His passion for HotS, he tells me, is sapped. I don’t really know how all the players reacted to that but for my part that was like a big back stab. Vilhelm "POILK" Flennmark is switching back to League of Legends. "The only thing I miss is going to be the people I got to know from Heroes and the fans during events that I won’t be able to meet and play in front again," he says. He currently plays for Swedish team The Final Tribe, which just recently took 2nd in the Swedish Esports League Season 2: Division 1 tournament. His instinct does not appear to be wrong.
#Heroes of the storm dead professional#
He was no slouch when he quit LoL, but now that he has years of professional experience under his belt in another MOBA, he feels confident that he can re-adjust and climb the ranks. Fortunately, unlike Penfold, Flennmark has the luxury of time on his side and is in no rush to make money. But beyond his goal to transition to being a full-time LoL pro, he has no plan B. "Now I am super addicted to it and just play countless hours to get good at it again and hopefully become something in it."įlennmark credits his rekindled love for League of Legends with improvements made to the pacing of matches and the added emphasis on personal skill and performance since he last played it. "I really didn’t enjoy at all, I got really frustrated at the game and decided, in the end, to just quit," Flennmark says. Now he is returning as a refugee from Blizzard’s dying MOBA. The world-class ranged carry formerly of Team Dignitas was originally a League of Legends player who turned to Heroes of the Storm three years ago after growing dissatisfied with LoL. Switching games isn't impossible, as Vilhelm "POILK" Flennmark knows all too well.
But doing so will be extremely difficult, given how massive and competitive those scenes already are. I'm told that many are hoping that the similarities between Heroes of the Storm and other MOBAs can help them transition into games like League of Legends or Dota 2. He's not the only one trying to scrape together a career in other games. Now, Penfold is attempting to pick up the pieces by streaming and commentating other games like Rocket League and Apex Legends. "It was hard to do anything but watch their streams and cry with them." All of his friends and peers were just as surprised.
It wasn't just Penfold who was left reeling from the sudden cancellation of Heroes of the Storm's biggest championship circuit. Wade Penfold was one of Heroes of the Storm's regular commentators. He uprooted his life to move to California, where the HGC studio was located. Before long he was enjoying his new role in the scene as a commentator. Then three years ago, he decided to retire from his role as Tempo Storm’s captain and as a professional player. He competed at the highest level, saw the world, and made lifelong friends. He recognized the risk, but says he didn’t want to look back at his life with regrets over the chances he didn’t take. Penfold dropped out of college to chase his dream of becoming a professional HotS player. It was hard to do anything but watch their streams and cry with them.
#Heroes of the storm dead pro#
Everything that they had built their lives around no longer existed," Wade "Dreadnaught" Penfold, a retired pro player turned commentator, adds. Anger at the fact that it took as long as it did to get a response from Blizzard to end HGC, only a month before the league was projected to start.
Anger that their last few years of hard work and dedication had come to a sudden halt. "The first emotion I think a lot of us felt was just anger.
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