| Retired | ||
|---|---|---|
| Flaresz | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Cuong Ta | |
| Country of Birth | United States | |
| Birthday | November 5, 1997 (age 26) | |
| Residency | North America | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Top Laner | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Competitive IDs | Aetheres | |
| Soloqueue IDs | GsG Flaresz, Crs Flaresz, NME fIaresz x | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Cuong "Flaresz" Ta is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously substitute top laner for Bay State College. He was previously known as Aetheres.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Square Duck | Jan 20132013-01-23 | Apr 20132013-04-11 | 2mo 19d ejel | ||
 Team Summon | Apr 20132013-04-11[1] | ≈May 2013≈2013-05-?? | ≈20d ejel | ||
 Call Gaming | Feb 20142014-02-15 | Apr 20142014-04-15 | 2mo ejel | ||
 GamesterGear | ≈Apr 2014≈2014-04-?? | ≈Aug 2014≈2014-08-?? | ≈4mo ejel | ||
 Team LoLPro | ≈Sep 2014≈2014-09-?? | ≈Dec 2014≈2014-12-?? | ≈3mo ejel | ||
 Enemy | Dec 20142014-12-30 | Oct 20152015-10-23[2] | 9mo 24d ejel | ||
 Winterfox | Jan 20152015-01-07[4] | ≈Apr 2015≈2015-04-?? | ≈2mo 25d ejel | ||
 Also Known As | Nov 20152015-11-18 | ≈Jan 2016≈2016-01-?? | ≈1mo 13d ejel | ||
 Renegades | Jan 20162016-01-29 | Mar 20162016-03-03[5] | 1mo 5d ejel | ||
 Team Dragon Knights | Mar 20162016-03-03[7] | May 20162016-05-23[6] | 2mo 20d ejel | ||
 State of MinD Gaming | ≈Dec 2016≈2016-12-10 | ≈Dec 2016≈2016-12-12 | ≈2d ejel | ||
 Sin Gaming | Jan 20172017-01-19[8] | ≈Jun 2017≈2017-06-?? | ≈4mo 13d ejel | ||
 Polar Ace | May 20182018-05-16[9] | Feb 20192019-02-04 | 8mo 19d ejel | ||
 Buff Katarina | Feb 20192019-02-04 | Mar 20192019-03-18[10] | 1mo 14d ejel | ||
 Radiance | Mar 20192019-03-18[11] | ≈Dec 2019≈2019-12-01 | ≈8mo 14d ejel | ||
 Barrage | Jan 20202020-01-25[13] | May 20202020-05-05[12] | 3mo 11d ejel | ||
| Lost Draft | Apr 20202020-04-29 | May 20202020-05-05 | 6d ejel | ||
 Bawk Bawk | May 20202020-05-05 | May 20202020-05-12[14] | 7d ejel | ||
| Polar Ace | May 20202020-05-12[15] | Aug 20202020-08-02 | 2mo 21d ejel | ||
 Bay State College | Jun 20222022-06-25[16] | Aug 20222022-08-28 | 2mo 3d ejel |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square Duck | Jan 20132013-01-23 | Apr 20132013-04-11 | 2mo 19d ejel | ||
| Team Summon | Apr 20132013-04-11[1] | ≈May 2013≈2013-05-?? | ≈20d ejel | ||
| Call Gaming | Feb 20142014-02-15 | Apr 20142014-04-15 | 2mo ejel | ||
| GamesterGear | ≈Apr 2014≈2014-04-?? | ≈Aug 2014≈2014-08-?? | ≈4mo ejel | ||
| Team LoLPro | ≈Sep 2014≈2014-09-?? | ≈Dec 2014≈2014-12-?? | ≈3mo ejel | ||
| Enemy | Dec 20142014-12-30 | Oct 20152015-10-23[2] | 9mo 24d ejel | ||
| Winterfox | Jan 20152015-01-07[4] | ≈Apr 2015≈2015-04-?? | ≈2mo 25d ejel | ||
| Also Known As | Nov 20152015-11-18 | ≈Jan 2016≈2016-01-?? | ≈1mo 13d ejel | ||
| Renegades | Jan 20162016-01-29 | Feb 20162016-02-07 | 9d ejel | ||
| Renegades | Feb 20162016-02-07 | Feb 20162016-02-20 | 13d ejel | ||
| Renegades | Feb 20162016-02-20 | Mar 20162016-03-03[5] | 12d ejel | ||
| Team Dragon Knights | Mar 20162016-03-03[7] | May 20162016-05-23[6] | 2mo 20d ejel | ||
| State of MinD Gaming | ≈Dec 2016≈2016-12-10 | ≈Dec 2016≈2016-12-12 | ≈2d ejel | ||
| Sin Gaming | Jan 20172017-01-19[8] | ≈Jun 2017≈2017-06-?? | ≈4mo 13d ejel | ||
| Polar Ace | May 20182018-05-16[9] | Feb 20192019-02-04 | 8mo 19d ejel | ||
| Buff Katarina | Feb 20192019-02-04 | Mar 20192019-03-18[10] | 1mo 14d ejel | ||
| Radiance | Mar 20192019-03-18[11] | ≈Dec 2019≈2019-12-01 | ≈8mo 14d ejel | ||
| Barrage | Jan 20202020-01-25[13] | May 20202020-05-05[12] | 3mo 11d ejel | ||
| Lost Draft | Apr 20202020-04-29 | May 20202020-05-05 | 6d ejel | ||
| Bawk Bawk | May 20202020-05-05 | May 20202020-05-12[14] | 7d ejel | ||
| Polar Ace | May 20202020-05-12[15] | Aug 20202020-08-02 | 2mo 21d ejel | ||
| Bay State College | Jun 20222022-06-25[16] | Aug 20222022-08-28 | 2mo 3d ejel |
News
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2022
 SQUA | January 23, Square Duck is formed. Flaresz, Cpt Tran, Captain Korea, Slackoh, and L0CUST join. | |
| SQUA | April 11, Flaresz, Sickoscott, Captain Korea, Slackoh, and L0CUST leave. | |
 TS | April 11, Flaresz, Sickoscott, Captain Korea, Slackoh, and L0CUST join.[1] | |
| TS | May (approx.), Grim Samurai and otter join. Flaresz and Slackoh leave. |
 CG | February 15, Call Gaming is reformed. Flaresz, Trueld, Fexir, and Ugu join. Omizu rejoins. | |
 GSG | April (approx.), Flaresz joins. | |
| CG | April 15, Call Gaming is disbanded. Flaresz, Trueld, Omizu, Fexir, and Ugu leave. | |
| GSG | August (approx.), Flaresz, Thinkcard, and WizFujiiN leave. | |
 PRO | September (approx.), Flaresz joins. Patoy leaves. | |
| PRO | December (approx.), Team LoLPro is disbanded. Flaresz, Thinkcard, Yusui, WizFujiiN, and KEITHMCBRIEF leave. | |
 NME | December 30, Flaresz joins. cackgod leaves. |
 WFX | January 7, Avalon, Helios, Pobelter, Altec, Imagine, and Paragon (Head Coach) join. Flaresz, ShorterACE, ExecutionerKen, Gleeb, and IgNar join as substitutes.[4] | |
| WFX | April (approx.), Flaresz leaves. | |
| NME | October 23, Flaresz and Innox leave.[2][3] | |
 AKA | November 18, Flaresz joins. TheReborn leaves. |
| AKA | January (approx.), Also Known As is disbanded. Flaresz, loulex, Poppers OP, Rikara, Tails, Biofrost, and Stan007 (Analyst) leave. | |
 REN | January 29, Flaresz joins as substitute. | |
| REN | February 7, Flaresz moves to starting roster. RF Legendary moves to substitute. | |
| REN | February 20, RF Legendary moves to starting roster. Flaresz moves to substitute. | |
 TDK | March 3, Flaresz and Trance join. RF Legendary rejoins. Seraph leaves after loan to Renegades ends. Alex Ich moves to starting roster. Ninja and Crumbz leave.[7] | |
| REN | March 3, Ninja joins. Seraph joins permanently after loan from Team Dragon Knights ends. RF Legendary, Alex Ich, and Flaresz leave.[5] | |
| TDK | May 23, Team Dragon Knights transfers its NACS spot to Eanix and disbands. Flaresz, RF Legendary, Kez, Alex Ich, Bischu, Trance, do it, and Thy leave.[6] | |
 SOM | December 10 (approx.), Flaresz, Yami, rjsdndgod, Vex, and Indivisible join. EXLTRIKZ and GochuHunter join as substitutes. | |
| SOM | December 12 (approx.), Flaresz, Yami, rjsdndgod, Vex, Indivisible, EXLTRIKZ, and GochuHunter leave. |
 SIN | January 19, Flaresz joins. Skwiggle leaves.[8] | |
| SIN | June (approx.), Dhokla joins. Tekker joins as substitute. Flaresz and Raven leave. |
 PA | May 16, Flaresz, Im Jonny, Soligo, Andybendy, Teesum, and Coach Mike (Head Coach) join. Julien joins as substitute.[9] | |
| PA | June (approx.), Flaresz renames to Aetheres. |
| PA | February 4, Polar Ace is disbanded. Aetheres, OddOrange, KatEvolved, Linsanity, Jurassiq, Winter, Troy, zx1, Surza (Head Coach), and Luciaen (Assistant Coach) leave. | |
 KAT | February 4, Buff Katarina acquires the roster and staff of Polar Ace. Aetheres, OddOrange, KatEvolved, Jurassiq, Winter, Surza (Head Coach), Luciæn (Assistant Coach), and Coach Mike (Manager) join. | |
| KAT | March 18, Aetheres, OddOrange, KatEvolved, Jurassiq, Winter, Yeonbee, Surza (Head Coach), Luciæn (Assistant Coach), and Coach Mike (Manager) leave.[10] | |
 RAD | March 18, Aetheres, OddOrange, KatEvolved, Jurassiq, Winter, Surza (Head Coach), Luciæn (Assistant Coach,Manager), and Hai (Owner) join.[11] | |
| RAD | October 31, Aetheres is allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.[17] | |
| RAD | December 1 (approx.), Aetheres leaves. |
 BRG | January 25, Flaresz joins.[13] | |
| LOST | April 29, Flaresz, Dragonminkim, Julien, Spawwwwn, Fizzi, Ruuxi (Head Coach), and Zon (Strategic Coach) join. | |
| LOST | May 1, Flaresz, Dragonminkim, Julien, Spawwwwn, and Fizzi join. | |
| BRG | May 5, Flaresz leaves.[12] | |
 BAWK | May 5, Lost Draft renames to Bawk Bawk. | |
| BAWK | May 12, Flaresz, Dragonminkim, Julien, Spawwwwn, Fizzi, Ruuxi (Head Coach), and Gunaso (Strategic Coach) leave.[14] | |
| PA | May 12, Flaresz, Dragonminkim, Julien, Spawwwwn, Fizzi, Ruuxi (Head Coach), and Gunaso (Strategic Coach) join.[15] | |
| PA | August 2, Flaresz, FrostForest, Busio, Spawwwwn, Julien, Ruuxi (Head Coach), and Gunaso (Strategic Coach) leave. |
 BSC | June 25, Flaresz joins as substitute.[16] | |
| BSC | August 28, Akira Hou, Bejjaniii, Topo, Devil deGrey, Dragonminkim, Ralyk, Seranok, Jurassiq, Sophist Sage, Potato, Swordblue, and Flaresz leave. |
Biography[]
2015 Preseason[]
With teammates Thinkcard, Yusui, WizFujiiN, and KEITHMCBRIEF on Team LoLPro, Flaresz qualified for the qualified for the Spring Expansion Tournament via the ranked 5's ladder. The team beat Team Fission in the first round 2-0 but then lost 0-2 to Team Coast in the second round.
On December 30, Enemy eSports announced Flaresz as their new top laner.[18] Flaresz also joined Winterfox as a substitute player. In the first week of the spring split, Flaresz played in place of Avalon, who had not yet arrived in the country. He played 
Renekton both games, and the team went 1-1.
2015 Season[]
Enemy played in the North American Challenger Series qualifiers as the #1 seed from the Ranked 5's ladder and qualified for the Challenger Series with 2-0 victories over Arbiters and Darkness. They finished the Challenger season as the top team with a 9-1 record, dropping only one game to Team Fusion. In the playoffs, they defeated Final Five and then Team Dragon Knights and successfully qualified for the Summer LCS split. Enemy's summer split performance was rocky, and they didn't finish higher than seventh place a single week after the second. They ended the split in ninth place, one game above Team Dragon Knights, narrowly avoiding autorelegation. However, in the 2016 Spring Promotion tournament, Enemy lost 3-0 to Team Coast and were sent to the Challenger Series. After their relegation, Flaresz left the team.
2016 Season[]
Flaresz joined Renegades as a substitute at the start of the season, and he was moved to the starting lineup halfway through week 4 of the LCS, sharing time with RF Legendary. After being unable to win a game as starting toplaner, Renegades traded Flaresz, RF Legendary and Alex Ich to Team Dragon Knights in exchange for Seraph and Ninja ahead of Week 8.[19] Flaresz started for TDK for their entire NACS Playoff run, where they finished in second place behind Apex Gaming, and for all but one game of the Summer LCS Promotion Tournament, where they beat Team Dignitas but then lost to Renegades and Apex Gaming.
On May 8, 2016, Riot released a competitive ruling stating that they had investigated the relationship between TDK and Renegades and found an inappropriate link between the two organizations, with the March roster trade and the sources of financial compensation to the players after the trade being one of the major problems. As a result of their findings, Riot ruled that TDK would be banned permanently from Riot-sponsored league play.[20] After the ruling, TDK sold their spot to Eanix and Flaresz left the team. He next played in the NACS 2017 Spring Open Qualifier for State of MinD Gaming, but they failed to advance to the qualifiers.
2017 Season[]
Spring Season[]
Flaresz joined Australian team Sin Gaming for the OPL 2017 Split 1. Sin was a decent team, and spend most of the split in fifth place before gradually overtaking Avant Garde over the final weeks to end in fourth. In the playoffs, Sin outlasted Avant Garde 3-2 in the first round, then upset Chiefs Esports Club 3-2 in the second round despite blowing a 2-0 lead. This sent them to round 3 against Legacy Esports, where Sin once again took a 2-0 lead, but this time were reverse swept, ending their season. Flaresz left the team in July and saw no further action in 2017.
2018 Season[]
Flaresz played for most of 2018 with NA amateur team Polar Ace, renaming to Aetheres in June. He qualified for the 2018 NA Scouting Grounds and was drafted by Team Ocean Drake, which lost all six of their series in the group stage, but defeated Team Cloud Drake in the third-place match. However, Aetheres was not signed by any LCS teams.
2020 Season[]
Aetheres continued to play with Polar Ace as it rebranded in 2019 first to Buff Katarina and then was acquired by Radiance. After leaving Radiance in late 2019, he surprisingly was signed by British team Barrage Esports, joining his former coach Surza, and renamed back to Flaresz. Barrage started the UKLC 2020 Spring strong and remained in second place until the final week when they were overtaken by Fnatic Rising. That team also swept Barrage in the playoff semifinals, ending their season. Flaresz left the team in May, and returned to playing in the NA amateur scene.
Trivia[]
- MVP of the 2018 Tyler1 Championship Series.
Tournament Results[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| Flaresz 1v1 Tournament Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Event | Prize | Team | Last Result |
| 2014-09-14 | 12 - 18 | Alienware Fall Brawl 1v1 Tournament | |||
Media[]
Images[]
WFX Flaresz, NA LCS 2015 Spring
NME Flaresz, NA LCS 2015 Summer
OCN Aetheres, NASG 2018
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Team Summon's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Flaresz Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 InnoX's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Winterfox's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 In trade with TDK, Renegades swap Flaresz, Alex Ich, and Trance for Ninja and Seraph dailydot.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Eanix acquires Team Dragon Knights' NACS spot thescoreesports.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 In trade with TDK, Renegades swap Flaresz, Alex Ich, and Trance for Ninja and Seraph dailydot.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Sin Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Polar Ace's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Radiance's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Radiance's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Flaresz's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Barrage Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Polar Ace's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Polar Ace's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 PGCQ Summer #2 Open Qualifer Presented by Unified - Tournament Sheet docs.google.com
- ↑ Flaresz's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Enemy's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ In trade with TDK, Renegades swap Flaresz, Alex Ich, and Trance for Ninja and Seraph dailydot.com
- ↑ Competitive Ruling: Renegades and TDK lolesports.com