Altec

Altec
Retired
Altec
Background Information
Name	Johnny Ru
Country of Birth	; Canada
Birthday	May 8, 1997 (age 27)
Residency	NANorth America
Competitive
Role	; Bot Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	xiaomx, AItecX, illustic, Crs Altec, scarraru, AItecRu, AltecX, C9 Altec, Sleeperdog (KR), ALTecX(KR)
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Johnny "Altec" Ru is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously bot laner for Immortals Academy.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠vVv Gaming	Apr 20122012-04-13^[1]	≈Aug 2012≈2012-08-??	≈3mo 18d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Curse Academy	Jan 20132013-01-24	Jul 20132013-07-17^[2]	5mo 24d ejel
NA	⁠⁠TSM	Nov 20132013-11-01^[3]	≈May 2014≈2014-05-??	≈6mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠The Walking Zed	Dec 20132013-12-28^[5]	Jan 20142014-01-20^[4]	23d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Cloud9 Tempest	Jan 20142014-01-20	May 20142014-05-04	3mo 15d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Evil Geniuses	May 20142014-05-22^[7]	Jan 20152015-01-07^[6]	7mo 16d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Winterfox	Jan 20152015-01-07^[9]	May 20152015-05-18^[8]	4mo 11d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Gravity	May 20152015-05-18^[11]	Nov 20152015-11-16^[10]	5mo 29d ejel
NA	⁠⁠NRG Esports	Nov 20152015-11-16^[13]	Apr 20162016-04-22	5mo 6d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Cloud9	Apr 20162016-04-22	Jul 20162016-07-13	2mo 21d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Cloud9 Challenger	Apr 20162016-04-22	Jan 20172017-01-06^[15]	8mo 14d ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest	Jan 20172017-01-09^[16]	Jun 20172017-06-15	5mo 6d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dignitas	Jun 20172017-06-15	Dec 20172017-12-08^[17]	5mo 23d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Echo Fox	Dec 20172017-12-08^[17]	Jul 20182018-07-29^[18]	7mo 21d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Immortals	Dec 20192019-12-04^[20]	Jun 20202020-06-27^[19]	6mo 23d ejel
NA	⁠⁠IMT Academy	Feb 20202020-02-28	Aug 20202020-08-31^[21]	6mo 3d ejel

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠vVv Gaming	Apr 20122012-04-13^[1]	≈Aug 2012≈2012-08-??	≈3mo 18d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Curse Academy	Jan 20132013-01-24	Jul 20132013-07-17^[2]	5mo 24d ejel
NA	⁠⁠TSM	Nov 20132013-11-01^[3]	≈May 2014≈2014-05-??	≈6mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠The Walking Zed	Dec 20132013-12-28^[5]	Jan 20142014-01-20^[4]	23d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Cloud9 Tempest	Jan 20142014-01-20	May 20142014-05-04	3mo 15d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Evil Geniuses	May 20142014-05-22^[7]	Jan 20152015-01-07^[6]	7mo 16d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Winterfox	Jan 20152015-01-07^[9]	Mar 20152015-03-04^[22]	1mo 28d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Winterfox	Mar 20152015-03-04^[22]	Mar 20152015-03-18^[23]	14d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Winterfox	Mar 20152015-03-18^[23]	May 20152015-05-18^[8]	2mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Gravity	May 20152015-05-18^[11]	Nov 20152015-11-16^[10]	5mo 29d ejel
NA	⁠⁠NRG Esports	Nov 20152015-11-16^[13]	Apr 20162016-04-22	5mo 6d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Cloud9	Apr 20162016-04-22	Jul 20162016-07-13	2mo 21d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Cloud9 Challenger	Apr 20162016-04-22	Jan 20172017-01-06^[15]	8mo 14d ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest	Jan 20172017-01-09^[16]	May 20172017-05-25^[24]	4mo 16d ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest	May 20172017-05-25^[24]	Jun 20172017-06-15	21d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dignitas	Jun 20172017-06-15	Dec 20172017-12-08^[17]	5mo 23d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Echo Fox	Dec 20172017-12-08^[17]	Jul 20182018-07-29^[18]	7mo 21d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Immortals	Dec 20192019-12-04^[20]	Jun 20202020-06-27^[19]	6mo 23d ejel
NA	⁠⁠IMT Academy	Feb 20202020-02-28	Aug 20202020-08-31^[21]	6mo 3d ejel

News

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NA	⁠⁠VVV	April 13, tRiDream, Tsunamiie, SKiLLY, AltecX, and RoshanNOW join.^[1] e
NA	⁠⁠VVV	August (approx.), Bischu and Altec leave. e

NA	⁠⁠CA	January 24, ⁠⁠Curse Academy is formed. Rhux, IWillDominate, Pobelter, Altec, and YoDa join. e
NA	⁠⁠CA	July 17, OneBadBrad, Only Jaximus, fabbbyyy, and Vibes join. Pobelter, Altec, AtomicN, and Cpt Tran leave.^[2] e
NA	⁠⁠TSM	November 1, Altec joins as substitute.^[3] e
NA	⁠⁠TWZ	December 28, Altec joins. bobbyhankhill leaves.^[5] e

NA	⁠⁠TWZ	January 20, Yazuki, KOR Kez, Bischu, and Altec leave.^[4] e
NA	⁠⁠C9T	January 20, Yazuki, Kez, Bischu, Altec, and Gleebglarbu join. e
NA	⁠⁠TSM	May (approx.), Altec leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠C9T	May 4, ⁠⁠Cloud9 Tempest is disbanded. Yazuki, Kez, Altec, and Gleebglarbu leave. e
NA	⁠⁠EG	May 22, Altec joins. yellowpete moves to substitute.^[7] e

NA	⁠⁠EG	January 7, Helios, Pobelter, Altec, and guitar (Manager) leave.^[6] e
NA	⁠⁠WFX	January 7, Avalon, Helios, Pobelter, Altec, Imagine, and Paragon (Head Coach) join. Flaresz, ShorterACE, ExecutionerKen, Gleeb, and IgNar join as substitutes.^[9] e
NA	⁠⁠WFX	March 4, Altec (Bot to Support) changes position. Paragon (Head Coach to Bot) changes position. Imagine moves to substitute.^[22] e
NA	⁠⁠WFX	March 18, Altec (Support to Bot) changes position. Gleeb moves to starting roster.^[23] e
NA	⁠⁠WFX	May 18, Altec leaves.^[8] e
NA	⁠⁠GV	May 18, Move and Altec join. Saintvicious leaves.^[11]^[12] e
NA	⁠⁠GV	November 16, Altec leaves.^[10] e
NA	⁠⁠NRG	November 16, NRG eSports acquires the LCS spot of Team Coast. Impact, Moon, GBM, Altec, KonKwon, Charlie (Head Coach), Hermit (Strategic Coach), Archon (Analyst), and Empyre (Analyst) join.^[13]^[14] e

NA	⁠⁠NRG	April 22, Altec leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠C9	April 22, Altec joins as substitute. Hai (Support to Sub/Mid) changes position. LemonNation (Coach to Sub/Support) changes position. Balls and Rush move to substitutes. e
NA	⁠⁠C9C	April 22, Balls, Rush, Hai, Altec, and LemonNation join. Licorice, Morning, Thinkcard, bobqinXD, kt Smurf, and Fragnat1c join as substitutes. e
NA	⁠⁠C9	July 13, Thinkcard and Zeyzal join as substitutes. Balls, Hai, and Altec leave. e

NA	⁠⁠C9C	January 6, Balls, Hai, Altec, LemonNation, Bubbadub, Bunny FuFuu, Smoothie, and Thinkcard (Head Coach) leave.^[15] e
NA	⁠⁠FLY	January 9, Balls, Moon, Hai, Altec, LemonNation, and Thinkcard (Head Coach) join. bigfatlp and Remilia join as substitutes.^[16] e
NA	⁠⁠FLY	May 25, WildTurtle joins. Altec moves to substitute.^[24] e
NA	⁠⁠FLY	June 15, Altec leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠DIG	June 15, Altec and Adrian join. Xpecial leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠DIG	December 8, Altec and Adrian leave.^[17] e
NA	⁠⁠FOX	December 8, Huni, Dardoch, Altec, and Adrian join.^[17] e

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⁠FOX

July 29,
Altec and
Adrian are removed from the GCD.^[18]

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NA	⁠⁠IMT	December 4, Altec joins.^[20] e
NA	⁠⁠IMT	December 11, Altec and Hakuho's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.^[25] e

NA	⁠⁠IMT.A	February 28, Altec joins from main roster. e
NA	⁠⁠IMT	June 27, sOAZ, Potluck, Eika, Altec, and Gate leave for academy roster.^[19] e
NA	⁠⁠IMT.A	August 31, sOAZ, Eika, Altec, and Gate leave.^[21] e

Biography[]

Johnny "Altec" Ru was born on May 8, 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Ru began playing video games at the age of 8, starting with Runescape, Maplestory, and other MMORPG games. League of Legends was his first MOBA game.

Altec's first competitive team was vVv Gaming, which he joined in April 2012 and then left in August. In January 2013, Altec became the AD carry for Curse Academy, where he stayed until July of the same year, and in October 2013 he was announced as a substitute for Team SoloMid.^[26] Though he never played as a starter for the team, the position helped grow his presence in the scene, and he became known as one of the stronger up-and-coming players.

2014 Season[]

In December 2013, Altec joined The Walking Zed, replacing former AD carry bobbyhankhill. Altec stayed with the team through their acquisition by Cloud9, but when they failed to qualify for the LCS summer split, the team disbanded in May. Later that month, he joined Evil Geniuses.NA as their starting AD carry, replacing yellowpete starting in the second game of the summer split.

2015 Season[]

Prior to the start of the Spring Split, Evil Geniuses rebranded itself as Winterfox. Altec played with them for the entire split; however, he switched to support for week 7, while their coach Paragon started as their mid laner. The team finished in eighth place with a 7-11 record, forced into relegations. Given the choice between playing against Team Dragon Knights and Team Fusion, Winterfox chose the former, despite their higher placement in the Challenger playoffs. Due to starting mid laner Kyle leaving the team prior to the tournament, TDK started Alex Ich in mid lane, and Winterfox lost the series 1-3 and sending them to the Challenger series. Altec left the team and joined Gravity, replacing Cop to rejoin the LCS for the summer split.^[27] In the split's regular season, Gravity finished each week in at worst fourth position, even holding sole possession of first place for weeks 7 and 8; however, they lost both of their games in the final week and ended the season in fourth, after a tiebreaker loss to Team Impulse. In the playoff quarterfinals, Gravity lost to Team SoloMid, leaving them with a year-long total of 30 Championship Points, and qualifying for the regional finals in fifth place. They lost immediately in the gauntlet, reverse swept by first-round opponent Cloud9, who went on to qualify to Worlds.

2016 Season[]

Altec left Gravity and joined a new North American team, NRG Esports, who purchased Team Coast's NA LCS seed. NRG started the LCS strong, tied for either first or second place through the first four weeks, but after the fifth week they fell down to fifth place and remained there for the rest of the season. They were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

Altec joined the newly formed Cloud9 Challenger for the summer season, along with former Cloud9 players Balls, Hai, and LemonNation. The team, which had acquired Enemy's NACS Qualifiers slot, easily qualified for the NACS 2016 Summer and then dominated the circuit, losing only two games throughout the season. In the playoffs, they swept Dream Team, then beat Team Liquid Academy in the finals to secure the best possible seed heading into the promotion tournament. There, they swept 9th place LCS team NRG Esports to qualify for the 2017 NA LCS.

2017 Season[]

Due to rules preventing one organization from owning multiple LCS teams, Cloud9 Challenger was bought and rebranded to FlyQuest. Altec joined the new team, along with Moon and his C9C teammates Hai, Balls, and LemonNation. FlyQuest started the spring split with a surprisingly strong 6-2 record but went 1-7 over the next four weeks. However, a 2-0 final week let them squeak into the playoffs as the fifth seed.

In the quarterfinals, FlyQuest faced off against fourth seed Counter Logic Gaming, who were favored due to FlyQuest's weak late-season performance. After going to 0-2 in the series, FlyQuest roared back to win the next two games and eventually reverse sweep CLG off the back of some questionable aggressive calls in game seven. Unfortunately, the Cinderella story ended there, as they were quickly swept by eventual champions TSM in the semifinals, and fell to Phoenix1 in the third-place match despite taking a 2-1 series lead.

FlyQuest acquired WildTurtle before the summer season and Altec was moved to substitute. In June, he joined Dignitas, who was slumping after a hot start. The acquisition of Altec didn't immediately turn the team around, but once he was paired up with Adrian, the team went on a late-season 6-2 run to finish in fifth place with an 11-7 record.

In the playoffs, they were matched up against Cloud9, who were heavily favored due to their second-place finish in spring. Dignitas won the first two games, but lost the third and were on the brink of losing the fourth until a clutch Taliyah ultimate by Keane bought Dignitas time to come back and eventually take the series. After dropping a 3-1 semifinals set to eventual champions TSM, Dignitas moved to the third-place match, this time as favorites against CLG. However, CLG made short work of Dignitas in a 3-0 sweep. Due to making the playoffs in both splits, Dignitas still had the third seed in the Regional Finals and a chance to make Worlds, but seeming defeated, the team dropped 3-0 to seventh place FlyQuest, ending their season.

2018 Season[]

In December of 2017, Altec left Dignitas after they were not accepted in the NA LCS franchising and joined Echo Fox along with his Dignitas teammate Adrian. Echo Fox started the spring split looking like one of the best teams in the league but declined as the season went on. With academy midlaner Damonte and academy support PapaChau playing for the final week of the split, Echo Fox lost to 100 Thieves in the final game of the season to fall into a tie with them for first, then lost to them again the tiebreaker match to fall into second place.

Due to their regular-season finish, Echo Fox had a bye into the playoff semifinals, where they faced off against Team Liquid. Despite Echo Fox having the superior seeding, Liquid's veteran lineup was favored and they summarily beat Echo Fox 3-1. This sent the team to the third-place match against Clutch Gaming, and Echo Fox regained some dignity by quickly sweeping the lower-seeded team.

Echo Fox didn't announce any roster changes going into the summer season, but Adrian was replaced by academy support Feng after Week 1 and mid laner Fenix was replaced by Damonte after Week 3. In July, Altec, Adrian, and Fenix were all released by Echo Fox. These moves, which happened just before the roster lock deadline, were controversial, and eventually led to a new rule prohibiting such last-second changes. Altec did not join another competitive team for the rest of 2018.

2020 Season[]

After not playing competitively in 2019, Altec was a surprise pickup by the newly reformed Immortals for 2020. Immortals started the spring split looking shaky, but managed to pick up multiple wins anyway, ending Weeks 3 and 4 tied for second place behind the dominant Cloud9. They declined after that, somewhat expectedly, and with the team sitting at 5-5 at the end of Week 5, Altec was sent to Immortals Academy and replaced by fellow veteran Apollo. Altec played the final four weeks of the academy split with the team, but they only managed a single win with him in the lineup and were unable to make playoffs.

Altec returned to the LCS roster to start the summer split, but amidst heavy criticism from the community for benching Xmithie and Hakuho, Immortals lost all of their first four games. To start Week 3, Immortals swapped their academy and LCS rosters, and Altec played out the rest of the split on the academy team. Unfortunately, this stint didn't prove to be any more successful, as the team went 5-7 with Altec in the lineup, and once again didn't qualify for playoffs.

Trivia[]

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2018-07-01	NA North America	NA LCS 2018 Summer	Lucian	Bot	W	10/2/3	Link
2017-07-02	NA North America	NA LCS 2017 Summer	Tristana	Bot	W	6/0/1	Link	Link
2017-04-22	NA North America	NA LCS 2017 Spring Playoffs	Kog'Maw	Bot	W	7/0/0	Link
2014-06-28	NA North America	NA LCS 2014 Summer	Jinx	Bot	W	9/0/4	Link	Link

Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.

Tournament Results[]

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Altec Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2020-08-09	10	LCS 2020 Summer	4 - 14⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠IMT	sOAZ, Allorim, Potluck, Xmithie, Eika, Insanity, Altec, Apollo, Gate, Hakuho, Zaboutine, GotoOne, Malaclypse
2020-08-07	7	NA Academy 2020 Summer	8 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠IMT.A	Allorim, sOAZ, Xmithie, Potluck, Insanity, Eika, Apollo, Altec, Hakuho, Gate, Malaclypse, GotoOne
2020-03-29	8	LCS 2020 Spring	8 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠IMT	sOAZ, Xmithie, Eika, Altec, Apollo, Hakuho, Zaboutine, GotoOne
2020-03-27	9	NA Academy 2020 Spring	7 - 11⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠IMT.A	Allorim, Potluck, Insanity, Apollo, Altec, Gate, Kubz, Malaclypse
2018-08-20	4	NA LCS 2018 Summer	10 - 8⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FOX	Huni, Dardoch, Fenix, Damonte, Altec, Lost, Adrian, Feng, Smoothie, Inero, Thinkcard, Jim
2018-07-08	2	Rift Rivals 2018 NA-EU	1 : 3⁠⁠EU LCS	⁠⁠FOX	Huni, Dardoch, Damonte, Fenix, Altec, Adrian, Inero
2018-04-08	3	NA LCS 2018 Spring Playoffs	3 : 0⁠⁠CG	⁠⁠FOX	Huni, Dardoch, Fenix, Altec, Adrian, Inero
2018-03-18	2	NA LCS 2018 Spring	12 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FOX	Huni, Dardoch, Fenix, Damonte, Altec, Adrian, Papa Chau, Inero
2017-09-10	4	NA Regional Finals 2017	0 : 3⁠⁠FLY	⁠⁠DIG	Ssumday, Shrimp, Keane, Altec, Adrian, Cop
2017-09-03	4	NA LCS 2017 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠CLG	⁠⁠DIG	Ssumday, Shrimp, Keane, Altec, Adrian, Cop

Altec 1v1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Prize	Team	Last Result
2013-05-05	48 - 64	Best Riven NA Tournament			FF : W Onemenga

Media[]

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September 17, AltecRu here and just won IPL 5 Qualifiers with Meat Playground . AMA . with Altec on Reddit
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May 31, Altec talks about his transition period into EG and the LCS Summer Split (video) with , and on onGamers
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August 2, Altec discusses making runs for playoffs with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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August 30, Altec on the upcoming relegations and NA playoffs predictions (video) with , and on onGamers
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January 13, North America's Young Prodigy AD Carry, Altec by , and on Esports Heaven
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January 24, Altec on bootcamping in Korea and playing with subs (video) with , and on onGamers
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April 1, Altec talks Winterfox's first split performance and his expectations for their second split (video) with , and on onGamers
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June 10, Altec on Joining Gravity with , and on GameSpot
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June 18, NA LCS 2015: Altec - "We can make at least top 6" with , and on SK Gaming
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June 26, Johnny "Altec" Ru - League Legacies EP. 10 with , and on Azubu
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July 25, DIG Altec: "As long as I am able to perform, I don't care how the community views me." with , and on Inven Global
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July 27, Ask The Pros: Gravity's Altec with , and on LoL Esports
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January 17, NRG's Altec on team synergy, facing Renegades and what he hopes to improve with , and on The Score
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January 19, NA LCS 2016: Altec - "if someone on the team is able to carry the game, we let them" with , and on SK Gaming
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February 3, Altec Talks Life on NRG and His Thoughts on the Immortals Streak with , and on G|League
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February 7, Altec on NRG: 'Everyone has trust in each other; we're just going to keep going up from here' with , and on The Score
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May 20, Power Outage - Altec: 'Compared to other seasons, I think it's the worst I've ever played' with , and on The Score
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January 26, Altec hopes the community gains faith in FlyQuest after many preseason rankings placed the team low with , and on Yahoo Esports
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February 9, Altec: “I think it’s nice to have a very big sports team back us up and stuff like that. But I guess there isn’t really much difference, I would say (yet).” with , and on Slingshot
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February 16, Altec chats FlyQuest’s stress-free environment, playing Cloud9, and the bot lane meta with , and on Yahoo Esports
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March 10, Altec on FlyQuest’s decision to double down on practice and where his Mordekaiser came from with , and on Yahoo Esports
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August 21, Altec on coming back from 3 inhibs: 'that was one of the greatest games I've ever played' with , and on Travis Gafford
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September 6, Altec on prepping for the gauntlet: “It’s actually really awkward since there’s not really teams to scrim. So going into practice, we’re going to play a lot more games, grind a lot more solo queue. with , and on Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
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January 19, Adrian and Altec: 'Top 4 is the goal, I wouldn't be surprised if we make finals' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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January 23, Echo Fox League of Legends Altec - Rapid Fire Questions with , and on HyperX
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January 28, Echo Fox Altec: "Hopefully, we can make history by going to the playoffs for the first time." with James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
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February 5, Altec Was Pretty Surprised Team Dignitas Didn't Get a Franchise Spot with Nathan Fusco on DBLTAP
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February 21, Altec on Echo Fox #1 and how Huni helps lead the team to victory with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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March 2, The Package Deal by , and on The Player's Lobby
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March 3, Altec on Adrian: “We’ve played over 1000 games together, maybe more. I’m confident in him and he’s confident in me.” with Izento on The Shotcaller
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June 24, Echo Fox Altec Shares The Possibility Of Heimer-Fiddle Bot: "Huni has been telling me that his Heimer is really good...I will probably be the Fiddle?" with James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
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February 10, IMT Altec: "PraY returned after a year off and was a top 2 ADC...that's the path I want to pursue." with Nick Geracie and Parkes Ousley on Inven Global
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June 10, IMT Altec on former coach Cop: “He was a player I looked up to because he was a good ADC. We shared a lot of thoughts about bot lane matchups and how to impact the map from our lane” with Izento on Esports Heaven
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2020-01-26	LCS 2020 Spring	TSM vs IMT	Link
2018-07-07	Rift Rivals 2018 NA-EU	G2 vs FOX	Link
2018-06-24	NA LCS 2018 Summer	FOX vs GG	Link
2014-08-02	NA LCS 2014 Summer	CLG vs EG	Link
2014-07-19	NA LCS 2014 Summer	EG vs CLG	Link
2014-07-13	NA LCS 2014 Summer	CRS vs EG	Link
2014-06-07	NA LCS 2014 Summer	EG vs C9	Link
2014-05-31	NA LCS 2014 Summer	COL vs EG	Link