Winter
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Winter
This page is about the American Random player. To read about the Swedish Zerg, see Winter.
Evan "Winter" Ballnik is a Random player from the United States, currently teamless.
Biography[edit]
Winter is mostly notable as a streamer. Initially only moderately popular, he rose to fame when in 2014 his stream became one of the most watched StarCraft II player streams. While Winter does not play at the highest competitive level, his commentary on his own games and interaction with viewers proved popular.[1] Winter has raised his highest rank to Grand Master as both a Zerg player and then a Random player.[Citation needed] He said he wanted to do this to eventually become a competitive player.[Citation needed]
Winter also attended HomeStory Cup X as a caster in November 2014.
On 16 March 2015, Winter was un-featured from the Team Liquid stream page due to alleged use of viewbots to artificially increase his stream viewer count on Twitch.[2] After a six-month probation period, Winter was deemed clean by Team Liquid and refeatured.[3] Around the same time, he parted ways with nVidia when his initial contract ended, due to the surrounding drama.[4]
- ↑ Conti (1 March 2015). "Top 50 streamers February 2015". TL.net. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ↑ Revised feature stream requirements
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Winter No Longer On nVidia Team Page on Twitch
Achievements[edit]
| In Minor and Monthly tournaments | ||||||
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| Date | Place | Event | Team | Result | Winnings | |
| 2015-11-01 | 2nd | Youmacon 2015 |  | 0 : 4 |  puCK | $220 |
| 2014-11-02 | 2nd | Youmacon 2014 | | 1 : 4 | desRow | $200 |
| 2013-11-04 | 1st | Youmacon 2013 | | 4 : 2 |  Yoshi | $330 |
| Complete Results in any Tournament |
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