Skills & Timeline
25+ years of building things, from competitive CS leagues and virtual worlds to FiveM platforms, Discord bots, and AI integrations.
Counter-Strike Beta
Picked up CS Beta in late 1999, straight off a CD-ROM before most people had even heard of it. The beginning of a 25+ year relationship with the franchise and competitive gaming as a whole.
Web Development Begins
Started building websites: HTML tables, CSS hacks, and PHP scripting. The foundation of what would become a 20+ year professional career in full-stack development.
Competitive CS Leagues: CAL & OGL
Competed through the full CAL ladder: Open → Intermediate → Main → Invite. Also active in OGL seasons and filled in for CPL matches as a substitute. Won my share of cash tournaments. Played entry fragger: unpredictable, aggressive, always first through the door.
Game Server Hosting & Community Operations
Started running dedicated game servers and built out the ops knowledge that underpins everything I do today: hosting stacks, control panels, mod management, and keeping things stable under load.
Founded Tactical Carnage
Launched Tactical Carnage, a multi-game competitive community. Built the infrastructure, ran events, and grew the membership. Later merged into Vast Gamer.
Virtual World Development
Deep dive into virtual world platforms: ActiveWorlds, OuterWorlds, There, Second Life, and later OpenSimulator. Scripting in LSL, building environments, and learning how large-scale virtual infrastructure operates.
Founded Vast Gamer
Launched Vast Gamer, an international multi-gaming community spanning multiple titles, with a focus on structured growth, operations, and custom tooling. Ran until 2016.
JustinTV & Early Streaming
Started streaming on JustinTV when live broadcasting to a public audience was genuinely new territory. Part of the first wave figuring out the format with no playbook to follow.
CS:GO Launch: Competitive Run Continues
CS:GO drops and the competitive grind continues without a pause. Brought the same entry-fragger aggression into the new engine.
Twitch Partnership
Earned Twitch Partner status well before streaming was a mainstream career path. Built a real community, ran consistent programming, and did the full content creator grind. Retired from active streaming years ago, but the platform experience deeply informs how I think about communities and engagement.
Vast Gamer Closes: Freelance Focus
Vast Gamer wraps up after seven years. Shifted focus fully to freelance development, client work, and infrastructure consulting, building the service offering that exists today.
iSe.GG: FiveM Combat Platform
Founded and built iSe.GG, a FiveM combat-focused platform that grew to 30k+ members and ran regional servers globally. This is where the FiveM architecture depth really stacked up: custom jobs, economy systems, anti-cheat integrations, and full backend infrastructure.
Discord Bot Development at Scale
Began taking on serious Discord bot work: moderation systems, ticket pipelines, match bots, economy bots, and multi-server architectures. Discord.js and Discord.py became core tools.
AI & LLM Integration Work
Started integrating large language models into real products: prompt engineering, embeddings, RAG pipelines, and model orchestration. Five years into this space with no signs of slowing down.
iSe.GG Sunsets · Wasted RZ Planned
iSe.GG wraps after four strong years. Work immediately shifts into planning and building Wasted RZ, the evolution of what iSe.GG started.
Kick: Verified Creator (Retired)
Verified on Kick. Retired from active streaming. The account and verification stand, but the grind is done.
Wasted RZ Launches · Digital Den Active
Wasted RZ goes live: modern FiveM and RedM with enhanced gameplay mechanics. Digital Den studio (dgden.com) is also active and running. That's where things stand today.