1. Dennis Fong, better known by his online alias Thresh, is an American businessman and retired professional player of the first-person shooter video games Quake and Doom.
17 Facts About Dennis Fong
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Dennis Fong is a co-founder of Xfire, an instant messenger and social networking site for gamers, which was acquired by Viacom for 102 million in April 2006.
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Dennis Fong co-founded Lithium Technologies, a social customer relationship management company.
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Dennis Fong first chose the pseudonym "Threshold of Pain", which referred to the ability to withstand enemy fire and suffering.
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Dennis Fong attended the Microsoft-sponsored Doom tournament Judgment Day 1995 in Seattle and defeated Ted "Merlock" Peterson to finish first among 24 competitors from across the US and United Kingdom.
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Dennis Fong retired in 1997 to focus on his business ventures.
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Dennis Fong has been featured in Rolling Stone for his gaming prowess.
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Dennis Fong was the CEO of the company and Lyle was the chief technical officer.
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Dennis Fong's Ferrari was parked in the lobby of the GX Media offices.
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Dennis Fong has raised over $40 million from Benchmark Capital, Emergence Capital, Shasta Ventures, DAG Ventures and Tenaya Capital.
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Dennis Fong went on to co-found Xfire, an instant messaging client designed for online gaming, that was acquired by Viacom in April 2006 for 102 million.
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In 2007, Dennis Fong founded Raptr, a social network and related software client for gamers.
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Dennis Fong has raised over $12 million in financing from Accel Partners.
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In May 2021, Dennis Fong backed Bright Star Studios in a $2 million investment deal for the company's massively multiplayer online sandbox game Ember Sword.
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Dennis Fong was known for his reflexes, intuition and tactics while playing.
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Dennis Fong has been credited with popularizing the WASD key configuration commonly used in PC gaming.
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Dennis Fong was born in Hong Kong on March 11,1977 and lived in Beijing for a while.