Taiwanese esports player
GamerBee Hsiang in 2010
Name Bruce Yu-lin Hsiang Born 1978 or 1979 (age 44–45)[1] Nationality Taiwanese Games Street Fighter Sports career
Bruce Yu-lin Hsiang (Chinese : 向玉麟 ; pinyin : Xiàng Yùlín ; Wade–Giles : Hsiang Yu-lin ) is a Taiwanese esportist fighting games player who specializes in Street Fighter where he mains Adon and Elena in Ultra Street Fighter IV , and Necalli in Street Fighter V . GamerBee is currently sponsored by ZOWIE . GamerBee finished second at EVO 2015 after losing to Yusuke Momochi .[2] He placed 13th at Capcom Cup 2015 .[3] GamerBee was announced as one of the first two players for Red Bull Kumite 2016 's Street Fighter V tournament.[4] He finished second at the Street Fighter V event in the 2022 Asian Games , winning a silver medal.[5] GamerBee won two gold medals at the Global Esports Games in the Street Fighter V events at Singapore 2021 and Istanbul 2022.[6]
Personal life
Hsiang playing Street Fighter in 2010.
Prior to becoming a professional gamer, Hsiang worked in the hospitality industry . He revealed that he made around $1 million NTD in 2014 through prize money, streaming and sponsorship.[7] In September 2015 he became Twitch 's Partnerships Development Lead in Taiwan.[8]
References
^ Lee, Timothy (September 18, 2016). "Gamerbee stings the competition at Japan Cup" . ESPN . Retrieved May 6, 2021 .
^ Barker, By Ian J. (July 20, 2015). "Agony for Gamerbee, redemption for Momochi at Evo finale" . The Daily Dot . Retrieved December 8, 2015 .
^ Jurek, Steven (December 7, 2015). "Kazunoko takes the Capcom Cup in dominating fashion" . The Daily Dot . Archived from the original on July 8, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2015 .
^ Chavez, Steven (8 January 2016). "Justin Wong and GamerBee are the first players invited to the Red Bull Kumite 2016" . eventhubs.com . Eventhubs. Retrieved 2016-01-08 .
^ Yang, Chi-fang; Mazzetta, Matthew (28 September 2023). "Taiwan's Hsiang Yu-lin wins esports silver medal at Asian Games - Focus Taiwan" . Focus Taiwan - CNA English News . Retrieved 29 September 2023 .
^ Global Esports Federation (April 2, 2024). "Global Esports Federation Champions Circle" . Global Esports Federation . Retrieved April 2, 2024 .
^ "News" . News (in Chinese). April 29, 2015. TVBS .
^ "GamerBee Brings Love of FGC to Twitch" . Twitch . Retrieved 2015-12-09 .
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