The CIS Dota 2 team had started as a StarCraft: Brood War clan, with full name translating roughly to Russian Society of Cybersport. In 2013, Solo, along with teammates Stanislav “BzzIsPerfect” Glushan, Vladimir “Yol” Basov, Andrey “Dread” Golubev, and Ivan “Vanskor” Skorokhod were part of RoX. The story begins with current Virtus.pro team captain, and long time Dota 2 pro, Alexey “Solo” Berenzin. But how did this innocuous number become one of the most recognizable symbols of messing-up in Dota 2? The Game Unintentional or otherwise, if a player makes a mistake that could lose them a match, 322 is the go-to meme to spam. Now through her two startup companies along with countless event lanyards, she’s leveraging the industry pains into future foundations and merging games and esports together, creating a new target market.Ĭasey has had a very unique pathway, not completing high school she jumped from job to job from retail, hospitality, dental assisting, massage therapy, tattoo artist to becoming an online game design teacher empowering the next generation and delivering unique skills and industry insights to help them succeed.Ĭasey has spoken at numerous Melbourne and Regional events, she’s also an accredited international speaker since speaking at India’s largest gaming event (IGDC), and she’s also an Olympic committee member which no doubt, she’ll challenge that space to represent and be inclusive of games and esports.Ĭasey was nominated top 3 young female entrepreneur, has been in numerous news articles through PC tech review, technology & gadget expo, PAX Aus, Future Assembly, Get into Games (GIG), Melbourne Esports Open, AFL’s League of Origin grand final, she was one of Melbourne’s first members within Develop Pacific 30 under 30s, ABC’s GDC Good Game special, Events Horizon, Launch Vic Smart company, Tathra Street podcasts, Melbourne International Games Week, Esports conference (EGAA), high school esports, nominated in Telstra’s best business award, Girl Geek Academy, Tech Schools, UK Womenize program “inspiring stories” to name a few.Man Competative Dota twitch chat is nothing but people spoiling scores, calling each other "insert team that's losing bettor idiot" etc, and saying every move is 322 this shit is so annoying.ģ22 is the universal sign that someone threw a game in Dota. She’s spent countless hours networking and listening to the desires of game developers and esport players observing clear wants and needs that are missing in both industries. She has worked with the likes of Global Victoria, Rod Laver Arena, Marvel Stadium, and the Australian Grand Prix, demonstrating the need for not only change in the gaming space but pathways into esports is vital in today’s society.ĭuring Covid-19 to keep herself busy she created the Indie Esports platform that could revolutionize games and esports - this platform is in the early stages of development, yet that didn’t stop it from being Globally nominated twice! She’s a gamer at heart and got into building video games in 2016, where she’s creating the next esport title “Drone Legion”, this competitive drone racing game challenges players’ skills and speed in high-intensity racing-style matches, the game was nominated twice in 2019 amongst international triple-A titles like CS:GO, Dota 2, and F1 in the Australian Game Developer Awards.Ĭasey has showcased at many large gaming events such as PAX Aus, Melbourne Esports Open, AFL’s League of Origin grand final, and at the Australian Grand Prix. Casey Thomas is a veteran within the games and esports industries, known for her remarkable amount of perseverance and persistence, from her own experience has decided to challenge traditional standards within the space.
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