GH057ayame
{{Short description|American professional sports player}}
{{Update|date=November 2010}}
{{Infobox Pro Gaming player
| ID = GH057ayame
| name = Eric Hewitt
| logo =
| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|18|2006|12|22}}
| birth_place =
| nationality = American
| leagues = Major League Gaming
| games = {{ubl|Halo 2|Halo 3|Halo: Reach}}
}}
Eric Hewitt, also by his tag GH057ayame (Ghostayame), is a retired professional Major League Gaming (MLG) gamer. He now works for 343 Industries working on future Halo games.
Career
Raised in Westfield, New Jersey, Hewitt attended Pennsylvania State UniversityKane, Michael. [https://nypost.com/2008/08/25/dream-job-5/ "Dream Job"], New York Post, August 25, 2008. Accessed May 6, 2021. "A Penn State student and Westfield, NJ, resident, Hewitt competes on a four-member 'Halo 3' team at a half-dozen MLG gaming festivals each year, where he and his teammates take the stage to wage virtual warfare for tournament prize money that reaches $20,000 per event." and became a member of Carbon in August 2006 under the gamertag GH057ayame.{{cite news |last=Wolly |first=Brian |title=Gen Nexters Take Video Gaming to the Next Level |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/generation-next/demographic/gaming_12-22.html |accessdate=27 October 2011 |newspaper=PBS Newshour |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101015415/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/generation-next/demographic/gaming_12-22.html |archive-date=January 1, 2014 |date=December 22, 2006}} Carbon's efforts were finally rewarded with the national Halo 2 4v4 Championship in 2006, followed by a 2nd-place finish in the 2007 Championship, beaten by former rivals Final Boss. Carbon struggled with the switch from Halo 2 to Halo 3 in 2008 and lost their dominance on the Pro Circuit. With three 7th-place finishes and only one top 4 finish throughout the season, Carbon ended the season with a surprising 3rd-place finish at the National Championships. After placing 8th in the first two tournaments in 2009, Carbon decided to drop Ghostayame, who took Walshy's place in Team Instinct for Dallas. But a bad performance (Ghostayame went -53 that tournament (all matches combined)) destroyed a further cooperation with Instinct, who decided to release Ghostayame after a 3rd place in Dallas. Only having played one tournament for Instinct, Ghostayame then joined Team Classic for Anaheim and ended up with a 6th place. He said that "Anaheim will be Judgement Day"{{cite web |url=http://www.mlgpro.com/content/page/292593/Timeout-With-Ghostayame/1 |title=Timeout with Ghostayame | Major League Gaming |accessdate=2009-11-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105021635/http://www.mlgpro.com/content/page/292593/Timeout-With-Ghostayame/1 |archivedate=2009-11-05 }} for Instinct, which his team then beat 3–2 in Winner's Bracket Round 2, which felt like a "sweet revenge" for Ghostayame. In the end Classic even finished one place higher than Instinct, who only became 7th that tournament. In 2011, Hewitt branched out into Gears of War, hoping to compete in MLG play if the game is accepted into the tournament.{{cite web|last=Clark |first=Stephen |title=Fighting on Two Fronts w/Ghostayame |url=http://progaminginsider.com/fighting-on-two-fronts-wghostayame/ |publisher=ProGamingInsider.com |accessdate=27 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425113020/http://progaminginsider.com/fighting-on-two-fronts-wghostayame/ |archivedate=25 April 2012 }}
On January 14, 2014, 343 Industries announced that they had hired Hewitt.{{Cite web | url=http://www.polygon.com/2014/1/13/5303402/professional-halo-player-eric-hewitt-joins-343-industries |title = Professional Halo player Eric Hewitt joins 343 Industries| website=Polygon |date = 13 January 2014}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/343-industries-hires-pro-gamer-eric-hewitt/1100-6417105/ |title = 343 Industries hires pro gamer Eric Hewitt}}
MLG
=2007=
| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|+ |Halo 2 |
| Event
! Championship 4v4 ! Championship FFA ! Teammates |
|---|
| Charlotte
| Team Carbon - 2nd | 29th |
=2006=
| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|+ |Halo 2 |
| Event
! Championship 4v4 ! Championship FFA ! Teammates |
|---|
| New York
| Team Ex - 6th | 6th | Team Ex - Cpt. Anarchy, MeLLoZ, PisToL |
| Dallas
| Team Ex - 5th | 10th | Team Ex - Cpt. Anarchy, MeLLoZ, PisToL |
| Anaheim
| -- | -- | -- |
| Chicago
| Team Ex - 6th | 11th | Team Ex - Cpt Anarchy, PisToL, MimiC |
| Orlando
| 29th |
| NY Playoffs
| 11th |
| Las Vegas National CC
| -- |
==Pro's Choice Awards==
=2005=
| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
|+ |Halo 2 |
| Event
! Championship 4v4 ! Championship FFA ! Teammates |
|---|
| Washington D.C.
| -- | -- | -- |
| San Francisco
| -- | -- | -- |
| Houston
| -- | -- | -- |
| Orlando
| -- | -- | -- |
| St. Louis
| -- | -- | -- |
| Philadelphia
| 9th-12th | Top 256 | CheeeseHead20, -12FloZ-hasNiceLegs, Phil22 |
| Las Vegas
| -- | -- | --1st |
| Nashville
| -- | -- | -- |
| Seattle
| -- | -- | -- |
| LA Western CC
| 7th-8th | 4th | xXx, IIPisToLII, Levi |
| Atlanta Eastern CC
| -- | -- | -- |
| Chicago Central CC
| 5th-6th | Top 32 | lGameI, MeLLoZ, IIPisToLII |
| NY National Championships
| 7th-8th | 7th-8th | lGameI, MeLLoZ, IIPisToLII |
References
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External links
- [http://mlg.wmod.llnwd.net/a864/o10/content/poty1-ghostayame.wmv Scion Player of MLG New York 2006 - GH057ayame]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} WMV file
- [http://www.nj.com/business/ledger/index.ssf?/base/business-5/116996338279750.xml&coll=1&thispage=1 "The Star-Ledger" Newspaper - REACHING FOR 6 FIGURES]
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Category:American esports players
Category:Halo (franchise) players
Category:Pennsylvania State University alumni
Category:People from Westfield, New Jersey
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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