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Subverting Expectations

My father once said: “I can see my son becoming a doctor”. Now, I’m just an “esports guy”. When I was 17, I graduated from high school. The plan was to go to Berlin and study economics, actually, not medicine. But then I got an offer from an LCS team. I had been in touch with a few teams, but I didn’t expect a lot to come of it. At that time, I didn’t even really want to move to Cologne, where the LCS was at the time. But to the dismay of my parents, I took the opportunity and [...]

League of Legends

Breaking The Curse

I never expected my teammates to let me lift the Spring Split trophy by myself. It was a huge honor and it’s a memory I will always keep with me. It was still a bit weird, though. I wanted everyone to share the same moment, but I understand why they did it. Knowing that they were all fighting to get the championship for me is an indescribable feeling. Helping someone achieve something that they haven’t been able to do for so long is a really good feeling. I imagine they felt the same way I did when I followed through [...]

League of Legends

As is fairly well documented, Joel and I indeed founded Excel Esports in a pub. I was at university studying law at the time and Joel was a management consultant at KPMG. We were both definitely on the corporate path. Both of us have been playing video games since we were kids – it’s been a big part of our bond – and so we were naturally drawn to esports I remember we watched a few tournaments in North America, and I specifically remember being in awe at how big some of the MLG events were. All I could think [...]

League of Legends

Subverting Expectations

My father once said: “I can see my son becoming a doctor”. Now, I’m just an “esports guy”. When I was 17, I graduated from high school. The plan was to go to Berlin and study economics, actually, not medicine. But then I got an offer from an LCS team. I had been in touch with a few teams, but I didn’t expect a lot to come of it. At that time, I didn’t even really want to move to Cologne, where the LCS was at the time. But to the dismay of my parents, I took the opportunity and [...]

League of Legends

Breaking The Curse

I never expected my teammates to let me lift the Spring Split trophy by myself. It was a huge honor and it’s a memory I will always keep with me. It was still a bit weird, though. I wanted everyone to share the same moment, but I understand why they did it. Knowing that they were all fighting to get the championship for me is an indescribable feeling. Helping someone achieve something that they haven’t been able to do for so long is a really good feeling. I imagine they felt the same way I did when I followed through [...]

League of Legends

As is fairly well documented, Joel and I indeed founded Excel Esports in a pub. I was at university studying law at the time and Joel was a management consultant at KPMG. We were both definitely on the corporate path. Both of us have been playing video games since we were kids – it’s been a big part of our bond – and so we were naturally drawn to esports I remember we watched a few tournaments in North America, and I specifically remember being in awe at how big some of the MLG events were. All I could think [...]

Kieran Holmes-Darby

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