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Even Pro Athletes Can Be Power Gamers

Posted by simoniker on from the now-you're-playing-with dept.

jht writes "Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is known primarily as one of the best power pitchers in the game of baseball. He has a different side, though, as a huge RPG fan, of both board and online games. Curt is even the owner of a company called Multi-Man Publishing that publishes material for Avalon Hill wargames. But Curt is possibly best known in the gaming world for his avowed EverQuest addiction. ESPN Gamer recently published an interview with Schilling about his MMORPG habits and platform choices - an interesting read."

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  1. Re:Just as long as he's not a PK'er... by scumbucket · · Score: 4, Informative

    But Schilling used to 'swing his magic wand' when he played for the Diamondbacks (an NL team).....

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  2. Re:Just as long as he's not a PK'er... by WoodenBoy · · Score: 5, Informative
    What do they do in the World series?
    They play by the home team's rules. If playing in an AL park, pitchers don't bat. NL park, pitchers bat.

    Switching gears, Jayson Stark wrote a short bit in a column on Schilling's EQ habit a few years ago.
  3. The Calagry Flames are Age of Kings players by The+Optimizer · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just recently we had a bunch of guys from the Calgary Flames (pro Hockey team) come by our offices (Ensemble Studios, makers of Age of Empires, Age of Mythology, etc) and visit while they were in town to play the Dallas Stars. There is a write up on our web site at http://www.ensemblestudios.com/

    It seems that a bunch of these guys are serious Conquerors (Age of Kings expansion) players, to the point where they've gone out and bought new laptops and carry on a portable network switch onto their flights and have major LAN game battles when flying from city to city between hockey games.

    When they came over we gave them the red carpet treatment and showed them around our offices. Yet they were far more like awe-struck fan boys than pro athletes who are used to people approaching them as fans. A couple of the guys were so looking forward to the visit they said they were glad they weren't traded before visting Dallas... and I don't think they were joking.

    Anyway, after showing them around we set up some team games for them to take on a few of our best players. (full story on our site). They had a blast, and we had a blast.

    Considering that most pro athletes are males ages 22 to 36, which makes them part of the generation that grew up with Nintendo, etc, and have persued a life a professional cometitive gaming, its not surprising to find a bunch of them are passionate about computer and video games.

    -Mp

  4. He also wrote a review on an expansion as well... by dtolman · · Score: 4, Informative
    ...for one of the print mags (think it was PC Gamer - but it might have been CGW).

    Was about as good as most professional game reviews I've seen in any of the print mags (insert sarcastic comment here). One thing you could definitely tell reading the review was that he was pretty serious about the game...

  5. Re:Pro Athlete? by NonSequor · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's worth noting that the terminal velocity of a baseball is about 95 mph. This means that at these velocities air resistance is about as strong as gravity. So in order for the ball to cross the plate at 90+ mph, the ball must be going even faster than that when the pitcher releases it.

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