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. On May 2, 2014, he joined Dignitas along with Darshan "ZionSpartan" Upadhyaya. On May 17, 2016, Apex Gaming acquired Dignitas' NA Challenger team including Shiphtur. On September 26, 2016, Apex and Dignitas were acquired by the

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, and Shiphtur was released from the Apex Roster but not added to Dignitas.

Tournament results

Team Apex

*9th — 2016 NA LCS Summer regular season *5th–6th — 2016 NA LCS Summer playoffs

References

Living people Canadian people of Vietnamese descent Canadian esports players League of Legends mid lane players Team Coast (esports) players Dignitas (esports) players Apex Gaming players Canadian Twitch (service) streamers Year of birth missing (living people) {{esports-player-stub