Alan Wake's Contest History

Who is Alan Wake?
Alan Wake is a writer and the main character of the game Alan Wake. Suffering from writer’s block for the past two years he takes a vacation with his wife to Bright Falls. Due to his writers block and substance abuse problems he is short tempered and he has become cynical towards humans because of his fans and paparazzi. Alan frequents gun ranges and has a good knowledge of several weapons including rifles, shotguns and pistols.

When he and his wife arrive at their cabin Alan discovers a typewriter which his wife tells him she brought it just in case he found inspiration. Alan instead becomes angry and leaves the cabin. When he does so the lights go out and his wife screams, the next thing he knows she is drowning in the lake and when he dives to save her he wakes up from a car crash a week later. Not knowing what is going on he sets out to find someone to help him.

During his travels he finds pieces of paper which have a story he had been thinking about, but never written. After reading a few pages he realizes that everything the pages say is coming true. He eventually finds out that his wife has been kidnapped and the manuscript for the story is the ransom. However, Alan does not have the entire manuscript and must find it before harm is done to his wife.

"Stephen King once wrote that “Nightmares exist outside of logic, and there’s little fun to be had in explanations; they’re antithetical to the poetry of fear.” In a horror story, the victim keeps asking "Why?" But there can be no explanation, and there shouldn’t be one. The unanswered mystery is what stays with us the longest, and it’s what we’ll remember in the end. My name is Alan Wake. I’m a writer." - Alan Wake

Contest History
Win-Loss Record: 0-1

Summer 2013 Contest - Division 1 - 22 Seed
 * Division 1 Round 1 --- 3rd place, 4152 [11.01%] - (6) Raiden, 18775 [49.77%] - (13) Waluigi, 14794 [39.22%]

Alan Wake made a half decent splash back in 2010, but it was one of those games that became quickly forgotten. Three years later and it was clear the main character was going to finish in a far last place.