TobiWan
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Toby "TobiWan" Dawson is an Australian former Dota 2 caster.[1][2][3] Dawson was employed by the Electronic Sports League.[4] He retired from esports casting following sexual assault allegations in 2020.
Career
[edit | edit source]TobiWan was a competitive Call of Duty player during the Call of Duty: United Offensive era.[5]
TobiWan began his casting career at the JoinDotA studio.[6] The first Dota tournament he cast was World Cyber Games 2005 in Singapore, for which he was chosen even though he had only played a few games of Dota in his life.[6] TobiWan was the announcer for The International 2011 final. Unlike most Dota casters, TobiWan was never a competitive Dota 2 gamer.[6] TobiWan went on to cast most of the grand finals of major tournaments such as The International,[7] The Defense, DreamHack, and JoinDotA Masters.[citation needed][clarification needed] During a 2012 broadcast, TobiWan made the following comment in chat: "have you heard the expression..lame as a niggers baby?"[8]
TobiWan cast every iteration of The International through The International 2019. Tobiwan and Troels "Synderen" Nielsen commentated the grand finals of The International 2015 between Evil Geniuses and CDEC Gaming.[9] Tobiwan, Soe, and Maelk commentated the 2015 MLG World Finals.[10]
In 2015, he hosted the first Dota 2 Major, Frankfurt Major 2015.[11][12] TobiWan appeared in the 2014 film Free to Play. He retired from esports casting following sexual assault allegations in 2020.[13]
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