Soembie
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Player Information
Name:
Salome Soe Gschwind-Repp
Birth:
September 16, 1988
Country:
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Salome Soe Gschwind-Repp (née Penski; born September 16, 1988) is a Swiss commentator and host, currently working at Blizzard Entertainment.
Soe is well known within esports and has attended events since 2007 as a host, commentator, analyst and interviewer such as BlizzCon, The StarCraft II World Championship Series, Gamescom, IFA, E3, World Cyber Games and The International as a host and commentator in either English or German.
Soe's esports career began with shoutcasting beat-em-ups. She then moved on to shoutcast Quake Live, and continued to be involved with that scene. Soe has since broadened her area of expertise and alongside many other titles began working with World of Warcraft, Warcraft III, StarCraft II, Dota 2, League of Legends, Trackmania, Hearthstone and Overwatch.
In July 2015, Soe started hosting an esports show on German television alongside 3 of her German-speaking colleagues from Freaks 4U Gaming. The show can be watched live on the German television channels NRW TV as well as rheinmaintv from Monday to Friday.
In 2016, Soe joined Blizzard Entertainment as a fulltime employee in their Versailles office in France. She continued to be a broadcast talent for everything Blizzard, but also became an Associate Esports Manager for Blizzard Entertainment.
In 2017, she relocated to Los Angeles, USA to work as the sideline reporter and interviewer during the inaugural season of the Overwatch League. She then moved to desk analyst in year two and three and then desk host for the 4th season.
Notable Events[edit]
Date | Tier | Tournament | Position | Partner List | |
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2022-06-05 | S-Tier | Overwatch League 2022 - Kickoff Clash | Host | None | |
2021-08-22 | S-Tier | Overwatch League 2021 - Regular Season | Host | None | |
2020-10-10 | S-Tier | Overwatch League 2020 - Playoffs - Grand Finals | Desk Host | ||
2020-09-13 | S-Tier | Overwatch League 2020 - North America Playoffs | Host | ||
2019-09-29 | S-Tier | Overwatch League - 2019 Playoffs | Analyst | ||
2019-08-25 | S-Tier | Overwatch League - 2019 Regular Season | Analyst | ||
2018-11-03 | S-Tier | Overwatch World Cup 2018 | Host | ||
2018-07-28 | S-Tier | Overwatch League - Inaugural Season Playoffs | Interviewer | None | |
2018-06-17 | S-Tier | Overwatch League - Inaugural Regular Season | Interviewer | None | |
2016-08-21 | S-Tier | 2016 ESL Overwatch Atlantic Showdown - Gamescom | Desk Host | None | |
About achievementsBroadcasts from any Tournament |
Awards[edit]
Date | Tier | Tournament | Team | Award | ||
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Tournament Awards | ||||||
2018-08-26 | Showm. | OWL All-Stars 2018 - Talent Takedown | T-Mobile Talent Takedown MVP |
Media[edit]
Interview[edit]
- 2018-08-30 | Soe Gschwind-Penski Reflections On The Inaugural OWL Season, Being A Role Model and Tracer Cosplay by Jeff Yabumoto of AkshonEsports