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Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner
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Paul Chaloner (born November 11 1971.), better known by his pseudonym ReDeYe, was one of the world's first professional electronic sports TV commentators.
He has broadcasted in dozens of countries around the world (China, United States, Singapore, Australia, Denmark and many others) on various media forms including mainstream TV channels, Live internet Video via Radio iTG and GGL and also in TV series in the UK. He has also commentated on tournaments on both Live video streams and internet Radio since 2002. He is now looked after by Creative Artists Agency of Hollywood.
ReDeYe commentates on games including Quake 3, Quake 4, Unreal Tournament, Unreal Tournament 2004, Counter-Strike: Source, Call of Duty 2, FIFA Soccer and almost all Racing Simulator games like Project Gotham Racing.
Paul also started the GGL World Rankings for duel players in electronic sports in 2005.
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Commentary History
Paul started life as a commentator purely by chance, thanks to a good friend at Clanbase (Yash) asking him as a favour to cover some matches via shoutcast audio in 2002, whilst ReDeYe spoke English, that was about the limit of his shoutcasting ability. Once into it however, the people tuning in loved the coverage and Paul found something that he could channel his passion and enthusiasm into : Gaming Commentary.
After a brief spell at ClanBase Radio, mainly commentating on EuroCups and OpenCups, he began commentating on other leagues, including the prestigious PC ZONE readers challenge and various Jolt leagues. He was mainly into Unreal Tournament games in the early days, but quickly moved on to cover Quake 3, Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Source when it was released.
In early 2005, he joined up with Radio iTG and attended many events around the world as one of the top commentators of eSports, including WCG 2005 and 2006, ESWC 2005 and 2006 and Quakecon in both 2005 and 2006 respectively. He has also commentated in places as far away as Singapore, Australia and China as well as multiple times in North America and all across Europe.
By 2006, Paul wanted to progress and worked on several TV shows, both in the UK, USA, Denmark and Australia, eventually teaming up with Creative Artists for gaming TV shows. He also hosted and presented a rock concert (Fuse)in 2006 for Ubisoft and has worked with many of the major companies involved with eSports such as Intel, nVidia, Shure, Ubisoft and EA.
In March 2007, he setup and formed QuadV with his long time friend and technical genius, Oliver "Jester" Aldridge.
Paul covers numerous games including Quake 4, Unreal Tournament 2004, Unreal Tournament, Quake 3, Call of Duty 2, Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Source and many of the driving games released, being a total petrol head away from gaming.
Recent Career events
2007
CGS World Finals, Los Angeles, USA.
CGS World Individuals, Los Angeles, USA.
Xleague.TV UT3, COD2 & GoW shows, London, UK.
i32, Newbury, UK.
Fuse07 Rock concert, London, UK.
Xleague.TV Motorstorm & DOA4, London, UK.
Xleague.TV Halo3 & Warhawk, London, UK.
CGS UK Finals, Sky TV, London, UK.
CGS EU finals, Birmingham, UK.
CGS UK/EU Qualifier, Birmingham, UK.
Xleague.TV Gaming Talk Show, London, UK.
Xleague.TV DOA4 & GOW shows (pundit), London, UK.
Xleague.TV DOA4, FIFA & Cod2 Shows, London, UK.
WCG UK Finals, Newbury, UK.
i31, Newbury, UK.
Asus WGT UK, Newbury, UK.
Xleague.TV DOA4 & Forza2 shows, London, UK.
CGS NA Championships, Los Angeles, USA.
CGS Playboy Mansion Draft, Los Angeles, USA.
CGS NA Combine, Fox Studios, Los Angeles, USA.
CPC2, Enschede, Holland.
i30, Newbury, UK.
shgOpen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2006
Undisclosed TV Show, Melbourne, Australia.
Fuse 2006, Newbury, UK.
Intel Xtreme Championship, Newbury, UK.
2006 World Cyber Games Finals, Monza, Italy.
Netgamez, Utrecht, Holland.
CB EuroCup XIII Lan Finals, Aarhus, Denmark. (GZTV)
i28 Finals, Newbury, UK.
WCG UK Finals, Newbury, UK.
Quakecon 2006, Dallas, United States.
ClanBase EuroCup XIII (Q4, UT, UT2004).
PrizeFight TV, London, UK. (SkyTV)
ESWC Grand Finals, Paris, France.
CovLAN Q4 Tournament, Coventry, UK.
GameZone Finals, Antwerp, Belgium.
i27 Finals, Newbury, UK.
TransAtlantic Showdown, New York, United States.
PCA Grand Final UT99 TDM.
CB OC Final UT99 TDM.
SK Gaming King of the Hill Q4.
CB EuroCup XII - Q4, CS:S, UT2004.
ESi VIA UK invite, London, UK.
2005
CIG finals, Shanghai, China.
S3/Via Q4 DreamHack tourney, Sweden.
2005 World Cyber Games finals, Singapore.
GGL Digital Life Finals, New York, United States.
GGL Digital Life Qualifiers (Europe).
Tek9 CS:S Cup.
ESL Autumn Cup UT.
CB EuroCup LAN Finals, Almere, Holland.
i25 LAN 2005.
QuakeCon X 2005, Dallas, United States.
CB Nations Cup 8 CS:S.
GigaLiga GrandSlam 2005.
ESWC Finals, Paris, [[France.
EuroCup UT2004 iCTF & TDM.
EuroCup UT iCTF.
OpenCup CS:S.
ESL Nations Championship.
PC Zone Readers Challenge UT2004 CTF.
Press and TV appearances
2007
DirecTV, ESPN Star Asia, Sky TV, CGS World Finals, Worldwide.
Sky One, Sky Two, CGS UK finals, UK.
Xleague.TV UT3, COD2 & GoW, UK.
Xleague.TV Motorstorm & DOA4, UK.
Xleague.TV Halo3 & Warhawk, UK.
Xleague.TV Gaming Talk Show (guest), London, UK.
Xleague.TV DOA4 & GOW shows (pundit), UK.
Xleague.TV DOA4, FIFA & Cod2, UK.
Hexus.TV, Narrator, 4Kings Docu, UK.
Xleague.TV DOA4 & Forza2, UK.
DirecTV, CGS Season 1 NA, USA.
DirecTV, CGS Draft Show, USA.
GzTV, Denmark (Commentary)
2006
TMF, Gamekings piece, Netherlands. (commentary piece on PGR)
OnGameNet TV, Korea. (Commentary)
Sky Sports 2, Italy. (Commentary/News Item)
GzTV, Denmark. (Commentary)
PrizeFight TV, Sky, UK. (TV Series, Commentary)
Black Cactus, UK. (Documentary)
GamePlayHD, United States. (Interview)
2005
Chinese TV, China. (News Feature)
OnGameNet TV, Korea. (Commentary)
CNN, USA. (Interview)
V-Music Asia, Asia. (Interview)
Singapore TV, Singapore. (News from WCG)
Giga TV, Germany. (News Item)
DirecTV, [[United States. (Commentary)
PR
2007 Chief Magazine (print), Interview, Belgium.
2007 Pro Gamer (print), 3 page Feature, USA.
2007 Esreality, Interview, http://www.esreality.com/?a=post&id=1367175
2007 R1R Racing, Interview, http://www.rank1home.com/vb_forum/forum/showthread.php?t=853
2007 Gameriot, Interview, http://www.gameriot.com/news/3225/QuadV-Annou...th-ReDeYe/
2007 Edge of Gaming, Interview, http://www.edgeofgaming.com/index.php?p=artic...&id=44
2007 CGS, Interview II, http://www.thecgs.com/Shooting_the_Breeze_with_Redeye
2007 CGS, Interview, http://www.thecgs.com/index.php?s=content&d=details&id=33
2006 Edge (print), 2 page feature, UK.
2005 PC zone (print), featured, UK.
