id Software co-founder John Carmack is respected within the gaming industry and community, and putting up his very own Ferrari as a prize is something worth commending. The winner has taken a look back on the momentous day.<\/p>\n
Carmack put his Ferrari 328 as the first-place prize for the M-Player tournament, which was claimed by professional gamer and gaming businessman Dennis \u201cThresh\u201d Fong.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember that the Ferrari was parked in the booth,\u201d said Fong, reminiscing about the moment before he won the car back in 1997.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt just so happened that, in the match, it was parked behind me. So, when there was 10 seconds left in the match, there was a countdown in the game. I remember this particular moment. I was up 13 to -1, and there was no way in hell I could lose at that point. When I realized that I was going to win it, I could see the Ferrari in the reflection of the monitor. That was the first time I got nervous in the whole tournament, just because I realized I was going to win.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fong said that it was a surreal moment, and that Carmack\u2019s handing over the keys even exceeded his expectations.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe watched the final match and then he came up to me afterwards and handed me the keys and said, \u2018How are you getting this thing back to California?\u2019 I said, \u2018I have no clue.\u2019 Actually, I didn’t even know how to drive a stick. He said, \u2018Okay, wait here.\u2019 He came back 20 minutes later and gave me a bunch of a cash to ship it back to California. That wasn’t even part of the prize, he was just like, \u2018here\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n
Fong was considered the first pro gamer when he landed the title in the Guiness Book of World Records, and went on to form companies like Gamers.com, Xfire and Raptr.<\/p>\n
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