In The Keep Podcast - #07 LocKtar (QuakeWorld Pro)
22We are very proud to present the first independent episode of ITK with "The World’s Best DM2 player" himself, Dennis “LocKtar” Larrson. We go in depth about his QuakeWorld career spanning decades, his way of life, his departure from competitive play and a whole lot more in our longest episode yet!
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Timestamps:
0:00 Welcome to The Keep
4:30 “The World’s Best DM2 player”
7:09 Swedish Beer
7:50 Growing up on the farm
9:30 Getting into gaming/LANs at school
13:32 Why duel/1v1 is the best mode
16:23 The Keep/being a jack of all trades
18:30 Post-QCon 2017/leaving the competitive scene
22:05 Being a “legend” in the Quake Community
25:05 From nobody to LocKtar
26:05 Adapting to play-styles from around the world/strategy
31:30 Having a bad day
34:45 Why are Scandinavians so good at Quake?
35:45 Making money from playing Quake and having a regular job
38:00 Scandinavians and Canadians in AFPS
40:29 LocKtar on Quake Champions
45:03 What it takes to master a game
46:46 What does LocKtar do in his free time
48:05 Cars
50:00 How QuakeWorld has evolved over the years
54:20 What would it take to bring LocKtar back to competitive play
56:26 Maps: The Big 5 Breakdown
56:37 DM6
59:30 DM2
1:05:02 ZTNDM3
1:08:32 DM4
1:12:10 Aerowalk
1:16:25 Balancing gaming with life
1:21:27 Tips for a new player
1:24:57 The podcast and the community
1:24:40 The story of how this interview came to happen
1:27:45 Plugs
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