Brian H. Lee (born March 9, 1983) is an Asian American male who went to Rutgers University and was a 2 time All Big East competitor in the javelin.

Early Years

Brian H. Lee was born in New York City, more specifically in the borough of Queens, on March 9, 1983. His parents were both Chinese and had come over from China only 15 years prior to his birth. They lived in Flushing, Queens until his family moved to New Jersey when he was only 3 years old. His father, Chau Lee, was an owner of a Chinese take out restaurant in Willingboro, New Jersey. His mother, Kuei Koon Lee, also worked in that restaurant. Lee spent most of his childhood years playing with his two siblings, Philip and Angela, both of whom were older.

Adolescence

Brian attended Fleetwood Elementary School in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. There he had fostered his learning ways. Raised from Asian culture, he was raised to have extreme value in school and education, and to have great family values. He excelled in his studies in elementary school without working to his potential. He found it easy to just coast along, and with that instilled in him, it led to some difficulty down the road. After elementary school, he attended Thomas E. Harrington Middle School. There he learned and excelled once again. In the eighth grade, he was awarded best overall student in one of the 3 "wings" and best overall Social Studies student. Brian also played on the lacrosse team there. The main reason was because his family could not afford purchasing a glove, cleats, and bats for him to compete on the softball team.

Growing up in this town, Brian has always felt a distance towards the people he talked to, the people he learned from, and society in general. The town he grew up in was a predominantly white area. While growing up, Brian had been embarassed to look different and to grow up with such a different culture. It has affected him to be reserved to people he doesn't know, and to work hard in the aspects the "cool" kids has deemed important, namely athletics.

Here is an excerpt from his blog detailing his difficulty:

"I spent my first 14 years of my life searching for who I really was. I was always trying to fit in whereever I could, and that proved to be quite difficult. I was a large kid, usually one of the 3 tallest (you can't tell that now, as I am quite normal height), biggest, and most definately the loudest (that can be attributed to my mom, who has a louder voice than me, if you can believe that). This left me with a predicament; I was large, Asian (in a predominantly white area), loud, smart and athletic. That was quite tough to overcome. For no matter how good I was in the classroom, it was because I was Asian and different. Also, being smart alienated me from the rest of the class usually, as it was "cool" to not do well. Then in the sports realm, I was good and all, but still didn't fit in because I looked different. Such a shame, I'm glad I made it through with my head on straight."

High School

Brian attended Lenape High School, in Medford, New Jersey. Here Brian started his decline in academics. No more could he coast through all of his classes and still get perfect grades. He still didn't work for them, but believed he could still attain perfect grades that way. But he was wrong. Also at high school, Brian participated in athletics in all 3 seasons. He competed in football (3 varsity letters), winter track & field (4 varsity letters), and spring track (4 varsity letters). This was where he found his athletic calling. He was a two way starter his senior year for football, playing the fullback and linebacker positions. In winter track, he competed in the sprints, hurdles, and the shot put. And finally, in spring track, he competed in the sprints, hurdles, shot put, and the javelin. It was here where he found the most success.

Here's an excerpt from his blog about his high school life:

"This led me to high school, where I pretty much found out who I really was. I was finally ok being Chinese. It's a shame to last this long not being ok with who you are, but some people never do, so I'm glad I accepted who I was at least. I was good in athletics, which helped me mesh with all types of people. I was also somewhat smart, which let me be friends with the smart kids. I was able to mesh better overall with them because of my skills on the athletic field, for I wasn't the smartest, nor the most hard working, so if it weren't for my athletics, I would have been the "loser" in the classroom in the smart class. It's funny how even with the perceived "nerds," there is still a hierarchy in that. So I was lucky in that regard. So I have grown to become who I am today pretty much."

College

Brian attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He had been accepted to Wake Forest University too, but he chose Rutgers due to the close proximity to home and the lower cost of tuition. Here Brian graduated with a B.A. in economics and had a minor in psychology. Brian also competed on the men's track & field team. There he prospered under Coach Tony Naclerio. Being relatively unknown coming out of high school, Brian worked his way up from being a walk on, to a 2 time All Big East competitor in the Javelin.

Here is an exerpt from his blog:

"I yearned for the anonymity that Rutgers provided. I was quite well known in a 2,000 student high school, and Rutgers with its 26,000 undergraduates, provided me with that anonymity I so coveted. In all of college, I'd say I've only made 4 or 5 people that I consistently talk to. Imagine that, in high school I made about that many, and now in college I made the same exact amount. Needless to say, I am extremely closed off to new things, I am very skeptical and very adverse to opening up to anybody. I don't know why, I guess I need to know you and truly feel liked by you to open up. Probably my first 14 years coming up there. All college did for me was further my sense of self, and strengthened who I was coming out of high school. My main traits were guarded, hard working, stubborn, caring, loyal, unemotional, never telling my feelings, etc. You know, you're typical 22 year old male."

Professional Life

Personal Life

High school was where he found his best friends - SIMMB. There was Scott, Ian, Mike, Marquice, and Brian. The first of the group were Ian, Marquice, and Brian. They all met in football freshman year. Ian was best friends with Scott, so we all became friends by association. Mike joined the group 2 years later, after him and Marquice became good friends. There are 2 more friends, Glenn and Terrell. Marquice was good friends with Terrell, and Glenn was Terrell's cousin.

Gaming Career

Turbo Sliders

Since finishing college Brian has channeled his competitive spirit into becoming an Indie Research Turbo Sliders Champion. Despite a short temper that has led to numerous on track incidents, Brian has rapidly risen in the ranks to become a constant threat for Cup Champion, relegating such former champions as Elm Tree Bole(Simon Feeley), Cardinal Biggles, and BZART(Bart Oliver).

Urban Terror

Brian Lee has been known to terrorize the urbanites. From Austria to Abbey, Brian(alias Yttrium) dominates with his deadly SR-8 and silenced G-36. Independent sources attest that if the game wasn't so bugged as to constantly cause Brian's shots to not register, he would be so good as to not even make it worth playing. As it stands, he constantly vies for the top of the leaderboard.