Fernando "Fern" Rodriguez

Bio

With 6+ years of grassroots esports experience and almost 5 years of professional experience that started with his love for Super Smash Bros. Melee, Fernando is proud to present his portfolio detailing his rich history in esports and the many communities that pride themselves on competition and unity through the games they play.

Fernando Rodriguez is an esports broadcaster and tournament admin that handles shows and clients of all sizes throughout various esports titles including Super Smash Bros. Melee, Guilty Gear -Strive- and NBA2K. Fernando prides himself on the scope of his work and on producing quality shows and content for any event, no matter the size or title. In addition, Fernando has also worked with other entities in various other roles, including the FIFA eMLS league as a tournament admin and Tourney Locator as both a tournament admin and broadcast technician.

You can see Fernando's full scope of work here.

Previous Works

Works are categorized by type and scope, with the most recent works at the top. Links and Pictures will be added when available.

* Indicates an ongoing project or work

Back of House Production

• Overwatch Championship Series at Dreamhack Dallas, June 2024, Stage Manager
• TexSef Undisputed State Championship: May 2024, Lead Broadcast Engineer
• HCS Arlington Major presented by OpTic Gaming: March 2024, Side Stream Producer
• Smite World Championships 2024: January 2024, Replay and Playback Operator
• ESL Challenger at Dreamhack Atlanta: December 2023, Camera Operator
• Unified Pro-Am presents King of the Reed: December 2023, Producer and vMix Operator
• Dream Hustle Code 4.0: December 2023, vMix Operator
• Warrior Gaming Squad x Ticket Master: Battle of the Bay October 2023, vMix Operator
• Optic Legacy Match: October 2023, Camera Shader
• The OffSeason 2: September 2023, LED and Video Playback Operator
• Unified Pro-Am Summer Classic: July 2023, vMix Operator
• TexSef Back to School Bash: July 2023, ATEM Operator
• Halo Championship Series 2023: Arlington Major: June and July 2023, D Stream Producer and vMix Operator
• Pocket Sloths: Pokemon Trading Card Game Weekly Leagues and Monthly League Challenges: Director and Producer, December 2022- June 2023
• NBA 2K League: Mavs Gaming vs Grizz Gaming: June 2023, vMix and ATEM
• Halo Championship Series Global Invitational at Dreamhack Dallas: June 2023, Camera Utility and Production Assistant
• Vanta High School Spring Championships: May 2023, vMix and Atem
• Vanta Middle School Spring Championships: May 2023, vMix and Atem
• Intel Inspires Future Gaming Stars: May 2023, LED Operator
• TexSef High School Esports Championships, April 2023, LED Operator
• NBA 2K League: Mavs Gaming vs Hawks Talon Gaming, April 2023
• Women's Got Game Summit: March 2023, vMix
• Signet's The Loupe: March 2023, Teleprompter Operator
• Unified Pro-Am Dallas Regional, January 2023, vMix and Atem
• Vanta High School Championships, December 2022, vMix and Atem
• Vanta League Middle School Championships, December 2022, Director, vMix and Atem
• New Nerd Teen Tech Live 3.0, December 2022, vMix and ATEM
• Braghouse HBCU Black and Positively Golden Gamers Fortnite Tournament: September 2022-November 2022, vMix and Atem
• Braghouse SoCal FIFA 23 Tournaments: September 2022-November 2022, vMix and Atem
• The Show with Jill and Tony: OBS and Atem: August 2022, Director of Program
• Cute Melee: OBS: July 2022-December 2022, Director
• Cute Strive: OBS: July 2022 - December 2022, Director
• Esports Discovered Summer Bootcamp at Esposure: July 2022, vMix and Atem
• Desoto Esports Bootcamp at Esposure: June 2022, vMix and Atem
• Sakura Shrine: Guilty Gear -Strive-: June 2022, vMix
• Unified Pro-Am x In The Lab European Finals: April 2022, OBS
• University of North Texas at Dallas, Call of Duty LCQ: March 2022, vMix and Atem
• Black to Esports; Mavs GG x Paul Quinn College: March 2022, vMix
• Esports Spring Bootcamp at Esposure: March 2022, vMix and Atem
• GamerVibeWorld Island Ignition Carribean Guilty Gear ft. Lord Knight: Feb 2022, vMix
• Unified Pro-Am 15k Series: Dec 2021, vMix
• Dream Hustle Code: Dec 2021, vMix
• Sakura Shrine: Guilty Gear -Strive-: Nov 2021, vMix
• Low Tide City: Oct 2021, OBS and Atem
• Gamers Respond to Hurricane Ida: Sep 2021, vMix
• Black is Tech: Sep 2021, vMix
• Rugby Town Sevens Warrior Gamer: Aug 2021, Game Observer and OBS replays
• Sneaker Lab with Jeff Harris: Aug 2021, vMix
• Banneky; Find your seat in gaming: Aug 2021, vMix
• Esports Uncovered: July 2021, vMix
• Unified Pro-Am World Championships Dallas: July 2021, xPression graphic updates
• GEA Strive for 500 Series: July 2021, vMix and OBS prerecords
• GEA Strive Weekly Series: July 2021, vMix
• Pharaoh's Conclave Youth Esports League: June 2021, vMix and OBS replays
• GEA Melee Invitational and Qualifier: June 2021, vMix and OBS
• Best Southwest Graduation at Esports Stadium Arlington: May 2021, Prerecorded content and stage light controller
• Ahead Money: May 2021, vMix
• C-USA Casting Competition: March 2021, Live graphic updates via Photoshop
• Esports Trade Association: March 2021, Prerecord Content on vMix
• HBCU Esports Alliance: March 2021 - May 2021, vMix
• LSW Civic Leadership Day: March 2021, Camera Op
• UH Labworks: Aug 2019 - Dec 2021, OBS
• UH Chadworks: Oct 2020 - Jan 2021, OBS

Tournament Operations

• OpTic Warzone 2.0 100K invitational: November 2023, Tournament Admin
• Cute Melee and Cute Strive: July 2022- December 2022, Founder and Lead Tournament Organizer
• Dreamcon 2022: July 15th - July 17th 2022, Tournament Admin
• eMLS Last Chance Qualifier and Finals: March 2022, Assistant Tournament Admin
• Sakura Shrine Monthlies*: Tournament Admin
• UH Labworks: Sep 2019- Jan 2022, Lead Tournament Organizer
• Esposure Strive 500 Series: Aug 2021, Lead Tournament Organizer
• Esposure Melee Invitational and Qualifer: June 2021, Lead Tournament Organizer
• Esposure Guilty Gear -Strive- Weekly Series: July 2021: Lead Tournament Organizer
• UH Chadworks: Oct 2020- Jan 2021: Lead Tournament Series
• Ultimatum II: Dec 2019, Pool Captain and Setup/Teardown Crew
• Low Tier City 7: July 2019, Pool Captain

Front of House Production

• Unified Pro-Am World Championship Philadelphia: Aug 5-7th 2022: Stage Manager

Graphic Design

For DFW FGC

For Cute Melee: Week 1

For Cute Strive: Week 1

Results for the Cute Melee Team at Dreamhack 2022

Esports Broadcast and Admin Reel

Updated reel with work and projects done during 2023.

A brief showcase of my work in 2022.

Fernando Rodriguez 2023, All images and content belong to their owners.

Contact

Email Me!

Social Media

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Instagram

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