Matt Leto, gamertag Zyos, is a former American professional player of the first-person shooter video games Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2. Zyos spent a year in his late teens accumulating video game records, and for a while was the holder of the most records. After dropping out of DigiPen Institute of Technology, Leto pursued a career in professional gaming.
CyberSlam is an online Australian competitive gaming and technology business. It operates a number of online multiplayer gaming servers and a community forum. CyberSlam started out in 2003 under CBN Media as its gaming division, and some 10 years on in April 2013, has officially been relaunched in BETA under all-new management after almost three years of hiatus. Active community member ShauningtoN has confirmed that he is undertaking the 'CyberSlam Resurgence' project and thus far is funding it with no outside assistance.
Tom Taylor, known by the gamertag Tsquared, is a former professional gamer and captain of one of the most successful teams in Major League Gaming (MLG) history, Str8 Rippin, and was also the coach of Status Quo during the 2010 National Championships in Dallas where he helped them place 2nd behind Final Boss. Making him one of the only players to also coach an event. He was signed to a US$250,000 contract by MLG. and earns between $120,000 and $150,000 each year in prize money and endorsement deals. He has founded his own company, Gaming Lessons, which tutors prospective professional gamers on various video games, specifically on the Halo series. Several other professional gamers from MLG are also employed by Gaming Lessons as instructors. His home town is Syracuse, New York. He also runs an active YouTube channel with over 10,000 subscribers and 24 hours worth of content.
David "Dave" Walsh is an American professional gamer, entrepreneur, writer, and commentator. His career in gaming began in March 2003, originally under the pseudonym Hotshy, and later under the name Walshy and briefly yhslaW. Walsh is widely regarded as the greatest and most successful Halo player of all time. Walshy is currently a commentator for the Halo Championship Series.
Ryan Danford is a professional American Halo player known by the handle Saiyan. He began competing in May 2004. Currently retired from professional gaming, he was a member of the Major League Gaming 4-on-4 team Final Boss during the 2006 season. In June 2006, he signed a three-year contract with Major League Gaming, but filed for free agency after the 2006 season's conclusion. He was also shown on many of the Boost Mobile MLG Pro Circuit episodes on USA Network in 2006.
Eric Hewitt, United States, known by his tag GH057ayame (Ghostayame), is a retired professional Major League Gaming (MLG) gamer. He now works for 343 Industries working on future Halo games.
Michael Cavanaugh, also known by his gamertag StrongSide, is an American video gamer. He has been a professional Major League Gaming Halo player since July 2005 and has been a member of Status Quo, Final Boss, Heaven and Earth, Legendz, Carbon, and Warriors in previous seasons, but is not currently a member of a team. He currently works for 343 Industries.
Ben Jackson is a professional Halo player from Murrieta, California, United States. He attended Murrieta Valley High School, graduating in 2006. Jackson initially began playing the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game around the time of his sophomore year; he then started playing Halo intensively when Halo 2 was announced and widespread promotion of the Xbox 360 commenced. Jackson first attended a Major League Gaming tournament for Halo: Combat Evolved in Los Angeles, but performed poorly.
The following content may be biased. Tom Ryan, known under the pseudonym Ogre 2, is a retired professional Halo player from Columbus, Ohio, widely considered to be the greatest Halo player of all time. He and his twin brother Dan are known as the "Ogre Twins". In 2005, he and his brother won the gold medal in Halo 2 at the World Cyber Games. His eSports tournament history includes in Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Shadowrun, Halo 3, Halo: Reach, Halo 4, Halo 5: Guardians, Halo 2: Anniversary, and Call of Duty: Ghosts.
George Georgallidis also known as "HotshotGG," is the owner of, and former player for, Counter Logic Gaming, a professional gaming organization.
Matthew Haag, known by his handle Nadeshot, is a former professional American Call Of Duty player. He is the owner of eSports team 100 Thieves and former captain of OpTic Gaming in the 2014 Call of Duty: Ghosts season and the 2014–2015 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare season, playing the objective support role.
Final Boss was a professional esports team that competed in Halo competitions sponsored by Major League Gaming (MLG) and other tournaments. With its most successful lineups consisting of a core of Dan "Ogre 1" Ryan, Tom "Ogre 2" Ryan and Dave "Walshy" Walsh, Final Boss is regarded as one of the best Halo teams of all time due to their numerous tournament victories and MLG National Championships from 2004 to 2010. They also hold the record for the longest consecutive event winning streak, with 8 straight tournament victories from 2005 into 2006. The Final Boss name is owned by MLG and continues to be used on official MLG merchandise.
OpTic Gaming is an American professional esports organization with teams competing in Call of Duty,Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Gears of War, League of Legends, Overwatch and Fortnite Battle Royale. It was founded in 2006 by Ryan "OpTic J" Musselman and "OpTic KR3W". The company is owned by Texas Rangers co-owner Neil Leibman and Hector "H3CZ" Rodriguez.
Str8 Rippin is a professional Halo team in the United States that competes in the Halo Championship Series. Str8 Rippin was first formed in 2005 for Halo 2 on the Major League Gaming (MLG) Pro Circuit. Their most successful period was during the MLG Halo 3 Pro Circuit, when they won several tournaments. Tom "Tsquared" Taylor was their longtime captain and was considered the face of the team for several years.
Carbon, variously known as Team Carbon, was a professional Halo team. Team Carbon won the 2006 Halo 2 championships at MLG Vegas 2006 defeating rivals Final Boss.
Boost Mobile MLG Pro Circuit was a television program on US cable television network USA network and later G4 airing recordings of the Major League Gaming (MLG) Halo 2 Pro Circuit in 2006 and 2007. It was sponsored by Boost Mobile and Scion. Boost subscribers had access to exclusive videos such as match highlights and player profiles. The production company was Red Brick Entertainment.
Team Envy is an American esports organization primarily based in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 2007 as a professional Call of Duty team, they have since gone to field rosters in Counter-Strike, FIFA, Fortnite, Gears of War, Halo, League of Legends, Overwatch, Paladins, PUBG, Rocket League, SMITE, StarCraft, and Street Fighter.
Seth Abner, also known as "Scump" is an American professional Call of Duty player. He is currently the captain of OpTic Gaming since replacing his former teammate's position, Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag, playing the slayer role. Abner is a two time Major League Gaming (MLG) X Games gold medalist. In August 2017, Seth achieved his first ever Call of Duty World Championship. Abner is sponsored by several gaming hardware companies, including Turtle Beach and Scuf Gaming. He is also sponsored by Loot Crate, GFuel and Brisk Mate. On March 26, 2015, Abner became sponsored by Red Bull due to OpTic Gaming's partnership with the company, but the partnership ended January 20, 2016. As of 15 December 2018, Scump has more than $600,000 from tournament winnings, of which $261,250 was won in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. He also runs a YouTube channel that currently has obtained over 2.4 Million Subscribers as of December 15, 2018.
