This dork will take you to geek Valhalla

Self-described “world’s first full time professional video gamer” and Kansas City native Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendell wants to take you to the Woodstock of gaming. All you have to

​do is ask.

Wendell just announced a contest for one lucky winner to get an all-expense paid trip to QuakeCon 2009 — the four-day Quake contest starting August 13 at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas. All you have to do is e-mail the man at quakecon@fatal1ty.com with your name, address, gaming name and age, and the champ will personally pick one player to get free airfare, a hotel room and a daily allowance for food.

Oh Fatal1ty, you deign to mix with the common man! And such a long way to fall!

Pitch staff writer Justin Kendall wrote a great story about Fatal1ty (“Fear this Geek“) in 2006. Since then he’s moved to Vegas and started his own brand of gaming gear. As a fellow gamer in Kendall’s story says of the man: “As Fatal1ty would tell himself, it’s not enough to participate or compete. He has to win. That’s why he turned the i in his name into a 1.”