With one of the largest followings on Twitch, Michael Santana aka Imaqtpie is a popular League of Legends player. On the North American server, his peak rank in League of Legends was Challenger 1. Initially, he was a mid lane player who mostly played for a minor team called Oh God Bears. Similarly, Michael was a member of the gaming team Dignitas until his departure in 2014. He is popular for his catchphrases and upbeat personality.
Early Life Of Imaqtpie
The gamer Imaqtpie was born Michael Santana on 21 February 1992 in Margate, Florida, the United States to the parents Jose and Maria Santana. He is half Cuban and half Columbian.
From his childhood, Imaqtpie used to play a lot of games and was very good at it. He played various games like Play Station and eventually, League of Legends. As the time flew, he felt he was really doing good in it and became more committed, spending more time to practice.
Imaqtpie's Career And Achievements
Imaqtpie began his professional gaming career in the year 2011 with his group called Oh God Bears. He moved to California, to get closer to his playing platforms, Riot games, and League of Legend.
Later in April 2011, he left the group and joined a new group, Rock Solid where he as an AD carry. The team won the National ESL Premier League and were picked up by the team Dignitas in September 2011.
CAPTION: Imaqtpie's Career And Achievements SOURCE: He played with Dignitas as their starting AD carry till October 2014, he stepped down to pursue streaming full-time. He was considered as one of the strong AD carries, however, he is most known for his streaming personality from which several community memes originated.
Michael later joined the Delta Fox in 2017 and participate two times in the 2017 NACS Summer and came in the sixth position.
Achievements
Talking about his achievements he has won various titles with his teams. In 2011 Imaqtpie helped his team to win the IGN Proleague Season 3 – Atlantic City. He won the LoLPro.com Curse Prize Final in February 2012 when he was with Dignitas group.
Furthermore, they were placed as runner-up in IEM Season VI – World Championship. They also won IPL elites Na in 2012 and became 3rd in the MLG Championship International Exhibition and 4th in the season 3 NA LCS Summer Playoffs in 2013. Imaqtpie won the Streamer of the Year Award at the 2016 eSports Industry Awards and many other titles as a professional gamer.
Imaqtpie's Net Worth
There is no doubt that Michael's skills and abilities have paid him well. As per the sources, his net worth is estimated to be around $1 million and his income from streaming is reportedly more than $8K per month.
Imaqtpie's Personal Life
Michael is married to longtime girlfriend Lisha Wei, who is also an online gamer. She is well known as Owolisha on Twitch and has earned more than 30,000 followers as a live streamer as of August 2018. The couple after dating for several years tied a knot in 2018.
He first met her via dating app OKCupid made by Wei, however, they started dating each other only after meeting in person.
The pair is living a blissful life together in a beautiful modern house in Silver Spring, Maryland with their dogs and cats named Dapperdog, Mellowcat, Smallcat.
Michael has more than 360k followers on his Twitter account. And on his twitch account, he has more than 80K followers and his videos are viewed by 8 million per month as of August 2018. He is ranked on 13th position in the followers rank.
Check out Imaqtpie's video answering 20 questions.
by rabina, 26 Aug, 2018
