John “ZeRo4″ Hill is one of the most accomplished Quake 3 duelers in history with three QuakeCon titles, a World Cyber Games 2001 gold and the CPL Babbages championship, to name just a few. In an interview, ZeRo4 talks about a possibility of a comeback for the ESWC 2008 and throws down the gauntlet to one of his biggest rivals, Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel.
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When I saw he was available, I jumped at the chance to interview Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel this past weekend at E for All. In the course of 20 minutes, we covered his latest exploits with the Championship Gaming Series, whether or not he’s ever going to come back to play professionally, his shootout history, hardware and more.
John was surprisingly talkative despite nearly losing his voice toward the end of the interview. Check it out below, and be mindful that the audio is a little noisy in the first part thanks to his rockstar tour bus’s A/C:
Last Saturday, the eSports Awards were handed out to players, teams and journalists during a live show at Games Convention. We have written about who won but have you seen the smiles? Have you seen the tears in those people’s eyes? Have had the chance to notice how nervous Fatal1ty was giving his memorable speech? Have a look if you are interested.
Poland is the big winner of the 2007 edition of the eSports Awards with five awards going to Polish gamers, winning every category where they were nominated except one. The “Turtles” were handed out at Games Convention 2007 during a live ceremony and on German television.
Polish gamers took awards in every category they were nominated in, including the most prestigious eSports Player of the Year and eSports Team of the Year. The winners were:
Breakthrough of the Year
Maciej ‘av3k’ Krzykowski
Best eSports Coverage (Uservote)
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Best FPS Duel Player
Johan ‘toxic’ Quick
Best Warcraft 3 Player
Yoan ‘ToD’ Merlo
Best Counter-Strike Player
Filip ‘Neo’ Kubski
Lifetime Achievement Award
Johnathan ‘Fatal1ty’ Wendel
Best Journalist
Tim Farin & Christian Parth
Scene Journalist Award (Uservote)
David ‘Craven’ Abel & Michal ‘carmac’ Blicharz
eSports Player of the Year
Filip ‘Neo’ Kubski
Best eSports Game of the Year (Uservote)
Pro Evolution Soccer 6
eSports Team of the Year
PGS Gaming Continued…
This week, GGL’s Michal “Carmac” Blicharz gives his take on the Championship Gaming Series mediocrity… on the Quad-Damage randomness… on Blizzcon’s results…
