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PantsAloneS Aka "Pants" (Gamer) The first "IGL" In-game leader Champion for VR in History

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John Christian Waddell (Born October 5, 1997), also known as "Pants" or "PantsAloneS" is a former competitive E-sport player and In-game leader for Team Globochem in Onward, a fairly popular virtual reality military simulator.

Pants was born in Ontario, Canada. He and his team are the First Official Competitive Virtual Reality shooter Champions in History.

Career

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Onward 2016-2020

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John Christian Waddell
BornOctober 5, 1997 (age 26)
Markham, Ontario, Canada
AwardsVR League Season 1 Champion

IEM Katowice Onward Invitational Champion

VR League Season 3 Champion
HonoursOC5 2nd place finalist

Pants was signed on to Globochem a high-ranking Virtual Reality E-sports team in 2017 by the two co-founding brothers Jeremy "Auto" Kotin and Luke "Thund3rPilot" Kotin, where he went on to play as their "IGL" In-game leader for there team and made structural changes.

First the brothers and him re-changed the team's roster. They removed players and brought on to their main roster, Keegan "Toast" MacLeod. Toast was a South Carolinian young prodigy. Along with Rafael "Rafael" Varvounis a multi-talented Greek player. Lastly they would recruit Evan "Arsenic" Bruner. Also a multi-talented Texan player.

The Team would go on to win 3 out of 4 Major Championships around the world. These Events were managed by ESL along with Meta formerly "Facebook" and their VR company Oculus and sponsored by Intel and many others.

Championships

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The First Onward Invitational

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Onward had its first Onward Invitational that was hosted in Leichester, England in 2018. It was comprised of the top 4 teams in the world in a round-robin competition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XetPRDRbOLM&ab_channel=VRLeague

This was where Globochem won the first ever VR Shooter Championship event in the world with hundreds of thousands tuning in.

Oculus Connect 5

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This season 2 event was a showcasing event held in San Diego, California for $120,000 USD[1]

Globochem placed 2nd place at this event to their European Competitor "Beginners".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOxwgGebWbM&t=4898s&ab_channel=VRLeague

This event garnered 3.5 million views on Youtube and many more watching live streams.

Intel Extreme Masters "IEM" is a large gaming event set in Katowice, Poland and hosted by Intel.

This VR event was for $250,000[2] and consisting of 4 games.

This event had only the top 2 qualifying teams flown out, those being Globochem and Beginners. This was where Globochem was able to win and put another Major event under their belt.

Onward Invitational Season 3

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This was the final VR League event held back in Leichester, England and hosted by Meta and ESL for Virtual reality.

The event had 4 qualifying team's from around the world. Pants and Globochem would go on to beat G-Men to become the grand champions for the final VR event and receiving the first ever VR league awards to be taken home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBDNXy06afI&ab_channel=VRLeague

Personal Life

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Pants can now be found streaming on Twitch.com or Kick.com under "PantsAloneS" and is one of the top Call of duty: Modern Warfare 3 Hardcore Search and Destroy players with a staggering 2.91 KDR as shown on his Kick streams at the time or writing.

He is still living in Canada with his Fiance.

Reference

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  1. ^ "The road to the VR League grand finals at Oculus Connect 5! - ESL". esl.com. 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  2. ^ Hayden, Scott (2019-03-04). "ESL & Oculus Announce Esports VR League Season 3, Biggest Prize Pool Yet". Road to VR. Retrieved 2024-07-04.