Tempo Storm Heroes’ disbandment earlier this month led many fans to speculate whether Tempest would make a return or not, and if so, with what roster. Such guesswork intensified as Tempest’s participation in the Global Wildcard Qualifiers for the Netease Gold Club World Championship was announced. However, the new Tempest lost 2-1 in their head-to-head against MVP Miracle and thus failed to join the main tournament.





The new Tempest was composed of Hide, Lockdown, Modernlife, Hooligan, and BIRDSKING. While Hide and Lockdown need no introduction, the latter three will be unfamiliar to most foreign fans.



Modernlife is an IRL friend of Lockdown and a complete newcomer to Heroes of the Storm. Hide revealed that Modernlife was chosen to join the team because he had shown great promise in his first month of playing the game.



Hooligan, on the other hand, is somewhat well-known in the Korean scene: his career highlights include a quarterfinal finish in Superleague 2016 S1 (on RoMg), a third place finish in Powerleague S2 (on LeaveKongAlone), and a quarterfinal finish in Superleague 2016 S3 (on BooM). He is commonly considered one of the better second-tier melee flex players in the region.



The odd egg of the group is clearly BIRDSKING, an on-again-off-again streamer who has been criticized multiple times over his career for unprofessional conduct and despicable in-game toxicity.





Hide clarified that Tempest's most recent lineup was one hastily put together for the GCWC Global Wildcard Qualifiers, promising meaningful changes before the HGC 2017 roster lock deadline. The captain declined to reveal more about the team's future at this point in time.