Tibor Repta
Tibor Repta helped unite Bratislava’s BJJ groups; a friendship formed through training later became the partnership behind Fatbot Games.
Biography
Sources for this profile
BJJ Eastern Europe, Ľubomír Repašský interview, November 15, 2012(opens in a new tab)
The merged BJJ Slovakia community had roughly forty to fifty regular trainees in Repašský’s 2012 account.
Where in the source: Answer 6, closing membership estimate.
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Tibor Repta developed an early BJJ training group in Bratislava after training at OFA’s MMA academy.
Where in the source: Answer 6, Tibor paragraph.
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Repašský recalled that Repta wanted a less violent alternative to MMA and gathered a group to train BJJ.
Where in the source: Answer 6, reason for separate group.
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Repta earned his blue belt at a seminar with visiting instructor Adilson “Bitta” Lima.
Where in the source: Answer 6, visiting professor and blue belt.
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By November 2012 Repašský identified Repta as a purple belt who trained and taught at BJJ Slovakia.
Where in the source: Answer 6, opening.
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Repašský recalled Repta proposing a merger because he preferred training to leading classes and wanted one larger club rather than two smaller ones.
Where in the source: Answer 6, conversation and merger.
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Farflame, Matej Zajačik interview about Vaporum(opens in a new tab)
Game developer Matej Zajačik described a long friendship with Repta through Brazilian jiu-jitsu before they established their studio.
Where in the source: Question 1, second answer paragraph.
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Zajačik recalled being drawn to Repta’s early steampunk dungeon-game prototype and enthusiasm, then helping improve its first-person movement and sound.
Where in the source: Question 1, prototype and collaboration.
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After developing the prototype together, they left their jobs, built an investor demo and secured backing for their own game company.
Where in the source: Question 1, demo and studio formation.
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Fatbot Games, About and team(opens in a new tab)
Repta and Matej Zajačik founded Bratislava-based independent developer Fatbot Games. The studio lists Repta as founder and project lead.
Where in the source: About introduction and Tibor Repta team card.
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His studio responsibilities include art direction, game and level design, story, and business and public communication.
Where in the source: Tibor Repta, responsibilities list.
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Visiongame, Tibor Repta’s answers in developers’ Christmas interview, December 24, 2021(opens in a new tab)
Repta recalled encountering video games as a small child and later programming on a Commodore 64 at his local library.
Where in the source: Tibor Repta section, answer 1.
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Game-editing tools for Half-Life, Counter-Strike and Morrowind helped steer him toward development; during university he was especially interested in games that supported mods and custom scenarios.
Where in the source: Tibor section, answer 1, school and university.
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In December 2021 he said BJJ had previously helped his wellbeing, but he no longer had time for it amid his company commitments.
Where in the source: Tibor section, answer 2, BJJ paragraph.
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He described long working days and a wish to keep his studio healthy while reaching a wider paying audience, explaining that making a good game alone did not ensure visibility.
Where in the source: Tibor section, answers 2–3.
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BJJ Eastern Europe, Michal Sobolič interview, May 20, 2013(opens in a new tab)
Michal Sobolič dates Repta’s Bratislava club to 2007 and identifies it as a GB Pitbull branch.
Where in the source: Slovak scene answer, 2007 club.
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Sobolič names Repta as his first dedicated BJJ coach, whom he began training with in Bratislava in 2008 after earlier MMA and combat-sambo practice.
Where in the source: Personal journey answer, transition to Repta.
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GB Pitbull Slovakia, 2009 club archive(opens in a new tab)
The early club offered both gi and no-gi training and invited newcomers to watch without paying.
Where in the source: Info o tréningoch, opening questions.
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The club’s 2009 archive documents training in Petržalka and subsequently lists sessions in Hanuman Gym’s DK Ovsište premises.
Where in the source: Info o tréningoch and announcements.
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GB Pitbull Slovakia, Bad Boy Challenge report, March 19, 2010(opens in a new tab)
The team’s March 2010 report records Repta taking blue-belt under-85-kilogram bronze at the March 13 Bad Boy Challenge in Czechia, winning the bronze match with an armbar.
Where in the source: March 19 post, full event report.
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