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CLG Black is a North American team.
History[]
Formation of Counter Logic Gaming Black[]
On April 30, 2012, Counter Logic Gaming announced through saintvicious's twitter that the organization was looking for players to form a CLG B team.[1] The team was finalized and officially created on May 21, 2012, with Hoodstomp and LiNk coming from Orbit Gaming, Bloodwater coming from 4Not.Fire, Zuna coming from mTw.NA, and Sycho Sid.[2]
Season 2[]
Counter Logic Gaming Black's first event together was the National ESL Premier League Season 3 on May 30, where they had 2-0 victories over Team Green Forest, Absolute Legends NA, and Lzuruha Gaming to take home first place and the grand prize of $2,000.
On June 15, 2012, CLG Black attended their first LAN tournament, competing in the GIGABYTE Esports LAN. CLG Black went 2-1 in the group stage, defeating Team Green Forest and Curse Gaming, but losing to Team SoloMid. They placed second in the group, advancing to the playoffs where they defeated DirtNap Gaming and Team Dynamic 2-0. They played against Team SoloMid in the finals, losing 0-2, and finishing second with a cash prize of $3,000.
On July 14, 2012, CLG Black participated in the Leaguecraft ggClassic Presented by Arqade. They went 4-1 in the group stage. In the playoffs, they first defeated Curse Gaming 2-0 but then lost to Team Dynamic 1-2, dropping them into the loser's bracket. They then beat mTw.NA 2-0 and faced Team Dynamic in the finals. They beat Dynamic 3-2 in the first series and then played a best-of-three for the grand finals which they lost 1-2, finishing second with a cash prize of $2,000.
On December 28, CLG Black disbands due to differences in aspirations of members amongst the team.
Season 5[]
In January 2015, CLG formed a new Challenger team, which also bore the name CLG Black. They played in the Challenger ladder under the name crushed dreamz to qualify for the NACS Spring Qualifier. There, they defeated Rock Bottom Gorillas and Team Liquid Academy to successfully qualify for the spring season. However, in the spring season they placed sixth and last, after playing the last day with their manager samy substituting as support and losing a tiebreaker to TSM Darkness. CLG Black retained their summer season qualifier seed from having participated in the spring season, receiving a first-round bye. However, after defeating Maelstrom, Stixxay was banned for two weeks (weeks 2 and 3 of the split) because of toxicity.[3] Using substitute AD carry Frost, they lost to Cloud9 Tempest and then to Magnetic, missing out on the NACS summer season.
Timeline[]
- 2012
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- January 27,
CLG Black is reformed.
Westrice,
Thinkcard,
Easy,
Stixxay, and
KeNNy join.[7]
samy (Manager) joins as substitute. - February 24 (approx.),
Lourlo joins. - February 26,
Westrice retires.[8] - April 3,
Easy leaves. - May (approx.),
Scarra joins.
Rakin joins as substitute. - June (approx.),
Frost joins as substitute.
Rakin leaves. - September (approx.),
Huhi joins.
Scarra leaves. - November (approx.),
Frost and
samy (Manager) leave. - November 5,
Lourlo,
Huhi,
Stixxay, and
KeNNy leave.[9] - December 9,
InnoX,
KEITHMCBRIEF, and
Unlimited join.
KeNNy rejoins.[10] - December 13,
Unlimited leaves.[11]
- June (approx.),
CLG Black renames to 
CLG Academy.
fallenbandit,
OmarGod,
Tuesday,
Zag,
Fill,
Vulcan, and Rico (Head Coach) leave.
Player Roster[]
Former[]
Players are shown for the entire duration of their tenure on the team, with the role and substitute/trainee status they had upon their departure.
| Player | Name | Role | Joined | Left | Next Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fallenbandit | Kevin Wu | Top Laner | Nov 20162016-11-30 | ≈Jun 2017≈2017-06-?? |  CLG.A | ||
| OmarGod | Omar Amin | Jungler | Nov 20162016-11-30 | ≈Jun 2017≈2017-06-?? | CLG.A | ||
| Tuesday | Jean-Sébastien Thery | Mid Laner | Nov 20162016-11-30 | ≈Jun 2017≈2017-06-?? | CLG.A | ||
| Zag | Osama Alkhalaileh | Bot Laner | Nov 20162016-11-30 | ≈Jun 2017≈2017-06-?? | CLG.A | ||
| Fill | Lee Hyo-won (이효원) | Support | Nov 20162016-11-30 | ≈Jun 2017≈2017-06-?? | CLG.A | ||
| Vulcan | Philippe Laflamme | Sub/Sup | Dec 20162016-12-04 | ≈Jun 2017≈2017-06-?? | CLG.A | ||
| KeNNy | Kenny Nguyen | Top Laner | Dec 20152015-12-09 | Jan 20162016-01-20 |  NME | ||
| Thinkcard | Thomas Slotkin | Jungler | Jan 20152015-01-27 | Jan 20162016-01-20 | NME | ||
| KEITHMCBRIEF | Yuri Jew | Bot Laner | Dec 20152015-12-09 | Jan 20162016-01-05 |  FOX | ||
| InnoX | Tyson Kapler | Mid Laner | Dec 20152015-12-09 | ≈Jan 2016≈2016-01-?? |  Retired | ||
| Unlimited | Petar Georgiev | Support | Dec 20152015-12-09 | Dec 20152015-12-13 |  SK | ||
| Lourlo | Samson Jackson | Top Laner | ≈Feb 2015≈2015-02-24 | Nov 20152015-11-05 |  TL | ||
| Huhi | Choi Jae-hyun (최재현) | Mid Laner | ≈Sep 2015≈2015-09-?? | Nov 20152015-11-05 |  100 | ||
| Stixxay | Trevor Hayes | Bot Laner | Jan 20152015-01-27 | Nov 20152015-11-05 | CLG | ||
| KeNNy | Kenny Nguyen | Support | Jan 20152015-01-27 | Nov 20152015-11-05 |  CLB | ||
| Frost | Parsa Baghai | Sub/Bot | ≈Jun 2015≈2015-06-?? | ≈Nov 2015≈2015-11-?? |  TDG | ||
| samy | Samantha Elias | Sub/Sup | Jan 20152015-01-27 | ≈Nov 2015≈2015-11-?? | Retired | ||
| Scarra | William Li | Mid Laner | ≈May 2015≈2015-05-?? | ≈Sep 2015≈2015-09-?? |  DFX | ||
| Rakin | Rafael Knittel | Sub/Mid | ≈May 2015≈2015-05-?? | ≈Jun 2015≈2015-06-?? |  BRV | ||
| Easy | Brandon Doyle | Mid Laner | Jan 20152015-01-27 | Apr 20152015-04-03 |  GLG | ||
| Westrice | Jonathan Nguyen | Top Laner | Jan 20152015-01-27 | Feb 20152015-02-26 |  MBR | ||
| Sycho Sid | Benny Hung | Top Laner | May 20122012-05-21 | Dec 20122012-12-28 |  FR | ||
| Zuna | Christopher Buechter | Jungler | May 20122012-05-21 | Dec 20122012-12-28 | FR | ||
| LiNk | Austin Shin | Mid Laner | May 20122012-05-21 | Dec 20122012-12-28 | CLG | ||
| BloodWater | Lyubomir Spasov | Support | May 20122012-05-21 | Dec 20122012-12-28 |  AC | ||
| Hoodstomp | Devon Mark | Bot Laner | May 20122012-05-21 | Oct 20122012-10-16 |  XTZ |
Organization[]
Former[]
| C | ID | Name | Role | Next Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spiher | John Spiher | Director of Business Development |  Dignitas
| |
| Rico | Sami Harbi | Head Coach | CLG Academy
| |
| samy | Samantha Elias | Manager | None | |
| Dynasty | Wei Li | Head Coach | None | |
| MLong | Mason Long | Analyst/Coach |  Misfits NA
| |
| sayocean | Kelby May | General Manager | None | |
| Garvey | Mark Candella | Director of Business Development | None | |
| RealMomGG | Helen Georgallidis | Chief Executive Officer | None | |
| CyberBob | Robert Del Papa | Chief Operating Officer | None | |
| Peolo Bear | Timothy Yeung | Manager | None |
Tournaments[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media[]
- 2012
- June 17, CLG Black's Zuna at GESL with Justin Cady on YouTube
- June 20, GESL - ‘first’ lan experience recap + AMA with LiNk on Reddit
- July 27, Sheen Procs Audio - Bloodwater (CLG.Black's Support) Interview with ggChronicle on YouTube
- August 25, CLG Black Day 1 Post Game Interview at MLG Raleigh with Tom Taylor on YouTube
- August 26, Pluto Interviews CLG.Black Sycho Sid at MLG Raleigh with Pluto on YouTube
- August 26, MLG Raleigh Summer Championship - Wild Turtle Interview with Chobra on YouTube
- September 5, CLG Black at the MLG Summer Championships with Seltzer on YouTube
See Also[]
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ Saintvicious' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Introducing CLG's Second NA Team: CLG Black clgaming.net
- ↑ Competitive Ruling: Stixxay lolesports.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Introducing CLG's Second NA Team: CLG Black "clgaming.net"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hoodstomp's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Zikzlol's Reddit Comment reddit.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 CLG Black is Back clgaming.net
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Westrice's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 CLG Black is Recruiting clgaming.net
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 CLG in 2013 clgaming.net
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Unlimited's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Echo Fox's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Enemy's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 Welcome CLG Black! clgaming.net
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Welcome Rico clgaming.net