Karma
Optic Gaming
Damon "Karma" Barlow (born July 17, 1993) is a retired Canadian player, and currently a content creator for OpTic Gaming.
| Player info | |
|---|---|
| Player | Karma |
| Real Name | Damon Barlow |
| Country | Canada |
| Team | Optic Gaming |
| Game | Call of Duty: Warzone |
| Age | 28 |
| Birthday | July 17, 1993 |
Karma Mouse Settings
SENSITIVITY SETTINGS - Logitech G Pro Wireless
DPI
800
Sensitivity
3.00
Aim Down Sight (ADS) Mouse Sensitivity
Relative
ADS Horizontal
0.65
ADS Vertical
0.65
Monitor Distance Coefficient
1.33
Mouse Acceleration
0.00
Mouse Filtering
0.00
Karma Keybinds Settings
KEYBOARD SETTINGS - Logitech G PRO
Reload
R
Health Kit
Mouse Button 5
Interact
F
Slide
Left CTRL
Prone (Toggle)
X
Melee / Zoom
V
Equipment
E / Mouse Button 4
Special Ability
Q
Jump/Stand/Mantle
Space
Crouch (Toggle)
C
Steady Aim / Sprint
Left Shift
Autorun
H
Karma Video Settings
1. DISPLAY - Asus VG245H 24-inch
Display Mode
Fullscreen
Display Resolution
1920×1080
Render Resolution
100
Aspect Ratio
Automatic
Refresh Rate
143.996Hz
V-Sync
Off
Brightness
0
Preload Shaders
On
2. DETAILS AND TEXTURES - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Texture Quality
Very High
Texture Filtering Quality
High
Special Effects Quality
High
Model Quality
High
Static Reflection Quality
High
Screen Space Reflection
On
Object View Distance
Medium
Karma General Settings
Field of View
120.00
ADS Field of View
Affected
Auto Weapon Switch
On
Weapon Switch Delay
0
Karma Gear
Karma Setup
Karma Gaming PC
Karma's Video Gallery
Karma's Image Gallery
Damon “Karma” Barlow is a Canadian competitive Call of Duty player.
He is the only player to win back-to-back Call of Duty World Championships, playing with Fariko. Impact and compLexity Gaming in 2013 and 2014 respectively. He currently plays for OpTic Gaming.
Karma originally began playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and Call of Duty: World at War. His first major offline event was at MLG Columbus 2011 during the Call of Duty: Black Ops season, where he placed 10th with team yunGunZ. The next event was MLG Anaheim almost two months later, where his team showed improvement and resulted in a 6th place finish. To improve his chance of winning, he joins team IcoNs XtravaganT alongside Rambo, Bobby, and Revan. This new team didn’t take him much further, with a 6th place finish at MLG Orlando, but a more respectable 5th place finish at the higher-paying championship at MLG Providence.
More Info About Karma
FAMILY
He and his brother were raised by his mother. He has a wife and a daughter.
GAMING ORIGINS
Karma started playing games from a young age. He also played baseball until he was 14, and then moved on to football as a fullback for another 6 or 7 years. He would play video games in his spare time, but football was his main focus during that time. His career ended when he tore a ligament in his right knee. He also participated in long-jump and track-an-field in high school and participated in wrestling for a while. The last sport that he played was rugby.
When he was a bit older, he used to play public matches and would usually beat everyone that he played against. Eventually, someone recognized his abilities and invited him to compete with them on a site called ‘GameBattles’. He initially competed for BG rankings. After a while, his uncle took him to an MLG Columbus BlackOps 1 event.
He found it to be a really enjoyable experience, with friendly people. However, what did bother him, was how stuck-up and unappreciative the pro-gamers behaved towards their fans. This is what motivated him to develop a camaraderie and engagement with his fans when he started becoming famous.
Karma opened his YouTube account in 2010, where he uploaded streams of Battlefield Bad Company 2 before moving onto to other gaming and IRL content.
PROFESSIONAL GAMING
Karma started competing in professional CoD competitions in his final year of high school. He was initially shy about letting people know, in case they made fun of him. However, once it spread throughout the school, he discovered that all of his friends, schoolmates and teachers were supportive of him. He began streaming Black Ops II sessions on Twitch in May 2013.
INCOME
Since 2013, Karma has earned over $673,000 USD in CoD t.ournaments. Additionally, he is estimated to have around 500 subscribers. This would net him between $1,250 – $1,750 USD per month. This excludes his other earnings from Twitch and YouTube.
STREAMING HOURS
Karma is known to stream at all hours. But, he usually streams daily, starting at ~21:00 UTC for 6-8 hours.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Three time Call of Duty Championship Winner (2013, 2014 and 2017).
- #1 in MLG World Finals 2015 (CoD:AW)
- #1 in CWL 2017 Dallas Open
- #1 in NA CWL 2016 Stage 1 Playoffs
QUOTES
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Being a professional is a challenge. Sometimes it can take years, whereas at other times, someone could just be fortunate enough to end up on the right team. In gaming, timing is everything.
