Adande was born in a town called Diego Martin located in Trinidad and Tobago, which is where he lived for all of his infantile years, until moving to Orlando, Florida. As mentioned in countless of his videos, he worked at Disney World as well as Hard Rock Hotel much of which is detailed in his content. Thorne describes that "a game fell into his lap called Dead or Alive" which he found was one of his strong points, often going online to go on lengthy win-streaks before garnering single loss. He began to receive attention through word-of-mouth and became discussed in game media. He then ceased gameplay when the game mechanics of his character radically shifted where he lost his combative style until receiving a call from a representative from DirecTV who invited Thorne to a competition in S