Lyrical

Player Information

Name:

Gabriel Thomas Cruz

Nationality:

United States

Born:

December 13, 1989 (age 36)

Region:

North America

Years Active (Player):

2019

Role:

Caster

Alternate IDs:

LyricalGangst3r

Approx. Total Winnings:

$600

Signature Hero:

Links

Recent Matches

Purge	0:1 (Bo1)	Frogged
June 6, 2019 - 18:40 UTC Twitch Rivals Showdown

Purge	0:1 (Bo1)	GranT
June 6, 2019 - 17:40 UTC Twitch Rivals Showdown

Purge	1:0 (Bo1)	Funn1k
June 6, 2019 - 16:40 UTC Twitch Rivals Showdown

NA Casters	1:0 (Bo1)	[A]
March 3, 2019 - 12:35 PST AutoChess Staff Cup

NA Casters	0:1 (Bo1)	coL
March 3, 2019 - 12:00 PST AutoChess Staff Cup

Upcoming Tournaments

No Upcoming Tournaments

Gabriel "Lyrical" Cruz (born December 13, 1989) is an English language Dota 2 caster from the United States.

Biography

Lyrical worked as an occasional freelance caster for Beyond the Summit at the events such as BTS Americas #4 and The Summit 6, prompting BTS to appoint him to cast throughout the qualifying matches for SL i-League StarSeries S3 alongside Lacoste.^[1]
Following the qualifiers, he was invited to the LAN portion of the tournament in Shanghai, China, making it the first significant offline tournament he would be involved in.^[2]

Notable Events as Broadcast Talent

Date	Tier		Position	Partners

2025-09-14	Tier 1	The International 2025	Caster	Show The International 2025 Bkop Cap Fogged Gareth Gunnar johnxfire MLPDotA ODPixel SUNSfan SVG SeekNStrike syndereN Trent Wagamama ZQuixotix
2024-09-15	Tier 1	The International 2024	Commentator/Analyst	Show The International 2024 Ares Bkop Cap Danog Fluke Fogged Gareth johnxfire KheZu lizZard MLPDotA Moxxi ODPixel SUNSfan SVG Snare syndereN Trent Wagamama
2023-10-29	Tier 1	The International 2023	Commentator Commentator/Analyst	Show The International 2023 Ares Bkop BreakyCPK Cap Fogged MLPDotA Moxxi Nomad ODPixel SUNSfan SVG syndereN T-Panda Trent
2023-07-30	Tier 1	Riyadh Masters 2023	Remote Commentators/Analyst	Show Riyadh Masters 2023 343 Ares Bowie Danog Dktruman Epidamnos Fogged Gareth hairy_freak MLPDotA Mathmagician10 Nomad Otomo Robbnroll SeekNStrike T-Panda TeaGuvnor Trent Wagamama WinteR
2022-10-30	Tier 1	The International 2022	Commentator/Analyst	Show The International 2022 Ares Basskip BreakyCPK Cap Danog Ephey Fluke Fogged Gareth GoDz Jenkins KillerPigeon Lacoste MLPDotA Moxxi Nomad ODPixel Purge SUNSfan SVG
2021-10-17	Tier 1	The International 2021	Commentator	Show The International 2021 4ce 4liver Adekvat AfrOmoush Arcanine Arjarath Asimco007 BafiK Belony Blue CBS Caosfénix Capitalist Cutipo Derrad Eixn Flapjack Flytable FreeAgain Gareth
2019-08-25	Tier 1	The International 2019	Commentator	Show The International 2019 4ce 4liver Adekvat BafiK Blue CD Capitalist CaspeRRR FreeAgain GodZ GodHunt GrandGrant Imperius Dakota Lex Lucky MS Maelstorm Mrrr ODPixel
2018-08-25	Tier 1	The International 2018	Commentator/Analyst	Show The International 2018 BSJ Black^ Blitz Capitalist Fogged GodZ GrandGrant Luminous March Kyle Merlini Nahaz ODPixel Purge syndereN TobiWan TrentPax WinteR
2017-08-12	Tier 1	The International 2017	Commentator	Show The International 2017 AxL BafiK Blue CD Capitalist CaspeRRR Daelin Draskyl Droog Fogged FreeAgain GoDz GodHunt Imperius LD Lex LighTofHeaveN Luminous MS Merlini
2017-04-30	Tier 1	The Kiev Major 2017	Off-site Commentator	Show The Kiev Major 2017 AnneeDroid Blaze Brax Draskyl Eosin KotLGuy Lacoste Luminous Maut TrentPax Zyori