Sujoy Roy

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Sujoy Roy (born September 1975) is the United Kingdom's first professional online gamer. He lives in Ealing, West London. While studying at Cambridge University, he started playing the computer game Quake online against other players, and found that he had quite an aptitude for the game. He spent many hours online and in the days before broadband Internet was available, even installed an ISDN line in his bedroom to improve his online performance.

After graduating from Cambridge with an M.A. in Natural Sciences, Sujoy took up a job at the merchant bank, JP Morgan, working on New York City's Wall Street, and regularly being shuttled between London and New York City in first class. However, he famously gave up this high flying career to concentrate on gaming, and the potential from tournament prize money and sponsorships.

Sujoy has appeared on many TV programmes on the main United Kingdom networks and satellite channels. He has also been interviewed by major newspapers and magazines, including the Financial Times and Sunday Times, as well as many computer magazines.

Sponsorships and endorsements included the Razer Boomslang mouse, probably the first mouse designed for online gamers. Sujoy had this mouse custom painted with the Union Jack by a motorcycle helmet artist, and it was a signature item at tournaments in which he competed.

Sujoy retired from online gaming in 2001 following the dotcom crash and set about organising multiplayer tournaments in the UK. Sujoy is co-owner of two Multiplayer Lan Gaming Centres named after his community website ESReality, one in Harrow, West London and the other in Maidenhead, Berks. In 2006, Sujoy has once again returned to competing in online gaming - his game of choice being Quake 4.