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Team Information
Org Location
North America
Region
AME
Americas
SponsorArmy National Guard
DXRacer
Rockstar Energy
ASUS ROG
Levi's
Therabody
Hot Pockets
KIA
History
Created (1)2015-11-16
Disbanded (1)LoL Division 2016-12-12
Created (2)LoL Division 2023-04-06
Social Media & Links

NRG is a North American team. They are also know as NRG Kia for sponsorship reasons. They were previously known as NRG eSports and NRG Esports .

History

2016 Preseason

NRG eSports was announced on November 16, 2015. They formed when two co-owners of NBA team Sacramento Kings purchased Team Coast's NA LCS slot for the 2016 Spring Season. Their initial line-up included top laner Impact from Team Impulse, jungler Moon from Imagine, mid laner GBM from Jin Air, and support KonKwon, the only player to move over from Coast. Former Origen head coach Hermit and Cloud9 coach Charlie formed the team's coaching staff. Altec officially joined the team's roster later on in the day.

2016 Season

NRG started the LCS strong, tied for either first or second place through the first four weeks, but after the fifth week they fell down to fifth place and remained there for the rest of the season. They were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. In the midseason break, NRG traded out nearly their entire roster, keeping only GBM and adding Quas, Santorin, ohq and KiWiKiD. The community's reception to these changes were mixed; while ohq was seen as a solid pickup, Quas had just come off of a split away from competition, and KiWiKiD was seen as one of the weaker supports in the league. Ultimately, the changes did not work out, 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. Soon after relegation, multiple players announced their free agency, and it was reported that NRG were closing down their team.[1] It was confirmed the next day that the team had let all of their players go to pursue other options, but they were still "working on a plan" to stay in League of Legends.[2][3]

2023 Season

In April, rumors that CLG were leaving the LCS came true as NRG acquired the company from former owners Madison Square Garden. The CLG team name and brand would be replaced by NRG in the subsequent Summer season. In a statement made by NRG CEO Andy Miller, NRG would retain all players and coaches from CLG’s LCS team such as top laner Dhokla, jungler Contractz, mid laner Palafox, bot laner Luger, and support Poome. However, NRG would soon drop Luger and Poome and acquire FBI from Evil Geniuses and IgNar from Immortals a month later. In their first split returning to the LCS, NRG gained a reputation in the LCS for defeating strong teams like Cloud9 and Team Liquid, only to lose to teams at the bottom of the standings like Immortals and FlyQuest. The org finished the regular season in 5th place with a 9-9 record. In the playoffs, the fifth seed NRG pulled off upset wins over third seed Team Liquid and second seed Golden Guardians, locking them a spot at Worlds 2023. They would then lose to first seed Cloud9, who won in dominant 3-0 fashion, sending NRG to the lower bracket to face Team Liquid again. After a close 3-2 series, NRG would face Cloud9 yet again and win the LCS Championship in a decisive 3-1 series, a first for the org and for many of their players.

Timeline

  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2021
  • 2023
  • 2024
  • January 5,
    Chuz (Assistant Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024.[49]
  • June 4, Apollo (Positional Coach to Positional Coach/Sub/Bot) and sOAZ (Positional Coach to Positional Coach/Sub/Top)'s positions are changed in the GCD.[50]
    sOAZ and
    Apollo's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024.[50]
  • September 12,
    sOAZ (Positional Coach) leaves.[51]
  • September 26,
    Dhokla,
    Contractz,
    Palafox, Juves (Coach),
    Chuz (Assistant Coach), and Croissant (LCS Strategic Director) are removed from the GCD.[52]
  • October 1,
    FBI and
    Apollo (Positional Coach) are removed from the GCD.[53]
  • October 31, Thinkcard changes residency from
    NA
    North America
    to
    AME
    Americas
    . Team changes region from
    NA
    North America
    to
    AME
    Americas
    due to Riot reorganizing the regions. Huhi changes residency from
    NA
    North America
    to
    AME
    Americas
    .
  • November 4, Thinkcard (Head Coach) is removed from the GCD.[54]
  • November 12,
    huhi is removed from the GCD.[55]

Player Roster

Former

Players are shown for the entire duration of their tenure on the team, with the role and substitute/trainee status they had upon their departure.

Dates:Approx|Exact
PlayerNameRoleJoinedLeftNext Team
AME

huhiChoi Jae-hyun (최재현)
Support
Dec 20232023-12-04Nov 20242024-11-12DSG
NA

FBIIan Victor Huang
Bot Laner
May 20232023-05-25Oct 20242024-10-01100T
NA

ApolloApollo Price
Sub/Bot
Jun 20242024-06-04Oct 20242024-10-01None
NA

DhoklaNiship Doshi
Top Laner
Apr 20232023-04-06Sep 20242024-09-26NTMR
NA

ContractzJuan Arturo Garcia
Jungler
Apr 20232023-04-06Sep 20242024-09-26SR
NA

PalafoxCristian Palafox
Mid Laner
Apr 20232023-04-06Sep 20242024-09-26SR
NA

ChuzAaron Bland
Sub/Sup
Dec 20232023-12-08Sep 20242024-09-26Retired
EMEA

sOAZPaul Boyer
Sub/Top
Jun 20242024-06-04Sep 20242024-09-12Retired
KR

IgNarLee Dong-geun (이동근)
Support
May 20232023-05-27Nov 20232023-11-29GX
NA

DamonteTanner Damonte
Sub/Mid
May 20232023-05-17Nov 20232023-11-29FLY
NA

ApolloApollo Price
Sub/Bot
Apr 20232023-04-06Nov 20232023-11-20NRG
NA

PoomePhilippe Lavoie-Giguere
Support
Apr 20232023-04-06Jun 20232023-06-12DIG
EMEA

LugerFatih Güven
Bot Laner
Apr 20232023-04-06May 20232023-05-26SUP
NA

QuasDiego Ruiz
Top Laner
Apr 20162016-04-26Aug 20162016-08-12TS
KR

OhqOh Gyu-min (오규민)
Bot Laner
May 20162016-05-13Aug 20162016-08-12SS
NA

mancloudZachary Allan Hoschar
Sub/Mid
Jul 20162016-07-13Aug 20162016-08-12SKY
NA

otterBrian Thomas
Sub/Bot
Mar 20162016-03-09Aug 20162016-08-12RGE
KR

GBMLee Chang-seok (이창석)
Mid Laner
Nov 20152015-11-16Aug 20162016-08-11VIT
NA

KiWiKiDAlan Kieu
Support
Apr 20162016-04-26Aug 20162016-08-11Riot
NA

SantorinLucas Tao Kilmer Larsen
Jungler
Apr 20162016-04-26Aug 20162016-08-10GCU
NA

QwermAlec Warren
Sub/Sup
Mar 20162016-03-09Jun 20162016-06-13P1
KR

ImpactJeong Eon-young (정언영)
Top Laner
Nov 20152015-11-16Apr 20162016-04-26C9
NA

MoonGalen Holgate
Jungler
Nov 20152015-11-16Apr 20162016-04-26TL
NA

KonKwonKevin Kwon (권구혁)
Support
Nov 20152015-11-16Apr 20162016-04-26APX
NA

AltecJohnny Ru
Bot Laner
Nov 20152015-11-16Apr 20162016-04-22C9
NA

CrisCristian Rosales
Sub/Top
Jan 20162016-01-07Mar 20162016-03-08APP
NA

LODBenjamin deMunck
Bot Laner
(+)
(–)
On Loan
Feb 20162016-02-27Feb 20162016-02-28NV
KR

ShrimpLee Byeong-hoon (이병훈)
Sub/Jun
Jan 20162016-01-07Feb 20162016-02-15APX

Player League Participation

Playoff games are NOT included, but regular-season tiebreaker games ARE.

LCS

Player201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024Games
SpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummer
Impact420
Contractz281
Huhi385
Santorin275
KiWiKiD210
Altec195
FBI195
Dhokla142
Palafox138
Quas137
IgNar130
B3nji

112
Galen111
Shrimp94
GBM60
Ohq44
Cris42
Kwon31

Organization

Current

C ID Name Position
Mark Mastrov Co-Owner
Andy Miller Co-Owner
Atlas Gerard Kelly Co-Owner
moconinja Justin Siegel Co-Owner
Ringo Andrew Pruett CEO

Former

C ID Name Position Next Team
mnqcook Andrew Tye Cook, Wellness Coach, & Trainer None
Thinkcard Thomas Slotkin 80Head Coach None
Apollo Apollo Price 80Positional Coach None
Croissant Chris Sun 80LCS Strategic Director None
Chuz Aaron Bland 80Assistant Coach None
Juves Brandon Defina 80Coach None
sOAZ Paul Boyer 80Positional Coach None
Mash Brandon Phan 80Strategic Coach Team Liquid Challengers
Damonte Tanner Damonte 80Positional Coach FlyQuest
Jonathon Jonathon McDaniel League of Legends General Manager None
myra Myra Davis 80Manager Wildcard Gaming
1onz Tom Rahman 80Analyst None
Gunaso André Ferreira 80Analyst None
Rudeclaw Andy Jespersen 80Manager Riot Games Inc.
PsycSummer Summer Scott Esports Psychology Consultant Gold Coin United
Hermit Tadayoshi Littleton 80Head Coach eUnited
KoreanEdelweiss Barry Lee (이권문) Team Manager Retired
Hermes David Tu 80Coach Immortals
Archon Joseph Aguirre Analyst Retired
History Teacher Chad Smeltz 80General Manager Phoenix1
Qwerm Alec Warren 80Analyst Phoenix1
Empyre Naser Al-Naqi Head Analyst Dream Team
Angela Head of Social Media/Content Retired
Aria Personnel Manager/Chef Retired
Shark Charlene Hamm Assistant General Manager Apex Gaming
Charlie Charlie Lipsie 80Head Coach Cloud9

Tournaments

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

Minimum place

NRG Tournament Results - Show Prize as (LocalUSDEuros)
DatePlPrizeEventLast ResultRoster
2024-08-236 LCS 2024 Championship
2 : 3DIG
 Dhokla,  Contractz,  Palafox,  FBI,  huhi,  Thinkcard,  Croissant
2024-08-116 LCS 2024 Summer
2 - 5RR
 Dhokla,  Contractz,  Palafox,  FBI,  huhi,  Thinkcard,  Croissant
2024-03-165 - 6 LCS 2024 Spring Playoffs
2 : 3100
 Dhokla,  Contractz,  Palafox,  FBI,  huhi,  Thinkcard,  Croissant
2024-03-106 LCS 2024 Spring
6 - 8RR
 Dhokla,  Contractz,  Palafox,  FBI,  huhi,  Thinkcard,  Croissant
2023-11-025 - 8$100,125$ 100,125$100,125 Worlds 2023
0 : 3WBG
 Dhokla,  Contractz,  Palafox,  FBI,  IgNar,  Thinkcard,  Croissant
2023-08-201$100,000$ 100,000$100,000 LCS 2023 Championship
3 : 1C9
 Dhokla,  Contractz,  Palafox,  FBI,  IgNar,  Thinkcard,  Croissant
2023-07-215 LCS 2023 Summer
9 - 9RR
 Dhokla,  Contractz,  Palafox,  FBI,  IgNar,  Thinkcard,  Croissant
Total Prize: USD 200,125

As NRG Esports

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

Minimum place

NRG Esports Tournament Results - Show Prize as (LocalUSDEuros)
DatePlPrizeEventLast ResultRoster
2016-08-07NQ NA LCS 2017 Spring Promotion
0 : 3FOX
 Quas,  Santorin,  GBM,  Ohq,  KiWiKiD,  Hermit
2016-07-319 NA LCS 2016 Summer
4 - 14RR
 Quas,  Santorin,  GBM,  ohq,  KiWiKiD,  Hermit
2016-04-175 - 6 NA LCS 2016 Spring Playoffs
0 : 3TL
 Impact,  Moon,  GBM,  Altec,  KonKwon,  Hermit
2016-03-205 NA LCS 2016 Spring
9 - 9RR
 Cris,  Impact,  Shrimp,  Moon,  GBM,  Altec,  LOD,  KonKwon,  Hermit
Total Prize: USD 0

Media

  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2023
  • 2024

See Also

Images

External Links

References

  1. NRG terminates League of Legends team's contracts espn.com
  2. Andrew Miller's Tweet twitter.com
  3. Andrew Miller's Tweet twitter.com
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Sacramento Kings co-owners buy LCS spot, recruit GBM, Impact dailydot.com
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 NRG eSports' Tweet twitter.com
  6. 6.0 6.1 Charlie's Tweet twitter.com
  7. 7.0 7.1 Ember's Tweet twitter.com
  8. 8.0 8.1 Ember's Tweet twitter.com
  9. NRG appoints new CEO, former head of Apple iAd publisher relations espn.go.com
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 Quas, Santorin and KiWiKiD join NRG Esports espn.go.com
  11. 11.0 11.1 NRG's Tweet twitter.com
  12. Empyre's Tweet twitter.com
  13. 13.0 13.1 Qwerm's Tweet twitter.com
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 A Special Thank You nrg.gg
  15. NRG Partners with Logitech G nrg.gg
  16. 16.0 16.1 Lucas Larsen's Tweet twitter.com
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 GBM's Tweet twitter.com
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 KiWi's Tweet twitter.com
  19. 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 Diego Ruiz's Tweet twitter.com
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 Andrew Miller's Tweet twitter.com
  21. NRG's Tweet twitter.com
  22. NRG sells Challenger spot to J2K Esports and Technology thescoreesports.com
  23. NRG to sell LCS Slot nrg.gg
  24. GAM x NRG OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT youtube.com
  25. NRG League's Tweet twitter.com
  26. 26.00 26.01 26.02 26.03 26.04 26.05 26.06 26.07 26.08 26.09 26.10 26.11 26.12 26.13 26.14 NRG Newsletter, April 6th, 2023 nrg.gg
  27. Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2023-04-13; after change - NA - 2023-04-14
  28. 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 NRG' Tweet twitter.com
  29. 29.0 29.1 Rudeclaw's Tweet twitter.com
  30. 30.0 30.1 30.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2023-05-24; after change - NA - 2023-05-25
  31. 31.0 31.1 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2023-05-25; after change - NA - 2023-05-26
  32. 32.0 32.1 NRG's Tweet twitter.com
  33. 33.0 33.1 NRG's Tweet twitter.com
  34. Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2023-05-29; after change - NA - 2023-05-30
  35. 35.0 35.1 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2023-06-11; after change - NA - 2023-06-12
  36. 36.0 36.1 myra's Tweet twitter.com
  37. 37.0 37.1 NRG's Tweet twitter.com
  38. NRG's Tweet twitter.com
  39. 39.0 39.1 39.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2023-11-19; after change - NA - 2023-11-20
  40. 40.0 40.1 Damonte's Tweet twitter.com
  41. 41.0 41.1 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2023-11-28; after change - NA - 2023-11-29
  42. 42.0 42.1 NRG's Tweet twitter.com
  43. Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2023-11-29; after change - NA - 2023-11-30
  44. Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2023-11-30; after change - NA - 2023-12-01
  45. NRG's Tweet twitter.com
  46. 46.0 46.1 NRG's Tweet twitter.com
  47. Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2023-12-03; after change - NA - 2023-12-04
  48. 48.0 48.1 NRG's Tweet twitter.com
  49. Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2024-01-04; after change - NA - 2024-01-05
  50. 50.0 50.1 50.2 50.3 50.4 50.5 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2024-06-03; after change - NA - 2024-06-04
  51. 51.0 51.1 sOAZ's X Post x.com
  52. 52.0 52.1 52.2 52.3 52.4 52.5 52.6 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2024-09-25; after change - NA - 2024-09-26
  53. 53.0 53.1 53.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2024-09-30; after change - NA - 2024-10-01
  54. 54.0 54.1 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2024-11-03; after change - NA - 2024-11-04
  55. 55.0 55.1 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2024-11-11; after change - NA - 2024-11-12
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