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Froggen
Henrik Hansen, better known by his in-game name Froggen, is a Danish professional ''League of Legends'' player. He is currently signed with Luminosity Gaming as a streamer. Over the course of his career he has also played for CLG.EU, Evil Geniuses, Alliance (esports), Alliance, Elements (esports), Elements, Origen (esports), Origen, Echo Fox, the Golden Guardians and Dignitas (esports), Dignitas. Anivia is considered his signature champion. Early life Hansen was born in Denmark. Since his childhood, he has played games such as ''Counter-Strike'' and ''Warcraft 3'', and was introduced to ''League of Legends'' by his brother. Career 2012 In 2012, Froggen helped CLG.EU finish third at the Season 2 World Championship. 2013 In January, Froggen signed with Evil Geniuses and moved to their gaming house in Berlin. The team qualified for the inaugural spring split of the EU LCS and finished 4th with a 15–13 record in the regular season, qualifying them for the playoffs; in wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Guardians
The Golden Guardians (GG) are an American esports organization owned by the Golden State Warriors. The organization was one of four that joined the League of Legends Championship Series, ''League of Legends'' Championship Series (LCS) in 2018 after the league began Sports franchise, franchising, the others being 100 Thieves, Clutch Gaming and OpTic Gaming. On December 18, 2019, the Golden Guardians announced their expansion into the professional scenes of ''Apex Legends'', ''Teamfight Tactics'' and ''World of Warcraft''. ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' player Zain Naghmi, Zain "Zain" Naghmi and ''Teamfight Tactics'' player David "DogDog" Caero were signed by the Golden Guardians on February 6, 2020. On April 2, 2021, the organization announced the signings of ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' player Edgard "n0ne" L. Sheleby, inactive player and streamer PPMD (gamer), Kevin "PPMD" Nanney and commentator Kris "Toph" Aldenderfer. ''League of Legends'' LCS team History The Golden Guar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CLG Europe
Counter Logic Gaming (CLG) is an American esports organization headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in April 2010 by George "HotshotGG" Georgallidis and Alexander "Vodoo" Beutel as a '' League of Legends'' team, and has since branched out into other games. CLG fields the oldest ''League of Legends'' team still active, having competed in every split of the North American ''League of Legends'' Championship Series (NA LCS) since it began in Spring 2013. CLG has won two NA LCS splits, the 2015 Summer NA LCS and 2016 Spring NA LCS. The team has also attended the 2012, 2015 and 2016 ''League of Legends'' World Championships, and was eliminated in the group stage on each occasion. The organization also fields ''Smite'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (CS:GO), ''Super Smash Bros.'', '' Fortnite'' and ''H1Z1'' teams, and previously included ''Dota 2'', ''Overwatch'', ''Hearthstone'', '' Rocket League'', '' Halo'', '' Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'', and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance (esports)
Alliance is a professional gaming and esports organization based in Sweden that was formed in April 2013. They have teams in ''TrackMania'', ''Dota 2'', '' Hearthstone'', the '' Super Smash Bros.'' series, ''Fortnite'', ''Apex Legends'' and ''VALORANT'', and previously had teams in ''League of Legends'' and ''StarCraft II''. In December 2016, the organisation announced that it had become player-owned after parting with its parent organisation, GoodGame agency which was owned by Amazon through its subsidiary Twitch. The ''Dota 2'' team won The International 2013, then the largest single prize money payout in esports history. The ''League of Legends'' team is one of the five teams that won a season of European League of Legends Championship Series with Fnatic, G2 Esports, Mad Lions and Rogue. History The organization was founded in April 2013, picking up the Dota 2 team No Tidehunter as well as StarCraft II player Naniwa. The organization expanded into ''League of Legends'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elements (esports)
Alliance is a professional gaming and esports organization based in Sweden that was formed in April 2013. They have teams in ''TrackMania'', ''Dota 2'', ''Hearthstone'', the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series, ''Fortnite'', ''Apex Legends'' and ''VALORANT'', and previously had teams in ''League of Legends'' and ''StarCraft II''. In December 2016, the organisation announced that it had become player-owned after parting with its parent organisation, GoodGame agency which was owned by Amazon through its subsidiary Twitch. The ''Dota 2'' team won The International 2013, then the largest single prize money payout in esports history. The ''League of Legends'' team is one of the five teams that won a season of European League of Legends Championship Series with Fnatic, G2 Esports, Mad Lions and Rogue. History The organization was founded in April 2013, picking up the Dota 2 team No Tidehunter as well as StarCraft II player Naniwa. The organization expanded into ''League of Legends'' in D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Spring NA LCS
The 2016 NA LCS season was the fourth year of the North American ''League of Legends'' Championship Series. It was divided into spring and summer splits, each consisting of a regular season and playoff stage. Regular season games were played in the Riot Games Studios in Los Angeles, California. Format Teams compete in a double round robin tournament over the course of nine weeks during the regular season, with matches being best-of-three. The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the playoff stage, with the top two teams receiving a bye to the semifinals. The seventh place team qualifies for the next split of the LCS but does not participate in playoffs. The bottom three teams play in a promotion/relegation tournament against the top two NA Challenger Series teams. Playoffs were single-elimination and matches were best-of-five. The winner of the summer split automatically qualified for the 2016 World Championship, while the team with the most cumulative championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Summer NA LCS
The 2016 NA LCS season was the fourth year of the North American ''League of Legends'' Championship Series. It was divided into spring and summer splits, each consisting of a regular season and playoff stage. Regular season games were played in the Riot Games Studios in Los Angeles, California. Format Teams compete in a double round robin tournament over the course of nine weeks during the regular season, with matches being best-of-three. The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the playoff stage, with the top two teams receiving a bye to the semifinals. The seventh place team qualifies for the next split of the LCS but does not participate in playoffs. The bottom three teams play in a promotion/relegation tournament against the top two NA Challenger Series teams. Playoffs were single-elimination and matches were best-of-five. The winner of the summer split automatically qualified for the 2016 World Championship, while the team with the most cumulative championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Season 2 World Championship
The ''League of Legends'': Season 2 World Championship was an esports tournament for the multiplayer online battle arena video game ''League of Legends'', held from October 4 to October 13, 2012, in Los Angeles, California. It was the second iteration of the ''League of Legends'' World Championship, an annual international tournament organized by the game's developer, Riot Games. The tournament was won by Taipei Assassins who defeated Azubu Frost 3–1 in the final. Background After Season 1, Riot announced that 5,000,000 would be paid out over Season 2. Of this $5 million, $2 million went to Riot's partners including the IGN Pro League and other major esports associations. Another $2 million went to Riot's Season 2 qualifiers and championship. The final $1 million went to other organizers who applied to Riot to host independent ''League of Legends'' tournaments. The Season 2 World Championship was held in early October 2012 in Los Angeles, California to conclude the 5 mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SK Telecom T1
T1 (previously known as SK Telecom T1 or SKT T1) is a South Korean esports organization operated by the T1 Entertainment & Sports, a joint venture between SK Telecom and Comcast Spectacor. At the end of 2003, SK Telecom took the StarCraft Team Orion (formerly 4U) by Lim Yo-hwan under contract and set up the team under the conglomerate's banner. Lim Yo-hwan took the role of team captain.Lim Yo-Hwan,''Crazy as Me''(임요환,''나만큼 미쳐봐''), 2004, Bookroad, (03810) T1's ''League of Legends'' team has won the 2013, 2015, and 2016 editions of the ''League of Legends World Championship''. Honours Domestic League * League of Legends Champions Korea ::Winners (10): 2013 Summer, 2013–14 Winter, 2015 Spring, 2015 Summer, 2016 Spring, 2017 Spring, 2019 Spring, 2019 Summer, 2020 Spring, 2022 Spring ::Runners-up (3): 2017 Summer, 2021 Summer, 2022 Summer International *League of Legends World Championship ::Winners (3): 2013, 2015, 2016 ::Runners-up: 2017, 2022 *Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TheScore ESports
Score Media and Gaming Inc. is a digital media company based in Toronto, Canada, often referred to as theScore. It was founded in 2012 by John S. Levy, the company's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman. The company owns and operates digital sports media and sports betting products which deliver sports scores, data, news, and sportsbook offerings via emerging and established platforms. The company also previously owned The Score Television Network, which was acquired by Rogers Communications in October 2012 and is today known as Sportsnet 360. The transaction did not include theScore's digital media assets, including its mobile apps and websites. The company was spun-out from Score Media immediately prior to Rogers' acquisition. As a result of the transaction, former shareholders of Score Media received one share of the new company for each share held in Score Media, meaning that Score Media founder John Levy and family are the largest single voting shareholders in the company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North American League Of Legends Championship Series
The League Championship Series (LCS) is the top level of professional ''League of Legends'' in the United States and Canada. The esports Sports league, league is run by Riot Games and has ten franchise teams. Each annual season of competition is divided into two splits, spring and summer, which conclude with a double-elimination tournament between the top eight teams. At the end of the season, the winner, runners-up and third-place team of the summer playoffs qualify for the annual League of Legends World Championship, ''League of Legends'' World Championship. With the exception of some touring events, all games of the LCS are played live at Riot Games' studios in Los Angeles, California. In addition to a small studio audience, all games are streamed live in several languages on Twitch (service), Twitch and YouTube, with broadcasts regularly attracting over 300,000 viewers. The U.S. government grants athlete visas for foreign LCS competitors. The first LCS player to be awarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok
Lee Sang-hyeok ( ko, 이상혁; born May 7, 1996), better known as Faker ( ko, 페이커, rr=Peikeo, links=no), is a South Korean professional '' League of Legends'' player for T1. Formerly known as GoJeonPa ( ko, 고전파, links=no) on the Korean server, he was picked up by T1, then called SK Telecom T1, in 2013 and has played as the team's mid laner since. He is widely considered to be the best ''League of Legends'' player of all time. Lee is renowned for his high mechanical skill and extremely versatile champion pool. He is best known for playing LeBlanc, Zed, Syndra, Azir, Ahri, and Ryze. He is the first player to have reached both 1,000 and 2,000 kills in the LCK, as well as first to have played 600 and 700 games and to have won 500 games. Lee is one of the only two players to have won the ''League of Legends'' World Championship three times, having done so in 2013, 2015 and 2016. He has also won the All-Star Paris 2014, the Mid-Season Invitational tournament in 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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