Bryce Bates
Twitch Star
Former professional gamer best known as a Zerg player for Brood War and StarCraft II. After joining the team Evil Geniuses in 2009, he announced his retirement from both the team and eSports in February of 2014. He also runs a popular Twitch stream under his pseudonym MachineUSA.
He began playing StarCraft competitively in 2004 and began to gain some success when he placed 4th at World Cyber Games USA in 2008.
In his retirement announcement, he stated he would return to school to become a physical trainer.
Originally from Santa Barbara, he later lived in Berkeley, California.
Both he and Sean Plott initially gained fame playing StarCraft competitively.