PhreakStream
Gaming Origins
PhreakStream was introduced to video games by his father when he was around four or five years old. In his early teens, he started playing StarCraft 1 and followed the development of the Korean eSports scene that was associated with it in various video game magazines. This motivated him to become involved in competitive video games himself.
In his later teens, he started participating in semi-professional Warcraft 3 tournaments and started teaching his friends how to improve in their gameplay.
Hi first taste of educating his peers had already occurred when he was around ten years old. He discovered that he really enjoyed teaching others but wasn’t quite sure how to actualize this ambition in the future, as the eSports scene had not yet developed at the time.
When he was older, he began uploading replay videos with separate mp3 voice commentary files to various fan sites and forums, as there were not yet any real video sharing platforms such as YouTube available.
These uploads gained him entry into writing content for various gaming websites, including wc3addicts.com and replays.com.
Professional Gaming
In the late 2000s, he joined a Warcraft 3 pro-team together with MonteCristo and ByronicHero. ByronicHero began working for a upcoming video game developer, Riot Games, and encouraged PhreakStream to apply for a job with them. He got a position with the company laregly due to his experience of online content creation, with one of his primary roles being the video creation and editing of Riot Games’ League of Legends ‘Hero Spotlight’ videos, which included voice commentaries and analyses. He later also one of their main shoutcasters for the major LCS tournaments.
In 2013, the LCS grew exponentially to the point where he was able to make shoutcasting and streaming is full time career. Since then, he has gone on to represent Riot internationally.
Streaming Hours
- Monday & Tuesday: 17:00 – 01:30 UTC
- Wednesday – Sunday: Inconsistent
Interesting Facts
On March 17, 2019, he had a cameo role in a Simpsons ‘E My Sports’ episode that centered around Bart Simpsons participation in the eSports scene.
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