Kevin Godec

Kevin 'Purge' Godec
Born Kevin Godec
(1987-08-17) August 17, 1987
Idaho, United States
Nationality American
Occupation Live streamer, entertainer, caster, eSports athlete
Website www.purgegamers.com

Kevin Godec (born August 17, 1987), better known by his alias Purge or PurgeGamers, is an American ex-professional Dota 2 player,[1][2] entertainer and caster. He has been an official part of every DotA 2 International since 2012[3] and is widely regarded as the best known educator for the title.[4][5] He is the co-star of Purge Coaches Day9, a popular collaborative Twitch series with former professional Starcraft player and variety streamer Day9,[6] and has accrued over one hundred and twenty million plays on YouTube for his educational content.[7]

Biography

Purge began his career as an amateur DotA content creator in 2011, around 6 months before The International. He stated in a video interview that he wanted to take the content strategy that top educational content creators were applying to Starcraft, and fill that void in DotA. His videos quickly took off in popularity and he became a professional caster and content creator, before dabbling as a professional play for Team Zephyr. The team enjoyed near immediate success, winning the $56,500 first prize for The Nexon Sponsorship League Season 3, as well as winning Season 1 of the Korean DotA League and taking home the $10,000 prize pool.[8]

In 2014 he headlined The Newcomer Stream for The International 4 - a stream positioned around making the years biggest DotA 2 event enjoyable for new viewers who weren't previously familiar with the title, in the same year he left Team Zephyr and transitioned to team manager and back towards full-time content creation.[9]

In 2016 Purge performed the role of official game analyst between matches for The International 6. His use of an interactive digital screen earned him the community nickname of "The Weatherman" or "Weatherman Purge", and this style of presentation became a calling card.[10] He would later use the same screen analysis style live at multiple tournaments, including The Boston Major.[11]

In 2017 Purge guest starred on a CBS American comedy-drama Bull as an eSports presenter for a fictional game,[12] as well as launching a popular Twitch and YouTube series with Sean "Day[9]" Plott, Purge Coaches Day9.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Zephyr Is The Best Team Participating In NSL Season 3". Gosugamers. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Esports Report - Purge Interview about Zephyr". YouTube. Major League Gaming. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Purge Inteview Dota 2 Ti3". YouTube. Curse Entertainment. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Celebrity Spotlight Interview With Purge". dotafire.com. Dotafire. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "Purge talks Dota's revolutionary n00b stream". Redbull.com. Redbull. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Day[9] Learns Dota" with Purge - Jan 18th & every Wednesday for 4 months". Reddit. Day9. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Social Blade - Purge Gamers Statistics". Socialblade. Social Blade. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "Zephyr Wins Korea DotA League Season 1". Gosugamers. Gosu Gamers. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Purge Tweet". Twitter. Purge. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "TI6 Weatherman Vlog". wn.com. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  11. ↑ "Talent Lineup". thebostonmajor.com. Valve. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  12. ↑ "Purge-to-guest-star-in-american-tv-show-with-gaming-host-morgan-webb". joindota.com. Join Dota. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  13. ↑ Esanu, Andreea (17 December 2016). "Day[9] starts his apprenticeship in Dota 2". GosuGamers. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
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