MonteCristo

For other uses, see Monte Cristo.
Christopher Mykles
Born (1986-10-19) October 19, 1986
Nationality American
Other names MonteCristo
Occupation Commentator, eSports team owner and coach
Notable work League of Legends Champions Korea English commentary, League of Legends Championship Series

Christopher Kjell Mykles (born October 19, 1986), better known by his in-game ID MonteCristo, is an American League of Legends color sports commentator, player and team owner. He currently an English-language commentator for OnGameNet, specifically with the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) professional league. He has had one of the longest careers of professional game commentator and caster and has casted several major international tournaments.[1] In 2013 and 2014 he was the coach for Counter Logic Gaming.

Career

Monte is from Fort Collins, Colorado and graduated from Poudre High School in 2005.[2] attended Trinity College in Dublin,[3] Ireland for a year before returning to the United States to continue his studies. He studied Literature. While working at a law firm in New York City, Monte began playing League of Legends in its beta phase and subsequently founded ggChronicle to provide a journalism outlet devoted to League eSports.[4]

Monte was previously involved with eSports as a volunteer writer for WCReplays, a Warcraft 3 replays site. He began shoutcasting for WCReplays with Phreak and attests that casting came naturally due to his many years of stage performance. During his involvement with Warcraft 3 he managed a professional team with Verge Gaming and joined the Team Sportscast Network, a now defunct eSports shoutcasting organization.[5]

Subsequently he accepted a full-time contract casting position at OnGameNet.[6] On July 24, 2013 he became a coach for Counter Logic Gaming,[7][8] as but still continued to cast for OnGameNet.[1]

On September 5, 2014 MonteCristo left his coaching position at CLG.[9] On June 22, 2015 MonteCristo became a co-owner of LA Renegades[10]

On May 8, 2016 Riot Games announced that Team Impulse and Renegades were banned from the LCS. Additionally MonteCristo would be banned for all Riot sponsored activities as a team owner or manager for a year, although he could continue casting for those events.[11][12][13] The punishment, the most severe in LCS history, stemmed from charges of not properly disclosing team ownership, misleading player trades, and player mistreatment.[14][15] Renegades later sold their LoL team to EnVyUs.

MonteCristo, Erik "DoA" Lonnquist and Christopher "PapaSmithy" Smith declined to commentate at the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational in Shanghai because of a wage dispute with Riot.[16][17][18]

Mykkles is represented by talent agency WME-IMG.[19]

On July 29, 2016 MonteCristo uploaded an hour-long video responding to the Riot ban, and also released a number of documents including player contracts, for public viewing.[20]

In August 2016, he sold Renegades to NBA player Jonas Jerebko.

MonteCristo was not invited to cast the 2016 League of Legends World Championship. Additionally, DoA declined Riot's invitation, citing other projects.


References

  1. 1 2 "김몬테 "이번 롤챔스 우승은 당연히 SKT T1 K" - 인터뷰/칼럼 - 디스이즈게임". Thisisgame.com. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. ↑ "MonteCristo on Twitter: "@sagedube1 I went to Poudre High. Class of 2005"". Twitter.com. 2014-11-02. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  3. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-mykles-b77b5129
  4. ↑ "I am MonteCristo: shoutcaster, founder of ggChronicle, former coach/manager of pro WC3 team Verge Gaming. AMA : leagueoflegends". Reddit.com. 2012-12-17. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  5. ↑ "Christopher Mykles". eSports Industry Awards 2016. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
  6. ↑ "[롤드컵] 김몬테(Montecristo) 롤챔스 해설의 한국팀 사랑 : 헝그리앱 모바일 게임뉴스". M.hungryapp.co.kr. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  7. ↑ "'세라프' 신우영, 북미 게임단 CLG 입단". M.esports.dailygame.co.kr. 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  8. ↑ http://www.gamezone.com/news/montecristo-becomes-coach-of-clg-league-of-legends-team
  9. ↑ "Montecristo, Counter Logic Gaming part ways". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  10. ↑ "Misfits rebrands as Renegades, picks up Vox Eminor CS:GO team, adds MonteCristo as co-owner". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  11. ↑ May 9, 2016 4:43am (2016-05-09). "Renegades, TDK banned from all Riot-sanctioned leagues". theScore esports. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  12. ↑ "Riot bans Renegades, Team Impulse and Team Dragon Knights from sanctioned League of Legends play - The Rift Herald". Riftherald.com. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  13. ↑ "Jätteskandal i LCS: LOL-profilen stängs av". Esport.aftonbladet.se. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  14. ↑ http://www.pcgamer.com/new-details-emerge-on-banned-league-of-legends-team-renegades/
  15. ↑ http://espn.go.com/esports/story/_/id/17132668/renegades-riot-danger-absolute-power
  16. ↑ "League of Legends casters boycotting Shanghai event over wage dispute with Riot". Polygon. 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  17. ↑ "MonteCristo, DoA, and PapaSmithy won't cast MSI following payment controversy". The Daily Dot. 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  18. ↑ "Why Monte, DoA and PapaSmithy don't need Riot". Espn.go.com. 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  19. ↑ "WME-IMG Acquires Gaming Agency Global eSports Management". Hollywood Reporter. 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  20. ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/renegades-montecristo-thoughts-riot-ban-ruling/

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