Dyrus

Dyrus has been playing League of Legends since its beta phase. Dyrus' favorite champion is Singed, with which he acquired rank 1 in the beta phase. Dyrus' career started out as a support for one of the first competitive teams in the League of Legends professional scene, All or Nothing. Following the disbandment of All or Nothing, Dyrus joined Epik Gamer as their top laner. Dyrus gained exposure following his decision to start streaming on Twitch because of his unique play, interesting personality, and success of Epik Gamer at LAN tournaments. Dyrus later moved in into the gaming house of New York-based Team SoloMid (TSM) to pursue a full-time gaming career while still playing for Epik Gamer.

Following the resignation of TheRainMan from TSM, Dyrus offered himself as RainMan's replacement.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/esports/where-are-they-now-tsm/|title=Chaox, The Rain Man, and the rest of TSM's earliest players: Where are they now?|first=Josh|last=Raven|website=The Daily Dot|date=June 16, 2015|accessdate=August 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923224904/http://www.dailydot.com/esports/where-are-they-now-tsm/|archive-date=September 23, 2015|url-status=dead}} Prior to his signing, Dyrus had already been living in the TSM gaming house. With Dyrus' former team's blessing, Dyrus resigned from Epik Gamer and has been playing as the top laner for Team SoloMid.[http://www.solomid.net/forums/index.php?/topic/21787-team-solomid-announces-roster-change] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916220000/http://www.solomid.net/forums/index.php?%2Ftopic%2F21787-team-solomid-announces-roster-change |date=September 16, 2013 }}

Dyrus and teammate Xpecial were selected for North American team at the May 2013 all-star League of Legends tournament in Shanghai.{{Cite web|last=Funk|first=John|date=2013-09-13|title=League of Legends World Championship viewers guide: the teams, the players, the stories|url=https://www.polygon.com/2013/9/13/4719744/league-of-legends-world-championship-viewers-guide-the-teams-the|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Polygon|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Tay|first=Erick|date=May 28, 2018|title=League of Legends All-Star Shanghai 2013 Live Stream and Coverage|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/league-of-legends-all-star-shanghai-2013-live-stream-and-coverage/1100-6408605/|access-date=2021-04-29|website=GameSpot|language=en-US}}

Dyrus and TSM won the 2014 Spring split and the 2014 Summer split. In the 2015 Spring NA LCS, Dyrus helped TSM win the regular season and the playoffs. Team SoloMid was the winner of the Intel Extreme Masters Season IX Katowice World Finals. They defeated Team WE 3 to 0 in the finals.{{cite web|url=http://www.goldper10.com/article/1479-the-backbone-of-team-solomid-a-look-at-dyrus.html|title=The Backbone of Team SoloMid: A Look at Dyrus|author=Zeju|date=May 4, 2015|website=GoldPer10|accessdate=August 22, 2015|archive-date=August 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817191700/http://www.goldper10.com/article/1479-the-backbone-of-team-solomid-a-look-at-dyrus.html|url-status=dead}}

Winning the 2015 Spring LCS granted them one of six invitations to the 2015 Mid-Season Invitational in the inaugural year for the event. TSM finished in 5th place at the event. In the summer split, TSM finished in 2nd place being defeated by Counter Logic Gaming in the playoffs.{{cite AV media| title =Counter Logic Gaming sweeps past Team SoloMid| url =http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=13498047| access-date =October 17, 2015| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150827060043/http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=13498047| archive-date =August 27, 2015| website =ESPN| url-status =dead}}

At the 2015 League of Legends World Championship, TSM was placed in Group D which consisted of Origen, LGD Gaming, and KT Rolster known as the "Group of Death". TSM finished fourth place in its group and was unable to progress further. After TSM faced their last game at the tournament against LGD, Dyrus retired and was given a standing ovation for his contribution to TSM.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/esports/dyrus-plays-final-lol-match/|title=Dyrus exits pro League of Legends with teary farewell|last=Wolf|first=Jacob|date=October 10, 2015|website=The Daily Dot|publisher=|access-date=March 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403003815/http://www.dailydot.com/esports/dyrus-plays-final-lol-match/|archive-date=April 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/marcus-dyrus-hill-how-an-apprentice-plumber-became-a-pro-gaming-legend-199180/|title=How an Apprentice Plumber Became a Pro Gaming Legend|date=June 23, 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=January 8, 2019}}

Hill returned to professional play in June 2017, joining Echo Fox{{'s}} Challenger team Delta Fox to compete in the North America Challenger Series (NA CS).{{cite news |last1=Goslin |first1=Austen |title=Imaqtpie, Dyrus and Scarra join Echo Fox's streamer-filled Challenger roster |url=https://www.riftherald.com/2017/6/2/15730480/dyrus-qtpie-scarra-echo-fox-challenger |access-date=May 5, 2021 |work=Rift Herald |publisher=Polygon |date=June 2, 2017}} The team disbanded competitively after the NA CS league ended later in the year.{{cite news |last1=Mickunas |first1=Aaron |title=The Delta Fox Meme Stream Dream Team isn't done yet–they'll be streaming together every week |url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/delta-fox-meme-stream-dream-team-streaming-every-week-17062 |access-date=May 5, 2021 |work=Dot Esports |date=August 31, 2017}}

Marcus Hill was born on March 30, 1992, and grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504223727/http://www.gamespot.com/events/game-crib-tsm-snapdragon/story.html?sid=6405700 |archive-date=May 4, 2013 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/events/game-crib-tsm-snapdragon/story.html?sid=6405700 |title=TSM Snapdragon Profile: Dyrus - News at GameSpot |publisher=GameSpot |date=February 20, 2013 |accessdate=September 26, 2013}} His mother is Chinese-American while his father is of British-American descent.{{Twitter|941472978100989960}} Dyrus went into professional League of Legends despite the wishes of his father, Mark Hill, who wanted him to work for the family plumbing business.{{cite web|url=http://team-dignitas.net/articles/blogs/League-of-Legends/5137/Interview-with-Dadyrus-the-father-of-Dyrus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618054911/http://www.team-dignitas.net/articles/blogs/League-of-Legends/5137/Interview-with-Dadyrus-the-father-of-Dyrus|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 18, 2014|title=Interview with Dadyrus, the father of Dyrus|author=HelloDollie|date=May 10, 2014|accessdate=October 17, 2015}} On June 29, 2016, Dyrus announced his relationship with Emiru, a Twitch streamer.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh_X84fTgHA|title=Dyrus VLOG Life Update June 29th|last=Dyrus|date=June 29, 2016|publisher=|accessdate=April 12, 2017|via=YouTube}} In November 2020 they officially broke up.

{{reflist}}

• [https://www.youtube.com/user/TSirDiesAlot Video archive]
• [http://www.solomid.net/ Team SoloMid website]
• [http://www.twitch.tv/tsm_dyrus/ Dyrus Twitch channel]

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Category:1992 births

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