According to El Mundo, Durán is one of the most famous Spanish professional gamers, and one of the few able to make a living playing games by 2012.[1] In 2014, ABC described him as a Spanish esports star.[3] In 2019, madridiario[es] described Durán as Spanish "esports elite".[4]
In March 2020, Durán and his brother Juan “VortiX” Moreno Durán were directly invited to a Warcraft III: Reforged event called ESL Masters Espana, a competition for Spanish and Portuguese, which was a qualification event for future DreamHack events. The brothers were the favourites to win the 3000 Euro prize pool.[6]
StarCraft II
Durán switched to competing in StarCraft II, shortly after its 2010 release.[1] By 2012, he was salaried by Karont3 and earned advertising revenue by livestreaming his gameplay.[1] Durán and his brother VortiX were among the first international SC2 players to compete against Korean players who dominated the scene.[4]
Durán participated in several international tournaments, winning The Gathering and the IPL D.I.C.E Showdown among others.[citation needed]
In 2011, Durán won the first season of Spain's Liga de Videojuegos Profesional[es](Professional Video Game League). In 2012, after an upset, he lost to his brother and fellow favourite VortiX in the semifinals of LVP Season 2.[7] In May 2012, Durán and his brother VortiX represented Spain in the StarCraft II World Championship Series.[2]
In 2013, Durán retired from competitive StarCraft II to focus on his computer engineering studies, but returned in October 2014 to compete in a new edition of the LVP, called the StarCraft II Master Circuit.[8] In January 2016, shortly after retiring from Heroes of the Storm, Durán participated in a qualifying event for that year's IEM Katowice event, losing in the Round of 32.[9]
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