Originally posted by: MrControversial
I'm seeing a lot of stuff with the "Fatal1ty" brand on it. I wonder who actually buys this stuff.
Uhm, noobs/wannabe "gamers" that still talk online in l33t-sp34k? Hence the product name and packaging?
Originally posted by: MrControversial
For those of you who don't know, Fatal1ty is some uber geek gamer who wins PC game tournaments. Somehow that makes him cool. So he has these endorsements with his monkier on it and people buy it. What market is that aimed at? Do any of you actually follow game tourneys with any seriousness enough that you would buy a $200 motherboard with Fatal1ty's logo on it? I sure don't.
I don't really know if I agree with the product tie-in with his name, but I can't fault the guy for being talented at what he does, winning game competitions. I used to be an amature competitive video-game player, back in my earlier years (got my name in a magazine for it too, and won a bunch of gear), and I have to say that I think that it's pretty darn cool that such a thing has become "mainstream" enough for their to actually be gaming leagues and "professional" sponsorships and the like. I dig it. I know some friends (slightly younger than I am, they've still got their reflexes), and they've travelled around the country playing in tournaments and winning competitions. Although when it comes down to actual competitions, I seem to have somewhat lost my edge, I take solace that in non-competition gameplay, I'm still quite competitive with them. Ah, my misspent days of youth, at the video-arcade.