| Retired | ||
|---|---|---|
| MonteCristo | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Christopher Mykles | |
| Country of Birth | United States | |
| Birthday | October 19, 1986 (age 38) | |
| Residency | North America | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Caster | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles is a retired League of Legends esports personality, previously content creator for Cloud9.
Team History
News
2012
 ONGA | 2012 (approx.), MonteCristo (Caster) joins. |
2013
 CLG | July 24, MonteCristo (Head Coach) joins.[3] |
2014
| CLG | September 5, MonteCristo (Head Coach) leaves.[2] |
2015
 REN | June 19, MonteCristo (Co-Owner) joins.[5] |
2016
| REN | May 18,  Renegades transfers its roster and LCS spot to  Team EnVyUs. Seraph, Ninja, Hakuho, Maplestreet, Hermes (Coach), MonteCristo (Co-Owner), and Leonyx (Head Manager) leave.[4] | |
| ONGA | September 16, MonteCristo (Caster) leaves.[1] |
2020
 C9 | January 19, MonteCristo (Content Creator) joins.[7] | |
| C9 | June 17, MonteCristo (Content Creator) leaves.[6] |
Biography[]
MonteCristo started in the eSports scene as a volunteer writer for WCReplays, a Warcraft 3 replays site.[8] He began shoutcasting for WCReplays with Phreak and attests that casting came naturally due to his many years of stage performance.[9] During his involvement with the Warcraft 3 scene, Mykles managed a professional Warcraft 3 team with Verge Gaming and joined the Team Sportscast Network, a now defunct eSports shoutcasting organization.[10][11]
Mykles attended Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland for a year before returning to the United States to attend and graduate from Vassar College, where he studied literature. In the year after college, Mykles underwent a Guatemalan-Mayan adulthood initiation rite. While later working at a law firm in New York City, Mykles became "obsessed" with League of Legends in its beta phase and subsequently founded ggChronicle to provide a journalism outlet devoted to professionalism for the LoL eSports scene.[12]
Through contacts made in the eSports scene, MonteCristo was offered and took a full-time, contract casting position at OnGameNet, which lasted until the end of 2016.[13]
On July 24, 2013, CLG staff confirmed rumors that MonteCristo has begun working for CLG as a coach.[14] He coached the team until September 9, 2014.[15]
MonteCristo became a co-owner of Renegades on June 19, 2015. [16]
In 2016, he began casting Overwatch with DoA as OGN hosted APEX Season 1, the first premier Overwatch tournament in Korea; the two of them were invited by Blizzard to join a casting team including Deman for the Overwatch World Cup held before and during BlizzCon 2016. After this, both MonteCristo and DoA were hired by Blizzard to cast Overwatch full time in NA. PapaSmithy and Achilios were promoted as lead commentators for LCK after their departure.
Trivia[]
- Practices Muay Thai[17][18][19].
- Was previously a DJ and used the name "Vainglory".[20][21] Also casted a mobile MOBA with the same name later in his career.[22].
- Really, really enjoys drinking[23][24][25][26][27].
- Views up to 30-40 hours of League of Legends VODs a week to prepare for casting[28].
- Prefers pumpkin pie[29].
- Has a rooftop garden[30][31][32][33].
- Was part of the Analyst desk at the Season 3 World Championship.
- Leader of the "SKT T1 Hype Train" at the Season 3 World Championship.
- Co-host of Summoning Insight, a LoL talk show, with OnGamers Senior eSports Content Creator Thorin.
- Made the CLG players read "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu to give them a better understanding and idea of strategy.
- Is often called the "Rain Bros" with DoA for their duo name.
Tournament Results[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| MonteCristo Tournament Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Event | Last Result | Team | Roster |
| 2014-09-01 | 6 | NA LCS 2014 Summer Playoffs |  CLG | Seraph, dexter, Link, Doublelift, aphromoo, MonteCristo | |
| 2014-08-03 | 5 | NA LCS 2014 Summer | 13 - 15  RR | CLG | Seraph, Nien, dexter, Thinkcard, Link, HotshotGG, Doublelift, Chaox, aphromoo, Baby, MonteCristo |
| 2014-04-20 | 3 | NA LCS 2014 Spring Playoffs | CLG | Nien, dexter, Link, Doublelift, aphromoo, MonteCristo | |
| 2014-04-06 | 3 | NA LCS 2014 Spring | 18 - 10 RR | CLG | Nien, dexter, Link, HotshotGG, Chauster, Doublelift, aphromoo, MonteCristo |
| 2013-11-24 | 3 - 4 | IEM Season 8 Cologne Amateur - Pro Tournament | CLG | Nientonsoh, TrickZ, Link, Doublelift, aphromoo, MonteCristo | |
| 2013-09-01 | 5 | NA LCS 2013 Summer Playoffs | CLG | Nien, bigfatlp, Link, Doublelift, Chauster, MonteCristo | |
| 2013-08-16 | 6 | NA LCS 2013 Summer | 13 - 15 RR | CLG | Nien, bigfatlp, Link, Doublelift, Chauster, MonteCristo |
Video Series[]
- Rift Review
- With Thorin
- Summoning Insight
- By The Numbers: LoL Edition
- The Countdown of MonteCristo
- VOD Review
Notable Events Cast[]
- LCK Summer 2016
- LCK Spring 2016
- IEM Season X - World Championship
- 2015 Season World Championship
- SBENU Champions Summer 2015
- IEM Season IX - Katowice
- SBENU Champions Spring 2015
- IEM Season IX - San Jose
- HOT6iX Champions Summer 2014
- HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014
- SK Telecom LTE-A LoL Masters 2014
- PANDORA.TV Champions Winter 2013-2014
- HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013
- OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013
- OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012-2013
- 2012 MLG Summer Championship
- MLG Summer Arena
- Leaguecraft ggClassic Presented by Gaming.StackExchange
Media[]
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- August 31, # 28 "eSports Special" [Archived] with The AFK Podcast on ten 6 Gaming
- December 17, I am MonteCristo: shoutcaster, founder of ggChronicle, former coach/manager of pro WC3 team Verge Gaming. AMA with MonteCristo on Reddit
- July 29, MonteCristo 'Grilled': "The analyst's job is literally the same as my job" (Episode #62) with Thorin on YouTube
- August 14, The Inner League - Christopher "Monte Cristo" Mykles - Episode 1 with Matt Demers on YouTube
- September 27, MonteCristo: Uncut [Lost] by Machinima on YouTube
- October 2, Live On Three E175 - MonteCristo & Tabe [Lost] with Live On Three on Twitch
- October 7, I am MonteCristo AMA with MonteCristo on Reddit
- January 7, Interview with Christopher 'MonteCristo' Mykles with William Turton on GameSpot
- January 23, 김몬테 “이번 롤챔스 우승은 당연히 SKT T1 K” with Shin Ho-geun on This Is Game
- February 9, Montecristo talks about being in NA and coaching with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- August 8, "롤드컵때 다시 한국 오겠다" CLG의 '더블리프트'-'덱스터' (Korean) with , and on Inven Dexter & Doublelift Interview (English) with Paravine
- September 11, 'Reflections' with MonteCristo with Thorin on onGamers
- September 11, Monte Cristo Interview (Video) with , and on SK Gaming
- September 11, Monte Cristo Interview (Video) with , and on Global OGN
- November 4, MonteCristo on Worlds 2014 and the Korean pro player diaspora with , and on PC Gamer
- November 17, I am MonteCristo and I'm back! AMA with , and on reddit
- December 11, MonteCristo: by the time Worlds rolls around, Korea will still be the strongest region with , and on SK Gaming
- March 15, MonteCristo: "I'd like to get back into writing again" (video) with , and on fragbite
- May 10, MonteCristo om MSI, Faker vs. EasyHoon och TSM. with , and on Fragbite
- May 11, MonteCristo Mid-Season Interview: "I don't think SKT was an overwhelming favorite in this event" with , and on 1337mag
- August 6, MonteCristo Discusses LoL Sandbox Mode by , and on MonteCristo
- October 17, MonteCristo at Worlds - The NA teams over-performed with , and on Daily Dot
- December 3, Monte's Musings: OGN, Riot Korea, and KeSPA Conflict by , and on MonteCristo
- January 13, [LOL Champions Korea Opening] MonteCristo & DoA’s Thoughts on 2016 LCK Spring by , and on Bnununu
- April 7, Monte's Musings - Caster Roles and Expectations by , and on MonteCristo
- June 20, Monte's Musings: Tie-Breakers in the NA LCS by , and on MonteCristo
- August 9, Monte's Musings: Relegations, Franchising, and the Team Revenue Problem in eSports by , and on MonteCristo
- August 10, MonteCristo on Franchising: “Give them a permanent seed, and then Riot pays for the Challenger teams.” by James "Obscurica" Chen on PVP Live
- August 23, Monte's Musings: Tryndamere Posts on Reddit by , and on MonteCristo
- September 17, The Thorin Treatment: Celebrating the Full Monte by Thorin on GAMURS
- September 24, Monte's Musings: Riot's Caster Cage by , and on MonteCristo
- October 9, Monte's Musings: TSM and the Competitive Fire by , and on MonteCristo
- November 13, Monte's Musings: LCS Owners Write Riot a Letter by , and on MonteCristo
- December 6, Monte's Musings: Facts and Theories on the Overwatch League by , and on MonteCristo
- January 10, MonteCristo an DOA: A Duo to Remember by Calvin Witt on GAMURS
- March 15, Monte's Musings - Watchability Across eSports Titles and Genres by , and on MonteCristo
- May 15, 'Reflections' with MonteCristo (2nd appearance) with Thorin on YouTube
- February 2, The Story of MonteCristo and Doa by theScore Esports on YouTube
- June 4, MonteCristo says he MIGHT return to LoL if Riot publicly apologizes and Overwatch dies with Locodoco on YouTube
- September 18, Montecristo's story of the Korean hype train - My First Worlds with ESPN Esports on YouTube
- March 18, The Crack Down S02E08 ft MonteCristo - “Sacrificed Millions Of Dollars To Get Connection In Esports” by IWDominate and Thorin on YouTube
Images[]
External Links[]
- ggChronicle ggchronicle.com
- MonteCristo on tumblr ggcmontecristo.tumblr.com
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 MonteCristo's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Montecristo steps down as coach clgaming.net
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 CLG brings on MonteCristo as Coach clgaming.net
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 EnVyUs to join N.A. LCS, picks up Seraph, Ninja, Hakuho espn.go.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Misfits rebrands as Renegades, picks up Vox Eminor CS:GO team, adds MonteCristo as co-owner dailydot.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 MonteCristo leaves Cloud9 to join Flashpoint and B Site full-time esportznetwork.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 MonteCristo's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ December 17, 2012 MonteCristo AMA, answer about starting in eSports with reddit.com
- ↑ December 17, 2012 MonteCristo AMA, answer about early WC3 casting with reddit.com
- ↑ Team Sportscast Network nationmaster.com
- ↑ ggChronicle's MonteCristo author profile ggChronicle
- ↑ December 17, 2012 MonteCristo AMA, answer about years away from eSports with reddit.com
- ↑ December 17, 2012 MonteCristo AMA, answer about ggChronicle work with reddit.com
- ↑ CLG brings on MonteCristo as Coach clgaming.net
- ↑ Montecristo steps down as coach clgaming.net
- ↑ Misfits rebrands as Renegades, picks up Vox Eminor CS:GO team, adds MonteCristo as co-owner dailydot.com
- ↑ The Leaguecraft ggClassic Presented by Gaming.StackExchange: A New $5,000 Tournament with Open Sign-Ups - Author Profile ggchronicle.com
- ↑ MonteCristo Twitter Post twitter.com
- ↑ MonteCristo Twitter post twitter.com
- ↑ MonteCristo Twitter Post twitter.com
- ↑ MonteCristo tumblr post tumblr.com
- ↑ MonteCristo Twitter post
- ↑ December 17, 2012 MonteCristo AMA, answer about the meaning of life with reddit.com
- ↑ December 17, 2012 MonteCristo AMA, answer regarding misspelling "shoutcaster" as "shotcaster" with reddit.com
- ↑ December 17, 2012 MonteCristo AMA, answer about Korean food and soju with reddit.com
- ↑ MonteCristo Twitter post twitter.com
- ↑ MonteCristo Twitter post twitter.com
- ↑ Watching LoL rather than playing reddit.com
- ↑ Twitter response to RiotTiza twitter.com
- ↑ MonteCristo Twitter post twitter.com
- ↑ MonteCristo Twitter post twitter.com
- ↑ MonteCristo Twitter post twitter.com
- ↑ MonteCristo Twitter post twitter.com