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Reckful
Personal information
BornByron Daniel Bernstein
(1989-05-08)May 8, 1989
Tel Aviv, Israel[1]
DiedJuly 2, 2020(2020-07-02) (aged 31)
Austin, Texas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Career information
GamesWorld of Warcraft
Asheron's Call
Hearthstone
Team history
2009–2011compLexity Gaming[2]

Byron Bernstein (May 8, 1989 – July 2, 2020),[3] better known by his online alias Reckful, was an American Twitch streamer and former professional Esports player. In June 2018, he began releasing a podcast called Tea Time with Byron, which features long-form interviews with notable guests in the gaming and streaming communities.[4] Before his death, he had been working with his community to create a video game called Everland.[5] Bernstein is best known in the gaming community for his achievements in World of Warcraft and Asheron's Call.[6][7][8][9]

Career

In World of Warcraft, he finished rank one online for six seasons in succession. He was the first person to reach 3000 rating and won Major League Gaming's World of Warcraft tournament in 2010.[10]

In 2011, Bernstein released the gaming movie Reckful 3. It reached one million views within a week (as of November 2018, the video has over five million views).[11] He later won the WarcraftMovies top skilled contest, in which players cast their vote for player of the year.[12] In 2012, he became a developer, operations manager, and concept designer at Feenix, a gaming mouse company.[13] He created his YouTube channel in October 2012 and followed in November with his first video, "Reckful 5 stack Taste for Blood".

In 2017, Bernstein was ranked fourth in The Gazette Review's list of top ten richest streamers. He claimed to have a net worth of $1.5 million and was receiving up to 50,000 viewers per stream.[14][15]

Personal life

Byron was born into a Jewish family to Itamar and Judith Bernstein.[1] He had an older brother named Gary. His oldest brother, Guy, committed suicide when Byron was young. Byron has said this event had a profound effect on his life, and his subsequent struggles with depression.[16] Bernstein played poker and entered the 2016 Unibet Open London main event, but was knocked out early.[17] In November 2017, Bernstein played in a charity poker event sponsored by PokerGO.[18] The event was won by itsHafu.[19]

Byron died on July 2, 2020, according to those close to him. The cause of death is unconfirmed.[3][20]

LAN achievements

World of Warcraft

  • 3rd Place MLG Dallas 2009
  • 2nd Place MLG Orlando 2009
  • 2nd Place MLG Columbus 2010
  • 1st Place MLG Washington DC 2010

Hearthstone

  • 3rd-4th Place 2013 Innkeeper's Invitational
  • 2nd Place Invitational Blizzcon 2013

Online achievements

World of Warcraft

References

  1. ^ a b "Twitch's First Big Streamer - The History of Reckful". Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  2. ^ Miesner, Andrew. "Complexity Gaming". Complexity Gaming. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Grayson, Nathan (July 2, 2020). "Twitch Streamer Byron 'Reckful' Bernstein Dies At 31". Kotaku. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  4. ^ Bernstein, Byron. "iTunes Podcast Page".
  5. ^ Bernstein, Byron. "Byron's Tweet Notification". Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  6. ^ Kwok, Samuel. "ArenaJunkies Interview". ArenaJunkies. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  7. ^ Rapture, Jeff. "Curse Interview". Curse. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  8. ^ Enarce, Aleks. "Prestige Gaming Russia". Prestige Gaming Russia. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  9. ^ Micayla, Elane. "IGN - AC Vault". IGN. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  10. ^ Radford, Michael. "3000 Rating". SK Gaming. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  11. ^ Boubouille, Beau. "MMO Champion". MMO Champion. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  12. ^ Uzbeki, Sven. "Top Skilled". Warcraft Movies. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
  13. ^ Adrian, Shayani. "Feenix Collection". Feenix Collection. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  14. ^ Deml, Jessica (September 8, 2017). "Top 10 Richest Gaming Streamers". The Gazette Review. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  15. ^ Asarch, Steven (October 28, 2017). "IRL STREAMING: SPONTANEOUS ENTERTAINMENT FOR AN AUDIENCE THAT'S ALWAYS LIVE". Newsweek. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  16. ^ "Reckful is no longer depressed for the first time in 16 years". Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  17. ^ Glatzer, Jason (March 3, 2016). "2016 Unibet Open London Main Event Day 1a: Jan Riha Leads the Pack". PokerNews. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  18. ^ Cross, Valerie (November 16, 2017). "Twitch Poker $100K Charity Invitational to Stream Live on Nov. 17-18". PokerNews. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  19. ^ Daniel Smyth (November 20, 2017). "Poker Pros Welcome Gamers in Charity Poker Event for Twitch Streamers". Cardschat. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  20. ^ Messner, Steven (July 2, 2020). "Prominent WoW and Hearthstone streamer Reckful has died at 31". PC Gamer. Retrieved July 2, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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