Almost Lost My Dad Before the 2021 QPL World Championship Final! - Reflections with vengeuR - Quake

Sale! Use code THORIN at for 22% off an order of GamerSupps’ delicious energy formula until 7pm CET on 9th February or stocks run out! ► Join the Scrilluminati to get exclusive perks and support this channel: ► Check out a previous Quake Reflections here: Marco “vengeuR“ Ragusa, star dueler for Myztro Gaming, is the star of the 354th Episode of ’Reflections’. vengeuR is, along with Myztro team-mate RAISY, part of the new guard of elite Quake duelers. After breaking into the competitive duel scene in 2018 vengeuR earned his stripes battling the likes of rapha and k1llsen until he began to break into the top LAN placings only for the world to go online for a year or two. vengeuR’s rise continued regardless and after finishing fourth at two QPL finals he cracked top three at the World Championship in 2020, losing out to RAISY. The following year vengeuR came back in even better form. After being bested by his idol Cypher to finish third at the S2 Stage 2 Finals vengeuR was fully unleashed at that year’s World Championship and won the title, beating RAISY in the final. In 2022 he and RAISY were an unstoppable force in 2v2 but his Hungarian team-mate would force him to settle for fourth at the World Championship. Last year vengeuR against was beaten in narrow fashion by RAISY and finished third at 2023’s World Championship. More recently vengeuR finished runner-up to rapha at The Foundry UK LAN and 5th-6th at the Spanish Barcelona KeenCon. This interview was recorded on the 28th of January, 2024. ► Time-line of topics discussed: 00:00 Name 01:05 QuakeLive and other games 01:40 Cypher 03:46 Early competitive days 05:30 Potential before LAN success 06:55 Italian Open 2018 and playing rapha 08:06 k1llsen 11:15 Game planning 12:41 Attitude in-game 13:46 Doesn’t practice with RAISY 14:53 Losing to RAISY a lot 16:41 How good RAISY is 19:37 QPL WC final vs. RAISY 21:43 Mindset change 23:25 Peaking on LAN before the online era 24:44 Dreaming and thinking about the WC after he’d already won it 27:09 Significance of being a world champion over legends (Cooller f.e.) 28:38 Overcoming experience 30:25 Battling RAISY in the 2022 and 2023 WC 31:52 Training regime 34:14 Being a champion from Italy 35:10 Never beaten rapha 37:46 Style of practice 39:11 maxster and ZenAku 40:33 Knowing the field 42:30 When the QPL cancellation hit 44:02 CS2? 46:41 Continuing in Quake? 48:30 Round format scoring system 50:10 Engaging game 51:49 Experiences travelling and working 55:18 Psychological warfare 58:25 Top players who love Quake 59:56 Future in esports? 1:01:48 Does it feel like he’s been a pro for 5-6 years? 1:02:58 If he could talk to himself from 2018 what would he say? 1:04:41 Information burden of QC 1:05:46 His WC final contender for best QC match? 1:06:33 Cypher 1:07:45 Defensive rockets 1:08:56 Champion development 1:09:54 Style diversity 1:11:14 Final words EsportsBet is the world’s premier crypto esports odds matrix. Get a first time deposit bonus of 50% on up to 100 USDT! Subscribe this channel to get access to perks: ► Check out bite-sized Thorin on my new clips channel: ► Follow me on social media: ► You can discuss this content at my Discord server: ► This video was kindly supported by: Matt, Pugnatio, Rajcula Frisky Ahmed Hadjou touken_ Tobias Bernasconi Animosity Tosh Jensen Goh Special thanks go out to JerCkysMiNi0n. #vengeuR #RAISY #Thorin