DetonatioN FocusMe
| File:DetonatioN Gaming logo.png | |
| Short name | DNG |
|---|---|
| Divisions | Clash Royale Dragon Ball FighterZ Hearthstone League of Legends PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Rainbow Six Siege Shadowverse Splatoon 2 Street Fighter V Super Smash Bros. |
| Founded | July 2012 |
| Location | Japan |
| Colors | Sky blue, white |
| Owner | Nobuyuki "LGraN" Umezaki |
| Manager | Toshikazu "ENZA" Senzaki |
| Website | team-detonation |
DetonatioN Gaming (DNG) is a Japanese professional esports organization with players competing across several titles. It was established originally as a Counter-Strike Online team in July 2012.
Its League of Legends team is named DetonatioN FocusMe (DFM) and competes in the League of Legends Japan League (LJL), the highest level of competitive play in Japan. In 2018, the team qualified for that year's World Championship after winning the 2018 LJL Summer Split.[1]
League of Legends
 | This section needs additional citations for verification. (April 2019) |
| Short name | DFM |
|---|---|
| Game | League of Legends |
| Founded | April 2013 |
| League | JCG Premier League (2013–2014) LJL (2014–present) |
| Parent group | DetonatioN Gaming |
DetonatioN Gaming's League of Legends division was founded in April 2013 when the organization acquired the roster of FocusMe and renamed the team DetonatioN FocusMe. DetonatioN FocusMe's first roster consisted of top laner Kodai "Gorira13" Ichimichi, jungler Noritaka "Anelace" Takehara, mid laner Kyohei "Ceros" Yoshida, bot laner Yuta "Yutapon" Sugiura, and Ryota "Maa" Nakano. Prior to the creation of the League of Legends Japan League (LJL) in mid 2014, DetonatioN FocusMe participated in the JCG Premier League, finishing in the top four of the league for all but one season.
DetonatioN FocusMe placed last out of four teams in the LJL's inaugral season, but would later go on to win the second season of the LJL in the same year. That victory gave the team an invitation to South Korea's NLB Summer 2014, where they lost in the first round of the Gold League to Prime Sentinel. Afterwards, DetonatioN FocusMe placed first in the 2014 LJL Summer Split's regular season, moving on to the grand finals, where they defeated Rascal Jester 3–2 in a close series.
After winning the 2015 LJL Season 1 finals in a 3–0 victory over sister team DetonatioN RabbitFive, DetonatioN FocusMeattended the 2015 International Wildcard Invitational (IWCI). The team only managed to secure a single victory over Kaos Latin Gamers in the group stage, ending with a 1–5 record and placing 6th out of seven teams. In the 2015 LJL Season 2, DetonatioN FocusMeplaced 2nd but later won the grand finals once again, securing a spot in the 2015 International Wildcard Tournament in Turkey. DetonatioN FocusMe took surprising victories over Australian team Chiefs Esports Club and Thai team Bangkok Titans on the first day of competition, but later lost all their remaining games on the second day and ultimately placed last.
For the 2016 LJL Spring Split, DetonatioN FocusMe acquired jungler Yun "Catch" Sang-ho and support Han "viviD" Gi-hun from SBENU Sonicboom. The team would go on to place 1st in the regular season, having only lost two games and ending with a 10–0 series record. In the grand finals, DetonatioN FocusMe swept their rivals Rampage 3–0, qualifying them for the 2016 IWCI. DetonatioN FocusMe placed 5th at the 2016 IWCI with a 3–4 record, failing to move on to the qualifying brackets. In the 2016 LJL Summer Split, DetonatioN FocusMe placed 2nd in the regular season and in playoffs, behind Rampage in both cases.
In both the 2017 LJL Spring and 2017 LJL Summer Splits, DetonatioN FocusMe placed 1st in the regular season but lost to Rampage in the grand finals. DetonatioN FocusMe was one of three teams that represented the LJL at Rift Rivals 2017, which the league won.
DetonatioN FocusMe dominated the regular season of the LJL 2018 Spring Split, dropping only three games and ending in 1st place with a 10–0 series record. However, they lost to PENTAGRAM (formerly Rampage) 0–3 in the grand finals. In the LJL 2018 Summer Split, DetonatioN FocusMe dominated the league once again, ending the regular season in 1st with a 9–1 series record. Unlike the previous split, DetonatioN FocusMe won the grand finals against Unsold Stuff Gaming 3–1, qualifying the team for their first ever appearance at the World Championship.[1]
In the 2018 World Championship play-in stage, DetonatioN FocusMe was drawn into Group C with North American team Cloud9 and Brazilian team KaBuM! e-Sports.[2] After winning two games against KaBuM! e-Sports (which included a tiebreaker), DetonatioN FocusMe became the first Japanese team to win any number of games at the World Championship and the first Japanese team to qualify for the second round of the World Championship play-in stage.[3][4] Unfortunately, DetonatioN FocusMe was knocked out of the event by Edward Gaming, who they lost to 0–3 in the second round.[5][6][7]
Rosters
League of Legends
| Nat. | ID | Name | Role |
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Evi | Shunsuke Murase | Top Laner |
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Steal | Moon Geon-yeong | Jungler |
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Ceros | Kyohei Yoshida | Mid Laner |
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Yutapon | Yuta Sugiura | Bot Laner |
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Gaeng | Yang Gwang-yu | Support |
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Ramune | Osamu Ozawa | Mid Laner (sub.) |
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
| Nat. | ID |
|---|---|
| DetonatioN Gaming White | |
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Melofovia |
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Axell |
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Gokuri |
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JapanNo1skve |
| DetonatioN Gaming Black | |
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MimoriN |
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orzMaka |
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SSeeS |
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cocorou |
| DetonatioN PUBG | |
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sTy4N |
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Akagami |
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kamikaze |
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SUMOMOXqX |
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DustelBox |
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KaKU |
Clash Royale
Lewis- Pirameki
- Tempura
Rainbow Six Siege
- Cloud
- ekus99
- Yura
Shadowverse
- cross7224
- Enju
- Mill
- Shinkey
- Spicies
Splatoon 2
- MilinCake
Super Smash Bros.
- Yuta "Nietono" Uejima
Miscallaneous
- Itabashi Zangief (fighting games)
- civila (online card games)
References
- ^ a b Torres, Xander (15 September 2018). "DetonatioN FocusMe Qualifies for the 2018 World Championship". VPEsports. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ Goslin, Austen (24 September 2018). "The groups for the 2018 World Championship have been selected". The Rift Herald. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ Erzberger, Tyler (5 October 2018). "DetonatioN FocusMe's Evi: 'I knew I won ... that's when I started crying.'". ESPN. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ Esguerra, Lawrence Tyler (4 October 2018). "Cloud9, DetonatioN move to Worlds Play-in knockout stage". Daily Esports. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Cloud9 survives play-ins, advances to LoL Worlds group stage". Rootwire via ESPN. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ Mickunas, Aaron (6 October 2018). "EDG crush the competition to advance to groups at Worlds, and other teams should be scared". Dot Esports. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ Chouadria, Adel (6 October 2018). "EDward Gaming crush DetonatioN FocusMe, qualify to Worlds 2018 main event". cybersport.com. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
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