Nick Plott

Plott grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, along with his brother Sean Plott, who is also an e-sports commentator. Upon graduation from high school, he attended Regis University in Denver studying philosophy and psychology, and was a member of the parliamentary debate team. He considered law school and philosophy dual Ph.D. programs but instead pursued StarCraft full-time. == StarCraft career ==

Player Plott and his younger brother Sean bought a copy of StarCraft from a local video game store in 1998 after hearing about the game's popularity. He dropped out of college and arrived in Seoul within a week. Plott provided commentary for the Star Invitational, with around 75,000 viewers for the finals, and 3 seasons of the Averatec-Intel Classic.As StarCraft IIs launch neared, Plott and another American commentator living in Seoul, Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski, had individually amassed followings, and had the interest of commercial broadcast networks. Plott and Stemkoski prepare separately, with Stemkoski constantly watching StarCraft matches and Plott studying commentary from non-traditional sports and major StarCraft news. In 2017, Plott as well as his brother and Stemkoski hosted an event marking the release of Starcraft Remastered. In an interview with the Korea Times, Plott stated: "Since I was a little kid, I always wanted to come to Korea because this is the place where the StarCraft tournaments were started." == Personal life ==

In his free time, Tasteless regularly streams Starcraft gameplay on his Twitch Channel in which he typically plays as Protoss. As of January 2026 he has over 73,000 followers on Twitch. Plott's mother works for Frost Giant Studios, an RTS company that produced the game Stormgate. == See also ==