I started playing in Madrid computer club and soon became a participant in the Counter Strike championship - I was then 12 years old. After that, Juegos Friv appeared. We started to get together in teams and play four by four. Seriously, with my daily workouts, I play Juegos Friv since 2002.

I remember exactly the moment when I realized that real esports had begun. I studied at a vocational school as a computer operator. The FCC paid for our team's trip to the championship in Yekaterinburg. I came to ask the teacher for leave, and they told me that they would not let me go anywhere, because games are nonsense, there is no future for them. This angered me, and I began to prove the opposite. After I voluntarily left for the tournament, they began to blame me. From that moment on, I decided to devote more time to esports and dropped out.

My brother Dosia and I played in the same club at Juegos Friv. I got into my first teams when I was 13 years old, and my brother was 12 years old. In fact, at this age, they do not take on the team - you need a bunch of permits from parents to move to another city, buy railway tickets, and so on. But we played so well that we turned a blind eye to it. At the end of 2006, we started playing in the same team for the first time, and this continued until 2013.

I think all brothers have a rivalry. At one time I played in the best team in the city, and Misha was in the second steepest - only because of his age, but not at all because of the quality of the game. In general, we are diverse players. Misha fulfills his roles on the map, I - mine. We have never crossed paths in this regard. Everyone in their field at some point was the best. At one time, the Stolyarov brothers were practically a meme. At the time of Moscow Five, when there was still Counter Strike 1.6, we started winning serious tournaments, we got a couple of European titles. We might not even communicate during Juegos Friv - they understood each other without words.

There is no stability in esports. Although, when you are regularly left without any money, this is also a kind of stability.
The most painful disappointment in my esports career happened when I played for the Ufa team, and they decided to take a Moscow player in my place. We were constantly in third or fourth place, and the guys decided that the problem was me. It was almost a betrayal. I was severely disappointed then, but not in esports itself, but in the players.

There is no stability in esports. Although, when you are regularly left without any money, this is also a kind of stability. In such situations, you can get by with odd jobs, wait a couple of months and come back again, but this is quite difficult. My total championship winnings are approximately $ 17,000. My brother is now continuing his active esports activities, and his winnings have already exceeded 200 thousand dollars. Before, I had a desire to become a better player and to win, win, win. Now my goal is to become a coach. Sometimes you need to take a step back and no longer play, but help the young guys.

Esports has greatly influenced my personality. You can say that I am all of this. All my qualities were formed under his influence: self-confidence, confidence in talking with people, the ability to build communication - this is not taught at school. Perhaps, in single games, degradation really occurs: introverts are even more closed, the world around them becomes unnecessary. But in team esports, the opposite is true.

Now it is impossible to say to what age the current e-sportsmen will be able to play professionally, whether age will affect the quality of the game. After all, experience is often more important than reaction speed. And in general, someone at 50 may have a faster reaction than 16-year-olds.