Product UI/UX @DemiplaneRPG | Former Art Director for NA Esports Orgs | Street Tacos + Puns + Dad Jokes | Washed Halo & GoW Competitor | Louisianan now in TX
As of today, I’m no longer a part of OpTic Gaming & the Houston Outlaws. I have the utmost respect for the extremely talented coworkers/friends I’ve worked alongside for past year and a half. Nothing but love for the #Greenwall
Hoping to shed light on my next chapter soon...
Proud to announce that I'm officially the Senior Designer for @OpTicGaming! Thanks to everyone in the community that's been uplifting and helpful since this esports journey began in 2008. I'm excited about 2019! Can't spell optimistic, without OpTic. #Greenwall
One 🔑 role that helps build an esports brand?
Photographers.
Let’s face it. We’re not traditional sports, where the body is constantly in motion and thus naturally aiding designers with unique compositions.
It’s difficult to portray emotion when players sit & lighting is bad.
Finally got a good session of Apex in last night...
And now I just wanna be 16 again, with an entire summer off, and absolutely nothing better to do than grind.
Really haven’t felt that way since Halo 3. Game is sick.
Life update: I've joined @Complexity as their new Art Director! I can't wait to work more alongside @urns_is_dead & the rest of the team here in Frisco!
This also makes me the Assistant (to the) Assistant General Manager. ;)
I am no longer a designer for @Luminosity.
I'd like to thank LG for allowing me to work full-time under its banner over this past year. I'll continue to wish the organization, it's players, & hard-working staff all the best.
Now, don't touch that dial...
No Tom. I think you misread all of that. This clearly means Sony has lost their vision and identity, and they won't be making any more proprietary first-party consoles. Their hardware is effectively "dead" due to this announcement. /s
Proud to announce that I’ve accepted a position at Infinite Esports & Entertainment. Personally, it’s an amazing opportunity as a designer. I’m very excited for our creative team, and to support @OpTicGaming @OutlawsOW @TeamAllegiance (and more) in 2018!
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For clarification, the years represent when the respective competitive teams were established, and not the Org itself. Like how the Gears and CS teams would reflect different dates from say CoD, or formerly Dota 2, etc.
Glad I was able to make it to Vegas for this event. The @papercrowns team, & my small role within, are so special to me. Behind the scenes, across the globe, they're truly the hardest working, most driven, passionate, & talented forces driving our industry forward.
24/7; 365 👑
And this is why we don’t need Clamber, Sprint, or Spartan Abilities... Classic @Halo was perfect as is. It offered players risk vs reward for practicing movement mechanics, which were easy to pick up, yet hard to master. Please take notes.
The only thing is, Jack grew up on Halo, Doc respects the heck out of classic Halo, and Nick (a former Gears 2 National Champion) competed alongside Halo at the MLG events of old, and later played Reach competitively even vs Ninja.
So... I'd say they definitely do understand.
Look y'all, Kirneill is simply letting you know what SEVERAL audiophiles have suggested are the "best" if money is no option.
Yes, they're expensive. No, you don't NEED them. Most Pros use whatever or are sponsored to wear XYZ.
But plz stop bashing Kirneill over this tweet fam.
2020 Esports Awards Creative Team of the Year 👑
Very proud of @papercrowns for receiving this hardware, as I know everyone involved works so hard. Truly phenomenal individuals, innovators, and industry leaders. Thank you again @esportsawards!
So proud of our team! This new @DXRacer chair from @OpTicGaming came out absolutely amazing! Such a fun time getting to work with our players & content creators on this for #e32018. A special shout out to our partnerships team, @Triggerfishgg for making stuff like this possible!
God I love it when "graphic designer" becomes a catch-all for companies trying to hire unicorns.
It's like they don't realize taking photos, editing videos, & knowing animation or 2D/3D motion, on top of the other requirements listed under just "design" is like 5 different jobs.
Hold up.
How did y’all hide @GoldGloveTV’s GoW 5 montage from me?
This has got to to legitimately be in the Top 3 (1?) GoW edits of all time.
You’re NUTS @CapuEdits. Mad respect. ✊🏻
That's everyone for the history of forever, Cliff.
I find it to be a bit of a two-fer. You're tired because "baby" so you don't feel like doing anything, but then you also naturally stop getting invited to stuff because people assume you can't come due to "baby".
Vicious cycle.
Just wanted to note that no, this is not me. Please Halo community, spare me of any and all future complaints towards the franchise we "love". Thank you.
Halo Studios just hired a new Creative Director, John (J.J.) Williams
Previous experience -
• Midway Games
• Disney Interactive Studios
• NetherRealm Studios
• Raven Software (Call of Duty)
• Respawn Entertainment (Apex Legends)
Why on earth would they apply SBMM to multi-team?!
The WHOLE ASS POINT is that it's chaotic fun with mixed parties as a SOCIAL game mode.
I'm not even searching/playing rn and I'm mad for you.
I finally started the #Gears5 campaign last night. Not even 10 minutes in, and my mind is already blown by how large the scope, and how detailed the cinematics & world environments are. If you’ve never played a Gears game... 100% play this one. Especially on PC.
Daughter (age 3): *throws up*
Wife: [to me] “Idk honey. I don’t think it’s food poisoning, I guess she’s just got a bug or something.”
Daughter: “um... I did not open my mouth super wide and catch a bug”
—
Y’all. Bless her heart. ❤️😭
Introduced my oldest daughter (5) to the @Halo Infinite gameplay trailer this morning. She was an instant fan of Master Chief!
Though, there was that odd moment when I realized we’ve all been waiting to play this game longer than she’s been alive. 😂
I booted up Halo Infinite just now.
I went to check out the store updates and the new event rewards.
She has never really played Halo (as account she's almost 7).
Her: "Hey Dad, why can't you play as Master Chief?"
I... I... don't know.
Ehhh. It's a bold move Cotton, but we know the game is a free to play live-service and cosmetic microtransactions were always it's way of recouping costs.
I'm not super bothered by this, just a tiny bit odd that it's happening in an Alpha. We'll see if it pays off for them.
The @dignitas rebrand at the start of 2021 was a personal career-defining moment for me. This was the culmination of months of hard work, from both sides, to provide best-in-class creative & cement the rebrand as arguably one of the greatest esports has ever seen.
#DownToCrown👑
Client: @Dignitas
This iconic global esports org fields teams in many of the largest, most popular games. It was vital their reimagined identity, motion, & new website buildout had to captivate fans old and new, as we brought back #Digi
Case study: behance.net/gallery/11468664…
It was a pleasure collaborating with @Urihell343 on the illustrations for this drop. Being he's from Mexico, he was able to weave his passion for culture, @Halo lore, & fandom into a piece that I'm happy to see featured for Hispanic Heritage Month in time for #HCSFTW23!
👀 New limited edition #HCS designs featuring Red vs. Blue Spartans with Dia de los Muertos themes are available in our shop.
You can also pick up these items at HCS Ft. Worth this weekend... while they last.
👉 shop.complexity.gg
I’ve officially been working at @InfiniteEnE for 1 year. Esports full-time has been a fun ride thus far and I’m rather excited for how 2019 and our team is beginning to shape up! Can’t wait to get back to it, and hoping to have some new stuff to share in the days/weeks to come!
Blessed to be in a position to help with the @HCS skin concepts, being @Halo is my favorite game franchise of all time. Huge shoutout to the talented artists, @Tashi343i, @DIV360, and the whole team at 343 for continuing to collaborate on these drops with us. Go get them NOW!
Fun fact: This game is what, to me, launched @MrFruitYT’s career. I knew then - this guy was going places. His breakdowns of the game and it’s content were honestly some of the best vids around for this title at the time. And I’d fight any of you who disagree. 😂
Two types of people in this world.
1. Those that grind #BlackOps4 nonstop until their eyes bleed as this is arguably the best title since Blops 2 & maybe EVER.
2. Those that refuse to purchase the game due to lack of a campaign story.
Don’t be the 2nd one. You’re missing out.
There will undoubtedly be some cosmetic things I’d like to add to my new PC over time, but the last major piece of my hardware puzzle arrived today. Can’t wait to start building! 🙌🏻
Dude. Sometimes I just hate Twitter.
Honestly, gonna delete this app for like the next month and watch productivity skyrocket. 🚀
If anyone needs my number, slide in the DMs.
I would like gore & horror undertones, please. Rated M... for Mature.
If not, I can only hope that Gears of War returns to form in being that of a more darker, gritty, game. Whilst Halo continues to be a brighter, war epic.
Hey, sooooo don’t anyone tell my kid this...
But I’m totally gonna have to buy her a Switch for Christmas. All she watches on her Kindle Fire are Mario & Yoshi playthroughs.
She’s 4.
I don’t even know what to say.
@Xplosive@MentaL@SuMuNs@Solurs@Praized@thyAshes
The best to ever done did it. The legacy. The dynasty. Heads held high. Best in the game. Indisputable. FACTS.
I want to play Cold War this weekend, but honestly the thought of having to hook my PS4 up, update, see a slow progress bar as it downloads from PSN, and worse have to use either a PS4 controller or my janky Cronus really takes the wind out of the sails.
PC beta, please be soon.
.@HCS Team pass secured...
Stepping into a coaching role for this one, but couldn't be happier with the team @Ciaozu_ and co have assembled.
Straight up V I B E S. Gonna be a fun weekend for sure!
I went from working on a professional Overwatch team, to working on a team helping support the future of professional Overwatch.
So proud of everyone at @papercrowns who crushed this project & to our lovely friends at Blizzard!
Partner: @Blizzard_Ent
In its 3rd season, @OverwatchLeague hasn’t missed a beat. As viewers waited to crown this year’s champion, we've been hard at work developing a bracket builder, the official OWL fan experience for predicting final scores & following your favorite teams.
Oh and we made some sick mousepads for you @Halo PC players!
Huge shout out to the leadership team & @Complexity staff for entrusting me, and producing some amazing products for our community.
Here's a pic (toddler for scale)
cc: @xlr8__@GoldenboyFTW@summit1g@IanFPSx
Early morning today... but can we just talk about how amazing @DrinkCTRL Cocoa Crunch is? Even the smell is like straight up brownie batter, to the point that merely opening the bag brings me joy. 🤤