Which game did the author of the e-book "How to Win at the Sport of Business" play for charity at Intel Extreme Masters Season X – San Jose?
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Intel Extreme Masters Season X – San Jose Intel Extreme Masters Season X – San Jose (IEM San Jose for short) was a video game esports tournament occurring on November 21–22, 2015 in San Jose, California, US. It was the first tournament of 10th season of the Intel Extreme Masters and featured "League of Legends" and "" tournaments. There was a combined $175,000 USD prize pool across both games. In the case of the latter it was the first "Counter-Strike" event an IEM since IEM Season VI in 2012. Mark Cuban and Brian Krzanich played a charity celebrity exhibition match of "League of Legends" benefiting the The Cybersmile Foundation.
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Mark Cuban Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958) is an American businessman, investor, author, television personality, and philanthropist. He is the owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, co-owner of 2929 Entertainment and chairman of the AXS TV. He is also one of the main "shark" investors on the ABC reality television series, "Shark Tank". In 2011, Cuban wrote an e-book, "How to Win at the Sport of Business", in which he chronicles his experiences in business and sports.
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Celebrity Blackjack Celebrity Blackjack is a television show where celebrities played tournament style blackjack for charity. The show, which ran on Game Show Network, was hosted by Matt Vasgersian (and Alex Borstein in the first season). Dave Stann was the dealer. Season 1 aired weekly from July 5 through August 9, 2004. Season 2 premiered October 12, 2004 and ran weekly through January 11, 2005.
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Chris Valletta Chris Valletta is the co-founder of Mission Athletecare, a company that markets products specifically designed for athletes. He is best known for playing for the NFL for three seasons, and appearing as a contestant on "The Apprentice".
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Dennis Fong Dennis "Thresh" Fong () (born March 11, 1977) is an American businessperson, entrepreneur, and retired professional player of the first-person shooter video games "Quake" and "Doom". He is a co-founder of Xfire, an instant messenger and social networking site for gamers which was acquired by Viacom for 102 million in April 2006. He also co-founded Lithium Technologies, a leading Social customer relationship management (CRM) company. In his playing career his highest profile victory came in 1997 at the Red Annihilation "Quake" tournament, where he placed first and won id Software CEO John D. Carmack's Ferrari 328. Fong is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the first professional gamer.
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Leffen William Peter Hjelte (born 16 October 1994), better known as Leffen, is a Swedish professional gamer who competes in "Super Smash Bros. Melee". A Fox main, he is considered one of the top six players in the world, along with Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma, Joseph "Mango" Marquez, Adam "Armada" Lindgren, Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, and Kevin "PPMD" Nanney. After beating Zimmerman at Apex 2015, Hjelte became the only player to have beaten each of the aforementioned players — known as the "Five Gods" — in a tournament set. He was also the first person outside the "Five Gods" to win a major tournament since 2010 when he did so in 2015. Hjelte was ranked sixth in the world in 2014, third in 2015 and fifth in 2016. He is sponsored by Team SoloMid and Red Bull.
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John Born John B. Born is an American parlor magician, the winner of multiple awards including "Close-Up Magician of the Year" from the International Brotherhood of Magicians in 2006. He has written two books, appeared on ten instructional DVDs created in Las Vegas and Reno, and is a frequent lecturer on the subject of magic techniques. Also a writer, his book "Meant to Be" features sections from Allan Ackerman, Ken Krenzel, Banachek, Luke Jermay, Martin Joyal, Tony Miller, Mike Powers, Joshua Jay, and Jason Dean. His latest book, "Cheating at Texas Hold'em: A Modern Guide to the Art of Deception and Illicit Play at the Card Table" was released in 2010, featuring 560 pages about cheating at poker - how it works, how to detect it, and how to prevent it.
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Cameron Colvin Cameron Colvin (born March 5, 1986) is a former American football player, having played for the De La Salle Spartans, Oregon Ducks, and San Francisco 49ers. He was recently portrayed by Ser'Darius William Blain in the 2014 film "When the Game Stands Tall", about his high school football team, the De La Salle Spartans. Now Chairman of a multimillion dollar International real estate development company " Rise Above Enterprises " Now author of Never Stop " 12 Principles of Success. Cameron has been featured in numerous global media outlets from Forbes, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, New York Post and more. His commitment to his sports career, business endeavors, and philanthropy has set Cameron on a path to influence many around the world! Colvin's net worth has been estimated around 38 million to $42,000,000.00 from numerous holding in business, real estate and ventures across the world.
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Michael Lewis Michael Monroe Lewis (born October 15, 1960) is an American non-fiction author and financial journalist. His bestselling books include "Liar's Poker" (1989), "The New New Thing" (2000), "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" (2003), "" (2006), "Panic" (2008), " Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood" (2009), "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine" (2010), "" (2011) and "Flash Boys" (2014). He has also been a contributing editor to "Vanity Fair" since 2009. His most recent book is called "The Undoing Project".
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Sports Mogul Sports Mogul Inc. is a United States computer game developer and publisher with 5 employees, founded in 1997 by Clay Dreslough. They are the creators of Baseball Mogul, Masters of the Gridiron, Football Mogul and Baseball Mogul Online. They were originally known as Infinite Monkey Systems.
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Erika Andersen Erika Andersen (born in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American author and the founding partner of the consulting firm, Proteus. Erika is an international speaker and has been featured in leading business publications including the "The Harvard Business Review", "The Wall Street Journal", the "New York Times", "Fortune", and "Investor's Business Daily".
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Australian Masters Games The Australian Masters Games is a biennial sporting event and the largest multi-sport participation sporting event in Australia. Garry Daly as President of the Confederation of Australian Sport proposed the concept of Masters Games to the Northern Territory government. It went on to establish the Central Australian Masters Games in 1986. The first Australian Masters Games were held in Hobart, Tasmania in 1987. The Australian Masters Games event is owned by the Confederation of Australian Sport and state governments and cities bid to host the Games.
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David Mathison David Mathison is an author, blogger, speaker, entrepreneur, new media activist, and event producer. He is best known for his book, "Be The Media", an encyclopedic guide to how individuals, organizations, and non-profits can use new media platforms to become content creators and distributors and reach audiences previously reserved for giant corporations.
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World Tour Golf World Tour Golf (WTG) is an 1986 computer game by Evan and Nicky Robinson, Paul Reiche III and published by Electronic Arts for Commodore 64, Amiga, Apple IIGS and MS-DOS.
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Scott Bolzan Scott Louis Bolzan (born July 25, 1962) is a motivational speaker, author, entrepreneur, former NFL and USFL football player, and the founder and CEO of Legendary Jets in Tempe, Arizona. In December 2008, he suffered a brain injury which has left him with profound retrograde amnesia. Scott, along with Joan Bolzan and Caitlin Rother, have written a book titled "My Life: Deleted", which was published by Harper Collins and was released on October 4, 2011. "My Life: Deleted" appeared on The New York Times Best Seller List on October 8 at #16 for ebooks non-fiction and #29 for combined hardcover and ebooks non-fiction.
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IntelliGym IntelliGym is a video-game-like training program designed to improve cognitive performance of competitive athletes. Due to its content and delivery methodology, it is considered a serious game. However, unlike many serious games, the "IntelliGym" uses a low-fidelity training approach which is based on a 'cognitive simulation' patented technology. Current release is available for basketball players (dubbed "The Basketball IntelliGym"), hockey players ("The Hockey IntelliGym", developed in conjunction with USA Hockey) and soccer players (dubbed "The Football IntelliGym").
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Masters Series (Magic: The Gathering) The Masters Series or simply Masters were single-elimination "" tournaments open to the most accomplished players only. These tournaments awarded cash prizes upon entrance and were held at several each season. The first predecessor to the Masters Series, named Team Challenge, was held at the 2000 Pro Tour New York. In the following seasons Masters were held at four different Pro Tours each season. The last Masters was held at Pro Tour Yokohama. Ben Rubin was the most successful player at the Masters Series, being the only player to win two events.
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Chip Thomson Chip Thomson is an American entrepreneur, inventor, golf instructor, actor, writer, radio and television personality. His inventions include 3rdiView, LiverSaver, Money Clamp, Windzone Motorcycle Toolkits, ZCLIP, and The Honey Do, a do-everything, around the house toolkit. He has coached PGA Tour golfers at the U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and Tour Championship.
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Child's Play (charity) Child's Play is a charitable organization that donates toys and games to children's hospitals worldwide. It was founded in 2003 by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins, authors of the popular video games-related webcomic "Penny Arcade". The charity is seen as a way to refute mainstream media's perception of gamers as violent and antisocial. As of 2017, Child's Play had processed $40,292,852 in donations since its inception.
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Jerry Kaplan Samuel Jerrold "Jerry" Kaplan (born March 25, 1952) is an American computer scientist, author, futurist, and serial entrepreneur. He is best known as a pioneer in the field of pen computing and tablet computers. He is the founder of numerous companies, including GO Corporation, whose technology was used to develop the first smartphone and tablet PC. Kaplan is the co-founder of OnSale, the first B2C online auction site launched in 1994, five months prior to eBay. He is a recipient of the 1998 Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award and author of the best-selling book "Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure." He has been featured in major news publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Red Herring, and Bloomberg Businessweek. Kaplan is also the author of the 2015 book "Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence". Additional companies he has co-founded include artificial intelligence company Teknowledge, Inc. and social game website Winster.com. Kaplan is currently a Fellow at the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics.
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Airline Tycoon Airline Tycoon is a business simulation game by Thomas Holz and Robert Kleinert, in which the player must successfully manage an airline. The original was developed by Spellbound, and published by Infogrames, however, the succeeding versions were published by a variety of publishers. The original "Airline Tycoon" was created for Windows, however, the later "Deluxe" version was also ported to Linux, Mac OS X, MorphOS, ZETA, iOS and Android. In this game, like all Tycoon computer games, the objective is to become a tycoon, and in this case, an “Airline Tycoon.” This is achieved through the balance of income and expenditures.
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Chris Guillebeau Chris Guillebeau is an American nonfiction author, blogger and speaker. He is best known for "The Art of Non-Conformity" blog and book. He has also written guides for travel and small business topics under the brand "Unconventional Guides". He organizes the annual World Domination Summit in Portland, Oregon.