22 Facts About Artosis

Artosis's consuming interest in playing and studying the game interfered with his high school education, where he failed many of his classes.

Artosis was 14 years old when he was introduced to StarCraft at his best friend's house, where he watched his friend play.

Artosis received a copy of the game for his 15th birthday and played it casually with friends.

Artosis has said that after his first year, he had spent about 1,200 hours in-game, up to 16 hours a day, and knew he could play in tournaments.

Artosis represented North America twice at the StarCraft World Championships, and competed in the United States finals eight times.

Artosis began a StarCraft tournament in New Hampshire, and was motivated to commentate on the matches by the dearth of English-speaking tournaments.

Artosis has said that he felt like the game's community deserved more professional commentary, and decided to do it himself.

Artosis's broadcasts were recorded to a computer and uploaded on the Web.

Artosis was later approached by Korean broadcasting company International e-Sports Group in 2008, and accepted their offer.

Artosis was the second Western StarCraft commentator, or caster, in South Korea, after Nick Plott.

In Korea, Artosis shared a small apartment with 15 teenage pro gamers.

Polygon attributed their success to their "magic" dynamic from complementary personalities, with Artosis being encyclopedic and analytic, and Plott bold and sociable.

Artosis cast alongside Tasteless at the 2012 StarCraft II World Championship Series Europe finals, Australian and Oceania finals, and UK nationals, DreamHack Winter 2011, IGN Pro League Season Two, and Major League Gaming 2012 Spring Arena, Raleigh, and 2011 Orlando.

Artosis cast solo at the 2013 DreamHack Open in Stockholm.

Additionally, Artosis cast his final GSL Code S Tournament, which had been a hallmark of Korean Starcraft II Tournaments, on October 15,2022, after which he departed from Korea to move to Canada.

Artosis began playing the Blizzard Entertainment online collectible card game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft during its closed beta in 2013, and began publishing Hearthstone podcasts in September 2013.

In November 2013 Blizzard invited Artosis to participate in the Innkeeper's Invitational, a Hearthstone tournament hosted as part of the annual BlizzCon convention.

Artosis regularly is a caster for gaming tournaments that occasionally includes Hearthstone content, and was featured in the ESports Global Network's Fight Night Hearthstone shows, as part of Team Dogehouse and at the 2015 Seatstory Cup.

Artosis is married and lived in Seoul, South Korea with his wife and children.

Artosis's wife was born on Prince Edward Island and moved to Korea around 2009.

In June 2022, Artosis disclosed that the family will relocate from South Korea to Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Artosis departed Korea, where he had resided for much of his life, on October 16,2022, after casting his final GSL Code S Tournament.