Someone once told me they loved seeing spec work in creatives’ portfolios. It shows what work they’d make, given time and money. Well, given time and money, I prefer to play video games. Competitively. One time, I got 4th in the world for Halo.
Halo 5
Halo 5 is widely regarded as the hardest Halo ever created. It’s fast, flashy and full of unemployed adults who put their blood, sweat and tears into securing every win.
To make matters worse, NZ servers were retired early on, meaning I had to play on American servers. Which meant near-unplayable lag. But mumma didn’t raise no quitter - mumma raised a competitive freak.
After grinding to become the #1 player in NZ, I went for the #1 spot in the world. After much wailing and gnashing of thumbsticks, I reached #4. Not too shabby, out of 15 million players.
To make matters worse, NZ servers were retired early on, meaning I had to play on American servers. Which meant near-unplayable lag. But mumma didn’t raise no quitter - mumma raised a competitive freak.
After grinding to become the #1 player in NZ, I went for the #1 spot in the world. After much wailing and gnashing of thumbsticks, I reached #4. Not too shabby, out of 15 million players.
Scoring a 10-person multikill against China’s #1 player & Germany’s #1 players.
Yep, that’s me at #6. Technically, 2 & 3 were glitches, so I was actually 4th. But who’s counting...
Don’t lag and fly, kids.
Yeah, awards are cool. But have you ever made a Twitch Streamer audibly crash out when they found you in a game?
This is the current world record for the shortest 12v12 in Halo history. I get outside more these days.