Hafu (gamer)

Rumay Wang (born April 18, 1991), better known as Hafu, is an American Twitch streamer and professional World of Warcraft and Hearthstone player.

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Wang in 2018
Personal information
BornRumay Wang
(1991-04-18) April 18, 1991
Newton, Massachusetts U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Twitch information
Channel
Years active2015–present
GenreGaming
Followers1,192,000
Total views107 million
Career information
Games
RoleStreamer
Follower and view counts updated as of January 18, 2021.

Early life

Wang was born in Newton, Massachusetts to Chinese immigrant parents from Beijing. She grew up in Lexington. She was introduced to the MMORPG World of Warcraft in high school by her friends.[1] She later studied at Bentley University but dropped out to focus on gaming.[1]

Career

Several thousand people regularly view her Twitch streams, and she has over 1 million followers on her channel.[1][2] In late 2015, she appeared on Smasher's Legends of Gaming.[3] On August 15, 2019, Hafu joined G2 Esports as a Teamfight Tactics streamer.[4] Hafu won the second PogChamps chess tournament in September 2020.[5]

She has spoken out against sexual harassment in gaming.[6][7]

In September 2020, Wang began streaming and posting videos of her playing Among Us with friends. The increasing popularity of the game in part allowed her to become the second most-viewed female Twitch streamer in the month of October, only being surpassed by Pokimane.[8]

References
  1. Yap, Audrey Cleo (April 26, 2016). "In the World of Professional Gaming, Rumay 'Hafu' Wang Found Her Niche". NBC News. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017.
  2. "Hafu tweets thanks for 1 million followers on Twitch". November 19, 2020.
  3. Gu, Rachel (September 9, 2015). "HotshotGG and Hafu Will Be Coaches in New Esports Show "Legends of Gaming"". GameSpot. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017.
  4. Abbas, Malcolm (August 15, 2019). "Hafu joins G2 Esports". Dot Esports. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  5. Kane, Jeremy. "PogChamps Final: Hafu Is Champion". Chess.com. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  6. Procter, Richard (September 25, 2015). "How Women In eSports Deal With Twitch Toxicity Every Day". Forbes. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017.
  7. Chalk, Andy (February 19, 2016). "Hearthstone pro Hafu speaks out about sexist trolling on Twitch". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on March 25, 2017.
  8. Pineda, Carlos (December 10, 2020). "Valkyrae dominates November viewership among female streamers". ClutchPoints.
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