QuakeLive
An underdog, he took a well-deserved third place in the most prestigious event he has competed in. And while some would say that his performance was a fluke, griffin himself is hungry for more.
"Third place is never enough," he says. "I always wanted to take home first place. Each event I attend I see improvements in my game and placing. Third place is still a nice finish for me and I'm happy with my finish."
The Canadian only lost to the winner and the runner up of the tournament, Cypher and John "ZeRo4" Hill. He took a map from ZeRo4 but the Belarussian player was in a league of his own.
Griffin himself impressed as well thanks to the speed of rockets in QuakeLive. The Canadian showed outstanding rocket launcher skill and hit airrockets in almost every match that he played in. He should do even better in future QuakeLive events because QuakeCon was not a priority for him.
"I'm more focused on the ESWC finals and how I perform there," he explains. "QuakeLive is still new. If tournaments pick it up, I'll put more time into my game and take aside time for it so I can improve as much as I can."
His main problem before the tournament in San Jose is a job at a coffee shop which eats away a lot of his time. Perhaps not for long, though."I work too much to practice like everyone else going. Whenever I have time to play I take advatage of it. I might be quitting [my job] or taking a lot of time off in the weeks [before] ESWC so I can go LAN and train for the finals as I want to have a good showing."
Most top players will treat the ESWC Grand Final very seriously as it will most likely be the last major event held for Quake 3 this year. It might be the last one for griffin as well.
"It all depends on the tournaments that come around, if any," he says. "I want to start to focus on school for next year. Other than that I will just be working.
It would be with a loss to the scene if he quit as his growth as a player is evident, even by how he behaves outside of the game as well. Two years ago the closeness of beautiful women made him shy.
Last weekend, his response to being kissed by a model during the QuakeCon decoration ceremony was a confident smile.
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Work:
XS/ESReality 2000-2004
GGL Dec 2005-> Dec 2007
SK Gaming Jan 2008 -> Dec 2008
ESL Feb 2009 -> ...
Events visited:
2011
BlizzCon 2011
Intel Extreme Masters VI Global Challenge New York
Intel Extreme Masters VI Global Challenge Guangzhou
Intel Extreme Masters VI Global Challenge Cologne
European Battle.net Invitational 2011
Intel Extreme Masters V World Championship, Hanover
Intel Extreme Masters V European Championship, Kiev
2010
Intel Extreme Masters V American Championship, New York City
Intel Extreme Masters V Global Challenge Cologne
Intel Extreme Masters V Global Challenge Shanghai
2010 Blizzard Warcraft Invitational, Cologne
ESWC 2010 finals Paris
Intel Extreme Masters IV World Championship, Hanover
Intel Extreme Masters IV Asian Championship, Taipei
Intel Extreme Masters IV European Championship, Cologne
2009
Intel Extreme Masters IV American Championship, Edmonton
Intel Extreme Masters IV Global Challenge Dubai
Intel Extreme Masters IV Global Challenge, Cologne
Intel Extreme Masters Europe, World finals, Hanover
EPS XIV IFNG Cologne
2008
World Cyber Games finals, Cologne
Intel Extreme Masters III Global Challenge Dubai
ESWC Masters of Athens 2008
ESWC finals, San Jose
QuakeCon 2008, Dallas
Global FIFA 09 Community Event, Vancouver
ESWC Masters of Paris 2008
Blizzard Worldwide Invitational 2008, Paris
EPS Season XII Finals, Cologne
ESCONF 08, Cologne
Kode5 Global Final 2007, Moscow
2008 AFI Film Festival, Dallas
CyberAces Gala, Warsaw
WCG Samsung Euro Championship / Intel Extreme Masters II / CeBIT, Hanover
2007
Championship Gaming Series World Championship, Los Angeles
DreamHack Winter, Jonkoping
i32 LAN, Newbury
Heyah Logitech Cybersport finals, Warsaw
Extreme Masters / E4All, Los Angeles
World Cyber Games finals, Seattle
Games Convention, Leipzig
ESWC finals, Paris
ESWC Qualifier Poland, Poznan
Crossfire Prizefight Challenge 2, Enschede
i30 LAN, Newbury
WCG Samsung Euro Championship / Extreme Masters / CeBIT, Hanover
2006
World Series of Video Games finals, New York City
Poznan Game Arena / Creative Polish Invitational, Poznan
World Cyber Games finals, Monza
GGL DigitalLife Pro/Am Tournament, New York City
WCG USA, Las Vegas
Kode5 Quake 4 finals / Games Convention, Leipzig
ESWC 2006, Paris
ESWC Qualifier Poland, Poznan
Hip Hop Gaming League finals, Hollywood
GGL VSports AllStars / E3, Los Angeles
GGL TransAtlantic Showdown, New York City
WCG Samsung Euro Championship, Hanover
2005
DreamHack Winter, Jonkoping
CPL World Tour Finals, New York City
EuroCup XI LAN, Almere
ESWC 2005, Paris
CPL World Tour Stop Spain, Barcelona
WCG Samsung Euro Championship, Hanover
2002-2004
SMAU ILP 2004, Milan
WCG 2004 Italy, Milan
ESWC 2004, Poitiers
ESWC 2003, Poitiers
WCG 2002 UK, London
WCG 2002 Italy / NGI LAN 2, Milan
Movieing:
XSUnreality (see below)
XSU:Gold (see below)
Mad Mint Julep (see below)
Firebreath (see below)
Conceived the Golden Llama movie awards.
Gaming:
UT for clan DFP: quite a few domestic titles. Currently semi-active and not planning a comeback.
Other interests:
Competitive judo, sports, movies, music. MY OWNAGE NIECE.
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