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| Org Location | United States | ||||
| Region | North America | ||||
| Sponsor | Plug and Broker CyberPowerPC | ||||
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Gold Coin United is a North American Challenger team.
History[]
2017 Season[]
Gold Coin United was announced on December 12, 2016, as a new team owned by J2K Esports and Technology that acquired NRG Esports's 2017 NACS Spring Season seed.[1] No roster was announced at the time, but Locodoco became their head coach the day after.[2]
Over the next few weeks, they announced a roster of former Team Liquid Academy top laner Solo, veteran jungler Santorin, former Liquid mid laner Fenix, former Nova eSports bot laner Rikara, and legendary Korean support Madlife. Veteran bot laner Mash also joined the team in January, and split time with Rikara for the first three weeks of the Spring Season before becoming the starter. After a slow start, the team surged with Mash, and ended up tied with Tempo Storm for second place with a 7-3 game record. They beat Tempo Storm in the ensuing tiebreaker, then swept them in the playoff semifinals, followed by a 3-1 defeat of EUnited in the playoff finals. This qualified them for the NA LCS 2017 Summer Promotion with the best possible seed. The promotion tournament started well with a 3-1 defeat of Team EnVyUs, putting GCU just a single series win away from the NA LCS. However, they proceeded to lose heartbreaking back-to-back 3-2 series against Team Liquid and EnVyUs, sending the team back to the Challenger Series.
In the midseason, Fenix was replaced by Korean mid laner Fly due to conflicts with the coaching staff, and Rikara returned to the starting role with the departure of Mash. The summer season was roughly identical to the spring. The team again finished second in the regular season, before defeating Tempo Storm and eUnited in the playoffs, giving them a second try at promotion. However, their previous experience didn't seem to help, as GCU lost the first series 3-2 to Phoenix1, despite nearly pulling off a reverse sweep, then were swept by EUnited in the loser's bracket. With the NA LCS franchising for the 2018 season, the team then disbanded.
Timeline[]
- 2016
- 2017
- January 5,
Whyin joins as substitute.[9] - January 13,
Mash joins as substitute. - February (approx.),
Mash moves to starting roster.
Rikara moves to substitute. - April (approx.),
rjsdndgod joins as substitute. - May 20,
Fly joins.[10]
Fenix moves to substitute. - May 26,
Mash leaves. - August 11,
Whyin moves to starting roster. - October 1,
Solo and
Santorin leave.[11][12] - October 17, Locodoco (Head Coach) leaves.[13]
- November 5, BonQuish (Assistant Coach) leaves.[14]
- November 18,
Whyin leaves. - November 20,
MadLife leaves.[15] - November 22,
Fenix leaves.[16] - November 30,
Fly leaves.[17] - December 26,
Rikara leaves.[18] - December (approx.),
rjsdndgod leaves. - December (approx.), Team disbands.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rjsdndgod | Alexey Zatorski | Sub/Mid | ≈Apr 2017≈2017-04-?? | ≈Dec 2017≈2017-12-?? |  M19 | ||
| Rikara | Richard Samuel Oh | Sub/Bot | Dec 20162016-12-15 | Dec 20172017-12-26 |  100.A | ||
| Fly | Song Yong-jun (송용준) | Mid Laner | May 20172017-05-20 | Nov 20172017-11-30 |  FLY | ||
| Fenix | Kim Jae-hun (김재훈) | Sub/Mid | Dec 20162016-12-15 | Nov 20172017-11-22 |  FOX | ||
| MadLife | Hong Min-gi (홍민기) | Support | Dec 20162016-12-29 | Nov 20172017-11-20 |  Riot | ||
| Whyin | Ryan Karaszkiewicz | Support | Jan 20172017-01-05 | Nov 20172017-11-18 | 100.A | ||
| Solo | Colin Earnest | Top Laner | Dec 20162016-12-15 | Oct 20172017-10-01 |  CG | ||
| Santorin | Lucas Tao Kilmer Larsen | Jungler | Dec 20162016-12-15 | Oct 20172017-10-01 |  H2K | ||
| Mash | Brandon Phan | Bot Laner | Jan 20172017-01-13 | May 20172017-05-26 | FOX |
Organization[]
Active[]
| C | ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Kuhn | Co-Owner & General Manager | ||
| James Kuhn | Co-Owner | ||
| Dakota Gierszewski | Team Manager |
Former[]
| C | ID | Name | Position | Next Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BonQuish | Alec Warren | Assistant Coach |  Clutch Gaming
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| Locodoco | Choi Yoon-seop (최윤섭) | Head Coach |  Golden Guardians
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| PsycSummer | Summer Scott | Performance Coach |  Counter Logic Gaming
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| SnowSpots | Keith Torres | Analyst | None |
Tournaments[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| Gold Coin United Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros) | |||||
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| Date | Pl | Prize | Event | Last Result | Roster |
| 2017-08-13 | NQ | NA LCS 2018 Spring Promotion | Solo, Santorin, Fly, Rikara, MadLife, Whyin, Locodoco | ||
| 2017-07-27 | 1 | $10,000$ 10,000€ 8,580 | NACS 2017 Summer Playoffs | Solo, Santorin, Fly, Rikara, MadLife, Locodoco | |
| 2017-07-13 | 2 | NACS 2017 Summer | 8 - 2  RR | Solo, Santorin, Fly, rjsdndgod, Rikara, Madlife | |
| 2017-04-02 | NQ | NA LCS 2017 Summer Promotion | Solo, Santorin, Fenix, Mash, MadLife, Locodoco | ||
| 2017-03-15 | 1 | $10,000$ 10,000€ 9,400 | NACS 2017 Spring Playoffs | Solo, Santorin, Fenix, Mash, MadLife, Locodoco | |
| 2017-03-01 | 2 | NACS 2017 Spring | 2-3-0 RR | Solo, Santorin, Fenix, Rikara, Mash, Whyin, Madlife | |
| Total Prize: USD 20,000 | |||||
Media[]
- 2017
- May 22, GCU's Locodoco on acquiring Fly: 'FeniX was a really good player, but he didn't mesh the best with our coaching staff or our players' with , and on theScore Esports
- June 10, Interview with GCU: Fly on his departure from Longzhu and new Madlife-Rikara botlane duo with , and on Inven Global
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ NRG sells Challenger spot to J2K Esports and Technology thescoreesports.com
- ↑ Locodoco to coach Challenger team Gold Coin United thescoreesports.com
- ↑ NRG sells Challenger spot to J2K Esports and Technology thescoreesports.com
- ↑ NRG to sell LCS Slot nrg.gg
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Locodoco to coach Challenger team Gold Coin United thescoreesports.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Gold Coin United signs Santorin, FeniX, Solo, Rikara for NA Challenger Series espn.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 BonQuish's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 MadLife joins NA Challenger team Gold Coin United espn.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Gold Coin United's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Global Contract Database Screenshot on 5/20/17 imgur.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Solo's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Santorin's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Locodoco's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 BonQuish's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 MadLife's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Echo Fox Signs FeniX to League of Legends Roster echofox.gg
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 100 Thieves' Tweet twitter.com