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Ember is a North American Challenger team.
History[]
Ember was formed in December 2015, when a new organization called Team Elemental acquired Cloud9 Tempest's NA Challenger Series spot. The first player to join the team at the time of announcement was support Gleeb.[1] Almost 3 weeks later, Solo, Contractz, Goldenglue, and LOD completed the roster. On December 25, the day that Goldenglue was announced, Ember released all starting salary information for their team. At the time, all players were receiving at least $70,000 in total compensation between bonuses and base salary. In doing so, they became the first professional team to make their players' salaries public.[2]
After a 3-1-1 record in the regular season, Ember qualified for the NACS playoffs with the second seed. Over the course of the season, they also loaned multiple players to Echo Fox to play in the NA LCS when that team had visa issues preventing starters kfo, Hard, and Froggen from playing - even having all four LCS-eligible players starting for them in one game (Contractz was only 16 years old at the time). Contractz's age prompted Ember to sign former Huma jungler Santorin as a substitute for the summer promotion tournament should they qualify, since Contractz would be ineligible to participate in any tournament that led to the LCS. However, the team opted to use Santorin in the playoffs as well, and they lost 3-1 to Team Dragon Knights, missing out on both the promotion tournament and LCS chances.
After their failure to qualify for the promotion tournament, Ember announced the departure of all players except for Contractz and that they were interested in selling both Contractz's contract and their Challenger Series seed.[3]
Timeline[]
- 2015
- 2016
- January 22,
Stunt, CurryshotGG (Strategic Coach), mcscrag (Analyst), and Lustless (Player Development Coordinator) join.
Gleeb moves to substitute.[9]
BillyBoss and
Westrice join as substitutes. - January 25,
BillyBoss leaves.[10] - February 22, MindGamesWeldon (Head Coach) joins. CurryshotGG (Strategic Coach to Strategic Head Coach) changes position.[11]
- February 25, Kingler (Analyst) joins.[12]
- February 27,
Santorin joins.[13] - March (approx.), mcscrag (Analyst) leaves.
- March 15, Bao (General Manager,Co-Founder) leaves.[14]
- March 21, Harteg Singh (Interim General Manager) joins.
Solo,
Santorin,
Goldenglue,
LOD,
Stunt,
Westrice,
Gleeb, and CurryshotGG (Strategic Head Coach) leave.[15] - May (approx.), MindGamesWeldon (Head Coach) leaves.
- May 31,
Contractz leaves.[16]
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contractz | Juan Arturo Garcia | Jungler | Dec 20152015-12-23 | May 20162016-05-31 |  C9C | ||
| Solo | Colin Earnest | Top Laner | Dec 20152015-12-24 | Mar 20162016-03-21 |  TL | ||
| Santorin | Lucas Tao Kilmer Larsen | Jungler | Feb 20162016-02-27 | Mar 20162016-03-21 |  NRG | ||
| Goldenglue | Greyson Gregory Gilmer | Mid Laner | Dec 20152015-12-25 | Mar 20162016-03-21 | TL | ||
| LOD | Benjamin deMunck | Bot Laner | Dec 20152015-12-22 | Mar 20162016-03-21 |  NV | ||
| Stunt | William Chen | Support | Jan 20162016-01-22 | Mar 20162016-03-21 | TL | ||
| Westrice | Jonathan Nguyen | Sub/Top | Jan 20162016-01-22 | Mar 20162016-03-21 | C9 | ||
| Gleeb | Nicolas Haddad | Sub/Sup | Dec 20152015-12-07 | Mar 20162016-03-21 |  Retired | ||
| BillyBoss | Billy Yu | Sub/Top | Jan 20162016-01-22 | Jan 20162016-01-25 |  DIG |
Organization[]
Current[]
| C | ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| notvert | Jonathan Pam | CEO/Co-Founder | |
| Isabelli | Harteg Singh | General Manager | |
| Lustless | Christie Tang | Player Development Coordinator | |
| Jcartr | Jonathan Carter | Sports Psychologist | |
| Kingler | Michael Fu | Analyst |
Former[]
| C | ID | Name | Position | Next Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mcscrag | Brendan McGee | Senior Analyst |  Nova eSports
| |
| MindGamesWeldon | Weldon Green | Head Coach |  TSM
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| CurryshotGG | Rohit Nathani | Strategic Head Coach |  Counter Logic Gaming
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| Bao | Bao Lam | General Manager/Co-Founder | None | |
| Firetiger777 | David Lee | Partnerships Manager | None | |
| Mason | Mason Long | League Operations | None |
Tournaments[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| Ember Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Prize | Event | Last Result | Roster |
| 2016-03-16 | 3 - 4 | $4,000$ 4,000€ 3,568 | NACS 2016 Spring Playoffs | Solo, Santorin, Goldenglue, LOD, Stunt, Weldon | |
| 2016-02-24 | 2 | NACS 2016 Spring | 3-1-1  RR | Solo, Contractz, Goldenglue, LOD, Westrice, Stunt, Weldon | |
| Total Prize: USD 4,000 | |||||
Media[]
- 2015
- 2016
- December 8, “We’re planning on changing the NACS scene by treating it just like the NA LCS” by Thiemo Bräutigam on Esports Observer
- December 8, Ember acquires Cloud9 Tempest's NACS spot by Daniel Rosen on The Score
- December 9, Ember GM: ‘We’re a bunch of former Rioters who want to make something special in esports’ with Jacob Wolf on the Daily Dot
- December 29, Ember.gg - AMA!! with , and on reddit
- January 5, Ember Gleeb on Player Salaries, Mental Health Issues & The Meta with Jared Wynne on YouTube
- January 30, Ember Teaser by Ember on YouTube
Team Announcements[]
- 2016
- January 22, Ember Roster and Staff Changes — January 2016
- February 15, Work at Ember
- February 22, Ember Roster and Staff Changes —February 2016
- Februrary 27th, Santorin Catches Fire
- March 1, Introducing the Ember Academy
- March 15, Hiring: General Manager
- March 21, Ember Roster and Staff Changes — March 2016
- April 6, Trial by Ember
See Also[]
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ Ember acquires Cloud9 Tempest's NACS spot thescoreesports.com
- ↑ Better humans become better athletes medium.com
- ↑ Ember Roster and Staff Changes — March 2016 medium.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ember acquires Cloud9 Tempest's NACS spot thescoreesports.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ember's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ember's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ember's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ember's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Ember Roster and Staff Changes - January 2016 medium.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 BillyBoss Signs As Starting LCS Top Laner, SmittyJ Moved To Sub team-dignitas.net
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Ember Roster and Staff Changes —February 2016 medium.com
- ↑ Ember Roster and Staff Changes —February 2016 medium.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Santorin Catches Fire medium.com
- ↑ Bao's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8 Ember Roster and Staff Changes — March 2016 medium.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Contractz's Tweet twitter.com