Pro Gamer on Survivor
Super Smash Bros. champ Ken Hoang is joining the cast of Survivor 17.
Among the Smash circles, Ken "SephirothKen" Hoang is a Melee legend, having earned the nickname "King of Smash" for winning the 2004-2005 Major League Gaming tournament, the EVO World Finals and having the best tournament win-loss record in America.
Hoang will soon be competing in an entirely different kind of game: CBS's Survivor: Gabon [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor/bio/ken_17/bio.php?season=17].
This adventure is something Hoang has been prepared for: he's an avid Survivor viewer, climbed Mt. Fuji at age 20 and a strategist who hopes to appear as a non-threat until its time to strike.
Hoang told Entertainment Weekly in a cast interview [http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20221152_20221155_20221313_3,00.html], "Gaming will help me because I do well under pressure. I always come through. I rarely choke. I'm the underdog, I think all the fans will root for me to win. I would root for myself if I was watching TV."
The seventeenth season of Survivor will debut on September 25. I'll be watching to see how well Hoang competes without his Marth [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmzvwubtlD4&feature=related] to do the battling for him.
Source: MTV Multiplayer [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/08/27/survivor-contestant-top-smash-bros-player/]
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Super Smash Bros. champ Ken Hoang is joining the cast of Survivor 17.
Among the Smash circles, Ken "SephirothKen" Hoang is a Melee legend, having earned the nickname "King of Smash" for winning the 2004-2005 Major League Gaming tournament, the EVO World Finals and having the best tournament win-loss record in America.
Hoang will soon be competing in an entirely different kind of game: CBS's Survivor: Gabon [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor/bio/ken_17/bio.php?season=17].
This adventure is something Hoang has been prepared for: he's an avid Survivor viewer, climbed Mt. Fuji at age 20 and a strategist who hopes to appear as a non-threat until its time to strike.
Hoang told Entertainment Weekly in a cast interview [http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20221152_20221155_20221313_3,00.html], "Gaming will help me because I do well under pressure. I always come through. I rarely choke. I'm the underdog, I think all the fans will root for me to win. I would root for myself if I was watching TV."
The seventeenth season of Survivor will debut on September 25. I'll be watching to see how well Hoang competes without his Marth [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmzvwubtlD4&feature=related] to do the battling for him.
Source: MTV Multiplayer [http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/08/27/survivor-contestant-top-smash-bros-player/]
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