Introduction
Toby "TobiWan" Dawson is an Australian former Dota 2 eSports caster. Dawson is employed by the Electronic Sports League.
Career
TobiWan was a competitive Call of Duty player during the Call of Duty: United Offensive era.
TobiWan began his casting career at the JoinDotA studio. The first Dota tournament he casted was World Cyber Games 2005 in Singapore, for which he was chosen even though he had only played a few games of Dota in his life. His first achievement was being able to cast The International 2011 final. Unlike most Dota casters, TobiWan was never a competitive Dota 2 gamer, but got attracted to it because his mother's profession involved casting. TobiWan went on to cast most of the grand finals of major tournaments such as The International, The Defense, DreamHack, and JoinDotA Masters. TobiWan has cast every iteration of The International to date.
During a 2012 broadcast, TobiWan made the following comment in chat: "have you heard the expression..lame as a n****** baby?". He later apologised for using a racist word.
He casted the Professional Gamers League (PGL) Counter-Strike: Global Offensive championship in 2015.
Tobiwan and Troels "Synderen" Nielsen commentated the finals of The International 2015 between Evil Geniuses and CDEC Gaming. Tobiwan, Soe, and Maelk commentated the 2015 MLG World Finals.
In 2015, he hosted the first Dota 2 Major, Frankfurt Major 2015.
TobiWan appeared in the 2014 film Free to Play.
As of July 2020, due to sexual assault allegations, he is no longer active in the esports community.