- Tom Ryan (electronic sports player)
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This article is about American professional gamer. For other people named Tom Ryan, see Thomas Ryan (disambiguation).
Tom Ryan OGRE 2 Status Active Date of birth August 3, 1986 Hometown Columbus, Ohio Country of origin United States Current team Instinct (electronic sports team) Organizer Towey Games Halo:CE, Halo 2, Shadowrun, Halo 3, and Halo: Reach Tom Ryan (born August 3, 1986) is a professional gamer from Columbus, Ohio, USA playing in Major League Gaming. He is famous for being one half of the legendary "Ogre Twins" with his twin brother Ogre 1. He has been a professional Halo 2 player since January 2004. In 2005, he and his twin brother, won the gold medal in Halo 2 at the World Cyber Games.[1]
The "Ogre Twins" have won more national Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2 tournaments than any other pair.[2] Currently Tom plays on Team Instinct. He was a member of MLG 4v4 team Final Boss since the 2006 season, being on 3 other teams before FB, including "Shoot to Kill", "Team Domination", "DtO", and "Team 3D".[3] In June 2006 he signed a contract with Major League Gaming worth 250,000 dollars over three years. He has also been shown on all of MLG's shows on USA Network in 2006[4]and at one point was sponsored by NBA player Gilbert Arenas. They went on to win many first place finishes.
Though his brother has moved on from gaming and currently lives in Australia, Tom continues to play and win. His Major League Gaming tournament history includes wins in Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Shadowrun, Halo 3, and Halo: Reach.
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Gaming career
Tom Ryan began his professional gaming career playing at small local tournaments along with Dan Ryan, his twin brother. The two soon discovered that they were among the best in these competitions, and they began to get involved with the fledgling professional gaming leagues at the time.[5] Since then, he has been a member of Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2 teams that have received much media and gamer attention for a pattern of finishing in the top of their tournaments and leagues, including Team 3D's Halo 2 team,[6] Team StK, Team Domination, Final Boss and his current team, Team Instinct. He and his brother also represented the United States in the Halo 2 competition at the 2005 World Cyber Games in Singapore, defeating the Canadian team to take the gold.[7] As part of Final Boss, he helped the team to win two consecutive Major League Gaming (MLG) National Championships in 2004 and 2005,[8] before finishing the 2006 season by placing to Team Carbon in a close 4–6 match.[9]
Though starting out with a win in the first ever Halo 3 tournament, Ogre 2 and Final Boss were not as successful in Halo 3 as they had been in Halo 2 and Halo: Combat Evolved. It was not until the end of the 2010 season when Ogre 1 had since long quit and Ogre 2 had joined up with Fearitself, Igoturpistola, and Victory X that they started winning again. They won the last three tournaments of the 2010 season including the National Championship. Doing that made Ogre 2 the first and only player to become national champion in every game in the Halo trilogy; an achievement no other player could replicate, making him arguably the best Halo player ever.
In 2011, Halo: Reach made its debut on the Pro Circuit at MLG Dallas. Final Boss, came in as the number one seeded team but were upset and Tom came out with a career low 10th place finish. After this event, Ogre 2 and his teammate Pistola decided to leave Final Boss and join up with another set of gaming twins, Roy and Lunchbox, of Team Instinct. After this merger, many dubbed this team as the "God Squad" because all four members are considered to be among the very best in the game. In their first event, MLG Columbus 2011, Team Instinct only dropped one game out of 22 on their way to winning the event, also further cementing Ogre 2's legacy as the greatest of all time with an event win in his fifth different game.
Notable achievements
Individual Competitions (Halo 2)
- 1st place MLG Dallas 2006
- 1st place MLG Washington DC 2005
- 1st place MLG Los Angeles 2005
- 1st place MLG Atlanta 2005
Team Competitions (Shadowrun)
- 2nd place MLG Las Vegas 2007 (Team StK)
- 5th place MLG Orlando 2007 (Team StK)
- 1st place MLG Chicago 2007 (Team StK)
Team Competitions (Halo: Combat Evolved)
- 1st place MLG Philadelphia 2004 (Team StK)
- 1st place MLG Dallas 2004 (Team StK)
- 2nd place MLG Chicago 2004 (Team StK)
- 2nd place MLG Atlanta 2004 (Team StK)
- 1st place MLG Seattle 2004 (Team Domination)
- 1st place MLG New York City National Championships 2004 (Team Domination)
- 1st place AGP 3
- 1st place AGP 5
- 1st place AGP 6
- 1st place Halo 50K2
- 3rd place Halo 50K
Team Competitions (Halo 2)
2005
- 1st place World Cyber Games 2005 (Team 3D)
- 1st place MLG Washington D.C. 2005 (Team Shoot to Kill)
- 1st place MLG San Francisco 2005 (Team Shoot to Kill)
- 1st place MLG Houston 2005
- 1st place MLG Orlando 2005
- 1st place MLG St. Louis 2005
- 2nd place MLG Philadelphia 2005
- --- place MLG Las Vegas 2005 (Didn't attend)
- --- place MLG Nashville 2005 (Didn't attend)
- --- place MLG Seattle 2005 (Didn't attend)
- 1st place MLG Los Angeles 2005 (Team 3D)
- 1st place MLG Atlanta 2005 (Team 3D)
- 1st place MLG Chicago 2005 (Team 3D)
- 1st place MLG New York City National Championships 2005 (Team 3D)
2006
- 1st place MLG New York 2006 (Team Final Boss)
- 1st place MLG Dallas 2006 (Team Final Boss)
- 1st place MLG Anaheim 2006 (Team Final Boss)
- 1st place MLG Chicago 2006 (Team Final Boss)
- 2nd place MLG Orlando 2006 (Team Final Boss)
- 2nd place MLG New York City Playoffs 2006 (Team Final Boss)
- 2nd place MLG Las Vegas National Championships 2006 (Team Final Boss)
2007
- 1st place MLG Charlotte 2007 (Team Final Boss)
- 1st place MLG Meadowlands 2007 (Team Final Boss)
- 2nd place MLG Dallas 2007 (Team Final Boss)
- 1st place MLG Chicago 2007 (Team Final Boss)
- 2nd place MLG Orlando 2007 (Team Final Boss)
- 1st place MLG Las Vegas National Championship 2007 (Team Final Boss) Note: They didn't drop a single game the entire tournament.
- 1st place MLG Canada Open 2007 (Team Final Boss)
Team Competitions (Halo 3)
2008
- 1st place MLG Meadowlands 2008 (Team Final Boss)
- 7th place MLG San Diego 2008 (Team Final Boss)
- 5th place MLG Orlando 2008 (Team Final Boss)
- 3rd place MLG Toronto 2008 (Team Final Boss)
- 3rd place MLG Dallas 2008 (Team Final Boss)
- 4th place MLG Las Vegas National Championship 2008 (Team Final Boss)
2009
- 5th place MLG Meadowlands 2009 (Team Final Boss)
- 3rd place MLG Columbus 2009 (Team Final Boss)
- 5th place MLG Dallas 2009 (Team Final Boss)
- 9th place MLG Anaheim 2009 (Team Final Boss)
- 8th place MLG Orlando National Championship 2009 (Team Final Boss)
2010
- 3rd place MLG Orlando 2010 (Team Final Boss)
- 2nd place MLG Columbus 2010 (Team Final Boss)
- 1st place MLG Raleigh 2010 (Team Final Boss)
- 1st place MLG Washington D.C. 2010 (Team Final Boss)
- 1st place MLG Dallas National Championship 2010 (Team Final Boss)
Team Competitions (Halo: Reach)
2011
- 10th place MLG Dallas 2011 (Team Final Boss)
- 1st place MLG Columbus 2011 (Team Instinct)
- 1st place MLG Anaheim 2011 (Team Instinct)
- 2nd place MLG Raleigh 2011 (Team Instinct)
Awards
- "Best Overall Player" - 2005 MLG Pros' Choice Awards
- "Best Overall Player" - 2006 MLG Pros' Choice Awards
- "Best Overall Player" - 2007 MLG Pros' Choice Awards
- "Best Strategist" - 2010 MLG Pros' Choice Awards
References
- ^ America Takes World Gaming Crown
- ^ Character Profile: Ogre 1
- ^ Official Pro Website
- ^ Ogre 2 on USA Network
- ^ Moore, Kurt (2005-10-16). "When I grow up ...". The Marion Star. pp. 7A.
- ^ GotFrag eSports - Halo 3 News Story - Halo 2 Team Leaves 3D
- ^ Return of the Kings: US Gamers Sweep World Cyber Games - The winners are going home - Softpedia
- ^ MLG Signs Four-Man Halo 2 Team for $1 Million Contract - Xbox
- ^ Pro Team - Final Boss | Major League Gaming
External links
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