GH057ayame

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GH057ayame
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NameEric Hewitt
Born1987or1988(age 36–37) [1]
NationalityAmerican
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Eric Hewitt, also 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.

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Career

Raised in Westfield, New Jersey, Hewitt attended Pennsylvania State University [2] and became a member of Carbon in August 2006 under the gamertag GH057ayame. [1] Carbon's efforts were finally rewarded with the national Halo 2 4v4 Championship in 2006, followed by a 2nd-place finish in the 2007 Championship, beaten by former rivals Final Boss. Carbon struggled with the switch from Halo 2 to Halo 3 in 2008 and lost their dominance on the Pro Circuit. With three 7th-place finishes and only one top 4 finish throughout the season, Carbon ended the season with a surprising 3rd-place finish at the National Championships. After placing 8th in the first two tournaments in 2009, Carbon decided to drop Ghostayame, who took Walshy's place in Team Instinct for Dallas. But a bad performance (Ghostayame went -53 that tournament (all matches combined)) destroyed a further cooperation with Instinct, who decided to release Ghostayame after a 3rd place in Dallas. Only having played one tournament for Instinct, Ghostayame then joined Team Classic for Anaheim and ended up with a 6th place. He said that "Anaheim will be Judgement Day" [3] for Instinct, which his team then beat 3–2 in Winner's Bracket Round 2, which felt like a "sweet revenge" for Ghostayame. In the end Classic even finished one place higher than Instinct, who only became 7th that tournament. In 2011, Hewitt branched out into Gears of War , hoping to compete in MLG play if the game is accepted into the tournament. [4]

On January 14, 2014, 343 Industries announced that they had hired Hewitt. [5] [6]

MLG

2007

Halo 2
EventChampionship 4v4Championship FFATeammates
Charlotte Team Carbon - 2nd29th Team Carbon

2006

Halo 2
EventChampionship 4v4Championship FFATeammates
New YorkTeam Ex - 6th6thTeam Ex - Cpt. Anarchy, MeLLoZ, PisToL
DallasTeam Ex - 5th10thTeam Ex - Cpt. Anarchy, MeLLoZ, PisToL
Anaheim------
ChicagoTeam Ex - 6th11thTeam Ex - Cpt Anarchy, PisToL, MimiC
Orlando Team Carbon 29th Team Carbon
NY Playoffs Team Carbon 11th Team Carbon
Las Vegas National CC Team Carbon -- Team Carbon

Pro's Choice Awards

3rd Best Support Player [7]

2005

Halo 2
EventChampionship 4v4Championship FFATeammates
Washington D.C.------
San Francisco------
Houston------
Orlando------
St. Louis------
Philadelphia9th-12thTop 256CheeeseHead20, -12FloZ-hasNiceLegs, Phil22
Las Vegas------1st
Nashville------
Seattle------
LA Western CC7th-8th4th xXx, IIPisToLII, Levi
Atlanta Eastern CC------
Chicago Central CC5th-6thTop 32lGameI, MeLLoZ, IIPisToLII
NY National Championships7th-8th7th-8thlGameI, MeLLoZ, IIPisToLII

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References

  1. 1 2 Wolly, Brian (December 22, 2006). "Gen Nexters Take Video Gaming to the Next Level". PBS Newshour. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  2. Kane, Michael. "Dream Job", New York Post , August 25, 2008. Accessed May 6, 2021. "A Penn State student and Westfield, NJ, resident, Hewitt competes on a four-member 'Halo 3' team at a half-dozen MLG gaming festivals each year, where he and his teammates take the stage to wage virtual warfare for tournament prize money that reaches $20,000 per event."
  3. "Timeout with Ghostayame | Major League Gaming". Archived from the original on 2009-11-05. Retrieved 2009-11-11.
  4. Clark, Stephen. "Fighting on Two Fronts w/Ghostayame". ProGamingInsider.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  5. "Professional Halo player Eric Hewitt joins 343 Industries". Polygon . 13 January 2014.
  6. "343 Industries hires pro gamer Eric Hewitt".
  7. 3rd place in the 2006 MLG Pro Choice Awards Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Official Pro Website without free MLG Tournament Footage Archived 2006-10-22 at the Wayback Machine