| Retired | ||
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| Cop | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | David Roberson | |
| Country of Birth | United States | |
| Birthday | June 14, 1992 (age 32) | |
| Residency | North America | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Coach | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Soloqueue IDs | v8 Cop, Crs Cop, EU Cop, Entheomancer, David Roberson, KingWill84, crs goompa, kittenZcuddler53, GV Cop | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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David "Cop" Roberson is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously head coach for FlyQuest Academy.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Team Curse | Dec 20112011-12-20[2] | Sep 20142014-09-19[1] | 2yr 8mo ejel | ||
 Team LoLPro | Oct 20132013-10-07 | Oct 20132013-10-14[3] | 7d ejel | ||
 Curse Academy | Sep 20142014-09-27[5] | Jan 20152015-01-08[4] | 3mo 11d ejel | ||
 Gravity | Jan 20152015-01-08[8] | Dec 20152015-12-18[7] | 11mo 10d ejel | ||
 Echo Fox | ≈Jan 2016≈2016-01-?? | Jun 20162016-06-21[9] | ≈5mo 20d ejel | ||
 Apex Gaming | ≈Jul 2016≈2016-07-?? | Sep 20162016-09-26[10] | ≈2mo 25d ejel | ||
 Dignitas | Sep 20162016-09-26[13] | Dec 20162016-12-08[11] | 2mo 12d ejel | ||
| Dignitas | Feb 20172017-02-17[17] | Nov 20172017-11-21[14] | 9mo 4d ejel | ||
 OpTic Academy | Jun 20182018-06-11[19] | Dec 20182018-12-04[18] | 5mo 23d ejel | ||
| OpTic Gaming | Jun 20182018-06-11[21] | Dec 20182018-12-04[20] | 5mo 23d ejel | ||
 FlyQuest | Dec 20182018-12-04[23] | Dec 20192019-12-05[22] | 1yr 1d ejel | ||
| FlyQuest Academy | Dec 20192019-12-05[25] | Nov 20202020-11-19[24] | 11mo 14d ejel |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Curse | Dec 20112011-12-20[2] | Oct 20132013-10-07[26] | 1yr 9mo ejel | ||
| Team Curse | Oct 20132013-10-07[26] | Oct 20132013-10-14[27] | 7d ejel | ||
| Team LoLPro | Oct 20132013-10-07 | Oct 20132013-10-14[3] | 7d ejel | ||
| Team Curse | Oct 20132013-10-14[27] | Sep 20142014-09-19[1] | 11mo 5d ejel | ||
| Curse Academy | Sep 20142014-09-27[5] | Jan 20152015-01-08[4] | 3mo 11d ejel | ||
| Gravity | Jan 20152015-01-08[8] | May 20152015-05-21[29] | 4mo 13d ejel | ||
| Gravity | May 20152015-05-21[29] | Dec 20152015-12-18[7] | 6mo 28d ejel | ||
| Echo Fox | ≈Jan 2016≈2016-01-?? | Jun 20162016-06-21[9] | ≈5mo 20d ejel | ||
| Apex Gaming | ≈Jul 2016≈2016-07-?? | Sep 20162016-09-26[10] | ≈2mo 25d ejel | ||
| Dignitas | Sep 20162016-09-26[13] | Dec 20162016-12-08[11] | 2mo 12d ejel | ||
| Dignitas | Feb 20172017-02-17[17] | Nov 20172017-11-21[14] | 9mo 4d ejel | ||
| OpTic Academy | Jun 20182018-06-11[19] | Dec 20182018-12-04[18] | 5mo 23d ejel | ||
| OpTic Gaming | Jun 20182018-06-11[21] | Dec 20182018-12-04[20] | 5mo 23d ejel | ||
| FlyQuest | Dec 20182018-12-04[23] | Dec 20192019-12-05[22] | 1yr 1d ejel | ||
| FlyQuest Academy | Dec 20192019-12-05[25] | Nov 20202020-11-19[24] | 11mo 14d ejel |
News
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- 2020
 CRS | October 7, IWillDominate, Pobelter, Aphromoo, and Zekent join. Saintvicious (Jungle to Coach) changes position. Cop moves to substitute. Nyjacky and Edward leave.[26] | |
 PRO | October 7, Team LoLPro is reformed and moves to North America. Cruzerthebruzer, TrickZ, Nyjacky, and Cop join. | |
| PRO | October 14, Demunlul joins. Cop leaves.[3] | |
| CRS | October 14, Quas joins. Voyboy (Top to Mid) changes position. Cop moves to starting roster.[27][28] |
| CRS | September 19, Cop leaves.[1] | |
 CA | September 27, Hauntzer and Cop join. Impactful and Cris leave.[5][6] |
| CA | January 8, Hauntzer, Saintvicious, Keane, Cop, and Bunny FuFuu leave.[4] | |
 GV | January 8, Hauntzer, Saintvicious, Keane, Cop, Bunny FuFuu, and Samurai (Owner) join.[8] | |
| GV | May 21, Cop (Bot to Head Coach/Sub/Bot) changes position.[29] | |
| GV | December 18, Gravity is disbanded. Move, Keane, MatLife, Ginko (Manager), Samurai (Owner), and Cop (Head Coach) leave.[7] |
 FOX | January (approx.), Cop (Head Coach) and Ginko (General Manager) join. | |
| FOX | June 21, Cop (Head Coach) leaves.[9] | |
 APX | July (approx.), Cop (Coach) joins. | |
| APX | September 26,  Apex Gaming is acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers and merges with  Dignitas under the Dignitas brand. Ray, ShrimP, Keane, Apollo, Xpecial, Cris, Diamondprox, Shiphtur, Roar, Saintvicious (Head Coach), Cop (Coach), BlisS (Assistant Coach), and Crumbz (Assistant Coach) leave.[10] | |
 DIG | September 26, Dignitas is acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers and merges with Apex Gaming under the Dignitas brand. Ray, ShrimP, Keane, Xpecial, Cop (Coach), and Saintvicious (Coach) join. Apollo rejoins. Cris joins as substitute.[13] | |
| DIG | December 8, Cop (Coach) and Saintvicious (Coach) leave.[11][12] |
| DIG | February 17, Cop (Head Coach) rejoins. Park Jae-seok (Head Coach) leaves.[17] | |
| DIG | November 21, Shrimp, Big, and Cop (Head Coach) leave.[14][15][16] |
 OPT.A | June 11, Cop (Coach), Croissant (Coach), and Ryuke (Manager) join. Dioge (Player Coordinator to Coach) changes position.[19] | |
| OPT | June 11, Cop (Assistant Coach), Croissant (Strategic Coach), and Ryuke (Player Support Coordinator) join.[21] | |
| OPT.A | December 4, Cop (Coach) leaves.[18] | |
| OPT | December 4, Cop (Assistant Coach) leaves.[20] | |
 FLY | December 4, Cop (Assistant Coach) joins.[23] |
Biography[]
David "Cop" Roberson is originally from Jacksonville, Florida in the USA. Cop got his start when a player named Vixerox introduced him to Entheomancer who subbed with Cop in Oh God Bears before joining a start-up team called TeamSF. After leaving TeamSF, Cop spent time as a sub for multiple teams, including unRestricted, v8 Esports, and Blight Gaming before finally joining Curse Gaming.
Season 2[]
On December 20 Cop stepped into the starting roster of Team Curse in the role of AD Carry. He played his first major tournaments with Curse at IEM Kiev and IEM Hanover on January 22 and March 10. At IEM Kiev the team went 1-3 in the group stage, defeating White Lotus but losing to SK Gaming and Team SoloMid.[31] At Hanover, Curse went 2-3 in groups and advanced to the quarterfinals but then lost 2-0 to CLG.[32][33] In April 2012 at IPL 4, the team once again placed 5th/6th, defeating Epik Gamer 2-0 in round one, but losing to Team SoloMid 2-0 in the second round and then finally eliminated by Monomaniac 2-1 in the loser's bracket.
In May Curse underwent roster changes setting the roster of Cop, Nyjacky, Elementz, Saintvicious and Westrice for theMLG 2012 - Spring Championship, where the newly reformed team was able to place 7th/8th. On August 26, Curse won the 2012 MLG Pro Circuit/Summer/Championship, beating Dignitas in the best of 5 finals 3-2. However, both teams were disqualified by MLG and Riot for violating MLG's Official Pro Circuit Conduct Rules: "competitors may not intentionally Forfeit a Game or conspire to manipulate Rankings or Brackets." No prize money or circuit points were awarded to either teams.[34][35]
On August 20, Curse would compete in the North American Regional Season 2 World Championship Qualifier, but failed to qualify, placing 4th, losing to Counter Logic Gaming in the third-place match.
Season 3[]
Cop with Curse started off the Spring Season of the NA LCS Spring Season strong. They didn't drop a single game, up until week 4, when they lost their first game to Dignitas. Despite that loss, and having a rough rest of the season, Curse still finished 2nd, securing their spot in the Spring Playoffs along with their spot in the Summer Season of the NA LCS. Despite having a roster change right before the Playoffs, Curse went on to place 4th in the Spring Playoffs.
On the eve of the Summer Season, Team Curse announced the huge news that they would be filling their support role by EU ex-Gambit Gaming member Edward, who was the EU LCS All Star at the time. Despite the huge roster acquisition, Curse had a shaky Summer season, fighting hard to stay in the middle of the pack. They ended the season 13-15 in a 4th spot place going into NA LCS Summer Playoffs. They first faced off against Team Dignitas and winning their first game in a dominating fashion, although losing the consecutive 2 games, therefore having to play CLG for the 5th spot decider. Curse was unable to best CLG in the set losing 0-2, and were sent to relegation to play for their spot back in the Season 4 Spring Promotion.
2014 Preseason[]
In October 2013, it would be announced Team Curse would change its roster in a major way after disappointing results at the end of Season 3. Cop would move to a sub position while also joining the Team LoLPro roster. However, by October 14, Cop had returned to the main roster of Team Curse.
2014 Season[]
Curse's starting roster for the Spring split consisted of Cop, Quas, IWDominate, Voyboy, and Zekent. During the split Saintvicious, and later Bunny FuFuu would play support. Curse finished the split in fifth place, behind Team Dignitas and ahead of Team Coast,ending up passing Dignitas in the playoffs to end the season in fourth place.
The roster that played in the LCS Summer Split was Cop, Quas, IWDominate, Voyboy, and Xpecial. Curse finished fourth in both the regular season and the Playoffs after beating Counter Logic Gaming in the quarterfinals and going on to lose to both Cloud9 and LMQ.
On September 19, after the summer LCS was over, Cop was removed from the starting roster of Team Curse and moved to become the AD Carry for Curse Academy.
2015 Preseason[]
Cop joined Curse Academy on September 27, 2014, replacing Impactful.[36][37]
The team had been given a seed into the Spring Expansion tournament as a result of their participation in the Promotion Tournament. With a roster of Hauntzer, Saintvicious, Keane, Cop, and Bunny FuFuu, they beat compLexity.White 2-0 in the online stage and then advanced to the offline tournament, where they defeated Coast 3-1 and then Team Fusion 3-1, qualifying for the spring season. However, due to the one-team-per-organization rule, the roster was sold and became known as Gravity.
2015 Season[]
Gravity finished the spring round robin with a 10-8 record in fifth place. In the quarterfinals, they lost 1-3 to Team Impulse and earned 10 Championship Points for the season. After the conclusion of the split, Cop stepped down from the starting roster of the team and moved to a coaching role; he was replaced by Altec.[38] Upon stepping down, he stated that he had been considering retiring from professional play for over six months prior.[39]
After being first place in weeks 7 and 8, Gravity ended the Summer Season in 4th place after a tiebreaker loss against Team Impulse. In the playoffs, Cop and Gravity lost their quarterfinal against 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 after winning the first two games, getting reverse swept by Cloud9, who went on to qualify to Worlds.
On December 18, Gravity sold its LCS slot to new team Echo Fox and disbanded.[40]
2016 Season[]
Ahead of the NA LCS Spring Split, it was announced that Cop would be the head coach for Echo Fox, staying with the former Gravity spot.[41] Cop left the team part way through the Summer Split.[42]
Trivia[]
- His sister is also a pro gamer who plays Shootmania as part of the Frag Dolls.
- Finished the Season 3 NA LCS Spring Season with an 8.7 KDA, the highest of any player in North America.
- Received 0 LCS Allstar votes from other pro players in 2014.
- Known for his skill with
Miss Fortune and 
Corki. - The name "Cop" comes from his wish to have a short name for Heroes of Newerth. He randomly typed three letters words until one set worked.[43]
- His favorite champion is Corki.
- Cop is half Korean.[44]
- Frequently uses the Officer
Caitlyn skin in tournaments as a reference to his name. - Was criticized for his passive play but when Edward came to Curse, he drastically changed his play style and improved immensely.
- Achieved his 500th career kill in the LCS in the first week of the 2015 NA LCS Spring Split with Gravity.[45]
- Due to having been a pro player himself, known as a coach for having good relationships with his players.
Pentakills
| Date | Region | Tournament | Team | Vs | Champion | Pos | W/L | KDA | SB | VOD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-04-11 | North America | NA LCS 2013 Spring |  |  | Twitch | Bot | W | 12/1/8 | 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.
Media[]
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2019
- June 9, Crs Cop - MLG Anaheim Day One [Lost] with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- August 9, Crs Cop AMA TIME with Cop on Reddit
- August 12, Crs Cop - IPL San Fran Facedown Interview [Lost] with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- August 25, Pluto interviewing Cop and Westrice in Bed with Pluto on YouTube
- August 30, Crs Cop Interview with MonteCristo - NA Regionals with MonteCristo on YouTube
- September 19, in2LOL Interviews Curse Cop [Archived] with kocja on in2LOL
- October 4, S2 finals - Westrice and Cop interviewed with Sjokz on YouTube
- November 2, MLG Dallas 2012 - Pluto Interviews Curse Cop with Pluto on YouTube
- November 10, Curse Cop at Lone Star Clash II with Sjokz on YouTube
- November 30, IPL5 CURSE NA Voyboy and Cop Interview with megumixbear on YouTube
- December 1, IPL5 Day 3 - Rhux and Cop Interview with Pluto on YouTube
- December 1, IPL 5 Panky interviews Creaton and Cop with Panky on YouTube
- December 2, IPL5 Cop Interview with megumixbear on YouTube
- January 13, Crs Cop & Elementz DUO BOT AMA with Cop on Reddit
- February 15, Cop - "I could become the best AD Carry, just takes practice with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- March 17, MLG 2013 League of Legends: Crs Cop of Team Curse Gaming Extended Pre-Game Interview with EpicPleasure on YouTube
- April 1, Cop the Immortal talks about being Eternal with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- April 11, LCS Week 9 Day 1 - Curse Cop "I buy Statikk Shiv to shoot lightning." with Rana Du on YouTube
- June 30, Curse Edward and Cop: "My Blitz is better than [Daydreamin's]." with Rana Du on YouTube
- July 18, Interview with Curse Cop "Edward's aggressive playstyle forced me to shift my play... I would be more farmed and carry harder" [Archived] with fox112 on Dignitas
- August 13, Practicing Chemistry - EDward & Cop [Lost] with Machinima on YouTube
- August 16, Cop talks about Curse getting their Groove Back with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- November 16, Team Curse talks about new roster [Archived] with Jessie Lawrence on LoL Esports
- December 22, 2014 Spring Promotion Tournament: Cop of Curse with Justin Pla on YouTube
- July 5, Team Curse Cop: "We're getting a lot stronger." (video) with , and on Azubu
- July 9, Curse's Cop Talks About the Past, Future, and the Quest to be the Best with , and on esportsmax
- August 24, Team Curse Quas & Cop: Wards & Shrimp Sox (video) with , and on Azubu
- August 29, Cop on facing Cloud9 at Pax (video) with , and on onGamers
- December 13, Cop talks about climbing back up the 'LCS Mountain' (video) with , and on onGamers
- December 14, NA Expansion: Cop "BunnyFuFu will pull me into scary situations" (video) with , and on SK Gaming
- January 24, 1v1: Cop on the Gravity house, facing Piglet, and Anime Art Collections (video) with , and on onGamers
- February 15, Cop on defeating his former team and facing off against Piglet (video) with , and on onGamers
- February 24, NA LCS 2015: Cop "I think [Gravity is] the best team atmosphere I've ever been with." (video) with , and on SK Gaming
- March 20, League Legacies: GV Cop with , and on Azubu
- March 21, NA LCS 2015: Cop "[Keane] plays so much solo queue that he can play pretty much anything" (video) with , and on SK Gaming
- April 3, Cop on Finishing Ahead of his Old Team and his Own Style of Dress with , and on onGamers
- May 19, Don't Call Him "Just Consistent": Cop's Rise to the Top by , and on Gold Per 10
- June 14, Cop on Replacing LS as GV Head Coach and His Coaching Style with , and on GameSpot
- July 15, Bunny and Cop Talk Cop's Coaching Style: "When it's a best of 5 we're going to have 5 cheeses" with , and on GameSpot
- February 17, Cop on bringing kfo into the Echo Fox fold and breaking his team out of meta picks with , and on The Score
- April 20, Cop and Xpecial in Vegas: Former teammates discuss their current relationship with , and on Yahoo!
- July 10, Cop and Saintvicious on Cop's role as Apex Trial Coach: 'Ready to go on stage if Saint dies of old age' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- July 13, Cop diagnoses Apex’s issue: 'From what I've seen it’s just a lot of tilt...hopefully I can fix that' with , and on The Score
- March 5, Silent Immortality: The Curious Case of Cop by Volamel on Esports Heaven
- March 17, Cop: ‘The new meta is going to be the biggest thing for teams in the next coming weeks’ by , and on Yahoo!
- April 5, Cop on Dignitas' growth: 'Our in-game communication was really weak when I joined the team but since then it’s improved a ton' by , and on The Score Esports
- September 6, Dignitas's Cop and Keane on Ego and the Gauntlet with Cass Marshall on Red Bull Esports
- September 11, Cop: 'There was a period where we got overconfident... we just didn't put enough time in practice' with , and on Travis Gafford
- February 21, Fly Coach Cop on why Flyquest is flying under the radar with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- April 5, FlyQuest Coach Cop on the good luck charm they'll be missing against TL with Travis Gafford on YouTube
Post-Match Interviews
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-05 | NA LCS 2014 Summer |  LMQ vs  CRS | Link |
| 2014-04-05 | NA LCS 2014 Spring | CRS vs  CLG | Link |
| 2014-03-09 | NA LCS 2014 Spring |  DIG vs CRS | Link |
| 2013-12-22 | NA LCS 2014 Spring Promotion | CRS vs  COG | Link |
| 2013-08-17 | NA LCS 2013 Summer |  CST vs CRS | Link |
| 2013-08-14 | NA LCS 2013 Summer | DIG vs CRS | Link |
| 2013-07-26 | NA LCS 2013 Summer | CRS vs  VES | Link |
| 2013-07-18 | NA LCS 2013 Summer | CRS vs CST | Link |
| 2013-07-13 | NA LCS 2013 Summer | DIG vs CRS | Link |
| 2013-04-18 | NA LCS 2013 Spring |  MRN vs CRS | Link |
| 2013-04-04 | NA LCS 2013 Spring | CRS vs  GGU | Link |
| 2013-02-14 | NA LCS 2013 Spring |  COL vs CRS | Link |
Images[]
CRS Cop, NA LCS 2013 Spring
CRS Cop, NA LCS 2013 Spring
CRS Cop, NA LCS 2013 Summer
CRS Cop, NA LCS 2014 Spring
GV Cop, NA LCS 2015 Spring
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Team Curse Releases Cop teamcurse.net
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 About Team Curse lolpro.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cop's Vlog "I'm back... " youtube.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gravity makes light of joining the LCS lolesports.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Team Coast's Facebook Post twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Curse Academy Roster for LCS Expansion Tournament teamcurse.net
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 NBA Legend Rick Fox Purchases ‘League of Legends’ Franchise breitbart.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Gravity makes light of joining the LCS lolesports.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Echo Fox and David 'Cop' Roberson Part Ways echofox.gg
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Philadelphia 76ers acquire, merge and manage leading esports teams Dignitas and Apex team-dignitas.net
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Cop's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Saintvicious' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Philadelphia 76ers acquire, merge and manage leading esports teams Dignitas and Apex team-dignitas.net
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Shrimp's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 BIG's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Cop's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Cop's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 OpTic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 OpTic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Voyboy's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 ggLA's Reddit Post Reddit.com
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 Cop's Vlog "I'm back... " youtube.com
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Gravity Gaming's Facebook post facebook.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2020-01-15
- ↑ IEM Season VI - Kiev: Curse Gaming Groupstage Results esl-world.net
- ↑ IEM Season VI - Hanover: Curse Gaming Groupstage Results esl-world.net
- ↑ IEM Season VI - Hanover: Curse Gaming Playoff Results esl-world.net
- ↑ An Important Message Regarding MLG Summer Championship League of Legends majorleaguegaming.com
- ↑ 2012 Pro Circuit Conduct Rules majorleaguegaming.com
- ↑ Team Coast's Facebook Post twitter.com
- ↑ Curse Academy Roster for LCS Expansion Tournament teamcurse.net
- ↑ Gravity Gaming's Facebook post facebook.com
- ↑ Cop's ask.fm answer ask.fm
- ↑ NBA Legend Rick Fox Purchases ‘League of Legends’ Franchise breitbart.com
- ↑ Roster page of Echo Fox lolesports.com
- ↑ Echo Fox and David 'Cop' Roberson Part Ways echofox.gg
- ↑ Cop AMA reddit.com
- ↑ Cop AMA reddit.com
- ↑ Cop: 500 Kills and counting lolesports.com