCon, unless I beat him" , theres probably more chance of HELL winning than dkt tbh. :p

yea cuz you've seen me play so much lately :p no h8 man!

didn't think i had to, i still think that the only american player that stands a chance of winning is rapha.

Nah, he's up there. I don't know what other people think, but I def place him top 5 NA (I think).

lawl

Tournament Experience
Seasoned Veteran
Playing and beating top NA players on a regular basis

He's right up there with Chance and the rest of the crew (including DaHanG). Personally, I think he's a little underrated.

There's all NA players, and then there's Rapha.

woohoo up there with chance eh!!!

:o

yeah, up there with chance... he's gona win now for sure.

You're right. I enjoyed your KoH t9 match vs rapha very much. But you are going to get raped anyway ;-D

The guy is being sponsored by Intel/Dignitas to fly to Texas and play a videogame he enjoys playing. He has already won.

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Unfortunately, I do agree. Sometimes we nerds don't see the big picture.

well arn't you clever

Holy fuck +++++++

Too lazy to login

-gillz

lol

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hit it on the fucking head

Ummm no.

I could fly a plane through that tortured rationale.

do it then.

Think marcus... think. Look at the first sentence:

"8 hours per day"

Where did he get this from? His ass? Shall we just throw random untruths around to support our already broken case?

"getting annoyed at repeatedly losing to top opposition"

Where did he get this from? His ass? How does he know. How do you know? Maybe HE gets annoyed? Either way, unsupported.

"while earning no salary from"

No. But this is besides the point. I don't get a salary from fucking either. But I do it. Oh gee, the horror.

Marcus, don't be a sheep. The entire thing spews bitter angry, nonsense.

We need not worship these people, and we need not hate. Someone plays a game. That someone is good enough to place decently at international competitions. End of story.

This isn't rocket science.

and if it were you'd better not accept an invitation to a rocket science convention. Because some people will think it sucks.

yeah why do that when instead I could be sitting alone at home surfing the internets and losing to other players online. And maybe in the evening go out and get wasted at the same old pubs with the usualy guys like every other weekend. hooray.

Well, I guess there are those who like seeing different places and meeting new people and those who don't.

But I for one would take that flight even though the worst player there would probably beat me senseless :)

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"your reasoning is bs"


a yes, because you disagree my reasoning is bullshit. good logic.

Look I already said that it depends on someone's personality. But claiming meeting strangers in one's own town is the same as getting to know people from another country on another continent just shows a lot about your personality.
And I would say you have never even been to Dallas, so how the fuck could you evaluate what you can do there?
Well, having been there I can say it's not that great, but I would still chose it over visiting Liverpool or something like that.
And going to the biggest event for your chosen hobby for free is an experience one should always take. You can still bitch about how bad it was later.
But I for one am 100% certain that it was better than what you experience on an average weekend...

Your reasoning is that of a guy who travels once every two years and always looks for the most extravagant. And that he dwells on that discarding all smaller experiences as worthless.

Suit yourself, but luckily not everyone is like that.

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first of all, I'm not in Berlin, though my parents are. I just use it because of timezone.
I live in a 250.000 people city big enough, but not really anything new.

About the personality.
I'm a person that always wants to try out something new when an opportunity arises. And then see how it is. While your comments on this matter clearly give the picture that you don't want to try something because think it might be bad...

I've also been good at enduring long travels, especially flying as opposed to driving since I can read, watch movies, listen to music, sleep, etc. Stuff that I do anyway. So that 8 hour travel argument is somewhat nil, imo. Just book a flight for the morning and go out the evening before, nothings wasted then ;)

But you are right I would definately take the opportunity the make the trip longer and go see some stuff. But having to play games at some part of the day wouldn't really stop me from going into the town during the time-off. I can't really believe that the team will or even can force the player to never leave the "windowless hall". So it's really up to the person what he makes of it.

And last but not least gaming some people is a hobby (czm for example), many people have one and it is alwas time consuming. Many people spend money on them, while he actually has the chance to make money. So why not go and see what it gets you?

differently put if an unemployed amateur soccer player (who trains 5 hours a day by himself) gets the offer to accompany his team to a tournament in the US. Would you also say it's a waste of time, because all they'll do is sitting around on a lawn kicking some ball?

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"yes i know. the kind of people who want to go everywhere and do everything because otherwise they feel the life is meaningless and have no form of complacency."


nope, not really.
it's called being curious,
and also optimistic.

sure there are people who are like what you described, but from my experience they are quite rare. They are also usually 40+.

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I definately don't like type b much either.

type a very much depends on the person.

I must have lost something in translation....

You're both opposed to people that are continuously learning.. is that right?

no we are opposed to people who pick a topic they want to learn about. All the time.
Instead of letting life happen and then learn on the way.

As an example:
A guy who sits at home learning ancient Greek, versus going out meeting new people and learning about their story.

I notice you cut out the tongue (in cheek) from the quote.

Great answers, esp. on the pro-gaming thing and the advice to noobs...it seems that a lot of folks at that level of playing seem to forget that the community won't just level off, but implode, with attitudes that are anti-noob :)

all these ctf-team stories are so boring :-/

"Got any shoutouts for us Dave?"
Yes, DAVE, please tell us
Dave

Dave Bowman: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
HAL: I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.

in other words
HAL: go fuck yourself, DAVE!

haha yep
or: "Nope, ain't gonna happen, Dave."

"take the dog on a walk or go to the dog park"

Dog = wife? Or there is some place dedicated to dogging?
Not sure what to think!

apparently there are parks in usa and then dogs shit on grass.

dkt...bah

honestly why do ppl care about either of these "pros". nineX is a fgt who helped run NA vq3 into the ground with his private server(s) for his select "pro" buddies so they can advance themselves for tourneys, now he's interviewing a couple of those select "pro" buddies...who gives a shit if these guys were sponsored and got free tix to the tourney, that doesn't make them pros and it definitely doesn't make these interviews worth a shit to read. fuck this.

You need a hug man, just open your heart and you'll realize that you're better than this.

Let me tell you something, as a man who has come through the dark and into the light - I can assure you that the will of the lord is not limited to just me. If you need me then I'm here for you, and not just as a friend but also as a brother in Christ.

I'm guessing you didn't get the password or interviewed ;/