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Retired
Hard
GG Hard 2020 Split 1
Background Information
NameAnthony Barkhovtsev
Country of Birth
Canada
Nationality
Canada


Russia
BirthdayMarch 28, 1998 (age 25)
Residency
NA
North America
Competitive
TeamColors Esportlogo stdColors Esport
Role
Jungler
Favorite Champs


Competitive IDsFamilyPuss
Soloqueue IDsFamilyPuss, 9JX, C9 Hard, MuteTheWorld
Social Media & Links
Infobox Twitchlogo std
Infobox Twitterlogo std

Anthony "Hard" (▶️ listen) Barkhovtsev is a retired League of Legends esports player, currently bot laner for Colors Esport. He was previously known as FamilyPuss.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes
Dates:Approx|Exact
TeamStartEnd
NA
False Facade Gaminglogo stdFalse Facade
≈Mar 2014≈2014-03-??≈May 2014≈2014-05-18≈2mo 17d
ejel
NA
COGnitive Gaminglogo stdCOGnitive Gaming
Dec 20142014-12-08Dec 20142014-12-2012d
ejel
NA
Cloud9 Tempestlogo stdCloud9 Tempest
Jan 20152015-01-10[1]≈Oct 2015≈2015-10-??≈8mo 22d
ejel
NA
Cloud9logo stdCloud9
Jan 20152015-01-10Jan 20162016-01-05[2]1yr 26d
ejel
NA
Logo stdThe Warlords
Dec 20152015-12-12Jan 20162016-01-131mo 1d
ejel
NA
Echo Foxlogo stdEcho Fox
Jan 20162016-01-05[3]Jan 20172017-01-051yr
ejel
NA
Meltdown Quebeclogo stdMeltdown QC
≈Sep 2017≈2017-09-09≈Sep 2017≈2017-09-10≈1d
ejel
NA
Team Liquid Academylogo stdTL Academy
Jan 20182018-01-03[6]Sep 20182018-09-24[4]8mo 21d
ejel
NA
Golden Guardians Academylogo stdGG Academy
Dec 20182018-12-18[8]Nov 20202020-11-19[7]1yr 11mo
ejel
EMEA
Colors Esportlogo stdColors Esport
Jan 20242024-01-13[9]Present2mo 5d
ej
TeamStartEnd
NA
False Facade Gaminglogo stdFalse Facade
≈Mar 2014≈2014-03-??≈May 2014≈2014-05-18≈2mo 17d
ejel
NA
COGnitive Gaminglogo stdCOGnitive Gaming
Dec 20142014-12-08Dec 20142014-12-146d
ejel
NA
COGnitive Gaminglogo stdCOGnitive Gaming
Dec 20142014-12-14Dec 20142014-12-206d
ejel
NA
Cloud9 Tempestlogo stdCloud9 Tempest
Jan 20152015-01-10[1]≈Oct 2015≈2015-10-??≈8mo 22d
ejel
NA
Cloud9logo stdCloud9
Jan 20152015-01-10Jan 20162016-01-05[2]1yr 26d
ejel
NA
Logo stdThe Warlords
Dec 20152015-12-12Jan 20162016-01-131mo 1d
ejel
NA
Echo Foxlogo stdEcho Fox
Jan 20162016-01-05[3]Jul 20162016-07-106mo 5d
ejel
NA
Echo Foxlogo stdEcho Fox
Jul 20162016-07-10Jul 20162016-07-2212d
ejel
NA
Echo Foxlogo stdEcho Fox
Jul 20162016-07-22Jan 20172017-01-055mo 14d
ejel
NA
Meltdown Quebeclogo stdMeltdown QC
≈Sep 2017≈2017-09-09≈Sep 2017≈2017-09-10≈1d
ejel
NA
Team Liquid Academylogo stdTL Academy
Jan 20182018-01-03[6]Sep 20182018-09-24[4]8mo 21d
ejel
NA
Golden Guardians Academylogo stdGG Academy
Dec 20182018-12-18[8]Nov 20202020-11-19[7]1yr 11mo
ejel
EMEA
Colors Esportlogo stdColors Esport
Jan 20242024-01-13[9]Present2mo 5d
ej

News

  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2024
NA
False Facade Gaminglogo stdFFMarch (approx.),
Acme,
FamilyPuss,
Eclypsil,
AxelAxis, and
Ravenzor join.
NA
False Facade Gaminglogo stdFFMay 18 (approx.),
Acme,
FamilyPuss,
Xvs,
Eclypsil,
AxelAxis, and
Ravenzor leave.
NA
COGnitive Gaminglogo stdCOGDecember 8,
Big ol Ron joins.

9JX,
Jjayel, and
i uzi join as substitutes.
NA
COGnitive Gaminglogo stdCOGDecember 14, 9JX (Sub/Jungle to Top) changes position.
Big ol Ron leaves.
NA
COGnitive Gaminglogo stdCOGDecember 20, COGnitive Gaminglogo stdCOGnitive Gaming is disbanded.
9JX,
Grigne,
LoveLova,
XerbeK,
Trance,
Jjayel,
i uzi, and Tails (Head Coach) leave.
NA
Cloud9 Tempestlogo stdC9TJanuary 10, Cloud9 Tempest is reformed.
Solo,
Hard,
Yusui,
LOD, and
Stixxay join.
[1]
NA
Cloud9logo stdC9January 10,
Hard and
Yusui join as substitutes.
NA
Cloud9 Tempestlogo stdC9TOctober (approx.), Cloud9 Tempestlogo stdCloud9 Tempest is disbanded.
Solo,
Hard,
LOD,
Sheep,
Westrice,
Jintae, and Charlie (Head Coach) leave.
NA
Logo stdTHE December 12,
BillyBoss,
Cris,
Hard,
Shrimp,
Pekin Woof,
Mash, and
Sheep join.
NA
Echo Foxlogo stdFOXJanuary 5,
kfo,
Hard,
Froggen,
KEITH, and
Baby join.
[3]
NA
Cloud9logo stdC9January 5,
Hard leaves.[2]
NA
Logo stdTHE January 13,
BillyBoss,
Cris,
Hard,
Shrimp,
Pekin Woof,
Mash, and
Sheep leave.
NA
Echo Foxlogo stdFOXJuly 10,
Hard moves to substitute.
NA
Echo Foxlogo stdFOXJuly 22,
Hard moves to starting roster.
Kez moves to substitute.
NA
Echo Foxlogo stdFOXJanuary 5,
Akaadian and
Gate join.

Hard leaves.
NA
Meltdown Quebeclogo stdMQCSeptember 9 (approx.),
TQS Zuardian,
Hard,
Wazabiee,
Shoryu, and
Trance join.
NA
Meltdown Quebeclogo stdMQCSeptember 10 (approx.),
TQS Zuardian,
Hard,
Wazabiee,
Shoryu, and
Trance leave.
NA
Team Liquid Academylogo stdTL.AJanuary 3,
Hard,
Mickey,
Shoryu, and
Joey join.

Viper rejoins.
[6]
NA
Team Liquid Academylogo stdTL.ASeptember 24,
Hard and
Joey leave.[4][5]
NA
Golden Guardians Academylogo stdGG.ADecember 18,
Hard and
Palafox join.
[8]
NA
Golden Guardians Academylogo stdGG.AJanuary 4,
Hard's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.
Palafox's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[10]
NA
Golden Guardians Academylogo stdGG.ADecember 4,
Ablazeolive,
Gorica, and Raz (Head Coach) join.

Darshan,
Hard, and
huhi will remain with the team for 2020.[11]
NA
Golden Guardians Academylogo stdGG.AOctober 30,
Hard is allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.[12]
NA
Golden Guardians Academylogo stdGG.ANovember 19,
Hard and
Gorica are removed from the GCD.[7]
NA
Golden Guardians Academylogo stdGG.ANovember 23,
ZionSpartan and
Keith leave.
Hard and
Gorica's departures are confirmed.[13]
EMEA
Colors Esportlogo stdCLRSJanuary 13,
Seminol,
Thorizal,
Pyra,
Hàrd,
Barry Lyndon, Finn (Head Coach), and Tom (Team Manager) join.
[9]

Biography[]

2015 Season[]

Hard joined Cloud9's new Challenger roster Cloud9 G2A along with Solo, Yusui, LOD, and Stixxay in January 2015. Under the name C9 Charlies Angels, they placed fifth in the ranked 5's ladder leading up to the NACS Spring 2015 qualifier. Following Stixxay's move to CLG.Black, Fade joined the team, replacing Stixxay as starting support. The team defeated Roar and then Team Confound to qualify for the season. However, prior to the start of the season, it was revealed that the team had used a ringer in their matches against Team Confound. As a result, Cloud9 Tempest were disqualified from participating in the NACS, and Team Confound took their place. Additionally, Hard and his teammates were all suspended from all Riot-sponsored League of Legends competition until the 2015 Summer Split.[14] This ban was lifted at the end of March, allowing Hard and his Cloud9 Tempest teammates to play competitively starting on May 11.[15]

Now unbanned, Cloud9 Tempest participated in the NACS Summer Qualifier, with nearly the same roster as they had competed with in the spring qualifier, except that LOD moved to AD carry, and Sheep joined. After their first two rounds, Yusui was temporarily banned for four weeks for purchasing botted accounts, and Jintae was used as a substitute for the finals against CLG Black, which the team won, successfully qualifying for the Summer Season.

The team finished with a 5-5 record and in fourth place. In the playoffs, they also finished fourth, after losses to Renegades and Team Imagine. They missed out on the Summer Promotion Tournament but retained an automatic seed into the NACS Spring 2016 Season.

2016 Season[]

In the offseason, the roster of C9 Tempest went seperate ways. While his former teammates either retired or joined NACS team Ember, Hard joined Echo Fox, who acquired Gravity's NA LCS spot. Visa problems kept Hard along with teammates kfo and Froggen out of competition for several games early on in the season, and despite an upswing after the full roster returned, Echo Fox placed seventh at the end of the spring split - out of playoffs but also safe from relegation. Their overall season record was 6-12, with 6 of those losses coming from their games with a substitute roster as well as a forfeit prior to determining their substitute roster. With their full lineup, their record was 6-6.

In the Summer Season, Echo Fox had almost no roster problems at all - they substituted Grigne in for two games in week 3, and switched Froggen to top lane for one game while kfo played mid lane, but other than that they had a completely stable roster. With stability did not come an improvement over their spring performance; while they picked up several individual game wins (including handing Team SoloMid their only game 1 defeat of the entire split), the team lost every single series after the first week and finished in last place, three series behind the ninth-place NRG Esports. In the 2017 Spring Promotion Tournament, Echo Fox turned their season around and took advantage of NRG's weakness, beating Team Liquid Academy in the elimination round, losing to the much-improved Phoenix1, and then sweeping NRG in the final series to return to the LCS for 2017.

Trivia[]

  • Started playing League of Legends since a little after the beta, but never got into it until late Season 2 where he peaked ~1890 elo on EUNE.
  • Speaks English, French and Russian.

Tournament Results[]

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

Minimum place

Hard Tournament Results
DatePlEventLast ResultTeamRoster
2024-03-1022 NT 2024 Etape 1 Open Qualifiers
4 - 2Blanklogo stdRR
Colors Esportlogo stdCLRS Seminol,  Thorizal,  Pyra,  Hàrd,  Barry Lyndon,  Finn
2023-09-03NQ Coupe de France 2023 Qualifier 1
4 - 2Blanklogo stdRR
Logo stdLES  Répulsif,  Sunflower,  Louis,  Hàrd,  Louwie
2023-07-0921 MNT 2023 Etape 8
4 - 2Blanklogo stdRR
Team PlayHardlogo stdPLD Fuerza,  Gatino,  Ryzen,  Hàrd,  Vdeckk
2023-05-2830 MNT 2023 Etape 5
3 - 3Blanklogo stdRR
Logo stdMA T Loop,  Hàrd,  Galoup,  Shoto,  Kyu
2023-05-0719 MNT 2023 Etape 4
4 - 2Blanklogo stdRR
Logo stdINSC Loop,  Hàrd,  Galoup,  JS La Malice,  Kyu,  Amelie
2023-04-1015 - 16 Gamers Assembly 2023
0 : 1Logo stdSURP
Stelioslogo stdSTS Loop,  Peche,  Galoup,  Hàrd,  Toto,  Dyemon
2023-03-125 - 8 MNT 2023 Etape 2
0 : 2Elyandra Esportlogo stdEYA
Stelioslogo stdSTS Loop,  Peche,  Galoup,  Hàrd,  Adysma,  Dyemon,  Wsh Bien
2023-02-1918 MNT 2023 Etape 1
4 - 2Blanklogo stdRR
Stelioslogo stdSTS Loop,  Peche,  Galoup,  Hàrd,  Wild
2023-02-1213 - 16 LEL 5
0 : 1Amazing Frog Slayerslogo stdAFS
Logo stdLE Z Répulsif,  Wushi,  Metzaye,  La Bête,  Hàrd
2022-10-16NQ Coupe de France 2022 Qualifier 3
2 - 3Blanklogo stdRR
Logo stdLES  Hàrd,  Wushi,  Gutz,  Alex,  Azury

Media[]

Post-Match Interviews

DateTournamentMatchLink
2019-08-08NA Academy 2019 Summer Playoffs
Golden Guardians Academylogo stdGG.A
vs
TSM Academylogo stdTSM.A
Link
2018-08-04NA Academy 2018 Summer
Team Liquid Academylogo stdTL.A
vs
OpTic Gaming Academylogo stdOPT.A
Link

Images[]

Name Pronunciation

Hard
AccuracyRiot
Voiced ByRaafaa

Redirects

The following pages redirect here:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cloud9 G2A Joins League of Legends NA Challenger Series cloud9.gg
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Echo Fox's Tweet twitter.com
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Echo Fox's Tweet twitter.com
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Hard's Tweet twitter.com
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Joey's Tweet twitter.com
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Team Liquid's Tweet twitter.com
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2020-11-18; after change - NA - 2020-11-19
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 GGS SPRING 2019 ROSTER & STAFF UPDATE youtube.com
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Colors Esport's Tweet (French) twitter.com
  10. Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2019-01-04
  11. Golden Guardians' Tweet twitter.com
  12. Hard's Tweet twitter.com
  13. Golden Guardians' Tweet twitter.com
  14. Competitive Ruling: Cloud9 Tempest lolesports.com
  15. 2015 Mid-Year Long-Term Suspension Reviews lolesports.com
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