Matthew Haag

Lore & Background

Haag was born on August 3, 1992, to Jeff and Christina Haag. He has a brother Kevin and sister Sarah. He attended Amos Alonzo Stagg High School in Palos Hills, Illinois, and graduated in 2010. He completed a two-year course in business studies at Moraine Valley Community College.

Prior to competing in competitive gaming, Haag worked at a McDonald's restaurant. His gaming handle, 'NaDeSHoT', originates from 'grenade shot', a lethal move in the Halo series. He was a competitive amateur in Halo 2, but switched to Gears of War after getting the game as a Christmas present. He narrowly missed qualifying for MLG Chicago in Gears of War by one slot in 2007.

He competed in his first professional online tournament in 2008 and at age 16 made his professional debut on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Haag became a member of OpTic Gaming in June 2010. He was a former captain of OpTic Gaming in the 2014 Call of Duty: Ghosts season and the 2014–2015 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare season, playing the objective support role. He stepped down as captain after a seventh-place finish at the 2015 Call of Duty Championship tournament and left OpTic in 2016.

Haag is a Major League Gaming (MLG) X Games 2014 gold medalist and 2011 Call of Duty XP World Champion, winning Best eSports player at The Game Awards 2014. He is a former Red Bull esports athlete and participates in the Twitch streaming program. He was previously sponsored by Astro Gaming and Scuf Gaming. He runs a YouTube channel with over 3.2 million subscribers and over 270 hours of content.

Reader's Guide

Haag won the 2011 Call of Duty XP World Champion as part of OpTic Gaming (not OpTic Nation).

Did You Know?

• He won $100,000 from the $1 million Call of Duty XP tournament in 2011.
• He was captain of OpTic Gaming after Will 'BigTymer' Johnson resigned.