Amber Dalton is an American professional esports player and co-founder of PMS Clan Inc. She used the handle Athena Twin.

Early life

Dalton is from

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Career

Dalton was a pro gamer (under the alias "Athena Twin"), in 2007 she was ranked in the top 10 players of ''Fight Night''. In 2002, with her twin sister, Amy Brady, Dalton co-founded PMS Clan Inc., one of the oldest and largest competitive gaming communities for women. It was once the largest clan for the

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platform. In the present day, it has 57,588 unique members. Topics in the PMS Clan forum include: Tech talk, clan pages for various games, and sub-subsections for PC,

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and the

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for discussing various games. She has been the main face of the clan; in 2005,

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had her demonstrate the

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console, and ''Next Generation Business'' named her one of the "Game Industry's 100 Most Influential Women" for the organization's work at dispelling stereotypes about women in gaming and creating a safe space for female gamers.

PMS Clan and Twitch

Dalton left a job in finance to concentrate on pro gaming and to run PMS Clan, which she self-funded until she attracted sponsorship and incorporated. Since 2011, she has worked at

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, where she is director of Marketing Events. Dalton handed over the management of PMS Clan to Regina Wu in 2013.

References

External links

MySpace page

Esport Awards - Lifetime Achievement Award 2021

LinkedIn
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