A_Spec

About A_Spec

Matthijs "A_Spec" Hoving, Junior Producer / Presenter

A_Spec started commentating in mid 2006 after being harrased to do so by ClanBase cup admin Dervey. He somehow managed to enjoy fumbeling around commentry town and continued to cast for ClanBase and joined The Gaming Shoutcast shortly after after being approached by their lead Decl.

After churinging out silly amount of what he himself describes to be sub-par but yet neccesary content he got noticed by Ben "RubberChicken" Hulme (former QUADV) and coached him into the caster you see today.

A_Spec is always looking to try new things and to commentate on new games. Having experience over a very wide range of platforms, ranging from FPS to RTS and Racing to presentation. Interestingly enough he was rather reluctant to start commentating on Call of Duty 4, mainly because everyone else within QUADV seemed to do so.

In reallife Matthijs (Try to pronouce that correctly) is an International Communication student at the Hanze Hogeschool Groningen, the Netherlands. In addition to all this, he also have great parking karma. He likes candlelight dinners and long walks on the beach.

Events Attended

2011 Eurogamer, London, United Kingdom
2011 ReflexGT 5 Black Ops, Weesp, The Netherlands
2011 Gameland, Bobbiaanland, Belgium
2011 ESWC NL Qualifier, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2011 i43, Telford, United Kingdom
2011 Adroits CoD4 Masters, Enschede, The Netherlands
2011 GamesCom, Köln, Germany
2011 CoD XP UK Qualifiers, London, United Kingdom
2011 SAGE, Enschede, The Netherlands
2011 Reflex GT #4 Halo:Reach, Weesp, The Netherlands
2011 Dreamhack Summer 2011, Jönköping, Sweden
2011 Reflex GT #4 BlackOps, Weesp, The Netherlands
2011 Reflex GT #4 FIFA2011, Weesp The Netherlands
2011 Brink Multiplayer Event, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2011 ASUS Summer Open, Kiev, Ukraine
2011 E-Series #4 CoD, Weesp, The Netherlands
2011 Homefront Multiplayer Event, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2011 Insomnia 42, Newbury, United Kingdom
2011 The Gadget Show Live, Birmingham, United Kingdom
2011 Outpost On Fire 4, Antwerp, Belgium
2011 E-Series #4 CoD4, Weesp, The Netherlands
2011 Intel Extreme Masters World Finals, Hannover, Germany
2011 Reflex GT #2, Weesp, The Netherlands
2011 E-Series #3 CoD4, Weesp, The Netherlands
2010 Dreamhack Winter, Jönköping, Sweden
2010 Insomnia 41, Newbury, United Kingdom
2010 World Cyber Games Grand Final, Los Angeles, USA
2010 Samsung European Championship, Berlin, Germany
2010 Valve vs the Community event, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010 Alienware Backpacking Challenge, Europe
2010 Antwerp Esports Festival, Antwerp, Belgium
2010 ESWC, Paris, France
2010 DutchGameCon, Haarlem, The Netherlands
2010 Crossfire Intel Challenge 7, Enschede, The Netherlands
2009 World Cyber Games Grand Final, Chengdu, China
2009 StratLan 31, Stratford Upon Avon, United Kingdom
2009 WCG UK Final, Stoneleigh, United Kingdom
2009 i37/Mfestival, Stoneleigh, United Kingdom
2009 The Experience, Roskilde, Denmark.
2009 The Community, Enschede, The Netherlands.
2009 UKeSa Season 1 Finals, London, United Kingdom.
2009 Crossfire Challenge 6, Enschede, The Netherlands.
2009 TheReality, Drachten, The Netherlands
2008 Crossfire Challenge 5, Enschede, The Netherlands.
2008 i35, Stoneleigh, United Kingdom
2008 WCG BE Final, Antwerp, Belgium.
2008 WCG UK Final, Stoneleigh, United Kingdom
2008 Clanbase Eurocup Finals, Enschede, The Netherlands
2008 i34/Mfestival, Stoneleigh, United Kingdom
2008 ESWC NL, Enschede, The Netherlands.
2008 Acer Challenge, Enschede, The Netherlands.
2008 i33, Newbury, UK.
2008 Crossfire Devotii Challenge 4, Enschede, The Netherlands.
2007 Crossfire Devotii Challenge 3, Enschede, The Netherlands.
2007 ESWC NL, Enschede, The Netherlands.
2007 CrossFire Prizefight Challange 2, Enschede, The Netherlands.