| Retired | ||
|---|---|---|
| Keane | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Jang Lae-young (장래영) | |
| Country of Birth | South Korea | |
| Birthday | August 3, 1993 (age 31) | |
| Residency | North America | |
| Prev Residencies | Korea | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Mid Laner | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Soloqueue IDs | KR: Keane Tft OCE: ALTOQ NA: Crs Keanex, Crs Keane, GV Keane, enaek, keanely | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Jang "Keane" Lae-young (Hangul: 장래영) is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously mid laner for FlyQuest.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 MiG Wicked | ≈Jun 2013≈2013-06-?? | ≈Sep 2013≈2013-09-?? | ≈3mo 29d | ejel | ||
 Little Wraith | Feb 20142014-02-10[2] | Apr 20142014-04-04[1] | 1mo 22d | ejel | ||
 Team Curse OCE | Apr 20142014-04-04[1] | Jun 20142014-06-16[3] | 2mo 12d | ejel | ||
| Team Curse | May 20142014-05-23[5] | Jan 20152015-01-06[4] | 7mo 14d | ejel | ||
 Curse Academy | Jun 20142014-06-16[3] | Jan 20152015-01-08[6] | 6mo 22d | ejel | ||
 Gravity | Jan 20152015-01-08[8] | Dec 20152015-12-18[7] | 11mo 10d | ejel | ||
 Apex Gaming | Jan 20162016-01-20[10] | Sep 20162016-09-26[9] | 8mo 6d | ejel | ||
| Apex Pride | Jun 20162016-06-10 | Jul 20162016-07-06 | 26d | ejel | ||
 Dignitas | Sep 20162016-09-26[12] | Nov 20172017-11-23[11] | 1yr 1mo | ejel | ||
 FlyQuest Academy | Dec 20172017-12-07[13] | May 20182018-05-01 | 4mo 25d | ejel | ||
| FlyQuest | Jan 20182018-01-18[14] | Feb 20182018-02-05 | 18d | Temp Sub ejel | ||
| FlyQuest | May 20182018-05-01 | Nov 20182018-11-19[15] | 6mo 18d | ejel |
| Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiG Wicked | ≈Jun 2013≈2013-06-?? | ≈Sep 2013≈2013-09-?? | ≈3mo 29d | ejel | ||
| Little Wraith | Feb 20142014-02-10[2] | Apr 20142014-04-04[1] | 1mo 22d | ejel | ||
| Team Curse OCE | Apr 20142014-04-04[1] | Jun 20142014-06-16[3] | 2mo 12d | ejel | ||
| Team Curse | May 20142014-05-23[5] | Jan 20152015-01-06[4] | 7mo 14d | ejel | ||
| Curse Academy | Jun 20142014-06-16[3] | Jan 20152015-01-08[6] | 6mo 22d | ejel | ||
| Gravity | Jan 20152015-01-08[8] | Dec 20152015-12-18[7] | 11mo 10d | ejel | ||
| Apex Gaming | Jan 20162016-01-20[10] | Sep 20162016-09-26[9] | 8mo 6d | ejel | ||
| Apex Pride | Jun 20162016-06-10 | Jul 20162016-07-06 | 26d | ejel | ||
| Dignitas | Sep 20162016-09-26[12] | Nov 20172017-11-23[11] | 1yr 1mo | ejel | ||
| FlyQuest Academy | Dec 20172017-12-07[13] | May 20182018-05-01 | 4mo 25d | ejel | ||
| FlyQuest | Jan 20182018-01-18[14] | Feb 20182018-02-05 | 18d | Temp Sub ejel | ||
| FlyQuest | May 20182018-05-01 | Nov 20182018-11-19[15] | 6mo 18d | ejel |
News
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
 MIG.W | June (approx.), Anta, Rokir0ki, Keane, Woong (Coach), Hiro, SBS, and Weezy join. Ddaric leaves. | |
| MIG.W | September (approx.), Anta, Rokir0ki, Keane, and SBS leave. |
 LW | February 10, Keane joins. Wild Joshy moves to substitute.[2] | |
| LW | April 4, Porky, Chelby, Keane, Trashboat, Stars, and Wild Joshy leave.[1] | |
 CRS.O | April 4, Porky, Chelby, Keane, Perfection, and Charlie join. Wild Joshy joins as substitute.[1] | |
| CRS | May 23, Keane joins as substitute.[5] | |
| CRS.O | June 16, Keane leaves.[3] | |
 CA | June 16, Keane joins. Cris moves to substitute.[3] | |
| CRS | September (approx.), Keane changes residency from Korea to North America. |
| 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.[4] | |
| CA | January 8, Hauntzer, Saintvicious, Keane, Cop, and Bunny FuFuu leave.[6] | |
 GV | January 8, Hauntzer, Saintvicious, Keane, Cop, Bunny FuFuu, and Samurai (Owner) join.[8] | |
| GV | December 18, Gravity is disbanded. Move, Keane, MatLife, Ginko (Manager), Samurai (Owner), and Cop (Head Coach) leave.[7] |
 APX | January 20, Apex Gaming is formed. Cris, Eve, Keane, Police, Xpecial, Saintvicious (Head Coach), and BlisS (Assistant Coach) join. Shrimp joins as substitute.[10] | |
| APP | June 10, Ray and Keane join as substitutes. Thal leaves. | |
| APP | July 6, Shernfire joins as substitute. Ray, ShrimP, Keane, and Xpecial leave. | |
| APX | September 26,  Apex Gaming is acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers and merges with  Dignitas under the Dignitas brand. Ray, ShrimP, Keane, Apollo, Xpecial, Cris, Diamondprox, Shiphtur, Roar, Saintvicious (Head Coach), Cop (Coach), BlisS (Assistant Coach), and Crumbz (Assistant Coach) leave.[9] | |
 DIG | September 26, Dignitas is acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers and merges with Apex Gaming under the Dignitas brand. Ray, ShrimP, Keane, Xpecial, Cop (Coach), and Saintvicious (Coach) join. Apollo rejoins. Cris joins as substitute.[12] |
 FLY | January 18, Keane joins as temporary substitute for Week 1 of NA LCS 2018 Spring, replacing Fly because of visa issues.[14] | |
| FLY | February 5, Keane (temporary substitute) leaves. | |
| FLY.A | May 1, Keane leaves for main roster. | |
| FLY | May 1, Keane joins from academy roster. | |
| FLY | May 9, Santorin's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019. Keane's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2018.[16] | |
| FLY | November 19, Saintvicious (Strategic Coach)'s contract is extended through 2019. Flame and Keane's contracts expire.[15] | |
| FLY | November 26, Flame and Keane's departures are confirmed.[17][18] |
Biography[]
Keane is originally from Korea. He moved to New Zealand in November 2013 and studied at the University of Auckland. He used to play soccer as a hobby. He first got into gaming through DotA, where he played with his friends for 4 years on the Garena server. He started playing League of Legends in Korea during season 2 when Fiora had just been released. He got picked up by Woong to play for MiG Wicked, it was here where Woong suggested that he played mid lane and so he transitioned from a top laner to a mid laner. He later left MiG Wicked before moving to New Zealand and joining Little Wraith as their mid laner. In April 2014 Team Curse acquired the roster of Little Wraith and formed Team Curse OCE where he then caught the eye of LiQuiD112 before being offered the top role for Curse Academy.
2015 Preseason[]
Curse Academy were given a seed into the Spring Expansion tournament as a result of their participation in the Promotion Tournament. With a roster of Hauntzer, Saintvicious, Keane, Cop, and Bunny FuFuu, they beat compLexity.White 2-0 in the online stage and then advanced to the live tournament, where they defeated Coast 3-1 and then Team Fusion 3-1, qualifying for the spring season. However, due to the one-team-per-organization rule, the roster was sold and became known as Gravity.
2015 Season[]
Gravity finished the spring round robin with a 10-8 record, in fifth place. In the quarterfinals, they lost 1-3 to Team Impulse and earned 10 Championship Points for the season. In the summer split, they finished each week in at worst fourth position, even holding sole possession of first place for weeks 7 and 8; however, they lost both of their games in the final week and ended the season in fourth, after a tiebreaker loss to Team Impulse. In the playoff quarterfinals, Gravity lost to Team SoloMid, leaving them with a year-long total of 30 Championship Points, and qualifying for the regional finals in fifth place. They lost immediately in the gauntlet, reverse swept by first-round opponent Cloud9, who went on to qualify to Worlds.
2016 Season[]
Keane joined new Challenger team Apex Gaming for the 2016 NACS Spring Season.[19] Apex won both the regular season of NACS and the playoffs, using both Eve and Shrimp actively in the jungle. In the promotion tournament, they were seeded first against the ninth-place Team Impulse, to whom they lost, and then against second place Challenger team Team Dragon Knights, a rematch of the Challenger Series finals. This time, they didn't even drop one game against TDK and qualified successfully for the LCS summer split.
Apex's season started out strong, with a 2-0 first week including a 2-1 upset of reigning NA LCS champions and MSI alums CLG. Their success, however, was short-lived, and by week 5 they were in 7th place, where they remained for the rest of the season, out of reach of the playoffs but also safe from relegations for the 2017 Spring Season. In September, both Team Dignitas and Apex were acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers in September 2016, to play under the Dignitas name.[20]
2017 Season[]
Keane was joined on Dignitas by fellow Koreans Ssumday and Chaser for the 2017 season. Dignitas got off to a bad start in the spring split, going 2-6 over the first four weeks, but improved after Cop was rehired as head coach, going 7-3 over the rest of the season and securing the sixth and final playoff spot. However, they were swept 3-0 by Phoenix1 in the playoff quarterfinals.
Dignitas started the summer split strong, going 5-1 over the first three weeks, only to fall to 5-5 over the next two. However, the late-season addition of Altec and Adrian in the bot lane brought the team back to life, and they went on a 6-2 run to finish in fifth place with an 11-7 record.
In the playoffs, they were matched up against Cloud9, who were heavily favored due to their second-place finish in spring. Dignitas won the first two games, but lost the third and were on the brink of losing the fourth until a clutch 
Taliyah ultimate by Keane bought Dignitas time to come back and eventually take the series. After dropping a 3-1 semifinals set to eventual champions TSM, Dignitas moved to the third-place match, this time as favorites against CLG. However, CLG made short work of Dignitas in a 3-0 sweep. Due to making the playoffs in both splits, Dignitas still had the third seed in the Regional Finals and a chance to make Worlds, but seeming defeated, the team dropped 3-0 to seventh place FlyQuest, ending their season.
2018 Season[]
Keane joined FlyQuest Academy for the 2018 Season, along with his former Dignitas and Apex Gaming teammate Shrimp. However, he played for the main roster for the first three weeks of the LCS spring split due to mid laner Fly's visa issues. After Fly was able to play, Keane returned to academy. FlyQuest Academy spent most of the inaugural academy split at or near the top of the standings before falling off over the last two weeks to end up in third place. In the academy playoffs, they swept Cloud9 Academy in the semifinals, then outlasted Echo Fox Academy in the finals to win the academy title.
With FlyQuest having failed to make the playoffs in the spring, Keane was moved to the LCS roster for the summer split. FlyQuest started the split 1-3, but established themselves as a solid middle of the pack team after making a change at the support position, finishing the season 10-8, in a three-way tie for third place. However, they lost to 100 Thieves and TSM in the tiebreaker matches, dropping them into sixth place, and were immediately swept by 100 Thieves in the playoff quarterfinals, ending their season without enough Championship Points to play in the gauntlet.
Keane left FlyQuest in November. Although he never officially retired from League of Legends, Keane eventually became a notable player of Riot's new game Teamfight Tactics and was signed by TSM as part of their first TFT roster.
Trivia[]
- Achieved rank 1 in OCE, which motivated him to focus and improve.
- Participated in some online tournaments like Go4LoL before joining Little Wraith.
- Used to main top lane in Korea before changing to mid lane.
- Used to play League of Legends at his local library.
- Known for his impressive knowledge of the game.
- Was known as the shot caller for Team Curse OCE.
- Is known for having a very large champion pool.
- Previously worked as a model.
- Is a Challenger TFT in Korean Server on Season 10.
Tournament Results[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media[]
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- April 24, The Faces of NZ: Crs Keane with , and on eGaming Network.
- September 10, Hi I'm Crs Keane, Mid Laner for Crs Academy, AMA with , and on Reddit
- January 30, How Keane went from playing in Korea, Oceania, Challenger, and finally LCS (video) with , and on onGamers
- April 8, Return of the Anti-Carry: Re-evaluating Keane in the LCS by Ryan Tang on Gamurs
- April 12, Keane Compares Apex to Gravity: 'Apex is more competitive and more focused' with , and on The Score
- January 11, Team Dignitas LoL Roster Breakdown Part 2: Keane, LOD, and Xpecial by C_L on Dignitas
- January 20, DIG Keane: "Bjergsen gives trouble to every mid laner in LCS. He’s really good." with , and on PVP Live
- February 17, DIG Keane: "Today's win might lead to tomorrow's win as well." with , and on Inven Global
- July 20, Keane talks switching focus from Ssumday to the botlane, lethality changes, and Dig's status with , and on Travis Gafford
- July 25, DIG Keane: “I think it just felt right, with the roster we’re playing with right now.” with , and on Slingshot Esports
- September 3, DIG Keane on Finals: "Since TSM got us, I hope they win. I think they are better overall anyway." with , and on Inven Global
- September 6, Dignitas's Cop and Keane on Ego and the Gauntlet with Cass Marshall on Red Bull Esports
- July 23, FLY Keane: "I was always underrated. My team almost always got to the playoffs." with Youngbo "Roxyy" Sim and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
Images[]
GV Keane, NA LCS 2015 Spring
GV Keane, NA LCS 2015 Summer
APX Keane, NACS 2016 Spring
APX Keane, NA LCS 2016 Summer
DIG Keane, NA LCS 2017 Spring
FLY.A Keane, NA Academy 2018 Spring
FLY Keane, NA LCS 2018 Summer
Redirects
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Introducing Team Curse League of Legends Oceanic Team teamcurse.net
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Little Wraith's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Keane joins, Cris moves to sub teamcurse.net
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Breaking the Curse: Liquid Rising liquidlegends.net
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Keane joins as sub ongamers.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Gravity makes light of joining the LCS lolesports.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 NBA Legend Rick Fox Purchases ‘League of Legends’ Franchise breitbart.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Gravity makes light of joining the LCS lolesports.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Philadelphia 76ers acquire, merge and manage leading esports teams Dignitas and Apex team-dignitas.net
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Saintvicious' TwitLonger twitlonger.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Keane's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Philadelphia 76ers acquire, merge and manage leading esports teams Dignitas and Apex team-dignitas.net
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Former Dignitas Midlaner & Jungler, Keane & Shrimp, Join FlyQuest's Academy Team flyquest.gg
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Flight Plan: Starting Roster and Community Updates flyquest.gg
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2018-11-18; after change - NA - 2018-11-19
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2018-05-09
- ↑ FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Saintvicious's Twitlonger twitlonger.com
- ↑ Philadelphia 76ers acquire, merge and manage leading esports teams Dignitas and Apex team-dignitas.net