Is This The Perfect Profession Or What?

Posted by Endo at 17:14 11/2/2004.


Johnathan 'Fatality' Wendel

Over on CNET News.com, David Becker has posted an interview conducted with the all-time most successful professional gamer, Johnathan ‘Fatal1ty’ Wendel. The interview focuses on the birth of his ‘Professional Gaming’ career and the man behind the legend, so to speak.

The interview is essentially conducted by a layman to Gaming, with few questions delving into the specifics of his success with many focusing on his aims and ambitions for his future in gaming.

How do you keep your reflexes sharp?

I run four miles a day; I do real aerobic training. That keeps me fit and really keeps my reflexes up. It helps you move faster and think faster. I was a serious tennis player in high school. I was team captain in football. Most top gamers were pretty good athletes in high school. It's a lot of the same skills. It's about being competitive and thinking fast and knowing how to win--it's not about sitting at a computer all day.

I use the same tactics in "Quake" that I used in tennis. It's all about mind games, knowing what your opponent's thinking, knowing where a shots going to go. Anything in a computer game, I can relate it to something in sports I've played. The rail gun (the heaviest weapon in "Quake")--that's like going for the overhead slam in tennis. You set 'em up and then you drive it home with your hardest shot. It's like all the shots in tennis are, back and forth, trying to get them off balance. And when you do, you slam it down their throat. Same as gaming.

Unfortunately, these questions have not revealed anything new from that has already been asked, and questions concerning Fatal1ty’s switch to Counter Strike are not present. However, if you haven’t previously read one of his interviews then I would suggest this one. Or if you are interested in discovering how he managed to be such successful ‘Pro-Gamer’ then I am sure this will be an interesting read.

Comments

shaddix
endeffect
17:17 11/2/2004
nice article ~ ;p [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
funky
17:23 11/2/2004
hes so hot right now [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
AdY
17:25 11/2/2004
what a retard [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Blitz
Editor
UKTerrorist
17:26 11/2/2004
who's still made more than most out of gaming :) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
duck.
Online Multiplayer Gaming
17:26 11/2/2004
lol [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
AdY
17:28 11/2/2004
I run four miles a day; I do real aerobic training. That keeps me fit and really keeps my reflexes up

thats just pathetic [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
PFCalcio
THX
17:30 11/2/2004
Thing is Michael Jordan played a sport that was consistent - so his legend will live on and he can use it as a growing business concern.

Will anyone care who the best quake player was (or CS for that matter) ten years down the line when his reactions have faded and other kids and other games are hot property?

Be very surprised if he is succesful just off a fatal1ty brand alone tbh [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
fun time fatteh
17:32 11/2/2004
Most top gamers were pretty good athletes in high school.

even teppum? :D [ Score: 1, pointless | Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
inf`
Void
17:32 11/2/2004
like teppum pro football player in high school [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Blitz
Editor
UKTerrorist
17:33 11/2/2004
I think we're a long way off the point where anyone's gaming career has any longevity, in terms of people reminiscing about it in the way they would about a sports star. But still...one day people might be able to live long-term off gaming, and in that day people might say it was all started in this era by people like him ;)

Though looking at the gaming community, it's a lot less mature than sport communities etc, so it'll probablt be a case of: "fatality was such a f4g d00ds, 1m t3h 0wn0rz!1!"

[Edited by Blitz at 17:36, 11/2/2004] [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
gst
theb0g
17:36 11/2/2004
Im sorry but i think he is a retard... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
butters
17:37 11/2/2004
lol what bulls*** i train like any other athlete haha athlete my arse [ Score: 1, pointless | Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
MadSpunk
Last Chance
17:38 11/2/2004
What a chump! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Krispy
17:41 11/2/2004
such an ugly c*** [ Score: -1, abusive | Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
darkst0rm
the demonic radicals
17:44 11/2/2004
the word gimp springs to mind [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
darkst0rm
the demonic radicals
17:45 11/2/2004
'Wanna look phat at your next tourney? Hop your fragging self into a fatpolo that the pros fear.'

Aye.....okay... [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ReCoN^
17:47 11/2/2004
four miles? f***ing rookie [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rphy
17:48 11/2/2004
If he ran 4 miles to the local plastic surgeon's so every day that oozing face gets reconstructed piece by piece then I'd be impressed.

He plays games well, holy s*** thats surely gonna make him financially stable in life! Being arrogant about being good at s***ty fps' games doesn't look good. His mother must hate him.

Plus, no wonder hes never got anywhere at tennis, applying Quake 3 tactics. John 'Fatality' Kimbell, this might come as a surprise but you don't find rocket launchers lying around tennis courts, or are u talking about picking up powerups and shields when ur 'HEALTH LEVELS' drop and u need to 'regenerate'? Dunno about you but I prefer lucozade, its cheaper as well. I think we have pete sampras mk2 tho! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Jimmeh
17:48 11/2/2004
i think hes sooper kewl myself [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rphy
17:49 11/2/2004
like all the shots in tennis are, back and forth, trying to get them off balance.

lol shame the only back and forth action hes ever gonna find himself doing involves firing a rail gun and bunnyhoping [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ReCoN^
17:49 11/2/2004
He travels too much to settle down and still lives in the basement of his father's house.

ROFL f***ing loser!

btw m0rph he said he uses the same tactics u f***ed up piece of pish [ Score: -1, abusive | Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rphy
17:51 11/2/2004
ur name is Recon, don't ever post here again. [ Score: -1, abusive | Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rphy
17:52 11/2/2004
only type of recon ur gonna be doing is sniffing around ur mother's fishy labia. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ReCoN^
17:55 11/2/2004
would u like to sit on my face and pedal my f***ing ears? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rphy
17:56 11/2/2004
only peddling I'll be doing is that to ur mother's house for some fresh jizz [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Rhyzz
Nocturne
17:56 11/2/2004
lael [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ReCoN^
17:57 11/2/2004
since we are being so mature using mum jokes: I dont have a mother, me and my dad share yours [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rphy
17:58 11/2/2004
another word to associate ur ma with: mature. Big busty 60+ year old MATURE whore collecting alley scat in her purse on the streets of england, then coming to my house and licking my hairy crack [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Alk0r
17:59 11/2/2004
Still no "normal" person would respect him.. Only some ugly nerds
/me looks at ukt ;p [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
ReCoN^
18:00 11/2/2004
If you are going to insult me and/or my mother would u like to make sense while u do so? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Mango
18:00 11/2/2004
rofl m0rph, I'm sure he gets all the pro-gamer groupie love he wants. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Headshot^Man`
Disturbed
18:01 11/2/2004
haha [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
StriKeN
unicon.cs
18:04 11/2/2004
you're both c**ksuckers now shut the f*** up [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
StriKeN
unicon.cs
18:06 11/2/2004
also: you're all jealous that he owns a mousemat brand [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
AnNuM
18:07 11/2/2004
looool. Funny fun fun! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
StriKeN
unicon.cs
18:08 11/2/2004
ALSO:

I run four miles a day; I do real aerobic training

i wasn't aware there was "fake" aerobic training.... or maybe he also runs a few laps around Q3_DM6 whilst hurdling some lava pits. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
kae
18:09 11/2/2004
1)i got a fat pad :( they rule.

2)recon dont start sumt you cant finish coz alex with wipe the floor with you :(

3)recon is a bit of a s*** nickname

4)umm being fit makes s*** all difference to gaming. Caffine does. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Venomous
BLACKLiGHT
18:09 11/2/2004
But don't get too jealous. He travels too much to settle down and still lives in the basement of his father's house.

hehehe [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Headshot^Man`
Disturbed
18:12 11/2/2004
shut up kyle you sound stupid

dont start something you cant finish boy! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
jamsam
18:15 11/2/2004
hes a true amercian.
think he forgotten his 6eggs in the morning. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Zorro-
Clan [F]
18:15 11/2/2004
omg @ that website [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
jamsam
18:17 11/2/2004
hes living the newest addition of THE REAL amercian dream? [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Moff
sykotic
18:17 11/2/2004
"I run four miles a day; I do real aerobic training. That keeps me fit and really keeps my reflexes up. It helps you move faster and think faster"

One word.....Teppum........discuss [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Alk0r
18:22 11/2/2004
4)umm being fit makes s*** all difference to gaming. Caffine does.

rgr that caffeine pills increases everything cant play without em >:D [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
commentmaster
18:36 11/2/2004
i like the guy, making a living out of gaming must be fun.

stop getting all jelous just coz hes better then u and probably has already achieved more by winning COMPUTER GAME competions then u will do with anything in your life. that applys to all you c00l d00ds out there who diss him. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
DoZ
Anti-saviour of UKT
18:37 11/2/2004
Caffeine is a stimulant, you're better off both short and long term if you lived healthily instead [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
kayone
Landed LAN
18:51 11/2/2004
"I use the same tactics in "Quake" that I used in tennis." lock him up [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Aunt
19:02 11/2/2004
i relate my CS SKILLS to my WateR pOlo skills, thats prolly why i suck [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
`NWA
19:10 11/2/2004
"He travels too much to settle down and still lives in the basement of his father's house."

Doesn't he actually own the house though? I think on MTV I'm a gamer thing he said he bought the house from his winnings and set up his parents in it, with him living in the basement. Could be wrong though.

"who's still made more than most out of gaming :)"

Probably some korean starcraft player. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
RH
Landed
19:37 11/2/2004
i run 6 so f*** u wendal id av u in the ring kidda [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
kayone
Landed LAN
19:59 11/2/2004
it dont count for you dan cos your still s***e :o) [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
RH
Landed
20:03 11/2/2004
teehee mate buy me ur pc ur all pc u fat handed noob [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Weebull
20:14 11/2/2004
Let's face it, it would have been a boring interview if it had just read:

How do you keep your reflexes sharp?
Red Bull[/b]
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Weebull
20:14 11/2/2004
oh joy i f***ed that one up [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Z
21:11 11/2/2004
m0rphy you are clearly jelious, just keep playing maybe oneday [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
dL
Atari.Crew
21:16 11/2/2004
:/ [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
WidoWMakeR
#The.ChoseN
21:49 11/2/2004
lmfao what a fag, whats next, his autobiography about his pro gaming career, gimme a break [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
SoliD^
22:18 11/2/2004
Doing anything aerobic would infact slow down ur reactions as of ions needed for good nervous conduction will be used up during musclar contraction [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
kayone
Landed LAN
22:54 11/2/2004
my hands only fat for one reason MAtE plenty of workout [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
-Naz-
fightclubclan
04:44 12/2/2004
m0rph you think youre funny or are you just a bit thick?

the way i see it, it doesnt matter what the f*** you do in life as long as you are happy, and even better, successful. He is both, he made a s***load of money from playing quake3 (around quarter of a million dollars), not to mention winning a brand new ford focus.

Yeah hes really arrogant, talks a load of crap and looks like a penis but i respect the guy for what hes achieved. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
-Naz-
fightclubclan
04:47 12/2/2004
and id like to add that if anything his "real" career prospects have greatly improved as a result of his gaming, probably far more than a degree would give him. He runs his own company, markets his own brandname of products rather successfully and has proven his crazy dedication levels. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Realf1re
06:19 12/2/2004
s*** Naz i think ur a c**k but for once u make sense. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rphy
13:19 12/2/2004
Z
21:11, 11/2/2004 m0rphy you are clearly jelious, just keep playing maybe oneday

Yeh maybe one day I can make enough money to get the car I've always wanted, or have enough money to buy a huge house... wait a minute!

I could, however, be JELIOUS! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
m0rphy
13:20 12/2/2004
naz, your in FCC. Says it all. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
jammin
13:41 12/2/2004
I find that going to work in the morning provides all the money i need for houses,cars going out etc. Stuff being a pro gamer for a laugh it aint worth it. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
beLL
15:28 12/2/2004
m0rphy u sound like a total prick. u a prick irl or just a prick on-line? plz stfu ur boring me. and b4 u say ne thing from ur 12 year old brain i'll save u the time.

'ur name is beLL, bellend' [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
beLL
15:29 12/2/2004
and i do think being fit would help people like liq and teppum cause when ur unfit and u work out and become fit u feel a whole lot better about ur self. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
-Naz-
fightclubclan
17:39 12/2/2004
yes me being in fcc does say EVERYTHING doesnt it you moron. [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
BaroN
2seXeh 2perfoRm
09:35 13/2/2004
Teppum would get his ass wiped all over the floor on q3_dm4 no?

maybe u need to be fit for q3! its a damm sight more draining playing 4hrs of "JUMP FIRE JUMP FIRE JUMP FIRE JUMP FIRE" than it is " strafe fire strafe fire strafe fire" aka cs! [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
Dev
theb0g
22:16 14/2/2004
FAT BEANIE
Are you a player or a playa? That's what you have to ask yourself when you step in with the big boyz.

Oh dear [ Comment: Report | IP: Logged ]
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