Hot_Bid
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Hot_Bid
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Name:
Ken Chen
Nationality:
Years Active (Player):
2019
Current Role:
Alternate IDs:
HotBid
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Ken "Hot_Bid" Chen is a former administrator for TL.net. He currently works for Team Liquid as Executive Director of Content & Creative.[1]
Career[edit]
Hot_Bid joined TL.net on 9 October 2003 and progressed through the ranks, as it were from there. He graduated from Michigan Law School and later became one of the two first full-time staff members of TL.net together with R1CH when TL.net announced its New York HQ.[2]
He previously worked for ESL, where he helped organize various ESL-run Dota 2 events. He also worked as a producer at Beyond The Summit until June 2022.[3]
Style[edit]
Hot_Bid often uses humour in conjunction with other content and he sometimes chooses certain "themes" that he repeats. For instance, in the interviews from MLG Winter, he would ask his interviewees what kind of items they would choose to have in the event of a zombie apocalypse. He also uses very subtle sarcasm or irony which require knowledge of the community to understand. An example would be with the announcement of new episodes of TL Attack. The hosts became very popular for their involvement with TL Attack, and it was decided that they should step back so that the actual guests would get more attention. This, however, was worded as "We got a lot of complaints about our hosts overshadowing our guests the last few episodes of TL Attack so we decided that this time we'll go with two regular hosts that do not have big outspoken personalities".
Hot_Bid also likes to photobomb (intentionally being in the background in pictures or video and acting unnaturally so to draw attention to the fact that he's there) and can be seen in the background in both photos and video, often sporting the characteristic "ESPORTS glasses". There is even a thread dedicated to his photobombing.
When conducting an interview, Hot_Bid very often aims for informal interviews in a relaxed setting and he often wishes to convey the personality of his interviewees, rather than their professional opinions on their respective fields. Consequently, the interviews are often about what the interviewees do in their free time or simply general chit-chat about a subject related to the interviewee. Sometimes he also puts the interviewees in awkward positions for comedic effect. A list of interviews Hot_Bid has conducted can be found here
Notable Events Casted or Hosted[edit]
Date | Tier | Tournament | Position | Partner List | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2021-10-17 | Tier 1 | The International 2021 | Producer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020-09-27 | Showmatch | Bot TI 2020 | DOTARS | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-08-25 | Tier 1 | The International 2019 | Interviewer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018-08-25 | Tier 1 | The International 2018 | Content Creator | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017-08-12 | Tier 1 | The International 2017 | Content Creator | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015-08-08 | Tier 1 | The International 2015 | Interviewer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015-05-17 | Tier 1 | The Summit 3 | Interviewer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015-02-09 | Tier 1 | Dota 2 Asia Championships 2015 | Interviewer | – | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014-07-21 | Tier 1 | The International 2014 | Interviewer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Interviews[edit]
These are interviews where other people have interviewed Hot_Bid. For interviews Hot_Bid has conducted, see Hot_Bid/Interviews.
- 2011-10-15 | Seven Minutes with HotBid by Anna Prosser of Kingston HyperX at MLG Orlando
- 2012-12-08 | IPL5 Interview with Hotbid by Lilia Russo of HandsomeNerdNetwork at IPL5
- 2014-11-28 | Hotbid Interview by Richard Lewis at DreamHack Winter 2014
References[edit]
- ↑ Hot_Bid (2022-06-13). "I'm proud to announce that in July, I'll be joining @Teamliquid as their Executive Director of Content & Creative.". Twitter.
- ↑ TeamLiquid HQ
- ↑ Hot_Bid (2022-06-08). "June is my last month at Beyond the Summit.". Twitter.