Chauster

Chauster
Retired
Chauster
Background Information
Name	Steve Chau
Country of Birth	; United States
Birthday	February 13, 1989 (age 35)
Residency	NANorth America
Competitive
Role	; Mid Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ;
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Steve "Chauster" Chau is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously mid laner for Counter Logic Gaming.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠CLG	Apr 20102010-04-16^[2]	Oct 20132013-10-23^[1]	3yr 6mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Chicks Dig Elo	Dec 20112011-12-08	Dec 20112011-12-11	3d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG	Feb 20142014-02-01	Feb 20142014-02-02	1d	Temp Sub ejel

	Team	Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠CLG	Apr 20102010-04-16^[2]	Nov 20112011-11-23^[3]	1yr 7mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG	Nov 20112011-11-23^[3]	May 20122012-05-21^[4]	5mo 28d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Chicks Dig Elo	Dec 20112011-12-08	Dec 20112011-12-11	3d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG Prime	May 20122012-05-21^[4]	Oct 20122012-10-22^[5]	5mo 1d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG Prime	Oct 20122012-10-22^[5]	Dec 20122012-12-28^[6]	2mo 6d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG	Dec 20122012-12-28^[6]	May 20132013-05-26^[7]	4mo 29d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG	May 20132013-05-26^[7]	Oct 20132013-10-23^[1]	4mo 28d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG	Feb 20142014-02-01	Feb 20142014-02-02	1d	Temp Sub ejel

News

2010
2011
2012
2013
2014

NA

⁠

⁠CLG

April 16, ⁠

⁠Counter Logic Gaming is formed.
HotshotGG,
Kobe24,
bigfatlp,
Chauster, and
Elementz join.^[2]

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NA	⁠⁠CLG	November 23, Doublelift rejoins. Chauster (Bot to Support) changes position. Elementz moves to substitute.^[3] e
NA	⁠⁠CDE	December 8, ⁠⁠Chicks Dig Elo is formed to compete in 2011 World Cyber Games. Dyrus, Saintvicious, Reginald, Chauster, and Xpecial join. e
NA	⁠⁠CDE	December 11, Dyrus, Saintvicious, Reginald, Chauster, and Xpecial leave. e

NA	⁠⁠CLG.P	May 21, ⁠⁠CLG renames to ⁠⁠CLG Prime.^[4] e
NA	⁠⁠CLG.P	October 22, Locodoco joins. HotshotGG (Jungle to Top) and Chauster (Support to Jungle) change positions. Voyboy leaves.^[5] e
NA	⁠⁠CLG	December 28, ⁠⁠CLG Prime renames to ⁠⁠CLG.^[6] 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.^[7] e
NA	⁠⁠CLG	October 23, Chauster retires.^[1] e

NA	⁠⁠CLG	February 1, Chauster joins as temporary substitute for Week 3 of NA LCS 2014 Spring, replacing dexter. e
NA	⁠⁠CLG	February 2, Chauster (temporary substitute) leaves. e

Biography[]

Steve "Chauster" Chau hails from San Jose, California. The youngest of his family, Chau always followed his older siblings and mimicked whatever they did, which was predominantly playing games. He first played NES games like Contra, Double Dragon, and Tecmo Wrestling before transitioning to SNES and PlayStation. During that time, he began playing Starcraft I exclusively. However, Chau found it difficult to balance his time for gaming and education, so he decided to take a break from gaming. When he found free time, he tried out League of Legends just as something to do to pass time but eventually became hooked.

League of Legends Career[]

Throughout his career, Chauster believed that even though he didn't have the best mechanics, reaction time, or skill, he makes up for it with his superior knowledge of gameplay. That entire career was spent with Counter Logic Gaming, from April 2010 to his retirement in 2013. However, throughout that career he played multiple roles on the team. Chauster started as AD Carry as one of the founding members of the team, where he played until November 2011. He then moved to support, replacing Elementz in that role when Doublelift joined the team as starting AD Carry.

In October 2012, Chauster moved to the jungle in the starting roster, when Locodoco joined the team as support, Voyboy left, and HotshotGG moved to toplane. He stayed there until May 2013, when he switched roles once again, landing back in support with bigfatlp rejoining the team in the jungle. Chauster spent the rest of his CLG career there.

On October 23, Chauster announced his retirement from League of Legends.^[8] He was replaced by Aphromoo. In February 2014, he returned for two final games in the NA LCS Spring Split as a sub for CLG.

Trivia[]

Known for his Ezreal early in his career.
His favorite champion was at one point Lee Sin^[9].
Was known as one of the most intelligent players in the competitive scene and was often considered the brains behind CLG.
Has played every single role in the game (Top, Jungler, Mid, AD and Support) professionally.
Was part of two first-place teams at the World Cyber Games (2010/2011)^[10]^[11].
Lives in Northern California and has co-cast for the IGN Pro League.
Has been noted to be unable to drink large amounts of alcohol ^[12].
Has an Ask Me Anything thread on the Clgaming.net forums that has over 25,000 posts and 6.0 Million views.
- He temporarily closed his Ask Me Anything thread after Bigfatlp stepped down to be a substitute.^[13].
He was the main shot caller for Counter Logic Gaming while he was on the team.
Graduated from UC Berkeley with a Dietetics major.
Innovated the triple-teleport strategy, surprising viewers of the S2 NA Regionals.
He currently works as an accountant.^[14]
Chauster is one of only a few players in esports to have won two WCG titles, alongside the likes of Starcraft legend BoxeR and Warcraft's Grubby.

Tournament Results[]

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

Chauster Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2017-08-05	3 - 4	Return of the Legends 2017	0 : 2⁠⁠CN	⁠⁠NA	HotshotGG, TheOddOne, Link, Chaox, Chauster
2014-04-06	3	NA LCS 2014 Spring	18 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠CLG	Nien, dexter, Link, HotshotGG, Chauster, Doublelift, aphromoo, MonteCristo
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	Q	NA LCS 2013 Summer Promotion	3 : 0⁠⁠AC	⁠⁠CLG	HotshotGG, Chauster, Link, Doublelift, Aphromoo
2013-04-28	5 - 6	NA LCS 2013 Spring Playoffs	1 : 2⁠⁠VUL	⁠⁠CLG	HotshotGG, Chauster, Link, Doublelift, Aphromoo
2013-04-19	4	NA LCS 2013 Spring	13 - 15⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠CLG	HotshotGG, Chauster, Link, bigfatlp, Doublelift, Aphromoo
2013-02-01	3	NESL Pro Series Season 5	2 : 0⁠⁠FR	⁠⁠CLG	HotshotGG, LiNk, Chauster, Bigfatlp, Doublelift, Aphromoo, Nhat Nguyen, pVibeZ
2012-12-11	1	ROCCAT King of the Hill 6	2 : 1⁠⁠CRS	⁠⁠CLG.P	HotshotGG, Chauster, bigfatlp, Doublelift, Nhat Nguyen
2012-12-09	7 - 8	SoloMid Series Week 6	FF : W⁠⁠DYN	⁠⁠CLG.P	HotshotGG, Chauster, bigfatlp, Doublelift, BloodWater

Media[]

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

June 8, Chauster Interview - Counter Logic Gaming [Lost] with MobaChampions on YouTube
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August 29, Interview with Chauster at MLG [Lost] with TSM on YouTube
e
September 4, Counter Logic Gaming, League of Legends 1st place team, at MLG Raleigh with Seltzer on YouTube
e
December 23, Team USA - CDE, League of Legends champions of the WCG Grand Finals 2011 with Seltzer on YouTube
e

February 15, Chauster Interview - Gaming History - IPL League Of Legends with IPL on YouTube
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February 16, Chauster Interview - Counter to Everything - IPL League Of Legends with IPL on YouTube
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February 24, League of Legends - Chauster Interview - Advice with IGN on YouTube
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March 1, Dan Dinh and Chauster Interview - Snowball Comp - IPL League of Legends with IPL on YouTube
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June 15, CLG Chauster - Pre GESL Interview [Lost] with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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June 17, Counter Logic Gaming at GESL 2012 with C4 BorN on YouTube
e
July 6, 열정이 가득한 LoL해외팀 CLG.NA 인터뷰 with Cho Ho-seong on Inven Global
e
September 13, Interview with CLG.NA Chauster about Regionals matchups and strategies [Archived] with Killmens on Dignitas
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September 21, Interview with CLG.Prime Chauster: "[Lee Sin] is falsely known to fall off late game." [Archived] with DHhero on Dignitas
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October 4, Chauster Talks About The S2 Worlds Loss feat. his girlfriend Maggie - IPL Interview with Nick Allen on YouTube
e
December 2, Chauster talks about their run at IPL 5, 2013, and training more with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e

February 22, Chauster talks about HotshotGG, practice partners, and LCS WK 3 with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
February 22, CLG Chauster on LCS W3 Day 2 "We were at a disadvantage to begin the game" with Rana Du on YouTube
e
March 26, Chauster 'Grilled': LoL is simply about towers and creep waves, not the champion. (Episode #39) with Thorin on YouTube
e
March 26, Interview with CLG on Episode 8 of The Pulse with Clutch on YouTube
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April 1, Know Your Role Episode 4 - Jungle with Chauster with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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May 13, CLG talks fighting against Azure Cats for spot in LCS with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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June 14, Chauster talks about CLG's match against Curse at the LCS with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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June 14, League of Legends LCS [SS WK 1] Chauster - CLG vs. DIG [Lost] with Machinima on YouTube
e
July 4, Doublelift and Chauster talk 4th of July LCS Perfomance with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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July 12, League of Legends LCS [SS WK 5] DOUBLELIFT AND CHAUSTER - CLG vs. TSM [Lost] with Machinima on YouTube
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July 16, Life before the big League by Riot Games on YouTube
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September 2, CLG Q and A at Pax Prime 2013 with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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October 23, Counter Logic Gaming's Chauster Discusses His Decision to Retire with Travis Gafford on GameSpot
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October 24, Hello. Chauster AMA - Ask me anything! First and last as a competitive player with Chauster on Reddit
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February 1, Chauster talks about being back in the LCS with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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December 6, Travis catches up with Chauster and Benny as they get ready to ARAM at IEM San Jose with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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December 11, IEM San Jose: Chauster "trying to transition back to school" with Leonyx on YouTube
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September 6, The first great LoL Mastermind by Jreece on Dot Esports
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November 29, Chauster Reflects on Esports Glory Days in His Current Life, Says Current Scene Lacks Old Persona… with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e

Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2014-02-01	NA LCS 2014 Spring	CRS vs CLG	Link
2013-08-14	NA LCS 2013 Summer	CLG vs CST	Link
2013-03-31	NA LCS 2013 Spring	CLG vs COL	Link
2013-03-02	NA LCS 2013 Spring	COL vs CLG	Link
2013-02-27	NA LCS 2013 Spring	CLG vs VUL	Link
2011-06-19	Worlds Season 1	GDE vs CLG	Link

Images[]

CLG Chauster, Champions 2012 Spring
CLG.P Chauster, Champions 2012 Summer
CLG Chauster, NA LCS 2013 Spring
CLG Chauster, NA LCS 2013 Summer

Redirects

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Chauster Retires from League of Legends, CLG Roster Changes clgaming.net
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 The beginning of CLG (1st Anniversary) clgaming.net
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 CLG Welcomes Doublelift back to the Fold clgaming.net
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Introducing CLG's Second NA Team: CLG Back clgaming.net
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 CLG NA Roster Changes clgaming.net
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 CLG in 2013 clgaming.net
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 CLG Roster Changes clgaming.net
↑ Retirement clgaming.net
↑ http://www.progamingtours.net/index.php?/League-of-Legends/counter-logic-gaming-clg.html
↑ CLG are the 2010 WCG Champions "na.leagueoflegends.com"
↑ CDE Interview After 1st Place at WCG 2011 "youtube.com"
↑ CHAUSTER HANDLE YOUR SH*T! youtube.com
↑ ask me questions - Page 2,160 clgaming.net
↑ Chauster Reflects on Esports Glory Days in His Current Life, Says Current Scene Lacks Old Personality "gamespot.com"

[News/2013-10-20_ref_10-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Chauster Retires from League of Legends, CLG Roster Changes clgaming.net

[News/2010-04-11_ref_1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 The beginning of CLG (1st Anniversary) clgaming.net

[News/2011-11-20_ref_5-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 CLG Welcomes Doublelift back to the Fold clgaming.net

[News/2012-05-20_ref_5-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Introducing CLG's Second NA Team: CLG Back clgaming.net

[News/2012-10-21_ref_5-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 CLG NA Roster Changes clgaming.net

[News/2012-12-23_ref_10-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 CLG in 2013 clgaming.net

[News/2013-05-26_ref_2-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 CLG Roster Changes clgaming.net

[8] Retirement clgaming.net

[9] ttp://www.progamingtours.net/index.php?/League-of-Legends/counter-logic-gaming-clg.html

[10] CLG are the 2010 WCG Champions "na.leagueoflegends.com"

[11] CDE Interview After 1st Place at WCG 2011 "youtube.com"

[12] CHAUSTER HANDLE YOUR SH*T! youtube.com

[13] sk me questions - Page 2,160 clgaming.net

[14] Chauster Reflects on Esports Glory Days in His Current Life, Says Current Scene Lacks Old Personality "gamespot.com"

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