Toby Kyle "That's Playing to Win Baby" Dota 2

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Born:

July 24, 1985 (age 36)

Years Active (Player):

2012 - 2013,
2017,
2019

Alternate IDs:

Tobi Wan, Tobi Wan Kenobi

Toby "TobiWan" Dawson is a former Dota ii commentator, virtually notably known previously for JoinDota.com as a co-founder and talent. A caster who had been in the esports scene for more than than a decade, Tobi Wan was one of the about prominent Dota ii casters and had been to every International since its inception in 2011. While initially casting Call of Duty: United Offensive games, he later ventured into Starcraft Ii and Heroes of Newerth and Dota two. He was considered to be 'the voice of Dota 2' and the near emblematic caster in the scene. ^{[ane] [2] [3]}

He has won numerous commentator awards such equally the GosuGamer's commentator of the year three times in 2013, 2022 and 2015.

Biography [edit]

Toby 'TobiWan' Dawson was born in Nambour, but grew upwards in Maleny, a pocket-size town off the Sunshine Coast, in the state of Queensland. He has once mentioned that it is one of the most beautiful places he has seen, and is first on his listing of places to retire. ^[4]

Toby didn't grow up every bit a gamer, which is dissimilar near gaming personalities. He adult an interest into sports most specifically: Soccer, Tennis, and Cricket during school. Yet, his existent passion throughout his formative years was musical theater. Gaming was a tedious procedure for TobiWan during his developing years, as it was a reward after completing his chores, tasked by his mum. While his mum showed little involvement into gaming, he was only able to play a maximum of one hour of games every single solar day. ^[v] Despite the limitations Tobi experienced, he continued to pursue with video games into university with his mates, playing Telephone call of Duty and Battlefield with his cousin. His continuation with video games in the FPS side, led him to playing Battlefield clans to managing them, and eventually even took over the running of small Telephone call of Duty tournaments.

Allegations of Sexual Harassment [edit]

I June 25, 2022 Toby posted on twitter and reddit saying "I am enlightened that I have committed some horrible actions in the past and I wish to absolve for them.", and asking anybody he harassed to reach out to him via direct bulletin.^[six] Following this, Twitter users botjira and Meruna_ posted allegations that Toby had made unwanted and forceful sexual advances to them.^{[7] [viii]} Later those allegations were made public, Toby posted his ain respond saying he did non intend to pressure anyone into sexual practice simply understood that he had acted inappropriately.^[ix] Soon afterwards LD and Synderen both announced that they would no longer be working with him in the future, and Valve updated the TI 10 Battle Pass to remove his voice lines.^{[10] [eleven] [12]} Toby later released a statement in which he maintained his innocence, but announced that he would be permanently leaving esports.^[xiii]

Casting Career [edit]

2003-2005: Early on Beginnings with Call of Duty and WCG 2005 [edit]

Tobi Wan (far right) at the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre in his earlier years as a caster

His commencement stint with casting began when he was playing a the Capture the Flag way on Phone call of Duty United Offensive, but the decline of players (who later shifted to the newly released, Phone call of Duty 2) saw him attempt to inject life into the electric current game. A human being named Sam, alternatively by his alias "Bewilder" downwardly nether in Australia suggested that GameStar (an Australian shoutcasting and media system) every bit an recommendation to be able to help revive the fallen game. ^[14] When TobiWan made a request to obtain ane of GameStar'southward commentators, his application was rejected and in reply, he decided to create his own group named: United Offensive Talkers. His alive stream on his website, on the now defunct "Touch Tech Gaming", recorded his audio using Brazenness and streamed on wimAMP. On his maiden night, the website crashed due to an overwhelming number of listeners tuning in. Despite the production was not professional, the community exhibited immense support which caught the attention of GameStar'southward marketing managing director and decided to hire the production crew Tobi and himself every bit volunteer commentators. ^[15]

GameStah gave Tobi the Call of Duty section, he was later on invited to World Cyber Games (WCG) in Singapore in 2005. This outcome marked Tobi's first major tournament. TobiWan's ambition of casting Call of Duty in forepart of a big crowd at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Eye was cut short after the FPS genres were covered, but in unexpected circumstances the mod of Warcraft Three: Dota All-stars required casters, despite the game was classified every bit an official game under WCG - due to no developer backing backside it, as it was later revealed the Dota event was made for the fans. ^[5] TobiWan's Dota casting career went underway after he was given the tick to be a co-pulley, despite only having played iii DotA matches, but the other GameStah attendees had non played a single game, hence TobiWan was considered the most experienced out of the rest. ^[v]

"'And then anyone out of our unabridged group,' and that was like fifty volunteer casters, 'put your hand upwardly if you've got experience in Dota,'" "I put my hand upwardly, saying, 'I've played iii pub games of Dota.' That was more experience than anyone in the group, and I got sent."

TobiWan reminiscing his first match of casting Dota on Nov 2005 at WCG ^[2]

TobiWan did manage to obtain some casting fourth dimension with Call of Duty where he helped cast a match with a co-caster named Neville.

2006-2010: Transition to Warcraft Three Dota and other ventures [edit]

Tobi Wan (far right) at DreamHack Summer 2010 along with honcast and DreamHack officials

Following the outcome, TobiWan still attended LANs moderately merely working as an volunteer commentator ment he had to be realistic in his financials. While he was continuing to bandage games, and with a shifting interest into DotA, he began working full-time in retail, whilst still attention university.

TobiWan likewise branched out to other games such every bit Heroes of Newerth, Starcraft Ii and his FPS games to further better his casting ability. He also still continued to exist with Gamestah casting a diversity of FPS games such as Phone call of Duty, Counter-Strike Source. In April 2010, TobiWan created his own personal website, wanstop.com. ^[xvi] His website contained personal blogs of events such as the notable MYM Farm for Fame, DreamHack events and released a daily "VOD of the day" commodity.

He besides attended DreamHack Summer 2010. alongside with the honcast crew - the official Heroes of Newerth casting crew. It was also afterward revealed that his tour at DreamHack marked the end of his three-year tenure with Gamestah, where he joined E-sports Media team. ^{[17] [18]}

In late 2010, TobiWan was asked by Moritz `Moose´ Zimmermann, the project director of joinDOTA at the fourth dimension, to join with him on a Dota ii project. The project involved TobiWan moving from Australia to ane of the offices in Berlin where it was the project was unveiled every bit joinDOTA, a concept made by Moose where its inital idea was to showcase TobiWan's livestream with a countdown. With financial backing provided by Freaks 4U Gaming, TobiWan was satisfied with Moose's programme and Tobi travelled to Berlin in 2011. ^[nineteen]

"'The spring TobiWan took all the same blows my mind today, but it all worked out perfectly. I accept been very proud of him and thankful for taking this great adventure and traveling and then far to get the key component of what makes this website what it is today. Without him and Freaks 4U Gaming, none of this would take been possible, not even in the slightest."

Moritz `Moose´ Zimmermann on TobiWan's conclusion to move away creating joinDOTA in tardily 2010 ^[19]

2011-2017: joinDOTA and Farther Success [edit]

Earlier he travelled to Berlin, TobiWan joined Cybergamer Australia in February 2011 after deciding to shutdown his website, wanstop.com. ^[twenty] In June 2011, the beta of the joinDOTA website was released and later fabricated its full debut. With a growing presence of viewers, the website'southward ascent continued where joinDOTA's functions expanded to adding forums, adding news articles and a readable friction match-ticker.

Tobi Wan at DreamHack Summer 2012 forth with former mTw player syndereN

TobiWan was invited to bandage Valve's inaugural "The International", a prestigious tournament for the incoming Dota sequel, Dota 2 at Gamescom 2011 in Germany where it was announced the winning team would receive $one million dollars. ^[21]

Following the widespread success of The International, joinDOTA began to establish their tournaments such equally he Defense and The BenQ clash. ^[22] These were i of the first ever Dota 2 events made, while Dota ii was withal in beta. Into 2012 with joinDOTA in full swing, he continued to cast in numerous tournaments. In May 2012, TobiWan was forced to apologise after making a racist comment in-game. ^[23]

He was again chosen in The International 2012, but during the effect an incident involving Valve and his co-caster Slesh saw the mTw player syndereN who was eliminated early on in the tournament co-casted the one thousand finals of Natus Vincere and Invictus Gaming, instead of the TobiWan-Slesh duo. ^{[24] [25]} The incident saw a widespread disapproval towards TobiWan's conduct, enervating command over which games he would commentate on. ^{[26] [three]}

In 2013, joinDOTA launched its own league called joinDOTA League (jDL) contest in a division setting assuasive promotion an relegation at the end of the season, where TobiWan casted numerous games. ^[27] TobiWan as well joined the casting crew on ESL's stint involving Dota 2 with the European monetary system 1 One Series splitting into 3 seasons: Autumn, Summer and Bound. TobiWan also participated in the The International 2013 and said the 1000 final matchup between Natus Vincere and Alliance was the most exciting match he has seen. ^[28] Following into 2014, ESL's interest into Dota 2 reached new heights as TobiWan was involved in ESL's next projection where he was narrating and featured in the trailer of ESL I Frankfurt 2022 showing him within Commerzbank-Arena, a football game ground in Germany.^[29] In March he was featured in Valve'southward first documentary chosen 'Free to Play' involving the maiden tournament: The International 2011. ^[30] He afterwards joined his fourth International in July.

Tobi Wan at ESL Ane Manila in 2016

Early 2022 saw TobiWan cast matches for Valve's other game, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. While TobiWan was working with PGL on a Dota two project, complicated circumstances saw the projection exist postponed and with a Counter-Strike Champion Series imminent, he decided to cast the matches and said he it was merely a bit of fun. ^{[31] [32]} He after returned to Dota two and casted in The International 2022 and became later famous on his commentary when ppd and universe fabricated a duo Ice Boom and Echo Slam combo, exclaiming: "It's a disaster!." ^[33]

He continued to participate in numerous premier tournaments in 2022 such as: The Shanghai Major 2016, EPICENTER, The International 2022 and Boston Major 2016. In the 2022 agenda year, he participated numerous events as a caster and initiated his own content through his YouTube aqueduct and discord page.

2018-2020: Shift to Freelance Content and Retirement [edit]

On the 2nd Jan 2018, TobiWan formally announced his departure from Freaks 4U Gaming, the company that behind JoinDota and cited upcoming projects as an independent talent. ^[34]

Every bit of July 2020, post-obit sexual harassment allegations, he is no longer active in the esports community.

Trivia [edit]

• His name TobiWan came from his father who nicknamed him and was an avid fan of the Star Wars universe
• Likes TV shows of: Mash and Fraiser
• Hates fish and chips
• Before his retirement in 2020, Tobi was the merely English language circulate talent who had attended all Internationals up to TI9.

Achievements [edit]

2015 [edit]

2014 [edit]

2013 [edit]

2012 [edit]

• GosuAwards 2012: Community'southward choice: Best Commentator

2010 [edit]

• GosuAwards 2010: Community Effort of the Year

Notable Events Casted or Hosted [edit]

Interviews [edit]

2019 [edit]

• 2019-02-07 | Position Six Podcast Episode 15 - TobiWan  by Dan Offen of Position Six Podcast

2018 [edit]

• 2018-08-xx | Интервью с TobiWan. Об отношении к новой мете, отличии TI1 от последующих и будущем доты.  by Danila Semenov of RuHub Media at The International 2018
• 2018-07-03 | TobiWan on TI8, DPC and Casting scene  by KarY of esportsheaven.com
• 2018-05-26 | Interview Toby "Tobiwan" Dawson - The Daily Download  past [[Sheever]] of GINX Esports TV at ESL One Birmingham 2018

2016 [edit]

• 2016-11-xiii | ROG MASTERS Tobiwan talks about Team Secret and Australian Dota 2 ROG  by ASUS ROG at ASUS ROG MASTERS
• 2016-08-05 | TobiWan: The vocalisation of Dota 2  past Eric Van Allen of ESPN

2015 [edit]

• 2015-08-26 | Come across TobiWan, the phonation of Dota 2  by Vlad Savov of TheVerge.com
• 2015-08-26 | Toby Dawson: the entire interview  past Vlad Savov of TheVerge.com
• 2015-07-30 | TI5 Community Written report: Hot_Bid and TobiWan  by Hot_Bid of Valve at The International 2015

2014 [edit]

• 2014-07-xi | TI4 Interview: TobiWan and Hot_Bid  by "Hot_Bid" at The International 2014
• 2014-07-05 | TobiWan: "Kind of wish information technology was bigger than KeyArena"  by Fragbite.se

2013 [edit]

• 2013-08-11 | TobiWan Interview Dota 2 Ti3  by Jess of Curse Entertainment at The International 2013
• 2013-08-09 | TI3 - Tobiwan interview @ 24-hour interval 2  by Linus "''Tjernobylbarnet''" Staaf of GosuGamers.net at The International 2013

2012 [edit]

• 2012-10-20 | Interview with TobiWan @ StarLadder Season 3  by NatusVincereTV at Star Ladder Season three
• 2012-08-22 | Real Talk with Tobiwan EP11  by JP McDaniel

Gallery [edit]

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References [edit]

1. ↑ Katrina Doctolero (2016-12-19). "Five Dota ii personalities you need to know". en.dafaesports.com. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 two.one} Eric Van Allen (2016-08-06). "TobiWan: The voice of Dota 2". espn.com.au. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
3. ↑ ^{iii.0 3.1} Vlad Savov (2016-08-26). "Encounter TobiWan, the voice of Dota ii". theverge.com. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
4. ↑ itmeJP (2012-08-22). "Real Talk with Tobiwan EP11". itmeJP. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
5. ↑ ^{v.0 5.one v.2} Vlad Savov (2015-08-26). "Toby Dawson: the entire interview". theverge.com. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
6. ↑ Tobi_Wan_Kenobi (June 25, 2020). "I am enlightened that I have committed some horrible actions in the past and I wish to absolve for them.". Reddit. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25.
7. ↑ botjira (June 25, 2020). "He pinned me downwards in a hotel room.". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25.
8. ↑ Meruna_ (June 25, 2020). "TobiWan did not take No for an answer". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2020-06-26.
9. ↑ TobiWanDOTA (June 25, 2020). "Earlier today I tried to write a response to the women who have been speaking out well-nigh what has happened to them.". TwitLonger. Archived from the original on 2020-06-26.
10. ↑ syndereNDota (June 25, 2020). "I will no longer associate myself with Tobi.". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25.
11. ↑ LDeeep (June 25, 2020). "Contempo allegations of sexual assault and misconduct have come out against Toby.". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25.
12. ↑ Slasher (June 25, 2020). "Valve has removed Tobiwan's vocalisation lines from the Dota 2 TI10 Battle Laissez passer following allegations from several women of sexual misconduct". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25.
13. ↑ TobiWanDOTA (2020-07-02). "I have taken time before I released this so I could be away from the social force per unit area of individuals and the customs at large, to reflect on the situation". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2021-02-xi.
14. ↑ Blue_Knight. "Tobi: I am there to create hype". joinDOTA. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
15. ↑ Vigilante (2012-05-28). "Interview with TobiWan: "Dota2 tin can easily rival if non top the League of Legends community"". team-dignitas.cyberspace. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
16. ↑ Jerry "mR.Jerry-" Lee (2010-04-thirty). "Wanstop, the place to go for your weekly dose of Tobi". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
17. ↑ Harry 'hxd'Wiggett (2011-04-17). "Breaky: HoN needs a huge LAN consequence". Retrieved 2017-01-05.
18. ↑ Kolapz. "Tobi Wan Kenobi to shoutcast HoN". SK Gaming. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
19. ↑ ^{19.0 xix.ane} Moose (2013-09-02). "A Farewell from the Founder". joinDOTA. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
20. ↑ Ulrich "KongoTime" Hanten (2011-02-02). "TobiWan joins major Australian esports portal". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
21. ↑ "Announcing "The International"". Valve Corporation. 2011-08-01. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
22. ↑ phaNT1m (2012-02-13). "Interview with TobiWan". polarfluke.co.za. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
23. ↑ Kate Cox (2012-05-28). "Racist Comment Leads DOTA 2 Commentator To Apologize To Customs". kotaku.com. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
24. ↑ "Where is slesh gone?". joinDOTA. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
25. ↑ "Where is slesh gone?". joinDOTA. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
26. ↑ DanalGore (2012-08-28). "Anyone know why Tobi isn't casting iG vs TongFu?". Reddit. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
27. ↑ HolyMaster (2013). "joinDOTA League: Global, for everyone!". joinDOTA. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
28. ↑ Ben Sillis (2015-09-10). "Master Pulley: An interview with TobiWan". redbull.com. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
29. ↑ "ESL I Frankfurt 2014". ESL. 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
30. ↑ "Complimentary to Play". Valve Corporation. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
31. ↑ Simon Engstrand (2015-03-02). "Tobiwan to cast CS:GO Title Series: "Be gentle with me"". Retrieved 2017-01-06.
32. ↑ Soe (2015-05-26). "MSI PRO TALK #1: PRO DOTA 2 CASTER TOBIWAN RECAP - PART two". msi.com. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
33. ↑ "Universe $6,000,000 Echo Slam Dunk Dota two TI5". NoobFromUA. 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
34. ↑ TobiWan (2018-01-02). "2018 TobiWan declaration". Retrieved 2018-01-02.

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