Karsa

Karsa
Karsa
Background Information
Name	Hung Hao-Hsuan (洪浩軒)
Country of Birth	; Taiwan
Birthday	February 14, 1997 (age 24)
Residency	PCSPCS
Prev Residencies	LMSLMS
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Top Esports
Contract Expires	2022-11-22
Role	; Jungler
Favorite Champs	; ;
Soloqueue IDs	CN: 夜奏花; KR: haoyunpizza; haoyunsenming
Social Media & Links

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
LMS	⁠⁠Machi 17	Jun 20142014-06-04^[1]	≈Oct 2014≈2014-10-??	≈3mo 27d ejel
LMS	⁠⁠Flash Wolves	Jan 20152015-01-15	Dec 20172017-12-02^[2]	2yr 10mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠RNG	Dec 20172017-12-19^[5]	Nov 20192019-11-26^[3]	1yr 11mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Top Esports	Dec 20192019-12-06^[6]	Present	1yr 10mo ej

	Team	Start	End
LMS	⁠⁠Machi 17	Jun 20142014-06-04^[1]	≈Oct 2014≈2014-10-??	≈3mo 27d ejel
LMS	⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves	Jan 20152015-01-15	≈Mar 2015≈2015-03-??	≈1mo 17d ejel
LMS	⁠⁠Flash Wolves	≈Mar 2015≈2015-03-??	Dec 20172017-12-02^[2]	≈2yr 9mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠RNG	Dec 20172017-12-19^[5]	Nov 20192019-11-26^[3]	1yr 11mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Top Esports	Dec 20192019-12-06^[6]	Present	1yr 10mo ej

News

2014
2015
2017
2018
2019
2020

LMS	⁠⁠Machi 17	June 4, ⁠⁠Machi 17 is formed. Crayon, Karsa, Apex, Trickz, and Cliff join.^[1] e
LMS	⁠⁠Machi 17	October (approx.), ⁠⁠Machi 17 is disbanded. Crayon, Karsa, Apex, Trickz, and Cliff leave. e

LMS	⁠⁠yoe.FW	January 15, Karsa joins. REFRA1N moves to substitute. e
LMS	⁠⁠FW	March (approx.), ⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves renames to ⁠⁠Flash Wolves. e

LMS	⁠⁠FW	December 2, Karsa leaves.^[2] e
CN	⁠⁠RNG	December 19, Karsa joins.^[5] e

CN

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⁠RNG

November 19,
Letme's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 1 August 2020.
Zz1tai,
Able, and
Ming's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.
Karsa's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2019.
Mlxg's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 1 June 2020.
Xiaohu's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 7 February 2019.
Uzi's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 24 February 2019.^[8]

e

CN	⁠⁠RNG	October 8, Karsa's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.^[9] e
CN	⁠⁠RNG	November 26, Karsa leaves.^[3]^[4] e
CN	⁠⁠TES	December 6, Karsa joins.^[6]^[7] e

CN	⁠⁠TES	January 6, Karsa, Photic, and yuyanjia's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022.^[10] e
PCS	⁠⁠TES	January 11, Karsa changes residency from LMS LMS to PCS PCS. e

Biography[]

2015 Season[]

Due to their 1st place finish at IEM Taipei, yoe Flash Wolves were invited to compete at the IEM Season IX - World Championship. After a Round 1 loss against SK Gaming, Karsa and the team went on to beat Cloud9 in Round 1 of the losers bracket. Round 2 of the losers bracket saw the team's 2nd meeting of the tournament with SK Gaming. A win against the European team secured the yoe Flash Wolves a place in the bracket stage. They were eventually knocked out of the tournament in the semifinals after losing to Team SoloMid.

With a second and third place LMS finish under their belt, the Flash Wolves had obtained a tie for the most LMS Championship Points behind AHQ, and were invited to the 2015 Taiwan Regional Finals. There, FW avenged their playoff loss by defeating Hong Kong Esports 3-2 and acquiring a spot in the 2015 Season World Championship.

At the World Championship, the FW were expected by many analysts to have one of the weakest showings of any team in attendance. However, after a 4-2 group stage with wins over favorites KOO Tigers and Counter Logic Gaming, the Flash Wolves emerged first from groups, becoming the first team in two years to finish ahead of a Korean team in groups at Worlds. In the tournament quarterfinals, FW lost 1-3 to Origen, earning a top eight finish.

At the All-Star 2015 Los Angeles, Karsa was voted to represent the LMS, alongside Ziv, Westdoor, BeBe, Olleh, and DinTer. The LMS Allstars ended up with a 1-2 score, with their only win against the IWC Allstars. Karsa placed top 32 in the 1v1 Bracket, losing to Clearlove.

2016 Season[]

Flash Wolves established themselves even further as a domestic powerhouse in the 2016 Spring Split. They went on to defeat Ahq e-Sports Club 3-0 in the Spring Playoffs Finals and thus secured a spot at the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational.

In the Double Round Robin group stage Flash Wolves tied for third place alongside SK Telecom T1, with a 2-0 record against the Korean team, International Wild Card representative SuperMassive eSports and EU LCS champions G2 Esports and a losing 0-2 record against the NA LCS winners Counter Logic Gaming and LPL champions Royal Never Give Up. They were then eliminated in the Bracket Stage Semifinals by CLG in a 1-3 loss.

Flash Wolves were drafted as first seed in Group B of the 2016 Season World Championship, along with SK Telecom T1, I May and Cloud9. Though they did manage to give SKT their only loss in the Group Stage, the Flash Wolves ended thier Worlds experience in last place with a 2-4 score.

At the All-Star 2016 Barcelona, Karsa was voted to represent the LMS, alongside Ziv, Maple, BeBe, and Albis. The LMS Allstars ended up with a 2-1 score. Karsa placed top 8 in the 1v1 Bracket, winning games against Celebrity, and Albis, but losing to Smeb.

2017 Season[]

Flash Wolves continue to dominate the LMS, going undefeated in the LMS 2017 Spring with a 14-0 score and only dropping one game in the LMS 2017 Spring Playoffs, guaranteeing them a spot at the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational.

Flash Wolves were drafted as first seed in Group D of the 2017 Season World Championship, along with Team WE, Misfits Gaming and Team SoloMid. The Flash Wolves had an extremely disappointing run, placing last with a 1-5 score.

Shortly after the All-Stars event, Karsa announced his departure from Flash Wolves and joined LPL's Royal Never Give Up.

2018 Season[]

Trivia[]

"我也是當過2.5年的選手了，然後我多年來的觀察，只要在這個BO5拿到三局的人就可以贏。 (I'm a pro player with 2.5 year experience. By my observation at these years, the one who could get three games in this BO5 will win.)", which made MiSTakE could not stop laughing.^[11]
Made an infamous ban strategy against same-region Albis in 1v1 Tournament of All-Star Barcelona 2016 alluded the sexual relationship issue Dinter suffered at 2015.^[12]
- First character of the champions respectively, Darius (alluded "墮"), Amumu (alluded baby) and Dr. Mundo (alluded doctor), could create the word DAD.
- At the same time, Albis banned Twisted Fate, Fizz and Zed, all are the favorite champions of Westdoor.
Shared a room with Letme and Ming in the RNG dormitory during his time on Royal Never Give Up ^[13].
Is a huge anime fan.
- Favorite anime is Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
- Has a display shelf with anime figurines next to his computer, he even brought his shelf over to China when he joined Royal Never Give Up.
Named one of his accounts in Korea after Japanese voice actress Sora Amamiya^[14].
Went to the same school as Maple and SwordArt.

Tournament Results[]

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

Karsa Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2021-08-14	7 - 8	LPL 2021 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠LNG	⁠⁠TES	369, Karsa, knight, JackeyLove, Zhuo, WarHorse, Tselin
2021-08-08	5	LPL 2021 Summer	10 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TES	Qingtian, 369, Karsa, knight, JackeyLove, Zhuo, yuyanjia, WarHorse, Tselin
2021-04-10	4	LPL 2021 Spring Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠RNG	⁠⁠TES	369, Karsa, knight, JackeyLove, Zhuo, WarHorse, Tselin
2021-03-28	3	LPL 2021 Spring	12 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TES	369, Karsa, knight, JackeyLove, Zhuo, WarHorse, Tselin
2020-12-27	1	Demacia Cup 2020	3 : 0⁠⁠WE	⁠⁠TES	369, Karsa, knight, JackeyLove, Zhuo, WarHorse
2020-10-25	3 - 4	Worlds 2020	1 : 3⁠⁠SN	⁠⁠TES	369, Karsa, knight, JackeyLove, yuyanjia, Crescent
2020-08-27	1	LPL 2020 Summer Playoffs	3 : 2⁠⁠JDG	⁠⁠TES	369, Karsa, knight, JackeyLove, yuyanjia, Crescent
2020-08-09	1	LPL 2020 Summer	13 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TES	369, Karsa, knight, QiuQiu, JackeyLove, yuyanjia, Crescent, Tselin
2020-05-31	1	Mid-Season Cup 2020	3 : 1⁠⁠FPX	⁠⁠TES	369, Karsa, knight, JackeyLove, yuyanjia, Crescent
2020-05-02	2	LPL 2020 Spring Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠JDG	⁠⁠TES	369, Karsa, knight, JackeyLove, yuyanjia, QiuQiu, Crescent, Tselin

Karsa 1v1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Prize	Team	Last Result
2016-12-11	5 - 8	All-Star 2016 Barcelona		⁠⁠Ice	0 : 1 ⁠⁠ Smeb
2015-12-13	9 - 16	All-Star 2015 Los Angeles		⁠⁠Fire	0 : 1 ⁠⁠ Clearlove

Media[]

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

February 19, Killer Karsa: On the hunt with Yoe Flash Wolves' new jungler by , and on LoL Esports
e
March 13, Yoe Flash Wolves Karsa on competing at IEM and wanting to play against TSM (video) with , and on onGamers
e
October 2, Karsa on KOO upset: "We have better teams to beat." with , and on LoL Esports
e
October 8, Worlds Feature: Flash Wolves Karsa by , and on LoL Esports
e
October 8, FW Karsa Interview with , and on Twitch
e
October 9, Interview with FW's Maple & Karsa IG's mid-jungle synergy is the strongest; we're afraid of meeting EDG. by , and on Gold Per 10
e
December 18, Karsa on the Flash Wolves in 2015: 'We went through a lot this year' with , and on The Score
e

May 7, Karsa on Flash Wolves' MSI success and other teams with Travis Gafford on Yahoo Esports
e
May 7, Karsa on playing outside the LMS: 'There is a big possibility next year' with Marcel Feldkamp on The Score
e
October 3, Flash Wolves' Karsa: 'The jungler I really want to play against is probably Bengi' with , and on ESPN
e

May 11, FW Karsa: "We are going to work on our mistakes in upcoming games." with , and on Inven Global
e
May 14, Karsa on how Korean server scrims w/ LCK and LPL keep Flash Wolves competitive, talks anime passion with , and on Yahoo Esports
e
October 12, Worlds under-performing five after Week One by Christian Marcale on The Game Haus
e
October 17, Karsa on FW: 'there won't be many big changes coming up, the five of us are irreplaceable in LMS' with , and on Travis Gafford
e
December 7, Karsa: "Faker came alone from SKT... that's why Faker was an easy target" with Sihoon "Maloo" Lee and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
e
December 8, LMS Karsa: "The current meta right now is really good for assassins champions especially like Lee Sin" with Byungho "Haao" Kim and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
e

May 14, RNG Karsa: "I've been able to learn so much from Mlxg to see what I can do better." with Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e
May 16, Karsa on RNG's chances, facing off against his former team Flash Wolves, and anime figures with , and on Travis Gafford
e
May 18, RNG Karsa on FW: "In an interview earlier, I said that I will beat them badly. That hasn't changed." with Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e
October 13, Worlds Group Stage 2018 top 30 players: 10-6 by Thomas Baker on The Game Haus
e

October 13, Karsa: why he's confident in RNG and an update on his anime figure collection with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
October 15, [Worlds 2019] RNG Karsa on FNC's Team Comp: "We’ve seen them play a lot of Garen-Yuumi, so we predicted that they will be playing mages bot lane." with Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
e

August 25, [TMI Interview] TES Karsa: "At first, I played mid. Then, I saw a friend play Lee Sin." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e

Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-07-04	LPL 2021 Summer	TES vs EDG	Link
2021-03-09	LPL 2021 Spring	TES vs BLG	Link
2021-02-27	LPL 2021 Spring	ES vs TES	Link
2020-12-27	Demacia Cup 2020	WE vs TES
2020-12-26	Demacia Cup 2020	TES vs VG
2020-08-27	LPL 2020 Summer Playoffs	TES vs JDG	Link
2020-08-22	LPL 2020 Summer Playoffs	TES vs SN	Link
2020-05-31	Mid-Season Cup 2020	FPX vs TES	Link
2019-12-22	Demacia Cup 2019	TES vs LGD	Link
2019-10-15	Worlds 2019 Main Event	RNG vs FNC	Link
2019-09-01	LPL 2019 Summer Playoffs	TES vs RNG	Link