The World of Competitive Gaming

cphilo wrote to mention an article in the AP about the world of competitive gaming. From the article: "Welcome to the basement lair of the 24-year-old Wendel, the man known and feared by aficionados of multiplayer games across the globe as 'Fatal1ty.' If you deign to think of video games as simply a childish pastime, consider this professional game player. He collects a six-figure salary, has his own brand of gaming merchandise and travels the world to compete - regarded by those in the know as one of the most gifted players of his kind."

Comments

Re:sure "the best"

[615]

Fatal1ty plays _so_ often that he is basically one with the game... he knows every nook and cranny of every map and knows exactly which weapon to use in every situtation... he also has an uncanny ability to predict the behaviour of his foe.

I haven't been phenominally good at a video game since Descent. I'll never understand why 2D FPSes (where you're chained to the ground by gravity) surpassed in popularity the 360 degree, 3-dimensional freedom of the Descent series. Anyhoo, if you ever got your ass handed to you by a guy named "Nexus" ... well, that was me. ;-)

Re:sure "the best"

[Scudsucker]

Many British generals decried the foul tactics of the American Revolutionary army as they used guerilla tactics. Come out and fight us face to face! Line up in bright colors! Don't attack during tea time!

I find it funny that we Americans fall all over ourselves in History class, congradulating ourselves for using guerilla tactics against the Regulars (the colonists were British at the time) and yet call Iraqis terrorists when they do the same thing to our troops. And before some neocon gets his panties in a bunch, I'm specifially talking about the Iraqis that attack our troops, not the ones that bomb civilians in hotels, as that really is terrorism.