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Daniel Ray Stemkoski, better known by his nickname Artosis, is an American professional esports commentator. Together with Nick "Tasteless" Plott, he provides commentary for AfreecaTV Global StarCraft II League games.

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In October 2019, American video game developer Blizzard Entertainment punished Ng Wai Chung (吳偉聰), a Hong Kongese esports player of the online video game Hearthstone, for voicing his support of the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests during an official streaming event. The public's response, which included a boycott and a letter from United States Congress representatives, prompted Blizzard to reduce the punishment, but not to eliminate it.

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Stanislav Cifka is a Czech chess, poker, Magic: the Gathering and Hearthstone player. He is also an FIDE master in chess. His eSports alias is simply StanCifka, a contraction or anglicization of his name.

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Bertrand Grospellier, also known as ElkY, is a French poker player and former StarCraft: Brood War and Warcraft III esports player. He has won a World Poker Tour (WPT), a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet and a European Poker Tour (EPT) title, giving him the Triple Crown. He is a partypoker Pro and he currently resides in Prague, Czech Republic. ElkY is ranked #77 on the Global Poker Index. In November 2015 ElkY returned to the esports scene by joining Team Liquid as a Hearthstone player.

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Rumay Wang, better known as Hafu, is an American Twitch streamer and professional World of Warcraft and Hearthstone player.

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Brian McCormick Kibler is an American collectible card game player, game designer, and streamer. In 2016 Kibler helped design Drawing Dead. Previously, he designed Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer with Justin Gary, Rob Dougherty and John Fiorillo, and worked on Chaotic and SolForge and was the lead designer of the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game. As of 2016, he is a design consultant for Eternal, in addition to streaming and casting Hearthstone and certain associated tournaments.

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Alexandr Malsh, also known by his username Kolento, is a Ukrainian Hearthstone player who streams on Twitch. He is widely regarded as among the top Hearthstone players. Malsh is currently signed with Cloud9. Kolento formerly played World of Tanks competitively, before turning to Hearthstone.