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Ogre 1
American professional esports player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dan Ryan is a retired professional Halo player, widely considered one of the greatest professional Halo players of all time.[1] He had 32 Halo championship tournament wins (the second highest of all time) and maintains the position of the highest-average placing professional player in Halo esports history.
OGRE 1 | |
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Personal information | |
Name | Dan Ryan |
Born | August 1986 (1986-08) (age 37) Pickerington, Ohio, US |
Career information | |
Games | |
Playing career | Until 2009 |
Team history | |
2004 | Team Domination |
2005 | Team 3D |
2006–2008 | Final Boss |
In January 2003, Ryan started his career as a professional Halo gamer under the pseudonym Ogre 1. In 2005, he and his twin brother, Tom Ryan (Ogre 2), won first place in the first international Halo 2 tournament, the World Cyber Games, officially recognizing them as the best Halo 2 players in the world.[2]
In 2006, he returned with his team as a member of the Major League Gaming (MLG) four-on-four team Final Boss,[3] where they become the most successful professional Halo team of all time. In June 2006, he signed a three-year contract with MLG worth 250,000 dollars, as well as significant sponsorships with both Red Bull and NBA player Gilbert Arenas.
Ryan has been featured in Electronic Gaming Monthly[4] and BPM. He also appeared in all of the Boost Mobile MLG Pro Circuit episodes on USA Network in 2006.[5]