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David "deLiGHT" Light

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David "deLiGHT" Light is a freelance eSports writer and aspiring professional gamer. Born January 28th, 1989, David Light is a brother to four sisters -- two of which he was raised with in Jacksonville, Florida -- and is a continued contributer to the world of competitive gaming.

1 Writing History
2 Competitive History
3 Contact
4 Resources

Writing History

First intimately involving himself in the workings of the scene with eSports media outlet GotFrag in Q3 of 2005[1], David can be accredited to many popular articles over the last three years, some of which went on to serve as catalysts to true developments in the community[2]. Attending his first tournament in 2005 -- the CPL Winter Event -- David began to broaden his portfolio, extending his written coverage from Counter-Strike to Quake 4, soon to become the Quake 4 Department Head of GotFrag in Q1 of 2006. Only months later, David moved his efforts over to GotFrag DPAD [3] -- the naming to which he was involved in -- in an attempt to support the launch of the newly released console site extension to the GotFrag Network. In further attempt to promote growth within the new extension, David was one of the original proposers of the GotFrag Network Forums -- a message board system that allows users across network sites to maintain vision of the latest topics across relative sites.

By January of 2007 -- approximately 8 months after his arrival to GotFrag DPAD -- David left his position as Nintendo Department Head by his own choice due to an uncomfortability surrounding him, stemming from a competitive banning controversy in September of the previous year. It wasn't until after a 5 month hiatus that David returned to the writing scene, writing on staff for the Championship Gaming Series [4]. This time, however, David's efforts moved in an entirely new direction: Project Gotham Racing 3.

Shortly after talking to players and producing his first-ever PGR3 article, David set off to Los Angeles, California to take part in covering the first competitive gaming scouting combine, leading up to the first-ever CGS draft, which took place at 10236 Charing Cross Rd., Holmby Hills Ca. 90024, more formally known as "The Playboy Mansion." While in Los Angeles, David met up with Brian "destrukt" Flander, GM of the Chicago Chimera franchise and eventual champion of the first-ever CGS season, to which he began initial work for the soon-to-be historical franchise, work that would eventually last throughout the entire Region 1 season[5].

During his near 6 month tenure with the CGS, David produced nearly 50 pieces of feature content[6], most of which was direct coverage of the 2007 Chicago Chimera season. It wasn't until August of 2007 that David left the CGS to concentrate more strongly on a career in professional gaming.

To this day, David Light has produced over 300 pieces of written eSports content in nearly three years, or roughly twice every week[7].

Competitive History

David's competitive gaming history derives from his attendance at local cyber cafes in his youth, but he neglected to compete seriously until September of 2006, when he was asked to join a friend's team midway through the season and keep them competitive in the Cyberathlete Amateur League in hopes of maintaining a spot to be used the next season. Upon arrival, David's team -- HCGaming, full of local players -- went on to go undefeated with his, and other additions in the second half of the season, assuredly earning a playoff spot and not only securing a competition spot for next season, but more over a move up to a higher division as well. Unfortunately, nearly a week after the season's conclusion, David was banned by the league, and deemed a cheater by then-head Anti-Cheat admin Bob "glassmatica" Ceres and his staff. The self-protested year-long suspension kept David out of competition play for nearly a year, before returning upon his allowance.

The following is David's outlook on the situation. In his first game back from suspension, David was asked to join the the roster of a friend to compete in one game to which he was needed. After playing the match on de_train, David was disputed for an illegal flash bang which, under HLTV review, did incidentally land in an inappropriate area, though the significance of the error is to be debated. Regardless, David looked to submit his demos to the league, but was unable due to an alleged issue in the upload process. David reportedly attempted to contact the league to resolve this issue, but received no response, and was suspended a few days later once again, this time for incomplete/no demos. David promptly appealed the decision, stating that he was receiving issues and received no response from the league, and was granted the re-opening of his ticket, which allowed him to once again upload his demos. Successfully this time, David uploaded his demos.

After nearly a week or two of a lingering suspension, David contacted the league's Quality Control outlet to inform them that his ban for incomplete/no demos had yet to be removed. Their response, simply put, was that the demos were late, so his suspension would stay, with the insistence that David never had problems uploading in the first place, despite his recorded complaint on the day in question on the league's site. Not wanting to deal with the league any longer, David left the situation as it was and went on to further pursue his career in professional gaming, eventually finding his way to team drexel.

Drexel is a 1.6 Counter-Strike team of largely local players in the Jacksonville, Florida area, preparing to compete consistently on the professional level. The team -- co-lead by David himself -- is currently focusing on 1.6 in assumption that CSPromod will be the future of Counter-Strike in competition. Their first projected event attendance was originally tentatively set for mid to late November of 2007, but that date has been pushed back to an unnamed date to allow further practice.