Whynot

Whynot
Whynot
Background Information
Name	Raaz Alfassi Berman
Country of Birth	; New Zealand
Birthday	September 23, 2002 (age 23)
Residency	APACAsia Pacific
Prev Residencies	OCEOceania
Competitive
Role	; Jungler
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ;
Competitive IDs	Whynotbefriends, Whynotbefriends
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Raaz "Whynot" Alfassi Berman is a League of Legends esports player, previously jungler for Chiefs Esports Club. He was previously known as Whynotbefriends.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
OCE	⁠⁠Gravitas Academy	Apr 20192019-04-22^[2]	Nov 20192019-11-07^[1]	6mo 15d ejel
OCE	⁠⁠Dire Cubs	May 20202020-05-19^[6]	Nov 20202020-11-16^[5]	5mo 28d ejel
OCE	⁠⁠Legacy Esports	Feb 20212021-02-15^[8]	Nov 20212021-11-21^[7]	9mo 6d ejel
OCE	⁠⁠Pentanet.GG	Jan 20222022-01-16^[10]	Oct 20222022-10-19^[9]	9mo 3d ejel
APAC	⁠⁠Team Bliss	Jan 20232023-01-09^[12]	Nov 20232023-11-20^[11]	10mo 11d ejel
APAC	⁠⁠Team Bliss	Jan 20242024-01-10^[14]	Apr 20242024-04-03^[13]	2mo 24d ejel
APAC	⁠⁠Chiefs Esports Club	Jul 20252025-07-22^[16]	Nov 20252025-11-17^[15]	3mo 26d ejel

	Team	Start	End
OCE	⁠⁠Gravitas Academy	Apr 20192019-04-22^[2]	Nov 20192019-11-07^[1]	6mo 15d ejel
OCE	⁠⁠Dire Cubs	May 20202020-05-19^[6]	Nov 20202020-11-16^[5]	5mo 28d ejel
OCE	⁠⁠Legacy Esports	Feb 20212021-02-15^[8]	Nov 20212021-11-21^[7]	9mo 6d ejel
OCE	⁠⁠Pentanet.GG	Jan 20222022-01-16^[10]	Oct 20222022-10-19^[9]	9mo 3d ejel
APAC	⁠⁠Team Bliss	Jan 20232023-01-09^[12]	Nov 20232023-11-20^[11]	10mo 11d ejel
APAC	⁠⁠Team Bliss	Jan 20242024-01-10^[14]	Apr 20242024-04-03^[13]	2mo 24d ejel
APAC	⁠⁠Chiefs Esports Club	Jul 20252025-07-22^[16]	Nov 20252025-11-17^[15]	3mo 26d ejel

News

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

OCE	⁠⁠GRVA	April 22, Whynotbefriends, Hotchelli, and emelg join.^[2]^[3]^[4] e
OCE	⁠⁠GRVA	November 7, Whynot leaves.^[1] e

OCE	⁠⁠DC	May 19, Zorenous, Whynot, Rhysand, Wayy, Kalroc, Emelg, and Kimchiii join. Sype Nav (Coach) rejoins. Cupcake joins from main roster. Udysof rejoins from main roster. Rickai (Assistant Coach to Coach) changes position.^[6] e
OCE	⁠⁠DC	November 16, Whynot leaves.^[5] e

OCE	⁠⁠LGC	February 15, Winterer, Incursio, styled, and emelg join. Sybol rejoins. Whynot joins as substitute.^[8] e
OCE	⁠⁠LGC	June 6, Winterer, Sybol, Incursio, Styled, emelg, Whynot, and Ceres (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[17] e
OCE	⁠⁠LGC	November 21, Winterer, Sybol, Incursio, styled, emelg, Whynot, Ceres (Coach), Fruitcake (Assistant Coach), Carbon (Head of Esports), and Minkywhale (Brand Ambassador) leave.^[7] e

OCE	⁠⁠PGG	January 16, Whynot is added to the GCD as substitute.^[10] Winterer, Praedyth, and Udysof (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 31 October 2022. Whynot and Incursio's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 1 June 2022.^[10] e
OCE	⁠⁠PGG	January 17, Whynot's joining as substitute is confirmed.^[18] e
OCE	⁠⁠PGG	October 19, Whynot leaves.^[9] e

APAC	⁠⁠F/A	January 1, Whynot changes residency from OCE Oceania to APAC Asia Pacific. e
APAC	⁠⁠TB	January 9, Lived, Whynot, Daystar, leemas, and Benvi join. Beats joins as substitute.^[12] e
APAC	⁠⁠TB	January 10, Lived, Whynot, Daystar, leemas, Benvi, and Beats' contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023. Calvin (Head Coach) and BloodLine (Assistant Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 14 November 2023.^[19] e
APAC	⁠⁠TB	November 20, Lived, Whynot, Daystar, leemas, Akia, Beats, and BloodLine (Assistant Coach) leave.^[11] e

APAC	⁠⁠TB	January 10, BioPanther, Whynot, Haeri, Violet, and Scxtt are added to the GCD. Kevy is added to the GCD as substitute.^[14] BioPanther, Whynot, Haeri, Violet, Scxtt, Kevy, Calvin (Head Coach), and Poltron (Assistant Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024.^[14] e
APAC	⁠⁠TB	January 11, BioPanther, Whynot, Haeri, Violet, and Scxtt's joining is confirmed. Kevy's joining as substitute is confirmed.^[20] e
APAC	⁠⁠TB	April 3, Whynot, Scxtt, and Calvin (Head Coach) leave.^[13] e

APAC	⁠⁠CHF	July 22, Whynot and Slayder join.^[16] e
APAC	⁠⁠CHF	July 23, Whynot, Slayder, Ceres (Head Coach), and Hankay (Analyst)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025.^[21] e
APAC	⁠⁠CHF	November 17, BioPanther, Whynot, JimieN, Slayder, Luon, Ceres (Head Coach), Jellal (Assistant Coach), and hashmashpotato (Analyst) are removed from the GCD.^[15] e

Biography

Trivia

First player in the world to hit Master tier in Season 11.
Known as one of the best players in the Northern region of New Zealand.

Tournament Results

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

Whynot Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-10-03	NQ	LCP 2026 Promotion - Free for All	1 : 3⁠⁠DCG	⁠⁠CHF	BioPanther, Whynot, JimieN, Slayder, Luon, Ceres
2025-08-23	8	LCP 2025 Season Finals	1 : 2⁠⁠SHG	⁠⁠CHF	BioPanther, Whynot, JimieN, Slayder, Luon, Ceres
2024-12-01	1	Oceanic Forge Tournament	3 : 2⁠⁠UMGU	⁠⁠SIRE	Tomasino, Whynot, Kyose, Piglet, kalroc, Asta
2024-02-29	3	LCO 2024 Split 1 Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠ANC	⁠⁠TB	BioPanther, Whynot, Haeri, Violet, Scxtt, Calvin, Poltron
2024-02-21	1	LCO 2024 Split 1	6-1-0⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TB	BioPanther, Whynot, Haeri, Violet, Scxtt, Calvin, Poltron
2023-08-18	7 - 8	PCS 2023 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠CFO	⁠⁠TB	Lived, Whynot, Daystar, leemas, Akia, Calvin, BloodLine
2023-07-30	2	LCO 2023 Split 2 Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠CHF	⁠⁠TB	Lived, Whynot, Daystar, leemas, Akia, Calvin, BloodLine
2023-07-12	1	LCO 2023 Split 2	5-2-0⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TB	Lived, Whynot, Daystar, leemas, Akia, Calvin, BloodLine
2023-04-29	2	LCO 2023 Split 1 Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠CHF	⁠⁠TB	Lived, Whynot, Daystar, leemas, Benvi, Calvin, BloodLine
2023-04-09	7 - 8	PCS 2023 Spring Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠DCG	⁠⁠TB	Lived, Whynot, Daystar, leemas, Benvi, Calvin, BloodLine

Whynot Showmatch Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2022-09-03	2	LCO 2022 Split 2 Playoffs Showmatch	0 : 1⁠⁠AU	⁠⁠NA	Ovilee, Decoy, Shok, Whynot, emelg
2021-03-30	1	LCO 2021 Split 1 Playoffs Showmatch	1 : 0⁠⁠MAC'	⁠⁠NAT'	emelg, Valixas, Whynot, Piglet, Nattea

Media

Post-Match Interviews

2023
2024

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2023-03-15	LCO 2023 Split 1 Playoffs	CHF vs TB

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2024-12-01	Oceanic Forge Tournament	UMGU vs SIRE

Images

TB Whynot, LCO 2023 Split 2
CHF Whynot, LCP 2025 Season Finals

Redirects

The following pages redirect here:

Whynotbefriends

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Whynot's Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Praelus' Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Haeri's Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Decoy's Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Whynot's Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Dire Wolves' Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Kanga Esports' Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Legacy Esports' Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 Whynot's Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 Archive Pages: before change - OCE - 2022-01-15; after change - OCE - 2022-01-16
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Team Bliss' Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 Team Bliss' Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 Team Bliss’ Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 ^14.3 Archive Pages: before change - OCE - 2024-01-09; after change - OCE - 2024-01-10
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 Archive Pages: before change - APAC - 2025-11-16; after change - APAC - 2025-11-17
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 ^16.2 Chiefs Esports Club's X Post x.com
↑ Archive Pages: before change - OCE - 2021-06-05; after change - OCE - 2021-06-06
↑ Pentanet.GG's Tweet twitter.com
↑ Archive Pages: before change - OCE - 2023-01-09; after change - OCE - 2023-01-10
↑ Team Bliss' Tweet twitter.com
↑ Archive Pages: before change - APAC - 2025-07-22; after change - APAC - 2025-07-23

[News/2019-11-03_ref_92-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Whynot's Tweet twitter.com

[News/2019-04-21_ref_18-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Praelus' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2019-04-21_ref_19-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Haeri's Tweet twitter.com

[News/2019-04-21_ref_20-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Decoy's Tweet twitter.com

[News/2020-11-16_ref_146-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Whynot's Tweet twitter.com

[News/2020-05-19_ref_23-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Dire Wolves' Tweet twitter.com

[Kanga_acquires_LGC-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Kanga Esports' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2021-02-15_ref_8-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Legacy Esports' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2022-10-16_ref_55-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 Whynot's Tweet twitter.com

[OCE_GCD_2022-01-16-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 Archive Pages: before change - OCE - 2022-01-15; after change - OCE - 2022-01-16

[News/2023-11-20_ref_15-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Team Bliss' Tweet twitter.com

[Bliss_2023_Jan-12] 12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 Team Bliss' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2024-04-03_ref_12-13] 13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 Team Bliss’ Tweet twitter.com

[OCE_GCD_2024-01-10-14] 14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 ^14.3 Archive Pages: before change - OCE - 2024-01-09; after change - OCE - 2024-01-10

[APAC_GCD_2025-11-17-15] 15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 Archive Pages: before change - APAC - 2025-11-16; after change - APAC - 2025-11-17

[News/2025-07-22_ref_14-16] 16.0 ^16.1 ^16.2 Chiefs Esports Club's X Post x.com

[OCE_GCD_2021-06-06-17] Archive Pages: before change - OCE - 2021-06-05; after change - OCE - 2021-06-06

[News/2022-01-17_ref_13-18] Pentanet.GG's Tweet twitter.com

[OCE_GCD_2023-01-10-19] Archive Pages: before change - OCE - 2023-01-09; after change - OCE - 2023-01-10

[News/2024-01-11_ref_25-20] Team Bliss' Tweet twitter.com

[APAC_GCD_2025-07-23-21] Archive Pages: before change - APAC - 2025-07-22; after change - APAC - 2025-07-23

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