Michael "Shroud" Grzesiek, a former CS pro, is the undisputed FPS god of Twitch. The famous variety streamer's insane skill to tap heads has allowed him to easily play almost all popular shooters.
Shroud's insane frags have dominated Reddit pages for eons, and even though he turned 28 last month, he is still going strong.
Valorant, Apex Legends, Rainbow Six, COD: Warzone, PUBG. You name it, and Shroud probably has a viral clip of one-shotting two dudes with a pistol through the smoke. He doesn't follow trends, he sets them.
Michael was born on June 2, 1994, in Ontario, Canada, and is of Polish descent. His natural ability to aim and inhuman reflexes meant he was perfect for the tactical shooter, CS: GO, and played for local teams such as Externus.
He joined CompLexity Gaming, later acquired by Cloud9 in 2014. The pro dazzled the CS community with his impressive displays at the highest level and helped bring home the ESL Pro League Season 4 trophy in 2016.
In April 2018, he officially retired from professional CS: GO and left Cloud9 to pursue a streaming career alone.
As a streamer, he reached new heights on Twitch and is currently the 7th most followed creator on the purple platform. In 2019, Shroud broke the 100,000 subs count by achieving a whopping 114k subs on March 11.
His streaming career took a hit when he signed an undisclosed deal with Microsoft's streaming platform, Mixer, which had also poached Ninja from the Amazon-owned company. But the move cost Shroud lots of followers, despite paying a hefty sum.
After Mixer shut down in June 2020, it was time for the FPS-king to "come home."
According to Twitch Tracker, his inaugural Twitch stream saw massive fan engagement, reaching a humongous 516,289 concurrent viewers. Since
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