[2][3][4] Kurtis attended the University of British Columbia before dropping out to play Dota 2 professionally full-time.

His parents were initially skeptical of his career choice but eventually accepted it as he won more tournaments.

[10] Shortly after being kicked from EG, Ling formed his own team, Digital Chaos, but struggled to achieve any significant results.

On March 25, following the abrupt departure of Artour "Arteezy" Babaev and Saahil "UNiVeRsE" Arora from Evil Geniuses, Ling announced that he would be rejoining the team.

[15] On July 21, 2019, Forward Gaming was dissolved;[16] the roster was then signed to represent Chinese organization Newbee at The International 2019.