| Retired | ||
|---|---|---|
| IWDominate | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Christian Rivera | |
| Country of Birth | United States | |
| Birthday | August 13, 1990 (age 34) | |
| Residency | North America | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Streamer | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Christian "IWDominate" Rivera is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously streamer and content creator for Cloud9.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Haters Make Us Famous | ??? 2010≈2010-??-?? | ≈Dec 2010≈2010-12-?? | ≈1mo | ejel | ||
 compLexity Gaming | ≈Aug 2011≈2011-08-?? | Jan 20122012-01-01[1] | ≈5mo | ejel | ||
 Dignitas | Jan 20122012-01-01[3] | Dec 20122012-12-06[2] | 11mo 5d | ejel | ||
 Curse Academy | Jan 20132013-01-24 | Jul 20132013-07-07[4] | 5mo 14d | ejel | ||
| Curse Academy | Jul 20132013-07-07[4] | Oct 20132013-10-07[5] | 3mo | ejel | ||
 Team Curse | Oct 20132013-10-07[7] | Jan 20152015-01-06[6] | 1yr 2mo | ejel | ||
 Team Liquid | Jan 20152015-01-06[8] | ≈May 2016≈2016-05-?? | ≈1yr 3mo | ejel | ||
| TL Academy | Jan 20162016-01-22 | Jan 20162016-01-27 | 5d | Temp Sub ejel | ||
| TL Academy | Jul 20162016-07-08 | Jul 20162016-07-13 | 5d | ejel | ||
| Team Liquid | Jul 20162016-07-13 | Jul 20202020-07-17[9] | 4yr 4d | ejel | ||
 Cloud9 | Aug 20202020-08-07[11] | Dec 20222022-12-21[10] | 2yr 4mo | ejel |
| Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haters Make Us Famous | ??? 2010≈2010-??-?? | ≈Dec 2010≈2010-12-?? | ≈1mo | ejel | ||
| compLexity Gaming | ≈Aug 2011≈2011-08-?? | Jan 20122012-01-01[1] | ≈5mo | ejel | ||
| Dignitas | Jan 20122012-01-01[3] | Dec 20122012-12-06[2] | 11mo 5d | ejel | ||
| Curse Academy | Jan 20132013-01-24 | Jul 20132013-07-07[4] | 5mo 14d | ejel | ||
| Curse Academy | Jul 20132013-07-07[4] | Oct 20132013-10-07[5] | 3mo | ejel | ||
| Team Curse | Oct 20132013-10-07[7] | Jan 20152015-01-06[6] | 1yr 2mo | ejel | ||
| Team Liquid | Jan 20152015-01-06[8] | Jan 20162016-01-17 | 1yr 11d | ejel | ||
| Team Liquid | Jan 20162016-01-17 | Jan 20162016-01-20[12] | 3d | ejel | ||
| Team Liquid | Jan 20162016-01-20[12] | ≈May 2016≈2016-05-?? | ≈3mo 12d | ejel | ||
| TL Academy | Jan 20162016-01-22 | Jan 20162016-01-27 | 5d | Temp Sub ejel | ||
| TL Academy | Jul 20162016-07-08 | Jul 20162016-07-13 | 5d | ejel | ||
| Team Liquid | Jul 20162016-07-13 | Jul 20202020-07-17[9] | 4yr 4d | ejel | ||
| Cloud9 | Aug 20202020-08-07[11] | Dec 20222022-12-21[10] | 2yr 4mo | ejel |
News
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2015
- 2016
- 2020
- 2022
 HATE | 2010 (approx.), IWillDominate and Xpecial join. | |
| HATE | December (approx.), TheOddOne joins. IWillDominate and Xpecial leave. |
 COL | August (approx.), IWDominate, Yuhn, and Hao join. FitterHappier leaves. |
| COL | January 1, IWDominate leaves.[1] | |
 DIG | January 1, IWDominate joins.[3] | |
| DIG | December 6, I Will Dominate leaves.[2] |
 CA | January 24, Curse Academy is formed. Rhux, IWillDominate, Pobelter, Altec, and YoDa join. | |
| CA | July 7, CloudTidus joins. IWillDominate (Jungle to Analyst/Coach) changes position.[4] | |
| CA | October 7, IWillDominate (Analyst,Coach) leaves.[5] | |
 CRS | October 7, IWillDominate, Pobelter, Aphromoo, and Zekent join. Saintvicious (Jungle to Coach) changes position. Cop moves to substitute. Nyjacky and Edward leave.[7] |
| CRS | January 6,  Team Curse transfers its roster and NA LCS spot to  Team Liquid. Quas, IWillDominate, FeniX, Piglet, Xpecial, Keane, zignature, Bunny FuFuu, Peter (Head Coach), MarkZ (Head Analyst), jokasteve (General Manager), Saintvicious (Coach), and LiQuiD112 (CEO) leave.[6] | |
 TL | January 6, Team Liquid acquires the roster and NA LCS spot of Team Curse. Quas, IWillDominate, FeniX, Piglet, Xpecial, Peter (Head Coach), jokasteve (General Manager), LiQuiD112 (Owner), and MarkZ (Content Creator) join.[8] |
| TL | January 17, Dardoch and Matt move to starting roster. IWDominate and Smoothie move to substitutes. | |
| TL | January 20, IWDominate (Sub/Jungle to Coach/Sub/Jungle) changes position.[12] | |
| TL.A | January 22, Smoothie joins. Lourlo, FeniX, and Piglet join as substitutes. IWDominate joins as temporary substitute for Week 1 of NACS 2016 Spring. Dardoch and Matt move to substitutes. | |
| TL.A | January 27, IWDominate (temporary substitute) leaves. | |
| TL | May (approx.), Solo, Moon, Goldenglue, and Stunt join as substitutes from academy roster. fabbbyyy rejoins as substitute from academy roster. SirhcEz (Sub/Top to Streamer) changes position. IWDominate (Coach) and Caelan (Jungle Coach) leave. | |
| TL.A | July 8, IWDominate joins as substitute. Lourlo, Dardoch, FeniX, and Matt leave. | |
| TL.A | July 13, bobqinXD joins as substitute. IWDominate leaves. | |
| TL | July 13, IWDominate (Streamer) joins. |
Biography[]
Before joining Dignitas, IWillDominate played for Complexity/Too Tricky. On December 4, 2012, all of his accounts were permanently banned from League of Legends due to toxic behavior and he was subsequently suspended from the League Championship Series for one year.[13]
IWillDominate took it as an opportunity for self-improvement and has since reformed from his formerly toxic ways.[14] His quest to redemption started with the creation of a new account with the name "IWDomínate" and the subsequent climb to a 2.2k Elo rating. Upon reaching that milestone, he started streaming.[15]
Although IWillDominate had been banned from the LCS, he was still able to compete in other events unrelated to LCS.
On July 7, 2013, around one week after losing to FXOpen e-Sports 1-2 in the semifinals of the MLG Spring Championship, I Will Dominate announced his break from competitive play. He will still be living at the curse house as coach/analyst for Curse Academy and backup coach for Team Curse.[16]
In October 2013, Dominate would rejoin the the competitive scene as a player as it was announced he would be the jungler for Curse Gaming.[17]
On November 7, 2013, IWillDominate's LCS ban was officially lifted.[18]
2015 Season[]
Prior to the start of the spring LCS split, Team Curse merged with the Team Liquid organization and rebranded under the name Team Liquid. After a few swaps between Keith and Piglet as their AD carry, the team ended the season with a 9-9 record and qualified for playoffs with the sixth seed after defeating Team 8 in a tiebreaker game. In the playoffs, Liquid beat CLG 3-0 in the quarterfinals before falling to Cloud9 3-2 in the semifinals; in the third-place match, Liquid finally broke the "fourth-place curse" that stopped them from placing higher than fourth place in any event that had persisted since they were Team Curse and took down Team Impulse 3-2.
Team Liquid finished the summer split round robin in first place after winning a tiebreaker match over Counter Logic Gaming - the first team other than TSM or Cloud9 to place first in an NA LCS round robin. However, in the playoffs, they lost immediately in the semifinals to TSM, making them also the first team to finish first in an NA LCS round robin but not make the playoff finals. A CLG victory over TSM in the playoff finals sent Team Liquid to the regional finals instead of giving them a direct seed to Worlds via Championship Points, and in the gauntlet they lost to underdogs Cloud9, ending their post-season abruptly.
2016 Season[]
After playing one game in the 2016 NA LCS Spring Season, IWDominate announced his retirement from competitive League of Legends. He stayed with the organization to act as a positional coach to his successor Dardoch and temporarily substitute for Team Liquid Academy in the NACS.[19]
Trivia[]
- Known for his top lane
Renekton before joining Dignitas as their jungler. - Smashed his headset at 2012 MLG Pro Circuit/Spring after beating CLG.NA to advance to the winners bracket finals.[20]
- Favorite champion is
Shaco.
Tournament Results[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| IWDominate Tournament Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Event | Last Result | Team | Roster |
| 2023-12-20 | 2 | Dantes Invitational | 1 : 3  GAME | IWIL | IWDominate, Chase, Leemo, Dun, IronicElm, Kraken |
| 2020-02-20 | 5 - 8 | Twitch Rivals Streamer Showdown | 1 - 2 HARA | IWIL | Dragoon, IWDominate, Yassuo, xChocoBars, Rayina |
| 2020-01-23 | 5 - 8 | Twitch Rivals NA Team Draft II | 2 - 4  RR | MBL(os) | 1adrianaries1, IWDominate, Hai, Tyler1, Metaphor |
| 2019-04-14 | 2 | Twitch Rivals: Europe All-Stars Showdown | 0 : 2  EU | AMER | foggedftw2, IWillDominate, Yassuo, NickiTaylor, MidBeast |
| 2016-03-20 | 4 | NA LCS 2016 Spring | 10 - 8 RR |  TL | Lourlo, IWDominate, Dardoch, Fenix, Piglet, Smoothie, Matt, Locodoco |
| 2016-02-24 | 4 | NACS 2016 Spring | 1-2-2 RR | TL.A | Zig, IWDominate, Zary, Akaadian, Youngbin, Fabbbyyy, Smoothie |
| 2015-08-31 | 2 | NA Regional Finals 2015 | TL | Quas, IWDominate, FeniX, Piglet, Xpecial, Peter | |
| 2015-08-23 | 3 | NA LCS 2015 Summer Playoffs | TL | Quas, IWDominate, FeniX, Piglet, Xpecial, Peter | |
| 2015-07-26 | 1 | NA LCS 2015 Summer | 13 - 5 RR | TL | Quas, IWDominate, FeniX, Piglet, Xpecial, Peter |
| 2015-04-19 | 3 | NA LCS 2015 Spring Playoffs | TL | Quas, IWDominate, FeniX, Piglet, Xpecial, Peter | |
| IWDominate 1v1 Tournament Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Event | Prize | Team | Last Result |
| 2013-05-05 | 25 - 32 | Best Riven NA Tournament | 0 : 1 Pobelter | ||
Casting History[]
The 10 most recent games are shown (each line contains all games of a series). Click here to open as a modifiable query.
| Casting History - IWDominate | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Round | Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | VODs | PBP | Color |
| 2023-09-23 | Drututt Ultimate Showdown | Round 2 |  LIP |  NNO | 3 - 1 | 1, 2, 3, 4 | Drututt | IWDominate |
| 2023-09-22 | Drututt Ultimate Showdown | Round 1 | NNO |  PDW | 3 - 2 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Drututt | IWDominate |
| 2021-08-14 | LPL 2021 Summer Playoffs | Round 2 |  TES |  LNG | 1 - 3 | 1, 2, 3, 4 | Penguin | IWillDominate |
| 2021-07-11 | LPL 2021 Summer | Week 5 |  WE |  JDG | 0 - 2 | Munchables | IWDominate | |
| 2021-07-11 | LPL 2021 Summer | Week 5 |  SN | TES | 2 - 1 | Munchables | IWDominate | |
| 2019-12-15 | Tyler1 Championship Series 2019 | Round of 16 |  MIR | FRAG | 0 - 2 | Trainwreckstv | IWDominate | |
| 2019-12-15 | Tyler1 Championship Series 2019 | Semifinals |  MU |  TET | 0 - 2 | Trick2g | IWDominate | |
| 2019-12-15 | Tyler1 Championship Series 2019 | Quarterfinals | TET | FINA | 2 - 0 | Sanchovies | IWDominate | |
Media[]
- 2012
- 2013
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- 2020
- 2021
- 2023
- 2024
- January 19, Christian "IWillDominate" Rivera [Archived] with Razer on Razer
- June 8, I Will Dominate at MLG Spring Championships 2012 with ESFI World on YouTube
- October 4, S2 finals - IWillDominate - Dignitas with Sjokz on YouTube
- October 5, IWillDominate Talks Strategy Leaks and Saigon Jokers at S2 Worlds - IPL Interview with Nick Allen on YouTube
- November 3, MLG Dallas 2012 - Pluto Interviews I Will Dominate with Pluto on YouTube
- November 8, Dignitas IWillDominate at the MLG Dallas Fall Championships with Sjokz on YouTube
- March 8, IWillDominate Moving into Curse House: "Riot has outlined a process for earning my eligbility back into the LCS" with Tuck359 on Reign of Gaming
- July 1, IWillDominate comments on playing FXO, Retirement and his Future with Travis Gafford on Yahoo
- December 22, IWillDominate talks team synergy with Travis at Battle of the Atlantic NA with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- January 17, IWillDominate discusses Curse's first match in the LCS and Baron Smites with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- February 10, Dominating the Jungle: IWillDominate and Team Curse [Archived] with NyxRose on LoL Esports
- April 4, IWillDominate talks about their rank standings at Week 11 (video) with , and on OnGamers
- May 13, Summoning Insight Episode 8, with guest IWillDominate with , and on onGamers
- July 5, IWillDominate provides insight on Team Curse's recent success (video) with , and on OnGamers
- August 2, Team Curse Voyboy & IWDominate: "We have a chance to get to Worlds" with Brittany Brown on YouTube
- August 14, 'Reflections' with IWillDominate with Thorin on onGamers
- August 24, 'Reflections' with IWillDominate (video) with , and on onGamers
- August 29, Team Curse Quas, IWillDominate & xpecial - Team Curse's PAX Prime Day 1 Experience (video) with , and on Azubu
- September 9, Summoning Insight Episode 23 - Worlds Group Predictions with , and on onGamers
- January 26, IWillDominate talks about playing without full roster (video) with , and on onGamers
- February 2, Player Cards - Team Liquid by , and on Gold Per 10
- February 6, IWillDominate unchained: life after Voyboy by , and on The Score
- February 7, IWillDominate: "The best junglers in NA right now are me, Meteos, Santorin, and Xmithie" (video) with , and on onGamers
- February 14, NA LCS 2015: IWillDominate "We're normally a team that builds as the season goes on." (video) with , and on SK Gaming
- February 22, Dominate on end of TSM vs TL: "People got too hyphy" (video) with , and on onGamers
- April 6, IWillDominate responds to community criticism and asks CLG fans to support CLG (video) with , and on onGamers
- June 6, NA LCS 2015: Dominate - "We said we'd be a Summer Split team." with , and on SK Gaming
- June 7, TL IWD: "I think TSM will be our biggest threat" with , and on TeamLiquid
- June 10, Dominate on why he thinks Trashy will become one of the best junglers NA with , and on GameSpot
- June 19, TL IWDominate AMA! with , and on reddit
- June 27, NA LCS 2015: Dominate - "right now we are the strongest team in NA" with , and on SK Gaming
- July 13, Dominate on Team Liquid's Progress - LCS Week 6 with , and on GameSpot
- August 23, INTERVIEW WITH TEAM LIQUID'S IWILLDOMINATE AFTER 3RD PLACE FINISH with , and on Esports Heaven
- September 19, Summoning Insight Episode 59 - "Worlds Predictions Bonanza" with , and on InsightOnEsports
- January 27, Team Liquid IWillDominate 20 Questions with , and on HyperX
- February 2, IWD's Vlog #1 - Getting Through Panic Disorder as an LCS Player by , and on IWDominate
- September 15, Beyond the Rift #8 w/ IWillDominate: Worlds Pick'em, Ranked Season Recap & Regrets as a Pro Player by , and on Beyond the Rift
- July 11, Thorin's Rotations Episode 4: The Flame Game (feat. IWillDominate and Amazing) with Thorin on YouTube
- July 23, IWillDominate has been removed from the League Partnership Program by George Geddes on Dot Esports
- May 14, Who are the GOAT players in League of Legends? - Summoning Insight S4E10 (feat. IWillDominate) by MonteCristo and Thorin on YouTube
- January 12, RANKING every LoL World Championship team from 2012-2022 - Summoning Insight S6E2 (feat. Dom) by MonteCristo and Thorin on YouTube
- June 8, EDG's Leave-Uzi Swap? Chovy vs. knight - Big Brains 41 (ft. Dom and Jensen Goh) - League of Legends with Thorin on YouTube
- September 13, From Toxic Past to Champion, Inspired Reveals the Truth - The Sack Down Ep 8 by IWDominate and YamatoCannon on YouTube
Post-Match Interviews
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-02 | NA LCS 2014 Summer |  CRS vs  LMQ | Link |
| 2014-07-26 | NA LCS 2014 Summer |  CLG vs CRS | Link |
| 2014-07-05 | NA LCS 2014 Summer |  C9 vs CRS | Link |
| 2014-06-29 | NA LCS 2014 Summer | CRS vs  COL | Link |
| 2014-06-20 | NA LCS 2014 Summer | CLG vs CRS | Link |
| 2014-06-15 | NA LCS 2014 Summer | CRS vs LMQ | Link |
| 2014-05-25 | NA LCS 2014 Summer | CRS vs  DIG | Link |
| 2014-04-18 | NA LCS 2014 Spring Playoffs | DIG vs CRS | Link |
| 2014-04-04 | NA LCS 2014 Spring |  CST vs CRS | Link |
| 2014-03-09 | NA LCS 2014 Spring | DIG vs CRS | Link |
| 2014-03-07 | NA LCS 2014 Spring | CRS vs  XDG | Link |
| 2014-02-16 | NA LCS 2014 Spring | XDG vs CRS | Link |
| 2013-12-22 | NA LCS 2014 Spring Promotion | CRS vs  COG | Link |
Images[]
DIG IWDominate, Champions 2012 Summer
CRS IWDominate, NA LCS 2014 Spring
TL IWDominate, NA LCS 2015 Spring
TL IWDominate, NA LCS 2016 Spring
C9 IWDominate
Redirects
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 IWillDominate Transferred to Dignitas complexitygaming.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Regarding the I Will Dominate Ruling team-dignitas.net
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 IWillDominate Transferred to Dignitas complexitygaming.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 IWillDominate Announcement youtube.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Team Curse Roster Changes teamcurse.net
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Breaking the Curse: Liquid Rising liquidlegends.net
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Voyboy's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Breaking the Curse: Liquid Rising liquidlegends.net
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Farewell IWillDominate - Team Liquid Update youtube.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Cloud9's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Cloud9 Welcomes IWillDominate as League Of Legends Content Creator cloud9.gg
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 IWDominate Retires from Professional League of Legends blog.instantesports.com
- ↑ IWillDominate Tribunal Permaban & eSports Competition Ruling na.leagueoflegends.com
- ↑ Tuck's eSports Inquirer interview with IWDominate ReignOfGaming.net
- ↑ IWillDominate begins streaming twitter.com
- ↑ IWillDominate Announcement youtube.com
- ↑ Team Curse Roster Changes teamcurse.net
- ↑ eSports Competition Rulings: Suspensions of Linak and Rayt3ch forums.na.leagueoflegends.com
- ↑ IWDominate Retires from Professional League of Legends blog.instantesports.com
- ↑ Minekraft - He Will Dominate youtube.com