So, im sure there's very few people in the Starcraft community who doesn't know who TotalBiscuit is by now.
In terms of Starcraft, we know him from things such asThe SHOUTcraft Invitational/1 through 4, a crazyPro Random Monobattles Tournament , commentating events such as Dreamhack, several different IEM-events and most recently, a personal sponsorship of BlinG and several other quite notable things + the vast amount of non-starcraft related content/achievements.
By now, the Starcraft community and scene is notorious for being hard to penetrate for both players and for content providers who happened to switch from games that didn't happen to be Warcraft 3 or Broodwar. We're a bunch of elitists, lets face it . Note that this might be a generalization and might not be true for you reading this, but as a whole, I think it's safe to assume that we as a community has come off like that. I think this has been specially true for TotalBiscuit - On the recieving end of said elitism and aggression, mind you.
In his latest video, TotalBiscuit describes in 20 minutes what his life has been like for the past 7 years and his plans for the future. Not as as a content producer or caster, but as a person. I thought it was quite enlightening and it felt like it completed my picture of the man behind the microphone. In the video linked below, he explains about how he got involved with content, getting involved with The Game Station/Husky and how gaming has impacted his personal life through some pretty steep ups and downs with a wife and stepson 6000 miles away. If you are a viewer of his content in any form or the other, or even if you hate the guys products, I recommend you to watch this video.
It's great to see TB getting some personal peace now. He works so hard for people in many of the gaming communities as well as new developers. So thank you TB.
I've been a fan of TB for years now, ever since the old days of WCRadio, and I was certainly thrilled when I saw him take interest in the StarCraft community. Best of luck in the future!
Even though I don't know him personally at all, I've grown to appreciate greatly what I perceive as his personality/off stage character. TB is a genuine stand up guy, much respect and best wishes!
TB is too dangerous an influence to be let into America. He will revitalise tophats and monocles, and before you know it, Americans will be spelling "Aluminium" and "Colour" again.
TotalBiscuit has nothing but respect from me and will always have that respect. He has gone through more than I ever could imagine going through and I don't know how he has done it. Best of luck in everything he does in the future.
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TotalBiscuit is by now.
BlinG and several other quite notable things + the vast amount of non-starcraft related content/achievements.
. Note that this might be a generalization and might not be true for you reading this, but as a whole, I think it's safe to assume that we as a community has come off like that. I think this has been specially true for TotalBiscuit - On the recieving end of said elitism and aggression, mind you.
- I hope America (and the community) treats you well in this next level of your life.
glad to see him finally getting through his immigration troubles
