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Snake Esports was a Chinese competitive League of Legends team.
History[]
2013 Season[]
Snake Esports was formed on September 11 in 2013. Initially with only 1 team.
2014 Season[]
In April of 2014 Snake's two teams, Snake.Q and Snake.S merged into one team. The line-up consisted of Flandre, Reborn, Copy (now BAKA), F4n2Fan (now kRYST4L) and CoLiN. The team got 2nd place at the International Esports Tournament 2014 and after a good performance finished 2nd in the 2014 LSPL Summer Season. Despite a great LSPL performance, Snake got knocked out in Group Stage #1 of the X Championship S1 and placed 5th-8th in 4 consecutive tournaments.
2015 Season[]
Because of their LSPL placement, Snake qualified for the 2015 LPL Spring Split. The team immediately impacted the Chinese league and was consistent throughout the entire regular split. They finished 2nd with 10 wins, 10 draws and 2 losses. In the Playoffs Snake narrowly defeated Team King 3-2 in the Quarterfinals but lost to LGD Gaming in an 0-3 sweep during the Semifinals and then lost the third-place match 1-3 against Invictus Gaming. The 2015 LPL Summer Split wasn't much better for Snake as the team finished 4th during the regular season with 7 wins, 10 draws and 5 losses. Despite their worse regular season finish, Snake did qualify for the Playoffs but got knocked out in the 4th round after a 1-3 loss to LGD Gaming. Earning enough points to attend the China Regional Finals 2015, Snake tried to qualify for Worlds there but couldn't win a single game and lost 0-2 to EDward Gaming in Round 1 of the Winner's Bracket and 0-3 to Qiao Gu Reapers in Round 1 of the Loser's Bracket. This ended Snake's 2015 season.
2016 Season[]
In the 2016 Season, Snake acquired Tank and moved Zzr to starting jungler after Beast left the team. With a slightly different roster, Snake entered the 2016 LPL Spring Split with decent expectations. The team had a solid regular season and finished 3rd with 10 wins and 6 losses. This would place them in Round 1 of Bracket A against Invictus Gaming. Despite their poor results vs IG in 2015, Snake managed to sweep them 3-0 and moved on to face EDward Gaming in the Quarterfinals. They however got swept themselves 0-3 which ended their playoffs run and put them in 5th-6th place. In the regular season of the Summer Split, Snake finished 2nd in their group. Qualifying for the playoffs, they finished 5th-6th after a 1-3 loss to I May. Earning the right to attend the China Regional Finals 2016 for China, Snake would play two brutal five game Bo5s in one day. Despite their 3-2 win over Vici Gaming, they fell 2-3 to Team WE and could not qualify for Worlds. During the off-season they also earned a 3rd-4th place finish at the finals of the 2016 Demacia Cup. They lost 2-3 to I May in the semifinals. They also finished 3rd at NEST 2016 after a 1-2 loss to LGD Gaming.
2017 Season[]
Snake's 2017 Season was even worse than the previous year. They finished the 2017 LPL Spring Season 5th place in their group and had to attend the Promotion Tournament. They defeated Vici Gaming 3-0 to keep their LPL spot. Their 2017 Demacia Cup performance wasn't very good as well and they finished 13th-20th after a 1-2 loss to Red Wolf Gaming. In the Summer Season Snake finished 4th in their group and barely made the playoffs. They however lost 0-3 to Newbee in the first round and were quickly eliminated which ended their 2017 season.
2019 Season[]
In January, Li-Ning purchased Snake Esports.[1]
Trivia[]
- Nominated the Best Team in China LoL of the Year Awards 2015 and China LoL of the Year Awards 2016.
- Nominated the Most Improved Team in China LoL of the Year Awards 2016.
- Infamous for playing two full consecutive best-of-five series in the same day at the China Regional Finals 2016 (3-2 win against Vici Gaming, 2-3 loss against Team WE), which Chinese fans name the incident as "Team Snake's Best-Of-Ten" (蛇队BO10).
Timeline[]
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- September 11,
Snake Esports is formed.[2]
- January (approx.), Jun (Head Coach) joins.
- April 27,
Martin rejoins from academy roster.[6] - May 1, Chief (Coach) joins.
- May 16,
U joins.
ZZR joins as substitute.
BAKA moves to substitute.[7][8] - July (approx.),
ZZR moves to starting roster. - November (approx.), KenZhu (Head Coach) joins.
- December 29,
TANK joins.
Jia joins as substitute.
U moves to substitute.
CoLiN leaves.[9] - December 30,
BAKA becomes inactive.
Beast leaves.[10]
- January (approx.),
F and
zqd join as trainees. - February 8,
Tom joins as substitute.
Jia moves from substitute to trainee.[11] - April (approx.),
zqd leaves. - April 15,
Tom leaves.[12] - May (approx.),
nanzhu joins as substitute. - May 15,
JieZou joins.[13] - May 18,
SofM joins as trainee.[14] - May 19,
F,
JUG03, and
Jia move to substitutes.[15] - May 23,
U leaves.[16] - June (approx.),
Ella moves to substitute. - June 5,
SofM moves to starting roster.
Zzr moves to substitute. - June 19, SofM is fined one month's salary for using inappropriate language during a ranked match.[17]
- September (approx.),
nanzhu leaves. - December 12,
Ohq joins.[18] - December 15,
Zzitai joins.[19] Zzitai renames to Zz1tai. - December 17,
JieZou retires.[20] - December 18,
Mint and
Mo join.
Martin becomes inactive.
F,
JUG03,
BAKA,
Ella,
Jia, Jun (Head Coach), and Sad (Coach) leave.[21][22]
- February (approx.),
Mo moves to substitute. - March 9, kRYST4L (Bot to Support) changes position.
- May 19,
Tank and
Martin leave.[23][24] - July 5, Chief (Coach) leaves.
- July 16,
Guoguo and
Hudie join. - July 28, kRYST4L (Support to Bot) changes position.
- October 25,
Ohq leaves.[25] - October 30,
Light joins as trainee.[26] - December 21,
Zz1tai and
Mint leave.
Mo leaves for academy roster.[27][28]
- February 24, SofM changes residency from SEA to Vietnam.
- March (approx.),
DDB joins as substitute. - March 18,
Light moves to starting roster. - May 5,
kRYST4L becomes inactive. - May 22,
Maestr0 joins.
Gyu joins as substitute.
kRYST4L becomes active.
DDB and
Zzr leave.[29][30] - May 25, Chris (Coach) joins.[31]
- June 27,
Light and
Maestro's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.
Gyu's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2019.[32] - September 18, Chris (Coach) leaves.[33]
- November 19,
Guoguo's contract expires.[34] - December 17,
Danchung and
Asura join.
Andy joins from academy roster.
kRYST4L and
Hudie become inactive.
Gyu leaves.
Light leaves for academy roster.
Guoguo's departure is confirmed.[35] Danchung renames to Mala. - December 21,
Andy,
Mala, and
Asura's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[36]
- March 6,
Fenfen joins.[37]
Fenfen's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[38] - April 9,
Mala is removed from the GCD.[39] - May 20,
kRYST4L leaves.[40] - May 21, Snake Esports rebrands as LNG Esports.[41][42]
Flandre,
SofM,
Andy,
Fenfen,
Asura,
Hudie,
Maestro, and KenZhu (Head Coach) leave.
Mala's departure is confirmed.[43][44]
Player Roster[]
Former[]
| R | C | ID | Name | Role | Next Team | Joined | Left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flandre | Li Xuan-Jun (李炫君) | Top |  LNG Esports |
2014-04-25 | 2019-05-21 | ||
| SofM | Lê Quang Duy | Jungle | LNG Esports |
2016-05-18 | 2019-05-21 | ||
| Andy | Zhang Jie (张捷) | Mid |  LNG Academy |
2018-12-17 | 2019-05-21 | ||
| Fenfen | Huang Chen (黄琛) | Mid | LNG Esports |
2019-03-06 | 2019-05-21 | ||
| Mala | Yang Hyeon-jong (양현종) | Mid |  Team Dynamics |
2018-12-17 | 2019-05-21 | ||
| Asura | Lu Qi (卢麒) | Bot | LNG Esports |
2018-12-17 | 2019-05-21 | ||
| Hudie | Liu Yan-Zhu (刘彦住) | Support |  Oh My God |
2017-07-16 | 2019-05-21 | ||
| Maestro | Hu Jian-Xin (胡建鑫) | Support | LNG Esports |
2018-05-22 | 2019-05-21 | ||
| kRYST4L | Yang Fan (杨藩) | Bot | Oh My God |
2014-04-25 | 2019-05-20 | ||
| Guoguo | Zeng Jun-Li (曾俊力) | Mid |  Oh My Dream |
2017-07-16 | 2018-12-17 | ||
| Light | Wang Guang-Yu (王光宇) | Bot |  WuDu |
2017-11-17 | 2018-12-17 | ||
| Gyu | Gong Yi-Xiong (龚毅雄) | Sub/Mid |  Snake WuDu |
2018-05-22 | 2018-12-17 | ||
| DDB | Ding Yu-Bo (丁于波) | Sub/Jun |  Invictus Gaming Young |
2018-03-?? | 2018-05-22 | ||
| Zzr | Zeng Zhan-Ran (曾湛然) | Sub/Jun |  Retired |
2015-05-16 | 2018-05-22 | ||
| Zz1tai | Liu Zhi-Hao (刘志豪) | Mid |  Royal Never Give Up |
2016-12-15 | 2017-12-21 | ||
| Mint | Wan Kun (万坤) | Bot |  Victorious Gaming |
2016-12-18 | 2017-12-21 | ||
| Mo | Cai Bo (蔡波) | Support | WuDu |
2016-12-18 | 2017-12-21 | ||
| Ohq | Oh Gyu-min (오규민) | Bot | Retired |
2016-12-12 | 2017-10-25 | ||
| Tank | Park Dan-won (박단원) | Mid | Young Glory |
2015-12-29 | 2017-05-19 | ||
| Martin | Tan Qi (谭琦) | Bot |  Vici Gaming |
2015-04-27 | 2017-05-19 | ||
| F | Li Hao-Feng (李豪峰) | Sub/Top |  Shadow Cream |
2016-05-19 | 2016-12-18 | ||
| JUG03 | Xie Jin (谢劲) | Sub/Jun | Retired |
2016-05-19 | 2016-12-18 | ||
| BAKA | Lu Fan (陆凡) | Sub/Mid | Oh My Dream |
2014-04-25 | 2016-12-18 | ||
| Ella | Kwak Na-hoon (곽나훈) | Sub/Sup |  Ever8 Winners |
2014-12-07 | 2016-12-18 | ||
| Jia | Peng Jia-Wei (彭佳伟) | Sub/Sup | Retired |
2015-12-29 | 2016-12-18 | ||
| JieZou | Xia Heng (夏衡) | Support | Retired |
2016-05-15 | 2016-12-17 | ||
| U | Zeng Long (曾龙) | Mid | Retired |
2015-05-16 | 2016-05-23 | ||
| Tom | Im Jae-hyeon (임재현) | Jungle |  Newbee Young |
2016-02-08 | 2016-04-15 | ||
| Beast | Kim Joo-hyun (김주현) | Jungle |  Dark Wolves |
2014-12-07 | 2015-12-30 | ||
| CoLiN | Cao Hai (曹海) | Sub/Sup |  Caster |
2014-04-25 | 2015-12-29 | ||
| Reborn | Liu Yuan (刘源) | Sub/Jun | Retired |
2014-04-25 | ????-??-?? | ||
| Sad | Liang Wei (梁伟) | Sub/Sup |  Coach |
????-??-?? | ????-??-?? | ||
| AXE | Kong Yuan-Cheng (孔元成) | Top | Retired |
????-??-?? | ????-??-?? | ||
| Yangzy | Li Yang (李洋) | Jungle |  Snake.S |
????-??-?? | ????-??-?? | ||
| Lucifer | Wu Yu-Guo (邬裕国) | Mid |  All Gamers |
????-??-?? | ????-??-?? |
Player League Participation[]
LPL
| Player | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Games | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer Placements | Summer | ||
| Flandre |  | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | |  | | 631 | |||||||
| Ella | | | | | 130 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Beast | | | 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Viod | | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Martin | | | | | | 103 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| U | | | | | 102 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SofM | | | | | | | |  | | | |  | | 515 | ||||||||||||
| Zz1tai |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | 357 | ||||||||||||
| Ohq | | | 49 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 394 | ||||||||||||
| Maestro | | | | | | | 126 | |||||||||||||||||||
| GYX | | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asura | | | | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Organization[]
Former[]
| C | ID | Name | Role | Next Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shuang Quan (爽全) | Founder & CEO | LNG Esports
| ||
| Zuo Wu (左雾) | Manager | None | ||
| chowoo | Cao Yu (曹宇) | Manager | None | |
| Stan | Wang Miao (王淼) | Manager | LNG Esports
| |
| KenZhu | Zhu Kai (朱开) | Head Coach | LNG Esports
| |
| Chris | Siu Keung (蕭強) | Coach | Invictus Gaming
| |
| Chief | Park Sang-bum (박상범) | Coach |  Winners
| |
| Jun | Chen Lin-Jun (陈林俊) | Head Coach |  Si Yi Xuan E-Sport
| |
| Sad | Liang Wei (梁伟) | Coach |  VC Gaming
|
Tournaments[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| Snake Esports Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros) | |||||
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| Date | Pl | Prize | Event | Last Result | Roster |
| 2019-04-26 | 9 - 16 | NEST 2019 | Flandre, SofM, Fenfen, Asura, Maestro | ||
| 2019-03-31 | 12 | LPL 2019 Spring | 5 - 10  RR | Flandre, SofM, Mala, Andy, fenfen, Asura, Maestro, KenZhu | |
| 2018-09-02 | 5 | LPL 2018 Summer - West | 7 - 12 RR | Flandre, SofM, Guoguo, Gyu, kRYST4L, Hudie, Light, Maestro, Chris | |
| 2018-06-03 | 7 - 8 | Demacia Cup 2018 Summer | Flandre, SofM, Guoguo, Light, Maestro | ||
| 2018-04-14 | 5 - 6 | ¥200,000$ 31,584.59€ 26,037.09 | LPL 2018 Spring Playoffs | Flandre, SofM, Guoguo, kRYST4L, Hudie, Zhu Kai | |
| 2018-04-08 | 2 | LPL 2018 Spring - West | 12 - 7 RR | Flandre, SofM, Guoguo, kRYST4L, Light, Hudie, Zhu Kai | |
| 2018-01-07 | 2 | ¥300,000$ 46,200€ 38,400 | Demacia Championship 2017 | Flandre, SofM, Guoguo, kRYST4L, Hudie | |
| 2017-11-19 | 4 | NEST 2017 | Flandre, SofM, Zz1tai, kRYST4L, Light, Hudie | ||
| 2017-09-22 | Q | NEST 2017 Qualifiers | |||
| 2017-09-01 | 7 - 8 | LPL 2017 Summer Playoffs | Flandre, SofM, Zz1tai, Guoguo, kRYST4L, Hudie | ||
| Total Prize: CNY 500,000 • USD 0 | |||||
As Snake.Q[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| Snake.Q Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Prize | Event | Last Result | Roster |
| 2014-12-09 | 5 - 8 | Demacia Cup Season 2 | Flandre, Reborn, Beast, Copy, F4n2Fan, CoLiN, Ella | ||
| 2014-12-07 | 5 - 8 | NESO 2014 | zhuwang, NanTx, BAKA, kRYST4L, CoLiN | ||
| 2014-11-07 | 5 - 8 | G-League 2014 | Flandre, Reborn, BAKA, F4n2Fan, CoLiN | ||
| 2014-11-02 | 5 - 8 | ¥10,000$ 1,630€ 1,310 | NEST 2014 | Flandre, Reborn, BAKA, F4n2Fan, CoLiN | |
| 2014-08-29 | Q | NEST 2014 Qualifiers | 2 : 0  ST C | Flandre, Reborn, BAKA, F4n2Fan, CoLiN | |
| 2014-08-14 | 2 | ¥100,000$ 16,200€ 12,100 | LSPL 2014 Summer | 9-5-1 RR | Flandre, Reborn, Copy, F4n2Fan, CoLiN |
| 2014-08-06 | 15 - 21 | X Championship Season I | |||
| 2014-06-08 | 1 | ¥100,000$ 15,900€ 11,700 | TGA Grand Prix 2014 Summer | ||
| 2014-04-29 | 2 | ¥7,000$ 1,118.33€ 809.93 | International Esports Tournament 2014 - Amateur | 1 - 1 RR | |
| Total Prize: CNY 217,000 • USD 0 | |||||
Images[]
Snake Esports' logo (2013-2016)
Snake's 2015 LPL Summer Roster
Media[]
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- November 14, Snake: Ready to shed some skin by , and on LoL Esports
- February 11, Success based in limitation: the rise of Fnatic and Snake by , and on The Score
- February 11, Is Snake the real deal? by , and on LoL Esports
- May 29, With or Without U: the obstacles in Snake's LPL climb by , and on The Score
- November 8, The 2014 LSPL rivalry that never was by Kelsey Moser on The Score
- March 26, A creative team: Snake Esports' manager shares his thoughts on his team, the LPL and the importance of scrims by Kelsey Moser on The Score
- May 24, Snake's manager ZuoWu on RNG's run at MSI and why the LPL has more commercial success than the LCK with Kelsey Moser on The Score
Links[]
References[]
- ↑ PentaQ's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ Snake's Tencent Weibo Post (Chinese) t.qq.com
- ↑ Snake Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) t.qq.com
- ↑ Snake Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) p.t.qq.com
- ↑ Snake Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) t.qq.com
- ↑ Snake Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) t.qq.com
- ↑ Snake Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) p.t.qq.com
- ↑ Snake reveals summer roster; includes U and ZZR thescoreesports.com
- ↑ 2016赛季LPL春季赛战队大名单汇总 (Chinese) (Chinese) lol.qq.com
- ↑ Snake Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ Snake Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ Tom on Swift and why he left QG lol.duowan.com
- ↑ Snake Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) m.weibo.cn
- ↑ Liên Minh 360 (Vietnamese) lienminh360.vn
- ↑ Finalized LPL rosters bbs.ngacn.cc
- ↑ U's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ Snake Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ Ohq选手正式加盟Snake Esports (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ Zzitai手正式加盟Snake Esports (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ Snake Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ Snake Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ Snake Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ Ex-Longzhu Crash and ex-Snake Martin join Vici Gaming esports.yahoo.com
- ↑ TANK parts ways with Snake Esports, joins Young Glory esports.yahoo.com
- ↑ Ohq's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Snake's weibo post weibo.com
- ↑ Snake Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ Snake Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ Snake Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ Snake Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ chowoo's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - CN - 2018-06-26; after change - CN - 2018-06-27
- ↑ Chris' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - CN - 2018-11-18; after change - CN - 2018-11-19
- ↑ Snake Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - CN - 2018-12-08; after change - CN - 2018-12-21
- ↑ Snake Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - CN - 2019-03-03; after change - CN - 2019-03-06
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - CN - 2019-04-08; after change - CN - 2019-04-09
- ↑ Snake Esports' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ PentaQ's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ WanPlus' Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ OMG's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ OMG's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com