skadoodle
Free Agent
Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham (born July 21, 1993) is an American player who previously played for T1. He has a competitive past in Alliance of Valiant Arms, whom he notably played for DefkoN, dating back to 2010. He also has a professional background from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive which he began playing in 2012. Skadoodle most notably played for iBUYPOWER and Cloud9 where he went on to become one of the first North American players to win a CS:GO Major Championship, winning ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018.
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Player | skadoodle |
Real Name | Tyler Latham |
Country | United States |
Team | Free Agent |
Game | Valorant |
Age | 28 |
Birthday | July 21, 1993 |
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Tyler “Skadoodle” Latham is a professional VALORANT player from the United States of America. He was previously played for T1 Esports.
He is a former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player, where he played for teams such as IBUYPOWER and Cloud9. He was part of the Cloud9 roster that won the ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018, cementing him as one of the game’s most successful players. He switched to VALORANT in June of 2020 after signing for T1’s VALORANT roster.
OTHER INTERESTS
Working out and beat-boxing.
FAMILY
He has two brothers and a sister.
GAMING ORIGINS
Skadoodle grew up playing console video games, as well as participating in track and field and bike racing. In his teen, he discovered Alliance of Valliant Arms (AVA) on the PC, which whet his thirst for competitive fps games.
Prior to becoming a full-time pro-player, he worked for his father as a framer.
PROFESSIONAL GAMING
Skadoodle competed with DefkoN in December 2010 and won the IeSF Grand Final of the A.V.A World Championships in Korea. However, there wasn’t much financial stability for pro-gamers at that stage, so he went on to attend college and work part-time after high school. He continued to play in tournaments during that time.
In 2012, Skadoodle decided to switch to CS: GO as soon as it was released, as he felt that it offered more of an opportunity for him to become a pro-player than A.V.A did. Initially, he didn’t enjoy the game, but he continued to play it until patch updates eventually brought the game up to the high level of competitiveness and strategy that kept Skadoodle hooked on the game for so many years.
He and a few former Call of Duty players joined together to form Hold Mouse One. Their team performed well, and they soon gained recognition among the Counter-Strike community. This got them signed on to Team curse.
In September 2013, he dropped out of college to join iBUYPOWER as a full-time player. In January 2015, his team was banned from competitive play. As Skadoodle was still permitted to compete in the league as an individual player, he took Cloud9’s offer to join their roster in April 2019. He has stated that it was only once he signed with Cloud 9 that he was really able to focus on CS: GO as a full-time career, due to their paying their players a monthly salary.
Skadoodle retired from pro-gaming in October 2018, as he was feeling burnt out after finally achieving his goal of winning majors. He now focuses on his streaming career, while continuing to support Cloud9. He has since moved on to stream other games as well.
In December 2020 he signed on with T1’s pro-Valorant team.
INCOME
According to his Nightbot, Skadoodle has ~1,690 subscribers. This means that he earns at least $4,225 USD per month, before taking into account the additional revenue that he earns from sources such as tiered subscriptions, advertisements, Twitch cheer bit contributions, and donations.
STREAMING HOURS
While he doesn’t have a set schedule, he tends to stream daily for between 6 – 9 hours per session.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1st – Eleague Major Boston – 2018
1st – ESL Pro League Season 4 Finals – 2016
1st – Ryu Lan – 2013
1st – ESEA Invite Season 12 (15-1) – 2012
1st – NA National Championship – 2011
1st – NA National Championship – 2010
1st – IE-SF World Champion (South,Korea) – 2010