QuakeLive: proZaC on Quakecon: "Here's my story"

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By Duncan 'Thorin' Shields

Aug 21, 2010 01:13

Swedish Quake player proZaC has provided his side of the story behind his eviction from QuakeCon 2010 on the grounds of indecent exposure via a column on ESReality.

After being thrown out of Quakecon 2010 the legendary Swedish Quake player Cyrus 'proZaC' Malekani has given his side of the story in a column on ESReality.

The column covers his arrival in America and his adventures in Iowa and Chicago, Illinois, before arriving at Quakecon where the incident occured. proZaC uses a system of strikes to structure the piece.

On his travels:

"Next stop - Iowa. Because of floods we have to ride a bus instead of a train. Mind you I'm packing some heavy load, monitor, computer and all (about 35kg in total). We ride on the bus next to this awesome elderly christian couple and we talk through the whole trip, they actually even gave me their bible which i was reading in from time to time.

Anyway... We arrive at Iowa...

But we forgot something... Our luggage is still on the bus. HOW STUPID CAN YOU BE!? Thanks to Virgil at the train station we get them back the next day without any problems."

Initial problems at Quakecon:

"Nothing is working and it's hard to get any directions. Steve-o did the best he could, man he stayed busy! But there was a lot of miscommunication going on. And as for myself I was like a boxer ready to go at any moment (even though I lost my voice). So at this point I'm steaming, people think I'm crazy cause I can't talk (I'm writing notes on papers) and all I wanna do is hit something really hard. Finally Steve-o says "go to the stage, now!".

I go to the stage and I ask where my spot is so I can hook it up and the answer is "we don't know". I'm awed, truly awed. Then I'm asking the tech guy who actually gets up and gets into my face like he wants to fight or something, I back down (for which I think I deserve a medal of honor) but still I have to wait. "

The moment which got him thrown out:

"Directly after the sparks game I'm just steaming I go to the pool to chill out. I just jump off the stage, leave my stuff on the table and go, thinking now it's their problem see how they like it. I go to the pool and swim it off. Then Unleashed comes and gets me and says: "we have a CTF game NOW!". I head back with my pool pants, go to the stage to pack my stuff and they stay "YOU CANT BE HERE, YOU ARE DRIPPING ALL OVER THE PLACE!" at which point I just jump down go to my computer and change pants. I'm nude for about 2 seconds, I go out for a smoke before the CTF game to get my mind into it. When I come back I'm met up with the executive organizer, I don't remember his name but he's like "that's indecent exposure you can't do that you're out"."

The column takes on a travelogue kind of vibe and proZaC's gregarious nature shines through.

Source: ESReality
(Photograph copyright of ESL)