Dmbrandon
Family
He has a wife and was raised by his mom and sister. He also has an older brother.
Name Origins
‘Dm’ is just a placeholder because ‘Brandon’ was taken.
Gaming Origins
Dmbrandon’s dad and older brother introduced him to video games when he was very young, with his first game being Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. Dmbrandon loved Super Smash Brothers when he was a kid. However, he felt that he wasn’t finding enough of a challenge from his friends, so he went on to the forums to try find some better competition. He found a ranked player and sent him a message asking whether they could meet up and play together. They met up later that day and dmbrandon lost badly badly. However, he learnt a lot from him. From that point all he wanted was to grow up to be a professional gamer.
Fortunately for him, his brother was able to hack their Nintendo so that they could access Super Smash Bros. 38 days before North America would have full access to it. This gave them a 38-day head-start to polish their skills for when they would later face the high-ranking Melee players when they would access the game. He feels that it was this advantage that ultimately allowed him to enter into the professional scene later on.
When Smite was originally released in 2014, he thought that it was ugly and refused to play it. However, his friend pressured him until he gave in. He immediately fell in love with it and has been maining it ever since.
Professional Gaming
He entered his first tournament in 1997 and won it. He has been attending tournaments ever since. Outside of participating tournaments, he started casting for eSport event around 2008 and also became involved in organizing gaming events for Apex in late 2009. He continued streaming until June 2020 and stopped uploading content to his YouTube channel in 2021.
Income
According to twitchstats.net, dmbrandon has ~3,400 subscribers. This would net him around $8.500 USD per month, excluding additional income from his casting jobs, sponsorships, tips, cheer bit contributions, advertising revenue and merchandise sales.
Streaming Hours
Saturday – Sunday: 14:00 UTC for between 1 – 8 hrs.
Quotes
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In any [MOBA] team, they benefit from three people who can properly communicate ([i.e.] one person who can shot call, one person who can veto and one person who can share information) and two ‘Pokémon…’ Two people who don’t do their own thinking; they have to listen to calls for them to make decisions… even if the shot-calling is wrong, the skill can be learned later. It’s about being able to communicate properly while playing the game.
