who is the greatest e-athlete ever

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Murk_the_Scribe

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?

#2

Murk_the_Scribe

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I think it clockwork

#3

rocketslay

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olofmeister

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cin

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=

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sage

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that guy who finished pacman
he started in competitive pinball
https://youtu.be/IoVvgSwPDYk

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gwendolyn

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Faker

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manskirt

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Rapha

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Hal

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C O O L L E R
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breloom

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burning

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indra

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im a big cypher fan but i think fatal1ty is the most successful

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yight

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Faker

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subhuman

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cookie jake

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h0b5t3r

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oPlaid

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Geknaiir

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C_99XJqIs4

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SpaceCadet

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Thresh

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Failw1zard

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Probably Flash or Faker. Personal fav would be Rapha

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JarateKing

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There are a lot of different things to base it off of, but fatal1ty is the greatest I'd say--no one compares in terms of consistent top-level performance for fps games. He's easily the most prominent player from the era when most people started taking notice of eSports, and is still one of the better known players despite retiring a decade ago.

Some other players of note:

Thresh is probably the first prominent player. Unfortunately he stopped playing before eSports really started picking up, but he's got a Guinness World Record as the first professional gamer at least.
Mew2King has by far the most tournament plays between any games at 534 currently, and is only a few wins away from having more #1 placements than the next most frequent player (Nerchio, a starcraft player) has tournaments entered.
UNiVeRsE currently has the most prize money to his name at over 2.7 million, though it's always pretty close between top Dota2 players and with the International 2017 coming up soon, there's a lot of potential for another Dota2 player to take it up instead.
It's personal, but the most impressive plays I've seen in any game(s) come from Jhlee0133 (namely Ascention to Heaven DT, Blue Zenith, A Fool Moon Night, and his unreadable BMS plays), even if it's niche and not what most people think of eSports as. Though some other vsrg players (jakad's Doppleganger DT or ABCD's 14K+2 abilities) are pretty damn good too.

There are a lot of different things to base it off of, but fatal1ty is the greatest I'd say--no one compares in terms of consistent top-level performance for fps games. He's easily the most prominent player from the era when most people started taking notice of eSports, and is still one of the better known players despite retiring a decade ago.

Some other players of note:[list]
[*] Thresh is probably the first prominent player. Unfortunately he stopped playing before eSports really started picking up, but he's got a Guinness World Record as the first professional gamer at least.
[*] Mew2King has by far the most tournament plays between any games at 534 currently, and is only a few wins away from having more #1 placements than the next most frequent player (Nerchio, a starcraft player) has tournaments entered.
[*] UNiVeRsE currently has the most prize money to his name at over 2.7 million, though it's always pretty close between top Dota2 players and with the International 2017 coming up soon, there's a lot of potential for another Dota2 player to take it up instead.
[*] It's personal, but the most impressive plays I've seen in any game(s) come from Jhlee0133 (namely [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN090FsiNMk]Ascention to Heaven DT[/url], [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvBlCGK-STs]Blue Zenith[/url], [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4n5EicKqvg]A Fool Moon Night[/url], and [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJs_1OOFjfM]his unreadable BMS plays[/url]), even if it's niche and not what most people think of eSports as. Though some other vsrg players (jakad's [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOlxUl3B1KQ]Doppleganger DT[/url] or ABCD's [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX89NB32RjA]14K+2 abilities[/url]) are pretty damn good too.[/list]

#18

wonderland

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fatal1ty.
h4h4 just kidding..

its cypher..

/e wait you actually said fatal1ty unironically @_@. does anyone actually play quake here lmao

fatal1ty.
h4h4 just kidding..

its cypher..

/e wait you actually said fatal1ty unironically @_@. does anyone actually play quake here lmao

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xirph

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.

#20

stringer_bell

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SlayerS_`BoxeR`

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Abridge

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Probably fatal1ty but hypothetically:
Lance armstrong, he would find a way to dope in e-sports and win several tour de esports bit would never get caught because there is no international organizatiom dedicated to investigatimg cheaters in e-sports like ther is in real sports.

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DoctorMiggy

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sagethat guy who finished pacman
he started in competitive pinball
https://youtu.be/IoVvgSwPDYk

The restaurant he used to run isn't too far off from me. I met him there once, much nicer dude than the "Fistful of Quarters" doc tried to portray him as.

[quote=sage]that guy who finished pacman
he started in competitive pinball
https://youtu.be/IoVvgSwPDYk[/quote]

The restaurant he used to run isn't too far off from me. I met him there once, much nicer dude than the "Fistful of Quarters" doc tried to portray him as.

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tommy

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who is fatal1ty? all I know is that hes a quake player

#24

Hal

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Tommywho is fatal1ty? all I know is that hes a quake player

He was a very prominent FPS player in the early- to mid-2000s. He won over $450k at tournaments in several games (Quake III, Painkiller, Alien vs Predator, Quake 4, UT). He held the record for most winnings as a gamer for some time. He was well known for practicing a ton.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcR07kq4duU

[quote=Tommy]who is fatal1ty? all I know is that hes a quake player[/quote]
He was a very prominent FPS player in the early- to mid-2000s. He won over $450k at tournaments in several games (Quake III, Painkiller, Alien vs Predator, Quake 4, UT). He held the record for most winnings as a gamer for some time. He was well known for practicing a ton.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcR07kq4duU

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T0m

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s4

#26

denisbit13

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Tommywho is fatal1ty? all I know is that hes a quake player

gamer food

[quote=Tommy]who is fatal1ty? all I know is that hes a quake player[/quote]
gamer food

#27

Wandum

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jaedong and flash were both fucking INSANE at bw

#28

shenanigan

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Boxer
Daigo
Moon
MaDfrog(may be debatable)
markeloff
walle

#29

THEBILLDOZER

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Wandumjaedong and flash were both fucking INSANE at bw

This, also rapha
The most impressive players tp me are the ones who made it to the top of complex 1v1 games, where's there isnt room for mistakes.

[quote=Wandum]jaedong and flash were both fucking INSANE at bw[/quote]
This, also rapha
The most impressive players tp me are the ones who made it to the top of complex 1v1 games, where's there isnt room for mistakes.

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Dagger

cp_granary_pro

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vo0