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dshao
CLD zig 2019 SG
Background Information
NameDerek Shao
Country of Birth
Canada
BirthdaySeptember 15, 1994 (age 29)
Residency
NA
North America
Competitive
Role
Top Laner
Favorite Champs


Competitive IDszig
Soloqueue IDsLiquid zig, hie
Social Media & Links
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Derek "dshao" Shao is a League of Legends esports player, previously top laner for Bogged. He was previously known as zig.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes
Dates:Approx|Exact
TeamStartEnd
NA
UnRestricted eSportslogo stdunRestricted eSports
≈Jun 2011≈2011-06-??≈Jul 2011≈2011-07-??≈1mo
ejel
NA
Logo stdJust Your Average Joes
≈Jan 2012≈2012-01-??≈Jan 2012≈2012-01-??≈2mo
ejel
NA
Monomaniac eSportslogo stdMonomaniac eSports
Mar 20122012-03-23Apr 20122012-04-24[1]1mo 1d
ejel
NA
Team Dynamiclogo stdTeam Dynamic
Apr 20122012-04-24[3]Oct 20122012-10-25[2]6mo 1d
ejel
NA
Pulse Esportslogo stdPulse Esports
Jan 20132013-01-14Feb 20132013-02-02[4]19d
ejel
NA
Dignitaslogo stdDignitas
Feb 20132013-02-03[6]Apr 20132013-04-06[5]2mo 3d
ejel
NA
Nexus Gaminglogo stdNexus Gaming≈Nov 2013≈2013-11-??≈Dec 2013≈2013-12-??≈1mo
ejel
NA
Team Curselogo stdTeam Curse
≈May 2014≈2014-05-??Jan 20152015-01-06[7]≈8mo 5d
ejel
NA
Team LoLPrologo stdTeam LoLPro
≈Aug 2014≈2014-08-21≈Aug 2014≈2014-08-24≈3d
ejel
NA
Robert Morris University Illinoislogo stdRobert Morris Uni.
Oct 20142014-10-18[8]≈May 2015≈2015-05-??≈6mo 14d
ejel
NA
Team Liquid Academylogo stdTL Academy
Jan 20152015-01-16[10]May 20162016-05-05[9]1yr 3mo
ejel
NA
Team Liquidlogo stdTeam Liquid
Jan 20162016-01-04[11]Mar 20162016-03-082mo 4d
ejel
NA
Phoenix1logo stdPhoenix1
May 20162016-05-26[13]Nov 20172017-11-20[12]1yr 5mo
ejel
NA
OpTic Gaminglogo stdOpTic Gaming
Dec 20172017-12-18[15]Mar 20182018-03-23[14]3mo 5d
ejel
NA
Golden Guardians Academylogo stdGG Academy
Apr 20182018-04-23[17]May 20192019-05-28[16]1yr 1mo
ejel
NA
ANEW Esportslogo stdANEW Esports
Jul 20192019-07-13[19]Apr 20202020-04-22[18]9mo 9d
ejel
NA
ANEW Esportslogo stdANEW Esports
Apr 20202020-04-22[18]Feb 20212021-02-05[20]9mo 13d
ejel
NA
No Orglogo stdNo Org
Feb 20212021-02-05≈May 2021≈2021-05-11≈3mo 6d
ejel
NA
Boggedlogo stdBogged
Feb 20222022-02-12[21]Mar 20222022-03-0723d
ejel
TeamStartEnd
NA
UnRestricted eSportslogo stdunRestricted eSports
≈Jun 2011≈2011-06-??≈Jul 2011≈2011-07-??≈1mo
ejel
NA
Logo stdJust Your Average Joes
≈Jan 2012≈2012-01-??≈Jan 2012≈2012-01-??≈2mo
ejel
NA
Monomaniac eSportslogo stdMonomaniac eSports
Mar 20122012-03-23Apr 20122012-04-24[1]1mo 1d
ejel
NA
Team Dynamiclogo stdTeam Dynamic
Apr 20122012-04-24[3]Oct 20122012-10-25[2]6mo 1d
ejel
NA
Pulse Esportslogo stdPulse Esports
Jan 20132013-01-14Feb 20132013-02-02[4]19d
ejel
NA
Dignitaslogo stdDignitas
Feb 20132013-02-03[6]Apr 20132013-04-06[5]2mo 3d
ejel
NA
Nexus Gaminglogo stdNexus Gaming≈Nov 2013≈2013-11-??≈Dec 2013≈2013-12-??≈1mo
ejel
NA
Team Curselogo stdTeam Curse
≈May 2014≈2014-05-??Jan 20152015-01-06[7]≈8mo 5d
ejel
NA
Team LoLPrologo stdTeam LoLPro
≈Aug 2014≈2014-08-21≈Aug 2014≈2014-08-24≈3d
ejel
NA
Robert Morris University Illinoislogo stdRobert Morris Uni.
Oct 20142014-10-18[8]≈May 2015≈2015-05-??≈6mo 14d
ejel
NA
Team Liquid Academylogo stdTL Academy
Jan 20152015-01-16[10]May 20162016-05-05[9]1yr 3mo
ejel
NA
Team Liquidlogo stdTeam Liquid
Jan 20162016-01-04[11]Mar 20162016-03-082mo 4d
ejel
NA
Phoenix1logo stdPhoenix1
May 20162016-05-26[13]Nov 20172017-11-20[12]1yr 5mo
ejel
NA
OpTic Gaminglogo stdOpTic Gaming
Dec 20172017-12-18[15]Mar 20182018-03-23[14]3mo 5d
ejel
NA
Golden Guardians Academylogo stdGG Academy
Apr 20182018-04-23[17]May 20192019-05-28[16]1yr 1mo
ejel
NA
ANEW Esportslogo stdANEW Esports
Jul 20192019-07-13[19]Apr 20202020-04-22[18]9mo 9d
ejel
NA
ANEW Esportslogo stdANEW Esports
Apr 20202020-04-22[18]Feb 20212021-02-05[20]9mo 13d
ejel
NA
No Orglogo stdNo Org
Feb 20212021-02-05≈May 2021≈2021-05-11≈3mo 6d
ejel
NA
Boggedlogo stdBogged
Feb 20222022-02-12[21]Mar 20222022-03-0723d
ejel

News

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  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
NA
UnRestricted eSportslogo stdUNRJune (approx.),
Lapaka and
zig join.
NA
UnRestricted eSportslogo stdUNRJuly (approx.),
Pobelter,
SYDTKO, and
Jsura join.

zig leaves.
NA
Logo stdJUSTJanuary (approx.),
OneBadBrad and
zig join.
NA
Logo stdJUSTJanuary (approx.),
OneBadBrad and
zig leave.
NA
Monomaniac eSportslogo stdMMEMarch 23,
ZionSpartan and
zig join.

WildTurtle and
NOthing12eal leave.
NA
Monomaniac eSportslogo stdMMEApril 24,
ZionSpartan,
NintendudeX,
ParadoXical,
zig, and
Pixel leave.[1]
NA
Team Dynamiclogo stdDYNApril 24,
ZionSpartan,
NintendudeX,
ParadoXical,
zig, and
Pixel join.
[3]
NA
Team Dynamiclogo stdDYNOctober 25,
DontMashMe joins.

zig leaves.[2]
NA
Pulse Esportslogo stdPSJanuary 14,
Zig joins.

Halfers and
Kevin leave.
NA
Pulse Esportslogo stdPSFebruary 2,
Zig,
Onionbagel,
Kenace,
CaStRo, and
Evaniskus leave.[4]
NA
Dignitaslogo stdDIGFebruary 3, Dignitaslogo stdDignitas acquires the roster of Pulse Esportslogo stdPulse Esports as their Challenger Circuit team.
zig,
Onionbagel,
Kenace,
SnEaKyCaStRoO, and
Evaniskus join as substitutes.
[6]
NA
Dignitaslogo stdDIGApril 6,
zig,
Onionbagel,
Kenace, and
SnEaKyCaStRoO leave.[5]
NA
Nexus Gaminglogo stdNEXNovember (approx.), zig joins.
NA
Nexus Gaminglogo stdNEXDecember (approx.), zig leaves.
NA
Team Curselogo stdCRSMay (approx.),
mancloud and
zignature join as substitutes.
NA
Team LoLPrologo stdPROAugust 21 (approx.),
Zignatur joins.
NA
Team LoLPrologo stdPROAugust 24 (approx.),
Zignatur leaves.
NA
Robert Morris University Illinoislogo stdRMUOctober 18,
zig,
Oberan,
Leo,
Tails, and
Popstar Adrian join.
[8]
NA
Team Curselogo stdCRSJanuary 6, Team Curselogo stdTeam Curse transfers its roster and NA LCS spot to Team Liquidlogo stdTeam Liquid.
Quas,
IWillDominate,
FeniX,
Piglet,
Xpecial,
Keane,
zignature,
Bunny FuFuu, Peter (Head Coach), MarkZ (Head Analyst), jokasteve (General Manager),
Saintvicious (Coach), and LiQuiD112 (CEO) leave.[7]
NA
Team Liquid Academylogo stdTL.AJanuary 16, Team Liquid Academylogo stdTeam Liquid Academy is formed.
zig,
beibei,
Ennui,
KEITHMCBRIEF, and
JoJo join.

Nyjacky joins as substitute.
[10]
NA
Robert Morris University Illinoislogo stdRMUMay (approx.),
zig,
Oberan,
Leo, and
Tails leave.
NA
Team Liquidlogo stdTLJanuary 4,
zig,
Dardoch,
Youngbin,
fabbbyyy, and
Matt join as substitutes from academy roster.
[11]
NA
Team Liquidlogo stdTLMarch 8,
SirhcEz joins as substitute.

zig,
Youngbin,
fabbbyyy, and
Smoothie leave for academy roster.
NA
Team Liquid Academylogo stdTL.AMay 5,
Solo,
Moon,
Goldenglue, and
Stunt join.

zig leaves.[9]
NA
Phoenix1logo stdP1May 26,
zig,
Inori,
Pirean,
Slooshi,
Mash, and
Gate join.

Brandini joins as substitute.
[13]
NA
Phoenix1logo stdP1November 20,
zig's contract expires.
Shady leaves.[12]
NA
OpTic Gaminglogo stdOPTDecember 18,
zig,
Akaadian,
PowerOfEvil,
Arrow, and
LemonNation join.
[15]
NA
OpTic Gaminglogo stdOPTMarch 23,
zig and
LemonNation leave.[14]
NA
Golden Guardians Academylogo stdGG.AApril 23,
zig,
Benji, and
Sheep join.

Xpecial leaves for main roster.[17]
zig,
Benji, and
Sheep's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[22]
NA
Golden Guardians Academylogo stdGG.AJanuary 5,
zig,
Benji, and
Sheep's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2019.[23]
NA
Golden Guardians Academylogo stdGG.AMay 28,
Darshan,
FBI, and
huhi join.
Potluck (Two-Way Player Coach) rejoins. Inero (Head Coach) joins from main roster.
zig leaves. Jimmy (Two-Way Player Coach) leaves for main roster.[16]
NA
ANEW Esportslogo stdANWJuly 13,
zig joins.

CJ moves to substitute.
Wo Ai Yin Dao leaves.[19]
NA
ANEW Esportslogo stdANWApril 22,
Rodov,
MikeYeung,
Shoryu,
Winter, and Figurative (Analyst) join.

5fire rejoins.
zig (Top to Head Coach) changes position.[18]
NA
ANEW Esportslogo stdANWFebruary 5,
V1per,
AnDa,
5fire,
Value,
Big, zig (Head Coach), Stunt (Assistant Coach), Figurative (General Manager), and Kelyx (Esports Director) leave.[20]
NA
No Orglogo stdNOFebruary 5,
V1per,
AnDa,
5fire,
Value,
Big, zig (Head Coach), Stunt (Assistant Coach), and Figurative (General Manager) join.
NA
No Orglogo stdNOMay 11 (approx.),
Big, zig (Head Coach), Stunt (Assistant Coach), and Figurative (General Manager) leave.
NA
Boggedlogo stdBOGFebruary 12,
zig,
Inori,
Tuesday,
Benji, and
Hooks join.

rjs joins as substitute.
[21] zig renames to dshao.
NA
Boggedlogo stdBOGMarch 7,
dshao,
Inori,
Tuesday,
B3nji,
Hooks, and
RJS leave.

Biography[]

Derek "zig" Shao was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, moved to Waterloo which is also in Ontario, Canada and then to Chicago, Illinois so he can attend school in the U.S. He now lives in Santa Monica, California so he can pursue his professional League of Legends career there. zig started playing League of Legends in the summer of 2010 and started publicly playing professionally in 2012 (season 2).

Season 1[]

zig started his professional League of Legends career by joining XXX/unRestricted eSports but he left them before they received a sponsorship from Curse and became known as Curse Gaming.

Season 2[]

In January 2012, zig joined Just Your Average Joes but did not play with the team for long and left them in March 2012. In the same month, zig officially entered the competitive League of Legends scene by substituting for Monomaniac eSports with ZionSpartan in IPL 4 due to original members NOthing12eal and WildTurtle not being able to attend. With the new lineup, Monomaniac placed 4th, defeating against All authority 2-0 and Curse Gaming 2-1 in best of threes.

After their successes at IPL 4, the Monomaniac roster of NintendudeX, zig, ParadoXical, Pixel, and ZionSpartan left to join Team Dynamic. zig played as the AD Carry for Team Dynamic and had a long successful run in season 2 with the team in many tournaments which made them a well-known professional North American League of Legends team at the time. However, after a poor showing at the LoL Season 2 North American Regionals and conflicts occurring in zig's personal life, tension started to build between him and his teammates. This, along with zig's inactivity because of school, led him to depart the team in October 2012.

Season 3[]

In January 2013, zig joined Pulse Esports, the roster of which was later picked up by Team Dignitas as their challenger circuit team in February of 2013. However, the team had a very short run together and they disbanded on April 6, 2013.

In November 2013, zig joined Nexus Gaming, another unknown team that he had a short run with. He left the team in December 2013.

Season 4[]

In May 2014, zig joined Team Curse as a substitute and spent a really long time with the team.

In August 2014, during zig's time as a sub for Team Curse, he played for Team LoLPro as their AD Carry under the name Zignature in the 2014 NA Challenger Series Summer Playoffs. The team beat Denial eSports in the quarterfinals but then lost to Curse Academy in the semifinals and placed fourth overall after losing 3-1 to Team Coast in the third-place match. As a result, they did not qualify for the 2015 NA LCS Spring Promotion Tournament.

2015 Preseason[]

In November 2014, it was rumored that Zignature would be joining LMQ; however, instead he joined Team Liquid (formerly known as Team Curse) as a sub and then Liquid Academy as their starting top laner in January 2015. He also re-shortened his name to zig.

2015 Season[]

zig played with Liquid Academy in the 2015 NA Challenger Series Summer Qualifier. They were eliminated in the second round by tournament-favorites Misfits (now known as Renegades).

2016 Season[]

TLA played in the 2016 NA CS Spring Qualifier where they 3-0'd Team Frostbite to qualify for the 2016 NACS Spring Season. Following an announcement that all members of the Academy team would also be active substitutes of the main Team Liquid roster, the organization swapped Dardoch and Matt off the Academy team for the NACS season. They finished in fourth place, narrowly making the playoffs after winning an automatic tiebreaker against Dream Team but then lost to Apex Gaming 3-1. After the split ended, Team Liquid Academy rebuilt their roster and zig left, joining Phoenix1, the organization that purchased Team Impulse's NA LCS Summer Season seed, in May.[24]

Faced with visa problems for intended starting jungler Inori, the team was forced to add a substitute jungler Zentinel to their roster, who competed for them for the first three weeks. In that time, Phoenix1 lost all of their series and won only two games total, cementing themselves in last place, behind Echo Fox. Their winless streak continued after Inori's return and through their first series of the fifth week, at which point they had a 3-18 game record and 0-9 series record. In the second series of that week, however, they picked up their first series win against Apex Gaming, with a comeback 2-1 victory after dropping the first game. After this first win, their record improved significantly, and in the second half of the season they went a combined 5-4 - not enough to keep them out of relegations, but enough to surpass both Echo Fox and NRG Esports in the standings for a top seed in the promotion tournament, where they requalified for the LCS with an easy 3-0 win over Echo Fox. Though zig shared the starting top lane spot with Brandini, he started in all but 7 of the regular season's games, and in all of the promotion games.

2017 Season[]

P1 finished 3rd in the regular season of Spring with an 11-7 record. In the playoffs P1 was knocked out in the Semifinals but managed to win the third place match 3-2 against FlyQuest. Their Summer Season was much worse as they finished 10th place with a 4-14 record. Although they retained their LCS spot in the Promotion Tournament with a 3-0 victory over eUnited, P1 was not accepted in the newly franchised NA LCS for 2018.

2018 Season[]

zig left Phoenix 1 in November and in December joined the newly formed OpTic Gaming as their starting top laner. OpTic was predicted to be a bottom tier team, and their spring split performance did little to belie that, as the team never seriously contended for a playoff spot or finished a week above a tie for seventh. After Week 5, zig was benched for academy top laner Dhokla and only played in two additional games. The team ended up finishing 5-13, in 9th place.

Immediately after the season ended, OpTic announced that zig and support LemonNation would be leaving the team. zig joined Golden Guardians Academy for the summer season, but once again saw disappointing results, as his new team spent most of the season in last place and ended up tied for ninth with a 4-14 record.

2019 Season[]

zig remained with Golden Guardians Academy for 2019, along with his 2018 teammates Benji and Sheep. The team once again got off to a terrible 1-5 start, but performed respectably for the remainder of the season, ending up 7-11 and in eighth place, still three games outside of playoffs.

zig left the team after the split ended and eventually joined NA amateur team ANEW Esports. He and his team managed to qualify for the 2019 NA Scouting Grounds through the Scouting Grounds Circuit. zig played for Team Cloud Drake at the event, but was not drafted or signed by any LCS teams afterward.

Trivia[]

  • Was the teammate of several future LCS players such as Sneaky and Darshan in the pre-LCS era, but would take much longer than any of his former teammates to reach the highest level himself.
  • Became known for his KledSquareKled in 2017 after he was undefeated on the pick in the NA LCS 2017 Spring.

Pentakills

DateRegionTournamentTeamVsChampionPosW/LKDASBVOD
2018-06-29
NA
North America
NA Academy 2018 SummerGolden Guardians Academylogo stdCLG Academylogo std
Darius
TopL9/5/2LinkLink
Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.

Tournament Results[]

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

Minimum place

Dshao Tournament Results
DatePlEventLast ResultTeamRoster
2022-03-079 - 12 PGCQ 2022 Spring 2
1 : 2Winthrop Universitylogo stdWU
Boggedlogo stdBOG dshao,  Inori,  Tuesday,  B3nji,  Hooks
2022-02-157 - 16 PGCQ 2022 Spring 2 OQ
3 - 2Blanklogo stdRR
Boggedlogo stdBOG Dshao,  Inori,  Tuesday,  Benji,  Hooks
2021-04-251 LCS Proving Grounds 2021 Spring
3 : 1Cloud9 Academylogo stdC9.A
No Orglogo stdNO Viper,  AnDa,  5fire,  Value,  Big,  zig
2021-03-031 Unified Grand Prix 2021 Spring
3 : 0SolaFide Esportslogo stdSF
No Orglogo stdNO Viper,  AnDa,  5fire,  Value,  Big,  zig,  Stunt
2021-02-211 Challengers Uprising Season 2 Playoffs
3 : 2Barrage.NAlogo stdBRG
No Orglogo stdNO V1per,  AnDa,  5fire,  Value,  Big,  zig,  Stunt
2021-02-151 Challengers Uprising Season 2
3 - 0Blanklogo stdRR
No Orglogo stdNO V1per,  AnDa,  5fire,  Value,  Big,  zig,  Stunt
2021-02-071 BIG League Season 4 Playoffs
3 : 0Revival (North American Team)logo stdRVL
No Orglogo stdNO V1per,  AnDa,  5fire,  Value,  Big,  zig,  Stunt
2021-02-011 BIG League Season 4 - Group A
5 - 0Blanklogo stdRR
ANEW Esportslogo stdANW V1per,  AnDa,  5fire,  Value,  Big,  zig,  Stunt
2021-01-195 - 6 RCL 2021 Winter Playoffs
1 : 3ANEW Blazelogo stdANW.B
ANEW Esportslogo stdANW V1per,  AnDa,  5fire,  Value,  Big,  zig,  Stunt
2021-01-194 RCL 2021 Winter
4 - 1Blanklogo stdRR
ANEW Esportslogo stdANW V1per,  AnDa,  5fire,  Value,  Big,  zig,  Stunt

Media[]

  • 2012
  • 2016
  • 2017

Post-Match Interviews

DateTournamentMatchLink
2017-08-11NA LCS 2018 Spring Promotion
Phoenix1logo stdP1
vs
Gold Coin Unitedlogo stdGCU
Link

Images[]

Redirects

The following pages redirect here:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mono eSports join Team Dynamic absolutelegends.net
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hi I'm DontMashMe, TD's new ADC, AMA reddit.com
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mono eSports join Team Dynamic absolutelegends.net
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Pulse Esports releases Young Based God reddit.com
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Team Dignitas LoL B Squad Disbands team-dignitas.net
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Welcome Pulse to the Team Dignitas League of Legends Roster team-dignitas.net
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Breaking the Curse: Liquid Rising liquidlegends.net
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 League of Legends Teams to Play First Ever Matches on Saturday, October 18th rmueagles.com
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Team Liquid Academy brings on Goldenglue, Solo, Stunt, and Moon espn.go.com
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Team Liquid Welcomes LoL Academy Team liquidlegends.net
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Team Liquid completes 10-man roster, will use Academy team as active subs dailydot.com
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 Shady's Tweet twitter.com
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 Phoenix1 replaces Team Impulse, picks up Gate, Mash, Slooshi, and more espn.go.com
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 RECALL : DROPPED (S1C9) | OpTic LoL youtube.com
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 OpTic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 Golden Guardians Announce Academy Team Roster for 2019 Summer Split goldenguardians.com
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 Golden Guardians Announce 2018 Summer Split Roster goldenguardians.com
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 ANEW Esports' Tweet twitter.com
  19. 19.0 19.1 19.2 UPL 2019 Summer Official Spreadsheet docs.google.com
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 Competitive Ruling: ANEW Esports and Wildcard Gaming lolesports.com
  21. 21.0 21.1 21.2 PGCQ #2 Open Qualifier Present by Unified - Tournament Sheet docs.google.com
  22. Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2018-04-23
  23. Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2019-01-05
  24. Phoenix1 replaces Team Impulse, picks up Gate, Mash, Slooshi, and more espn.go.com
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