So I played Fatal1ty at Q4...

Curio · 8 Aug 2006 at 05:38

...not a 1v1 or anything....just a FFA....but I was quite pleased. I know it's sad to boast, but come on.....it was Fatal1ty

And it definitely was him, no question. I specced him during a couple of games and his skills were amazing. Also, I've played on that server a bunch and never seen the 100 frag limit hit before - he did it twice with no problem. He wasn't exactly trying very hard either - he hadn't played Q4 for a while and was just testing the new patch.

So there. My brush with greatness.

Curio · 8 Aug 2006 at 16:01

Of course I can't be 100% sure it was him - however I'm 99% sure. Do you guys think I'm some noob who'd get confused by some random muppet calling himself Fatal1ty?

Give me a break! I've played the odd "pro" down the years.....I can tell the difference.

I specced him for a couple of games and he was different class. When I played I had to call on 10 years experience playing Quake to even keep him in sight - and he was just running around taking it easy and chasing people with the Gauntlet! It's also not hard to believe he was on a public server - he was just testing the patch and learning the new maps. And there are only a handful of DM servers running the new patch right now.

If it wasn't him then it was somebody of a similar skill level using his name :confused:

It also was definitely not somebody using a bot either - 100% sure of that.

Now stop ruining my special moment you horrible lot! :mad:

Curio · 9 Aug 2006 at 23:06

Hopefully he'll be on the same server again and I'll try and get a demo or something

By the way, some people were grilling him (as you would expect) and his answers were fast and seemed accurate - if it's not him then he's got some sad stalker who's a little bit too obsessed

But honestly - when I was speccing him it just screamed "pro". Oh, one clue maybe - one of the new maps is a remake of a Q1 DM map and he said it was his fave Q1 map....I was watching and he obviously knew it like the back of his hand and he hit the fraglimit in next to no time. If somebody can show me that Fat never played Q1 then I may have to eat my words. Maybe it was Thresh aliasing as Fat

Curio · 10 Aug 2006 at 02:13

At least (here in the US anyway) there are a handful of DM servers that are very popular - I had to wait ages to get on one tonight. But, sadly, I think Quake's day has come and gone. Maybe one day the pure and simple DM style will become popular again, but for now it's more the BF kinda game that's popular.