Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel
| Fatal1ty | |
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| Johnathan Wendel | |
Johnathan Wendel at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2014
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| Status | Retired |
| Born | February 26, 1981 |
| Hometown | Independence, Missouri |
| Nationality | United States |
| League |
Cyberathlete Professional League World Series of Video Games(defunct) World Cyber Games Championship Gaming Series (defunct) |
| Games |
Quake Quake 2 Quake 3 Aliens versus Predator 2 Return to Castle Wolfenstein Call of Duty 2 Counter-Strike: Source Unreal Tournament 2003 Doom 3 Painkiller Quake 4 Counter-Strike Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 |
| Nickname(s) | Fatal1ty |
| Official website | |
Johnathan Wendel (born February 26, 1981), also known by the gamertag Fatal1ty (pronounced Fatality /feɪtælɪti), is a former professional esports player of the first-person shooter titles Quake and Painkiller and entrepreneur. He was an early pioneer of competitive gaming and was once considered one of the best professional gamers in the world. He founded Fatality Inc., a video game accessories company.
Fatal1ty became a professional in 1999 at age 18 playing Quake III Arena.
Wendel has won approximately US$450,000 in cash and prizes from professional competitions, mainly in the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL). In addition to receiving numerous product partnerships with his company Fatal1ty Brand (Fatal1ty, Inc.), he has been featured in mainstream newsprint publications such as Time, The New York Times, Forbes, and the BBC World Service. He has also been featured on 60 Minutes. He has a training regimen where he practices at least eight hours each day, sometimes more.
Wendel has been a successful competitor in many first-person shooter games. He debuted as a professional gamer in October 1999 by placing 3rd in the Quake III Arena tournament at the CPL's FRAG 3 event. He has competed in tournaments with Counter-Strike, Call of Duty and Quake III Arena which he won with his team clan Kapitol at the first-ever CPL Teamplay World Championships (FRAG 4). Most of his successes have been with one-versus-one deathmatch games including Quake III Arena, Unreal Tournament 2003, and Painkiller. During his career, he has won a total of twelve world championship titles, including four player of the year awards with the Cyberathlete Professional League and one with the World Cyber Games.
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