
Community Spotlight: SamFisher
For those of you who haven’t had a chance to mingle and meet a lot of Battlefieldo’ers SamFisher is definitely one of the coolest cats I know.
Here’s a little about Sam,
He’s been game since he was 5 back in the early 80′s. Started on a Commodore Vic20 playing games and doing basic programming. Moved on to a Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k (yes 48k) and hasn’t stopped since. He has a sick-nasty rig currently running: an I7-920 @4ghz, Noctua D14 with a single EVGA GTX560ti. He plans to upgrade to another 560ti at some point in the next month or so… He also just bought a Razer Black Widow Ultimate keyboard, which whilst being very expensive is one hell of a mechanical gaming keyboard. Sam stays kind of busy with work and his 3 kids, and is currently working for a large food retailer in the UK which keeps him in a reasonable apartment and allows him to upgrade his PC when he can. He’s just joined the SAS squad in the BFO community and very glad to see they have 16 members in the squad already. Elite is the squad Captain and is a very funny guy and they are looking forward to some great matches once BF3 releases soon.
When did you start gaming?
I started gaming when I was about 5 years old in the 80s (yes I’m old lol) on a Commodore Vic20. The games were incredibly basic and really not that fun. I then moved onto a Sinclair Spectrum 48k (lol 48k) and the games then were really getting better development and much more fun. I’ve been PC gaming for about 15 years now and had many rigs.
What game or experience really pulled you in?
This is quite hard to remember but what really pulled me into PC gaming was Doom. The way graphics are these days and the way we can communicate with TS etc. really makes PC’s the way to play until the next generation of consoles come out. Even then I’d still prefer to play on PC tbh.
Most embarrassing online moment?
OMG my most embarrassing moment happens very frequently when I’m in TS and forgets to press push to talk and realize I’m just talking to myself. Auto activation FTW. I’m sure we’ve all done it
Run and Gun? Sit and Shoot?
Definitely run and gun all the way I’m no good at sniping, but often I’ll be a bit more tactical about approaching situations instead of just running in guns blazing.
Favorite Class/Weapon from the Battlefield series so far?
In the beta I think my favorite class was assault because I wanted to use the medic kit a bit more since I never really used that before. I think I’ll be rolling with my engineer kit a lot as well as I love my flying and vehicles.
Hobbies outside of the game?
My main hobby outside of the game would be upgrading and tweaking my PC. I love the whole process of ordering parts and building a rig from scratch. But sometimes I like to take a break from all things technology and just enjoy my time with my friends and family.
What do you want to achieve from Battlefield 3?
My main goal in BF3 is to work on all my kits starting with engineer, assault, support and then sniper. I want to get all the unlocks for everything and fine tune my skills in both vehicles and my infantry play. Also the biggest thing for me is too have lots and fun and enjoy my time with my friends in TS.



Big thanks to Sam for all his help to me personally as well as to Battlefieldo and the community we are building. Couldn’t have done it without great members and supporters as yourself.