Tempo Storm

Owner

Andrey "Reynad" Yanyuk (born January 27, 1992) is the owner and founder of Tempo Storm. Yanyuk has placed top 4 in Dreamhack and won multiple online tournaments such as Battle of the Best. When he is not competing, he is often seen streaming on Twitch and working on Tempo Storm.[5]

Age of Empires

There are currently 2 players focusing on AoE2 in Tempo Storm, Hamzah El-Baher, better known as Hera, and Kai Kallinger, better known as Liereyy. [6]

Hera’s biggest achievements in 2020 include winning Battle of Africa 2, and placing 2nd in Hidden Cup 3, Nili’s Apartment Cup 3, and most recently Redbull Wololo 2. Hera continues to compete at the highest level of Age of Empires II while also being one of the game’s most popular content creators on Twitch and YouTube.

This is what Hera had to say about joining Tempo:

I’m super excited to join Tempo and finally be a part of a professional organization. What I had in mind going forward for both content creation and tournament play lined up really well with what Tempo has to offer and it really couldn’t have been a better match. I hope to grow myself through the team, represent the sponsors well, and meet some new faces in the community!I really enjoy what I do and would love to share it with everyone interested. Age of Empires II may be an old game, but it's more alive than ever before, and more people ought to give this amazing RTS a try![7]

This is what Tempo Storm Senior Partnerships Manager Ryan Turner had to say about the newest addition to the organization:

Tempo's entry into such an iconic game like Age of Empires further demonstrates our hyper-focus on building, enabling, and reinforcing communities. Very few titles can boast the longevity this game has, and it's entirely due to its passionate fanbase. To have a stand-out personality like Hera, one of the best players in the world, align so well with our values and represent Tempo is an opportunity we could not pass up.Tempo has many more great things planned to empower both the Age of Empires and Hera's communities, and we are incredibly excited to work alongside Hera to make it all happen.[7]

Hearthstone

Tempo Storm's Hearthstone roster consists of Andrey "Reynad" Yanyuk, Dan "Frodan" Chou, Petar "Gaara" Stevanovic, Johnnie "Ratsmah" Lee, David "Justsaiyan" Shan, and Haiyun "Eloise" Tang.[5]

Hyerim "MagicAmy" Lee left Tempo Storm February 17, 2015 following accusations of being a fake identity and account boosting and win trading.[8][9]

On May 5, 2015, Tempo Storm added Johnnie "Ratsmah" Lee, a Hearthstone arena specialist to the roster.[10]

On June 9, 2015, David "Justsaiyan" Shan and Haiyun "Eloise" Tang joined Tempo Storm [11][12]

On October 14, 2016, Victor "VLPS" Lopez joined the team.[13]

Trump was signed by Tempo Storm in 2017 after leaving Team Solo Mid due to disagreements.[14] Trump left Tempo Storm in 2018 on good terms.[15]

Roster
ID Name Joined
Reynad Andrey Yanyuk Founder
Gaara Petar Stevanovik 2014
Eloise Haiyun Tang 2015-06-09
Purple Ryan Murphy-Root 2017-03-16
Amnesiac William Barton 2018-02-12
Frodan (Manager) Dan Chou 2014-06-14

Former
ID Name Join Date Leave Date
Tidesoftime Andrew Biessener 2014-03-28 2014-10-30
MagicAmy Hyerim Lee 2014-12-31 2015-02-17
Trump Jeffrey Shih 2017-03-16 2018-10-31
Ratsmah Johnnie Lee 2015-05-05
Justsaiyan David Shan 2015-06-09 2019-04-20

Heroes of the Storm

On June 2, 2015, Tempo Storm's Heroes of the Storm team swept Cloud9 Maelstrom in WCA NA final.[16] 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.[17]

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.[18] That roster disbanded on November 2, 2016 after reaching 4th place in OGN Super League Season 3 and thus failing to qualify for the Fall Global Championship at BlizzCon.[19]

Prior to the start of the 2017 Heroes Global Circuit, Tempo Storm re-entered the North American professional scene by signing the former Astral Authority roster on January 5, 2017.[20] This iteration of the Tempo Storm Roster went on to win 1st in the Heroes of the Storm Global Championship Pro League Phase 1 for North America.[21]

Roster
ID Name Position Joined
cattlepillar Ben Bunk Player (Captain, Shotcaller, Tank) 2017-01-05
Fan Fan Yang Player (Ranged Flex) 2017-11-18
psalm Harrison Chang Player (Ranged Flex) 2017-01-05
Glaurung Mike Fisk Player (Melee Flex) 2017-11-18
Jun Jun Jang Player (Support) 2017-01-05
Kala Kurtis Lloyd Coach, Analyst, Manager 2017-01-05
Parkzer Adam Parkzer Manager, Operations 2015-09-28

Former
ID Name Position Joined
Hide Gyeonghwan Chin Player (Captain, Support) 2016-07-20
dami Ju Dalm Park Player (All-Rounder) 2016-07-20
duckdeok Kyungdeok Kim Player (All-Rounder) 2016-07-20
Hongcono Daeheong Lee Player (Tank) 2016-07-20
Lockdown Jaehun Chin Player (All-Rounder) 2016-07-20
OPrime Hyeong Uk Seo Coach 2016-07-20
CauthonLuck Rori Bryant-Raible Player (Ranged All-Rounder) 2017-01-05
Fury Manuel Medina Player (Tank) 2017-01-05
Rally Jaffa Young Jae Jeon Communications Specialist 2016-07-20

Fortnite

Tempo Storm joins Fortnite esports with a four player roster February 25, 2018.[22]

Roster
ID Name Join Date
CizLucky Chris Perez 2019-04-04

Former
ID Name Join Date Leave Date
Brush Craig Hechmer 2019-04-04 2019-10-31
Winter Jake Martin 2018-02-25 2018-11-21[23]
VapeJesus Jessi Rodriguez 2018-02-25 2018-09-30
Payne Morgan Redfield Jr. 2018-02-25 2018-09-30[24]

Fighting games

Tempo Storm expanded into the FGC on March 9, 2015, beginning with the sponsorship of Christopher "NYChrisG" Gonzalez.[25] On July 2, 2015, Weston "Westballz" Dennis and Jeffrey "Axe" Williamson joined Tempo Storm.[26] On March 1, 2016, NYChrisG was released from Tempo Storm as his contract expired.[27] Westballz left Tempo Storm to join G2 Esports on July 11, 2016.[28] On July 14, 2016 Tempo Storm announced the signing of Johnny "S2J" Kim.[29] On November 7, 2018, Tempo Storm announced the signing of Gonzalo Barrios.[30]

Roster
ID Name Game(s) Main character(s) Other character(s) Join date
Axe Jeffrey Williamson Super Smash Bros. Melee Pikachu Falco, Young Link July 2, 2015
Alex Myers Alex Myers Street Fighter V Cammy N/A July 3, 2017[31]

Former
ID Name Game(s) Main character(s) Other character(s) Join date Leave date
NYChrisG Christopher Gonzalez Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Street Fighter V		 Morrigan/Doctor Doom/Vergil
Guile		 – March 9, 2015 March 1, 2016
Westballz Weston Dennis Super Smash Bros. Melee Falco, Fox Captain Falcon, Donkey Kong July 2, 2015 July 11, 2016
S2J Johnny Kim Super Smash Bros. Melee Captain Falcon Falco July 14, 2016 January 3, 2019
ZeRo Gonzalo Barrios Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Wolf O'Donnell Diddy Kong November 7, 2018 July 4, 2020

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

On July 25, 2019, Tempo Storm signed retired Rainbow Six Siege pro and streamer, Steven "Snake_Nade" White as a streamer.[32] On November 29, 2019, Tempo Storm signed the Pro League team, 2Faced. The original Tempo Storm Rainbow Six Siege lineup consisted of Alex "Butterz" O'Campo, Tim "Creators" Humpherys, Mitchell "Dream" Malson, Xavier "Filthy" Garcia, Giuliano "Krazy" Solon, Trevor "KenZ" Kenzie as Coach, and Tanner "Forceful" McHattie and David "DnA" Thomas as analysts.

Roster
Nat. ID Name Role Join Date Previous Team
Creators Tim Humpherys Flex 2019-11-26[33] 2Faced
Dream Mitchell Malson Support 2019-11-26[33] 2Faced
Krazy Giuliano Solon IGL/Flex 2019-11-26[33] 2Faced
Mark Mark Arismendez Flex Fragger 2020-03-04[34] Team Reciprocity
Jarvis Sam Jarvis Flex Support 2020-08-29[35] PogChamp
KenZ Trevor Kenzie Coach 2019-11-26[33] 2Faced
DnA David Thomas Analyst 2019-11-26[33] Flipside Tactics
RaMz Robert Rockhill Analyst 2020-08-31 1nfamy
Coach Matt Wolf Matt Wolf Psychological Coach 2020-08-31 None
Snake_Nade Steven White Streamer 2019-07-25[32] Obey Alliance

Former players
ID Name Role Join Date Leave Date Previous Team New Team Current Team
Forceful Tanner McHattie Analyst 2019-11-26[33] 2019-12-31[36] Ex-Parallax Senshi Mirage
Filthy Xavier Garcia Fragger 2019-11-26[33] 2020-02-05[37] 2Faced PogChamp RentFree
Butterz Alex O’Campo Flex Fragger 2019-11-26[33] 2020-06-19[38] 2Faced The Last Dance The Last Dance
Sloppy Manuel Malfer Fragger 2020-03-04[34] 2020-08-29[35] Mkers None None

Achievements
End Date Tournament Location Placement Prize
2019-12-13 United States Nationals 2019 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 5-8th $5,000
2020-04-13 Pro League Season 11 NA North America 5th $14,000
2020-07-22 United States Division Season 1: Stage 1 United States of America 4th $4,000

Former League of Legends

In Spring Split of 2017, Tempo Storm picked up a professional League of Legends team to compete in the North American Challenger Series (NACS) [39][40]

In the Summer Split of the North American Challenger Series, they introduced a new roster [41] while keeping Diego "Quas" Ruiz and Jamie "Sheep" Gallagher. In late 2017, Tempo Storm's academy dissolved.[42]

Roster
ID Name Position Joined
Quas Diego Ruiz Player (Top Lane) 2017-12-25
Sheep Jamie Gallagher Player (Support) 2017-12-25
Selfie Marcin Wolski Player (Mid Lane) 2017-05-16
Wiggily Raymond Griffin Player (Jungle) 2017-06-03
Reven Sam Sung Player (AD Carry) 2017-06-03
LS Nick De Cesare Coach 2017-05-16
Cella Seung Pyo Hong Coach (live-in) 2017-05-16
JJ Josh John Manager 2015-12-25

Former Counter-Strike

On February 12, 2016 Tempo Storm picked up the Brazilian CS:GO roster of Games Academy.[43] Four days later the newly signed team upset several top North American teams to qualify for Intel Extreme Masters Season X - Katowice.[44] 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.[45] On May 8, 2016 the team placed second at DreamHack Austin 2016, losing to fellow Brazilian team Luminosity Gaming in the finals.[46] Tempo Storm went on to sell the roster to Immortals on June 1, 2016.[47]

On August 11, 2017, Tempo Storm picked up two rosters. The first roster consists of former players of paiN Gaming and Luminosity Gaming[48] The second team, named Tempo Storm SE, was formed from mainly former players of Rogue Academy.

Notable former players
Alias Name Role Join date Leave Date Next Team Current Team
RUSH Will Wierzba Rifler June 30, 2015 July 8, 2015 eLevate compLexity Gaming
autimatic Timothy Ta Lurker June 30, 2015 August 11, 2015 Maximum Effort Gen.G
ShahZaM Shahzeb Khan AWPer May 11, 2015 August 13, 2015 Sponsorless Retired
stanislaw Peter Jarguz In-game leader May 11, 2015 August 13, 2015 LunatiK eSports Evil Geniuses
SHOOWTiME Gustavo Gonçalves Lurker February 10, 2016 June 1, 2016 INTZ eSports Keyd Stars
boltz Ricardo Prass Entry fragger February 10, 2016 June 1, 2016 Immortals Boom Esports
HEN1 Henrique Teles AWPer February 10, 2016 June 1, 2016 Immortals FURIA Esports
LUCAS1 Lucas Teles Support February 10, 2016 June 1, 2016 Immortals Imperial e-Sports
felps João Vasconcellos Entry fragger February 10, 2016 June 1, 2016 Immortals Boom Esports
peacemaker Luis Tadeu Coach February 10, 2016 May 11, 2016 Team Liquid MAD Lions
zakk Rafael Fernandes Coach May 28, 2016 June 1, 2016 Immortals None
fox Ricardo Pacheco AWPer May 3, 2018 September 3, 2018 Giants Gaming Giants Gaming
innocent Paweł Mocek Support May 3, 2018 December 10, 2018 X-kom Team MAD Lions
HS Kevin Tarn Entry fragger May 3, 2018 December 10, 2018 Team GamerLegion Nordavind

Former Overwatch

Tempo Storm expanded its presence in Esports on August 17, 2016 by signing the Australian team formerly known as Untitled Spreadsheet[49] (captained by James "Yuki" Stanton and manager Philip Pretty). Two weeks later, on August 31, Tempo Storm formed a new North American team[50] (captained by David "NapTime" Fox and manager Shane "Dvexx" Waters) that would compete in the pro league. The North American roster was updated on May 2, 2017 and the Australian Overwatch Team was let go at the same time.[51] Tempo Storm does not currently have any active Overwatch team.[5]

Former
ID Name Role Join Date
Dreamkazper Jonathan Sanchez DPS May 2, 2017
TwoEasy Elias Erik van Hoorn DPS May 2, 2017
TiG Tanner Spanu DPS May 2, 2017
JKW Joey Wavering Support May 2, 2017
Cosi Nicholas Beltran Support May 2, 2017
NapTime David Fox Support, Captain August 31, 2016
Hooey Estevao Gama DPS August 31, 2016
Mangachu Liam Campbell DPS August 31, 2016
Mini Rollon Hamelin Tank August 31, 2016
Bdropped Ryan Aponte Tank/Flex August 31, 2016

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

The former North American team competed in the Overwatch Contenders Cup, a tournament that took place the weekend of June 3, 2017, with over 600 teams competing. Tempo Storm made it to group stages with 16 other teams including Team Liquid and Cloud9.[52]

Former Vainglory

Tempo Storm had a Vainglory team.

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