For a bit Clawz was proving to be the best Champions player, but that all crumbled when DaHanG and Rapha knocked him out at DreamHack 2017. The competitive scene had been reset and everyone was fighting to prove themselves all over again. When Quake Champions took over the competitive scene Rapha immediately noticed the drastic differences, not only in the gameplay itself, but the tournament results. I always try to learn from it and not let it happen again.” People either get really down about losing, or turn it into a constructive feeling, fueling you to do better next time.
“I don’t go into tournaments thinking about placing Top 8, Top 3,” said Rapha. Quake Champions was proving to be quite different from Quake Live.
While he usually takes advantage of opponent’s mistakes, he kept getting outclassed tournament after tournament. There’s just so many small moments in Quake where you have to be on top of your game, he said, or opportunities will slip by. But throughout the year leading up to QWC he kept underperforming, despite feeling like he was in good shape. 2018, based on results (some of which included 2v2 victories with Rapha as his teammate).ĭaHanG defeating him in the Quake World Championship 2017: Duel quarter finals cemented their flip-flopped status. For a whole year DaHanG was the best Quake player in the world, from DreamHack Winter 2017 to the PGL Quake Champions Open in Nov. He was second best, after all, not that it was enough. Then DreamHack Winter later that year.īut where had he gone? Nowhere far, of course. It’s something I’m really thankful for every day.”įirst he took DreamHack Denver in 2018. Not many people get to pursue a dream like that. Pushing after this goal - to be the best at something - is a great experience and something I’ll always cherish. “I feel it’s been an honor to play at this level. The addrenneline had been coursing through him. That’s why after an entire year of chasing that title of best Quake player in the world, Rapha didn’t smile up on stage. Being at the top and being chased feels much different than chasing the top.” “Having to rebuild myself was good for me. “That struggle was good for me,” he concluded. And he kept getting more confident as tournaments went on. He never stopped trusting himself and what he had been doing to get to this point. While being second best Quake player in the world wasn’t ideal to Rapha, he remained positive. To win, my opponents were pulling off amazing, amazing plays. “I always tried to play to not lose, rather than play to win. “I struggled through the year, had a couple losses,” Rapha recalled.
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