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 +*Johnathan Wendel* (born 1981 in Independence, Missouri), better known by the pseudonym *Fatal1ty*, is a professional electronic sports player who has won approximately US$500,000 in cash and prizes from professional competitions, mainly in the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL). In addition to receiving numerous product endorsements, he has been featured in mainstream newsprint publications, including Time, The New York Times, Forbes, and the BBC World Service. He has also been featured on 60 Minutes. He is known as being one of the first western professional gamers with a serious work ethic, and says he practices at least two to six hours each day, sometimes more.
 +Wendel has been a successful competitor in several first-person shooter games. He debuted as a professional gamer in October 1999 by placing 3rd in the Quake III Arena tournament at the CPL's FRAG 3 event. Although he has competed in tournaments with Counter-Strike and Call of Duty teams, most of his successes have been with one-versus-one deathmatch games including Quake III Arena, Unreal Tournament 2003, and Painkiller. During his career, he has won a total of five world championship titles; four with the Cyberathlete Professional League, and one with the World Cyber Games.
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 +Wendel started a business selling his "FATpad" brand of gaming mouse mats. He later expanded this into other gaming equipment through a business partnerships with Universal abit, Zalman and Creative Labs to create motherboards, coolers, sound cards, mice, and even clothes bearing his moniker.
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 +
 +*Notable accomplishments*
 +All winnings listed are in USD.
 +
 +
 +_Aliens versus Predator 2_
 +1st CPL World Championship ($40,000, Ford Focus)
 +
 +_Doom 3_
 +1st QuakeCon 2004 ($25,000)
 +
 +_Painkiller_
 +2nd CPL Summer Championships 2004 ($5,750)
 +4th CPL Turkey March 26, 2005 ($5,000)
 +6th CPL Spain May 1, 2005 ($2,500)
 +2nd CPL Brazil May 28, 2005 ($10,000)
 +2nd CPL Sweden June 18, 2005 ($10,000)
 +1st CPL Summer Championships 2005 ($15,000)
 +2nd CPL UK September 04, 2005 ($10,000)
 +1st CPL Singapore October 16, 2005 ($15,000)
 +2nd CPL Italy October 22, 2005 ($10,000)
 +5th CPL Chile October 30, 2005 ($3,500)
 +1st CPL NYC World Tour Finals 2005 ($150,000)
 +
 +_Quake III Arena_
 +3rd Frag 3 1999
 +1st XSR Invitational 2000
 +1st RazerCPL Tournament April, 2000 ($40,000)
 +1st BattleTop Universal Challenge July 22, 2000 ($15,000)
 +1st World Cyber Games Challenge October, 2000 ($25,000)
 +1st CPL Australia ($10,000)
 +3rd CPL Holland
 +2nd QuakeCon 2001 ($70,000)
 +2nd CPL Brazil
 +
 +_Quake 4_
 +4th WSVG Kentucky June 18, 2006
 +4th WSVG Intel Summer Challenge July 9, 2006 ($6,500)
 +9–12th QuakeCon August 05, 2006
 +5th WSVG London October 8, 2006
 +3rd Digital Life October 15, 2006 ($2,500)
 +5th World Cyber Games October 19, 2006
 +2nd WSVG Finals New York, December 10, 2006 ($10,000)
 +
 +_World Championships_
 +CPL: 4 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2005)
 +WCG: 1 (2000)
 +
 +_GGL Rankings_
 +Top ranking: 1st (05-2006, 06-2006, 07-2006)
 +Current ranking: 6th

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Johnathan Wendel (born 1981 in Independence, Missouri), better known by the pseudonym Fatal1ty, is a professional electronic sports player who has won approximately US$500,000 in cash and prizes from professional competitions, mainly in the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL). In addition to receiving numerous product endorsements, he has been featured in mainstream newsprint publications, including Time, The New York Times, Forbes, and the BBC World Service. He has also been featured on 60 Minutes. He is known as being one of the first western professional gamers with a serious work ethic, and says he practices at least two to six hours each day, sometimes more.

Wendel has been a successful competitor in several first-person shooter games. He debuted as a professional gamer in October 1999 by placing 3rd in the Quake III Arena tournament at the CPL's FRAG 3 event. Although he has competed in tournaments with Counter-Strike and Call of Duty teams, most of his successes have been with one-versus-one deathmatch games including Quake III Arena, Unreal Tournament 2003, and Painkiller. During his career, he has won a total of five world championship titles; four with the Cyberathlete Professional League, and one with the World Cyber Games.

Wendel started a business selling his "FATpad" brand of gaming mouse mats. He later expanded this into other gaming equipment through a business partnerships with Universal abit, Zalman and Creative Labs to create motherboards, coolers, sound cards, mice, and even clothes bearing his moniker.

Notable accomplishments
All winnings listed are in USD.

Aliens versus Predator 2
1st CPL World Championship ($40,000, Ford Focus)

Doom 3
1st QuakeCon 2004 ($25,000)

Painkiller
2nd CPL Summer Championships 2004 ($5,750)
4th CPL Turkey March 26, 2005 ($5,000)
6th CPL Spain May 1, 2005 ($2,500)
2nd CPL Brazil May 28, 2005 ($10,000)
2nd CPL Sweden June 18, 2005 ($10,000)
1st CPL Summer Championships 2005 ($15,000)
2nd CPL UK September 04, 2005 ($10,000)
1st CPL Singapore October 16, 2005 ($15,000)
2nd CPL Italy October 22, 2005 ($10,000)
5th CPL Chile October 30, 2005 ($3,500)
1st CPL NYC World Tour Finals 2005 ($150,000)

Quake III Arena
3rd Frag 3 1999
1st XSR Invitational 2000
1st RazerCPL Tournament April, 2000 ($40,000)
1st BattleTop Universal Challenge July 22, 2000 ($15,000)
1st World Cyber Games Challenge October, 2000 ($25,000)
1st CPL Australia ($10,000)
3rd CPL Holland
2nd QuakeCon 2001 ($70,000)
2nd CPL Brazil

Quake 4
4th WSVG Kentucky June 18, 2006
4th WSVG Intel Summer Challenge July 9, 2006 ($6,500)
9–12th QuakeCon August 05, 2006
5th WSVG London October 8, 2006
3rd Digital Life October 15, 2006 ($2,500)
5th World Cyber Games October 19, 2006
2nd WSVG Finals New York, December 10, 2006 ($10,000)

World Championships
CPL: 4 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2005)
WCG: 1 (2000)

GGL Rankings
Top ranking: 1st (05-2006, 06-2006, 07-2006)
Current ranking: 6th

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