Few months later on June 29, 2016, she was promoted to the leader of the project, after its original creator, Aeromi, stepped down due to other commitments. Around the same time, she became a contributor of the unofficial community-run Twitter account covering StarCraft II tournaments and news.
On February 20, 2016, Kuro joined the team behind OlimoLeague, assisting in behind-the-scenes tasks such as player statistics and summary articles. On August 27 of the same year, she joined the social media team of mYinsanity as a volunteer. Over the course of 2015, Kuro also started regular coverage of Proleague and some other Korean tournaments on her Twitter. Over the next few months, she became the main administrator of Crank's community, including the newly created in-game Twitch Subscriber clan CranKy, and assisted other members of the Axiom team house with managing their channels. Things changed when at the end of 2014 she joined the ranks of Crank's Twitch moderators. The winners were crowned in June, 2014 but the tournament was suffering from internal miscommunication issues, due to which it was never continued.ĭiscouraged by the events of TumblrCraft, Kuro stepped away from actively contributing to StarCraft II related projects. TumblrCraft Season 2 was announced on Apfeaturing two divisions: Gold - Platinum and Diamond - Grand Master. After in July, 2013 it was announced that the event would not be continued due to shortage of staff, Kuro took over the management role of the project. One of them was TumblrCraft Season 1, a tournament organized by the StarCraft II community of the blog website Tumblr. After StarCraft II came out, she stumbled upon Husky's YouTube videos, followed by TotalBiscuit's channel and Day's broadcasts, through which she found out about the game's esports scene.įirst Steps in the Esports Scene Īfter being part of the live audience of IEM Season VII - Katowice in January, 2013, Kuro decided to join the competitive scene by participating in amateur tournaments. Kuro watched StarCraft played by her family ever since the game's release, while she started casually playing it herself around 1999.
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