The gauntlet has been thrown. We’ve equipped some top-tier MOBA-playing Twitch streamers with a coach and challenged them with a simple goal: become the best Heroes of the Storm player they can possibly be, while earning donations for Make-A-Wish® and JA Worldwide in the process. It’s time to Tryhard – For Good!

How Tryhard for Good Works:

Phase One: Each of the European contenders will be teaming up with expert coaches for some hands-on instruction over the next few weeks. Here’s where they’ll learn the ins-and-outs of Heroes of the Storm, sharpen their competitive skills, and get their Hero League game faces on.

Phase Two: The gloves come off. Once their training has ended, each competitor will claw their way to the top of the Hero League solo queue ladder with no more assistance from the coaches. Good luck!

Follow Along! Tune in to your favorite streamers’ Twitch channels to learn alongside them during Phase One, and keep up with their progress as they climb the Hero League ladder during Phase Two. A list of participating streamers and links to their channels will be available next week.



At the end of the challenge, each sponsored streamer’s rank on the Hero League ladder will determine the donation amount we’ll make to Make-A-Wish and JA Worldwide:

€5000 for finishing their placement matches

€200 for ranking up a division (for example, Gold 3 to Gold 2)

€1,000 for ranking up a league (for example, Platinum 1 to Diamond 5)

€5,000 for reaching Master Rank

€100 per Hero League win, up to 100 wins per competitor

€20,000 to the competitor who reaches the highest on the Hero League ladder!

About Make-A-Wish

Make-A-Wish grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. Find out more at www.worldwish.org.

About JA Worldwide

JA Worldwide is one of the largest global NGOs dedicated to addressing fundamental social and economic challenges of young people by educating and empowering them to transform their futures and own their economic success. Through the delivery of cutting-edge, experiential learning in financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship, we effectively broaden the canvas of possibility for young people and enrich their ability to both engage in their own economic development and contribute to the strength of their families, communities, and economies. With more than 100 member countries, the JA Worldwide network is powered by over 450,000 volunteers and mentors from all sectors of society, reaching more than 10 million young people around the world every year. Find out more at www.jaworldwide.org

Competitors:

PyrionFlax Ted “Pyrion Flax” Forsythe is a full-time streamer and content creator across YouTube and Twitch with The Yogscast. Pyrion is known to many as the EU analyst and interviewer of Dota 2’s “The International”. He will be coached by Sjin and Duncan! CaspeRRR Roman "CaspeRRR" Lepekhin is a professional Ukrainian Dota 2 commentator, he will be coached by Nostromia.

Kev1n Kevin "Kev1n" Rubiszewski is a former LCS pro gone caster, analyst, streamer and YouTuber. He will be coached by TazzDingo. Skyyart Former professional League of Legends player, Skyyart showed the whole world what French players could do, with the Sypher team. He’s now streaming from Tuesday to Sunday.

Coaches: