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In 2005 I started to write StarCraft news in German for broodwar.de. In January 2007 I wrote my first news post on myMYM.com which was back then known as meetyourmakers.com. I started to write only StarCraft and basically hated every other game. I grew up and noticed there are also other great games, started to get interested in eSports in general, became StarCraft ESUP and moved in February 2008 to Denmark in order to start as Content Supervisor on a fulltime basis for myMYM.
February 2009, the company went bankrupt, I lost my job and started shortly after that to write part time for readmore.eu. Also this got closed and I been without eSports for sometime. Then this autumn the page returned and I was hired yet another time as Content Manager.
But by Dec. 1st my eSports career came to a final end.
After about 1500 news articles, about 150 videos and video interviews, 23 offline events and winning the eSports Award in 2009 the time has come to move on.
I received a thrilling job offer from PokerStrategy.com where I am hired on a fulltime basis from December 1st which requires that I move from cold Denmark to warm Gibraltar - job title, Teamleader Online Editorial.
Esports was a part of my life for many years now and I don't regret anything I did or experienced within the last years. Being with MYM was for sure the most shaping and exciting time. I will never forget the times being on my first event at Dreamhack 2007 Winter which was a prize I won for being the 'best' editor 5 times in a row in 2007 for writing Starcraft content. I will never forget the three times WCG I witnessed nor the 4 weeks I spent together with Wind in China to conduct a documentary about eSports there. And I will also never forgot how good it felt when we at some point at the end of 2008 managed to build up a page that was running and working so good and that grew its clicks and comments on news by almost 50% within 10 months.
Traveling the world last year was crazy and awesome, I remember the time when I was sometimes just two weeks at home and then again a week away for an event... and this like for months.
...and I will never forget about all the great people I met online and offline in eSports. It was great to see so many different personalities and characters and it was great to gain so many new friends. On the other hand I felt so happy to see new editors coming in and helping them to educate them to real great eSports journalists.
Yep, and after all I don't wanna forget TL.net, no other community enjoyed the SC video interviews so much which made happy a lot  So thanks for the support guys!
/ Crow
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hehe gl~
Thanks for all the coverage.
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Wow Crow, you really live the dream.
Back when we were working at Broodwar.de together I really appreciated your efforts for BW and I'm happy for you that it all worked out in the end.
bye, esports will miss you 
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dam it must of been nice to be able to travel the world as a job.
Nice to hear that you got a good job tho. despite everything we do, we still need to put bread on the table.
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omg im so bitter 
applied for similar job at PS like a year ago and didnt get it, thought i nailed it too
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Congrats and good luck at PS!
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You're lucky! But still good luck on the future!
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Congratulations.
Truthfully, I have no idea who you are, but good luck anyway.
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Congrats and good luck Crow!
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Artosis
United States2140 Posts
crows the best journalist we ever had.many tears yo, totally enjoyed and appreciated everything you did for the community (which was a fucking LOT).
best of luck im sure u will do awesome :D come back to esports when ur rich pls!
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good luck in the future with your new job!
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A great loss for e-Sports, but probably won't be your last e-Sport feature, since PS does sponsor TSL? :-)!
Well, many tears, best of luck from your homecountry Germany !
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congrats and thank you for all you did for us, i really enjoyed your stuff!
good luck for the future
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Yeah dude, poker is pretty much an esport on it's own. I wish you great success in the future!
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8748 Posts
thanks for your work!
good luck at ps.com!
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Thanks for everything man! Awesome way to say goodbye!! :D
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United States3824 Posts
Thanks for your work. Good luck!
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gl =)
Just wait till I'm in Gibraltar, too! =D
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Baltimore, USA22254 Posts
Congrats & good luck!!
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Thanks for your all your work Crow, and gl hf
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Your interviews were to the pre-artosis world the only way to see non-korean bw gamers in a well conducted and fun manner. I think you set the bar for e-sports interviews pretty high.
Thanks you for your years of contributions! I'm sure you'll still be in the community even if it isn't job related .
!!
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51446 Posts
nice to see how PS.com always pick up staff who somehow were related to brood war.
good luck!
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Congrats!
I've always enjoyed your stuff at MYM!
Good luck in your future
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You were always amazing for the eSports community and I'm sure you'll bring the same amazing level of work over to pokerstrategy.
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good luck!
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thank you for the contributions to the community, and i hope you are happy in PS.
also thanks pokerstrategy ^ ^
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infinity21
Canada6683 Posts
congrats!
hoping to see some nice stuff from you at PS.com
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United States4796 Posts
Good luck Crow, thanks for everything!
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Valhalla18444 Posts
grats crow dont leave us entirely though
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
congrats! Amazing opportunity.. hope it works out.
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What!?!??!
Good luck Crow. You're awesome.
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On December 06 2009 10:20 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:
grats crow dont leave us entirely though
Yeah please don't leave entirely, you need to make a GARIMTO style comeback, only not as mediocre, like in all those cop movies where they pull detectives out retirement.
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