Get to know the panelists a little bit before tonights discussion. Gaming for a Living: The Life of a Pro-Gamer begins at 7 p.m. in the Little Theater. Aaron Hassell Aaron has been working in E-sports and the Video Game industry for over 5 years. Aaron got his first taste of competitive play 18 years ago with the release of Id softwares FPS classic Quake where he began playing and hosting competitions at his local LAN centers and High school. In early 2009 Aaron founded NoobtTube.tv a website dedicated to-documenting E-sports and gamer lifestyle. Aarons work at NoobTube.tv lead him to a jobs with Samsung\World Cyber Games, and Beyond Gaming. Aaron is known for being one of the early pioneers and adopters of live streaming for video game events and activities. He is directly responsible for the very first live stream of League of Legends at a competition among other top events and generating 10s of millions of views globally through his efforts. Today Aaron continues to work in an advisory roles in competitive gaming as well as being a co-founder in unannounced product for live streaming production. John Spiher Known in the gaming industry as Andabatus, John has been heavily involved in gaming charity Gamers Outreach Foundation (GOF) since 2010. Currently, he is the program director for GOFs Gaming4Others initiative, and is a tournament coordinator for their annual fundraiser Gamers For Giving. Outside of GOF, John has spent years consulting for high-level gaming players and organizations, hosting gaming rooms at conventions, and is the senior marketing and sponsorship coordinator at high-end gaming chair company, DXRacer. Carl White Carl Perfect Legend White is a three-time world champion in fighting games, including a 2011 victory in Mortal Kombat at the Evolution Championship series. Perfect Legend joins Fnatics expansion into the fighting game community, serving as a multi-title competitor in Injustice: Gods Among Us, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Dead or Alive, Tekken, Marvel vs Capcom and Killer Instinct. Perfect Legend is confident in his abilities, and he has every right to be. He has literally written the guide (for Prima Games) on playing Injustice, as well as providing many analytical blog posts on his site. With fighting games requiring adaptation and encyclopedic knowledge, its a testament to his skill that he is able to remain a threat while picking up new titles as they come; Fnatic is happy to have him representing their elite team wherever he can
Posted on: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 18:42:40 +0000
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