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http://wellplayed.org/forum/articles/thread/wellplayed-interviews-nik-the-carny-lent
some highlights
WP: How did you get into playing StarCraft II? Were you a Brood War player as well? + Show Spoiler + NL: I didn’t play Brood War. I wish I did, but growing up I didn’t have a computer. In fact I didn’t have any video game systems. We couldn’t afford those type of things. My mom had a friend that had a Nintendo, and I soon started spending almost every hour of the day going over to her house and beating all their games. That’s how I got into video games. Later, once I moved to Minnesota to live with my father I was able to get a computer and that’s where I fell in love with my first PC game, Unreal Tournament.
WP: Are there any other fighters you know who are gamers? + Show Spoiler +NL: There are a lot of pretend ones, but Call of Duty isn’t really a game. Neither is Halo or anything on the Xbox. I mean 60° field of view, auto aim, jumping across the screen and killing anyone with a knife as long as you hit X fast enough, that’s not an eSport or a challenging game. CoD and games like it are the checkers of the gaming world, and I don’t think anyone should be considered a gamer if that’s all they play.
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I just realized that Nik Lentz had a huge passion for Starcraft in the MLG live report thread. It's awesome seeing professional athletes like Gordon Hayward and Nik Lentz playing Starcraft 2. The best part is that he's in masters. What a nerd baller.
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DUDE. I thought he was just stranded in Raleigh when I saw him on my way out on Sunday. That's actually insane. My mind is officially blown. War Nik Lentz
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Whoa, I'm now officially a Nik Lentz fan.
Joe Lauzon and Nik Lentz should have a boxing-chess esque starcraft-mma match. They're in the same weight class so why not?
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Awesome stuff. I'm surprised this hasn't been getting too much attention.
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Wow... I'm a huge fan of both Lauzon and Lentz. Had no idea they played SC2. Props.
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This thread needs a bump, nick lentz is on kings of tin tonight. This man is fathering E-Sports. I am pretty sure he is undefeated in UFC right now, maybe one loss. He got illegally kneed in his last fight and broke his left orbital but he is back already! This guy is a champ.
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Nik Lentz has a fight tomorrow, December 11, at UFC 140 in toronto. It's on the preliminary card so it won't be shown on tv. But it will be streamed live on facebook for free. https://www.facebook.com/UFC In the weigh-ins it said his fight will approximately be at 5:40 p.m. et / 2:40 p.m. pt. UFC weigh ins on Youtube His weigh in starts at 19:48
Wish him luck!
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Bocek is a tough guy, should be a really entertaining fight. Lookin forward to it. Also, didn't know Lauzon played, hes one of my favorites! Even more so now
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