Shroud
Twitch Streamer
Michael "shroud" Grzesiek (born June 2, 1994) is a retired Canadian professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player of Polish descent. He is from Toronto, Ontario, but has since relocated to Orange County, California, in the United States. He is currently a full-time streamer.
| Player info | |
|---|---|
| Player | Shroud |
| Real Name | Michael Grzesiek |
| Country | Canada |
| Team | Twitch Streamer |
| Role | Rifler |
| Game | Valorant |
| Age | 27 |
| Birthday | June 2, 1994 |
Shroud Mouse Settings
SENSITIVITY SETTINGS - LOGITECH G303 SHROUD EDITION
DPI
450
Sensitivity
0.78
eDPI
351
Hz
1000
Scoped Sensitivity M.
1
Windows Sensitivity
6
Shroud Keybinds Settings
KEYBOARD SETTINGS - LOGITECH G PRO X KEYBOARD SE
Walk
L-Shift
Equip Primary Weapon
1
Use/Equip Ability: 1
E
Crouch
L-Ctrl
Equip Secondary Weapon
2
Use/Equip Ability: 2
Q
Jump
Space Bar / Mouse Down
Equip Melee Weapon
3
Use/Equip Ability: 3
C
Use Object
F
Equip Spike
4
Use/Equip Ability: Ultimate
X
Shroud Crosshairs Settings
Shroud Radar Settings
Shroud Video Settings
1. GENERAL - ALIENWARE AW2721D
Display Mode
Fullscreen
Resolution
2560x1440
Frame Rate Limit
240 FPS
2. GRAPHICS QUALITY - NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3090
Material Quality
High
Texture Quality
High
Detail Quality
High
UI Quality
Low
Vignette
On
VSync
Off
Anti-Aliasing
4x
Anisotropic Filtering
8x
Improve Clarity
Off
Bloom
On
Distortion
Off
First Person Shadows
Off
Shroud Gear
Shroud Setup
Shroud Gaming PC
Shroud's Video Gallery
Shroud's Image Gallery
Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek is one of the most famous streamers in the world and currently mostly a Valorant player.
Before transitioning to becoming a full-time streamer, he played in Cloud 9’s CS: GO division, achieving numerous tournament victories and cementing himself as one of NA’s best. In April 2018, he announced that he would formally retire and left Cloud 9 where he was previously signed as a streamer after leaving the active roster.
Shroud has said that he has no more interest in competing as a full-time professional and now focuses on streaming.
More Info about Shroud
OTHER INTERESTS
Playing board games.
FAMILY
Shroud’s parents are divorced, but he maintains a positive relationship with both parents.
NAME ORIGINS
He saw the handle ‘eclipse’ being used by another player in a different video game, liked it, and stole it. However, when he joined CS: Go, ‘Eclipse’ was already taken, so he chose eclipse, which he later changed to the synonym ‘Shroud.’
GAMING ORIGINS
Shroud inherited his love of gaming and technology from his father, who would play video games with him from a very young age, and who built every computer that they own. This was why is father was happy to supply his son with the latest consoles and gaming equipment when he was growing up. It was also his dad who initially introduced him to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS). Although he can no longer play with him, his father is very supportive and watches every tournament match that he participates in.
Although originally unimpressed with the CS: GO beta was released in August 2012. So, he only played it occasionally with his friends, while he primarily played World of Warcraft (WoW) as a teenager. Over time, he slowly started enjoying CS: GO more as the gameplay gradually improved with new updates.
Shroud was very shy as a child. When he began streaming at around 17, he found that it helped him to overcome his insecurities in regards to speaking with others. Prior to that, he only had a handful of friends, all of whom were fellow gamers. Eventually, he realized from the feedback on his streams, especially from pro-players, that he was pretty skilled. However, it was only when he placed fourth in the North American ESEA Season 15: Main Division in 2014, that he realized that he really had a shot at making it in the pro-eSports scene.
PROFESSIONAL GAMING
Shroud used to watch summit1g’s streams when he was in high school and was inspired to attempt uploading his own content.
He began streaming on YouTube soon after he upgraded his internet package in 2012 when he was seventeen. However, he hadn’t considered that it could develop into a career at the time. As his skills increased, so did his standing in tournaments. He was soon approached by Complexity, now known as Cloud9, to join their team. He did so and remained on the team until 2017 when he decided to resign and focus on streaming full-time. He occasionally streams with DrDisrepect and Ninja.
On October 24, 2019, he left Twitch to stream on Mixer after signing a deal with Microsoft. He then returned to Twitch as ShroudAltx after Mixer signed over ownership to Facebook in June 2020.
INCOME
Total lifetime Tournament winnings: over $225,000 USD
Subscriptions: His record number of subscribers was reached on March 10, 2019, with 101,284 subscribers, which would minimally have netted him $354,494 USD that month. This excluded additional income from tips, Twitch cheer bits, merchandise sales, and affiliate sales.
STREAMING HOURS
Streams almost daily for 7 – 12 hours. No set schedule.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
1st – Americas Minor Championship – Kraków – 2017
1st -Spring iBUYPOWER Invitational – 2017
1st – Spring iBUYPOWER Invitational – 2017
1st – ESL Pro League Season 4 – Finals – 2016
1st – Spring and Summer iBUYPOWER Invitationals – 2016
1st – RGN Pro Series – 2015
1st – The World Championships – NA Qualifier – 2015
1st – HTC Reborn Invitational – 2015
1st – FACEIT League 2 – NA League – 2014
1st – GXL Universe CS:GO – 2014
Overall Ranking
shroud is presently ranked #651 in highest overall earnings, and #16 in highest earnings for players from Canada Canada.
Largest Prize from a Single Tournament
Out of the 82 tournaments awarding cash prizes that shroud had competed in, the largest amount was $40,000.00 from ESL Pro League Season 4: Finals on October 30, 2016. His 1st place finish makes up 13.63% of his total prize money won.
$100,000 Milestone
shroud obtained $100,000 in total prize money earned on September 4, 2016, with a $5,000.00 cash prize from his 2nd place finish at Northern Arena 2016 – Toronto. Prize money from 43 tournaments got him to that point.
