Toby "TobiWan" Dawson is an Australian former ''

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'' caster. Dawson was employed by the Electronic Sports League. He retired from esports casting following sexual assault allegations in 2020.

Career

TobiWan was a competitive ''

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'' player during the '' Call of Duty: United Offensive'' era. TobiWan began his casting career at the JoinDotA studio. The first ''Dota'' tournament he cast was

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in Singapore, for which he was chosen even though he had only played a few games of ''Dota'' in his life. His first achievement was being able to cast The International 2011 final. Unlike most ''Dota'' casters, TobiWan was never a competitive ''Dota 2'' gamer, but got attracted to it because his mother's profession involved casting. TobiWan went on to cast most of the grand finals of major tournaments such as The International, The Defense,

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, and JoinDotA Masters. During a 2012 broadcast, TobiWan made the following comment in chat: "have you heard the expression..lame as a niggers baby?" TobiWan cast every iteration of The International through

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. Tobiwan and Troels "Synderen" Nielsen commentated the grand finals of The International 2015 between Evil Geniuses and CDEC Gaming. Tobiwan, Soe, and Maelk commentated the 2015 MLG World Finals. In 2015, he hosted the first ''Dota 2'' Major,

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. TobiWan appeared in the 2014 film '' Free to Play''. He retired from esports casting following sexual assault allegations in 2020.

References

Living people Australian male entertainers 1985 births Esports commentators People from Nambour, Queensland {{eSports-player-stub