Rumay Wang (born April 18, 1991), better known as Hafu, is an American

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and former professional ''

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'' player.

Early life

Wang was born in

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to Chinese immigrant parents from

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. She grew up in Lexington. She was introduced to the

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''World of Warcraft'' in high school by her friends. She later studied at

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but dropped out to focus on gaming.

Career

Wang started taking the game World of Warcraft more seriously when the

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(PvP) arena mode was introduced to the game in 2007. At this point, she did not know it was possible to play video games professionally, but her talent called the attention of sponsors, which allowed her to attend the

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(MLG) in 2008, and several other tournaments over the next years. Eventually, Hafu switched to another PvP arena game,

, becoming the

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Summer 2011 champion, along with teammates MegaZero and Iverson. More recently, Wang's main focus has been on her career as a live streamer, although she has taken part in some gaming tournaments, most notably for

. Several thousand people regularly view her Twitch streams, and she has over 1 million followers on her channel. In late 2015, she appeared on Smasher's ''Legends of Gaming''. On August 15, 2019, Hafu joined

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as a ''

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'' streamer. Hafu won the second

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chess tournament in September 2020. She has spoken out against sexual harassment in gaming. In September 2020, Wang began streaming and posting videos of her playing ''

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'', frequently playing with other popular streamers including

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, and

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. The increasing popularity of the game in part allowed her to become the second most-viewed female streamer in the month of November, only being surpassed by

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Personal life

Wang married fellow Twitch streamer David "Dogdog" Caero, on April 13, 2021.

References

External links

Twitch channel
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