BabyToss

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[e][h]Protoss BabyToss
Player Information
Name:
Jana Otahalova
Nationality:
Born:
October 9, 1984 (age 40)
Race:
Alternate IDs:
vVv BabyToss
Years Active:
2011 - 2013
Links
History
Automated History
2012-02-?? — PresentTeam Fem-FX
2012-05-?? — 2013-01-28vVv Gaming
2013-02-07 — 2013-07-11Awesome Gaming
2013-08-10 — 2014-01-05Eternity Gaming
2014-04-22 — 2015-02-??London Conspiracy

Manual History
2011-05-?? — 2012-??-??
2012-02-?? — 2012-??-??
2012-05-?? — 2013-01-28
2013-02-07 — 2013-07-11
2013-08-10 — 2014-01-05
2014-04-22 — 2015-02-??
Retired:
2015-??-??

Jana "BabyToss" Otahalova is a Czech Protoss player, who is currently retired.

Biography[edit]

BabyToss was born on 9 October 1984 in the Czech Republic.[1] She's been a gamer since she was 6 years old, although it were mainly classic Roleplaying games, which were her main interest. BabyToss first got a glance at a competitive scene, when she began playing Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, an action-based, fast-paced game, with the focus on dueling, the game having very active competitive scene in Germany & some other European countries during years of 2004 - 2008. BabyToss became arguably one of the best Jedi Academy duelists in the Czech Republic, later on joining a renown German team at the time.

Fastforwarding to the beginnings of BabyToss's StarCraft II time - Originally, BabyToss started playing StarCraft II because of her husband and kid for some "family time together", showing not much enthusiasm. Despite of that, StarCraft II being her first RTS she ever played with dedication, caught her interest later on, with BabyToss learning the game from the very bottom and eventually trying the competitive scene on her own.

Wings of Liberty[edit]

Early beginnings[edit]

BabyToss started as low as Bronze league. She began working her way up the ladder, slowly but steadily, writing about her personal experiences both on Teamliquid blog & her personal website. In April 2011, shortly after she began her small quest to the top, BabyToss tried her first competition in StarCraft II at the biggest Czech LAN - LanCraft. (See also Czech SC2 scene) She was Silver leaguer at that time & dropped very early in the tournament. Shortly after her participation at LanCraft, BabyToss began looking for a team and ended up joining Czech team Cracked Gamers in May 2011. Afterwards, she made appearances at more Czech tournaments under the colours of Cracked Gamers; with LanCraft being the one, BabyToss regularly attends even to these days.

Switching around, writing work & depressions[edit]

Starting year 2012, BabyToss eventually left her old team, to join a female-only Team Fem-FX in February of the same year. Citing lack of motivation from her old team and depressions emerging, she began struggling with her practice habits and her activity overall dropped, ending up engaging in writing position for biggest Czech e-Sport portal PLAYzone. Eventually, BabyToss moved on from Fem-FX, which switched to casual team at the time, to join vVv Gaming in May 2012, to try and re-kindle her passion for the game, which was lost due to depressions. Continuing with her writing efforts at the same time, she interviewed renown players like Grubby,[2] White-Ra [3][4] and Scarlett,[5] who was at the beginning of her rise after MLG's upsets, to name a few, under vVv Gaming and PLAYzone's banner. However, BabyToss also began practicing again, trying to move things forward in her team as well; the idea of forming an Academy Team first came in, desiring for a structured regimen and equally dedicated teammates.

DreamHack Summer 2012[edit]

BabyToss entered her first international event in June 2012 - 2012 DreamHack Open/Summer, where she faced notable players like merz and HerO, albeit losing to both of them. She went 1-2 in her group, but unfortunately, it wasn't enough for advancing, and was eliminated from the tournament. Later on, BabyToss shared her own feelings and personal hurdles, as well as her thoughts about her participation at Dreamhack in a write-up.[6]

Founding of vVv's Academy team[edit]

Finally, an Academy team, called Aspire was announced by vVv Gaming on 4 July 2012, BabyToss being the founder of the project. She was in charge of the team since its' launch until its' disbanding.[7] During this time, BabyToss also began being more engaged within the community and started her own videologs "to practice talking and combat her awkwardness". She still continues sharing her thoughts through her videologs, although at irregular pace.

Heart of the Swarm[edit]

Training at the Ministry of Win[edit]

Starting from January 2013, BabyToss spent one month at the Ministry of Win gaming house in Poland, focusing solely on her practice and further trying to address her anxiety/depression issues. Subsequently, with her training at the Ministry of Win gaming house in January, BabyToss completely switched to StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm with the intent of preparing and competing at the events like DreamHack.[8] After her return to the Czech Republic, BabyToss shared her personal experience at the Ministry of Win gaming house on her personal website.[9]

vVv Gaming cause, joining Awesome Gaming[edit]

On January 28, she left vVv Gaming, which disbanded their StarCraft II division after their players left.[10][11][12]

Subsequently, on February 7, BabyToss joined Swedish team Awesome Gaming.[13]

World Championship Series[edit]

WCS Eropean Qualifier 2013 - Season 1[edit]

On April 16, BabyToss participated in her first bigger event of 2013, trying to qualify for the first season of World Championship Series. However, she was unable to get past her first Protoss opponent, dropping out of the qualifier.

DreamHack Summer 2013[edit]

On June 15, BabyToss participated at 2013 DreamHack Open/Summer - her group containing ToD, Snuffe and Duggi. Despite her efforts, she succumbed to all of her opponents, citing nervousness, and as such, and dropped out of the tournament early. She also wrote a lengthy post about her experience at Dreamhack Summer on tl.net.[14]

On July 11, Team Awesome Gaming closed down, leaving BabyToss teamless.[15] She joined Eternity Gaming on August 10, 2013.[16]

London Conspiracy[edit]

On January 5, Babytoss announced via her Facebook account that she, NuBrGNi and MotoK had left Eternity Gaming.[17] On April 22, it was announced that she had joined the new team, London Conspiracy.[18]

Trivia[edit]

  • Did not play StarCraft: Broodwar before StarCraft II.
  • Her handle "BabyToss" means "Baby Protoss", symbolizing she is just a Baby Protoss in training.[19]
  • Was a student of Ryan from Complexity Gaming.[20]
  • Is married and has a 16 year old son who streams on Twitch under the username "Adaxiity".[21]
  • Suffers from depressions and general anxiety issues.[22]
  • Is huge fan of White-Ra who she respects both for his gameplay & personality.
  • Is active Liquipedia contributor "when on tilt".
  • Spent one month at the Ministry of Win gaming house in Poland.

Achievements[edit]

DatePlaceTierTournamentTeamResultPrize
No recorded results found.

Interviews[edit]

See Also[edit]

Gallery[edit]

  • BabyToss.jpeg
  • BabyTossLanCraft2013.jpg

Statistics[edit]

Matchup Statistics

vs Protossvs Terranvs Zergvs RandomTotal
RecordWin%RecordWin%RecordWin%RecordWin%RecordWin%
as Protoss2 - 820 %0 - 60 %0 - 50 %0 - 10 %2 - 209.1 %
Σ2 - 820 %0 - 60 %0 - 50 %0 - 10 %2 - 209.1 %

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "vVv Gaming's Team roster"
  2. ↑ "Personality spotlight: Grubby"
  3. ↑ "White-Ra - I want to have that famous Czech beer" Czechia
  4. ↑ "White-Ra - I want to have that famous Czech beer" United Kingdom
  5. ↑ "Personality spotlight: Scarlett"
  6. ↑ "DreamHack Summer - My personal Test of Courage"
  7. ↑ "vVv Gaming announces Aspire: The Starcraft Learning Consortium"
  8. ↑ "BabyToss's Twitter"
  9. ↑ "My experience at Ministry of Win"
  10. ↑ BabyToss (2013-01-28). facebook.com. https://www.facebook.com/BabyToss/posts/370464629718387?comment_id=2049647.
  11. ↑ vVv RobZGod (2013-01-28). "vVv Gaming bids farewell to its Starcraft 2 division". vvv-gaming.com.
  12. ↑ BabyTossSC2 (2013-01-28). twitter.com. https://twitter.com/BabyTossSC2/status/296027830922379264.
  13. ↑ D-eSports (2013-02-07). d-esports.com. http://www.d-esports.com/17090/babytoss-joins-awesome-gaming/.
  14. ↑ BabyToss's Dreamhack Summer write-up Teamliquid Forums
  15. ↑ aG closes down
  16. ↑ BabyToss to join SC2.Pro Division
  17. ↑ "Facebook post by BabyToss regarding Eternity disbanding". facebook.com. 5 January 2014.
  18. ↑ "London Conspiracy announcement post on the Team Liquid forums.". tl.net. 22 April 2014.
  19. ↑ "BabyToss: It's not just skill what makes an awesome player"
  20. ↑ Ryan#Live_Coaching_VODs|Ryan's Liquipedia Page
  21. ↑ "Vlog #1 How BabyToss come to be"
  22. ↑ "Vlog #8 - About VeraLynn Fraud, my depressions & bit of Aspire"


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