| Thunder Gaming | |
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| Location | Long Beach, United States 
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| Owners | Thunder Studios |
| Player manager | Eric Legesse (Tyrant) |
| Sponsors/Partners | HyperX TechniSport Red Bull Greenlit Content Riot Games Ader Blizzard Shadow |
Thunder Gaming is a professional Esports organization based in Long Beach, California, owned by Thunder Studios.
Thunder Gaming first entered Smash as a tournament organizer, hosting Thunder Smash. They would continue as a tournament organizer, hosting Thunder Smash 2, as well as a weekly series, Thunder Smash Tuesdays. They began sponsoring players on August 8th, 2019, signing top Ultimate player MVD [1] and commentator VikkiKitty[2]. They would later go on to sign many top players in quick succession, signing Ginger [3] on August 14th, MuteAce[4] on August 16th, Westballz[5] on August 17th, and K9sbruce[6] on August 19th. In January 2020, eight players, casters and content creators left Thunder Gaming. Raito also left the team later, in November 2020. MVD parted ways with Thunder Gaming on March 11th, 2022.[7]
On September 30th, 2021, former Thunder Gaming employee paperfairy won a lawsuit against Thunder Gaming over $1,900 owed to him that had not been paid out.[8]
Current smashersEdit
Pro smashersEdit
| ID | Name | Game | Main(s) | Join Date | |
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K9sbruce | Shawn Bruce | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2019-08-19 |
Other smashersEdit
Former membersEdit
| ID | Name | Game | Main(s) | Join Date | Leave Date | |
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Bear | Bassem Dahdouh | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2019-08-23 | 2020-01-10 |
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Omni | Stephen Silver | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |  
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2019-08-27 | 2020-01-05 |
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MuteAce | Antony Hoo | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2019-08-16 | 2020-01-10 |
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Westballz | Weston Dennis | Super Smash Bros. Melee | 
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2019-08-17 | 2020-01-10 |
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MightyKeef | Keith Ford | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |  
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2019-08-26 | 2020-01-10 |
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VikkiKitty | Victoria Perez | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |  
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2019-08-08 | 2020-01-11 |
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Ginger | Avery Wilson | Super Smash Bros. Melee |
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2019-08-14 | 2020-01-13 |
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Arisdael | Christina Chartier | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2019-08-21 | 2020-01-17 |
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Raito | Ishiguro Tetsuya | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |  
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2019-10-12 | 2020-11-02 |
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MVD | Jestise Negron | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |
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2019-08-08 | 2022-03-11 |
External linksEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ MVD officially signs with Thunder Smash Gaming.
- ^ VikkiKitty has officially signed with Thunder Smash Gaming.
- ^ Ginger has officially signed with Thunder Smash Gaming.
- ^ MuteAce has officially signed with Thunder Smash Gaming.
- ^ Westballz has officially signed with Thunder Smash Gaming.
- ^ K9sbruce has officially signed with Thunder Smash Gaming.
- ^ MVD parts ways with Thunder Gaming.
- ^ Thunder Gaming lawsuit.
- ^ Halorin joins Thunder Gaming.
- ^ Bam joins Thunder Gaming.
- ^ HumbleBeast signs with Thunder Gaming.