Victor Goossens

Victor "Nazgul" Goossens (Dutch: ['vIktɔʁ 'xosəns]; born 3 May 1983) is a retired StarCraft: Brood War professional player. He is the founder and co-owner of the multiregional professional esports organization Team Liquid.[1][2]

Victor Goossens
Personal details
Born (1983-05-03) 3 May 1983
Utrecht, Netherlands

Career

Goossens began playing StarCraft in 1998 soon after release. At the age of 17, he founded Team Liquid's original website as dedicated fandom to StarCraft with no business intention in mind. After finishing high school in moved to South Korea with the intent of becoming a professional StarCraft player. He struggle financially with many tournaments paying only $50 to $100. He returned to the Netherlands and supported himself through poker.[1]

Between 2002 and 2012, the website grew to a company which became one of esports biggest franchises.[1] Team Liquid is estimated by Forbes to be worth $200 million.[3] Goossens expanded Team Liquid to other games including Dota 2, a game which he supported since 2015.[4] Goossens announced that Team Liquid was disbanding their Dota 2 team in 2019, the same team which won The International 7 in 2017.[5]

gollark: PotatOS is highly amazing and not a virus, actually...
gollark: Sunk cost fallacy = UTTER bees.
gollark: > This book is intended as a text for a second or third level undergraduate course in introductory ethical calculus or morality science. Ethical Calculus on the Astral Manifold demonstrates foundational concepts of ZFC+DMR axiomatic moral theory in particularly novel ways. Join an autonomous car as it journeys across the utility isosurface, restricted in phase-space by the physical constraints of spacetime. Follow the thought processes of the man at the lever in the modified manifold trolley problem. Watch as a eigenmoses maximizer behaves in a simulated environment, following an instinct one might find very familiar. These are just a few of many case studies presented, analyzed in detail in a manner both interesting, easy to read, and highly informative. Freshman knowledge of real analytical techniques is recommended but not necessarily required.
gollark: I was hoping for the realization of this random book cover.
gollark: I see.

References
  1. Huddleston Jr., Tom (2018-08-21). "How this 35-year-old turned the gaming fan site he started as a teen into one of esports' biggest franchises, worth multimillions". CNBC. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. Murray, Trent (2019-08-14). "Team Liquid Signs Newzoo as Strategic Data Partner". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  3. "Team Liquid wint ESPN Award voor beste e-sportorganisatie". De Utrechtse Internet Courant. 2019-12-20. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  4. Boudreau, Ian (2019-09-14). "Team Liquid's Dota 2 squad is going independent". PCGamesN. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  5. Sotto, Caezar (2019-09-13). "End Of An Era: Team Liquid's 'Dota 2' Team Disbands". International Business Times. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
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