LiQuiD112

LiQuiD112
Retired as Player
LiQuiD112
Background Information
Name	Steven Arhancet
Country of Birth	; United States
Birthday	July 11, 1981 (age 43)
Residency	AMEAmericas
Prev Residencies	NANorth America
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Team Liquid
Role	; Owner
Soloqueue IDs	Crs LiQuiD112, Liquid LiQuiD112
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Steven "LiQuiD112" Arhancet is a League of Legends esports personality, currently owner of Team Liquid.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠unRestricted eSports	≈Mar 2011≈2011-03-??	Aug 20112011-08-25^[1]	≈5mo 24d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Curse	Aug 20112011-08-25^[3]	Dec 20112011-12-19^[2]	3mo 25d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Curse	Dec 20112011-12-19^[2]	Jan 20152015-01-06^[4]	3yr 18d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Jan 20152015-01-06^[5]	Present	10yr 4mo ej

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠unRestricted eSports	≈Mar 2011≈2011-03-??	Aug 20112011-08-25^[1]	≈5mo 24d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Curse	Aug 20112011-08-25^[3]	Dec 20112011-12-19^[2]	3mo 25d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Curse	Dec 20112011-12-19^[2]	Jan 20152015-01-06^[4]	3yr 18d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Jan 20152015-01-06^[5]	Present	10yr 4mo ej

News

2011

NA	⁠⁠UNR	March (approx.), DontMashMe and LiQuiD112 join. e
NA	⁠⁠UNR	August 25, unRestricted transfers its roster to Team Curse. Pobelter, SYDTKO, Lapaka, Nyjacky, DontMashMe, Doublelift, Jsura, and LiQuiD112 leave.^[1] e
NA	⁠⁠CRS	August 25, Team Curse acquires the roster of unRestricted. Pobelter, SYDTKO, Lapaka, Nyjacky, DontMashMe, Doublelift, Jsura, and LiQuiD112 join.^[3] e
NA	⁠⁠CRS	December 19, Elementz joins. LiQuiD112 (Support to CEO) changes position.^[2] e

2015

NA	⁠⁠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] e
NA	⁠⁠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.^[5] e

2024

AME

⁠

⁠TL

October 31, LiQuiD112 changes residency from

NA

North America to

AME

Americas.

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Biography

Steve "LiQuiD112" Arhancet was the founder of Team XXX. He was an active member of team XXX in the competitive multiplayer Civilization IV. Eventually, LiQuiD's focus switched to League of Legends, where he played competitively as a support player throughout Season 1 and Season 2. Though no longer on the main roster for Curse, LiQuiD112 now manages the team, as well as oversees all eSports operations at Curse Inc.

Steve started his professional life with an interest in the financial world. He dedicated himself to finance for 1 year before he found a valuable opportunity as an Independent Wealth Management Advisor for American Express where he worked for nearly 5 years. After working with over 110 clients and processing over 57 million dollars in assets and coverage, Steve took a higher position as a Director of Consultant Services for MBO partners where he worked for 6 years.

After 12 years in the financial industry, Steve found his opportunity to apply his skill to the eSports world in August of 2011. He gained the position of "Director of Esports" at Curse Inc after his League of Legends team (Under the sponsorship of Unrestricted Esports) was signed by Curse, where he primarily manages the North American eSports teams.

In January 2015, Team Curse merged with Team Liquid, and Steve became the co-owner of the organization alongside Victor "Nazgul" Goossens.

Trivia

Known for his Soraka play early in his career.
Hosting the podcast "The Morning Liquid" together with Brad "Pluto" Ramey.
Worked on several charity events focused on children
Subject of the tongue-in-cheek meme "paid by Steve", which comes from the perception that he solves Liquid's problems by throwing money at them.

Tournament Results

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

LiQuiD112 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2013-10-18	3	ROCCAT King of the Hill 9	1 : 2⁠⁠COG	⁠⁠CRS	Quas, IWDominate, Voyboy, Cop, Dodo8, LiQuiD112
2012-06-24	2	Solomid NA Invitational 2	1 : 2⁠⁠DYN	⁠⁠CRS	LiQuiD112, Stvicious, Nyjacky, Cop, Elementz
2012-05-12	2	Playhem Showmatch - #5	0 : 1⁠⁠MTW	⁠⁠CRS	Pobelter, Crumbzz, Nyjacky, Cop, Elementz, LiQuiD112
2012-03-24	2	Playhem Showmatch - #1	1 : 2⁠⁠TSM	⁠⁠CRS	Pobelter, Crumbzz, Nyjacky, Cop, Elementz, LiQuiD112
2012-01-22	5 - 6	IEM Season 6 Kiev	1 - 2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠CRS	SYDTKO, OnlyJaximus, Flashy, Cop, LiQuiD112
2011-11-14	1	MobaFire Take Your Best Shot	2 : 1⁠⁠U MA	⁠⁠CRS	Pobelter, Doublelift, LiQuiD112, Lapaka, SYDTKO, Nyjacky
2011-10-16	5 - 6	IEM Season 6 New York	FF : W⁠⁠DYN	⁠⁠CRS	Pobelter, Lapaka, Nyjacky, Doublelift, LiQuiD112
2011-10-09	5 - 8	IPL 3 Atlantic City	0 : 2⁠⁠DIG	⁠⁠CRS	SYDTKO, Lapaka, Nyjacky, Doublelift, LiQuiD112
2011-09-11	1	Newegg Summer Wanfest 2011	2 : 0⁠⁠TSM	⁠⁠CRS	Pobelter, Lapaka, Nyjacky, DontMashMe, LiQuiD112, SYDTKO
2011-09-11	Q	Newegg Summer Wanfest 2011 C	1 : 0⁠⁠PHAE	⁠⁠CRS	Pobelter, Lapaka, Nyjacky, DontMashMe, LiQuiD112, SYDTKO

LiQuiD112 Showmatch Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2019-06-27	1	Rift Rivals 2019 NA-EU - Showmatches	1 : 0⁠⁠LEC	⁠⁠LCS	Dyrus, Kobe, Reginald, Westrice, Liquid112
2013-05-26	3 - 4	All-Star 2013 Shanghai	0 : 2⁠⁠KR Champions	⁠⁠NA LCS	Dyrus, Stvicious, scarra, Doublelift, Xpecial, LiQuiD112

LiQuiD112 1v1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Prize	Team	Last Result
2013-10-13	17 - 23	Best Lee Sin NA Tournament			1 : 2 Nick Wu

Media

2012
2013
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2018
2019
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2021
2022

January 10, Steve 'LiQuiD112' on Curse going to IEM Kiev [Archived] with Rouffious on SK Gaming
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January 20, Liquid112 interview at IEM Kiev [Lost] with Phreak on YouTube
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September 25, New Curse Gaming Director Of ESports Steve Arhancet Believes In The Future Of Pro Gaming with John Gaudiosi on Forbes
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October 10, Team Curse Manager Steve Arhancet Discusses eSports with GamerHubTV on YouTube
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October 15, Shift: The League of Legends Phenomenon [Reupload] by GameTrailers on YouTube
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October 18, Pluto Interviews Liquid - League of Legends World Finals with Pluto on YouTube
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February 11, LiQuiD112, Director of E-Sports for Curse AMA with LiQuiD112 on Reddit
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August 13, Guiding Fire - LiQuiD112 [Lost] with Machinima on YouTube
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November 14, Liquid: "I feel great about the roster we have now" [Archived] with Jessie Lawrence on LoL Esports
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December 13, Liquid on the emotional side of selling Curse Academy (video) with , and on onGamers
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December 14, NA Expansion: LiQuiD112 on the Future of Curse Academy (video) with , and on SK Gaming
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January 24, LCS NA 2015: LiQuiD112 "Some fan's don't understand the degree of a sponsor(HTC) like this" (video) with , and on SK Gaming
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February 13, 'Reflections' with LiQuiD112 with , and on Thorin
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February 18, 'Reflections' with LiQuiD112 with Thorin on YouTube
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June 21, I'm Steve Arhancet, Owner for TL - AMA! with , and on LiquidLegends
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December 5, Team Liquid LoL - Vlog 06 - Liquid112 Holiday Update on LoL Team by , and on HTC
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December 30, TL Liquid112 - 20 Questions with , and on HyperX
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January 13, Team Liquid's Steve Arhancet on TL's New Creative Agency, Coach Loco, 10 Man Roster, and the Indu… with , and on onGamers
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June 12, Talk to Thorin: LiQuiD112 on Franchising the LCS (LoL) with Thorin on YouTube
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November 29, Steve Arhancet on Team Liquid’s NA LCS franchise application, signing Doublelift to a 3 year deal with The Nexus Podcast on theScore Esports
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January 13, What is Paid by Steve? (A Trip Down Meme-ory Lane) (LoL) by Josh Bury on theScore Esports
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January 22, Steve on beating Regi: All this 'trash talk' you've been making is coming back at you on the rift with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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March 26, TL Steve to C9 Jack: 'Apparently, you lost the off-season' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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April 8, TL Steve Talks About Finally Breaking The 4th Place Meme. with James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
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April 8, TL Steve on memes in 2018: “The fourth place thing, hopefully it’s dead at this point.” with Thomas Baker on The Game Haus
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April 11, Liquid Steve talks finally getting his BIG WIN: "Holy F! We're champions now!" with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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June 18, Steve doesn't think C9 will be a TL rival with new roster, TSM has POTENTIAL with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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June 29, "We're going to f-cking Worlds!" - Steve talks about Liquid's future and Doublelift's leadership with Sharon Coone on Blitz Esports
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October 16, TL Steve on Liquid's Worlds results, addresses NA's critics with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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October 22, Team Liquid's owner Steve on his team's run through worlds 2018 with Ovilee May on ESPN Esports
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February 11, Steve talks building TL for 2019, honest opinions on what LCS needs with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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April 11, Steve reveals how TL conquered their BIG SLUMP before facing FlyQuest with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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May 12, Steve on what's going on behind the scenes with Team Liquid at MSI with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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May 13, Steve on MSI 2019 and the future of Esports Teams with Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
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June 26, Steve says Team Liquid has already signed Teamfight Tactics players with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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June 28, TL Steve: "Right now, EU has our number, but time will tell." with Nick Geracie and Lara Lunardi on Inven Global
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October 16, The Liquid Legacy by LiQuiD112 and Jeff Yabumoto on The Player's Lobby
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November 26, TL Steve responds to Evil Geniuses CEO trash talk: 'Good luck, you'll need it' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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March 20, Steve on TL in the NEW WORLD, LCS moving online, and the LCS team's solo queue loss with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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August 10, Steve Arhancet on Liquid+ "Our ultimate goal is to become the most recognized esports team in the world." with Parkes Ousley on Inven Global
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August 11, GET PAID by Steve: Team Liquid's Co-CEO announces new rewards program for fans with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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September 5, Team Liquid Pre-Worlds 2020 Press Conference with ESPN on YouTube
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September 10, Team Liquid's PreWorlds conference with Steve, Jatt, Dodo, and Cain with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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October 14, Steve on TL's Worlds, LCS owner talks on NA's weak performance, upcoming off season decisions with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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February 1, How Steve sent Team Liquid to space and the team's pivot towards AGGRESSION this year with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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June 24, Jatt Resigns, Santorin on medical leave, Armao in, Alphari still on break - TL Press Conference by Travis Gafford on YouTube
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August 26, Team Liquid Steve: Finishing on anything but first is a failure with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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Post-Match Interviews

2018
2019

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2018-09-09	NA LCS 2018 Summer Playoffs	C9 vs TL	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2019-04-07	LCS 2019 Spring Playoffs	TL vs FLY	Link
2019-06-27	Rift Rivals 2019 NA-EU - Showmatches	LCS vs LEC	Link
2019-08-25	LCS 2019 Summer Playoffs	TL vs C9	Link