meet our
elite badlanders
That’s why we’re assembling an Elite Badlander Squad with the best and brightest from the online streaming and competitive esports community.
Our Elite Badlander squad will be critical in helping our community grow into world-class gamers. Elite Badlanders will be devoting their time to creating engaging content, reviewing member game-play, challenging our community members within games, and managing our monthly tournaments.
Get to know our Elite Badlander squad below, and start your quest to become the best gamer you can be.
Jordan "JKap" Kaplan
2x's CALL OF DUTY WORLD CHAMPION
We couldn’t be more excited to announce the addition of Jordan “JKap” Kaplan to the Elite Badlander team! In 2015 and 2016 he took home the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP of COD, and was only just getting started establishing himself as a household name in the eSports universe. Currently, he is a retired Call of Duty eSports player, working as head coach for Los Angeles Thieves.
JKap started playing the Call of Duty series back in 2008 on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. He is widely regarded as one of the best Call of Duty players of all time, and has appeared in 4 Call of Duty Championship grand finals.
This is an important distinction since it is the most finals appearance of any player IN ESPORTS HISTORY! Incredibly, 3 of his final appearances were back-to-back occurring in 2015, 2016, and 2017.
His list of accolades goes on even further including being a 2016 CWL Pro League All-Star, and one of only three players to win back-to-back COD World Championships. His notoriety also reached mainstream levels when he showed up for a cameo appearance in an esports focused episode of CBS television show “Elementary.”
We are super thrilled about adding Jordan to the Elite Badlander team, and are amped to see a player of his caliber lend his support of Blockchain Badlands.
Please check out his socials below!
Aidan P. “MRKN Knight”
Former COD Pro, 6x World Record Holder
Hey everyone my name is Aidan aka “Knight” I’m a former professional CoD player in the CWL during BLACK OPS 4 and have been playing CoD at the highest level for over 5 years! I’ve won over 400 Online gaming tournaments in the Call Of Duty scene and am now a full time content creator focusing on Call Of Duty Warzone! I stream my gameplay everyday and upload videos throughout the week! Check out my socials below!
darryl green
First-Ever Professional Mobile Gamer
Darryl grew up in Jacksonville, FL and first started gaming on systems many of you have probably never even heard of before. He was a fanatic for games like Tecmo Super Bowl, Marvel vs Capcom 2, and Daytona USA. Some of his earliest gaming consoles included NES and Atari but his true passion for gaming started and ended at an arcade called Tilt.
Darryl would race home from school, and grab as many quarters as he could to hit the Tilt arcade in Jacksonville. He told me his mission was always to play as long as he could with the quarters he had, and try to get his name on the glorified leader-board. After drinking countless cold sodas, which he says always had more ice than soda, he soon managed to solidify his name as the top scorer on most of the games in the arcade.
Eventually he moved on from the arcade, but his life only grew more interesting from there. He worked at Disney World as a professional roller blader in the Tarzan Rocks live show, and even represented America in the 2004 Asian XGames for roller blading in Seoul Korea.
After hanging his skates up, he started a family back in Jacksonville and raised three kids. He made a name for himself as a landscape photographer, and would travel across the U.S. shooting incredible shots from our nation’s greatest National Parks. His goal was to capture as many beautiful places in the U.S. as he could so he could bring the photos back to his grandmother Evelyn.
Darryl’s grandmother Evelyn was wheel-chair bound with sickle cell anemia, so he was determined to help her see the world through his photography. And he did just that.
It was on the road that Darryl came up with his idea to start working on Evelyn’s Dream – a restored school bus he would use to travel the U.S. capturing scenery and gaming. Darryl poured his heart and soul into combining his love for photography and gaming by taking it on the road.
Since then, he’s become a world-class gamer. He has been selected by Forza Motorsports in the Community Spotlight to represent them in gaming. His gaming streams are known for there higher energy, positivity, and kid friendly nature.
He is a top 1% gamer in racing games like Forza Horizon 4, but also enjoys playing other games like Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Grand Theft Auto. He was attracted to Blockchain Badlands for its belief in the community, and focus on mentoring gamers. He wants everyone to they become better and more successful in gaming no matter how old they are.
He is determined to help more people realize their dreams of becoming a professional gamer and/or streamer.