Tempo Storm
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{{Short description|American esports professional video game team}}
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| founded = 2014
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| city = Los Angeles, California
| colors = Blue, White, Grey
| owner = Andrey "Reynad" Yanyuk
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| website = [http://tempostorm.com/ tempostorm.com]
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Tempo Storm is an American esports professional video game team that has teams competing in Age of Empires II, FIFA, Magic: The Gathering, fighting games, and Shadowverse. They have formerly held divisions in Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Fortnite, League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, Vainglory, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, World of Warcraft, and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.
Owner
Andrey "Reynad" Yanyuk is the owner and founder of Tempo Storm.{{cite magazine |last1=Winkie |first1=Luke |title=How Andrey 'Reynad' Yanyuk Went from Hustling Poker to Pro 'Hearthstone' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/how-andrey-reynad-yanyuk-went-from-hustling-poker-to-pro-hearthstone-127305/ |access-date=October 10, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=May 12, 2017}} Yanyuk has placed top 4 in Dreamhack and won multiple online tournaments such as Battle of the Best.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
Current divisions
= ''FIFA'' =
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= Fighting games =
Tempo Storm expanded into the FGC on March 9, 2015, beginning with the sponsorship of Christopher "NYChrisG" Gonzalez.{{cite web|last1=Parfitt|first1=Ben|title=Tempo Storm recruits fighting game guru Chris G|url=http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/tempo-storm-recruits-fighting-game-guru-chris-g/0146544|website=MCV|access-date=October 24, 2016}} On July 2, 2015, Weston "Westballz" Dennis and Jeffrey "Axe" Williamson joined Tempo Storm.{{cite web|last1=Rosen|first1=Daniel|title=Tempo Storm expands into Super Smash Bros. Melee with Westballz and Axe|url=http://www.thescoreesports.com/news/2758|website=The Score eSports|access-date=October 24, 2016|archive-date=August 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817223837/http://www.thescoreesports.com/news/2758|url-status=dead}} On March 1, 2016, NYChrisG was released from Tempo Storm as his contract expired.{{cite web|last1=Jurek|first1=Steven|title=ChrisG is now a free agent|url=http://www.dailydot.com/esports/chrisg-free-agent-tempo-storm/|website=Daily Dot|date=March 2, 2016 |access-date=October 24, 2016}} Westballz left Tempo Storm to join G2 Esports on July 11, 2016.{{cite web|last1=Steiner|first1=Dustin|title=Westballz Joins G2 Esports|url=https://pvplive.net/c/westballz-joins-g2-esports|website=PVP Live|access-date=October 24, 2016|archive-date=October 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024222941/https://pvplive.net/c/westballz-joins-g2-esports|url-status=dead}} On July 14, 2016, Tempo Storm announced the signing of Johnny "S2J" Kim.{{cite web|last1=Roberts|first1=Jason|title=BREAKING: Tempo Storm Picks Up S2J|url=http://www.12up.com/posts/3462530-breaking-tempo-storm-picks-up-s2j|website=12up|access-date=October 24, 2016|archive-date=October 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024221546/http://www.12up.com/posts/3462530-breaking-tempo-storm-picks-up-s2j|url-status=dead}} On November 7, 2018, Tempo Storm announced the signing of Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios.{{cite web|title=ZeRo joins Tempo Storm, returns to Super Smash Bros. scene
|url=https://tempostorm.com/articles/zero|website=Tempo Storm|access-date=November 7, 2018}} The organization would later drop ZeRo on July 20, 2020, following sexual assault claims made against him, which he subsequently admitted to.{{cite web|title=Tempo Storm CEO Reynad breaks-down organizations approach to allegations surrounding ZeRo|url=https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/11713/tempo-storm-ceo-reynad-breaks-down-organizations-approach-to-allegations-surrounding-zero|website=Inven Global|date=July 21, 2020 |access-date=June 9, 2021}}
= ''Magic: The Gathering'' =
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= ''Shadowverse'' =
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Former divisions
= ''Age of Empires'' =
Tempo Storm formerly sponsored two players, Hamzah El-Baher and Kai Kallinger, who were better known as Hera and Liereyy respectively.
Hera's biggest achievements in 2020 include winning Battle of Africa 2, and placing 2nd in Hidden Cup 3, Nili's Apartment Cup 3,Redbull Wololo 2 and winning Hidden Cup IV
.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} 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.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} On August 18, 2021, Hera announced on Twitter that he would be leaving Tempo Storm and rejoining his old team, Aftermath.{{Cite tweet |user=Hera_Aoe |number=1428093374163193862 |title=After about a year of being with @Tempo_Storm ive decided to part ways with them. }}
Liereyy signed with Tempo Storm on October 3, 2020.{{cite web |title=Liereyy follows Hera and becomes the second AoE II player to sign with TempoStorm |url=https://deepwatersgaming.com/en/liereyy-follows-hera-and-becomes-the-second-aoe-ii-player-to-sign-with-tempostorm/ |website=Deep Waters Gaming |access-date=February 23, 2022 |language=en}} He announced he was leaving Tempo Storm on July 29, 2021, in a YouTube video posted on his channel.
= ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' =
On February 12, 2016, Tempo Storm picked up the Brazilian CS:GO roster of Games Academy.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/esports/tempo-storm-counterstrike/|title=Tempo Storm is getting back into Counter-Strike|first=Dot|last=Esports|website=The Daily Dot |date=February 11, 2016}} Four days later the newly signed team upset several top North American teams to qualify for Intel Extreme Masters Season X - Katowice.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/esports/tempo-storm-shock-iem-katowice/|title=Tempo Storm shocks North America in IEM Katowice qualifier|first=Dot|last=Esports|website=The Daily Dot |date=February 14, 2016}} 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.{{cite web|last1=Uppal|first1=Rahul|title=Tempo Storm Win Cevo Gfinity S9 Finals|url=https://www.gfinity.net/news/details/tempo-storm-win-cevo-gfinity-s9-finals|website=Gfinity|access-date=June 1, 2016}} On May 8, 2016, the team placed second at DreamHack Austin 2016, losing to fellow Brazilian team Luminosity Gaming in the finals.{{cite web|last1=Higgins|first1=Chris|title=Brazil takes it all at DreamHack Austin|url=http://www.dailydot.com/esports/luminosity-gaming-tempo-storm/|website=The Daily Dot|date=May 9, 2016 |access-date=June 1, 2016}} Tempo Storm went on to sell the roster to Immortals on June 1, 2016.{{cite web|last1=Wolf|first1=Jacob|title=Immortals purchase Tempo Storm's Counter-Strike team|url=https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/15879732/immortals-purchase-tempo-storm-counter-strike-team|website=ESPN|date=June 2016 |access-date=June 1, 2016}}
On August 11, 2017, Tempo Storm picked up two rosters. The first roster consists of former players of paiN Gaming and Luminosity Gaming{{cite web|url=https://slingshotesports.com/2017/08/07/tempo-storm-sign-pain-luminosity-players/|title=Tempo Storm to sign ex-Pain, ex-Luminosity players|first=Jarek|last=Lewis|website=Slingshot eSports|date=August 7, 2017|access-date=September 9, 2017}} The second team, named Tempo Storm SE, was formed from mainly former players of Rogue Academy.
= ''Fortnite'' =
Tempo Storm joined Fortnite esports with a four player roster February 25, 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://tempostorm.com/articles/fortnite|title=Introducing Tempo Storm Fortnite |website=tempostorm.com|language=en|access-date=February 14, 2019}}
= ''Hearthstone'' =
Tempo Storm's Hearthstone roster consisted of Andrey "Reynad" Yanyuk, Dan "Frodan" Chou, Petar "Gaara" Stevanovic, Johnnie "Ratsmah" Lee, David "Justsaiyan" Shan, and Haiyun "Eloise" Tang.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
Hyerim "MagicAmy" Lee left Tempo Storm February 17, 2015, following accusations of being a fake identity and account boosting and win trading.{{cite web|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/tempo-storm-and-magicamy-part-ways-following-investigation/|title=Tempo Storm and MagicAmy part ways following investigation|publisher=pcgamer.com |first=Tim |last=Clark |date=February 20, 2015 |access-date=November 17, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/why-people-believed-a-top-hearthstone-player-was-tricki-1687042036|title=Why People Believed A Top Hearthstone Player Was Tricking Everyone|first=Patricia|last=Hernandez|publisher=kotaku.com |date=February 20, 2015 |access-date=November 17, 2016}}
On May 5, 2015, Tempo Storm added Johnnie "Ratsmah" Lee, a Hearthstone arena specialist to the roster.{{cite web|url=https://tempostorm.com/articles/tempo-storm-adds-ratsmah-to-hearthstone-roster|title=TEMPO STORM ADDS RATSMAH TO HEARTHSTONE ROSTER|website=tempostorm.com}}
On June 9, 2015, David "Justsaiyan" Shan and Haiyun "Eloise" Tang joined Tempo Storm.{{cite web|url=https://tempostorm.com/articles/justsaiyan-joins-tempo-storm|title=JUSTSAIYAN JOINS TEMPO STORM|website=tempostorm.com}}{{cite web|url=https://tempostorm.com/articles/eloise-joins-tempo-storm|title=Eloise Joins Tempo Storm|website=tempostorm.com}}
On October 14, 2016, Victor "VLPS" Lopez joined the team.{{cite web|url=https://tempostorm.com/articles/hearthstone-player-victor-vlps-lopez-joins-tempo-storm|title=Hearthstone player Victor "VLPS" Lopez joins Tempo Storm|website=tempostorm.com}}
Trump was signed by Tempo Storm in 2017 after leaving Team Solo Mid due to disagreements.{{cite web|url=http://tempostorm.com/articles/trump-joins-tempo-storm|title=Trump joins Tempo Storm|publisher=Tempo Storm|date=March 16, 2017|access-date=May 24, 2017}} Trump left Tempo Storm in 2018 on good terms.{{Cite web|url=https://tempostorm.com/articles/trumpsc|title=Tempo Storm parts ways with Trump |website=tempostorm.com|language=en|access-date=February 13, 2019}}
= ''Heroes of the Storm'' =
On June 2, 2015, Tempo Storm's Heroes of the Storm team swept Cloud9 Maelstrom in WCA NA final.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/esports/tempo-storm-cloud9-maelstrom-wca-na/|title=Tempo Storm HoTS team sweeps Cloud9 Maelstrom in WCA NA final|first=Dot|last=Esports|website=The Daily Dot |date=June 2, 2015}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/esports/zuna-arthelon-leave-tempo-storm/|title=Tempo Storm drops Zuna and Arthelon|first=Dot|last=Esports|website=The Daily Dot |date=November 9, 2015}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://tempostorm.com/articles/tempo-storm-signs-heroes-of-the-storm-global-champion-team-tempest|title=Tempo Storm Signs Heroes of the Storm Global Champion Team Tempest |publisher=tempostorm.com |date=July 20, 2016}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://tempostorm.com/articles/tempo-storm-heroes-of-the-storm-team-disbands-players-go-their-own-ways|title=Tempo Storm Heroes of the Storm team disbands, players go their own ways |publisher=tempostorm.com |date=November 2, 2016}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://tempostorm.com/articles/tempo-storm-acquires-top-na-hots-team-murloc-geniuses-formerly-astral-authority|title=Tempo Storm acquires top NA HotS team Murloc Geniuses, formerly Astral Authority |publisher=tempostorm.com |date=January 5, 2017}} 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.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
= ''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).{{cite web|url=https://tempostorm.com/articles/freeze-and-hatrixx-sign-with-tempo-storms-new-league-of-legends-division|title=Freeze and Hatrixx sign with Tempo Storm's new League of Legends division|website=tempostorm.com}}{{cite web|url=https://tempostorm.com/articles/revealing-tempo-storms-league-of-legends-nacs-starting-roster|title=Revealing Tempo Storm's League of Legends NACS starting roster|website=tempostorm.com}}
In the Summer Split of the North American Challenger Series, they introduced a new roster.{{cite web|url=https://tempostorm.com/articles/introducing-tempo-storm-summer-2017-lol-na-cs-roster|title=Introducing Tempo Storm's Summer 2017 LoL NA CS roster|website=tempostorm.com}} while keeping Diego "Quas" Ruiz and Jamie "Sheep" Gallagher. In late 2017, Tempo Storm's academy dissolved.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
= ''Overwatch'' =
Tempo Storm expanded its presence in Esports on August 17, 2016, by signing the Australian team formerly known as Untitled Spreadsheet{{Cite web|url=https://tempostorm.com/articles/tempo-storm-signs-australian-overwatch-team-untitled-spreadsheet|title=Tempo Storm signs Australian Overwatch team Untitled Spreadsheet |website=tempostorm.com|date=August 17, 2016 |access-date=November 17, 2016}} (captained by James "Yuki" Stanton and manager Philip Pretty). Two weeks later, on August 31, Tempo Storm formed a new North American team{{Cite web|url=https://tempostorm.com/articles/tempo-storm-signs-north-american-overwatch-team|title=Tempo Storm signs North American Overwatch team |website=tempostorm.com|date=August 31, 2016 |access-date=November 17, 2016}} (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.{{cite web|url=https://tempostorm.com/articles/an-update-on-tempo-storms-overwatch-rosters-may-2017|title=An update on Tempo Storm's Overwatch rosters (May 2017)|website=tempostorm.com}} Tempo Storm does not currently have any active Overwatch team.
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.{{cite web|url=https://esports.yahoo.com/overwatch-contenders-na-open-qualifiers-top-16-teams-includes-faze-cloud9-immortals-clg-183003350.html|title=Overwatch Contenders NA Open Qualifiers top 16 teams includes FaZe, Cloud9, Immortals, CLG, and more|date=June 7, 2017 }}
= ''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.{{Cite web|url=https://tempostorm.com/articles/snake_nade|title=Tempo Storm enters Rainbow Six Siege, signs Snake_Nade|last=Announcements|first=Tempo Storm|date=July 25, 2019|website=Tempo Storm|access-date=August 7, 2018}}
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.
= ''Vainglory'' =
On April 15, 2017, Tempo Storm signed the team 101 as its new Vainglory team.{{cite web |title=Tempo Storm signs Vainglory8 NA team 101 (formerly One Piece 101) |url=https://tempostorm.com/articles/tempo-storm-signs-vainglory8-na-team-101 |website=tempostorm.com |access-date=February 23, 2022 |language=en}} The team consisted of Alonso "Selena" Lara, Rhodney "Hide" Nerves, Christopher "LostBoyToph" Basco and Christopher "Poli5208" Keokot. Tempo Storm announced they were parting ways with the roster on November 21, 2017.{{cite web |title=Tempo Storm parts ways with Vainglory |url=https://tempostorm.com/articles/tempo-storm-parts-ways-vainglory |website=tempostorm.com |language=en}}
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External links
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{{Competitive Super Smash Bros.}}
{{Professional Heroes of the Storm competition}}
{{Professional Counter-Strike competition}}
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