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Rifkin
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Rifkin
Commentator Information
Name:
Graham Rogers
Nationality:
Race:
Alternate IDs:
Rifkin, Rif_kingz, Rif_king
Approx. Total Winnings:
$1,712
Years active:
2015
2017
2019
2017
2019
Years active (caster):
2014 - 2020
2022
2022
Links
Graham "Rifkin" Rogers is a StarCraft II caster. He is known as the founder and main caster for BaseTradeTV.
Biography[edit]
Rifkin casted with PengWin in the After Hours Gaming League Season 3 "So You Think You Can Cast" competition.[1][2]
Disputes[edit]
Rifkin is known to have had disputes with the former owners of z33k.com regarding the reported theft of ad revenue from Rifkin and PengWin for their casts on Z33ktv. This issue was unresolved as of the shutdown of z33k.com[3]
Rifkin also had a brief conflict with the owner of sc2casts.com, where a third party uploaded and took credit for videos of Rifkin's casts.[4] The uncredited videos were removed from the site shortly after attention was brought to them.
Wings of Liberty[edit]
Rifkin founded BaseTradeTV around the end of 2012.[5] During this period he began casting weekly cups such as ZOTAC and Go4SC2 with various other community casters. He also began organizing showmatches between StarCraft professionals from various regions.
Heart of the Swarm[edit]
In the Summer following the release of Heart of the Swarm, Rifkin hosted the SC2 Summer Survivor event, which featured well-known StarCraft II players and community figures, such as puCK and Temp0, and some lesser-known figures, such as brent and YuMe. At around this time he began casting as a community caster for the early rounds of DreamHack and the qualifiers for various other tournaments while continuing to host showmatches.
Events Run[edit]
Tournaments Cast[edit]
Starbow[edit]
Trivia[edit]
- Owns an "aceKait" hat in homage to the aceKait emoticon for BaseTradeTV twitch subscribers, which features kaitlyn.[6]
- Claims to "very publicly dislike Liquipedia"[7], although there has been contrary evidence.[8]
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Place | Tier | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-15 | 7th - 8th | Showm. (Min.) |  | Twitch Rivals: StarCraft 2 Archon Showdown |     | 0-0-3 | Grp S. | $150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-08-15 | 7th - 8th | Showm. (Min.) | | Twitch Rivals: StarCraft 2 Archon Showdown |  | 0-0-3 | Grp S. | $150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-06-08 | 1st | Showm. (Min.) | | Matcherino Showdown: Rifkin vs BexySC Show Match | 5 : 3 |  | $638.56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-03-20 | 4th - 5th | Showm. (Min.) | | Twitch Rivals: StarCraft 2 Arcade Showdown NA | : | $375 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-06-30 | 13th - 16th | Minor | | EsportsEarnings Casters Invitational | 0-2 | Grp S. | $73 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-06-26 | 5th - 8th | Undefined |  | 2015 Red Bull Battle Grounds: Toronto |  | 0 : 2 |  | $125 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extended list of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Award | Team | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-16 | Premier |  | War Chest Team League | 5-6th's Team Captain | $200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extended list of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Position | Partner List | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-16 | Premier | | War Chest Team League | English Commentator | |
| 2020-07-12 | Premier |  | DH SC2 Masters 2020 Summer: North America | English B/C/D-Streams Commentator | |
| 2019-11-24 | Premier |  | HomeStory Cup XX | B-Stream Commentator | |
| 2019-04-07 | Premier |  | 2019 WCS Winter Europe | B-Streams Commentator | |
| 2019-04-06 | Premier | | 2019 WCS Winter Americas | B-Streams Commentator | |
| 2018-11-25 | Premier | | HomeStory Cup XVIII | Commentator | |
| 2018-07-14 | Premier | | 2018 WCS Valencia | English Community Commentator | |
| 2018-06-03 | Premier | | 2018 WCS Austin | Community Commentator | |
| 2017-07-15 | Premier | | 2017 WCS Valencia | Community Commentator | |
| 2017-04-30 | Premier | | 2017 WCS Austin | English Commentator | |
| About achievementsBroadcasts from any Tournament | |||||
Interviews[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Playoffs And So You Think You Can Cast
- ↑ AHGL Season 3 Casters
- ↑ Z33K.com is shutting down on May 25th
- ↑ CONTENT THEFT IS NOT COOL
- ↑ tl.net Public Profile for BasetradeTV
- ↑ aceKait hat
- ↑ Graham "Rifkin" Rogers (2017-09-05). "I've very publicly disliked Liquipedia for a while". Reddit.com. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
- ↑ Graham "Rifkin" Rogers (2016-05-16). "If someone could make a liquipedia entry for this that'd be super appreciated". Reddit.com. Retrieved 2017-12-20.