Maple (Huang Yi-Tang)

Maple
Maple
Background Information
Name	Huang Yi-Tang (黃熠棠)
Country of Birth	; Taiwan
Birthday	October 10, 1997 (age 23)
Residency	PCSPCS
Prev Residencies	LMSLMS
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠PSG Talon
Contract Expires	2021-11-16
Role	; Mid Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	TW: yoeFW Maple; 楓棠歲月; KR: MapleStory300IV; AlphaGo 002; 6933784del; 95150225del; I dont deserve; Slowly Song; EUW: AlphaGo 003, Full C0unter
Social Media & Links

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
LMS	⁠⁠Gamania Bears	Jun 20132013-06-28^[2]	Oct 20132013-10-15^[1]	3mo 17d ejel
LMS	⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves	Oct 20132013-10-21^[4]	Feb 20142014-02-21^[3]	4mo ejel
LMS	⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves Junior	Feb 20142014-02-21^[6]	Mar 20142014-03-27^[5]	1mo 6d ejel
LMS	⁠⁠Flash Wolves	Mar 20142014-03-27^[8]	Dec 20182018-12-05^[7]	4yr 8mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Suning	Dec 20182018-12-05^[10]	Nov 20192019-11-17^[9]	11mo 12d ejel
CN	⁠⁠LNG Esports	Dec 20192019-12-15^[12]	Nov 20202020-11-07^[11]	10mo 23d ejel
PCS	⁠⁠PSG Talon	Dec 20202020-12-10^[13]	Present	9mo 12d ej

	Team	Start	End
LMS	⁠⁠Gamania Bears	Jun 20132013-06-28^[2]	Oct 20132013-10-15^[1]	3mo 17d ejel
LMS	⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves	Oct 20132013-10-21^[4]	Jan 20142014-01-24^[14]	3mo 3d ejel
LMS	⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves	Jan 20142014-01-24^[14]	Feb 20142014-02-21^[3]	28d ejel
LMS	⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves Junior	Feb 20142014-02-21^[6]	Mar 20142014-03-27^[5]	1mo 6d ejel
LMS	⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves	Mar 20142014-03-27^[8]	≈Mar 2015≈2015-03-??	≈1yr 5d ejel
LMS	⁠⁠Flash Wolves	≈Mar 2015≈2015-03-??	Dec 20182018-12-05^[7]	≈3yr 9mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Suning	Dec 20182018-12-05^[10]	Nov 20192019-11-17^[9]	11mo 12d ejel
CN	⁠⁠LNG Esports	Dec 20192019-12-15^[12]	Nov 20202020-11-07^[11]	10mo 23d ejel
PCS	⁠⁠PSG Talon	Dec 20202020-12-10^[13]	Present	9mo 12d ej

News

2013
2014
2015
2018
2019
2020
2021

LMS	⁠⁠GAB	June 28, Maple joins.^[2] e
LMS	⁠⁠GAB	October 15, ⁠⁠Gamania Bears is disbanded. Steak, Winds, Maple, NL, SwordArt, and Galala leave.^[1] e
LMS	⁠⁠yoe.FW	October 21, Steak, Maooo, Maple, Dee, and SwordArt join.^[4] e

LMS	⁠⁠yoe.FW	January 24, Mountain joins. REFRA1N (Jungle to Mid) changes position. Maple moves to substitute. HueiYun leaves.^[14] e
LMS	⁠⁠yoe.FW	February 21, Maooo and Maple leave for academy roster.^[3] e
LMS	⁠⁠yoe.FW J	February 21, ⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves Junior is formed. Breeze, Momo, 宇都宮凜, and Bobony join. Maooo and Maple join from main roster.^[6] e
LMS	⁠⁠yoe.FW J	March 27, ⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves Junior is disbanded. Maooo, Momo, and Bobony leave. Maple and Nobo leave for main roster.^[5] e
LMS	⁠⁠yoe.FW	March 27, Maple rejoins from academy roster. Nobo joins as substitute from academy roster.^[8] e

LMS

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⁠FW

March (approx.), ⁠

⁠yoe Flash Wolves renames to ⁠

⁠Flash Wolves.

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LMS	⁠⁠FW	November 10, Morning (Jungle to Coach) changes position. Moojin, Maple, and SwordArt are set to leave. WarHorse (Head Coach) and REFRA1N (Coach) leave.^[15] e
LMS	⁠⁠FW	December 5, Maple and SwordArt leave.^[7] e
CN	⁠⁠SN	December 5, Maple and SwordArT join.^[10] e

CN	⁠⁠SN	June 11, Maple's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2019. Babi9's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.^[16] e
CN	⁠⁠SN	November 17, Maple leaves.^[9] e
CN	⁠⁠LNG	December 15, Maple joins.^[12] e

CN	⁠⁠LNG	January 6, Xx and Maple's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.^[17] e
PCS	⁠⁠LNG	January 11, Maple changes residency from LMS LMS to PCS PCS. e
CN	⁠⁠LNG	November 7, Maple leaves.^[11] e
PCS	⁠⁠PSG	December 10, Maple joins.^[13] e

PCS

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⁠PSG

February 9,
Hanabi,
Maple,
Kaiwing, and Helper (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.
River's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 30 November 2021.
Unified and Winged (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2022.
Kartis' contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.^[18]

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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, Maple 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.

Trivia[]

Favorite anime are Steins;Gate, Future Diary, and オナニーマスター黒沢.
Is a huge fan of Hatsune Miku - fans would often gift him Miku figurines and plushies.
Went to the same school as SwordArt and Karsa.
Highly praised by Toyz as one of the best players in LMS.

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2018-03-25	LMS LMS	LMS 2018 Spring	Kassadin	Mid	W	9/1/1	Link
2016-06-26	LMS LMS	LMS 2016 Summer	Anivia	Mid	W	8/0/7	Link	Link
2015-08-16	LMS LMS	Taiwan Regional Finals 2015	Viktor	Mid	W	10/0/5	Link	Link

Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.

Awards[]

LMS MVP x1 (Spring 2017)
LMS Playoff MVP x1 (Spring 2016)
LMS All-Pro 1st Team x4 (Spring 2016, Summer 2017, Spring 2018, Summer 2018)

Tournament Results[]

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

Maple (Huang Yi-Tang) Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2021-08-29	1	PCS 2021 Summer Playoffs	3 : 2⁠⁠BYG	⁠⁠PSG	Hanabi, River, Maple, Unified, Kaiwing, Helper, Winged
2021-08-08	1	PCS 2021 Summer	18 - 0⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠PSG	Hanabi, River, Maple, Unified, Kaiwing, Helper, Winged
2021-05-21	3 - 4	MSI 2021	1 : 3⁠⁠RNG	⁠⁠PSG	Hanabi, River, Maple, Doggo, Kaiwing, Helper, Winged
2021-04-18	1	PCS 2021 Spring Playoffs	3 : 0⁠⁠BYG	⁠⁠PSG	Hanabi, River, Maple, Unified, Kaiwing, Helper, Winged
2021-03-21	1	PCS 2021 Spring	17 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠PSG	Hanabi, River, Maple, Unified, Kaiwing, Helper, Winged
2020-08-09	13	LPL 2020 Summer	5 - 11⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠LNG	chenlun17, Flandre, Xx, Maple, Light, Iwandy, Duan, Steak, Nelson
2020-04-20	16	LPL 2020 Spring	5 - 11⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠LNG	Flandre, chenlun17, Xx, Maple, Asura, Light, Duan, Iwandy, Cyo, Nelson, KenZhu
2019-12-21	9 - 12	Demacia Cup 2019	2 - 2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠LNG	Flandre, Xx, Maple, Asura, Duan, Cyo
2019-08-22	7 - 8	LPL 2019 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠EDG	⁠⁠SN	Angel, H4cker, Maple, Smlz, SwordArt, Fluidwind
2019-08-18	8	LPL 2019 Summer	8 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠SN	Biubiu, Angel, H4cker, Weiwei, Maple, Smlz, SwordArt, Fluidwind

Maple (Huang Yi-Tang) 1v1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Prize	Team	Last Result
2018-12-08	5 - 8	All-Star 2018 Las Vegas		⁠⁠LMS	0 : 1 ⁠⁠ Caps
2016-12-11	2	All-Star 2016 Barcelona		⁠⁠Ice	0 : 2 ⁠⁠ Uzi

Media[]

2015
2016
2017
2018
2021

October 1, Flash Wolves // Maple: I really want to play against LGD's mid laner. by , and on Gold Per 10
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October 8, Flash Wolves defeat KOO to win Group A with , and on LoL Esports
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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
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April 12, Players to Track in the LMS Spring Playoffs by James "Obscurica" Chen on PVPLive
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May 5, Maple on Flash Wolves in groups: 'We hope to get the number 2 spot' with Travis Gafford on Yahoo Esports
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May 6, Maple on getting over international nerves: 'This time I’m more mentally prepared' with Marcel Feldkamp on The Score
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October 3, FW Maple: ''I think the most important thing is to have a good mindset, and not be afraid to lose.'' with , and on Esports Heaven
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October 3, Maple: Fan support helped Flash Wolves overcome Worlds struggles and beat SKT with , and on The Rift Herald
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October 10, Maple: 'Even though Korea is still kind of miles ahead, everyone else is pretty even' with , and on The Score
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May 14, FW Maple: "Bjergsen played really well with Ahri in last match, so we banned her." with , and on Inven Global
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July 8, FW Maple: "I want to defeat all LPL teams that we face" with , and on Inven Global
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October 14, FW Maple: "We played pretty relaxed and everyone was like 'GO GO GO' for the kill" with , and on Inven Global
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May 13, FW Maple on why midlaners are keeping a low profile compared to AD's at MSI with , and on Travis Gafford
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May 14, Maple: "We're happy that Karsa joined RNG, but when we first heard the news, some teammates cried" with , and on The Shotcaller
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May 15, FW Maple on Their Losing Streak: "It was mostly about adjusting our mood and attitude." with Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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September 28, The 6 players with the most on the line at Worlds by Xing Li on Dot Esports
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October 10, FW Maple thinks Team Liquid looked good in their match vs KT with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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October 11, FW Maple: "Although I do agree the gap between leagues are closing, I still strongly believe that Korean teams are slightly stronger than the rest as long as they draft better." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
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October 11, Worlds Group Stage 2018 Top 30 Players: 25-21 by Rui Yang Xu on The Game Haus
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May 10, Why PSG Maple Is Watching Out For RNG Xiaohu - MSI 2021 Interview with dGon (VENN Esports) on YouTube
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May 17, Maple on how PSG and Doggo STEPPED UP throughout MSI with Ashley Kang (KORIZON Esports) on YouTube
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-08-14	PCS 2021 Summer Playoffs	PSG vs JT	Link
2021-05-18	MSI 2021	PSG vs C9	Link
2021-05-14	MSI 2021	PSG vs PGG	Link
2021-05-07	MSI 2021	PNG vs PSG	Link
2021-04-03	PCS 2021 Spring Playoffs	PSG vs JT	Link
2019-12-21	Demacia Cup 2019	LNG vs OMG	Link
2018-10-15	Worlds 2018 Main Event	FW vs G2	Link