He spoke to an investor and they were interested but not in doing a small project (they wanted to invest 100million dollars) and making the game an MMO. He then made an attempt at raising 2.5million dollars to fund an "esport game". Once he left this job he continued to support BLC including securing a $15,000 tournament at DreamHack. James then, with the little money he had left, gave a presentation to the developers of "BloodLine Champions"(BLC) detailing what he could do for the company, and for the game, and was subsequently hired. He moved to StarCraft 2 and casted but mostly hosted DreamHack and other tournaments. 2GD found a replacement and left on amicable terms. He quit ESL after disagreeing with an event that he was set to cast. He lived in Germany for two years to cast the ESL. The comment resulted in his near immediate firing from the role at MLG. His MLG casting stint was marred with controversy as he criticised MLG live on air. He then transitioned into more of a caster role as his skill level in Quake decreased relative to others and later he went on to cast for the likes of MLG, ESL and DreamHack. His breakout casting performance was at WSVG 2006 when he subbed in for a caster who was unavailable. He got his first taste of casting through Clan Base, when they sent out an appeal to find a caster for a Quake game in around 2002. He stated that his yearly income around this time was around $24,000. Progaming career and transition into casting ĢGD was a professional Quake 4 player who played for teams such as Dignitas, Fnatic and SK Gaming during his career. Thus he discovered online leagues for the games he was playing and this became his entry into competitive gaming. His grandparents then took money they had been saving and put it towards the cost of a computer. He had an incident while warming up for badminton where in he lost the ability to bend his knees for around a year and a half but retained the ability to walk albeit somewhat awkwardly and in his own words he walked "like a penguin". He trained with the southwest England team but did not make the team because he was too young. He played badminton for his county and was seeded first in that county for Badminton players. His parents fully support 2GD in his choice to make a career for himself in esports and they make an effort to follow the events in which he takes part. He attended the University of Gloucestershire and studied to become a systems analyst, but dropped out during his second year. Both of his parents are self-employed his father was an entrepreneur and self-made millionaire and his mother created a business in the events industry. 1.2 Progaming career and transition into castingĢGD was born in Bristol, England, although he grew up in Glastonbury.
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