'Reflections' with FATAL1TY

Johnathan "FATAL1TY" Wendel, legendary duel champion in Quake 3, UT2003 and Painkiller, is the star of the 90th Episode of 'Reflections. This interview was recorded on the 3rd of February. Note: This episode had some video issues which were time-consuming to fix, so there are occasions where it looks like I cut off the end of what FATAL1TY says, but that's because the video had gone out of synch with the audio and to fix it I had to trim the odd word off what one of us said. Nothing was lost in terms of his answers, though. FATAL1TY's headphones are on sale now: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/monster-fatal1ty-on-ear-headphones-black-matt/5285100.p?skuId=5285100 Time-line of topics discussed: 00:00 Intro 00:33 Was his first Q3 LAN really his one shot to make it? 04:21 Change in style 07:34 Dominance in Q3 10:58 Perceptions that he had unfair advantages 13:05 Talking up rivals 15:29 QW background's impact leading into Q3 17:23 Style in Q3 20:45 Atomic Asia CPL 22:25 ZeRo4 and LakermaN 26:18 Fatal1ty's rail 28:20 LakermaN as a rival 30:24 Polosatiy 31:54 Babbage's CPL shock 34:19 czm 35:44 Why he went to other games than Q3 40:19 Quakecon 2002 42:03 Switching to UT2003 48:40 Painkiller 51:20 Becoming very good in Painkiller 55:40 Transitioning into UT2003 57:48 Facing VoO in PK 59:47 PK flow 1:05:08 Overcoming VoO 1:10:55 Doom 3 and the conspiracy theory 1:20:01 Rocketboy showmatch on the Great Wall of China 1:23:21 Peaking in games 1:30:04 Practicing against players who weren't elite 1:34:57 Diet 1:39:44 Late entry into Quake 4 1:44:44 Toxic/Toxyq and the other great players 1:47:53 Conspiracy theory about WSVG NY Finals 1:50:20 Prize money concerns 1:52:40 Game he never went pro in 1:56:56 The Fatal1ty mousepad 2:02:19 Watching opponent's demos 2:04:07 Practicing a lot and grinding 2:11:04 Smartest player 2:13:22 Most skilled player 2:13:55 Luckiest player 2:15:12 His true rival 2:17:23 Fatal1ty brand 2:21:56 Final words Want to hear Vo0's side of the CPL World Tour? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XfVdzLdpkc