Overview
James "Torok" Thomsen is a League of Legends esports personality, previously head coach for Nightbirds.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ≈Apr 2018≈2018-04-?? | ≈Jun 2018≈2018-06-?? | ≈2mo | ejel | ||
| | Jul 20182018-07-03[2] | Aug 20182018-08-27[1] | 1mo 24d | ejel | ||
| | Nov 20182018-11-21[3] | Dec 20182018-12-19 | 28d | ejel | ||
| | ≈Nov 2018≈2018-11-?? | Jan 20192019-01-19[4] | ≈1mo 25d | ejel | ||
| | Jan 20192019-01-26[6] | Oct 20192019-10-27[5] | 9mo 1d | ejel | ||
| | Aug 20192019-08-21[8] | Aug 20192019-08-25[7] | 4d | On Loan ejel | ||
| | Oct 20192019-10-27[10] | Dec 20192019-12-18[9] | 1mo 22d | ejel | ||
| | Jan 20202020-01-26[12] | Mar 20202020-03-27[11] | 2mo 1d | ejel | ||
| | Mar 20202020-03-27[14] | Apr 20202020-04-10[13] | 14d | ejel | ||
| | Jun 20202020-06-01[16] | Sep 20202020-09-02[15] | 3mo 1d | ejel | ||
| | Oct 20202020-10-08[18] | Oct 20212021-10-20[17] | 1yr 12d | ejel | ||
| | Sep 20212021-09-30[19] | Oct 20212021-10-20[17] | 20d | On Loan ejel | ||
| | Jan 20222022-01-04[21] | Nov 20222022-11-18[20] | 10mo 14d | ejel | ||
| | May 20232023-05-19[23] | Jan 20242024-01-01[22] | 7mo 13d | ejel | ||
| | Jan 20242024-01-01[22] | Apr 20242024-04-19[24] | 3mo 18d | ejel | ||
| | Jun 20242024-06-04[26] | Oct 20242024-10-18[25] | 4mo 14d | ejel | ||
| | Jul 20242024-07-24[29] | Nov 20242024-11-27[27] | 4mo 3d | ejel | ||
| | Jul 20252025-07-01 | Oct 20252025-10-19[30] | 3mo 18d | ejel |
| Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | ≈Apr 2018≈2018-04-?? | ≈Jun 2018≈2018-06-?? | ≈2mo | ejel | ||
| | Jul 20182018-07-03[2] | Aug 20182018-08-27[1] | 1mo 24d | ejel | ||
| | Nov 20182018-11-21[3] | Dec 20182018-12-19 | 28d | ejel | ||
| | ≈Nov 2018≈2018-11-?? | Jan 20192019-01-19[4] | ≈1mo 25d | ejel | ||
| | Jan 20192019-01-26[6] | Mar 20192019-03-29[31] | 2mo 3d | ejel | ||
| | Mar 20192019-03-29[31] | Oct 20192019-10-27[5] | 6mo 29d | ejel | ||
| | Aug 20192019-08-21[8] | Aug 20192019-08-25[7] | 4d | On Loan ejel | ||
| | Oct 20192019-10-27[10] | Dec 20192019-12-18[9] | 1mo 22d | ejel | ||
| | Jan 20202020-01-26[12] | Mar 20202020-03-27[11] | 2mo 1d | ejel | ||
| | Mar 20202020-03-27[14] | Apr 20202020-04-10[13] | 14d | ejel | ||
| | Jun 20202020-06-01[16] | Sep 20202020-09-02[15] | 3mo 1d | ejel | ||
| | Oct 20202020-10-08[18] | Oct 20212021-10-20[17] | 1yr 12d | ejel | ||
| | Sep 20212021-09-30[19] | Oct 20212021-10-20[17] | 20d | On Loan ejel | ||
| | Jan 20222022-01-04[21] | Nov 20222022-11-18[20] | 10mo 14d | ejel | ||
| | May 20232023-05-19[23] | Jan 20242024-01-01[22] | 7mo 13d | ejel | ||
| | Jan 20242024-01-01[22] | Apr 20242024-04-19[24] | 3mo 18d | ejel | ||
| | Jun 20242024-06-04[26] | Oct 20242024-10-18[25] | 4mo 14d | ejel | ||
| | Jul 20242024-07-24[29] | Nov 20242024-11-27[27] | 4mo 3d | ejel | ||
| | Jul 20252025-07-01 | Oct 20252025-10-19[30] | 3mo 18d | ejel |
News
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025
| | April (approx.), Torok (Analyst) joins. | |
| | June (approx.), Torok (Analyst) leaves. | |
| | July 3, Torok (Head Coach) joins.[2] | |
| | August 27, Roster disbands. Egospeed, Praevius, Stern Rowboat, Aethér, Viggo, and Torok (Head Coach) leave.[1] | |
| | November 21, Eragon, Batu, Émilio, Flirt, Viggo, CastielMid (Coach), and Torok (Coach) join.[3] | |
| | November (approx.), Torok (Coach) joins. | |
| | December 19, Eragon, Batu, Flirt, Viggo, CastielMid (Coach), and Torok (Coach) leave. |
| | January 19, Dragflick and CastielMid (Head Coach) join. Aeore (Head Coach to Manager) changes position. Torok (Coach) leaves.[4] | |
| | January 26, Zatari (Head Coach), Torok (Assistant Coach), and Ninjaroni (Analyst) join.[6] | |
| | March 29, Torok (Assistant Coach to Head Coach) changes position. Zatari (Head Coach) leaves.[31] | |
| | August 21, Torok (Coach) is loaned from Barrage.[8] | |
| | August 25, Torok (Coach)'s loan from Barrage ends.[7] | |
| | October 27, Torok (Head Coach) leaves.[5] | |
| | October 27, Torok (Head Coach) joins.[10] | |
| | November 25, Torok (Head Coach) is allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.[32] | |
| | December 18, Torok (Head Coach) leaves.[9] |
| | January 26, Mortysporty, Cree, and Torok (Head Coach) join.[12] | |
| | March 27, Torok (Head Coach) leaves.[11] | |
| | March 27, Torok (Strategic Coach) joins.[14] | |
| | April 10, Torok (Strategic Coach) leaves.[13] | |
| | June 1, Flaxxish, Vrow, TakeSet, Only35, and Torok (Head Coach) join. Vayu leaves.[16] | |
| | September 2, Flaxxish, Skude, Gaaloul, Only35, and Torok (Head Coach) leave.[15] | |
| | October 8, Alexx, Dragane, Zamulek, Joo, and Kiao (Assistant Coach) join. Flaxxish and Torok (Head Coach) rejoin.[18] |
| | September 30, JDG, Music, Mishigu, and Benaset join. Torok (Head Coach) is loaned from Team Singularity.[19] | |
| | October 20, Torok (Head Coach)'s loan from Team Singularity ends.[17] | |
| | October 20, Torok (Head Coach) leaves.[17] |
| | January 4, EMENES, Zamulek, Kikis, and Torok (Head Coach) are added to the GCD. Kryze is added to the academy roster in the GCD.[21] Kryze, Kikis, and Torok (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022. EMENES and Zamulek's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024.[21] | |
| | January 7, Omar joins as substitute. Kryze, EMENES, Zamulek, Kikis, and Torok (Head Coach)'s joining is confirmed. Dan will remain with the team for 2022.[33][34] | |
| | November 18, Kryze, Dan, Mrozku, Venzer, FGG, Tofu, Torok (Head Coach), and YaLEN (Assistant Coach) leave.[20] | |
| | November 18, Torok changes residency from Europe to EMEA. |
| | May 19, Asza, Abagnale, and Torok (Head Coach) join. SMEAG (Head Coach to Head of Performance) changes position.[23] |
| | January 1, | |
| | April 19, Torok (Head Coach) leaves.[24] | |
| | June 4, eXyu, Ablazeolive, Instinct, ido (Assistant Coach), TauPiPhi (Analyst), and Torok (Positional Coach) join.[26] | |
| | July 24, Torok (Coach) joins.[29] | |
| | October 18, Torok (Positional Coach) leaves.[25] | |
| | November 27, Slayer, Time, and Torok (Coach) leave.[27][28] |
| | July 1, Torok (Head Coach) joins. SyLees (Head Coach to Assistant Coach) changes position. Stealshot (Assistant Coach) leaves. | |
| | July 14, Strode and Torok (Head Coach)'s joining is confirmed. SyLees (Head Coach to Assistant Coach)'s position changing is confirmed. Stealshot (Assistant Coach)'s departure is confirmed.[35] | |
| | October 19, SyLees (Assistant Coach to Head Coach) changes position. Torok (Head Coach) leaves.[30] |
Biography
Torok is a professional League of Legends coach from the United Kingdom. He played Command & Conquer 3, Red Alert 3, and StarCraft II on his introduction to gaming, and soon turned to League of Legends in season 5.
He began coaching in the summer of 2018.
Trivia
- Is half-British and half-Danish.
- Graduated with a Politics and International Studies degree from the University of Warwick.
- Founded a discord server called Chronicle Remix (CRX) when he was 15 that helped foster competitive teams for in-house scrims and tournaments before making the jump to coaching.
Tournament Results
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| Torok Tournament Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Event | Last Result | Team | Roster |
| 2025-10-25 | 3 - 4 | TEC Season 4 | | bobista, adi1, STANIK, Strode, Peto, Torok, SyLees, Phantomles | |
| 2025-09-24 | NQ | EM 2025 Summer LCQ | | bobista, adi1, STANIK, Strode, Peto, Torok, SyLees, Phantomles | |
| 2025-09-13 | Q | TEC Season 4 Qualifier 2 | | bobista, adi1, STANIK, Strode, Peto, Torok, SyLees, Phantomles | |
| 2025-08-29 | 3 | Hitpoint Masters 2025 Summer Playoffs | | bobista, adi1, STANIK, Strode, Peto, Torok, SyLees, Phantomles | |
| 2025-08-12 | 2 | Hitpoint Masters 2025 Summer | 6 - 1 | | bobista, adi1, STANIK, Strode, Peto, Torok, SyLees, Phantomles |
| 2025-08-03 | 1 | Sky Masters Season 3 | | bobista, Kulvas, adi1, STANIK, DVLK, Strode, Peto, Torok, SyLees, Phantomles | |
| 2024-11-16 | 1 | Iberian Cup 2024 | | Slayer, Time, Feisty, Aetinoth, Lospa, Torok | |
| 2024-08-01 | NQ | EM 2024 Summer LCQ | | R4VEN, Peach, Feisty, Aetinoth, seaz, Torok | |
| 2024-07-24 | 6 | LVP SL 2024 Summer Playoffs | | R4VEN, Peach, Feisty, Aetinoth, seaz, Torok | |
| 2024-04-09 | 1 | PRM 2nd Division 2024 Spring Playoffs | | Shikari, Dan, Scarlet, Vzz, Pyrka, Torok | |
| Torok Showmatch Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Event | Last Result | Team | Roster |
| 2020-07-17 | 2 | UK vs BLX Showmatch 2020 | | Chemera | |
Media
Post-Match Interviews
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-27 | NLC 2021 Spring | vs | Link |
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-10 | NLC 2022 Spring | vs | Link |
| 2022-01-12 | NLC 2022 Spring | vs | Link |
| 2022-01-19 | NLC 2022 Spring | vs | Link |
| 2022-01-26 | NLC 2022 Spring | vs | Link |
| 2022-02-09 | NLC 2022 Spring | vs | Link |
| 2022-02-14 | NLC 2022 Spring | vs | Link |
| 2022-03-02 | NLC 2022 Spring | vs | Link |
| 2022-03-14 | NLC 2022 Spring Playoffs | vs | Link |
| 2022-05-30 | NLC 2022 Summer | vs | Link |
| 2022-06-08 | NLC 2022 Summer | vs | |
| 2022-06-13 | NLC 2022 Summer | vs | Link |
| 2022-06-27 | NLC 2022 Summer | vs | |
| 2022-06-29 | NLC 2022 Summer | vs | |
| 2022-07-27 | NLC 2022 Summer | vs | |
| 2022-08-08 | NLC 2022 Summer Playoffs | vs | Link |
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-21 | PRM 2nd Division 2023 Summer | vs | |
| 2023-07-04 | PRM 2nd Division 2023 Summer | vs | |
| 2023-07-18 | PRM 2nd Division 2023 Summer | vs |
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-16 | PRM 2nd Division 2024 Spring | vs | Link |
| 2024-01-23 | PRM 2nd Division 2024 Spring | vs | Link |
| 2024-02-02 | PRM 2nd Division 2024 Spring | vs | Link |
| 2024-02-06 | PRM 2nd Division 2024 Spring | vs | Link |
| 2024-02-23 | PRM 2nd Division 2024 Spring | vs | Link |
| 2024-03-04 | PRM 2nd Division 2024 Spring | vs | Link |
| 2024-03-26 | PRM 2nd Division 2024 Spring Playoffs | vs | Link |
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-20 | Hitpoint Masters 2025 Summer | vs | Link |
| 2025-07-27 | Hitpoint Masters 2025 Summer | vs | Link |
Images
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bulldog Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Torok's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Hybrid eSports' Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 mCon esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Greek Legends' Post facebook.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Welcome coaches & staff! youtube.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Obnoxious Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Obnoxious Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Torok's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Greek Legends' Post facebook.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Kenty's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Bifrost announces the League of Legends lineup 2020 teambifrost.gg
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Torok's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Kenty's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Parting ways with our League of Legends team teamsingularity.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Team Singularity's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 Torok's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 League of Legends Roster Announcement teamsingularity.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Bifrost's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 EXCEL's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2022-01-03; after change - EU - 2022-01-04
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 Spinebusters E-Sport's Tweet (German) twitter.com
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 RNL ROAR's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Torok's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Torok's X Post x.com
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Fear x Starforge's X Post x.com
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 GIANTX's X Post (Spanish) x.com
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 GIANTX's X Post (Spanish) x.com
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 GIANTX's X Post (Spanish) x.com
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 Torok's X Post x.com
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 Barrage Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Torok's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ EXCEL's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ EXCEL's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Nightbirds' X Post x.com
