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| Org Location | United States | ||||
| Team Location | United States | ||||
| Region | North America | ||||
| Sponsor | NOS Energy Drink PWR Clothing TechBargains iBUYPOWER LoL-Class.com Razer | ||||
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Team Vulcun was a North American eSports Team which formed in February 2013 to compete in Riot Games' Season 3 NA League Championship Series. In October 2013, the team reformed as XDG Gaming.
The team competed under the name Vulcun TechBargains, in representation of their sponsor, TechBargains.
History[]
Season 3[]
Team Vulcun was a North American Professional League of Legends team that was formed on February 2 2013, after acquiring the roster of Team FeaR. Along with the announcement of the team's new name, they also announced their two subs, ScubaChris and MasteR of LoL.
On April 23 2013, BloodWater replaced Muffinqt as Team Vulcun's Support.
On May 2 2013, it was officially announced the Team Vulcun would play under the name Vulcun TechBargains in representation of their new sponsor, TechBargains.
After they acquired BloodWater, Team Vulcun's game increased to another level having a true dedicated shotcaller and went on to place 5th in the NA LCS Spring Season. At the NA LCS Spring Playoffs, they went on to place 3rd, securing their spot in the NA LCS Summer Season.
During the NA LCS Summer Season, despite a somewhat shaky beginning, Vulcun hit their stride starting middle of the season, becoming a dominant team in the league. They ended the season with a great record of 20-8, placing 2nd only after the dominant Cloud 9, ensuring them a bye at NA LCS Summer Playoffs and their spot for Season 4 Spring season. Vulcun faced TSM in the semifinals but lost 2-0 in the set, sending them to fight Team Dignitas for a 3rd place finish. The team's strong game bested dig, making them the last NA team to qualify for a coveted spot at the Season 3 World Championship.
At the S3 Championship, Vulcun would be placed into a tough group and came out extremely strong, surprising much of the crowd and win their first game against top European seed, Fnatic in convincing fashion. They would be unable to continue strong through the rest of the group stage and finish 4th in the group, not advancing to the Quarterfinals and would end up 12th at the tournament.
New Team Name[]
It was announced in October 2013 that Team Vulcun would continue playing post-Season 3 but reformed as XDG Gaming.
Timeline[]
- 2013
- February 2,
Team Vulcun acquires 
Team FeaR.
Sycho Sid,
Xmithie,
mancloud,
Zuna, and
Muffinqt join.
MasteR of LoL and
ScubaChris join as substitutes.[1] - April 3,
BloodWater joins.
Muffinqt leaves.[2] - April 18, PWR Clothing becomes a sponsor.[3]
- May 2, TechBargains becomes a sponsor.[4]
- May 3, iBUYPOWER becomes a sponsor.[5]
- June 14, Razer becomes a sponsor.[6]
- June 17,
Nickwu joins as substitute.[7] - July 16,
ROBERTxLEE joins as substitute.[8] - July 21, LoL-Class becomes a sponsor.[9]
- October 16, Team Vulcun renames to
XDG Gaming.
Sycho Sid,
Xmithie,
mandatorycloud,
Zuna,
BloodWater,
Nickwu,
MasteR of LoL,
ScubaChris, and
ROBERTxLEE leave.[10]
Player Roster[]
Team Vulcun Season 3 World Championship Roster
Left to Right: mandatorycloud, Xmithie, BloodWater, Sycho Sid, Zuna
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.
| Player | Name | Role | Joined | Left | Next Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sycho Sid | Benny Hung | Top Laner | Feb 20132013-02-02 | Oct 20132013-10-16 |  XDG | ||
| Xmithie | Jake Kevin Puchero | Jungler | Feb 20132013-02-02 | Oct 20132013-10-16 | XDG | ||
| mandatorycloud | Zachary Allan Hoschar | Mid Laner | Feb 20132013-02-02 | Oct 20132013-10-16 | XDG | ||
| Zuna | Christopher Buechter | Bot Laner | Feb 20132013-02-02 | Oct 20132013-10-16 | XDG | ||
| BloodWater | Lyubomir Spasov | Support | Apr 20132013-04-03 | Oct 20132013-10-16 | XDG | ||
| Nickwu | Nicholas Wu Smith | Sub/Top | Jun 20132013-06-17 | Oct 20132013-10-16 | XDG | ||
| MasteR of LoL | Joshua Webb | Sub/Jun | Feb 20132013-02-02 | Oct 20132013-10-16 | XDG | ||
| ScubaChris | Christopher Lee | Sub/Jun | Feb 20132013-02-02 | Oct 20132013-10-16 | XDG | ||
| ROBERTxLEE | Robert Lee | Sub/Bot | Jul 20132013-07-16 | Oct 20132013-10-16 | XDG | ||
| Muffinqt | Jacob Lowry | Support | Feb 20132013-02-02 | Apr 20132013-04-03 |  Retired |
Player League Participation[]
LCS
| 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 | ||
| Xmithie | | | |  | | | | |  |  | | | | | | 382 | |||||||||
| Mancloud | | | |  |  |  | 99 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Benny | | | | | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Zuna | | | | 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Organization[]
| ID | Name | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gnomesayin | Christina Laird | Team Manager | |
| Kenma | Kenneth Buechter | Team Coach |
Tournaments[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| Team Vulcun Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros) | |||||
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| Date | Pl | Prize | Event | Last Result | Roster |
| 2013-10-04 | 11 - 12 | $30,000$ 30,000€ 21,900 | Worlds Season 3 | 3 - 5  RR | Sycho Sid, Xmithie, mancloud, Zuna, BloodWater |
| 2013-09-01 | 3 | $15,000$ 15,000€ 11,340 | NA LCS 2013 Summer Playoffs | Sycho Sid, Xmithie, mancloud, Zuna, BloodWater | |
| 2013-08-16 | 2 | NA LCS 2013 Summer | 20 - 8 RR | Sycho Sid, Xmithie, mancloud, Zuna, BloodWater | |
| 2013-04-28 | 3 | $15,000$ 15,000€ 11,505 | NA LCS 2013 Spring Playoffs | Sycho Sid, Xmithie, mancloud, Zuna, BloodWater | |
| 2013-04-19 | 5 | NA LCS 2013 Spring | 12 - 16 RR | Sycho Sid, Xmithie, mancloud, Zuna, Muffinqt, BloodWater | |
| Total Prize: USD 60,000 | |||||
Highlight Videos[]
Interviews[]
- June 6 - Hi, I'm Kenma coach for team Vulcun, AMA with Reddit
- June 24 - Rift Talk #2 - Kenneth "Kenma" Buechter (video) with Rift Talk
See Also[]
External Links[]
- Vulcun Team Profile on lolesports.com
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Team FeaR now Team Vulcun! Also, sub announcement inside. reddit.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Vulcun welcome Lyubomir “BloodWater” Spasov to the team vulcun.com
- ↑ Announcing a new partnership! PWR Clothing! vulcun.com
- ↑ Vulcun announces partnership with Techbargains vulcun.com
- ↑ Vulcun Techbargains are proud to announce a new partnership with iBUYPOWER! vulcun.com
- ↑ Razer welcomes Team Vulcun! razerzone.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Gnomesayin Twitter Post twitter.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Gnomesayin Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ VulcunCommand Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.9 Vulcun New Name Reddit Post reddit.com