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Bardzo fajny artykuł pojawił się na globetechnology.com (serwis raczej hardware). Tyczy od esportu, a dokładniej kariery pana Jonathana Wendela, znanego bardziej na świecie jako Fatal1ty. Autor, pan FELIX VIKHMAN porównuje osobę Fatala do takich sław jak Babe Ruth, Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan czy Wayne Gretzky, którzy to na własny sposób ukształtowali swoje "podwórka". Czy ma racje? Tego dowiecie się czytając ten artykuł. Poniżej macie zajawke:

*A scrawny and brash 21-year-old from Kansas City, Mo., Fatal1ty competes in the virtual arena of Quake III, a popular "first-person shooter" video game played on networked computers through which combatants hunt one another in a last-man-standing free-for-all. And while Fatal1ty's fortunes have gone up and down (and then back up) in recent years, the sport he loves to play only increases in popularity.

Since the age of 13, Wendel has been a major fan of video games. Growing up on a suburban cul de sac, he and another neighbourhood kid used to lay network wire across the road every night when local traffic had stopped, allowing them to play games together on their computers. A devoted player who practises several hours a day, Fatal1ty was strong enough to place third in his first-ever professional Quake competition in 1999 -- and took home $4,000 (U.S.).* ... tutaj macie więcej.