Åke Vader

Åke Vader
Personal information
Alias(es)	Alpha 1
Real name	Linus
Date of birth	1985
Nationality	Swedish
Current clan	None
Current status	Active
Clan history
Year(s)	Clan
1999-2000 2004 2004 2004-2007 2007	Divide et Impera John Bauer Quakers Fallen Angels Veterans Slackers2
Achievements
Year(s)	Tournament	Type	Place
2006 2006 2007	EQL Season 2 DIV3 NQR Season 9 SS Cup EQL Season 5 DIV2	4on4 4on4 4on4	runner-up Winner runner-up
CHTV demos

By many hopefully considered as a humble and nice bloke with a passion for Quakeworld and the competitive aspect around it.

First contact

Åke Vader first started out his online gaming career back in 1999 with the clan Divide et Impera which he founded along with his cousin Björta. Back then it was all HPW action and a common place to gib on was FZ's FFA servers - especially in the evenings when the price for surfing was sliced in half. The career with DEI was a painful one and not many games were won. After having played for a year or so, he quit Quakeworld and moved on to other games, specifically Quake 2 and Quake 3 Arena. Between 2000-2002 he passively followed the Quakeworld scene while playing mainly Quake 3 1on1.

The return

As we all know, everyone who leaves Quakeworld always come back sometime, and this was the case with Mr.Vader too. In 2003 he founded Refragged, a competitor to the big site QuakeWorld.nu which also offered scene news. With the help of FZ he managed to get web space for the site and later on also a few volunteers in the editorial department. After a couple of years the site went inactive and he remained passive within the scene. The art of writing was picked up after the venture with Refragged and so he started doing some coverage on Quakeworld for ESReality, an E-sport site created by old school player Sujoy, which was welcomed by the admins over there.

Finally a decent connection

When Åke Vader graduated from upper secondary school he decided it was time to move out and continue his studies on a university. The city he settled for was Jönköping and at this time he could finally get a decent DSL connection that allowed online gaming under optimal conditions. As he had no idea where he really stood compared to the competition, he decided to start out slowly in the lowest tier of NQR7 in a clan called John Bauer Quakers. The venture there was a fairly successful one performance wise for himself, although a disappointment if you look at the clan as a whole.

After John Bauer Quakers, Åke Vader wanted another challenge as the clan wasn't too active and he felt he could take another step on the Quakeworld ladder. He then joined Fallen Angels and played there until the clan became too inactive. He soon, again, looked for another clan and his previous performances caused the division 2 clan Veterans to open their eyes for him as they were in need of players. A good move by both the clan and Mr.Vader who really enjoy eachother's company.

Around this time the main Quakeworld site QuakeWorld.nu was hacked which lead to a depression within the community. There were literally no big news sites nor tournaments around and especially the lack of tournaments made Åke Vader volunteer when he heard Zanne was about to start a league on his own called European Quake League. He offered his services and still maintains parts of the site today. After several EQL and NQR seasons with Veterans, Åke Vader was picked up by Slackers' project called Slackers2.

Trivia

The alias Åke Vader is a combination of an old fashion Swedish firstname ("Åke") and the lastname is stolen from the master of the dark force: Darth Vader in Star Wars. The reason for picking this alias in the first place is that Åke is a quite old fashioned name (and also the name of Linus' father) which makes the combination Åke Vader sound silly, yet brilliant, in Swedish as Darth Vader is such an evil character. That it is a unique alias that people will recognise is a plus too.

Activity

• Founder of Refragged
• Developer of European Quake League
• Admin on QuakeWorld.nu
• User admin on ESReality

External links

• Demos with Åke Vader at Challenge-TV
• Refragged
• European Quake League
• ESReality
• Skavibe (personal website)