I fell in love with Overwatch in the fall of 2016 and started climbing the competitive ladder during my break in Air Force training. Eventually, someone told me I was ranked No. 3 in the world for Hanzo. So, I kept pushing, and when I hit the No. 1 ranking, I made a video about my climb from gold to grandmaster and threw it up on YouTube. That video took off, and it made me realize the power of content creation.

When people in my YouTube comments section told me I should start streaming, I had no idea what they were talking about. Then I learned about Twitch and discovered guys like summit1g and Dr DisRespect, and those guys inspired me to start streaming.

Contrary to my name, I hate the cold. I hate the cold more than anything. But I’ve always loved the blue aesthetic – that ice blue, that electric blue – and man does this color pop. I wanted the controller to pop on my hand cam, and the colors just look incredible. And it definitely fits the vibes I’ve built with the electric blue and the retro wave design.

But, more than anything, I wanted this controller to be very minimal. I wanted this controller to be designed for the person using it; I wanted it to feel like their SCUF. That’s why we have the eagle eye logo super minimal on the bottom left and the Academy “A” logo on the bottom right.

All the content on my channel is about helping people improve and get better, and SCUF is one of the tools that I recommend for helping people hone their craft. That’s what this controller design is all about. It’s about the player using it in their journey to get better, not about me. The community I’ve built is very important to me – and this controller is for them.

For me, the whole purpose of building the studio was first impressions. There are literally thousands of people streaming the same game, so when someone comes into my stream, I want them to know that I care about my content, my community, and my craft.

So, I wanted to nail the lighting. I wanted to nail the aesthetic. I wanted to do something that no one else had done before. Now a lot of people are copying this, and that’s totally fine. But I’m also a huge tech guy.

I’ve got it kitted out with two 4K ASUS monitors, a 1440p 240 Hz monitor for my main gaming, and I’ve got a two PC setup. I also have SCUF controllers all over the place, really nice cameras, and a desk that’s built like a tank. In terms of performance and aesthetic, I am good to game for a long time with this setup.

I’ve been gaming for as long as I can remember. Since I was a kid, I don’t remember a time before gaming. I was born in ’93, and Pokémon Red came out in ’96 on the Game Boy, and that was one of my first video games growing up.

I also played all these games on Nintendo 64. I loved Diddy Kong Racing. I remember getting my butt kicked by my cousin when I was four or five years old and throwing a tantrum. So, I started grinding and grinding and eventually beat him.

I got addicted to games like Super Smash Brothers 64 and enjoyed learning about story games like Super Mario 64. That led all the way through my life – I gamed all the way from N64 to GameCube to PS3 to PS4. I even played the OG Xbox.