MrBitter Profile Joined January 2008 United States 2912 Posts #1







I was hired by a guy named Rob Simpson. The OGs of esports will remember Rob as the cool, handsome guy from Blizzard with a saucy voice. I know him as a quick-witted visionary with an incredible passion for our industry.



Rob gave me a very simple task: put together a plan for some cool gaming events. So, I did. It was the coolest, most awesome plan I could think of. Then Rob and I got on a plane and flew to New York to present it to a guy named Josh Greene.



Josh is one of the legends of Red Bull. He runs the biggest, hardest, gnarliest, most complicated events in all of action sports. If you want to race trucks up the side of a frozen mountain, Josh is the guy you call to build the track. If you want to drift rally cars through the streets of Washington DC, Josh is the guy who goes to meet with the FBI to get the approval. And if you want to put together an awesome esports events plan, Josh is the guy who tells you it fucking sucks.



Josh was the first dude I met at Red Bull who would completely eviscerate my plans, crush my dreams, and remind me of just how much I didn’t know. But he was also the first to show me how to rebuild them to be better, more inspiring products that fans would remember forever. (I’ll never forget Scarlett vs Bomber at the Hammerstein. Josh produced that event…)







But he was not the last. For four years I was constantly challenged, pushed, encouraged and inspired by the people I worked with at Red Bull. Looking back on it, I can confidently say it was the best job in the world and it was excruciatingly hard to leave it.



But I did. And I couldn’t be happier. I’m standing at the beginning of a new adventure and I’m once again surrounded by brilliant, ambitious people who dream a little bigger than I do and who believe in a future that I want to achieve.



The job is simple: turn New York into an esports city.



Let’s go.









A little over 4 years ago I left NASL and the caster life to move completely behind the scenes and run events at Red Bull. My first week at Red Bull was hard. It became very apparent very fast that the people around me were talented, tenacious, and temperamental.I was hired by a guy named Rob Simpson. The OGs of esports will remember Rob as the cool, handsome guy from Blizzard with a saucy voice. I know him as a quick-witted visionary with an incredible passion for our industry.Rob gave me a very simple task: put together a plan for some cool gaming events. So, I did. It was the coolest, most awesome plan I could think of. Then Rob and I got on a plane and flew to New York to present it to a guy named Josh Greene.Josh is one of the legends of Red Bull. He runs the biggest, hardest, gnarliest, most complicated events in all of action sports. If you want to race trucks up the side of a frozen mountain, Josh is the guy you call to build the track. If you want to drift rally cars through the streets of Washington DC, Josh is the guy who goes to meet with the FBI to get the approval. And if you want to put together an awesome esports events plan, Josh is the guy who tells you it fucking sucks.Josh was the first dude I met at Red Bull who would completely eviscerate my plans, crush my dreams, and remind me of just how much I didn’t know. But he was also the first to show me how to rebuild them to be better, more inspiring products that fans would remember forever. (I’ll never forget Scarlett vs Bomber at the Hammerstein. Josh produced that event…)But he was not the last. For four years I was constantly challenged, pushed, encouraged and inspired by the people I worked with at Red Bull. Looking back on it, I can confidently say it was the best job in the world and it was excruciatingly hard to leave it.But I did. And I couldn’t be happier. I’m standing at the beginning of a new adventure and I’m once again surrounded by brilliant, ambitious people who dream a little bigger than I do and who believe in a future that I want to achieve.The job is simple: turn New York into an esports city.Let’s go.