Currently, eSports is becoming more and more popular, especially among youth. Multiplayer online battle arena, first-person shooter, fighting, card games, battle royales, and real-time strategy are the most demanded video game genres associated with esports.
Even basketball, football, and other team games come over online too. The NBA game was created by 2K, the American video game publisher, in 1999. Actually, the NBA is an American professional basketball league, and 2K has developed a series of basketball sports simulation video games in order to emulate the NBA. Every season various teams make the most of their chances to win the next round. Among such teams is Magic Gaming, one of the best eSports teams that play the NBA. The six men come together to hit the biggest balls amount into a basketball net playing NBA 2K online. Marley213S_ is one of the team members. Among other gamers of the team are Kontrul, UCMANNY, SUPREME PULLER, NachoTraynor, and KingCamRoyalty.
Marley213S_ original name is Jorge Renteria. The gamer was born and grew up in Arizona, USA. Before he became a member of the professional gamers NBA 2K league or Marley213S_, Jorge was a casual gamer that was fond of reggae, especially Bob Marley's music. When he got the call to become a part of the Magic Gaming team to play NBA 2K, Renteria was over the moon. The first words of the gamer that he said after getting the offer were “Yes, I’m done! I do this!”. One of the young guy’s dreams has become a reality. Definitely, eSport is a field in which he would like to grow most of all.
By the way, in order to be selected to the e-sport team for a season, usually, potential members should go through an extensive tryout process and be the best among others to win the limited places. As for Jorge, he also was tested a lot. In the Inaugural NBA 2K League Draft(that consisted of 6 rounds), each team selected six players in snake order, where every player was selected by the league as a winner in a tryout process. And, the order of picks reversed after each round.
Jorge Renteria’s gamer-tag is Marley213S_. Never playing professionally before, the man managed to quickly become very good at the game. NBA 2K has actually got a great player. He is Magic Gaming's inaugural squad member, Jorge’s position is center. A huge Lakers fan Marley213s wears Shaquille O’Neal’s jersey #34 and is known as the defensive anchor of the team. Jorge has played in four tournaments in 2018 year. Moreover, on 9 June 2018, in NBA 2K League 2018 The Turn tournament, the guys won $6,000 for getting 5-8 place. In general, according to the results of the first season of the NBA 2K League, it is safe to say that he coped with his task 100%, especially considering that this was his first full-fledged entry into the e-sports scene.
Although this was his only season on such a stage, he showed that the well-coordinated teamwork and professionalism of each player do not fail even in the most difficult situations. Although Magic Gaming did not become champions, they showed an extremely decent game and were remembered by many e-sports fans as one of their favorite teams. Probably most people remember the coordinated work of Marley and KingCamRoyalty, who repeatedly combined their forces to score points. You can even find selections of such moments from some matches on YouTube.
Exclusively for CEEK, he gave a short interview in which he told many small but interesting details about himself, his Magic Gaming team, and why he likes basketball so much. If you want to know more about this player, be sure to check out Upclose with Marley213s - Orlando Magic Gaming.
To date, Marley continues to keep a close eye on eSports news, and 2K in particular. On his official social media pages, Marley often expresses his opinion on how to make the championships better and shares his own training results. Of course, he continues to be a true fan of basketball and continues to be a big fan of the NBA. His favorite team is still the Los Angeles Lakers. To this day, Marley is actively in touch with his former teammates. Of course, like any person, he is a fan of music. Hip-Hop is one of his favorite genres.
It is unknown at this time whether Marley213S_ plans to return to the eSports scene. Regardless of his decision, everyone who has watched the first season of the NBA 2K League knows that joining such a player to their team will be a win-win situation.