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On the Road to Victory

I always wanted to go pro, but I wasn’t always sure that I could do it. From the moment I saw players like Gotaga, who support themselves by competing professionally, I knew what I wanted to do. I have always been an avid gamer. To think that I could make money from doing the thing I loved absolutely drew me in. While I’ve been able to achieve success in Rocket League, in truth, this wasn’t my first attempt at going pro. Like many kids growing up, I played a lot of Call of Duty and by the time Call of [...]

Rainbow Six: Siege

About a year ago I was just a kid who was a fan of Rainbow 6. I had no idea that my fandom would turn into a job. Rainbow 6 was the game that got me into esports. I was following the professional scene pretty closely and my favourite team at the time was Vertical Gaming. The players, who I was a fan of, ended up leaving the organization because there were internal conflicts going on; they just couldn’t get along. From that moment, all I wanted to do is help my favourite team find an organization to represent. The [...]

The Clutch Gear

I didn’t know I had the Clutch Gear until I started playing DragonBall FighterZ. For all of the comebacks and crazy stuff I’ve been able to do this year, I kind of shift into this mode and just clutch things out. The week before EVO, there was a tournament called Pasadena Regionals in southern California. There were a lot of good players there, and I was playing with ApologyMan and Reynald before the tournament. We were all practising for EVO, and I was reflecting a lot on how I was playing. Generally, I was playing well, but when I wasn’t, [...]

On the Road to Victory

I always wanted to go pro, but I wasn’t always sure that I could do it. From the moment I saw players like Gotaga, who support themselves by competing professionally, I knew what I wanted to do. I have always been an avid gamer. To think that I could make money from doing the thing I loved absolutely drew me in. While I’ve been able to achieve success in Rocket League, in truth, this wasn’t my first attempt at going pro. Like many kids growing up, I played a lot of Call of Duty and by the time Call of [...]

Rainbow Six: Siege

About a year ago I was just a kid who was a fan of Rainbow 6. I had no idea that my fandom would turn into a job. Rainbow 6 was the game that got me into esports. I was following the professional scene pretty closely and my favourite team at the time was Vertical Gaming. The players, who I was a fan of, ended up leaving the organization because there were internal conflicts going on; they just couldn’t get along. From that moment, all I wanted to do is help my favourite team find an organization to represent. The [...]

The Clutch Gear

I didn’t know I had the Clutch Gear until I started playing DragonBall FighterZ. For all of the comebacks and crazy stuff I’ve been able to do this year, I kind of shift into this mode and just clutch things out. The week before EVO, there was a tournament called Pasadena Regionals in southern California. There were a lot of good players there, and I was playing with ApologyMan and Reynald before the tournament. We were all practising for EVO, and I was reflecting a lot on how I was playing. Generally, I was playing well, but when I wasn’t, [...]

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