Sean Saintmichael Plott
Biography
Plott grew up in Leawood, Kansas,
was raised Catholic
and attended Rockhurst High School.
During this time, he and his brother
Nick Plott began playing
.
After graduating high school, he attended Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, where he graduated with an undergraduate degree in
mathematics. After college, Plott attended the University of Southern California in
Los Angeles earning a Master of Fine Arts in interactive media in May 2011.
In 2014 Plott was featured in
Forbes 30 Under 30.
Career
StarCraft: Brood War
Plott was an avid player in the western
StarCraft scene, participating in many tournaments around the U.S. playing as
Zerg. Plott's first major results came in 2004 at the World Cyber Games (WCG) USA tournament. Plott then went on to represent the U.S. at the WCG Grand Finals where he finished in the top 12.
Plott later placed 1st at the WCG USA tournament in 2005
and 2nd in 2006.
StarCraft II
Sean started casting with Brood War game replays.
With the release of
StarCraft II, he moved away from competitive playing of his own and focused on full time streaming. He regularly cast for the Major League Gaming Pro Circuit, the seasonal DreamHack LAN, the Intel Extreme Masters' Cup, the North American Star League and other tournaments. In addition, Plott was one of the stars of "State of the Game", where he discussed current events within the
StarCraft community along with other highly regarded members of the community, including the show's caster J. P. "itmeJP" McDaniel.
He was a primary caster of the BlizzCon 2011 tournament, beginning at the regional invitational qualifiers and ending at the finals, hosted at BlizzCon 2011. He has also cast a number of tournaments he himself co-organized, including the After Hours Gaming League
Magic: The Gathering
In May 2013, Plott competed in a
Pro Tour as a wild card selection. The same year, he began producing a
YouTube series about the game called "Spellslingers." In each episode, guests such as
Felicia Day and
Grant Imahara take on Plott with the hope of emerging victorious in an all-or-nothing match, while teaching the audience the tips and tricks to become better at the game.
[Bestor, Nick. "Selling Magic Through Spellslingers", 8 June 2018.] "Spellslingers" released the final episode of its 5th season on December 5, 2018.
[ Day[9] vs. Kari Byron | Magic: The Gathering: Spellslingers | Season 5, Episode 6.]
Dota 2
Plott served as the co-host for The International 2017, the premier tournament for
Dota 2.
Gaming shows
Plott served as the host for PC Gaming Show since 2015.
Game design
In September 2013, Plott joined a new game company known as Artillery.
At the company, Plott worked on the real-time strategy game
Guardians of Atlas, which opened to beta testing 2016.
In August 2016, Plott announced that he had left the company to pursue other ventures.
was discontinued in September 2016.
In 2020, Plott worked alongside ControlZee Inc. to make a "massively interactive swarm game" called Straits of Danger on the dot big bang platform.
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