Anton ’Cooller’ Singov is a Quake Live legend. Not only is he famous for being a strategical mastermind and be superior in map control, he is also known for his comments and very honest behavior. Cooller is always walking around with a grin on his face after a win. Despite the honest behavior, he was the very first winner of the Intel Extreme Masters Fair Play Award for his sportsmanship.
I recall being at a Mexican restaurant, during our stay in Hannover for CeBIT 2011, with Cooller and the rest of mouz and SK-Gaming. As we started eating our appetizers, something came to Coollers mind. All of a sudden he seems very interested and from the corner, he says loudly “MorroW…” Everybody is looking at Cooller and being silent, awaiting his next move. After 12 seconds of awkward silence, MorroW nods his head and is like “Huh?” where Cooller responds with a grin on his face “I wanted your attention,” but as the conversation went on Cooller has played some StarCraft himself and was very interested in the Zerg race. He rambles on about his favorite players, strategies – which to be fair he has no clue of – and the game in general, but momentarily he says “..but I like making dogs, you know?” in a very heavy Russian accent. Everybody started laughing and looked at him “Dogs?” These so far unknown dogs turned out to be Zerglings. Besides this little anecdote, some of his famous quotes are: “Alltimes lucky,” “It’s not internet,” “Not my trouble” and “Relax.”
Another story some of you might already know is that after the Intel Extreme Masters EU Championship in Kiev, Live On Three with djWHEAT did a show with all the winners of IEM EU. First on was Cooller being the champion of the Quake Live tournament and djWHEAT was just talking non-stop about this, that and how great a victory it was and so forth, but sums it up with “so Cooller… There’s something I want to talk to you about,” and after another good 10 seconds of awkward silence, he replies “No,” in a very demanding tone “I want to talk this first.” Haha, somewhat bad mannered, but it’s Cooller and everybody knows him. I love it.
But the reason, I’m making this blog is that I want to share the new Quake Live movie that has been made about Cooller. It’s 8 minutes 16 seconds non-stop fragging and awesome moves. I hope you enjoy it.
Q: Hi Anton. Can you please introduce yourself to the Team Liquid and StarCraft community? A: "My name is Anton Singov, but most of the people now me as Cooller and I live in Moscow, Russia.
I'm 24 years old and I'm playing videogames professionally since 2002 and I during my career I won multiple World Titles in different games. My games are Quake 3, Quake 4 and Quake Live and I'm proud to be a part of team mousesports since 2005."
Q: I know that you have been playing some StarCraft occassionally. Can you tell me a bit about your experience? A: "Oh, yes. Many years ago I was a fan of StarCraft and I have been playing at BattleNet with Zergs. My favorite strategy was rushing with "dogs," I can't remember the right word of that unit. :D Also I liked to play with "Mutas" + "Hydras" and sometimes "Lurkers"."
Q: If you're familiar with the StarCraft 2 gaming community, can you tell us who your favorite player is and why? A: "It's a difficult question for me to answer. Actually I know only European scene correctly and players who competed at IEM 2011 in Kiev, Ukraine. Generally I like players who are competing for many years and are "oldschool". Anyway my favorite players would be: MorroW, Happy, Moon, Ace, White-Ra and DIMAGA."
Q: Last words. What would you like to say the StarCraft 2 people out there? A: "I am happy that the StarCraft 2 community is so friendly and during my last events (GamesCom, IEM Kiev, CeBIT) I saw how many fans gathered around the stage to watch StarCraft 2. It's a pleasure to watch the game and to meet the players, because they are all very kind persons. I am looking forward to meet some more players at future events and maybe even meet them on the Quake Live servers from time to time, just like MaNa or HasuObs from mousesports."
Talk about having baller fan-art?
//Has left the building.
Now listening: Lenny Kravitz - All Along the Watchtower ft. Eric Clapton
" “..but I like making dogs, you know?” in a very heavy Russian accent. Everybody started laughing and looked at him “Dogs?” These so far unknown dogs turned out to be Zerglings"
This part had me laughing out loud.
Great video also, that is something that was always so good about the quake 3 community, the awesome frag movies.
And cooller is just a baller, he is like the white-ra of quake, he has been around forever, has always been at the top, and even if he doesn't get to practice as much due to irl constraints, he is still at the top. And due to the language barrier, there are always some funny moments popping up. (the point they are different on is white-ra being very manner)
Cooller is like the White-Ra of the Quake world... The guy's been around since the beginning of time smashing face and he even apparently has a hilarious european accent.
And let me tell you, Cooller's special tactics are quite strong
There was a game against av3k I watched where on one map av3k went down a few frags and then complained about his bad spawn position. Cooller gave him a regame, which he really didn't have to do (and lost the regame). That really impressed me back then.
On April 07 2011 01:44 Aesop wrote: There was a game against av3k I watched where on one map av3k went down a few frags and then complained about his bad spawn position. Cooller gave him a regame, which he really didn't have to do (and lost the regame). That really impressed me back then.
One of the older maps (that I don't think they use anymore) - dm6 (campgrounds) - has some pretty disadvantageous positions that if you spawn in will leave your opponent with an opportunity to get a lot of momentum early on and when you're going up against someone like cooller or av3k it might be too much to handle.
if it was on dm6 i can understand why they'd agree to regame... that map BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWS (haters gonna hate)
On April 07 2011 01:57 prodiG wrote:One of the older maps (that I don't think they use anymore) - dm6 (campgrounds) - has some pretty disadvantageous positions that if you spawn in will leave your opponent with an opportunity to get a lot of momentum early on and when you're going up against someone like cooller or av3k it might be too much to handle.
if it was on dm6 i can understand why they'd agree to regame... that map BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWS (haters gonna hate)
I don't know the old maps, but that sounds a bit like dm13 - lost world? I mean.. It's pretty tough to make a comeback there, especially without the rail.
Never played a lot of FPS, but that video was awesome! (great music too). Those kills where he would shoot where the enemy would be was really impressive!
I don't know, but this looks nothing like Quake Live. Is this some sort of graphics mod? And one thing I've always been wondering was how the commentators could tell if a rail hit. I personally can't tell the difference. Anyways, Cooller is a beast. You should totally watch this video of Rapha vs Cooller if you haven't already:
On April 07 2011 03:04 surfinbird1 wrote: I don't know, but this looks nothing like Quake Live. Is this some sort of graphics mod? And one thing I've always been wondering was how the commentators could tell if a rail hit. I personally can't tell the difference. Anyways, Cooller is a beast. You should totally watch this video of Rapha vs Cooller if you haven't already:
It is Quake Live. Graphics mod? No, just low picmip. Also the Quake Live banners has been modified to mousesports logo's.
Regame map was furious heights (qztourney7?). As far as I can remember they started playing and after not much had happened something crashed or someone dropped so they had to restart, then av3k got a horrible spawn and the game went to 6 or 7 to 0 in a minute or two and he gg'd (with some whining afaik), cooller then offered another regame which he lost.
Pretty sure that game is the main reason for the fair play award.
On April 07 2011 03:04 surfinbird1 wrote: And one thing I've always been wondering was how the commentators could tell if a rail hit. I personally can't tell the difference.
you hear it when you hit and you can also make the crosshair color indicate it as well.
On April 07 2011 02:37 MiraKul wrote: I played Quake 3 when I was younger :O Thanks for intro'd this. So awesome frags. Does Quake Live have a community site like TL?
On April 07 2011 03:08 Grebliv wrote: Regame map was furious heights (qztourney7?). As far as I can remember they started playing and after not much had happened something crashed or someone dropped so they had to restart, then av3k got a horrible spawn and the game went to 6 or 7 to 0 in a minute or two and he gg'd (with some whining afaik), cooller then offered another regame which he lost.
Pretty sure that game is the main reason for the fair play award.
Now listening: Lenny Kravitz - All Along the Watchtower ft. Eric Clapton
And it was all going so well...... if you are going to listen to All along the watchtower, there are only two versions you should ever consider.... the original and the Hendrix version.
On April 07 2011 02:37 MiraKul wrote: I played Quake 3 when I was younger :O Thanks for intro'd this. So awesome frags. Does Quake Live have a community site like TL?
esreality.com is the QL community site
But beware of you go there, esreality doesn't exactly have the highest level of posting, trolling/etc is a bit rampart there.
Or atleast it was years ago when I frequently visited it (maybe theyre moderaters are more strict now)
On April 07 2011 03:04 surfinbird1 wrote: I don't know, but this looks nothing like Quake Live. Is this some sort of graphics mod? And one thing I've always been wondering was how the commentators could tell if a rail hit. I personally can't tell the difference. Anyways, Cooller is a beast. You should totally watch this video of Rapha vs Cooller if you haven't already:
in quake surfinbird1 theres hit sounds ( you might hear them in some quake frag movies there high pitch pinging sounds ) thats how they know if the rails connected or not
On April 07 2011 03:04 surfinbird1 wrote: I don't know, but this looks nothing like Quake Live. Is this some sort of graphics mod? And one thing I've always been wondering was how the commentators could tell if a rail hit. I personally can't tell the difference. Anyways, Cooller is a beast. You should totally watch this video of Rapha vs Cooller if you haven't already:
in quake surfinbird1 theres hit sounds ( you might hear them in some quake frag movies there high pitch pinging sounds ) thats how they know if the rails connected or not
The crosshair can also be configured to provide a hit effect.
On April 07 2011 02:37 MiraKul wrote: I played Quake 3 when I was younger :O Thanks for intro'd this. So awesome frags. Does Quake Live have a community site like TL?
esreality.com is the QL community site
But beware of you go there, esreality doesn't exactly have the highest level of posting, trolling/etc is a bit rampart there.
Or atleast it was years ago when I frequently visited it (maybe theyre moderaters are more strict now)
You go to esreality for training on how to properly read forums. It's kind of like the old D2 trade channels that way. That said, Quake players are picky so the best mice information comes out of esreality, scattered around in bits and pieces.
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Anton ’Cooller’ Singov is a Quake Live legend. Not only is he famous for being a strategical mastermind and be superior in map control, he is also known for his comments and very honest behavior. Cooller is always walking around with a grin on his face after a win. Despite the honest behavior, he was the very first winner of the Intel Extreme Masters Fair Play Award for his sportsmanship.![[image loading]](http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/185714_203716709654132_100000474126166_788918_3762045_n.jpg)
