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Fear (gamer)

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Fear
Loomis in 2015
Personal information
NameClinton Loomis
Born1987 or 1988 (age 36–37)[1]
NationalityAmerican
Career information
GamesDefense of the Ancients
Dota 2
Playing career2005–2021
Coaching career2014–2021
Team history
As player:
2005–2006PluG Pullers Inc.
2006–2007CompLexity Gaming
2007–2008PluG Pullers V2
2008–2009Meet Your Makers
2009Evil Geniuses
2009–2010Blight.int
2010Nirvana.int
2010–2011Lost.eu
2011Browned Potatoes
2011Online Kingdom
2011–2018Evil Geniuses
2018–2020J.Storm
2020Business associates
2020–2021Sadboys
As coach:
2014Evil Geniuses
2016-2017Evil Geniuses
2021Thunder Predator
Career highlights and awards

Clinton Loomis,better known asFear,is an American professionalDota 2caster and former player. With a career spanning a decade, Fear is one of the oldestDotaplayers in the scene.[2]He was featured alongsideDanil "Dendi" Ishutinand Benedict Lim "hyhy" Han Yong in the documentaryFree to Play.WithEvil Geniuses,he won over a million dollars as the winners ofThe International 2015.

History

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Dota

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Fear's first team was called PluG Pullers Inc., and they were picked up byCompLexity Gamingin 2006. After the compLexity Dota division was shut down in 2007, Fear reformed PluG Pullers, but left the team when he was asked to joinMeet Your Makers.[3]Fear was a member of MYM for a year, and he left the team a few weeks before the organization went bankrupt.[4]

His next stop wasEvil Geniuses,which lasted from March to December 2009 before the Dota division was disbanded.[5]Fear then joined a star-studded Blight.int team, which changed sponsors before disbanding over salary issues. This led to a period of inactivity for Fear, as real-life commitments limited his ability to play competitively.

Dota 2

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2011

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Fear's team Online Kingdom.Nirvana.int was one of the teams invited toThe International 2011,where after an impressive 3–0 record in their group, finished a respectable 7th-8th place, the team taking home $25,000.

A few months after The International, Fear returned toEvil Geniuses.

2014

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In January 2014, Fear and EG teammateSaahil "UNiVeRsE" Arorawere seen as stand-ins for the team S A D B O Y S in addition to Sahan "KaTana" Gamage who was later dropped due to visa issues, consisting ofArtour "Arteezy" Babaev,Peter "ppd" Dager,and Ludwig "zai" Wåhlberg. With an impressive 16–2 record in their 3 weeks of playing together, the team was picked up by Evil Geniuses as the new Dota team.[6]After receiving an invite toThe International 2014,Fear's arm problems became too much to handle,[7]and he became the team's coach while Mason "mason" Venne joined the team in Fear's place in the "carry" position.[8]Despite the setback, EG managed to finish 3rd place.

After recovering, Fear rejoined EG in August.[9]

2015

With the addition of their youngest roster,Syed "Sumail" Hassan,Evil Geniuses took first place at theDota 2 Asia Championshipsin February 2015. Later that year, Fear and Evil Geniuses wonThe International 2015,winning over six million dollars in prize money.[10]After The International 2015, he transitioned from the "carry" to the "support" position to accommodate the return of his former teammateArteezy.[11]This new EG roster finished in third place inFrankfurt Major 2015despite a strong showing early in the tournament.

2016

Fear and Evil Geniuses took third place at theShanghai Major 2016.On June 26, Fear qualified with Evil Geniuses toThe International 2016by coming first in the Americas Qualifier Group Stage with a 5–1 record (and after defeatingcompLexity Gamingin a first place tiebreaker.) Fear and Evil Geniuses eventually finished third place in the event. After the tournament, Fear retired as a player, citing health issues, to focus on being the team's coach.[12]

2017

AtThe International 2017,Fear participated as the coach of Evil Geniuses and finished 9th-12th at the tournament. After The International 2017, Fear rejoined the active roster of EG and assumed the captain role after the departures of zai andppd.[13]

2018

In May 2018, following a string of bad placements inDota Pro Circuittournaments, EG announced that Fear had been released but would remain a part of the organization in an undisclosed role.[14]On December 14, 2018, Fear joined North American team J.Storm.[15]

2019

With J.Storm, Fear became the Americas Champions of Betway Midas Mode 2.0.[16]

2020

In the beginning of 2020, J.Storm disbanded its Dota team and its rosters including Fear are listed under a new Dota team called Business Associates.[17]Fear held the captain position at Business Associate.

References

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  1. ^Strom, Steven (September 15, 2016)."Fear Forever: A Retrospective of Dota 2's NA Star".Red Bull.RetrievedMay 5,2021.
  2. ^"DotA 2: The Rocky Balboa of video games just won a million dollars".17 August 2015.Retrieved2016-03-05.
  3. ^"FearDarkness and ezy join MYM".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-10-24.Retrieved2015-06-02.
  4. ^MYM closes all teams[permanent dead link]
  5. ^EG.DotA disbands[permanent dead link]
  6. ^"Evil Geniuses Welcomes New Dota 2 Team".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-04.Retrieved2015-06-02.
  7. ^"Clinton" Fear "Loomis Sidelined by Injury".Archived fromthe originalon 2015-05-31.Retrieved2015-06-02.
  8. ^Evil Geniuses [@EvilGeniuses](June 2, 2014)."But when one door closes, another opens. Please welcome, officially, the newest member of our Evil Geniuses family, @masondota. #BleedBlue"(Tweet).Archivedfrom the original on May 28, 2021.RetrievedJune 14,2021– viaTwitter.
  9. ^"Fear Returns".Archived fromthe originalon 2015-05-20.Retrieved2015-06-02.
  10. ^Tassi, Paul (August 9, 2015)."Evil Geniuses Take Home Record $6.6M First Prize In Valve's 'Dota 2' International".Forbes.RetrievedMarch 20,2015.
  11. ^Nedeljkovic, Milos [@Faceit_Mikey] (August 14, 2015)."Aui out, Arteezy to carry, Fear to support. ~ EG's team for Majors Confirmed. Lets now stop speculating...Wait for EU shuffle...💥💥💥💥💥 #dota2"(Tweet).Archivedfrom the original on April 15, 2021.RetrievedJune 14,2021– viaTwitter.
  12. ^"EG Day 1 - Fear Retires".evilgeniuses.gg.Archived fromthe originalon 17 September 2016.Retrieved14 September2016.
  13. ^"EG Day 1 - Fear Retires".facebook.Retrieved6 October2017.[better source needed]
  14. ^"Roster Update: Evil Geniuses Dota 2 arrivals and Supermajor roster".Facebook.Retrieved28 May2018.
  15. ^"J.Storm Dota 2 Team Update".Archived fromthe originalon 19 September 2020.Retrieved20 June2019.
  16. ^Apduhan, Neslyn (3 October 2019)."Midas Mode 2.0 ends with Vici Gaming, J.Storm as champions - DOTA2 - News".WIN.gg.Retrieved2020-06-11.
  17. ^"Roster apparently leaves J.Storm, now 'business associates'".Reuters.2020-02-07.Retrieved2020-06-11.
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