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| Name | Bruce Yu-lin Hsiang | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1978 or 1979 (age 44–45)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Taiwanese | ||||||||||||||
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| Games | Street Fighter | ||||||||||||||
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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
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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