Johnathan Wendel (born February 26, 1981), is a professional electronic sports player, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. Jonathan is considered the world’s first prominent and accomplished professional gamer.^[1] He is also considered one of the best professional gamers in the world.^[2]  

Yeah, I pulled that from his wikipedia page but how many gamers out there have a wikipedia page about them? I don’t have one about me, and I’m big time! This gentlemen was gracious enough to take time out of his busy day of training to enter the den of the wolf and be grilled on his life in and around gaming. This is one of the best interviews we’ve ever had on the Pittco site especially from an editing prospective. For a Pro Gamer I think some of the things about his gaming past might we quite a shock to you listeners so open your ears because…

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you: Fatal1ty

Listen to the Interview HERE ▼

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Our favorite bit of the interview?

“The amount of information you’ll gain at going to a LAN party compared to what you find out online is drastically different. I always said you’ll learn ten times the amount of information by going to a LAN party than you will online, ever. … Get to LAN parties, you’ll learn way more.” – Johnathan “fatal1ty” Wendel

A special thanks to Bob ‘enigma5′ Buskirk for setting this interview up.

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