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| Name | Tom Searfoss | ||||||||
| Country of Birth | United States | ||||||||
| Birthday | June 7, 1989 (age 36) | ||||||||
| Residency | Americas | ||||||||
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| Role | Caster | ||||||||
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| Soloqueue IDs | Optimus Tom (NA) | ||||||||
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Biography
Tom "Optimus Tom" Searfoss is an American based League of Legends caster who currently resides in Northern California[1]. A long time DotA player, Tom entered the League of Legends immediately after the beta. Having background in Radio and Music Production, Tom quickly became accustomed to Streaming and production workflows which helped him secure jobs behind and in front of the camera. Tom was prevalent in casting during the League of Legends early Esports days, mostly working with IPL and MLG. In 2013, Tom began working for Riot Games and in 2016 was casting the LCS Challenger Series and CLOL. He has made appearances in Riot's World finals coverage, mostly in analytical segments.
Riot Games
In 2013, Tom began working at Riot Games New York office working with a group of other Broadcast Rioters on developing Broadcast Innovations, and began tracking EU and NA LCS Statistics. This would eventually evolve into an fully fledged Stats Team across the NY and Berlin offices. In 2016, Tom moved to Los Angeles and began working at the main Riot offices in Santa Monica, where he would work on PrimeTime League doing prep and the "Fantasy Minute" segment, cast the LCS Challenger Series, and host/cast the North American Collegiate Circuit while still working on the Stats Team. Tom poured significant effort into melding stats and story lines in both areas, and has pushed to get numbers into the community's hands via the Stats Dictionary[2] and popularizing the Lolesportsstats Twitter[3].
In 2020, Tom relocated to the Bay Area. At the start of 2022, Riot informed workers they would be having them return to the office - forcing Tom and Riot to part ways in March.
Trivia
- Attended Seton Hall University as an Art/Education major, spending most of his time at the radio station WSOU, where he received his name "Optimus Tom"
- Is a former member of the TrinityForce podcast and the TrinityForce LCS Rundown
- Previously referred to as the "#1 Authority of the Challenger's Circuit" due to working all of the Amateur event circuits
- Dislikes
Poppy
Notable Events Cast
- 2012 MLG Summer Arena
- 2012 MLG Summer Championship
- 2012 MLG Fall Championship
- 2013 MLG Winter Championship
- 2013 MLG Pro Circuit Winter Championship Korean Qualifier
- IGN ProLeague Season 5 North American Qualifiers
- IGN ProLeague Season 5
- MLG Riot Season 3 Championship Series North America Qualifiers
- Season 3 North American Ranked 5s Qualifier
- Season 3 European Ranked 5s Qualifier
- MLG Prizefights
- Rising Stars Invitational
- Lone Star Clash 3
- North American Challenger League Season 1
- North American Challenger League Season 2
- PrimeTime League
- LCS Challenger Series
- NA Collegiate Championship, ULoL Campus Series & College League of Legends
- Worlds 2017 (Pre-Show)
- 2017 LCS Summer Promotion
- 2018 LCS Spring Promotion
2012
- December 12 - MLG December League Of Legends Programming with Zam
2013
- February 13 - Hi I'm Optimus Tom - I've cast for MLG, IPL & a plethora of online tournaments such as CPS AMA with Reddit
- March 14 - MLG Winter Championship begins in Dallas tomorrow, featuring League of Legends and Heart of the Swarm with PCGamesN
Images
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Optimus Tom
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ OptimusTomTV youtube.com
- ↑ Riot Games Stats Dictionary
- ↑ Lolesportsstats