KiWiKiD

KiWiKiD
Retired
KiWiKiD
Background Information
Name	Alan Kieu
Country of Birth	; United States
Birthday	November 8, 1993 (age 31)
Residency	NANorth America
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Riot Games Inc.
Role	; Support
Favorite Champs	; ; ;
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Alan "KiWiKiD" Kieu is a retired League of Legends esports player, currently qa engineer for Riot Games Inc..

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠UT Austin	≈Oct 2011≈2011-10-??	≈Dec 2012≈2012-12-??	≈1yr 2mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dignitas	Dec 20122012-12-18^[2]	Apr 20162016-04-26^[1]	3yr 4mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠NRG Esports	Apr 20162016-04-26^[5]	Aug 20162016-08-11^[3]	3mo 15d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Riot Games Inc.	≈Dec 2016≈2016-12-??	Present	≈8yr 8d ej

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠UT Austin	≈Oct 2011≈2011-10-??	≈Dec 2012≈2012-12-??	≈1yr 2mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dignitas	Dec 20122012-12-18^[2]	Oct 20132013-10-12^[6]	9mo 25d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dignitas	Oct 20132013-10-12^[6]	Dec 20132013-12-17^[7]	2mo 5d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dignitas	Dec 20132013-12-17^[7]	Apr 20162016-04-26^[1]	2yr 4mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠NRG Esports	Apr 20162016-04-26^[5]	Aug 20162016-08-11^[3]	3mo 15d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Riot Games Inc.	≈Dec 2016≈2016-12-??	≈Feb 2019≈2019-02-??	≈2yr 2mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Riot Games Inc.	≈Feb 2019≈2019-02-??	Present	≈5yr 10mo ej

News

2011

NA

⁠

⁠UT

October (approx.),
One Who Poops,
TheRealKiWiKiD,
Pangboy,
donald, and
TeSPA Prince join.
WillcoxBeSucked joins as substitute.

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2012

NA	⁠⁠UT	December (approx.), TheRealKiWiKiD leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠DIG	December 18, KiWiKiD joins.^[2] e

2013

NA	⁠⁠DIG	October 12, TheRealKiWiKiD moves to substitute.^[6] e
NA	⁠⁠DIG	December 17, KiWiKiD (Sub/Top to Support) changes position.^[7] e

2016

NA	⁠⁠DIG	April 26, KiWiKiD leaves.^[1] e
NA	⁠⁠NRG	April 26, Quas, Santorin, and KiWiKiD join. Impact, Moon, and KonKwon leave.^[5] e
NA	⁠⁠NRG	August 11, GBM and KiWiKiD leave.^[3]^[4] e
NA	⁠⁠Riot	December (approx.), KiWiKiD (QA Analyst) joins. e

2019

NA

⁠

⁠Riot

February (approx.), KiWiKiD (QA Analyst to QA Engineer) changes position.

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Biography[]

KiWiKiD hails from Austin, Texas in the USA. He played on the UT Austin team, PangGirls. During his time in the Collegiate league, he was known for an aggressive and pressure-centric playstyle.

Preseason 3[]

After IWillDominate was suspended from competitive play for a year as a result of violating the Summoners Code, Team Dignitas moved Crumbzz to jungle and picked up KiWiKid as their new top laner.

Season 3[]

Due to their participation at Season 2 Worlds, Dignitas were automatically given a slot in the NA LCS Season 3 Spring Split, the first season of Riot's fully-professional league. They started out the series going 16-5 in their first 21 games before going 1-6 in their last 7. This performance was enough to secure themselves a playoff slot, where they lost immediately to Good Game University, which forced them to requalify for the summer split by beating Team Summon in a best-of-five series, which they did.

During the summer split, Dignitas performed more inconsistently than they had in the spring but still finished in fifth place with a 13-15 record, once again making it to the playoffs. This time, they showed better results in the playoffs and finished in fourth - out of Worlds contention, but safely in the 2014 Spring Split. After the end of the season, Patoy left the team's starting roster, and KiWiKiD switched roles from top lane to support.

2014 Season[]

Dignitas placed fourth in the spring round robin, with a 12-16 record. In the summer split, despite sitting at a 6-2 record at the end of the third week, they ended the round robin in sixth place, with a 13-15 record. However, in the playoffs they managed to avoid relegation by defeating CLG in the fifth-place match.

2015 Season[]

Prior to the start of the 2015 season, Dignitas attended and placed third at IEM Cologne after Team Curse turned down their invitation.

Dignitas ended the ended the spring split with a 6-12 record in 9th place after undergoing multiple changes of jungler during the split. Winterfox, the 8th-place team, chose to play against Team Dragon Knights in relegations, leaving Dignitas to play against Team Fusion. However, while Winterfox was relegated, Dignitas stayed in the LCS for the summer season. Despite being tied for first with a 7-2 record after 4.5 weeks of play in the summer season (halfway through), the team struggled throughout the last half and finished sixth at 10-8. In the quarterfinals of the summer playoffs, Dignitas was swept by Team Impulse and finished 2015 with only 20 Championship Points, not enough to qualify for the regional finals.

2016 Season[]

Spring 2016 was, for Dignitas, the worst split in the history of their organization. After a 4-14 last-place finish, the team participated in the Summer Promotion tournament, where they lost 0-3 to Team Dragon Knights, resulting in their elimination from the LCS. Instead of continuing in the NACS, Dignitas transferred its seed to Apex Gaming, and KiWiKiD became a free agent.^[8]

KiWiKiD joined NRG eSports in April, as part of a rebuilt roster including himself, Quas, Santorin, and Ohq along with GBM from the team's spring split run. The roster proved unsuccessful, and NRG were consistently in eighth place week after week in the summer split until they fell to ninth in week 9. In the promotion tournament, they lost first to Cloud9 Challenger and then to Echo Fox in back-to-back 3-0 sweeps and were relegated to the NACS.

The 2017 spring split was the first LCS split KiWiKiD did not play in. Upon NRG's relegation in late 2016, KiWiKiD was tied with Darshan (previously ZionSpartan) for the most regular season LCS games played with 209. He was also the only player other than YellOwStaR not to miss a single regular season LCS game in eight splits over four years.

Trivia[]

Played professional Dota under the name of Snazero8.
Played professional HoN (rank 1) on Team Complexity.
Is not a 'kiwi' (New Zealander).
Had the most deaths in the Season 3 Summer Split.
In August 2015, calibrated in Dota2 at 4510 MMR.^[9]
Legally changed his last name from Nguyen to Kieu as of May 23, 2021.^[10]

Tournament Results[]

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

KiWiKiD Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2016-08-07	NQ	NA LCS 2017 Spring Promotion	0 : 3⁠⁠FOX	⁠⁠NRG	Quas, Santorin, GBM, Ohq, KiWiKiD, Hermit
2016-07-31	9	NA LCS 2016 Summer	4 - 14⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠NRG	Quas, Santorin, GBM, ohq, KiWiKiD, Hermit
2016-04-08	NQ	NA LCS 2016 Summer Promotion	0 : 3⁠⁠TDK	⁠⁠DIG	BillyBoss, Kirei, Shiphtur, Apollo, KiWiKiD, Raz
2016-03-20	10	NA LCS 2016 Spring	4 - 14⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DIG	Smittyj, BillyBoss, Kirei, Shiphtur, Apollo, KiWiKiD, Raz, InnerFlame
2015-08-23	5 - 6	NA LCS 2015 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠TIP	⁠⁠DIG	Gamsu, Helios, Shiphtur, CoreJJ, KiWiKiD, Rico
2015-07-26	6	NA LCS 2015 Summer	10 - 8⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DIG	Gamsu, Azingy, Helios, Shiphtur, CoreJJ, KiWiKiD, Rico, Mylixia, Brokenshard
2015-04-26	Q	NA LCS 2015 Summer Promotion	3 : 2⁠⁠FSN	⁠⁠DIG	Gamsu, Azingy, Shiphtur, CoreJJ, KiWiKiD, Rico
2015-03-29	9	NA LCS 2015 Spring	6 - 12⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DIG	Gamsu, Crumbzz, CloudNguyen, Azingy, Shiphtur, CoreJJ, KiWiKiD, Mylixia, Rico
2014-12-21	3 - 4	IEM Season 9 Cologne	0 : 2⁠⁠GMB	⁠⁠DIG	Gamsu, Crumbzz, Shiphtur, CoreJJ, KiWiKiD
2014-09-01	5	NA LCS 2014 Summer Playoffs	3 : 1⁠⁠CLG	⁠⁠DIG	ZionSpartan, Crumbzz, Shiphtur, Imaqtpie, KiWiKiD, scarra

Media[]

2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

December 28, An Interview with Team Dignitas's New Top Laner: KiWiKiD [Archived] with KatanaMordecai on Dignitas
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February 15, Kiwikid talks about his MOBA History from Hon, to Dota, to LoL with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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March 10, ODEE in LA: Interviews with Patoy, Scarra & KiWiKiD with ODEE on Dignitas
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March 31, MegaZero vs KiwiKid: Head to Head at the LCS with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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June 21, Kiwikid talks about the match against Team Coast at LCS Week 2 with Travis Gafford on GameSpot
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July 16, Life before the big League by Riot Games on YouTube
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July 23, Kiwikid talks Kassadin Pick and More at the LCS with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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August 31, PAX Prime 2013 Dig KiWiKiD "If I underpreformed today, it would [be] selfish to stay on the team." with Bron Mitchell on YouTube
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December 4, dignitas/KiWiKiD talks about trying out for support, playing with Qtpie, and Season 4 [Archived] with Robert Peterson on Dignitas
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January 20, Dignitas Botlane: Imaqtpie and Kiwikid discuss botlane synergy and an unusual relationship with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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March 2, KiWiKiD talks about Dig's performance in Week 7 of the LCS with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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August 2, Interview with KiWiKiD: "We're all bloodthirsty to go to worlds, and that's all that matters." [Archived] with fox112 on Dignitas
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December 19, KiWiKiD talks before IEM Cologne: "People criticized me within reason" (video) with , and on Fragbite
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January 2, Interview with dignitas/KiWiKiD on Roster Changes & Season 5 with , and on Dignitas
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February 5, Dignitas Diary: KiWiKiD on What Pro Gamers Do For Fun with , and on Ventito
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February 8, Kiwikid on Dig's Botlane: "I think we're probably the best... ...maybe a bit under Doublelift and Ap (video) with , and on onGamers
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April 25, Player Spotlight: KiwiKid by , and on LoL Esports
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April 26, KiWiKiD - Insane Alistar Knockup - 4-man Knock up! Part 2 by , and on Xynergy
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April 26, KiWiKiD - Insane Alistar Knockup - 5 man Knock up! Part 1 by , and on Xynergy
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June 5, KiWiKiD on upcoming matches vs. TDK and Team 8 with , and on Team Dignitas
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June 6, NA LCS 2015: KiWiKiD - "I'm just glad that we can show NA that we have what it takes." with , and on SK Gaming
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June 22, KiWiKiD talks to Ellektrikk on taking down Team Liquid & Summer goals. with , and on Team Dignitas
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July 28, Kiwikid Details Dignitas's Late-Split Fall and Hopes For Playoffs with , and on GameSpot
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November 1, Interview with dignitas KiWiKiD during the off-season with , and on Team Dignitas
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November 23, Meet The New Team Dignitas LoL: Interview with our Support, KiWiKiD with , and on Team Dignitas
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January 23, KiWiKiD: I'd bet half my savings IMT will be #1 with , and on Team Liquid
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February 3, KiWiKiD on BillyBoss: 'Over time he'll get more accustomed to the stage and he'll be a great player' with , and on The Score
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April 4, Interview with KiWiKiD: "I remember coming into this being the newest person" with , and on Dignitas
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April 12, DIG Kiwikid: 'It was the end of a good thing and I can move on' with , and on Yahoo!
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June 4, KiWiKiD banters about NRG's series against nV: 'Game 1 was like an anal rupture' with , and on The Score
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June 17, KiWiKid: “I was almost as close as you can get” to retiring by Vince Nairn on Slingshot
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June 28, KiWiKiD on NRG's recent struggles: 'We're always...on the wrong page too often' with , and on The Score
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August 11, Beyond the Rift #3: Playoff Predictions /w KiWiKiD (+Twitch Chat) by , and on Beyond the Rift
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2014-06-19	NA LCS 2014 Summer	TSM vs DIG	Link
2014-06-01	NA LCS 2014 Summer	DIG vs TSM	Link
2014-04-05	NA LCS 2014 Spring	XDG vs DIG	Link
2014-01-19	NA LCS 2014 Spring	DIG vs C9	Link
2013-08-02	NA LCS 2013 Summer	TSM vs DIG	Link
2013-06-13	NA LCS 2013 Summer	DIG vs TSM	Link
2013-03-31	NA LCS 2013 Spring	TSM vs DIG	Link
2013-03-23	NA LCS 2013 Spring	DIG vs COL	Link
2013-03-02	NA LCS 2013 Spring	MRN vs DIG	Link
2013-02-09	NA LCS 2013 Spring	VUL vs DIG	Link