Remilia
| Remilia | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Personal information | |
| Name | Maria Creveling |
| Nickname(s) | Madwife, Thresh Queen |
| Born | February 2, 1995 Portland, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | December 27, 2019 (aged 24) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Career information | |
| Games | League of Legends |
| Role | Support |
| Team history | |
| 2013 | Curse Academy |
| 2013–2014 | No Big Deal |
| 2014 | Necrofantasian |
| 2014–2015 | Team Dragon Knights |
| 2014–2015 | Roar |
| 2015–2016 | Renegades |
| 2016–2017 | Kaos Latin Gamers |
| 2016–2017 | FlyQuest |
| 2018 | Team Quetzal |
| 2019 | Sector 7 |
Maria Creveling (February 2, 1995 – December 27, 2019), better known as Remilia,[a] was an American professional League of Legends player. She was the first woman and transgender person to compete in the NA LCS,[2][3] debuting in the 2016 Spring Split as the support for Renegades. However, she took a sudden hiatus from professional play a few weeks into her debut season due to on-stage pressure and online harassment.[4][5] During her career she was particularly known for her mastery of the champion Thresh,[6] which earned her the nicknames "Madwife"[b] and "Thresh Queen".[7]
Early life
Maria Creveling was born and raised in Portland, Maine.[8] Prior to League of Legends, she was an avid player of Age of Mythology and GunZ: The Duel.[9]
Career
Creveling joined her first semi-professional League of Legends team in July 2013, when she was scouted and signed by Curse Academy.[9] She initially adopted the in-game name Yuno and, after leaving Curse Academy, played as a support for several other teams attempting to qualify for the NA CS, the NA LCS' secondary league.[10] In March 2015 she joined Misfits NA's inaugural roster and changed her in-game name to Remilia, after the Touhou Project character Remilia Scarlet. Creveling finally qualified for the NA CS on June 16, 2015, after she and her teammates defeated Magnetic at the 2015 NA CS Summer Qualifier. Misfits NA rebranded to Renegades shortly afterwards, and the team went on to defeat Team Coast in the 2015 NA CS Summer Finals, qualifying for the 2016 NA LCS Spring Split.[11]
Following Renegades' promotion, Creveling once again changed her in-game name, adopting the shortened alias of Remi. On January 16, 2016, she debuted as the NA LCS' first female player, as well as its first transgender player.[2] However, she abruptly stepped down from the starting roster after playing a third of the season's games, citing on-stage pressure and online harassment.[4][5] Two years later, she clarified her reasons for leaving in a series of tweets, revealing that a botched sex reassignment surgery had left her with severe and permanent nerve damage to her pelvic area, which caused her to suffer excruciating pain while playing onstage.[6]
After an eight-month hiatus from professional play, Creveling joined Latin American team Kaos Latin Gamers under the in-game name Sakuya,[12] and played for the team from October 2016 to January 2017. Following her departure from Kaos Latin Gamers, she shifted her focus to streaming full-time, but also played for a few amateur teams in the United States before her sudden passing in late 2019.
Death
Creveling died in her sleep on December 27, 2019, at the age of 24.[5][13][14]
Notes
- ^ Other in-game names adopted by Creveling during her career include Remi, Sakuya and Yuno.
- ^ A reference to Hong "MadLife" Min-gi, another well-known Thresh player.
References
- ^ "Sakuya - Maria Creveling - Annual Female League of Legends Player Results & Earnings". www.esportsearnings.com. Esports Earnings. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ a b LeJacq, Yannick (August 14, 2015). "The League Of Legends Championship Series Has Its First Woman Player". Kotaku. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
- ^ Seiner, Jake (January 3, 2019). "'The second they realize I'm a woman, I no longer have power': Navigating toxicity, harassment in esports". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
- ^ a b Leslie, Callum (February 5, 2016). "The first female LCS player has stepped down". Dot Esports. Retrieved August 31, 2019.
- ^ a b c Wolf, Jacob (December 28, 2019). "Remilia, first woman to compete in LCS, dies at 24". ESPN. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
- ^ a b Asarch, Steven (March 26, 2018). "'League of Legends' Remilia blames Chris Badawi on Twitter for her ongoing medical issues". Newsweek. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- ^ "Maria "Remilia" Creveling: una historia de la que los esports deberían aprender". GalleGutsito via Millenium ES (in Spanish). January 6, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- ^ "Muere Maria "Remilia" Creveling, jugadora profesional de League of Legends". El Imparcial (in European Spanish). December 29, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ a b Carolina, Maria (September 18, 2015). "Renegades: 19 preguntas con Remilia (Entrevista)" (in Spanish). League Of Girls LA. Archived from the original on October 8, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ Samples, Rachel (December 28, 2019). "Former League of Legends pro and streamer Remilia dies". Dot Esports. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
- ^ Djuricic, Igor (August 18, 2015). "Renegades Case for the LCS". Dot Esports. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- ^ Rosen, Daniel (October 5, 2019). "Remi joins Kaos Latin Gamers". theScore esports. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
- ^ Holloway, Henry (December 28, 2019). "League of Legends' first woman pro-gamer Remilia dies suddenly aged 24". The Daily Star. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
- ^ Zwiezen, Zack (December 29, 2019). "Remilia, The First Woman To Compete In The League Of Legends Championship Series, Dies At 24". Kotaku. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
