Quadrazid

quvu

Your name?
Albin

You live in (city & country)?
Gränna, Sweden

Your birthdate?
January 1991

Your occupation/job/studies?
Blacksmith

Your hobbies?
Half-Life, athletics, orienteering, 2-stroke engines

Your em@il/aim/icq/mirc/steam/msn/youtube/homepage?
http://www.youtube.com/user/quadrazid

Your music taste?
Black metal, folk, classic, swedish death metal

Anything you want to add here (about yourself)?

Your nickname (story behind it)?
quadrazid, or shorter versions like quad or quvu.

Your config (key bindings, etc)?
Pretty standard:
WASD movement
space bhop
F use
E stop
Surrounding buttons are for weapon
mouse3 script

Sensitivity: 20.8 cm/360°, no acceleration
16:9 format and 110 fov

Size of (Gold)Source directory on your HD?
About 60GB. Many different versions ect.

Computer specs (processor/videocard/mouse etc)?
Intel core i5-750
ati msi 5850
Solid state drive
Windows XP x64
BenQ 120hz monitor
Logitech G400
Steelseries 6Gv2
Big Steelseries pad

First contact to speedrunning (when, how etc.)?
On a LAN party back in 2005 or so, coolkid gave me some videos of Half-Life and Super Mario Bros. It was -think.circle-'s 55 minute speedrun, and i was amazed of both the game and the speedrun. Some time after I saw a Far Cry run, the Quake classic: tRR and Spider-Waffles runs of HL and OF. And I was stuck for HL.

First speedrunning demo?
A small HL mod called Todesangst in 2008

Favorite speedrun(s) from yourself (the one(s) that you're most proud of)?
Opposing Force 19:23
Half-Life SS 32:55

Favorite speedrun(s) from others?
Half-Life Crowbar Run by rofi
Half Hour Half-Life by Spider-Waffle
Quake done Double Quick Lite
Quake done 100% Quickest
HL2DQ
Elastomania Done Quick

Favorite player (runs/100%/marathon/coop)?
rayvex: movement and aim
Spider-Waffle: tricks and planning
coolkid: sustained professional glitcher and multi-gamer
Inexistence: sourcerunner

Favorite trick in a speedrun?
Displacement save-glitch in Opposing Force.
Velocity change-bug in HL:Decay for PC
Health door glitch, trigger_changelevel delay, objectboost, damageboost. But ofc, a trick including many glitches is the coolest.

Most difficult thing ever done in a speedrun?
While attempting HL SS. Trying to complete the game without dying for the first time.

Most annoying monster/map?
Monster: big momma, alien slaves
Map: of1a5 (op4 tramride is terrible for SS runs)

What other games than (Gold)Source do you like?
Elastomania, Worms, CS, AoE II, Quake

Anything else you want to add here?
Speedrunning is pretty much the only thing I do with games. I've never been a "gamer" before I started with speedrunning. I never try and play new hyped games just for fun, since it's not.


/quadrazid (talk) September 2012