Amaz
Other Interests
Family
His mother passed away in 2011 and his father lives in Hong Kong.
Gaming Origins
Amaz was introduced to video games by his cousin shortly after he moved to Vancouver, Canada with his mother when he was in fourth grade. They used to play Warcraft III together after school. He became a serious video gamer when he and his mother returned to Hong Kong to live with his father when he was in High School. He had lost a lot of his Chinese and so had to attend an international school, which made it difficult for him to transition. He therefore started playing a lot of WoW in his free time.
He later returned to Canada to study in University. While he was there, his mother passed away from cancer. This led to him investing even more time in WoW, as it served as a form of escapism for him. He dropped out of university a couple of years later and returned to Hong Kong to live with his father and work in an office job. During that time he completed a diploma to teach saxophone and also kickstarted a card game called Scribe’s Arena. He started playing HearthStone when it was released.
Professional Gaming
After a while, his friends recommended that he streaming his plays. He took their advice and soon built up a follower base and switched to full-time streaming as a career.
Income
Amaz is estimated to have at least 3,000 subscribers and attracts over 3,240 viewers each stream. This means that his base monthly income is around $10,500 USD per month, excluding revenue from tiered subscriptions, advertisements, sponsorships, his team salary, Twitch cheer bit donations and tips.
Streaming Hours
Monday – Friday: from ~09:00 UTC for ~5+ hrs
Saturday & Sunday: No streams
Accomplishments
- 1st – HearthStone GEICO Brawl - 2015
- 1st – HearthStone VGVN Naxxramas Release Tournament 3 - 2014
- 1st – HearthStone IEM Season IX Shenzhen - 2014
- 1st – HearthStone Numericable M-House Cup 4 - 2014
Quotes
Be consistent. You have to make a schedule, hopefully. And then you need to let people know… that you’re there. There are a lot of streamers that stream a lot, but then go on vacation without telling other people, so they can’t really track them down… You’re kind of doing a show for the people, so you want people to know where to find you.
