Steel_tv
Family
He has three older brothers. He also has two dogs; Roughy and Josie.
Gaming Origins
Steel_tv grew up playing video games with his brothers and began competing with them in LAN events as he got older. Even though he struggled to compete against them when he was younger, he still did his best to improve in order to try to get better than them one day. Outside of gaming, he also played soccer, tennis, hockey and track and field, and even continued playing on his school’s soccer team when he got into high school.
After high school, he went on to study Psychology at the University of Guelph before going on to work in retail and then in IT.
Professional Gaming
HE first started playing Counter-Strike competitively when he was around eighteen years old in 2008. Then during his second year of university, he joined Team Dynamic and began competing with them. By his third year of university he started to compete in international tournaments during vacation in 2010. He joined iBuyPower in March 2014, which really helped to launch his fulltime career.
However, he was banned from competing in any further Valve events in 2015 after a scandal. Therefore, he proceeded to move into coaching positions. He then returned to the pro-scene after being unbanned in July 2017.
He has been streaming on Twitch since December 2011. His channel grew quickly thanks to his established fan base from his pro career.
He left 100 Thieves in September 2021 and was signed with T1's Valorant professional team in December that year.
His language isn’t appropriate for children.
Streaming Hours
He doesn’t have a set schedule due to his professional commitments.
Interesting Facts
Steel_tv was born in 1990.
Quotes
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[If you want to go pro,] you need to find open teams that you can start playing with. There’s got to be experience. It’s like getting a job. You can’t just go in somewhere and say, ‘hey, I’m looking for work.’ ‘oh, what are your qualifications?’ ‘Oh, I haven’t done anything. I actually haven’t left my parents’ house and I’ve done high school. That’s it.’ ‘Ok, well then why [would I] hire you…’ [So too,] ‘let’s play in an amateur league together and build experience.’ And then next time when I go to join a better team, they’ll ask, ‘what have you done?’ ‘oh, so I started off doing this, I joined an open team. This is our results, this is my performance, these are my goals. I’m ready for the next step.’
Gaming Setup
Streaming Setup
