| Retired | ||
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| Gate | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Jiajun "Austin" Yu | |
| Country of Birth | China | |
| Nationality | United States | |
| Birthday | March 20, 1994 (age 30) | |
| Residency | North America | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Coach | |
| Competitive IDs | ClackBard | |
| Soloqueue IDs | chelly | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Jiajun "Austin" "Gate" (▶️ listen) Yu is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously head coach for Florida Southern College.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 University of B.C. | Oct 20122012-10-02 | ≈Jul 2014≈2014-07-?? | ≈1yr 8mo ejel | ||
 No Dice Gaming | ≈Jun 2014≈2014-06-30 | ≈Jul 2014≈2014-07-23 | ≈23d ejel | ||
| University of B.C. | ≈Jul 2014≈2014-07-?? | ≈May 2015≈2015-05-?? | ≈10mo ejel | ||
 Final Five | Oct 20142014-10-15 | Jun 20152015-06-16 | 8mo 1d ejel | ||
 Vortex | Jun 20152015-06-22 | ≈Jul 2015≈2015-07-?? | ≈9d ejel | ||
 Team Impulse | Jul 20152015-07-16[2] | May 20162016-05-23[1] | 10mo 7d ejel | ||
 Phoenix1 | May 20162016-05-26[7] | Nov 20162016-11-21[3] | 5mo 26d ejel | ||
 Echo Fox | Jan 20172017-01-05 | Dec 20172017-12-04 | 10mo 30d ejel | ||
 OpTic Academy | Jun 20182018-06-05[9] | Oct 20192019-10-09[8] | 1yr 4mo ejel | ||
| OpTic Gaming | Jun 20182018-06-30 | Feb 20192019-02-09 | 7mo 9d ejel | ||
 IMT Academy | Oct 20192019-10-09[11] | Aug 20202020-08-31[10] | 10mo 22d ejel | ||
| Immortals | Jun 20202020-06-10[13] | Jun 20202020-06-27[12] | 17d ejel | ||
 Florida Southern | Feb 20212021-02-10[14] | Feb 20222022-02-05 | 1yr 23d ejel |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of B.C. | Oct 20122012-10-02 | ≈Jul 2014≈2014-07-?? | ≈1yr 8mo ejel | ||
| No Dice Gaming | ≈Jun 2014≈2014-06-30 | ≈Jul 2014≈2014-07-23 | ≈23d ejel | ||
| University of B.C. | ≈Jul 2014≈2014-07-?? | ≈May 2015≈2015-05-?? | ≈10mo ejel | ||
| Final Five | Oct 20142014-10-15 | Jun 20152015-06-16 | 8mo 1d ejel | ||
| Vortex | Jun 20152015-06-22 | ≈Jul 2015≈2015-07-?? | ≈9d ejel | ||
| Team Impulse | Jul 20152015-07-16[2] | Jul 20152015-07-23 | 7d ejel | ||
| Team Impulse | Jul 20152015-07-23 | Jan 20162016-01-07 | 5mo 15d ejel | ||
| Team Impulse | Jan 20162016-01-07 | May 20162016-05-23[1] | 4mo 16d ejel | ||
| Phoenix1 | May 20162016-05-26[7] | Nov 20162016-11-21[3] | 5mo 26d ejel | ||
| Echo Fox | Jan 20172017-01-05 | Dec 20172017-12-04 | 10mo 30d ejel | ||
| OpTic Academy | Jun 20182018-06-05[9] | Oct 20192019-10-09[8] | 1yr 4mo ejel | ||
| OpTic Gaming | Jun 20182018-06-30 | Feb 20192019-02-09 | 7mo 9d ejel | ||
| IMT Academy | Oct 20192019-10-09[11] | Aug 20202020-08-31[10] | 10mo 22d ejel | ||
| Immortals | Jun 20202020-06-10[13] | Jun 20202020-06-27[12] | 17d ejel | ||
| Florida Southern | Feb 20212021-02-10[14] | Feb 20222022-02-05 | 1yr 23d ejel |
News
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 UBC | October 2, Luna, Npromsiri, ClackBard, KazeHz, and SilentPrayer join. Scrub My Toilet moves to substitute. |
 NDG | June 30 (approx.), ClackBard joins. Stefono leaves. | |
| UBC | July (approx.), bobqinXD and Heat Waves join. Gate (Mid to Assistant Coach) changes position. cat8 and Npromsiri leave. | |
| NDG | July 23 (approx.), RF Legendary, CloudNguyen, ClackBard, Alextheman, k1, InfinityDes, OneBadBrad, Vpancakes, Hermes (Head Coach), and SamtasmiK (Manager) leave. | |
 F5 | October 15, Gate joins. |
| UBC | May (approx.), heavenTime (Head Coach) and Gate (Assistant Coach) leave. | |
| F5 | June 16, Wizardry, Chau, Metroid, Gate, Veritas, and Biofrost leave. | |
 VTX | June 22, Wizardry, Veritas, and Saskio join. Chaullenger, Plex, Gate, Biofrost, Gleeb, and heavenTime join as substitutes. | |
| VTX | July (approx.), BillyBoss and k0u join. Saskio, shernfire, and Gate leave. | |
 TIP | July 16, Gate joins.[2] | |
| TIP | July 23, Gate (Support to Mid) changes position. Adrian moves to starting roster. |
| TIP | January 7, Feng, Procxin, Pirean, Mash, and Jason Pan (Head Coach) join. beibei and Ken join as substitutes. Gate (Mid to Support) changes position. Rhux, Syaka, For Our Past, and heavenTime leave. | |
| TIP | May 23, Feng, Pirean, Mash, Gate, beibei, Ken, and Jason Pan (Head Coach) leave.[1] | |
 P1 | May 26, zig, Inori, Pirean, Slooshi, Mash, and Gate join. Brandini joins as substitute.[7] | |
| P1 | November 21, Slooshi, Mash, Gate, and Brandini leave.[3][4][5][6] |
 FOX | January 5, Akaadian and Gate join. Hard leaves. | |
| FOX | December 4, Brandini, Grig, and Gate leave. |
 OPT.A | June 5, Allorim, Fanatiik, Eclipse, and Gate are added to the GCD.[9] Allorim, Fanatiik, and Gate's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[15] | |
| OPT | June 30, Gate joins from academy roster. |
| OPT | February 9, Gate leaves for academy roster. | |
| OPT.A | October 9, Allorim, Dardoch, Scarlet, Asta, and Gate are removed from the GCD.[8] | |
 IMT.A | October 9, Allorim, Dardoch, Scarlet, Asta, and Gate are added to the GCD.[11] |
| IMT.A | January 1, Insanity and Apollo join. Potluck's joining is confirmed. Allorim and Gate will remain with the team for 2020.[16] Gate's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[17] | |
| IMT | June 10, Potluck and Gate join from academy roster.[13] | |
| IMT | June 27, sOAZ, Potluck, Eika, Altec, and Gate leave for academy roster.[12] | |
| IMT.A | August 31, sOAZ, Eika, Altec, and Gate leave.[10] |
 FSC | February 5, Doraikon and Dragowski join. seligon joins as substitute. Good Kid AJ (Mid to Top) changes position. bwaybennett, Chris, Saiik, Unexceptional, and Gate (Head Coach) leave. |
Biography[]
Austin "Gate" Yu was born in Sichuan, China and later moved to Florida in the United States. On October 15, 2014 Gate joined Final Five as their midlaner. With that team, he qualified via the ranked 5's ladder for the Spring Expansion Tournament. In the online portion of the tournament, they defeated Zenith eSports 2-1 and then CompLexity.Black 2-0 and qualified for the offline stage along with Team Fusion, Team Coast, and Curse Academy.
Going into the offline stage as underdogs, Final Five surprised by taking Team Fusion to five games, though they did ultimately lose the series, moving to the loser's bracket. There they faced Team Coast and were eliminated, this time losing 1-3.
2015 Season[]
Final Five's Expansion Tournament run qualified them for the NA Challenger Series Spring Season. Partway through the season, when the team was in second place in the standings behind Enemy eSports, the team joined the Coast organization, and Impaler and Sheep joined the Challenger team's lineup. However, after the merge, Final Five's results actually worsened, and they lost all of their remaining Challenger Series games - they did still qualify for the playoffs, but they lost 0-2 to Enemy and then 0-2 to Team Fusion, missing out on the Summer Promotion Tournament. Due to their playoff participation, they were given an automatic seed into the summer NACS season. After playing two games in the NACS with Vortex (renamed from Final Five), Gate left the team and joined Team Impulse as a second support player alongside Adrian, switching roles from mid lane.[18]
After mid laner XiaoWeiXiao was suspended due to Elo-boosting allegations going into the split's ninth week, Adrian returned to the team and Gate switched to mid lane; the temporary suspension was eventually lengthened to a competitive ban until February 2016, and so Gate played with Team Impulse for the rest of the season. Team Impulse had been on a six-game-long win streak prior to Gate's support game, and while they couldn't quite extend the streak through the end of the season, they were able to finish in a third-place tie with Gravity and then win the tiebreaker game. In the summer playoffs, the team beat Dignitas 3-0 before losing to both Counter Logic Gaming and Team Liquid to finish fourth, leaving them with the second-place spot in the Regional Final due to Championship Points. There, they became the second team in a row to fall to underdogs Cloud9 in a reverse sweep and so fell short of the World Championship.
2016 Season[]
Team Impulse rebuilt their roster completely for the 2016 season, with Gate moving from mid lane to support. Facing visa problems for the first few weeks of play, their roster was unstable until week 4 of the Spring Season. After some early success with their substitute rosters, especially with Seraph in top lane, TIP ended the season in 9th place, losing a 5-13 record tiebreaker to Renegades based on their head-to-head matchup.
In the Promotion Tournament, Team Impulse requalified for the Summer Season with a 3-1 win over the Challenger team Apex Gaming; however, on May 8 they were faced with a competitive ruling banning them from continued participation in the LCS due to not paying their players on time and also not having proper contracts in place with players. The team was also fined $20,000 by Riot.[19] Along with Pirean and Mash, Gate joined the organization that purchased Team Impulse's Summer Season seed, Phoenix1.[20]
Faced with visa problems for intended starting jungler Inori, the team was forced to add a substitute jungler Zentinel to their roster, who competed for them for the first three weeks. In that time, Phoenix1 lost all of their series and won only two games total, cementing themselves in last place, behind Echo Fox. Their winless streak continued after Inori's return and through their first series of the fifth week, at which point they had a 3-18 game record and 0-9 series record. In the second series of that week, however, they picked up their first series win against Apex Gaming, with a comeback 2-1 victory after dropping the first game. After this first win, their record improved significantly, and in the second half of the season they went a combined 5-4 - not enough to keep them out of relegations, but enough to surpass both Echo Fox and NRG Esports in the standings for a top seed in the promotion tournament, where they requalified for the LCS with an easy 3-0 win over Echo Fox.
2017 Season[]
For the 2017 season, Gate joined Echo Fox, who had also managed to requalify for the LCS. Echo Fox started the spring split inconsistently, playing well in the early game but struggling in the late game. They sat in fifth place with a 4-4 record at the end of Week 4, but collapsed over the remainder of the split, winning only two additional series. This left the team in eighth place, out of the playoffs but safe from relegation.
Gate stayed with Echo Fox for the summer split, but the team followed a similar trajectory to the spring. The team was again wildly inconsistent, and Gate was the only player of the original starting five to play in every summer game. They finished 5-13, again mired in eighth place.
2018 Season[]
Gate left Echo Fox in the offseason and didn't play again until the 2018 Summer Split, when he joined OpTic Gaming Academy. His new team started the academy split strong, going 5-2 over the first three weeks. He also played two games for the main team at the jungle position, as part of a then-popular double support strategy known as funneling, but OpTic lost both games. Gate returned to the academy team, but despite their strong start, OpTic Academy failed to win a single game after Week 4 and ended the split in eighth place with a 6-12 record.
2019 Season[]
Gate stayed with OpTic Academy for 2019, but started the spring split with the LCS team after starting support Big was benched for unspecified disciplinary reason. With Gate and several other academy players starting, OpTic managed to push across a 2-2 record over the first two weeks, but when Big returned in Week 3, Gate was sent back to the academy roster. Despite their LCS performance, OpTic Academy seemed frequently outmatched in the spring academy split, and never finished a week above seventh place, eventually finishing ninth with a 6-12 record.
OpTic Academy played much better to start the summer academy split, going 5-2 over the first three weeks, good enough to tie for third place. However, the team underwent a punishing eight game loss streak between weeks four and seven, and by the time they broke it, the team had fallen into seventh place. Although they technically weren't eiminated from playoff contention, OpTic Academy was unable to make a Week 8 run, and finished seventh place with a 7-11 record.
2020 Season[]
OpTic Gaming was bought and rebranded to Immortals between the 2019 and 2020 season, and Gate was one of two players to remain with the organization, along with top laner Allorim. Immortals Academy again started the split strong, going 6-4 over the first five weeks. Unfortunately, the team was unable to recover from the loss of bot laner Apollo after he was called up to the main roster in Week 6, and they only managed one more win over the rest of the split, finishing ninth.
Gate moved to the LCS roster to start the summer split, but amidst heavy criticism from the community for benching Xmithie and Hakuho, Immortals lost all of their first four games. To start Week 3, Immortals swapped their academy and LCS rosters, and Gate played out the rest of the split on the academy team. Unfortunately, this stint didn't prove to be any more successful, as the team went 5-7 with Gate in the lineup, and once again didn't qualify for playoffs.
Trivia[]
- Enjoys computer design, tennis, and cooking.
- Has played all five positions as a pro player.
- Was a mid laner on Team Impulse before switching to support.
- Played a single game as a top laner for Impulse in the NA LCS 2016 Spring.
- Played two games as a jungler for OpTic Gaming in the NA LCS 2018 Summer.
- Played bot for OpTic Gaming Academy in the last game of the NA Academy 2019 Summer, as they were already eliminated from playoff contention.
- Became a United States citizen on May 27, 2021. Before then, he was a Canadian citizen.[21]
Tournament Results[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media[]
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- July 27, NA LCS 2015: Gate - "big shoes to fill" with , and on SK Gaming
- August 2, Map Awareness S02E05 with Gate with , and on SK Gaming
- August 7, How Gate's NA LCS doors were opened by , and on LoL Esports
- August 10, TiP's Gate on his champion pool, TiP's communication and switching from support to mid with , and on The Score
- January 13, Gate on TiP: 'Our Korean imports are still pending visas and won’t be able to join us (for Week 1)' by Lisa Doan Daniel Rosen on The Score
- January 24, Gate Calls TIP Relegation Assumptions Unfair: "Our Actual Starting Five Hasn't Played a Single Ga… with , and on G|League
- January 31, TiP's Gate on overcoming expectations: 'I just want people to have more faith in us' with , and on The Score
- February 16, Gate: 'I want to be recognized as a good support player, not just that guy that played three roles' with , and on The Score
- February 22, Gate on facing NRG and TL in Week 7: 'I'm fairly certain we can beat these two teams' with , and on The Score
- February 29, Gate on Team Impulse: 'I definitely think we can win against TSM and C9' with , and on The Score
- March 5, TIP Gate says he is "Not too worried" about Relegation with , and on Yahoo
- April 6, TiP’s Gate: “My expectation is that none of the LCS teams get relegated.” with Joe "Pistallion" Cannavino on Slingshot Esports
- April 9, Gate on keeping TIP in the LCS and his plans to train in Korea with , and on Yahoo!
- April 19, Player Spotlight: Gate - ''Job security seems to be a big issue in the pro scene.'' with , and on Esports Heaven
- June 4, Gate on joining Phoenix1: 'I want to show that we are not going to be a pushover team' by Emily Rand on The Score
- June 12, Gate on P1's current roster situation: 'I'm hopeful that next week, all the problems are resolved' with , and on The Score
- June 14, Gate: “The only player we’re actually missing visas for is Inori, and I think that should be solved by (next) week.” with , and on Slingshot
- July 13, Gate and Zig talk the benefits of adding Fixer; Gate says he’s ‘happy to split some time with him’ with , and on The Score
- July 28, Gate on beating TSM and Phoenix1's LCS hopes: ‘We’re happy with 7th’ with , and on Yahoo!
- July 30, Gate predicts he and Mash will shine against IMT's bot lane: 'I think Adrian's the weak link' with , and on The Score
- August 8, Gate on staying in LCS, P1 sticking together, and changes to Challenger with , and on Yahoo!
- August 17, Inori and Gate share their playoff predictions and debate who they hope will win it all with , and on The Score
- February 9, Echo Fox Gate: ’When I talk to Rick Fox it’s really inspiring, he’s like a dad’ with , and on Yahoo Esports
- March 17, Echo Fox Gate on paying attention to other regions: “I like Mithy from G2. I think I learn a lot (from) how he plays.” with , and on Slingshot Esports
- April 18, The Nexus (LoL) Podcast: Episode 10 with Echo Fox's Gate with , and on theScore Esports
Post-Match Interviews
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-07-20 | NA Academy 2019 Summer |  OPT.A vs  TSM.A | Link |
| 2019-06-17 | NA Academy 2019 Summer |  CLG.A vs OPT.A | Link |
| 2018-06-16 | NA Academy 2018 Summer | OPT.A vs  CG.A | Link |
Images[]
TIP Gate, NA LCS 2015 Summer
TIP Gate, NA LCS 2016 Spring
P1 Gate, NA LCS 2016 Summer
P1 Gate, NA LCS 2016 Summer
FOX Gate, NA LCS 2017 Spring
OPT.A Gate, NA Academy 2018 Summer
OPT Gate, LCS 2019 Spring
OPT.A Gate, NA Academy 2019 Summer
IMT.A Gate, NA Academy 2020 Spring
Name Pronunciation
| Gate | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | Riot |
| Voiced By | Raafaa |
Redirects
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Phoenix1's Profile Page lolesports.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Former Vortex Mid Laner Austin ‘Gate’ Yu Joins Team Impulse content.azubu.tv
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Slooshi's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Mash's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Gate's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Brandini's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Phoenix1 replaces Team Impulse, picks up Gate, Mash, Slooshi, and more espn.go.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2019-10-08; after change - NA - 2019-10-09
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2018-06-04; after change - NA - 2018-06-05
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Immortals' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2019-10-08; after change - NA - 2019-10-09
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Immortals' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Immortals' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Mocs Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2018-06-05
- ↑ Immortals' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2020-01-01
- ↑ Former Vortex Mid Laner Austin ‘Gate’ Yu Joins Team Impulse content.azubu.tv
- ↑ Competitive Ruling: Team Impulse lolesports.com
- ↑ Phoenix1 replaces Team Impulse, picks up Gate, Mash, Slooshi, and more espn.go.com
- ↑ Gate's Tweet twitter.com