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on camera and how to use all of the tools available to me in orderto present better on video streams. I was lucky enough to work onmany top tournaments around the world, but while most of ourexpenses were covered, we rarely returned home with more moneythan we started with.Things started to change in 2006 when both Stuart “TosspoT” Sawand I started to get other work in the form of voice-overs for commercialsand movies, andhad a chance to work onseveral segments for TV.We were also given a sixpart series to film for UKTV, which, while theproduction was prettypoor, did give us an insightinto the workings of TV and allowed us to learn and makemistakes in a very low risk environment.In 2007, I formed a new company called QuadV with the help of JoeMiller, Stuart Saw, Leigh Smith and Oliver Aldridge. Our aim was tohave a dominant European commentary station for esports and, forthe most part, we achieved our goal, certainly having the best Europeancommentators on our books at the time. Almost all of themnow work full time in esports in one way or another.Over the next few years, I did hundreds of live TV shows on DirecTV,Eurosport, Sky Sports and Sky One, pieces for Ubisoft including tworock concerts and even a live TV show from the Playboy Mansion. Inaddition to this, I hosted the stage at Multiplay events in the UK andcommentated at the biggest esports events of the day including theWCG Finals, ESWC, CPL Finals and QuakeCon. I even commentated7