what

THE FIRST PHOTO IS SO HILARIOUS :]
but not in an ironic way against bodybuilders, it's just such a huge difference when compared to his old photos, when he had won his first titles

Yes! And no photshop involved!

Why did he undo his pants though :(

no homo tho

too fat to close them now?

manifested bullrush

nice interview :)
av3k looks sharp online , he might take this one if he has set his mind on it

and [+], get the pre coverage rolling!

so you want to kiss avek?

Some time ago I decided to stick with Quake and play it as long as possible.

Thumbs up, mister! Im happy that rumours about av3k giving up playing quake competitevly and putting no effort into it were just rumours.

Well I was on a server with him some time ago (~2 weeks) and he said himself that he lost his motivation to play quake any longer, so it was not a rumour, maybe he had some bad days ;]

lol stop using creatine and get some definition...

If he makes a well thought diet, it is defined look enough. Mass is indeed more than enough available. Water retention of creatine is overrated just so on the edge. Through diet can affect the water balance much easier.

Not necessarily creatine. He could be taking in a lot of carbs or calories. Besides, it more healthy if you're constantly working out to keep your weight up. When you start getting shredded it gets more difficult to actually workout to full potential (you have less energy if you're starving your muscles of ATP).

"Do you think that he is still able to perform well?

You know, in my opinion in games and sports there is only one thing that matters, that will allow you to be one of the best players and that is sheer willpower. If you really want to win then you will always be able to show a lot of dedication and spend time on it, so you can do it for sure. There is no such thing like talent cause all people are the same, or at least supposed to be the same.

Everything that leads you to the win is your mindset, that`s all. I truly believe there is no such thing as talent. Some people don`t think so, but I play for a plenty of time now and I don`t have the talent to hit well. Hitting is like a habbit – you get used to it and it`s hard to change it. The same way as it is to change your personality. That`s why really I think there is no such thing as talent."

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idd... play 100 duels per day = win zotac

you totally missed the point

more like you missed the irony in my post

i guess that's one of the big things in gaming, most people have no upper body muscles, and the obvious way out is to go and jug creatine like you're thirsty or smoethin.

kinda sad, most of these people don't realize that muscles get you nowhere in life. the only muscle that matters is in your head.

not in poland :D

and hows that working out for your gdp?

and whats gdp

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, but I still think muscles are okay, even better than GDP

ye, there are ok but to a certain level when its just too much

and you still have no idea what GDP is, do you?

yea but who cares? :D tell polish name

ok i know now, but i was talking about muscles not PKB D:

Flipped a house in Las Vegas recently? Oh, wait.

Not true. To some and for example me it gave me alot more confidence within myself and made me feel independant also. I also made new friends by going to the gym and I socialise alot more than I used to because of it.

yeah i socialize with people that don't drink kerosine and eat creatine for breakfast lunch n dinner.

i have more than enough self confidence just from the fact that i know QL netcode sucks, and noone else notices it.

sup~

I have never taken creatine nor have alot of my friends. You're either a really bad troll or you're retarded :D either way you fail :d

Quit hatin hater skinny fag xD!

keep telling yourself that, just because i'm skinny and like guys doesn't mean i'm not better than you.
also, you're probably awful at games too.

lol like guys XD now I see.

No I am quite super freaking awesome @ games thank you very much!

You're probably really bad considering you're whining about quakelives netcode lol.

Ps. Why are you hating so much lol I only said I weightlift for confidence gains and because I love it. It makes me happy that I am getting stronger and fitter also improving my overal appearance and energy.

You remind me of the type who sits on the computer flaming anyone you can just because "you can" but irl you would be quiet as a mouse.

He should focus a bit more on fat burning imo, or he will end up like the blob instead of mr. muscle :D

why, let him gain 2-5 more kg and its perfect base for chiseling out some sharp muscles :]

he said he likes bodybuilding so a fitness body is not his goal and hes doing good to not reduce weight right now.

summer is over anyways for diet, so i would as well gain through the winter and start to lose some weight at the beginning of 2012.

Didn't knew summer was over at 7th june.

coments going as expected :D

lol wtfs he doing, someone should tell him the ladies dont like it if you are ridiculously hench no more.

also youre gonna get rolled in a fight with no gas tank, unless its against another nerdy gamer

Polish girls like muscles.

Everyone don't lift weights to impress girls, you get an awesome feeling when you just get stronger and stronger, if his goal is to get big then it's his choice.

Bodybuilding is not for getting stronger, it's about looking bigger.

agreed :)

alright! end of the bulk?
hmm work some more traps:x and dont put too much work into your lower chest.
back?
legs?;x
how much kg?


gj, and gl with ql!

ow.. idd @lizahd :D

Lets go with avek vs Z4muZ ;]

who is that

z4muz

Z4muZ again ;-)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtxKlOkh2BU

lifting weights and burning tires on crap cars. looks like a proper chav to me.

both great assets to humanity, lift weights and burn tyres to compensate for something

The swede wins since he has the stronger shaft...

The swede loses since he is lifting like 10lbs, lol.

more than likely warm up weight :)

can tox get in on this?

perfect form, awfully low weight for a deadlift

judging by the bumpers, I'd say he's doing O-lifts

Right, it looks more like that ist the first pull from a clean ;-) I do weightlifting too.

Probably warm up weight for deadlifts. Warming up is key to strong lifts.

POLAND
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IMHO, it's always better to work out your body. Everyone looks better with some muscles.
Great fella, dawaj av3k!

avek watch dem carbs, yo!

wtf is that thing

edit: and why did he unzip his pants? this is weird

I like that! Let av3k do what he wants to do.. i know a lot of nerdy guys who are unable to do some sports ^^

thx for the interview man!

for breakfast?

"meat and rice"

steak is awesome breakfast :D

Lol on the phote av3k looks like a bodybuilder or a bouncer XD...

gym instructor? :f pretty poor example to show to customers ;x this guy i went to school with is omfg ripped now & does it cleanly

im proud of u!

Why dont derquaker.com gets some +1 on facebook? ;)

Because not every person has an account on facebook, including me. But are you doing on derquaker.com always good work and your stream is always top notch <3

hehe thx a lot dude :)

BW & DerQuaker FTW :>

resisting the facebook wagon? please, dont tell me you uses studivz :D

Maybe he doesn't use anything. :'((

kudos to him then. it is good if he can 'resist' or mange to survive without. i would not be able to stay in contact with the people I met abroad.

how about email?
skype?
msn?
sms?
phonecall?
or even sending an old-school letter?

i do all these, too (yes, I even write letters once a year or so :/ :D)

tbh i used to use msn, icq, aim as well but now I am only using skype and facebook. I will deleted my German studivz account as well but first I need to safe some of the pictures I have on it (which is the main reason why I have not deleted it yet - I don't use it anymore.)

+ av3k really should give plasma lessons :p

I have a mobile phone and email, that is enough. ;-)

on the contrary, I hard ever use my mobile phone. I pay like 10€ a month.

In my eyes av3k`s attitude changed over the years. I actually really like him now. Av3k casting with 2gd and making fun of himself was awesome. Maybe i just didnt know him good enough before + his english got better.

Good Luck 4 Dreamhack from Germany!

agreed

avek is all right, cool guy

btw, where can i watch that when avek casted with 2GD?

own3d ( if it has stopped sucking dicks, last week it was a wreck ). dreamhack winter 2010, final match.

Also, check out the voogood show ( search for v00god, some retard uploaded it with zeros ) and the "interview" with stermy and av3k ( probably the same vod than the final )

tnx m8 :)

Get k1llsen and avek arm wrestling at dreamhack. I'm sure he will do better than joe and destroy killsen. :D
http://youtu.be/SuawKF1GGWY?hd=1&t=17m6s

I t hink so .. k1llsen is not in a good shape ;D

That would be boring. Av3k vs cooller arm wrestle! :d

btw muscle size does not always relate equally to strength :)

I'm not retarded, ty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEnK145M9-A

This is me

Avek is making awesome gains and it looks like he knows what hes doing, just hope he doesn't neglect his legs like most people do...

I hope he does really well at DH as hes one of my fav players. I was really disappointed in how he performed last time (but he made up for that at IEM EU where he was playing extremely well but for some reason played bad in the final).

GO AV3K! Keep up the good work.

looks like he's negletting those squats unfortunately

It's amazing how stupid he looks on that first pic. Then I read the interview and to me he seems like one of the nicest and most down to earth player in the scene right now.

I hope it is nice to read.. av3k gave some good answers :)

only the super hero question made some trouble :D

What? That movie is unintentional mind reading. Intentional mind reading would be a pretty cool superpower, esp. in Quake :D

Say goodbye to your shoes/cellphone, noob

Now i'm curious if there are other scenes? China, Japan, Brazil or Argentine? Anyway, GL @ Dreamhack Av3k! o/

If you pop av3k with a needle you would have enough water to feed Africa for a day.

Av3k December 2010



Av3k April 2011



Av3k 2012

ha

Cool headphones. Audio-Technica?

looks like ad700 to me

His left arm looks like it's fake, haha

why does one of the guys not have a keyboard ?? lol

Russian style

You sure know how to deliver \:D/.

AV3KBESTPLAYERbyfar

comments going as expected :D

avek: hm to be as good as toxic i have to look like toxic

esr trolls are talking whether av3ks muscles are nice or not...

COME OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNN

jamerio show em your gorgeous body! let em know!

Im from Argentina and i must say thanks Avekkk. Here we have a lot of good players who can challenge the best, im one of the top players here. its a shame we don't have the qualyfiers and the resources to travel to the big Lan tournaments like dreamhack, esl, etc, etc...
It would be so nice if you travel here in the future to play some games with you :D

how do you know you can challenge the best if noone's ever done it? dumbass

join an FFA server with other players on then win in a shorter time

that method works but you need to make a movie of a final screenshot and have keyboard cat play in the background.

And not forget to get his body!

i just love how 90% of esr users are experts in bodybuilding... freakin haters :X

u guys mad cuz he works hard to look ok, unlike you nerds or what?


GL av3k, sadly u have to loose against strenx so he can win DH

i think its the effect of unziped pants :|

Sorry, but didn't see it until you posted. Faggits.

It's always like that, haters or smart asses all over. I'm a "bodybuilder" aswell, liftin weights for 2,5 years already and all I can say is that he did a pretty good development, and as we know he is still building his body, so the body fat percentage is alright, nothing that bad. But you know, the internet got a lot of heroes, they all look like Victor Martinez, Ronny Coleman, Jay Cutler, Kevin Levrone, and so on, maybe EVEN BETTER!

[+]

all this ppl looks so fucking ugly, holy shit

bb seems to be like anorexia, serious addiction.

These people are competetive bodybuilders, impossible to reach this level without steroids and crazy genetics. Just wanted to point out that most people here behave like douchbags and acting if they are Pro-Bodybuilders.

or maybe they do real sports instead of some faggot shit like bodybuilding?

bodybuilding is same as every other sport, lol :X


i do play chess, u gonna flame me because its not REAL sport?

What are the objective criteria for being a better bodybuilder?

that some crusty old man in the jury likes your pecks better than the other guys.

you can be Governor of California

bigger and more carved muscles... thats obvious lol :X

so they take the guys biceps and measure the cms?

no... jury they decide whos got better... pretty same like acrobatics and other a bit gay olympics stuff

So, more or less a beauty pageant.

i.e. not sports

yeah, you know bettar whatzzz sportzzz and whatzzz not... u master in every sport which would be none? in your case..

#172

as opposed to gymnastics/ice skating which have some precise scoring rules (must do element X to get Y points) what are the rules for bb? look nicer?

it also does not require technical skill (anybody with enough time can do it) nor does it require precision or skill of any sort. all it requires is dedication and discipline. in some aspects it's like WoW.

im tired of you intolerant skinny nerds...

but you would be suprised how much precision and time[some isnt enough] it requires...


if u cant deal with ppl who work on themself its not my problem and interest to inform you...

bodybuilding is less of a sport than figure skating

hah skinny nerds. I probably got more bicep circumference then you and Im not even a bodybuilder. if bb is the only sport you've done in your life then I'm 100% more athletic, got faster sprints, bigger vertical and a bigger cock. u lose.

never said im a bodybuilder, but gym is part of my football training, so i kinda get how hard it is to get ripped

I probably got more bicep circumference then you and Im not even a bodybuilder."

Given you spend most of your day masturbating and moving your mouse pointer on screen I daresay at least on of your arms is of bodbuidler proportions.

1) e4

Wish I could plus you twice.

To do so much work in eating right and working out tons and still be no more beautiful than any 130kg fuck - mindboggling.

they should really put up a tdm team with av3k, z4muz, toxjq and ischju and play in a random cup just for the fuck of it.

actually zsx is a lot bigger than the four of us :D btw. i was able to interview av3k during dh and talk to him etc. and he is a really nice guy. very easy to talk to and i loved his cast with 2gd and av3k. ive recently been to poland and his english is definitely a lot better than those of the random polish guys/girls.

I assumed he's tall as fuck + doesn't lift weights for the fuck of it ( rugby right ? ), that's why I picked you instead of him :D
And yeah, Av3k's english is really good. Even strenx's english is actually better than most people of his age around here ( I know, it's hard to believe but it's true )

i hope moppz english will improve too :D

if that's the RUNTERFALLNOOB guy I've never heard him.

Thats the guy :)
Check out his cast of Zotac 85 Final strenx vs. av3k
http://www.derquaker.com/vods/?page=2&vod=4164

I thought it would be way worse than that tbh.

uh, trust me, he is lifting weights alright. he does like 200kg squats and shit like that. his legs are probably twice as big as av3k's now. and i dont even wanna mention his arms :D if you want to compete in rugby, you have got to be one big as motherfucker. (I used to play Rugby as well btw) also I loved how av3k played vs strenx. he is playing way smarter, using rockets very effectively and just taking angles that strenx does not like/has trouble to deal with. plus, strenx plays very predictive at times (item whore) and av3k exploited that fact by positioning himself accordingly dealing a ton of damage every time strenx tried to pick up an item.

moppz should really take some English lessons. He can pay me, I'll give him some. Speaking of which, strenx still wants me to give him lessons about prepositions. Apparently, that is his weakness :)

But yeah, it is to expect that their English gets better especially strenx's as he actually studies languages.

Well yeah, zsx plays rugby and in order to NOT get his face smashed by a 250kg toothless redhead he lifts weights and shit.

But yeah, it is to expect that their English gets better especially strenx's as he actually studies languages.

oh, the irony.

it is not easy to learn quakelive casting english within some weeks ;D

but thx a lot! i think over it :D

had to do it

props to him anyway

:X

bb is for tards, wasted a few years on this shit but still nice gains and great online performance

how is it a waste? i dont know much about that stuff and im curious.

u can build better quality muscles and overall fitness + actually gain some usefull skill by doing other sports where there is actually some effort involved

bb = eat loads of food + 1h ttraining 3 times a week = boring

the mass u build this way is the wors possible quality muscle which do nothing besides beeing big

u re slow and paradoxically not as strong as u imagine ofc u can bench/squat/deadlift or whatever loads of weight but who cares if any wrestler can slam your ass and hurt you bad without any effort while looking just as good or even better in his nice jeans u wont be even able to fit with your fat legs and ass

bbs re slaves of their own muscles, they have to eat specific food at specific time, cant drink alkohol or do coke cos that shit quality muscles gona burn fast after this

i remmeber i could loose like 3 kgs in one night and got paranoied about this in the morning "omg my precious muscles gone to hell!!!"

not to mention steroids sides etc and aveks gains look to me like a hormonal gains + his face is full of red spots cos of this shit

First of all, if you really knew something about bodybuilding you wouldn't say he's taking roids, as the majority (most "fashionable" ones at least) of those, besides the huge strength boost (and various other effects) terribly reduce the bodyfat.
He's most likely bulking like there's no tomorrow, which I fear he's going to regret in case he's interested in getting to sub 10% levels soon.

Secondly, you might be not aware of the difference between PowerLifting and BodyBuilding, let alone how the muscular tissue works (jesus christ, "wors possible quality muscle " ? please go read a physiology book and get a clue): before I let google do the dirty job for you, I'd like to underline how most of those underwear fitness models your girlfriend (read: hand) drools on are, by definition, bodybuilders (some of them even competing at high level in other sports, noticeably fighting ones, were speed and reflexes are a must).

Thirdly, those exercises you mentioned, besides being fundamental for strenght/mass grow, are done by many other sports athletes to enhance their performances in various degrees.

As for the last point, you have no idea how I enjoy picturing you as an obese neckbeard in denial, attempting to criticize those who work hard (and love the process of doing so) to achieve something in their lives.

to achieve something in their lives

u lost me there

Call it a sport, call it whetever you like but, taking care of your own body (or any other interest obviously) is for some people a passion, and they like to work hard to achieve their own goals, which could range between mere loss weight , better performances in particular fields, orsimple healthiness and well-being.

What is really beyond me is how people could possibly criticize those willing to work their fingers to the bone, instead of showing admiration or, at least, some respect.

i was able to bulk on a test even with heavy antiestrogens so pls stop this bs, most pros bulk even harder while beeing on some crazy cycles

i do understand whats the dif between powerlifting and bb but u have to agree they have much in common cos u cant lift more without a proper mass, powerlifting muscle tissue is even worse than bbs cos its grown just to do this one proper repetition with max weight

pls name one bodybuilder who fights good lol bob sap? he sucks and he was playing footbal afaik

im doing lifting myself but its only a way to achieve some specific goals in a specific discipline not only to build mass and its done in a different way with less weight as i would use when bulking

i dont care how u picture me lol

im not criticizing HIM, im criticizing bb, i even said "nice gains" so whats the problem?

pudzianowski didn't do too well in mma either.

and his much much more than just a bb

mass effect

it really depends on what body type you've got and also if your muscles are about endurance or power and as sou can see he is a typical endo-meso, so actually made for the powershit instead of running marathons.

bb is mainly a sport where your genes matter. you build up muscles to show off how your body builds up muscles (aesthetics, volume, symmetrie, power etc.).

in every other sportive profession you have to train for certain amounts of hours per week, so the argument of boredom isn't any good, the wrestler part is pretty dumb,eh. aswell as the drugs part,uh. and the part of you losing water overnight.

can't tell if he's using aas or some shit, but some people just have shitty skin.
im nowhere a bb'er, i would prefer fitness(or sitting around and do nothing) over bb any time, but you seem to have a hard time to find stuff you like instead of judging things you do not.

Hahaha what a fat git ... can he still move his arms with all that bulk?
Does he honestly think that this bloated look is a good one ... hahaha

/wipes tear

envy much?

i dont get these discussions

why are people so simple minded that they think a person would do this just because they want to look good in the eyes of others?
and why do people who reply to shit like this think its envy when its perfectly understandable that someone doesnt want to look like this?

There are so many aggressive and negative comments towards his look. His one is one of them. Let the guy do whatever he wants to do. There is no reason to write something like this

Hahaha what a fat git ... can he still move his arms with all that bulk?
Does he honestly think that this bloated look is a good one ... hahaha

/wipes tear

without having mental restrictions :/

I understand why people aren't attracted to such a look but there is just no reason to be offensive against someone who obviously likes what he is doing.

Let people have a different opinion.

I understand why people aren't attracted to such a look but there is just no reason to be offensive against someone who obviously likes what he is doing.

?!

offensive=!opionion

you're a dumb shit. that's my opinion.

as i said, i find those comments stupid aswell, but why are most reactions to this like "u guys mad cuz he works hard to look ok, unlike you nerds or what?" or your "envy much?"?
thats on the same level

It was a troll attempt :=(

oh, i kinda blew it then :D

but more often then not people argue like that and i can just facepalm

its ok if s1 wouldnt want to look like av3k, but if he dont like it he shouldnt be flaming... tolerance? sometimes i guess ppl dont know this word...


and flaming a flamer is not a crime

Good interview. Avek seems a nice guy, humble and focused. His English is also improving, making it easier to get to get his personality through.

the interview was translated i think

I guess it wasn't. "DerQuaker", could you please tell us?

it was not just a blind guess -.-
moppz asked me yesterday to do the esr news when the translator is finished. now he might have been talking about someone translating the derquaker post or something, but most likely he was talking about the actual interview. thats why i said "i think".

We made the Interview in English. After that we tried to find all the language fails :)

Then we corrected it. My english is not so good. But av3k answered everything that way. We just changed some words or grammastuff.

There is no such thing like talent cause all people are the same, or at least supposed to be the same.

So if my gradma played 8h every day with dedication she would get into top16? I don't think so, people are completely different and that's why we as a human community achieved so much in the matter of science, technology and culture, etc.

So if my gradma played 8h every day with dedication she would get into top16?

If she had started doing so when she was young? Sure.

If your grandma played while she was young, had the willpower to improve and a coach to tell her what she was doing wrong (if she did not see it herself), sure. Right now she would probably have trouble holding the mouse still and learning things.

So you admit that people are different and have not equal chances to get to the top. I mentioned my gradma to make contrast but if 65 year old woman is not able to reach 40% overall acc that proves the fact that people have different skills based on genes, age, sex and many other things.

So one 18 year old player can play 4h per day and hit high accuracies while other 18 year old player that have different parents, comes from other continent can be at least middle player playing 8h per day.

In my opinion talent is the ability to learn better particular skills, enhance own weaknesses but also all biological factors like time reaction, perception. My gradma is weak in the matter of that factors, I have better reaction and perception than she, but av3k has better than me. In other hand my gradma cooks better than av3k and me.

I'm working as programmer and this is also my hobby. I like it and I was able to understand and learn it very fast and well, while av3k could be trying to learn that for ages and still not be as good as I am. We could say that I have talent in that domain, but for me it is nothing special. I don't feel my talent, it's something normal for me, but for someone else like my grandma and av3k it's something unachievable.

I should be more precise. Of course physical predispositions have some effect on your skill level, but I think that effect is often overestimated. Most important of these is willpower and determination.

Also, I don't think you started to be interested in programming (or related) in high school after finishing a class with a literature/history bias. If avek wouldn't be able to become good at programming now (which we don't know) doesn't mean that he couldn't become a programmer if he had focused on math in his earlier life.

I can agree, but I believe that we are designated to concrete roles in society by our genes. I think this is not really our choice if we will be good at math or not. Of course there is always a big field to improve in every area what requires a lot of hard work.

I spent so much time helping many different people in different age with math or coding and I know it very well that some people are just thinking in wrong way in some aspects. It's something that cannot be learned.

You cannot say that unless you teach a baby from the beginning of its life.

That's correct. There is a chance that firsts months or 1-2 years are deciding. I consider this as well.

most people weren't taught to think logically (check religion) to begin with.

jaki byczek

lol @therm..
people think bodybuilding is only for now when you young
but if u 40+ and got 20 cm arms full of fat and the skin is hanging like grandma's tummy we will be laughing at you:D
and btw bodybuilding is an excellent "sport" before u go to another sport..like boxing etc.
u get roflstomped if your a soccer player BELIEVE DAT

hey why dont the people hating show some pics of theyre massive body?:D
oh wait u prolly a fucking ectomorph all your life and u will stay like that
little boys gtfo:D (K(K) u only got thor brachioradialis because u jerking like hell hihi .. excuse you if i need a stunt double i will use u..

gl at dreamhack avek!

!

gonna always cheer for avek. beautiful movement and great agressive style. dealing a lot of damage when out of control. in best days his gameplay was complete.
just feel sorry for people commenting on this photo as it obviously was a joke, cause avek is really great guy.

Yo guys =) Its my real account.

When I gave this interview most of all I just wanted to present you myself very well . Just to let you guys know more about me . My point of view on quake , scene , players , inside game and life and things in my life :) . I thought most of all I will see comments about my games . I think all of us are here mainly for Quake so it would be nice to add something new to our scene . I think quake is a great game but im afraid it can end soon cause there are games more popular then quake :( . I dont make a lot of interviews but this time I did cause i feel that I really miss times when i was 100 % dedicated to this game . So much tournaments and diffrent matches wins and loses will make me remember about it for long time . I hope you guys gonna take a more look in how I actually play my mistakes my greatness my wins and my loses then what kind of person I am = ) .

I want to thank for this interview to you moppz I hope you guys liked it . Soon we have DH there will be many good games so lets wait and hope we will see something cool . Thanks to everybody for your comments and opinions :)

(and welcome on ESR)

gl in quake and life av3k. You did seem like a dick early on, cuz we couldn't understand you much, but you cleared that up and seem like a nice fellow now.

Hope you take down rapha, can't have him winning every thing or quake becomes boring.

Don't let the fat nerds in this thread that are talking about ur body building get you down.

jamalz is right

I have to say thank you! Great comment here by the way.

avek teach me how to use plasma like you :(

Soon we have DH there will be many good games so lets wait and hope we will see something cool .

So many new pairs of shoes and cellphones. Cannot resist.

You is THE MAN, dude! I believe you have the right style to beat Rapha!

You're too strong! If you practiced kickboxing or jiu-jitsu, even alone in your house or with some partners, it would be great!

he has 69% plus, the sign!

gl at dh, next time dont forget to zip your pants ;-)

XD

Nice interview

good luck av3k ;)

I hope you do well in ur future matches in DH!

160 comments about fitness and 12 comments about the actual intervieuw :D

well the interview was a bore so what else should we talk about?

Go Av3k! Hope he goes to QuakeCon this year and also either him or K1llsen wins DreamHack duel. Good luck with your DH TDM team also.

Cool Interview!
Thanks Av3k and good luck on Dreamhack!!!1

why are people surprised the comments turned out more about the bodybuilding and pictures rather then the interview?

this kind of interview (questions and answers both) have been done for alot of players and there is not much new to it to attract attention, the bodybuilding and pictures are much more interesting to comment on though.

Good interview, tho needed more pics. 190 comments arent enough ;p

gl av3k, do good at DH!

http://www.esreality.com/index.php?a=post&id=1843898

That was so long ago... Av3k was kid when he set that. I this he's relationship with cooller changed now too. I don't think they're don't like each other now.

I mean, just don't put anything words on ppl who you don't know to much. You are able to say some words which can hurt someone. We should enjoy the quake and stop talking shit about shoes and cellphones, becouse it is JUST stupid...

If I start drawing and have my willpower drive me to become the best painter in the world, somehow I doubt that I'll succeed and my paintings will be shown in museums :D I happen to be particularly bad at painting, even at school my drawings was funny. But sure, I might have become a decent painter eventually, after a lot of years of stubborn learning how it is done. But certainly not a genius with international fame.

Pro quake players can be easily compared with geniuses in other areas. In numbers.

Imho, to do something you need to understand particularly well how to do it. On a subconscious level, like having a natural grasp of something. If you don't understand it, then no amount of will power can help. You'll put it all in wrong place, mindlessly trying to do something unhelpful.

And what makes you think that after all those years of training you won't be able to understand drawing on a subconscious level, given you've trained properly and hard enough?
It's all about putting enough time into anything. Technique matters as well, but the time factor is crucial. You just can't speed some things up. You can have psychical predispositions (by psychical i mean brain structure as well) but in the long run that doesn't matter THAT much.

You speak as if there was a set of precise rules and procedures for everything, and mastery was about mastering this finished set to its fullest as quickly as possible. But is it really true that meticulous precise instructions always exist and that they always lead to the same result? Or even that everybody can always learn to understand this precise technique?

That said, I agree that putting time into something helps, I just think it would be wrong to expect to become the best. It could happen, why not, but it could not.

"be able to understand drawing on a subconscious level"
That wouldn't be real understanding, just learning the standards and copying them. That would produce a decent painter who copies others, but somehow I think that genius is somebody who sees a "picture" of rules in his area in such a flexible manner that he can innovate.

it's a self fulfilling prophecy, people who are initially not good at stuff rarely put as much effort into things as those who are. there's also an element of fun and competitiveness,

if something is fun and being competitive is usually fun, you'll put more effort into it. most people usually give up at the first step.

If you don't know what is wrong and how to fix it, then what are going to put effort into? Doing something on autopilot changes nothing in its quality, even if it's fun.

I believe that understanding is entirely separate from effort, and enough effort won't necessarily produce understanding. Unless we're talking of something entirely precise, like math.

this is debatable. sure if you got no clue why you suck then you probably won't make fast progress. on the other hand someone in the know could easily tell you: you suck at football because you are: too fat, too slow, have bad team play and can't hit the ball for shit. I imagine most people won't take the best out of that information.

anyway my point was that people who try something, suck at it at first, usually give up there. even tho they might have actual talent on a higher level of play.

That's what coaching is for: if you get stuck and stop gaining progress from practice, then you need someone to give you hints how to practice more effectively.

I don't believe in your assumption that people had some predefined limit in their brain that they could not pass. Of course inborn features matter, but it's not the crucial thing in making progress. Work hard, and you get "talent".

Btw you should read "Talent Is Overrated" by Geoff Colvin. He's cited some scientific research about the issue.

Thanks for taking your time to respond.
I've probably not expressed myself the way I intended to, so let me rephrase my thoughts so that we're both sure we understand each other.

In my opinion there's no real threshold, no invisible glass wall, no skill roof even that differs two people regarding getting better (let's - for the sake of discussion - define 'getting better' as the ability to put your will into any activity with an increasing precision/efficiency) in anything, with the exception of sheer psychical predispositions - think short basketball player, that's an awful cliché though.

While I don't necessarily think there's one fixed way that'll get you anything and works for everyone, I do believe that, provided with enough time, you can accomplish anything, and "having a natural grasp of something" (so called talent) gets you merely a better start.

Take it by no means personally, but my experience clashes with the "That wouldn't be real understanding, just learning the standards and copying them." part.
For me that's a bit romantic approach to the subject of artistry, it's all about (conscious, sane and done in proper way) hard work, just like anything else.
No real 'genius' involved, ask av3k whether he thinks his genius made him go that far, or just all those relentless hours spent before the monitor screen.
The more time you've dedicated towards something, the better control you have on a subject, be it drawing, playing quake, or fucking your girlfriend, the broaden your horizons become, and eventually the more creative stuff you can pull off.

Enough talking, let's get better at stuff ;)

"For me that's a bit romantic approach to the subject of artistry, it's all about (conscious, sane and done in proper way) hard work, just like anything else."

I have personal experience in the artistic area, athough obviously not with painting :), and my conclusions about it are that rules are superficial and can be tossed away entirely. Nobody really knows what makes some people better than others. Hard work is a requirement, of course, but nobody really knows for sure what the result of it depends on.

I actually like the mindset that you present, everybody can achieve anything, but I'm too pessimistic to believe in it in its entirety. If our characters differ, preferences differ, opinions differ, why can't our dispositions and possibilities differ? I'm not saying it's hard-coded in us, but obviously there's something in childhood (maybe) that makes us different. And so far people have big difficulty with changing even their characters and preferences consciously.

Um you cannot really compare video gaming to painting can you lol

+1 ischju but from what I've gathered and from only what I have heard cooller seems to only workout primarily chest and arms if even arms. Your back is the source of your strength. I say avek would thrash him in an arm wrestle.

Why are all the questions so boring? zz

plus playing vs noobs all day long wont make you better. if you want to excel at something then you usually need someone who challenges you and possibly is always one step ahead.

k1llsen disagrees :D

k1llsen just wants to keep his aim in shape. he "knows" how to play vs the big boys (apparently)

You always have to consider why people learn to get better. There is intrinsic and extrinsic motivation with the latter having less on an impact on your performance in the long run.

If a teacher teaches you math and you don't get it because you cannot wrap your head around there is two solutions: First, you can just try to improve it because you know that if you fail, you will not pass the class.

Secondly, you could simply just try to understand your weaknesses and work on them because you "want" to understand and the reward is simply by solving the problem. This is fun and this is what makes you better in the long run. Do the pros still play for money or for the thrill of competing? I

I've been playing Quake for many years and I did it for the fun of it. I wanted to compete, I wanted to get better, I watched demos and just tried to play as good as possible but at some point you cannot get better. You will probably reach your zenith and and you will improve incredibly slowly. For me that was the reason because I played with people that were as good as me, and not better.

Playing versus good players is sort of like punishment. You lose over and over again and finally you get a frag or two. But the intrinsic motivation may be weakened because you cannot be arsed to get raped all the time. This is why most of the people prefer to play vs people of their own skill and not beyond. I have always hated to play duel because I do not like to be raped but that is wrong imho. You have to take something away from the game and finally improve on it: rinse ad repeat.

I remember when being in my fist year of University there were a couple of guys who have been abroad and their English was insanely good. I was jealous and I wanted to improve my proficiency as well so I tried to read/listen to and speak with many people as possible.

I did so many mistakes, my pronunciation was crap and I just did not have enough knowledge. At some point, I finally got better (I got back from the UK) and people noticed that I was more fluent, more creative with my words and most importantly spontaneous. Then I talked to one of the guys (again after a year or so) and I realised that I finally had surpassed their level of proficiency. They ask me where I've been etc. and I said I went to the UK for 4 months while they had been abroad for a year.

The point is, some people just get really good really fast but they will never go beyond the average Joe because they do not want to take the extra effort to break that average Joe bubble. I do not know how to phrase it but that is how I think it is.

btw: my pronunciation was always crap: In school (6th grade or so) we had English names. Mine was Keith. I swear to god, I was never able to pronounce it and my teacher fucking annoyed me and wanted me to do it properly. I never was able to do because he forced me to (extrinsic motivation).

If you want to get better then love the challenge, excel and be prepared to experience some major humiliation on the way.

Whatever.