I noticed I haven’t written a blog in a while so I decided I should write something just for the heck of it.

As you guys already noticed… yes… I’m on Sony’s new show The Tester. I’ve been receiving a lot of questions from you guys asking why I decided to be on the show. Well, basically here it is. I’m a pro gamer… if you haven’t noticed there are NO game tournaments this time of year. I was unemployed for about 2 months when I heard about the show. My last job was as what? Yes, a tester. I did Microsoft technical requirements group work at a major video game publisher as well as regular quality assurance testing, OEM testing and some multiplayer testing for 2 years. When I heard about The Tester I looked at it as a JOB which I need not as another shot to be on TV. In case you haven’t noticed it’s nearly impossible to get a testing job with Sony. I tried for 2 years prior to this show and now we’re talking about a 1 year contract with Sony and a 5k signing bonus to move to San Diego and be a quality assurance tester. For me being in the position I was in I’d be stupid to NOT audition for the show.

Basically I liked this show a lot because it was probably the closest to reality that any reality show could have got. Basically the last show I did was pretty fake from people being prompted to say or do things to the edits that were done. I watched the show every week to see parts where I’d talk about my daughter cut and pasted into the show trailer like I’m talking about the show, or even sometimes I’d say something about Dante and they’d cut it into me talking about Rob. Because of that I said I’ll never do another reality show again. So why am I on the tester then? Well they’re looking for an employee… so basically they want someone that’s going to be good at the job so drama, fights, all of this stuff are things that’d ruin your chance at winning the show because why would they want someone like that working for them? You know! This show was LEGIT!

The gamers “Dream Job” is how they described the position. I think many of you don’t get what this means. No, being just a TESTER is not necessarily every gamers dream job… but if you are looking at it like that you are not looking at the full picture. Being a TESTER is a foot in the door in the gaming industry. Every video game producer, artist, etc. started off as a game tester. You need that original job to get into the company and to move forward into a higher paying and better position so in a way, this IS a dream job for gamers who want to do ANYTHING in the gaming industry because this is how you start!

Also, I’d like to just throw this in here… I have already noticed people trash talking me because they recognize me from Ultimate Gamer. It’s a shame, but it’s to be expected. I have dedicated 10 years to competitive gaming… I have a passion for gaming that can not be stopped by any troll out there. I have accomplished A LOT in the past 3 years alone. I have traveled the world (Mexico and Japan in the past 6 months), met some of the coolest people I’ve ever met in my entire life (Hal Sparks, Kevin Pereira, MarkMan, Katsuhiro Harada, Herman Li) made some amazing partnerships with companies (Jinx, gunnar, music skins, coffin case, etc) have had the most intense matches EVER (acai28, gnarblast, and all the 12 other countries top players in WCG Pan American Championships) and have a large group of supporters that stand by my side no matter what and believe in me. For this I am forever thankful. All these positive things BY FAR outweigh the few haters out there.

FACT: No tv show can ever portray me as I really am. Do you NORMALLY live in a house with 11-12 random strangers for a month and compete for a job and money? Do you NORMALLY have to worry about being sent home after having $100,000 dangled in front of your face? Do you NORMALLY compete in tournaments with 10 cameras pointed at you knowing if you fail you just lost your shot at a job? NO… so really… this ISN’T reality… situations are completely different then anything you’d ever encounter in real life and you need to just accept that. Watch the show for what it is… entertainment. If you’re watching the show just to root for me to lose then that’s fine, basically you’re doing exactly what the producers want anyways… WATCHING. You’ll watch every week in hopes I lose… and every week you’re adding to the ratings making the show a success. So thank you. If you want to know me the only way to do that is to talk to me in person. I’m always out at local arcades/tournaments and you can feel free to send me a game request on xbox live and we can chat it up while playing! I’m a nice, laid back, just like to have fun kinda person… so if you’re chill too then hang out with me sometime! I’m always down for meeting new people.

Well, that’s all I have to say! Thanks for reading… GAME ON!

CHECK OUT NAUCIOUS’ VLOG ABOUT BEING ON THE TESTER