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==Career== ==Career==
===''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive''===
Grzesiek started his '']'' (''CS:GO'') career with several ] teams, particularly Exertus eSports and Manajuma. He was soon signed by ] as a stand-in, and later by ] in August 2014 when they acquired the roster of compLexity.{{cn|date=April 2021}} He helped lead Cloud9 to a first-place finish at ] in 2016.<ref name="Tsiaoussidis" /> He stepped down from the starting roster in 2017 to move to full-time streaming for Cloud9.<ref name="Robertson" />

===Streaming and content creation===
On April 18, 2018, Grzesiek left Cloud9 and officially retired from professional ''CS:GO''.<ref name="Tsiaoussidis" />

On March 10, 2019, Grzesiek reached 100,000 Twitch subscribers, gaining another 14,000 the next day, making his subscriber count more than double streamer with the second most at the time — ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 10, 2019 |title=Shroud surpasses 100,000 Twitch subscribers |url=https://dotesports.com/culture/news/shroud-surpasses-100000-twitch-subscribers |access-date=March 6, 2020 |website=]}}</ref> He continued to stream full-time on Twitch until October 2019, when he announced his move from Twitch to Microsoft streaming platform ]. He would be broadcasting exclusively on Mixer, following the steps of fellow streamer ], who announced a similar deal earlier that year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Twitch megastar Shroud is joining Ninja on Mixer as an exclusive streamer |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/24/20930647/twitch-shroud-mixer-microsoft-ninja-amazon-exclusive |access-date=October 24, 2019 |website=]|date=October 24, 2019 }}</ref>

On June 22, 2020, ] announced that it would be shutting down Mixer and instead partner with ]. It was alleged that Grzesiek received an offer from Facebook that would have financially exceeded that of Mixer. Grzesiek declined the offer and received the remainder of the current contract payout.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Microsoft just released top streamers Ninja and Shroud from their contracts as it shutters Mixer, after spending millions on exclusive deals with them |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ninja-and-shroud-are-free-agents-as-microsoft-kills-mixer-2020-6 |access-date=June 23, 2020 |website=]}}</ref>

On August 11, 2020, Grzesiek announced that he would return to stream exclusively on Twitch.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Park |first=Gene |date=August 11, 2020 |title=Shroud is returning to Twitch |newspaper=] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2020/08/11/shroud-returns-twitch/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 12, 2020}}</ref> His first stream back the following day peaked at over 516,000 concurrent viewers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Julia |date=August 12, 2020 |title=Even Shroud is shocked at his Twitch viewer count after returning |url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/8/12/21365375/shroud-twitch-return-stream-viewer-count-valorant |url-status=live |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Esguerra |first=Tyler |date=August 12, 2020 |title=Shroud's first stream back on Twitch watched by over 500,000 viewers |url=https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/shrouds-first-stream-back-on-twitch-watched-by-over-500000-viewers |url-status=live |access-date=August 16, 2020 |website=]}}</ref>

===''Valorant''===
On July 8, 2022, Grzesiek signed with ] as a player for their '']'' team.<ref name="Robertson">{{Cite news |last=Robertson |first=Scott |date=July 8, 2022 |title=He's back: Shroud joins Sentinels' VALORANT roster |url=https://dotesports.com/valorant/news/hes-back-shroud-joins-sentinels-valorant-roster |url-status=live |access-date=July 8, 2022 |website=]}}</ref>


==Awards and nominations== ==Awards and nominations==

Revision as of 05:10, 10 December 2022

Canadian streamer and former professional esports player (born 1994)

Shroud
Grzesiek in 2018
Personal information
NameMichael Grzesiek
Born (1994-06-02) June 2, 1994 (age 30)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Career information
Games
Playing career2013–2017, 2022–present
Team history
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive:
2013–2014Slow Motion
2014Exertus eSports
2014Manajuma
2014compLexity Gaming
2014–2017Cloud9
Valorant:
2022Sentinels
Career highlights and awards
Twitch information
Channel
Followers10 million
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2014–present
Subscribers6.82 million
Total views994.77 million
Creator Awards
100,000 subscribers2017
1,000,000 subscribers2018
Last updated: 10 Sep 2022

Michael Grzesiek (born June 2, 1994), better known as Shroud (formerly mEclipse), is a Canadian streamer, YouTuber, professional Valorant player and former professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player. As of April 2022, his Twitch channel has reached over 10 million followers, ranking as the seventh most-followed channel on the platform, and his YouTube channel has over 6.82 million subscribers.

Early life

Grzesiek was born on June 2, 1994 in Toronto, Ontario, and is of Polish descent.

Career

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2017 The Game Awards Trending Gamer Nominated
2019 Esports Awards Streamer of the Year Nominated
The Game Awards Content Creator of the Year Won
2020 10th Streamy Awards Live Streamer Nominated
2021 11th Streamy Awards Live Streamer Nominated
2022 The Streamer Awards Best FPS Streamer Nominated
Gamer of the Year Won

See also

References

  1. ^ "shroud - Statistics". Twitch Tracker. Archived from the original on February 1, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2022. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; October 20, 2020 suggested (help)
  2. ^ "About Shroud". YouTube.
  3. Livingston, Christopher (August 3, 2018). "Ninja becomes the first Twitch streamer to reach 10 million followers". PC Gamer. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  4. "Top 50 Twitch users sorted by Followers - Socialblade Twitch Stats …". March 26, 2021. Archived from the original on October 20, 2020. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  5. Tsiaoussidis, Alex. "Shroud officially retires from competitive CS:GO, leaves Cloud9". Dot Esports. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  6. Alexander, Julia (December 7, 2017). "The Game Awards crowns The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild best game of 2017". Polygon. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  7. "Esports Awards 2019". Esports Awards. April 26, 2021. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  8. Goslin, Austen (December 13, 2019). "All the winners from The Game Awards 2019". Polygon. Archived from the original on December 13, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  9. "10TH ANNUAL NOMINEES & WINNERS". Streamy Awards. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  10. Spangler, Todd (October 20, 2021). "YouTube Streamy Awards 2021 Nominations Announced, MrBeast Leads With Seven Nods". Variety.
  11. Miceli, Max (February 22, 2022). "All nominees for QTCinderella's Streamer Awards". Dot Esports. GAMURS Group.

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