Tempo Storm

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While not officially part of the scene, Reynad has been pretty candid as to what getting a spot in the LCS entails, as he had made an attempt in the past. For those who don't know Tempo Storm is an eSports organization that has players and teams in Hearthstone, CS:GO, Overwatch, WoW, Heroes of the Storm, and various fighting games.

While technically an outsider, I feel like a third party with no real stakes in the current debate brings some new insight (as we have only heard from Org owners who are or have been involved with Challenger/LCS)

He talks about it here and goes on about it for about 10 minutes, and will probably keep talking about it sporadically throughout his stream right now. He also talks about the pay for casters in multiple games.

Note: Reynad, if you would rather not have this be posted here/want to make your own video about it, just let me know and I'll remove the link and wait till you upload a video.

Hello there ! Hope you all have been doing great. Today marks a lot of change for me.

I've been doing the whole content thing for 11 months, so almost a year. It's been really good and I've taken a good break from the crazy that was last year. But now, I've decided that I'm coming back to tournaments for Ultimate which is shaping up to be quite the game!! It's out in a month from now on...

Now I'm sure a lot of you guys have questions about why the sudden change, especially if you follow my content closely. About the team change, the decision to return, and the circumstances about it. So I'll be here for a few hours today to respond as much as I can any questions you guys may have about it all!

EDIT: , and my return to competitive play for Smash Bros Ultimate. Ton of insight into the whole topic, plus a skit featuring Smash Ultimate!

I'm also holding a giveaway for 2 Switch Ultimate bundles to commemorate the hype of this day. You may enter this giveaway by clicking

I also just want to say I really appreciate all of you. The Smash community is amazing and I simply wouldn't be in the position I am in today without the support from so many of you.

With that said, ask away!

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EDIT 2:38 AM: Tried to answer as much as possible earlier. I'm Answering a few more questions after my stream and then the AMA is over. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUCH A SUCCESSFUL AMA! YOU GUYS ARE FANTASTIC AND I GOT ONLY LOVE FOR YOU GUYS!!

EDIT 3:11 AM: Done respond this time around! Thank you so much guys. Best AMA so far on reddit. SEE YOU IN ULTIMATE!! Feel free to hit me up on twitter if you have any further questions. Take care everyone!

This deal is completed for a long time, but since their management posts this it is finally open for discussion!

Note: The spot is almost certainly from Nova, which means they are safe and do not need to play for re-qualification like Eanix.

Hey there! My name is Dan "Frodan" Chou and I'm an esports commentator/host primarily for Hearthstone. I have also done many events for other games including StarCraft 2, World of Tanks, Guild Wars, Street Fighter, and League of Legends.

My first start in eSports was in 2006 through MLG and FPS console gaming when I tried (and failed) to be a pro-gamer. I followed MLG until they picked up StarCraft 2 and since then, I never looked back on the master race. Throughout the years, I have worked for almost every big organization that has touched the modern eSports scenes including ESL, Dreamhack, NASL, IPL, MLG, BlizzCon, PAX, E3, and of course the infamous ESGN where I produced and created with Artosis.

Today I'm doing an AMA to interact with the community, clarify why I have a wrench in chat and what I do for the Twitch overlords, talk what I do for Tempo Storm/what it's like working with the Salty Dog himself, Reynad, and answer anything else!

Also, I wanted to promote Twitch's Race for Blackrock Mountain Adventure Challenge for the upcoming April 2nd release! We are issuing a bounty for $200 to the person who can claim the World First of each week's wing release. All you need to do is be the first to stream it in completion.

Thanks to Chakki for asking: To submit your VOD for the challenge, make sure to tweet @Twitch with a link to VOD declaring your victory :) Good luck to everyone competing

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[–]Ph0X 1 point an hour ago Speaking of Twitch, did you recently get hired by them or something? I noticed you are a Staff on there now. Would you mind saying a few words about what lead to that and what your job is there?

Good question. My job is to primarily make sure the Hearthstone community keeps growing. I handle anything from partnership questions to generating cool growth ideas. Best of all, Twitch wants me to keep being part of the community which involves me casting events and still helping out Tempo Storm. If you ever have a question about HS on Twitch, feel free to hit me up :)

//edit 2// Thanks to everyone who submitted questions. Heading off to bed and tackling any remaining ones in the morning :) You all rock!!

Hope to see some cool showings for the BRM challenge.