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Bradley the Dragon

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Bradley Dragon in 2021

Bradley the Dragon

Details

Name Bradley the Dragon
Other Names Michael Dingman
Race Dragon
Gender Male
Occupation Full-time Streamer

Bradley the Dragon (real name Michael Dingman) is a popular Dota 2 streamer and dominant red dragon. He currently lives in Indianapolis in the great U S of A!

Early Life

Bradley Dragon grew up in Amish Country in New York, as a young dragon he was born to a Christian family and would attend Church every Sunday. Often, they would go to McDonald's after their church service for a wholesome family American meal.

Brad's Arm

Brad's left arm, often referred to as the Crab Claw, is crippled since hatching due to an accident at birth which damaged his Brachial Plexus. Due to this injury, Bradley has weakness in his left arm, only really being able to move his thumb and middle and index fingers. Bradley also described shooting/burning pains in his arm when he was younger, he attributed this to his Abilify prescription but it's consistent with Brachial Plexus Injury. For his injury, Bradley was awarded lifetime Annuity, which paid out every month.

Brad's Family Life

Bradley never knew his father growing up as he left before his birth. At a young age he moved out of his mothers house and into his grandparents house a short walk away. Often while walking between the two he would fantasise about being chased by dogs to make the journey more exciting [Need information on Bradley's Mother, Bradley's Father (left at a young age), Bradley's step sister and step brother.]

Bradley would eventually be placed within a class for students with behavioral issues and assigned a constant wrangler, this is the moment he recalls when The Curse began to manifest and his life began to change for the worse. A prominent example of the curse manifesting is when Bradley's minder wrote down that bradley threw a pen across the class when it infact rolled off the edge of his desk. Brad felt very isolated during his schooling especially after his permanent assistant was assigned to him.[Need Tw.tv clip] Brad explains that his lack of confidence stems from an incident in school where some people would "compliment on me" (which he now belives to be in bad faith) and that the confidence coming from this caused him to stand up to a bully throwing snack carrots at people who then broke his nose leaving a permanent bump. Ever since then Brad has vowed to never have any confidence at all and to never stand up for himself in any situation.

Brad recalls the last time he grew a spine

[Need information on Bradley's teenaged years.] Bradley attended College for one semester where he took courses on networking before dropping out at the start of his second term he claims this is becuase they didn't give enough time to readjust to college life upon returning from winter break.

Bradley recounts a memory from his childhood

Dota 2

[Information needed on the following: Dota 2 Alchemy and subsequent ban, Dota 2 Coaching, Clip where Bradley is being Raged at by coach, Bradley's previous MMR, How he Discovered Dota 2, Bradley playing League of Legends before Dota]


Overview

Bradley Dragon started playing Dota 2 in 2013, although he staunchly argues that he actually started playing in 2012 [Need Tw.tv clip]. Over the course of more than 5,000 games of Dota 2, Bradley has fluctuated between low Herald and high Crusader ranks. He attributes his inability to climb out of the low skill bracket to being frequently targeted by hackers, cheaters and smurfs, despite there being no real evidence to support his claim. The Curse is often cited as being behind this. There has been some evidence of queue sniping in the past (however, not nearly as much as Bradley believes) due to the frequency of Wankdemons and Wankangels appearing in his games.

Bradley has openly stated on multiple occasions that losses and deaths are never his fault. Out of more than 3,000 losses, Bradley believes that the loss may be attributed to him in only two (2) of those instances. He does not blame this on his own poor gameplay, but rather on other factors he does not control such as persistent lag.

It is never Bradley's fault

Hackers, Cheaters, Smurfs and Snipers

Hi again Brad, just another reminder that there are no infinite mana hacks, cast range hacks, +GPM / XPM hacks, or really any hacks at all like you accuse people of using. You're using "hacks" to deflect away from your own poor gameplay, such as dying 19 times as a midlaner. Focus on your own gameplay and you will improve.

By far, the most common reason Bradley cites for a lost game of Dota 2 is the presence of hackers/cheaters. They are extremely prevalent in all of Bradley's games, and unluckily for him they are only ever on the enemy team and never his own. Though too many to list exhaustively, some examples of hacks often identified by Bradley are as follows:

  • GPM/XPM Hacks
  • Damage reduction/immunity hacks
  • Cooldown reduction hacks
  • Debuff duration hacks
  • Hacks that cause Bradley to miss skillshots or misuse spells/items
  • Infinite mana hacks
  • Cast range hacks
  • Tower/creep aggro hacks

Often times, Bradley will attempt to prove the existence of a hack by meticulously scrubbing through the game replay frame by frame, or by testing every possible variation he can think of in demo mode. To date, not a single instance of legitimate hacking/cheating has been identified.

Bradley attempts to prove an XPM hack

Streaming

[Information and Articles needed on When Bradley started Streaming Dota and why, Christmas stream]

Notable Life Events

[Information and Articles needed on past sexual encounters & partners, moving from New York to Indiana, Walmart job, Previous Roommates, House Fire Incident, Covid Incidents.]

Trivia

  • Has a hair condition where he should wash it twice a weak (he doesn't)
  • Is an active member of the kink community with interests in feet, spanking and hypnotism [maybe a seperate fetlife heading]
  • Bi but not romantically and strictly a top after a single experiment
  • Favourite Meal he's cooked himself is "double ramen with hotdogs"
  • Was telekinetic for a period in 8th grade but only for a few weeks and only on objects already moving
  • Can dimension shift to avoid deaths examples so far include a car crash and a heart attack
  • Claims if you shit more than once every few days you have a problem with yourself

[Thought this might be a good place to drop random little bits that don't fit anywhere else idk if we'll find it usefull]

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