QuakeLive
Rapha will now be focusing on the Electronic Sports World Cup finals in San Jose at the end of August. We caught up with him when he was waiting for the QuakeCon final to start to ask him a few questions about the event.
Considering the amount of practice I was able to get for this event I'm pleased with my fourth place finish.
Do you think you could have done better, though?
Yes, of course I think I could have done better. I think a lot of players here would say the same but I don't know how much practice most had for this event so I can't speak up for anyone besides the core Americans I practiced with.
After the first "pro" tournament can you make any prediction as to how far QLive will go in esports?
If it gets backed by the right people I think it could be a huge success. I like the approach that id is taking to get this game into the public's hands by getting it to everyone for free. Also, by having developers continuing to do their best to improve the game and making it easy for new players to this game to stay updated with maps and versions so that people aren't discouraged when it takes forever to update and having to find eveything manually like they've had to in the past. Something that frustrated a lot of beginners.
Will the same people that won tournaments in Q3 be winning in QLive as well or will the balance of power shift a little bit?I think for the most part, the top Q3 players are going to be on top but it will be neat to see which new stars rise up and challenge those who've had success.
Will we see new styles develop in QuakeLive?
I think there will be different playstyles, there's going to have to be with how the weapon balance has changed. Old maps in particular it's going to be interesting to see how the players choose to play without the influence of xerp in QLive. I feel for the beginning the overall playstyles will be a bit on the slow side but I think that eventually after about a year maybe some players are going to learn how to speed up the game with the different balances in weapons and the new spawn system.
I haven't figured that out yet for the remainder of August. I have a few options as far as who to LAN with but I'm not sure if I'll be able to do that. So it's going to be interesting what approach I'm going to have to take with the remaining 3-4 weeks that are left until the finals.
What do you expect to achieve there?
My goal is to do my best to achieve first, aiming for anything less is pointless in my opinion. No sense defeating yourself before it's already begun.
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Work:
XS/ESReality 2000-2004
GGL Dec 2005-> Dec 2007
SK Gaming Jan 2008 -> Dec 2008
ESL Feb 2009 -> ...
Events visited:
2011
BlizzCon 2011
Intel Extreme Masters VI Global Challenge New York
Intel Extreme Masters VI Global Challenge Guangzhou
Intel Extreme Masters VI Global Challenge Cologne
European Battle.net Invitational 2011
Intel Extreme Masters V World Championship, Hanover
Intel Extreme Masters V European Championship, Kiev
2010
Intel Extreme Masters V American Championship, New York City
Intel Extreme Masters V Global Challenge Cologne
Intel Extreme Masters V Global Challenge Shanghai
2010 Blizzard Warcraft Invitational, Cologne
ESWC 2010 finals Paris
Intel Extreme Masters IV World Championship, Hanover
Intel Extreme Masters IV Asian Championship, Taipei
Intel Extreme Masters IV European Championship, Cologne
2009
Intel Extreme Masters IV American Championship, Edmonton
Intel Extreme Masters IV Global Challenge Dubai
Intel Extreme Masters IV Global Challenge, Cologne
Intel Extreme Masters Europe, World finals, Hanover
EPS XIV IFNG Cologne
2008
World Cyber Games finals, Cologne
Intel Extreme Masters III Global Challenge Dubai
ESWC Masters of Athens 2008
ESWC finals, San Jose
QuakeCon 2008, Dallas
Global FIFA 09 Community Event, Vancouver
ESWC Masters of Paris 2008
Blizzard Worldwide Invitational 2008, Paris
EPS Season XII Finals, Cologne
ESCONF 08, Cologne
Kode5 Global Final 2007, Moscow
2008 AFI Film Festival, Dallas
CyberAces Gala, Warsaw
WCG Samsung Euro Championship / Intel Extreme Masters II / CeBIT, Hanover
2007
Championship Gaming Series World Championship, Los Angeles
DreamHack Winter, Jonkoping
i32 LAN, Newbury
Heyah Logitech Cybersport finals, Warsaw
Extreme Masters / E4All, Los Angeles
World Cyber Games finals, Seattle
Games Convention, Leipzig
ESWC finals, Paris
ESWC Qualifier Poland, Poznan
Crossfire Prizefight Challenge 2, Enschede
i30 LAN, Newbury
WCG Samsung Euro Championship / Extreme Masters / CeBIT, Hanover
2006
World Series of Video Games finals, New York City
Poznan Game Arena / Creative Polish Invitational, Poznan
World Cyber Games finals, Monza
GGL DigitalLife Pro/Am Tournament, New York City
WCG USA, Las Vegas
Kode5 Quake 4 finals / Games Convention, Leipzig
ESWC 2006, Paris
ESWC Qualifier Poland, Poznan
Hip Hop Gaming League finals, Hollywood
GGL VSports AllStars / E3, Los Angeles
GGL TransAtlantic Showdown, New York City
WCG Samsung Euro Championship, Hanover
2005
DreamHack Winter, Jonkoping
CPL World Tour Finals, New York City
EuroCup XI LAN, Almere
ESWC 2005, Paris
CPL World Tour Stop Spain, Barcelona
WCG Samsung Euro Championship, Hanover
2002-2004
SMAU ILP 2004, Milan
WCG 2004 Italy, Milan
ESWC 2004, Poitiers
ESWC 2003, Poitiers
WCG 2002 UK, London
WCG 2002 Italy / NGI LAN 2, Milan
Movieing:
XSUnreality (see below)
XSU:Gold (see below)
Mad Mint Julep (see below)
Firebreath (see below)
Conceived the Golden Llama movie awards.
Gaming:
UT for clan DFP: quite a few domestic titles. Currently semi-active and not planning a comeback.
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Competitive judo, sports, movies, music. MY OWNAGE NIECE.
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