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Org Location | North America | ||||
Region | North America | ||||
Sponsor | Surrender@20 LoL Movies Game4Glory GungHo Smattox Designs League of Legends HQ | ||||
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Velocity eSports is a North American esports organization that was founded in March 2013 around their League of Legends team after their departure from the Dirt Nap Gaming organization.
History[]
Season 3[]
Velocity eSports was formed in March 2013 after the original lineup left the Dirt Nap Gaming organization. The remaining members felt, due to several roster changes, that they needed a new image to portray them.[1] Their first tournament appearance was in the 2013 MLG Dallas Summer Promotion Tournament.
On May 11 2013, during the LCS Summer Promotion, Velocity eSports beat former NA LCS Team, Team MRN, 3-2 thus qualifying for the Summer Season of North American LCS.
On Week 5 of the NA LCS Summer Season, ecco moved from Sub to become the Mid laner, moving Vileroze to Top Lane and Cris to Sub. On Week 8, Vileroze announced that Top Lane wasn't working out for him and quit the team, moving Cris back to Top Lane, the team went on to have a 1-2 record for the week.
The Summer season in LCS was not great for Velocity, even though winning their first game in a convincing fashion but were left throughout the season with poor performances. The roster changes did not help the team to adjust and they would eventually end the season last place with a record of 5-23, still able to keep hopes alive for Season 4 to win their spot back in the Spring Promotion.
In September, it was announced that ecco would leave the team as their mid laner, having Velocity change their roster by moving frommaplestreet to mid and picking up new player Slackoh for AD. After executing this roster change, Velocity eSports took part in the North American Challenger League, with two fellow LCS teams up for relegation, Team Curse and Team Coast, as well as 7 of the top Challenger teams in North America. The new roster changes, however, didn't prove to be enough to help the team break their losing spell. Velocity had a disappointing showing in the NACL, sitting in last place 7 weeks in with a record of 5-15. In mid-November, news broke that Velocity would be releasing their entire roster, citing that both the management and the players were tired and frustrated of being unable to "win consistently on any stage" they competed in, and that some of their members were at the point where they would rather quit than continue to lose.[2]
Following the release of the Velocity eSports roster, it was announced that Denial eSports.East would temporarily stand-in for Velocity for the remaining matches of the North American Challenger League.[3] Although it was stated that Velocity would be finding a new group of players to represent the Velocity brand in the upcoming relegation tournament, speculation immediately started about whether or not Velocity would sell their spot in the North American LCS to a different organization. Heated debate followed on Reddit, with a rumor spreading that Evil Geniuses had purchased Velocity's North American LCS spot, and that they intended on transferring the majority of their current roster to a new "EG.NA" team, with a few members staying behind in Europe for the formation of a new "European Superteam", which had already been rumored for quite some time.[4] Sure enough, the rumors proved to be true. One month after the release of the Velocity eSports starting roster, it was announced that Snoopeh, Yellowpete and Krepo of Evil Geniuses would be transferring to Velocity, being joined by Pobelter, formerly of Team Curse, and Innox, formerly of Napkins in Disguise. It was also stated that the Velocity eSports brand would be changed to the Evil Geniuses brand, effectively importing EG from Europe to North America. As an organization is forbidden from owning more than one team in the League Championship Series, regardless of region, the team holding the Evil Geniuses spot in the European LCS will compete under the name Alliance, an organization with strong ties to Evil Geniuses, both brand names being owned by the same person.[5]
Timeline[]
- 2013
- March 10,
Velocity eSports is formed by the roster of
Dirt Nap Gaming.
Cris,
Nk Inc,
PR0LLY,
frommaplestreet,
Evaniskus, and guitarasaurus (Chief Operating Officer & Manager) join.
FallenBandit,
dx30, and
울지마 join as substitutes.[6] - April 2,
PR0LLY leaves.[7] - April 24,
잘 못 joins as substitute.[8] - April 25,
Vileroze joins.[9] - June 3,
Ecco joins.
nothinghere and
Gleebglarbu join as substitutes.
FallenBandit,
dx30, and
울지마 leave.[10] - July 18, Vileroze (Mid to Top) changes position.
- July 30,
Vileroze leaves.[11] - August (approx.),
잘 못 leaves. - September 3,
Slackoh joins. frommaplestreet (Bot to Mid) changes position.
ecco leaves.[12][13] - October 1, Slackoh (Bot to Mid) and frommaplestreet (Mid to Bot) change positions.
- November 11,
frommaplestreet moves to substitute.[14] - November 12,
Velocity eSports is disbanded.
Cris,
Nk Inc,
Slackoh,
Evaniskus,
Frommaplestreet,
nothinghere,
Gleebglarbu, and guitarasaurus (Chief Operating Officer & Manager) leave.[15]
Player Roster[]

Velocity eSports' S3 NA LCS Summer Split Initial Starting Lineup
Left to Right: Evaniskus, NK Inc, Vileroze, frommaplestreet, Cris
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 | ||
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Cris | Cristian Rosales | Top Laner | Mar 20132013-03-10 | Nov 20132013-11-12 | ![]() | ||
Nk Inc | Andrew Erickson | Jungler | Mar 20132013-03-10 | Nov 20132013-11-12 | ![]() | ||
Slackoh | Sean Ricky Paul | Mid Laner | Sep 20132013-09-03 | Nov 20132013-11-12 | ![]() | ||
Evaniskus | Evan Stevens | Support | Mar 20132013-03-10 | Nov 20132013-11-12 | ![]() | ||
Frommaplestreet | Ainslie Wyllie | Sub/Bot | Mar 20132013-03-10 | Nov 20132013-11-12 | ![]() | ||
nothinghere | Gabriel Charbonneau | Sub/Bot | Jun 20132013-06-03 | Nov 20132013-11-12 | ![]() | ||
Gleebglarbu | Nicolas Haddad | Sub/Sup | Jun 20132013-06-03 | Nov 20132013-11-12 | ![]() | ||
ecco | Tyler Spesick | Mid Laner | Jun 20132013-06-03 | Sep 20132013-09-03 | ![]() | ||
잘 못 | Albert "Sun" Zheng | Sub/Top | Apr 20132013-04-24 | ≈Aug 2013≈2013-08-?? | ![]() | ||
Vileroze | Joseph Bourassa | Top Laner | Apr 20132013-04-25 | Jul 20132013-07-30 | ![]() | ||
FallenBandit | Kevin Wu | Sub/Top | Mar 20132013-03-10 | Jun 20132013-06-03 | ![]() | ||
dx30 | Wil Levine | Sub/Sup | Mar 20132013-03-10 | Jun 20132013-06-03 | ![]() | ||
울지마 | Christopher Chung | Sub/Sup | Mar 20132013-03-10 | Jun 20132013-06-03 | ![]() | ||
PR0LLY | Neil Hammad | Mid Laner | Mar 20132013-03-10 | Apr 20132013-04-02 | ![]() |
Temporary Subs[]
ID | Name | Role | Replacing | Tournament | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1Goal1Dream | Manuel Germain | Mid | IPL Summer Promotion Qualifier |
Player League Participation[]
LCS
Player | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Games | ||||||||||||
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Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | ||
Maplestreet | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 49 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Cris | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | 42 |
Organization[]
Former[]
C | ID | Name | Position | Next Team |
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SondeSC | Alex Ledoux | Chief Executive Officer | None | |
guitarasaurus | Brian Cordry | Chief Operating Officer/Manager | ![]() | |
Studio | Christopher Grant | Coach | None |
Tournaments[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Velocity eSports Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros) | |||||
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Date | Pl | Prize | Event | Last Result | Roster |
2013-11-21 | 7 - 10 | $1,000$ 1,000€ 720 | North American Challenger League | 5 - 21 ![]() | Cris, Nk Inc, frommaplestreet, Slackoh, Evaniskus |
2013-09-14 | 3 | $150$ 150€ 112.5 | ggLA Challenger Arena #5 | Cris, Nk Inc, frommaplestreet, Slackoh, Evaniskus | |
2013-08-16 | 8 | NA LCS 2013 Summer | 5 - 23 ![]() | Cris, Nk Inc, Vileroze, ecco, mapléstreet, Evaniskus | |
2013-06-08 | 2 | $2,500$ 2,500€ 1,875 | NESL Pro Series Season 6 | Cris, Nk Inc, Vileroze, frommaplestreet, Evaniskus | |
2013-05-12 | Q | NA LCS 2013 Summer Promotion | Cris, Nk Inc, Vileroze, mapléstreet, Evaniskus | ||
2013-04-24 | 2 | Razer League of Legends Challenge | Cris, Nk Inc, Vileroze, frommaplestreet, Evaniskus | ||
2013-03-24 | 3 | We Will Do It Ourselves Cup | Cris, Nk Inc, PR0LLY, frommaplestreet, dx30, Evaniskus | ||
2013-03-09 | 2 | $5,000$ 5,000€ 3,800 | MLG 2013 Winter - Summer Promotion Qualifier | Cris, Nk Inc, PR0LLY, frommaplestreet, Nisker | |
Total Prize: USD 8,650 |
Media[]
- 2013
- March 10, Introducing Velocity eSports by Velocity eSports on YouTube
- March 16, MLG 2013 League of Legends: Team Velocity Victorious! with EpicPleasure on YouTube
- March 17, LCS Week 5 (MLG Dallas) - Velocity's Pr0lly + Evaniskus "We have a strong rivalry with Cloud9" with Bron Mitchell on YouTube
- June 19, Vileroze: Balancing family and pro gaming by Riot Games on YouTube
- July 25, Velocity talks Better Communication, Going 2-0 and Olive Garden with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- August 2, LCS Week 8 Day 1 VES Ecco & Cris "[Against C9], I think we're just gonna give it our best" with Julian Collins on YouTube
- November 12, Velocity eSports announces roster change [Archived] with Jason Wai on LoL Esports
See Also[]
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ I'd like to start with a thank you... dirtnapgaming.com
- ↑ Team Status Update velocityesports.com
- ↑ Denial eSports temporaily subbing for Velocity in the NACL ongamers.com
- ↑ Evil Geniuses Possibly Buying Velocity's North American LCS Qualifier Spot? newsoflegends.com
- ↑ Alliance lineup announced, Evil Geniuses North American lineup confirmed ongamers.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 Introducing Velocity eSports velocityesports.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 coL.LoL Announces Changes complexitygaming.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 BoxBox Joins Velocity eSports as a sub velocityesports.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Vileroze becomes new mid player for Velocity eSports! velocityesports.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 Velocity Announces Subs velocityesports.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Vileroze Twitter announcement twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 hi im ecco~ former mid of velocity reddit.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Team Update velocityesports.com
- ↑ frommaplestreet Twitter post twitter.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8 Team Status Update velocityesports.com