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Team:Thunder Gaming

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Thunder Gaming
Logotype of Thunder Gaming and Thunder Studios
Location Long Beach, United States USA
Owners Thunder Studios
Player manager Eric Legesse (Tyrant)
Sponsors/Partners HyperX
TechniSport
Red Bull
Greenlit Content
Riot Games
Ader
Blizzard
Shadow

Thunder Gaming is a professional Esports organization based in Long Beach, California, owned by Thunder Studios.

Thunder Gaming first entered Smash as a tournament organizer, hosting Thunder Smash. They would continue as a tournament organizer, hosting Thunder Smash 2, as well as a weekly series, Thunder Smash Tuesdays. They began sponsoring players on August 8th, 2019, signing top Ultimate player MVD [1] and commentator VikkiKitty[2]. They would later go on to sign many top players in quick succession, signing Ginger [3] on August 14th, MuteAce[4] on August 16th, Westballz[5] on August 17th, and K9sbruce[6] on August 19th. In January 2020, eight players, casters and content creators left Thunder Gaming. Raito also left the team later, in November 2020. MVD parted ways with Thunder Gaming on March 11th, 2022.[7]

On September 30th, 2021, former Thunder Gaming employee paperfairy won a lawsuit against Thunder Gaming over $1,900 owed to him that had not been paid out.[8]

Current smashers

Pro smashers

ID Name Game Main(s) Join Date
United States K9sbruce Shawn Bruce Super Smash Bros. Ultimate WolfHeadSSBU.png 2019-08-19

Other smashers

  • USA Tyrant PalutenaHeadSSBU.pngJokerHeadSSBU.png (Team Manager, joined August 20th, 2019)
  • USA Vish CaptainFalconHeadSSBM.png (Commentator, joined August 22nd, 2019)
  • USA Halorin VillagerHeadSSBU.png (Commentator, joined August 22nd, 2019)[9]
  • USA BAM RoyHeadSSBU.png (Commentator, joined August 23rd, 2019)[10]
  • USA HumbleBeast NessHeadSSBU.png (Tournament Organizer, joined September 16th, 2019) [11]

Former members

ID Name Game Main(s) Join Date Leave Date
United States Bear Bassem Dahdouh Super Smash Bros. Ultimate BowserHeadSSBU.png 2019-08-23 2020-01-10
United States Omni Stephen Silver Super Smash Bros. Ultimate MarioHeadSSBU.pngKenHeadSSBU.png 2019-08-27 2020-01-05
United States MuteAce Antony Hoo Super Smash Bros. Ultimate PeachHeadSSBU.png 2019-08-16 2020-01-10
United States Westballz Weston Dennis Super Smash Bros. Melee FalcoHeadSSBM.png 2019-08-17 2020-01-10
United States MightyKeef Keith Ford Super Smash Bros. Ultimate SnakeHeadSSBU.pngGanondorfHeadSSBU.png 2019-08-26 2020-01-10
United States VikkiKitty Victoria Perez Super Smash Bros. Ultimate CorrinHeadSSBU.pngKirbyHeadSSBU.png 2019-08-08 2020-01-11
United States Ginger Avery Wilson Super Smash Bros. Melee FalcoHeadSSBM.png 2019-08-14 2020-01-13
United States Arisdael Christina Chartier Super Smash Bros. Ultimate RidleyHeadSSBU.png 2019-08-21 2020-01-17
Japan Raito Ishiguro Tetsuya Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DuckHuntHeadSSBU.pngBanjo&KazooieHeadSSBU.png 2019-10-12 2020-11-02
United States MVD Jestise Negron Super Smash Bros. Ultimate SnakeHeadSSBU.png 2019-08-08 2022-03-11

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