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Dan Ryan is a retired professional Halo player, widely known as one of the greatest professional Halo players of all time^[1]. He has thirty-two Halo Championship tournament wins (the second highest of all time) and maintains the position of the highest-average placing professional player in Halo Esports history. In January 2003, Ryan started his career as a professional Halo gamer under the pseudonym Ogre 1. In 2005, he and his twin brother, Tom Ryan (Ogre 2), won first place in the first international Halo 2 tournament, the World Cyber Games, officially recognizing them as the best Halo 2 players in the world.^[2] In 2006, he returned with his team as a member of the Major League Gaming (MLG) four-on-four team Final Boss,^[3], where they become the most successful professional Halo team of all time. In June, 2006, he signed a three-year contract with MLG worth 250,000 dollars, as well as signing significant sponsorships with both Red Bull and NBA player Gilbert Arenas. Ryan has been featured in Electronic Gaming Monthly^[4] and BPM. He also appeared in all of the Boost Mobile MLG Pro Circuit episodes on USA Network in 2006.^[5] Ryan grew up in Columbus, Ohio.

Gaming career[]

Dan Ryan began his professional gaming career at age 17, playing at small local tournaments along with Tom Ryan, his twin brother. The two began to get involved with professional gaming after much success.^[6] Since then, he has been a member of Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2 and Halo 3 teams, receiving a significant amount of media and gamer attention for finishing in the top of their tournaments and leagues. Some such teams include Team 3D's Halo 2 team,^[7] Team StK, , Final Boss. He and his brother also represented the United States in the Halo 2 competition at the 2005 World Cyber Games in Singapore, defeating the Canadian team to secure a first-place finish.^[8] As part of Final Boss, he helped the team to win two consecutive Major League Gaming National Championships in 2004 and 2005,^[9] before finishing the 2006 season by placing second to Team Carbon in a close 4–6 match.^[10] Until the arrival of the 2008 season, Dan and Tom had not finished below 2nd place in a tournament. As the 2008 season started, it seemed as if Final Boss would pick up where they left off, winning the first Halo 3 event, MLG Meadowlands, by defeating Team Classic. After placing 5th and 7th at the next two events, Final Boss dropped player Walshy to pick up another high-profile player from Str8 Rippin, Neighbor.

Dan formally retired from Final Boss and the professional Halo scene before the start of the 2009 Pro Circuit in order to move to Australia where his partner resided. He competed casually at Meadowlands 2009 with a group of friends under the team name The Incredibles. He has competed casually and professionally in various Oceania Halo tournaments, once traveling to the MLG Dallas 2012 to compete with Australian MLG team 'Immunity', where they placed 9th-12th, the highest placing ever achieved by an Oceania Halo team.

Today, Dan lives in Australia with his wife and child. He is a partnered streamer on Twitch^[11], and continues to support the local and international Esports and Halo scene.

Competitions[]

2008[]

Final Boss

2007[]

Final Boss

2006[]

Final Boss

2005[]

Team 3D

2004[]

Team Domination

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