Fana retires
Howdy folks,
Certain Norwegian historian/lawyer/ns-player has retired from Natural Selection (2). I'm talking about “Fana”, who is the most accomplished NS player by championships and tournament winnings to date. You can count with one hand the other guys in NS who played and achieved as much as Fana did.
Fana also did some community service by organizing a few competitions, moderating ENSL forums briefly, publishing articles and tools, playtesting NS1/NS2, and providing well-thought analysis on matters related to NS. 1,600 posts on UWE forums gives some idea of the dedication he put in.
But above all, Fana will be remembered for leading the best teams in NS1: Knife and Nine Legends, and also playing for Archaea in NS2. There was a time when taking a round from Knife even in PCW's was considered a major achievement. Apart from few others, no other team hold equal respect from top NS competitive players.
Fana also was in most of the rosters of Team Europe whenever the duty called, and also left a big shelf of quality NS movies for all of us to watch from the infamous Army of Wltrs to NS Jumped 2. Having made NS movies myself, making them can be a hugely labourous process, taking hundreds of hours, and fans of frag movies should be thankful for those he did.
Here is the man himself on the reasons of his retirement.
Personally I remember Fana from his integrity in character, insight in thought and passion for NS, and wish him luck in his future endeavours.
Yours, jiriki
Comments
who is fana?
8 October 2013, 01:32
adiós amigo.
8 October 2013, 02:03
Big shame, great player and always interesting to watch and hear his insight.
8 October 2013, 02:40
R.I.P.
8 October 2013, 02:41
this happened like 2 months ago? also it looks like an OBIT :P
8 October 2013, 03:13
There is no spoon.
8 October 2013, 07:21
Awesome Swalk xD.
8 October 2013, 11:09
Wish you well in any of your future endeavours. Good times! Knifegaming BOOYA
8 October 2013, 16:23
Not sure how comfortable I am with having this as frontpage news on ensl, but thanks for the kind words everyone.
@wasabione: I assume jiriki heard about it only recently and thought it was worth a news post. I've been planning to make a real "bye guys" thread to wrap things up, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Need to finish a small project first.
@b1: 2004 knife was the best fun I've ever had playing any game. No shame.
8 October 2013, 18:46
Fana replied in 3 paragraphs. NS3 confirmed
8 October 2013, 21:33
Knife was a bromance to remember. Pooping and whiteboards.
8 October 2013, 21:35
Fana's leave, although a very "sharp" character, always good for heavy controversion, drama and discussions, is a heavy loss to this community in my personal opinion.
I think it is almost unbelievable and undebatable how much time, effort and deviation he put in this community, NS1 and NS2.
Fana, you are a great player and person and I also had the pleasure to meet you in Cologne, the more I am sad to see you go. Thanks for everything man, including our SHOWTIME episodes and teaching me how to pronounce descent and veil (:P)
Make the best out of your future and best wishes,
<3,
blind
9 October 2013, 00:35
"--moderating ENSL forums briefly--"
Funny enough I remember the guy best when people complained about him deleting (massive amount of) their forum posts (dugi?).
9 October 2013, 01:14
Fana,
I don't believe you'll stay away from NS2 but if you do, i'll have to say that it's been a pleasure having you in the community and i have a great deal more respect towards you than most involved in ns1/2. There's been some bad and good times but it was good times watching you guys play or play against ya'll back in the day, something that í'll most likely remember for years to come.
Don't give up on the idealogy and standards you've uphold in and outside of the game, and good luck in your future endevours. :)
9 October 2013, 02:46
So much swag in that picture, what can one say ?
9 October 2013, 16:18
so what?
true that vartija :D
9 October 2013, 20:56
Aehm .. so basicvally what we are saying here .. he is the last of the decent NS1 players to realize that NS2 sucks??
I mean good for him finally raelizing that ;D !
As he said .. a newspost for that is a bit much especially if he ever decides to come back this is like .. OLOLOL SADNESS XD !
But hey all the best Fana !
12 October 2013, 14:35
AFK responsibilities... from being a lawyer in Norway... I guess somebody has to prosecute all those polar bears!
Goodbye terrible lerk!
15 October 2013, 20:14
fana was a stronk unit. adad dodgemaster
16 October 2013, 21:37
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