Talk:Thor Aackerlund

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Could somebody help verify Aakerlund was born in Houston, Texas? I know he was in Houston at the time, but I'm not sure if he was born there.--Davis Junior (talk) 19:14, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am Thor Aackerlund, I was born in Dallas TX, St. Paul Hospital, around 5pm on Jan 4th, 1977 :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.174.129.18 (talk) 19:15, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Points

The article on Nintendo World Championships says Thor got 4 million points by dying twice and Jeff Falco got 2.8 million points — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sdmitch16 (talk • contribs) 22:05, 23 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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This article has been redirected to Nintendo World Championships, per the assumption that this would be a case of WP:BIO1E. I'd dispute that, for a few reasons. Whereas the Nintendo World Championships was the stepping stone, he isn't notable because he won – that in itself wouldn't have merited an article – but because he became the poster child for the game, maybe the first important person in what would become e-sports. Looking at the sources for the material I've added, they don't spend too much time on the championship, focusing on other aspects. If you look at Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters, for example, Aackerlund isn't a central figure because he happened to win the championship, but because he's considered a cornerstone of Tetris history, the first to somewhat reliably have reached a level considered almost impossible, a poster child for the game. Referring to WP:BIO1E about growing media coverage, the sources for the material I've now added (one half-hour long documentary about him from Sveriges Radio, the Swedish national broadcasting company, one significant part in a 2020 article about Tetris in general and one more passing mention in a 2012 article), they're spread out in time, 22–30 years after the event in question. I've tried to make this role more clear in the article, expanding on the last edit. /Julle (talk) 15:23, 29 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Found this article via new page review. I think it would be helpful if the tone of the article emphasized why he was notable, instead of his life story. That would prevent someone else sending it to AfD and would be more in line with encyclopedic style. FalconK (talk) 02:19, 30 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
He was essentially the first professional gamer. Andre🚐 20:46, 15 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]