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Kaci Aitchison

Kaci “Kaci” Aitchison is a Dota 2 backstage host and interviewer during The International.

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Biography [ edit ]

Born and raised in Seattle, Kaci is a University of Washington alumni. With an interest towards broadcasting, she started applying for internships at multiple TV stations but was later unsuccessful during her sophomore years in college. Kaci later worked at a radio station, KBKS-FM (106.1 KISS FM) under the promotions department handing out concert tickets as well as occasionally advertising on-air. [1] [2] After a period of advertising, the boss of the radio station asked Kaci to cover traffic reports for the afternoon show, later becoming a co-host for the show. While she was studying in college, she also helped out another radio station, The Bob Rivers Show on KZOK-FM and later becoming a News Director there. [1] [3]

After a decade of radio work she dec >[3] . Displaying signs of growth and popularity, she later became a co-anchor for the network however Kaci still to this day also acts as a feature reporter citing the fact that she loves to hear people talk about their stories while straying away from unpleasant news stories. She was nominated in 2014 for a Northwest Regional Emmy Award for her special “The Road to We Day”, [4] a special on local youth community involvement.

Not only is Kaci a co-anchor but she is also a accomplished improvisor having spent 7 years performing with Jet City Improv as a cast member, since 2002-03 [2] . Her favourite improv games were “Boss is Gonna Freak” and the improvised show Dirty Laundry she co-created. [5] Kaci was also featured in The Great Sketch Experiment put on by JibJab. [6] A competition directed to over 100 independent comedy groups were invited to submit a sketch based on a police theme, where only six were chosen to be and flown to Los Angeles to have their sketch filmed by legendary comedy director John Landis. Their sketch, Tom & Tina, was featured on TechCrunch. [7]

Dota 2 [ edit ]

2013-present: Auditioning for TI, Interviewer and backstage host [ edit ]

Prior to the main event, Valve started an audition looking for a new host for The International 2013 and when Kaci’s agent notified her, she dec >[8] After auditioning, she was successful but her potential as a host in a gaming environment remained unsure among the Dota 2 community, due to the fact it was Kaci’s ma >[9] However it was revealed that Valve did not require someone with Dota 2 knowledge to be eligible for the backstage host audition.

For the The International 2013, Kaci was a backstage host and an interviewer. Kaci believed her job was to make the people interviewed look good. Showing charisma and humour during the tournament, Kaci was noted for her two interviews in the tournament. The first interview with a Team Liqu >[11] and the second interview involved Kaci mistakenly interviewing GrandGrant as iceiceice. [12] After positive reception, Kaci conducted a AMA reddit and was returned to International the following year.

Kaci also attended The International 2015 and in The International 2016 she dressed as a Timbersaw in the cosplay competition as well as beating SirActionSlacks’s team in the 10v10 Dota match. Kaci also attended The International 2017 and is returning in 2018.