Khaldor
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| Name: | Thomas Kilian |
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| Birth: | August 15, 1981[1][2] |
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| Race: | Zerg |
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[edit] Biography
Thomas "Khaldor" Kilian is a German StarCraft II caster from Mannheim. He began his online career as a Diablo 2 player, only playing Starcraft: Brood War at LANs with friends. When WarCraft III was released, he focused most of his time on that. Khaldor began his community work as a webmaster for a German community website. Through luck, he got a spot shoutcasting an event in a time when Shoutcasts weren't very common. In time he became more and more involved in the WC3 community, commentating on a regular basis and becoming the manager of the team 4Kings and later mousesports. His "personal highlight" is his casting of the WCG 2008, where he was the official commentator on site.
[edit] In Beta
Khaldor entered the Beta in early stages due to his management of the fansite network Freaks4U.
[edit] Wings of Liberty
In Wings of Liberty, Khaldor took an even more active community role, running the website MyStarcraft.de and casting quite a few tournaments. He has cast: FXO KOTHs, ZOTAC Cups, GIGABYTE Cups, monthly tournaments and some large events (see section below). Khaldor, recently hired as a new caster for GOMtv.net, flew to Korea to primarily assist in the casting of GSL Code A. Living in Korea, he also continued casting online tournaments from all around the world, sometimes with Quantic Gaming's Shuffle, Naniwa, mousesports' MaNa or Fnatics ToD as a co-caster.
[edit] Trivia
- Was the manager of 4Kings when Grubby was first starting to climb the ranks.
- Used to drink Wild Fire, a local Energy Drink, and show the Wild Fire ad in nearly every streaming session to disturb his viewers. Has also shown it is possible to open Wild Fire Energy Drink bottles with a phone[3].
- Khaldor is one of the founders of MyStarcraft.de, a well known German StarCraft II website.
- Plays in Master League on NA and EU servers.
- Often gets compared to Vin Diesel due to his bald head and muscular build.
- Has cast for 30+ hours on more than one occasion for the GameSports A Capella Contest.
- Played Undead in WC3.
- Fluent in English
- Has a degree in "International Business Administration".
- Makes delicious pancakes.
- Managed the GOM House until its closure.
[edit] Notable Events Cast
[edit] Vlogs
[edit] 2012
- Korea VLog #1 - My return to Korea & Korean Gyms
- Korea VLog #3 - GEMA, Assembly & Saunas
- Korea VLog #3 - Medical tests, Livestreams & Assembly
- Korea VLog #4 - Korean classes & Japanese Girls
- Korea VLog #5 - Finland and Assembly Winter 2012
- Korea VLog #6 - Hard time at the IPL4 at Las Vegas
- Korea VLog #7 - Naniwa and the StarTale House
[edit] 2013
- Korea VLog #1 - New start in 2013
- Korea VLog #2 - Learning Korean
- Korea VLog #3 - Travelling to Germany, Poland, and France!
- Korea VLog #4 - New mobile phones, IEM and microphones
- Korea VLog #5 - The polish Odysee
[edit] Interviews
[edit] 2013
- 2013-01-22 | The AfterSquid in the TSL House - EP2 - A German man in Seoul by Iron Squid
- 2013-01-19 | Training with Khaldor IEM Katowice 2013 by RAKAKA at IEM Season VII - Katowice
- 2013-01-16 | Khaldor Interview by Nazca of Millenium
[edit] 2012
- 2012-06-13 | Thomas "Khaldor" Kilian at the MLG Spring Championships by Rachel of Cyber Sports Network at MLG Spring Championships 2012
- 2012-06-09 | Interview with Khaldor by HotBid of TeamLiquid.net at MLG Spring Championships 2012
- 2012 | Khaldor on casting first ever KeSPA vs. eSF matches in SC2 history by ESFI World [Dead link]
- 2012-04-08 | Interview with Khaldor by HotBid of TeamLiquid.net at IPL4
- 2012-04-07 | Khaldor Interview - IPL4 / GSTL in Las Vegas by Snowbird of GOMTV at IPL4
- 2012-02-11 |
Knochen's eSport Sofa - Khaldor by Knochen (trans.
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[edit] 2011
- 2011-04-19 | Khaldor Interview at Gadget Show Live 2011 by ThisIsMyJoystick
- 2011-02-24 | Interview with Khaldor by Zatic of TeamLiquid.net
[edit] External links
- Feedback thread on Teamliquid
Article about Khaldor in "Der Tagesspiegel" newspaper (English translation)