Tempo Storm

Tempo Storm
Sport Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Heroes of the Storm
World of Warcraft
FIFA
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Founded 2014
Owner(s) Andrey "Reynad" Yanyuk
Website tempostorm.com

Tempo Storm is an American eSports professional video game team that has teams competing in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm, World of Warcraft, fighting games, FIFA, and Overwatch The TempoStorm website also has resources for learning how to play Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, and Overwatch. The website launched by Hearthstone player and streamer Andrey "Reynad" Yanyuk on May 25, 2014.

Reynad

Andrey "Reynad" Yanyuk is the owner and founder of TempoStorm. Andrey frequently streams on Twitch.TV where he plays Hearthstone, CS:GO and other games. His charismatic personality and gaming expertise have made his channel a popular destination for viewers .

Hearthstone

On January 27, 2015 Andrew "Kitkatz" Vargas left the team after disagreements over website content and his inability to "fulfill [sic] his duties". Hyerim "MagicAmy" Lee left TempoStorm February 17, 2015 following accusations of being a fake identity and account boosting and win trading.[1][2]

Heroes of the Storm

On June 2, 2015, Tempo Storm's Heroes of the Storm team swept Cloud9 Maelstrom in WCA NA final.[3] Tempo Storm received 7-8th at the 2015 Heroes of the Storm World Championship in November. On November 9, 2015, Tempo Storm dropped Zuna and Arthelon.[4]

On June 28, 2016, Tempo Storm ceased sponsorship of their North American Heroes of the Storm team. On July 20, 2016, Tempo Storm signed world champions Tempest, a South Korean Heroes of the Storm team.[5]

Roster

Nationality ID Name Position Joined
 South Korea Hide Chin, Gyeonghwan Player (Captain, Support) 2016-07-20
 South Korea dami Park, Ju Dalm Player (All-Rounder) 2016-07-20
 South Korea duckdeok Kim, Kyungdeok Player (All-Rounder) 2016-07-20
 South Korea Hongcono Lee, Daeheong Player (Tank) 2016-07-20
 South Korea Lockdown Chin, Jaehun Player (All-Rounder) 2016-07-20
 South Korea OPrime Seo, Hyeong Uk Coach 2016-07-20
 South Korea Rally Jaffa Jeon, Young Jae Communications Specialist 2016-07-20
 United States Parkzer Adam Parkzer Manager, Operations 2015-09-28

Counter-Strike

On February 12, 2016 Tempo Storm picked up the Brazilian CS:GO roster of Games Academy.[6] Four days later the newly signed team upset several top North American teams to qualify for Intel Extreme Masters Season X - Katowice.[7] Tempo Storm won the CEVO Gfinity Season 9 Finals on May 3, 2016 where they beat Virtus.pro in the semi-finals and SK Gaming in the finals.[8] On May 8, 2016 the team placed second at DreamHack Austin 2016, losing to fellow Brazilian team Luminosity Gaming in the finals.[9] Tempo Storm went on to sell the roster to Immortals on June 1, 2016.[10]

Former

Nationality ID Name Joined Left
 United States ShahZaM Shahzeb Khan 2015-05-11 2015-08-13
 Brazil HEN1 Henrique Teles 2016-02-10 2016-06-01
 Brazil LUCAS1 Lucas Teles 2016-02-10 2016-06-01
 Brazil SHOOWTiME Gustavo Gonçalves 2016-02-10 2016-06-01
 Brazil felps João Vasconcellos 2016-02-10 2016-06-01
 Brazil boltz Ricardo Prass 2016-02-10 2016-06-01

Fighting Games

Tempo Storm expanded into the FGC on March 9, 2015 beginning with the sponsorship of Christopher "NYChrisG" Gonzalez.[11] On July 2, 2015, Weston "Westballz" Dennis and Jeffrey "Axe" Williamson joined Tempo Storm.[12] On March 1, 2016 NYChrisG was released from Tempo Storm as his contract expired.[13] Westballz left Tempo Storm to join G2 Esports on July 11, 2016.[14] On July 14, 2016 Tempo Storm announced the signing of Johnny "S2J" Kim.[15]

Roster

Nationality ID Name Game(s) Main character(s) Other character(s) Join date
 United States Axe Jeffrey Williamson Super Smash Bros. Melee Pikachu Falco, Young Link July 2, 2015
 United States S2J Johnny Kim Super Smash Bros. Melee Captain Falcon Falco July 14, 2016

Former

Nationality ID Name Game(s) Main character(s) Other character(s) Join date Leave date
 United States NYChrisG Christopher Gonzalez Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Street Fighter V		 Morrigan/Doctor Doom/Vergil
Guile		 – March 9, 2015 March 1, 2016
 United States Westballz Weston Dennis Super Smash Bros. Melee Falco, Fox Captain Falcon, Donkey Kong July 2, 2015 July 11, 2016

Overwatch

Tempo Storm expanded its presence in eSports on August 17, 2016 by signing the Australian team formerly known as Untitled Spreadsheet[16] (captained by James "Yuki" Stanton and manager Philip Pretty). Two weeks later, on August 31, Tempo Storm formed a new North American team[17] (captained by David "NapTime" Fox and manager Shane "Dvexx" Waters) that would compete in the pro league. The North American team also contains notable talent such as Liam "Mangachu" Campbell, a top 500 player on the Season 1 ladder.

Roster

North American

Nationality ID Name Role Join Date
United States NapTime David Fox Support, Captain August 31, 2016
Brazil Hooey Estevao Gama DPS August 31, 2016
United States Mangachu Liam Campbell DPS August 31, 2016
Tahiti Mini Rollon Hamelin Tank August 31, 2016
United States Bdropped Ryan Aponte Tank/Flex August 31, 2016

Australian

Nationality ID Name Role Join Date
Australia Yuki James Stanton DPS, Captain August 17, 2016
Australia Refz Sam Rogers Support August 17, 2016
Australia Mosh Kyall Margitich Tank August 17, 2016
Australia HeyKatie Jackson Taylor DPS August 17, 2016
Australia Termo Jake Hickman Tank/Flex August 17, 2016

Although young, both teams have gained some notoriety in the professional scene. The North American team competed in the Route 66 Overwatch Cup sponsored by Beyond the Summit. This tournament took place on November 11-13, 2016 and featured a double elimination Best-of-3 bracket style structure with a prize pool totaling $5,000 USD. Out of the 8 teams competing, Tempo Storm finished in 6th place, above Team Liquid and Selfless Gaming.

References

  1. ↑ Clark, Tim (February 20, 2015). "Tempo Storm and MagicAmy part ways following investigation". pcgamer.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  2. ↑ Hernandez, Patricia (February 20, 2015). "Why People Believed A Top Hearthstone Player Was Tricking Everyone". kokatu.com. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  3. ↑ Esports, Dot (2 June 2015). "Tempo Storm HoTS team sweeps Cloud9 Maelstrom in WCA NA final".
  4. ↑ Esports, Dot (9 November 2015). "Tempo Storm drops Zuna and Arthelon".
  5. ↑ "Tempo Storm Signs Heroes of the Storm Global Champion Team Tempest". tempostorm.com. July 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ Esports, Dot (11 February 2016). "Tempo Storm is getting back into Counter-Strike".
  7. ↑ Esports, Dot (14 February 2016). "Tempo Storm shocks North America in IEM Katowice qualifier".
  8. ↑ Uppal, Rahul. "Tempo Storm Win Cevo Gfinity S9 Finals". Gfinity. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  9. ↑ Higgins, Chris. "Brazil takes it all at DreamHack Austin". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  10. ↑ Wolf, Jacob. "Immortals purchase Tempo Storm's Counter-Strike team". ESPN. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  11. ↑ Parfitt, Ben. "Tempo Storm recruits fighting game guru Chris G". MCV. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  12. ↑ Rosen, Daniel. "Tempo Storm expands into Super Smash Bros. Melee with Westballz and Axe". The Score eSports. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  13. ↑ Jurek, Steven. "ChrisG is now a free agent". Daily Dot. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  14. ↑ Steiner, Dustin. "Westballz Joins G2 Esports". PVP Live. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  15. ↑ Roberts, Jason. "BREAKING: Tempo Storm Picks Up S2J". 12up. Retrieved 2016-10-24.
  16. ↑ "Tempo Storm signs Australian Overwatch team Untitled Spreadsheet". tempostorm.com. August 17, 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  17. ↑ "Tempo Storm signs North American Overwatch team". tempostorm.com. August 31, 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
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