Philipp Karbun (born: March 21, 1988), better known online as Moldran, is an Austrian video game player and YouTuber.
Biography[]
Moldran started his gaming career in 2009 as a World of Warcraft player for the German eSports organization SK-Gaming. In 2012, he started streaming on Twitch and became one of the most popular Diablo streamers and content creators.
He received a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and the University of Texas at Austin.
Achievements[]
World of Warcraft[]
Moldran was team leader of SK-Gaming Sansibar from 2009-2010 and participated in various tournaments with the team. They became the European Champion at IEM 2010 in Cologne after beating Team Dignitas with a score of 4-3 in the finals, winning $7,500 in prizes and qualifying for the Intel Extreme Masters World Championship.[1] In the following IEM World Championship at CEBIT 2010 they managed to get 5th, after successfully beating the group phase but losing to Team Dignitas 3-4 in the quarter finals.[2]
Diablo III[]
Moldran's channel gained popularity with the launch of Diablo 3. In September 2012, he released a video illustrating the 'Alkaizer run', a method used by the world first Paragon 100 player Alkaizerx to quickly gain experience.[3]
In 2014, Moldran was voted as #1 Most Favorite Diablo stream and #3 Most Educational Stream across all Blizzard games in a competition hosted by Blizzard and Twitch.[4]
References[]
- ↑ http://complexitygaming.com/articles/news/press/1496/sk-sansibar-wins-iem-european-finals-
- ↑ http://www.esportsearnings.com/teams/112-sk-gaming/results/1101-world-of-warcraft-sk-sansibar
- ↑ http://www.pcgamesn.com/diablo/diablo-player-alkaizer-reaches-paragon-level-100-just-two-weeks-internet-amazed
- ↑ http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/12841350/and-the-winners-for-the-blizzard-stream-awards-are%E2%80%A6-2-10-2014