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Immortals
File:Immortals Logo.svg
SportLeague of Legends
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Super Smash Bros.
Overwatch
Founded2015
LeagueLeague of Legends Championship Series
Based inLos Angeles, California
OwnerNoah Whinston
ChairmanClinton Foy
ManagerJonathan Stein
Websiteimmortals.gg

Immortals is a professional eSports team based in the United States that was created on October 7, 2015. The team was founded after buying the NA LCS spot of Team 8.[1] They currently compete in the North American League of Legends Championship Series. Immortals has since expanded into Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, and Super Smash Bros.

League of Legends

On October 7, 2015 it was announced a new organization called Immortals would be acquiring the Team 8 spot in the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS).[2] On October 14, 2015, Dodo8 announced his retirement and moved to a management position in Immortals.[3] On December 8 it was announced that Seong "Huni" Hoon Heo, Kim "Reignover" Yeu Jin, Eugene "Pobelter" Park, Jason "WildTurtle" Tran, and Adrian "Adrian" Ma would be joining the team.[4] Of these five players, only one remained on the 2017 roster; Pobelter. On December 7, 2016, Joshua "Dardoch" Hartnett joined as starting jungler, signing a three-year contract.[5] Lee "Flame" Ho-jong (top lane) and Li Yu "Cody Sun" Sun (ADC) joined on December 9, 2016;[6] Kim "Olleh" Joo-sung (support) was first reported as joining on December 12, 2016,[7] with a press release from Immortals following on December 13, 2016.[8]

Roster

Summoner ID Name Position
Flame Lee Ho-jong Top
Dardoch Joshua Hartnett Jungle
Pobelter Eugene Park Mid
Cody Sun Li Yu 'Cody' Sun ADC
Olleh Kim Joo-sung Support
Impactful Josh Mabrey Sub/ADC
Jummychu Jose Borromeo Sub/ADC[9]

Tournament results

  • 1st — 2016 NA LCS Spring Round Robin
  • 3rd — 2016 NA LCS Spring Playoffs
  • 2nd - 2016 NA LCS Summer Round Robin
  • 3rd - 2016 NA LCS Summer Playoffs

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Immortals acquired Tempo Storm's fully Brazilian lineup on June 1, 2016.[10] The former coach of SK Gaming, Wilton "zews" Prado replaced Gustavo "SHOOWTiME" Gonçalves on July 22, 2016.[11] On June 21, Immortals won DreamHack Summer 2016 after beating Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-0.[12] The team placed 3rd-4th at CyberPowerPC Summer 2016, losing to Cloud9 in the semi-finals.[13] Immortals won Northern Arena 2016 on September 4 after they beat Cloud9 in the finals.[14] After a disappointing showing at ESL Pro League Season 4 Finals in Brazil, Immortals replaced Wilton "zews" Prado with former teammate of boltz, Lucas "steel" Lopez. The most recent roster change involving the team was when Entry Fragger João "felps" Vasconcellos was traded to SK Gaming in exchange for Lincoln "fnx" Lau.

Roster

ID Name Role Join date
HEN1 Henrique Teles AWPer 2016-06-01
LUCAS1 Lucas Teles Support 2016-06-01
fnx Lincoln Lau Entry fragger 2017-02-05
boltz Ricardo Prass Entry fragger 2016-06-01
steel Lucas Lopez In-game leader 2016-11-04
zakk Rafael Fernandes Coach 2016-06-01

Former

ID Name Join date Leave date
SHOOWTiME Gustavo Gonçalves 2016-06-01 2016-07-22
zews Wilton Prado 2016-07-22 2016-11-04
felps João Vasconcellos 2016-06-01 2017-02-05

Tournament results

Super Smash Bros.

Immortals branched into Super Smash Bros. by signing the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Brawl player Jason "ANTi" Bates on September 13, 2016.[15] Three months later, they signed Super Smash Bros. Melee player DaJuan "Shroomed" McDaniel who was previously signed with Winterfox.[16]

Roster

ID Name Games Main character(s) Join date
ANTi Jason Bates Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Super Smash Bros. Brawl 		Mario, Cloud Strife
Meta Knight 		2016-09-13
Shroomed DaJuan McDaniel Super Smash Bros. Melee Sheik 2016-12-22

Management

The group is headed by a team of investors which includes Peter Levin, the president of Lionsgate Interactive Venture and Games, who co-founded Nerdist; Allen Debevoise, a chairman at Machinima.com; Steve Kaplan, a co-owner of the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies; Honest Co. CEO Brian Lee, entertainment industry venture capitalists Machine Shop Ventures, and others.[17]

ID Name Position
Noah Whinston CEO
Clinton Foy Chairman
Janook Jonathan Stein VP of Product
Leonyx Rob Lee Creative Director
RachQuit Rachael Barisich Content and Operations Manager

References

  1. ^ "Immortals esports team raises money from an elite investment consortium". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  2. ^ Jarvey, Natalie (October 7, 2015). "Entertainment, Tech Investors Acquire ESports Franchise". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  3. ^ Lingle, Samuel (October 14, 2015). "Dodo8 ends his playing career, moves on to player management". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  4. ^ Raven, Josh (Dec 7, 2015). "Huni, Pobelter, WildTurtle headline star-studded Immortals roster". Retrieved Dec 8, 2015.
  5. ^ Volk, Pete (Dec 7, 2016). "Immortals signs Dardoch as new jungler". The Rift Herald. Retrieved Dec 13, 2016.
  6. ^ Volk, Pete (Dec 9, 2016). "Immortals signs Flame, Cody Sun on new roster". The Rift Herald. Retrieved Dec 13, 2016.
  7. ^ Wolf, Jacob (Dec 12, 2016). "Sources: Immortals sign Olleh, will compete Tuesday". ESPN. Retrieved Dec 13, 2016.
  8. ^ "Introducing Olleh as the Immortals support". immortals.gg. Dec 13, 2016. Retrieved Dec 13, 2016.
  9. ^ "LoL Esports". www.lolesports.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  10. ^ Wolf, Jacob. "Immortals purchase Tempo Storm's Counter-Strike team". ESPN. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  11. ^ "IMMORTALS CS:GO Division Update". immortals.gg. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  12. ^ a b Gonzales, Dennis. "Immortals win DreamHack Summer 2016 after 2-0 victory over NiP". theScore eSports. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  13. ^ a b Malachowski, Michal. "C9 win CyberPowerPC Summer 2016". HLTV.org. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  14. ^ a b Robichaud, Andrew. "ESPORTS Sep 4 Immortals beats Cloud9 to win Northern Arena". The Sports Network. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  15. ^ Wolf, Jacob. "Immortals signs CEO 2016 champion ANTi". ESPN. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  16. ^ Wolf, Jacob. "Immortals pick up Smash Bros Melee player Shroomed". ESPN. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  17. ^ Lingle, Samuel (October 7, 2015). "Meet the Immortals, the venture capital-funded esports franchise that bought Team 8's LCS spot". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 1, 2015. 
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