Where does Korea stand in terms of region ranking in TFT, and how would you rank the regions overall? In the competitive world of any sport, whether it may be football (soccer) or even League of Legends, people always like to rank the strengths of the regions. So it’s 8-10 hours of gameplay on stream, and spend 2-3 hours off-stream researching. I stream 10 hours every day, and off-stream, I research other players for new strategies, their unit positioning, and look for unique itemization that I may not know of.
Representing T1 means that I have to be the best. Such a vision aligned with T1’s visions, so it was a good coincidence that came to fruition. What I want to do is provide the best level of gameplay content that anybody could in the world. Instead of just signing a streamer that just has a lot of viewers, they wanted to sign a streamer that maintained a certain level of gameplay a level that aligned with the prestige that T1 holds as an organization. The vision that I have is very similar to T1. I hit rank 1 on the ladder with Dota Underlords as well, so I was honored that they acknowledged my skill. The producers at T1 have also been checking out my stream, among other popular streamers of course. Image via T1Ĭan you share the story of how the signing with T1 came to be? What does it mean to represent the biggest esports organization in the world? Being able to rely on strategy over mechanics is what ultimately made me fall in love with TFT. I am getting older every year, so I can’t keep up with the mechanical side of games like League of Legends. In terms of the genre itself, it’s a decent strategy genre that doesn’t require too much APM. As each year passes, the game keeps becoming better, so I think that’s why TFT appealed to me over the other autochess titles. The good thing about TFT is that the game has a passionate dev team that invested a lot of time and energy into making the game better. What aspects of the autochess genre, specifically TFT, appeals to you the most? Other famous streamers, such as Scarra and Saintvicious, found out about me and hosted my stream, and that’s when my streaming career took off. I started getting my name out there as a TFT player/streamer when I hit rank 1 on the KR solo queue ladder. I really enjoyed watching such streams, so that’s when I was hooked on the autochess genre ever since. It reminded me of the ‘random defense’ genre of games, such as ‘One Piece Random Defense’. I used to watch a lot of Amaz’s streams, and at the time, they were playing autochess. I used to study to become a CPA for two years, until I started streaming. I was just a regular student, who kept my hair down and had very big glasses. What kind of a person were you before you made your name known in the TFT community as a streamer? I’m a streamer on Twitch, going by the same name! I’ve been playing autochess games for over two years now, such as Dota Underlords, Dota Auto Chess, and now, Teamfight Tactics. He called you ‘the God of TFT’, so your name is obviously widely recognized in the TFT community, but for those outside that circle, can you please introduce yourself to our readers?
I have a friend who’s an ex LoL pro that recently hit Challenger on the TFT ladder.
While Bebe remained humble throughout our conversation, it was easy to figure out just how much time he puts into practice and research in maintaining that top level of gameplay, a work ethic fueled by wanting to become the best. When I told my friend that I was heading to T1 HQ to talk with that same streamer, Kim “Bebe872” Kyuyeon, he labeled him as the ‘God of TFT’. He’s always told me of this one streamer that he always watches, and told me that the stream greatly helped him reach Challenger on the ladder. A close friend of mine, who used to be a pro player in competitive League of Legends and is now serving his compulsory military service in Korea, recently hit Challenger on the Korean TFT ladder.