Robinson's last event he worked in was the 2019 WCS North America and Europe qualifiers. He also created a weekly StarCraft II podcast called The Pylon Show with Daniel Ray "Artosis" Stemkoski and Matt "CobraVe7nom7" Land. Afterwards, Robinson worked in the StarCraft scene independently, continuing to cast numerous StarCraft II tournaments. He left Evil Geniuses in January 2017, after the organization dropped its entire StarCraft II division. īy mid-2012, Robinson started hosting and casting live events more regularly, and while he worked primarily as a host and analyst thereafter, he still played in a few major StarCraft II events, including MLG and the HomeStory Cup. Later in 2011, Robinson competed and commented in the first season of the North American Star League (NASL).
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However, he did not find much success playing in tournaments afterwards, due in part to large tournament organizers, such as GOMTV and MLG, allowing professional South Korean players to compete in the United States. Robinson's best professional result in came in 2011, after finishing in the top four at MLG Dallas 2011. In an interview, he noted that while he enjoyed the community aspect of the game, he was "a competitor first and foremost." His Evil Geniuses salary increased to at least $3,000 per month by 2011. He would also cast StarCraft events and worked on the State of the Game podcast. By 2010, Robinson and some of his Evil Geniuses teammates founded GosuCoaching, a dedicated coaching website, where the majority of his income came from.
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He was initially paid a salary of US$200 per month, along with paid travel and free equipment. That same year, Robinson joined the esports organization Evil Geniuses, in anticipation of Blizzard Entertainment 's upcoming sequel StarCraft II.
He was also a contestant on the first season of the Syfy reality show WCG Ultimate Gamer in 2009. In 2007, he won the World Cyber Games 2007 USA qualifiers. Robinson began playing StarCraft: Brood War as early as 1998, at age 14, when he started his own professional StarCraft team. In 2019, he died due to a pulmonary embolism. The first one occurred in 2013, when he developed deep vein thrombosis. Robinson had been hospitalized multiple times due to blood clots.
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He also ran several podcast series throughout his career. He hosted and commentated several major StarCraft II events from 2010 to 2019, including the StarCraft II World Championship Series. As his career progressed, Robinson transitioned from primarily being a player to primarily being a commentator. He was signed to the esports organization Evil Geniuses in 2009, where he competed as a part of their StarCraft II division. As a player, his first major tournament win came in 2007, when he finished first at the World Cyber Games 2007 USA qualifiers in the StarCraft: Brood War event. Geoffrey John Vincent Robinson (Septem– July 20, 2019), better known as InControl, was an American professional StarCraft player, coach, and commentator.
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