Victor "Nazgul" Goossens (Dutch:
vIktɔʁ 'xosəns born 3 May 1983) is a Dutch retired professional ''
StarCraft: Brood War'' player. He is the founder and co-owner of the multiregional professional esports organization
Team Liquid
Team Liquid is a multi-regional professional esports organization based in the Netherlands that was founded in 2000. They signed their first professional players with the release of '' StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty''.
In 2012, Team Liquid acq ...
.
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 he moved to
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
with the intent of becoming a professional ''StarCraft'' player. He struggled financially with many tournaments paying only $50 to $100. He returned to the Netherlands and supported himself through poker.
Between 2002 and 2012, the website grew to a company which became one of esports biggest franchises.
Team Liquid is estimated by ''
Forbes
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'' to be worth $200 million.
Goossens expanded Team Liquid to other games including
Dota 2
''Dota 2'' is a 2013 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game by Valve Corporation, Valve. The game is a sequel to ''Defense of the Ancients'' (''DotA''), a community-created Mod (video gaming), mod for Blizzard Entertainment's ''War ...
, a game which he supported since 2015.
Goossens announced that Team Liquid was disbanding their Dota 2 team in 2019, the same team which won
The International 7 in 2017.
References
1983 births
Living people
Dutch esports players
StarCraft players
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