scarra

scarra
Retired
scarra
Background Information
Name	William Li
Country of Birth	; United States
Birthday	November 25, 1989 (age 31)
Residency	NANorth America
Competitive
Role	; Streamer
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	priscent, cesuna, Shrimpter
Social Media & Links

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠Rock Solid	≈Nov 2010≈2010-11-??	Sep 20112011-09-22	≈10mo 21d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dignitas	Sep 20112011-09-22^[2]	Oct 20142014-10-02^[1]	3yr 10d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG	Oct 20142014-10-31^[4]	Apr 20152015-04-17^[3]	5mo 17d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG Black	≈May 2015≈2015-05-??	≈Sep 2015≈2015-09-??	≈4mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Delta Fox	Jun 20172017-06-02^[5]	Aug 20172017-08-31	2mo 29d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Meme Stream Team	Nov 20172017-11-18	Nov 20172017-11-24	6d	Pickup Team ejel
NA	⁠⁠Meme Stream Team	Nov 20182018-11-24	Dec 20182018-12-01	7d	Pickup Team ejel

	Team	Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠Rock Solid	≈Nov 2010≈2010-11-??	Sep 20112011-09-22	≈10mo 21d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dignitas	Sep 20112011-09-22^[2]	Mar 20142014-03-25^[7]	2yr 6mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dignitas	Mar 20142014-03-25^[7]	Oct 20142014-10-02^[1]	6mo 8d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG	Oct 20142014-10-31^[4]	Apr 20152015-04-17^[3]	5mo 17d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG Black	≈May 2015≈2015-05-??	≈Sep 2015≈2015-09-??	≈4mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Delta Fox	Jun 20172017-06-02^[5]	Aug 20172017-08-31	2mo 29d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Meme Stream Team	Nov 20172017-11-18	Nov 20172017-11-24	6d	Pickup Team ejel
NA	⁠⁠Meme Stream Team	Nov 20182018-11-24	Dec 20182018-12-01	7d	Pickup Team ejel

News

2010
2011
2014
2015
2017
2018

NA

⁠

⁠RS

November (approx.), ⁠

⁠Rock Solid is formed.
Voyboy,
Naryt,
scarra,
Rambo, Araragi, and samtheham join. Th3RaT joins as substitute.

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NA	⁠⁠RS	September 22, Rock Solid transfers its roster to Team Dignitas. Voyboy, Jatt, scarra, imaqtpie, L0cust, and Rambo leave. e
NA	⁠⁠DIG	September 22, Voyboy, Jatt, scarra, Imaqtpie, and L0cust join.^[2] e

NA	⁠⁠DIG	March 25, Goldenglue joins. scarra (Mid to Coach/Sub/Mid) changes position.^[7] e
NA	⁠⁠DIG	October 2, scarra (Coach) leaves.^[1] e
NA	⁠⁠CLG	October 31, scarra (Head Coach) joins.^[4] e

NA	⁠⁠CLG	April 17, scarra (Head Coach) leaves.^[3] e
NA	⁠⁠CLB	May (approx.), Scarra joins. Rakin joins as substitute. e
NA	⁠⁠CLB	September (approx.), Huhi joins. Scarra leaves. e

NA	⁠⁠DFX	June 2, Dyrus, scarra, Voyboy, imaqtpie, Shiphtur, and MarkZ (Head Analyst) join.^[5]^[6] e
NA	⁠⁠DFX	August 31, ⁠⁠Delta Fox is disbanded. Dyrus, scarra, Voyboy, imaqtpie, Shiphtur, Fragnat1c, and Based Yoona's contracts expire. MarkZ (Head Analyst) leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠MSDT	November 18, Voyboy, Dyrus, Shiphtur, Imaqtpie, and scarra join as a pick-up team for Tyler1 Championship Series 2017. The team will be considered disbanded at the tournament's conclusion on November 24. e
NA	⁠⁠MSDT	November 24, Team is disbanded following the conclusion of Tyler1 Championship Series 2017. Voyboy, Dyrus, Shiphtur, Imaqtpie, and scarra leave. e

NA	⁠⁠MSDT	November 24, Voyboy, Nightblue3, Shiphtur, Imaqtpie, and scarra join as a pick-up team for Tyler1 Championship Series 2018. The team will be considered disbanded at the tournament's conclusion on December 1. e
NA	⁠⁠MSDT	December 1, Team is disbanded following the conclusion of Tyler1 Championship Series 2018. Voyboy, Nightblue3, Shiphtur, Imaqtpie, and scarra leave. e

Biography[edit]

Scarra hails from Houston, Texas in the USA. He began playing League of Legends unprofessionally prior to Season One.

Season 1[edit]

Scarra immediately demonstrated potential, securing rank 3 in the solo queue ladder by playing 23
Katarina games, where he was able to achieve a record of 22 wins and only 1 loss.

In early November 2010, Scarra helped form Rock Solid along with Naryt, Rambo, Voyboy, Araragi, samtheham, and Th3RaT. With that lineup, Scarra was able to place third at the Newegg Winter Wanfest 2010. ^[8]

After some shuffling in the roster of Rock Solid, Scarra discovered L0cust and invited him to join the team, knowing L0CUST as an old mage player from scarra's World of Warcraft server. With the revamped Rock Solid lineup, Scarra and his team posted admirable results, placing well in several ESL Go4LoL weekly cups. The team was also known for incorporating unconventional picks such as Katarina into their lineup.

On July 18, 2011, Scarra, along with Rock Solid, was able to qualify for IEM Season VI - Global Challenge New York, beating out Team God Mode in Round 2 and, in a surprising upset, taking out Counter Logic Gaming in the finals of the IEM New York qualifying tournament.

Pre-Season 2[edit]

On September 22, 2011, Scarra and Rock Solid were picked up by Team Dignitas.^[9] Team Dignitas was looking for a new League of Legends team to sponsor after disbanding of its European-based team. Now with financial sponsorship, Scarra was able to attend IEM Season VI - Global Challenge New York, where his team took fifth/sixth place, failing to advance from the group stage but defeating Team SoloMid.

After being picked up and sponsored by his new team, Scarra and Team Dignitas were able to quickly establish themselves as one of the premier North American League of Legends teams, taking out Epik Gamer 2-1 in the IGN Proleague Season 3 - Atlantic City on October 9, 2011, as well as beating out Curse Gaming and Counter Logic Gaming Prime in 2-0 series during the quarterfinals and semifinals. Scarra was once again able to take first place in the Rampage King of The Hill Series, edging out Team SoloMid 2-1, but fell to TSM soon afterwards in MLG Providence, taking home third place.^[10]

Season 2[edit]

Starting off Season 2 strongly, Scarra was able to place third in the IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Kiev, taking out SK Gaming 2-1 but falling to Team SoloMid in the semifinals.^[11]

Returning back to America shortly afterwards, Scarra and Team Dignitas were among the eight premier North American teams invited to the LoLPro.com Curse Invitational, where they posted one of their strongest showings yet. The team took out RFLX Gaming 2-0 in the first round, eliminated Epik Gamer 2-0 in the semifinals, and ultimately defeated Counter Logic Gaming Prime 2-1 in the grand finals, securing a trip to the Curse Gaming headquarters in the process. Dignitas ultimately took the grand prize of $20,000 after defeating Curse 2-0.

Once again looking to achieve success on an international level, Scarra attended IEM Season VI - World Championship in Hanover. His team made an amazing run during group play, taking first place in the group with four wins and only a single loss, defeating Counter Logic Gaming Prime, Team ALTERNATE, Millenium and against All authority, and only dropping a game to FnaticRC.^[12] Scarra's success carried over to the semifinals, where he was able to take out aAa once again 2-0 before falling in the grand finals 2-0 to Moscow 5.^[13]

Coming home to the United States, Scarra attended IGN Proleague Season 4 - Las Vegas on April 6, 2012, where he was found as one of the heavy favorites going in. The tournament started out very well for scarra and Team Dignitas, as they were able to beat up-and-coming team Monomaniac 2-1 in the first round, and defeating another strong favorite for the tournament, Counter Logic Gaming Prime, 2-1 in the second round. During this tournament Scarra played an unorthodox Soraka mid, alongside Voyboy's surprise Lulu top pick. Unfortunately, Team Dignitas fell short 2-1 against Team SoloMid in the fourth round, and were ultimately eliminated by Counter Logic Gaming Prime 2-0 in the loser's bracket, their surprise team composition was banned out in both of these series.

On June 6, 2012, Scarra attended the MLG Pro Circuit - Spring Championship with a newly reformed Dignitas, having their top laner Voyboy be replaced by former Curse player Crumbzz. Despite having a new roster, Scarra and Team Dignitas performed exceptionally well, going undefeated until the winner bracket finals, beating the likes of Team Green Forest, Team Dynamic, and Counter Logic Gaming Prime. Dignitas' run was finally stopped after they were knocked out of the winner bracket finals by Team SoloMid, bringing them down to play against Counter Logic Gaming Prime once again where they fell 2-0, taking home 3rd place.^[14]

Following the MLG tournament Scarra and the rest of Dignitas moved to Korea to compete in Azubu The Champions Summer 2012. Dignitas did not make it out of the Group Stage.^[15] Scarra moved back to the United States shortly after this.

When he got back to the United States he and the team won back-to-back online tournaments with first place finishes in Solomid NA Invitational 5 and IGN ProLeague Elites.

Scarra and the rest of Team Dignitas competed in back to back Major LAN events near the end of the August with MLG Summer Championship and Season Two/Regional Finals - Seattle where he and Dignitas took home second at both tournaments.^[16]^[17]^[18]

Season 3[edit]

Due to their top three finish at the Season 2 North American Regionals, Dignitas qualified to compete in Riot's new professional league, Season 3 League Championship Series, facing off in a 10 week competition against eight of the continent's best teams and players. Dignitas started off the season in an extremely strong fashion going an undefeated 11-0 in the first half of the it, with scarra being a pivotal playmaker. Throughout the rest of the weeks, the team entered a slump and eventually dropped to third place entering the playoffs. The Season 3 LCS Spring Playoffs took place in April, with scarra and company going against dark horse Good Game University in a best of three in the first round. GGU upset the heavily favored Dignitas by winning 2-1. This meant scarra's team was sent to relegation matches to win back their LCS spot at the Season 3 LCS Summer Promotion. In strong performances reminiscent of their early season successes, Team Dignitas was able to conquer Team Summon 3-1 and ensure their spot in the summer season.

The team also competed in the 2013 MLG Winter Championship, participating in the international exhibition. Dignitas went against top European contender Gambit Gaming, but was unable to take a game off the Russian players, losing 2-0.

NA LCS All Stars[edit]

In April 2013, scarra was publicly voted as the NA LCS mid-lane All-Star with over 50% of the vote, allowing him to play for the North America LCS team and compete in All-Star Shanghai 2013 against other regions' All-Star teams. Coming into the event, North America was viewed as one of the weakest teams attending. Their first match was against the China LPL All Stars, and despite solid performances, the NA LCS was unable to take a game, losing 2-0. They went on to face their sibling LCS team, the Europe LCS All-Stars, and in an intense and exciting two games, scarra with his teammates won 2-0. Winning against Europe placed them versus heavy favorite Korean OGN Champions, where they were handily eliminated 2-0. Scarra took home to the states his experience learned in the hectic international event.^[19]

2015 Preseason[edit]

On December 10, CLG was fined $10,000 by Riot after being found guilty of poaching Scarra from Dignitas. Additionally, Scarra would be prohibited from serving the position of being CLG's head coach for the first three weeks of the spring LCS, and CLG would have to find a different head coach to fill that role for that period of time.^[20] Scarra coached CLG for the last 6 weeks of the NA LCS Summer Split, and the team finished in third place with a 12-6 record. After a sixth-place playoff finish, scarra left the team. He played for CLG Black in the summer season qualifier, but after defeating Maelstrom, they were forced to switch out starting AD carry Stixxay for Frost and then lost to both Cloud9 Tempest and Magnetic, missing out on the NACS summer season.

Trivia[edit]

Known for the quote, "His team are here tomorrow, big?"
- The original phrase is "Your team are have tomorrow, big?"^[21] but the community has adopted the "here" version
- At IEM New York, Carmac, playing a character he calls "Uszat," asked Scarra this nonsensical question in a thick eastern European accent, pretending to not understand English. HotShotGG was in on the joke.
He is a former chess player.
His favorite champion is
Katarina.^[22]
- He is known for playing her in solo queue as well as competitively and is also known for the phrase "Getting the reset", referring to Katarina's Voracity passive.
On Beyond The Rift, he later said that his favorite champion is
Lee Sin, and plays him whenever the champion is up and he's playing jungle.
Majored in Economics at at Texas A&M University.^[23]
His commentaries on stream are popularly considered informative and helpful.
Part of the emo subculture in middle school, William would use screen names such as "Scarred4Lyfe" for games. Growing past the stage, William changed his gamer handle to "Scarred", but decided the connotations were still too negative. He subtituted the suffix -ed with -a, resulting in "scarra", which he has been known as since.^[24]^[25]
The "Pris" from his alternate ID "Priscent" is a reference to the popular MMORPG "Priston Tale". William was inspired to add the "cent" to his alternate ID after pulling a coin out of his pocket.^[24]
scarra admits to playing worse when he doesn't empty his pockets during a state of nervousness.
Dislikes top lane a lot for its unpredictability and snowball potential
The playlist that he streams with consists of classic and contemporary video game soundtracks.
His current playlist consists of TV and movie soundtracks and video game music.
scarra is also infamous for his Meta-Breaking AP
Soraka Mid (using whom he was once able to achieve a Quadra-kill).
Brushes nicknamed "scarra brush" after failing to ward over walls was caught on stream and highlighted.^[26]
At the age of seven, Scarra was able to make a nine-year-old kid cry when he beat him in Pokemon Trading Card Game using his Magikarp deck.
Dislikes professional wrestling such as WWF/WWE.
Was Dignitas' representative in the Riot/Studio Mir Road to the Cup anime cinematic.
Gragas was his empowering champion, in reference to the Drunk Scarra parody.

Tournament Results[edit]

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

Scarra Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2020-02-18	9 - 16	Twitch Rivals Streamer Showdown	0 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠PMA	Riste, manco1, Scarra, Yvonnie, Natsumiii
2019-01-23	3	Twitch Rivals NA 2019 January	2 : 0⁠⁠FOR	⁠⁠SAT	BoxBox, Scarra, Seanic, Locodoco, Starsmitten
2018-11-24	5 - 8	Tyler1 Championship Series 2018	1 : 2⁠⁠GG	⁠⁠MSDT	Voyboy, Nightblue3, Shiphtur, Imaqtpie, scarra
2018-09-08	1	NA LCS 2018 Summer Playoffs - Showmatch	1 : 0⁠⁠THRO	⁠⁠MSDT	Voyboy, Scarra, Yassuo, Imaqtpie, Shiphtur
2018-09-01	3	Gift the Rift 2018	0 : 1⁠⁠POKI	⁠⁠KAYP	Heisendong, Scarra, Kaypea, Imaqtpie, Sheviii2k
2017-11-24	2	Tyler1 Championship Series 2017	1 : 2⁠⁠MLGB	⁠⁠MSDT	Voyboy, Dyrus, Shiphtur, Imaqtpie, scarra
2017-07-13	6	NACS 2017 Summer	0 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DFX	Dyrus, Scarra, Voyboy, Imaqtpie, Shiphtur
2015-06-16	NQ	NACS 2015 Summer Qualifier	0 : 2⁠⁠IMG	⁠⁠CLB	Lourlo, Thinkcard, Scarra, Stixxay, Frost, i KeNNy u
2015-04-19	5 - 6	NA LCS 2015 Spring Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠TL	⁠⁠CLG	ZionSpartan, Xmithie, Link, Doublelift, aphromoo, scarra
2015-03-29	3	NA LCS 2015 Spring	12 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠CLG	Benny, ZionSpartan, Xmithie, Link, Doublelift, aphromoo, Zikzlol, scarra

Scarra 1v1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Prize	Team	Last Result
2011-04-18	2	Solomid 1v1 Open First Blood			1-2 Reidan

Media[edit]

2017
2019

November 20, Three standout players from Group A of Tyler1 Championship Series by Michael Lee on The Game Haus
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July 16, Scarra on Dignitas’ return to LCS: “As an org, they were known to be one of the worst orgs to play for in the league. Although the fans loved DIG, every single fan loved the players, they didn’t love the org” with Izento on Esports Heaven
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October 2, Scarra takes over Travis's interview, talks TFT and facing DisguisedToast, Dog, Hafu, and more with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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December 10, Scarra explains why he's worried for Riot's new card game, his crazy Vegas adventure with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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December 19, carra talks about the future of League of Legends, Riot Games and esports with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2014-04-19	NA LCS 2014 Spring Playoffs	DIG vs CST	Link
2014-01-25	NA LCS 2014 Spring	EG vs DIG	Link
2013-08-17	NA LCS 2013 Summer	DIG vs CLG	Link
2013-07-11	NA LCS 2013 Summer	VES vs DIG	Link
2013-07-01	NA LCS 2013 Summer	DIG vs VES	Link
2013-05-12	NA LCS 2013 Summer Promotion	DIG vs TS	Link
2013-03-31	NA LCS 2013 Spring	MRN vs DIG	Link
2013-03-21	NA LCS 2013 Spring	CLG vs DIG	Link
2013-02-27	NA LCS 2013 Spring	GGU vs DIG	Link
2013-02-21	NA LCS 2013 Spring	DIG vs CLG	Link
2013-02-14	NA LCS 2013 Spring	DIG vs MRN	Link