bigfatlp

bigfatlp
Retired
bigfatlp
Background Information
Name	Michael Tang
Country of Birth	; Canada
Birthday	June 6, 1990 (age 34)
Residency	NANorth America
Competitive
Role	; Mid Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	SandyRichard, 2hda1, Wobbleflout, Richard Tracy, bigfatjiji, CLG bigfatlpjiji (KR)
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Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Michael "bigfatlp" Tang is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously substitute mid laner for FlyQuest. He is best known for being the mid laner and later jungler for Counter Logic Gaming.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠CLG	Apr 20102010-04-16^[1]	Jan 20162016-01-07	5yr 8mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Azure Cats	Jan 20132013-01-02	Feb 20132013-02-23^[2]	1mo 21d ejel
NA	⁠⁠FXOpen e-Sports	Feb 20132013-02-23^[3]	Mar 20132013-03-01	6d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Azure Cats	Mar 20132013-03-01	≈May 2013≈2013-05-??	≈2mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Girlfriends	Feb 20142014-02-26^[5]	≈Jun 2014≈2014-06-??	≈3mo 3d ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest	Jan 20172017-01-09^[7]	Nov 20172017-11-21^[6]	10mo 12d ejel

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠CLG	Apr 20102010-04-16^[1]	May 20122012-05-21^[8]	2yr 1mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG Prime	May 20122012-05-21^[8]	Dec 20122012-12-28^[9]	7mo 7d ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG	Dec 20122012-12-28^[9]	Jan 20132013-01-15^[10]	18d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Azure Cats	Jan 20132013-01-02	Feb 20132013-02-23^[2]	1mo 21d ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG	Jan 20132013-01-15^[10]	May 20132013-05-26^[12]	4mo 11d ejel
NA	⁠⁠FXOpen e-Sports	Feb 20132013-02-23^[3]	Mar 20132013-03-01	6d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Azure Cats	Mar 20132013-03-01	≈May 2013≈2013-05-??	≈2mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG	May 20132013-05-26^[12]	Oct 20132013-10-23^[13]	4mo 28d ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG	Oct 20132013-10-23^[13]	Jan 20162016-01-07	2yr 2mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Girlfriends	Feb 20142014-02-26^[5]	≈Jun 2014≈2014-06-??	≈3mo 3d ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest	Jan 20172017-01-09^[7]	Nov 20172017-11-21^[6]	10mo 12d ejel

News

2010
2012
2013
2014
2016
2017

NA

⁠

⁠CLG

April 16, ⁠

⁠Counter Logic Gaming is formed.
HotshotGG,
Kobe24,
bigfatlp,
Chauster, and
Elementz join.^[1]

e

NA	⁠⁠CLG.P	May 21, ⁠⁠CLG renames to ⁠⁠CLG Prime.^[8] e
NA	⁠⁠CLG	December 28, ⁠⁠CLG Prime renames to ⁠⁠CLG.^[9] e

NA	⁠⁠AC	January 2, Yazuki, bigfatlp, Nientonsoh, and BloodWater join. e
NA	⁠⁠CLG	January 15, LiNk moves to starting roster. bigfatlp moves to substitute.^[10]^[11] e
NA	⁠⁠AC	February 23, ⁠⁠Azure Cats is disbanded after ⁠⁠Azure Gaming becomes the title sponsor of ⁠⁠FXOpen e-Sports. Yazuki and bigfatlp leave.^[2] e
NA	⁠⁠FXO	February 23, ⁠⁠FXOpen e-Sports is sponsored by ⁠⁠Azure Gaming. bigfatlp joins.^[3]^[4] e
NA	⁠⁠FXO	March 1, ⁠⁠FXOpen e-Sports is no longer sponsored by ⁠⁠Azure Gaming. TrickZ, ROBERTxLEE, and Zekent join. bigfatlp leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠AC	March 1, ⁠⁠Azure Cats is reformed after ⁠⁠Azure Gaming and ⁠⁠FXOpen e-Sports end their partnership. Cruzerthebruzer, xDragunerX, bigfatlp, Demunlul, and Lohpally join. e
NA	⁠⁠AC	May (approx.), ⁠⁠Azure Cats is disbanded. Cruzerthebruzer, xDragunerX, bigfatlp, Demunlul, and Obituarist leave. e
NA	⁠⁠CLG	May 26, Nientonsoh joins. bigfatlp (Sub/Mid to Jungle), Chauster (Jungle to Support), and HotshotGG (Top to President/Co-Founder/Sub/Top) change positions. Aphromoo leaves.^[12] e
NA	⁠⁠CLG	October 23, bigfatlp (Jungle to Sub/Mid) changes position.^[13] e

NA	⁠⁠GFS	February 26, bigfatlp and Bunny FuFuu join. Leo (Mid to Bot) changes position. otter and MeyeA leave.^[5] e
NA	⁠⁠GFS	June (approx.), ⁠⁠Girlfriends is disbanded. Fragnat1c, Knives, Nk Inc, bigfatlp, Leo, and GauNty leave. e

NA

⁠

⁠CLG

January 7,
KeNNy u joins as substitute.
bigfatlp leaves.

e

NA	⁠⁠FLY	January 9, Balls, Moon, Hai, Altec, LemonNation, and Thinkcard (Head Coach) join. bigfatlp and Remilia join as substitutes.^[7] e
NA	⁠⁠FLY	November 21, Balls, Hai, and bigfatlp leave.^[6] e

Biography[]

bigfatlp started playing computer games at around the age of six and had played many different games and genres since then. He played in the League of Legends beta and joined Counter Logic Gaming in 2010. ^[14]

On January 15, 2013, after being on the starting roster for over two and a half years for Counter Logic Gaming, Bigfatlp relinquished the AP Carry position to the recently acquired LiNk, citing lack of confidence in his own level of play. Shortly afterwards, he formed Azure Cats as a semi-competitive team. ^[15]

On May 26, 2013, bigfatlp returned to Counter Logic Gaming's main roster as jungler and Chauster moved back to support replacing Aphromoo.^[16]

On October 23, 2013, bigfatlp returned to being a sub for Counter Logic Gaming. ^[17]

Trivia[]

Originally used the ID bigfatjiji, but was required to change his name by Riot due to 'jiji' being Chinese for penis. "lp" is short for "lan pah" which is Hokkien for testicle.
Was known for his Twisted Fate early in his career.
Simultaneously had three different accounts in the top 10 of the solo queue ladder during Season 1 (including ranks #1 and #2).^[18]
Known for his passive methodical play-style.
Early in his career, he was considered one of the best players in the world.
Known for his winning Ashe arrow at WCG 2010, dubbed by shoutcaster Phreak as the "most legit arrow of [his] life". ^[19]
He has played AD Carry for CLG, and is known for his Urgot, Ashe, and Kog'Maw.
He has three cats, named Gunni, Missy, and Tammi, which he often displays for his fans via webcam and pictures.
He was the quietest member on CLG.
He does not, and has never had, a favorite champion. ^[20]
Known for commonly typing with grammatically unpolished English, which his fans have nicknamed jijispeak.
He did not move into CLG Gaming House when he was the mid laner, but moved into CLG Gaming House when he returned to main roster as jungler.^[21]
He uses Razer Blackwidow Ultimate at Gaming House, but uses Filco keyboard with black switches at home. ^[22]
Widely considered as the best player in the world back in season 1.

Tournament Results[]

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Bigfatlp Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2014-05-17	14 - 23	NACS 2014 Summer Series 1	0 : 1⁠⁠FFG	⁠⁠GFS	Knives, Nk Inc, bigfatlp, Leo, GauNty
2014-04-30	3	BMC NA Summer - Group A	1-0-2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GFS	Knives, CloudNguyen, bigfatlp, Virus, Leo, Yuno
2014-04-19	2	ROCCAT King of the Hill 14	0 : 2⁠⁠PRO	⁠⁠GFS	Knives, CloudNguyen, bigfatlp, Leo, Pseudonaut
2014-04-19	5 - 8	BMC NA Spring Finals	1 : 2⁠⁠COG	⁠⁠GFS	Knives, CloudNguyen, bigfatlp, Leo, Pseudonaut
2014-04-05	1	ROCCAT King of the Hill 13	2 : 1⁠⁠AOE	⁠⁠GFS	Knives, CloudNguyen, bigfatlp, otter, Leo
2014-03-26	2	BMC NA Spring Qualifier 2	0 : 2⁠⁠VVV	⁠⁠GFS	Knives, CloudNguyen, bigfatlp, otter, Leo
2014-03-21	7	EPS Season IX	1 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GFS	Knives, Pröphet, CloudNguyen, Leo, bigfatlp, otter, M eye A, Shoaa, Bunny FuFuu, Ken, Pseudonaut
2013-09-01	5	NA LCS 2013 Summer Playoffs	2 : 0⁠⁠CRS	⁠⁠CLG	Nien, bigfatlp, Link, Doublelift, Chauster, MonteCristo
2013-08-16	6	NA LCS 2013 Summer	13 - 15⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠CLG	Nien, bigfatlp, Link, Doublelift, Chauster, MonteCristo
2013-05-12	NQ	NA LCS 2013 Summer Promotion	0 : 3⁠⁠CLG	⁠⁠AC	Cruzer, Draguner, bigfatlp, Demunlul, Obituarist