Iain Girdwood

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Iain Alexander John "TillerMaN" Girdwood (born July 8, 1975 in Scotland ) is a retired e-sportsman and online poker player.

E-sports

Girdwood was considered the best Warcraft 3 player in the world in 2002 . At that time he became VGA UK Warcraft 3 Champion and War3 Beta Champion, among others. In his Warcraft 3 career, Girdwood was initially active as a player in the IN clan. Already at that time Girdwood was considered one of the best players in the world and gave tips for the multiplayer area of ​​the game in the official guide book . He then founded and led the 4Kings' Warcraft 3 team . His last station as a player was the German team proGaming , where he also took over the management of the Warcraft 3 team. With the release of the Warcraft 3 expansion "The Frozen Throne", he lost touch with the world's best and dedicated himself to playing poker. Before that, Girdwood also played Duke Nuke'em 3D, Warcraft 2, Starcraft and Starcraft: Broodwar at a very high level. In StarCraft he qualified, among other things, for the PGL Starcraft World Championship.

Successes (excerpt)

  • Warcraft 3 Beta Tournament: 1st place
  • VGA UK Warcraft 3: 1st place
  • Gamefixx USA Tourney: 1st place
  • Intel's Masters Gaming Championship: 1st place
  • Campus Party 2003: 1st place
  • World Cyber ​​Games 2003 Seoul 2on2: 2nd place

poker

Girdwood plays online poker at the highest levels and has so far won an amount in the seven-figure range. His largest pot won was approximately $ 62,000.

successes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ inWarcraft.de: Interview with TillerMaN ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / warcraft.ingame.de
  2. ↑ a b TillerMaN's Blog Spot: Inside Poker Magazine Interview ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tillerman.net
  3. ^ The New York Times, Matt Richtel: Nail-Biting Time In the Game Arena
  4. ↑ IGN.com: PGL Names Starcraft Finalists
  5. ↑ Generation Next - Iain 'TillerMaN' Girdwood ( Memento from June 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ GamesIndustry.biz: Elky Crowned First PokerStars 'Pro-Gamer Challenge' Champion

literature

personal data
SURNAME Girdwood, Iain
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Girdwood, Iain Alexander John; TillerMaN
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish computer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Scotland