Rapha's victory, and the words he shared afterwards, had to be cathartic for those watching. The Shacknews editorial team recognizes athletes for more than their world-class talent at video games. 'There was no way I was going to lose today,' he said, fighting back tears. Already a professional as humble as he was talented, rapha's emotional interview following the grand finals put his character on full display. He went quiet on social media after making the announcement, and re-emerged in early August as the grand champion of the Quake World Championship held during Bethesda's and id Software's QuakeCon at Home tournament. In early June, rapha lost his partner and fellow pro player, Tori 'llamachomper' Michele Parker, at the age of 27. He's amassed numerous victories, but the collision of personal and professional circumstances in 2020 drove him to arguably his most meaningful. It helps to step away for a little while sometimes and let your mind subconsciously go over everything you’ve learned, and that’ll help also with making sure you don’t burn out from overplaying.Shane Hendrixson, better known to his fans and in the Quake scene as rapha, has been fragging since his father introduced him to id Software's iconic shooter at the age of 13.

And as a side note to that, make sure you’re making time for yourself outside of playing the game.

It happens to everyone, but eventually, if you keep working at your game and thinking about how to improve, you’ll have this moment where things just click, and you’ll improve overnight. At some point, you’re going to hit a plateau where your in-game skill/knowledge kind of just hits a wall, and you’re not going to improve for a while.

If you tilt and let your emotions get control of you, it creates bad habits and takes away from time where you can actually see what strategies work or not when you review your own games.Īnd lastly, I’d say, don’t be so hard on yourself. Make sure that when you’re playing, you’re focused on the present moment and doing everything you can to problem solve and to win.

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