Dracs

Player Information

Nicknames:

dracula, dracs

Name:

Shaun

Country:

Australia

First spawned:

1997

Status:

Active

Clan:

Outta Town All Stars

Links

History

1998-1999

Tormented Souls

2003-2004

Soda

Dracula, later known as Dracs, is an Australian Quakeworld player who lives in the state of Victoria in Australia. Converting to Quake from Duke Nukem 3D when he was 13 years old, Dracs was one of the most active players in Australia between the years of 1997 and 2008. It was at this time that he hung up his Rocket Launcher in favour of real life commitments and returned to the scene some 12 years later in February 2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic he was one of the most active QuakeWorld players in Australia.

Dracs was a regular player in Australian FFA servers and Duel servers and gained valuable experience by competing against a lot of Australia's top players in duel. He was frequently practicing with the likes of  Reload,  StinG,  Venom,  dirtbox,  Mortuary among others. Dracs attended the Impulse 98 LAN at the Royal Melbourne Show Grounds and attended many Warts LAN events in Melbourne.

Return to QW in 2020

After some troublesome years in his personal life, Dracs found his way back to QW before the COVID outbreak as he had recovered from addiction and had stability back in his life. It wasn't long after this that he had built himself a new PC for the puposes of playing QW, streaming and being a regular part of the QW scene both on a domestic and international scale.

He competed in the Duelmania 2020 Australian tournament which was held earlier in the year and didn't celebrate too much success as he was still finding himself settings wise/setup wise and lost to "Steej" (QuakeChampions) over 5 maps.

Soon after this, he found his form and became a highly competitive dueller yet again.

Information

Mouse settings
Mouse	Effective DPI	cm/360	in/360	DPI	In-game sens.	Windows sens.	Inv. mouse?	Yaw	Accel.	Rate
Glorious Model D (Grip Tape)	2160	19.2	7.6	900	2.4	6/11	yes	0.022	0	500 Hz

2020 Claims to Fame

• Organised the first Australian draft league for 4on4 in years (3 teams)
• Organised the grudge match between  KF and  Murd on dm2
• Had a huge influence and part in organising the initial international 4on4 games after QuakeCon@Home
• Played for the Australian team in the GetQuad! Nations Cup
• Took maps off  Reload on dm2,  dirtbox on dm2 and dm4 (but never in competition setting).
• Please note that all wins against  dirtbox were due to "playing like a faggot" & "lucky spawns" which can be confirmed by the demos.

Achievements

Year	Place	Event	Mode	With	Prize
2021	A55th	Duelmania DownUnder 2021	1on1
2020	B717 - 24th	QuakeCon 2020	1on1
2020	A99 - 12th	Duelmania DownUnder 2019	1on1

Settings

Mouse settings
Mouse	Effective DPI	cm/360	in/360	DPI	In-game sens.	Windows sens.	Inv. mouse?	Yaw	Accel.	Raw input?
Mionix  (Naos QC Mouse)	1720	19	7.5	800	2.15	6/11	yes	0.028	0	1

Playstyle

Dracs play style in his early days was a very tight and slow style, with very good RL combat however his LG let him down. His best map was by far dm2 due to his RL ability and knowledge of the map. His movement skills were fairly solid, and he was able to make most of the standard rocket jumps that were required on each map.

Upon his return in 2020, Dracs made significant changes to his playstyle and his movement/ability to get around the map and make advanced rocket jumps, especially on dm2, assisted him in becoming an even better player. He finished 17th in QuakeCon@Home and at the conclusion of this, shifted his full attention to 4on4 and has grown his skillset in this mode considerably.

Personal Life

Dracs is a notable Tennis Player, who credits his initial time spent playing QuakeWorld as a teenager to his need to stay at home and rest for tennis tournaments/practice. This helped him avoid partying and pleased his parents a great deal. He achieved a ranking of number 16 in the country as a junior, however due to shoulder troubles in his late teens, he didn't pursue a career in tennis that he always wanted.

Dracs is a recovering addict, and will be clean for 2 years in April 2021.

Streaming

dracs is an active streamer on Twitch, and often streams his 4on4 and duel games for entertaining viewing. Check him out at twitch.tv/dracsqw or find him on any of the Quake Discords

External links

• Article: Australia's Top 5 QW Duellers at BesMella-Quake