2011- Took a 3D modeling class in university.  As a fun assignment my professor decided that TF2's customization ability would be a great lesson for us to learn how to port  a model into a game, so we each got to design a hat.  The first step of the assignment was to install and figure out how to play TF2.

2012- Played TF2 on and off, having zero prior experience with FPS games and a shit computer I didn't enjoy it that much.  Plus I was too scared to play much on public servers so I spent most of my time killing bots...

2013- Started playing pubs and made some friends in a community server where I played 99% of the time.  Learned of this thing called 'TF2lobby' and 'UGC' and 'ESEA'.  Poked around trying to figure out what was competitive TF2 and how could the big mess of pub play even be competitive, found videos of i49 and CUBE's frag movies.  A UGC team generously let my onto their budding 6's Iron team to learn the ropes.  When that fell apart, moved onto another 6's team and a highlander team.

2014- On and off various UGC teams, never had the courage to try ESEA [did do a pug at one point, which was embarrassingly horrible for everyone involved].  Participated in Tumblr vs Reddit season 1, officiated season 2.  Went to Lanfest Sacramento and sat with the TF2 players even though I was too shy to talk to most of them.  Played a lot of TF2center.  Stopped playing for almost a whole year due to depression, starting in August.

2015- Started helping design for TFTV, Tip of the Hats, and various streamers.  Picked up TF2 again late in the year, though I lost most of the fervor I had in the early years.  Decided I enjoyed watching and helping the community more than actually playing.

2016- Matchmaking!  Here's to more years of being a terrible player.