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I was born in the Los Angeles district

in Lancaster, California.

I lived there with my dad and my mom.

Around 2 years old, my dad left my mom.

He didn't really say anything.

He just kind of

He just packed up and left.

She's had to raise us both while

going to law school at the same time.

It wasn't real easy as far as

just got out of law school,

didn't have a job, had huge

student loans to pay back.

This job came up and so

we moved here on our own.

So I've been raising them by myself

ever since.

So this is a photo album

that I made for Clinton.

As he was growing up, I put pictures

in it as we went along.

My sons were both really active into sports

and they wanted to do a lot

so I had to limit them.

They could choose two per season.

That was maximum for me being

able to get them to practice

and go watch their games.

That was tough.

And Clinton sitting on Santa's lap

- his brother Santa.

My brother's more angry at my father

for leaving than I am.

He thinks about him.

He gets upset.

Compared to me, I just block him out

and pretend he doesn't exist.

Clinton already starting video games here.

He was sitting at his house,

you know, playing Dota.

Doing it competitively, had a sponsored

team and everything like that.

But I think that's when it started

getting on his mom's nerves.

I have a crazy sleeping schedule.

I'm on a European team so sometimes I

have to stay up pretty ridiculous hours

or wake up at ridiculous hours.

So the standard day for me is

not so standard.

All the nights he'd be up and stuff,

the dog would be up too with him

and that would keep her awake

most of the nights

and this is kind of where

the tension got pretty high.

You know, this went on for years

and it came to the point

where I just told him

I said, "You know what, you just

need to go somewhere else."

So I got kicked out of my house because

of my gaming career, basically.

When Clinton first moved in here,

he was looking for a desk and

there wasn't anything in the room.

And I had a lot of stuff we were

getting ready to take to the dump.

And Clinton went out there and he

came back in with this green desk.

And he goes, "This is perfect!"

So I didn't have a monitor,

so I went to my friend

and he had a spare CRT monitor.

So I got that, and then, obviously,

I have two books here to hunch that up

so I can actually see the monitor.

So it's kind of a ghetto setup.

Even when I go to competitions, I don't think

I play any differently on the nice setups

compared to this one.

Clinton's like the Rocky Balboa of Dota.

He's definitely one of

the first big US players

and honestly, I didn't even know

he was that big.

In the North American scene, there weren't many

good American players known back then.

Everybody respected Fear.

A lot of the people I knew,

they quit the game.

They moved on, stuff like that.

But I stuck with it so I ended up

being like one of the oldest players.

With all his years of experience,

and all his constant commitment

to the game,

he's really shown that he doesn't give up.

Growing up without my father,

I think in the end, not having someone

there and teach me the guy side

and having a father to help you up,

I think that it's actually probably made me

the person I am today.

You know, I just make sure everything's

running smoothly on the team.

I kind of play, like,

the father figure, I guess.

As a captain, I guess he felt

he had that responsibility as well.

He was like pretty much my mentor.

He did tell me one time,

"Hey if you need someone to talk to,"

he would be here.

So I kind of see him as a Dota brother.

I've never had an ego thinking that

I'm better than anyone else.

I'm always there willing to help people

who are new to the scene.

And that's always been kind of

my role in the game

by just helping players get up

for the most part.

Fear actually broke me

into the scene, you know.

It's very hard to get yourself out there.

I mean, back then, I was kind of

like a fan boy of him.

You know, watching his games and what-not.

And he gave me a shot to play

at a high level.

I wouldn't be here today

if it wasn't for Fear.

I can guarantee you that.

ONLINE KINGDOM VS MUFC

ELIMINATION MATCH

Going into the match, we were all thinking,

MUFC didn't do so well earlier, but

If we lost that game,

we wouldn't win anything so

it was a high risk game.

36 minutes in, almost a 7,000 gold

advantage in favor of MUFC

Toward the end of the game,

we made a couple of mistakes

that put two heroes on the sideline for us.

And they had all five still up and decided that

they were going to go for our Throne (Ancient).

They're probably just going

to push for the base.

They're going GG!

They want to go for the GG!

No Fortification anymore!

We were really close to losing our Throne.

It's below 20 percent HP

And Online Kingdom, they are so close to

getting eliminated from this tournament!

We just needed to do something.

Alright, I'm going to go on them!

I'm going to initiate on them!

So I ran in first and then

they all went on me

instead of focusing on the Throne,

which is good.

Again by Silvercross.

Fear, he's trying to retreat.

He turns into a pig.

How the hell is he still alive?!!

Go, go, go! Go, go!

They push MUFC back!

We made this huge comeback where

we killed all of their heroes.

You know, started pushing.

Silvercross is down!

Morphling! He's out of this!

The Top Rax (barracks) will go!

There is no way now that

MUFC can come back!

But it will be Online Kingdom

eliminating MUFC!

Our whole team just went crazy.

Fear leading Online Kingdom

to do the impossible.

I've never seen anything like that.

And stay tuned.

We'll be back here with more

exciting gameplay coming up.

"ONLINE KINGDOM CELEBRATE MUFC DEFEAT"

"SECURE 7th PLACE AT INTERNATIONAL"

DAY 4 of 5

Scythe.

They are the 2008 ESWC winners.

One of the best Asian teams

but we aren't afraid of them.

We're gonna fight them.

I don't know about my teammates,

but I don't feel scared at all.

I feel like I want to crush my enemy.

That's how I feel.

That's it.

NA'VI VS SCYTHE

Welcome to the Winners Bracket Final

where Scythe goes up against Na'Vi.

WINNER ADVANCES TO THE GRAND FINALS

The winner gets a slot in the Grand Final.

The crowds were all cheering for them.

And their draft was very scary.

We were, like, caught off by surprise.

But, we were like,

we've gotta win this, man.

We've gotta win this and

show them who's boss.

Scythe has managed to take all

the best players from Singapore

and put them in their lineup.

One million!

Na'Vi, they look cool calm and collected.

They know exactly what they gotta do.

It all comes down to gameplay right now

and I gotta say like, Na'Vi's lineup,

it is not unbeatable.

NA'VI GOES AFTER SCYTHE

AGGRESSIVELY IN EARLY GAME

Now they're gonna look for the initiation

and possible kill.

hy is gonna get caught.

Now bottom lane. Held in place.

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