Renegades
Location | North America |
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Sponsor(s) | AlphaDraft |
Renegades (formerly Misfits) was a North American team. In May 2016, they sold their roster and LCS spot to Team EnVyUs.
History
2015 Season
Renegades was initially announced as an unnamed Challenger team in early March 2015 by Chris Badawi. The team's first roster included former LCS stars mid laner Alex Ich and jungler Crumbzz, along with solo queue star support Remilia.[1] After tryouts for the remaining two positions, top laner RF Legendary and AD carry Intense joined the team, and they named themselves Misfits. In April, Misfits participated in the AlphaDraft Challenger League (ADCL) and dropped only a single game during the regular season round robin, finishing 11-1 in first place. After the ADCL regular season ended, Intense left the team. Stixxay joined as a substitute AD carry and played with the team for the bracket stage of the ADCL, and they won the tournament, beating Frank Fang Gaming in the finals.
Misfits played under the name The Expendables6 on the Challenger Ladder and were in third place at the cut-off date for NA Challenger Series (NACS) Summer Qualifier participation. Danish AD Carry Jebus joined as the team's final permanent member, replacing Stixxay, but his first appearance was delayed due to visa issues.[2] In the NACS Qualifier, Misfits played against Also Known As, Team Liquid Academy, and Magnetic, using two different substitute AD carries — Maplestreet against Also Known As and Magnetic, and Nien against Team Liquid Academy. Misfits swept their competition with three consecutive 2-0 victories and qualified for the Summer Season. The team shortly thereafter renamed to Renegades, with caster and former coach Chris "MonteCristo" Mykles joining as the team's co-owner.[3]
Prior to the start of the Challenger Series, Riot Games published a competitive ruling regarding team owner Chris Badawi claiming that he had inappropriately attempted to persuade otherwise contracted players to join the team (then Misfits), including Team Liquid's Quas and Keith. The ruling stated that if Renegades were to qualify for the LCS, Badawi would have to drop his ownership stake in the team.[4] Multiple parties reacted to the ruling, including MonteCristo and Badawi himself, who both protested the fairness of the ruling; and team owners and managers Steve "LiQuiD112" Arhancet of Team Liquid, Reginald of Team SoloMid, and Jack Etienne of Cloud9, who spoke out in support of it.[5][6][7]
Renegades finished the Challenger Series regular season with an 8-2 record and in second place, after losing a tiebreaker to Team Coast. However, in the playoffs, they defeated Imagine 2-1 and then Coast 3-2, earning a berth in the 2016 NA LCS Spring Season.
In October 2015, Maplestreet stepped down from the starting roster.[8] The organization announced open tryouts for his replacement.[9]
2016 Season
After a long period of speculation that he would be their AD carry in 2016, Freeze officially joined Renegades on January 6th.[10][11] However, after playing for the first week, Freeze missed the next three games and was replaced by LOD and then Ohq. After the third week, Remi stepped down from the starting lineup and was replaced by Hakuho.[12][13] Renegades also moved their sub Flaresz to the starting toplane position alongside RF Legendary.
After just winning two games in 7 weeks, Renegades made a trade deal with Team Dragon Knights, swapping RF Legendary, Flaresz and Alex Ich with Seraph, who had already subbed for Renegades in Week 7, and Ninja.[14]
On May 8th, Riot released a competitive ruling stating that Renegades would be forced to sell their LCS seed due to multiple rule violations, and Chris Badawi would be permanently banned from "association or affiliation with any team or organization participating in a Riot-sanctioned league".[15] On May 18th, Team EnVyUs was announced as the new brand.[16]
Timeline
2015
- March 9th, team is announced. Crumbzz (now Crumbz), Alex Ich, and Remilia (now Remi) join.[1]
- March (approx.), Intense and RF Legendary join after tryouts.
- April 23rd, Mason Long steps down as manager.[17]
- April 24th, Leonyx joins as manager.[18]
- May 4th, Intense leaves.[19] Stixxay joins as a substitute AD, with the permanent role still open.
- May 14th, Jébus joins.[20]
- May 16th, Stixxay leaves. maplestreet joins as a substitute.
- June 19th, Misfits rebrands to Renegades. MonteCristo joins as co-owner. [3]
- June 24th, Chris "Doombang" Badawi is banned from LCS team ownership through the remainder of the 2015 season and the duration of the 2016 season.[21]
- September 5th, Jébus leaves.
- October 7th, maplestreet leaves.[8]
2016
- January 6th, Freeze joins.[10][11]
- January 7th, Maplestreet rejoins as a sub. Caedrel joins as a sub.
- January 22nd, LOD joins on loan from Ember for 2016 NA LCS Spring Season - Week 2, substituting for Freeze.[22]
- January 28th, Ohq joins on loan from Team Dragon Knights for 2016 NA LCS Spring Season - Week 3: Day 1.[23]
- February 4th, Remi moves to substitute.[12] Hakuho joins.
- February 25th, Seraph joins on loan from Team Dragon Knights for 2016 NA LCS Spring Season - Week 7, substituting for RF Legendary.[24]
- March 8th, Caedrel and Remi leave.
- March 9th, Leonyx becomes a sub.
- May 7th, Freeze leaves.[25]
- May 8th, team is forced to sell their LCS seed due to multiple rule violations.[15]
- May 13th, Crumbz leaves.[26]
- May 18th, roster is acquired by Team EnVyUs. Seraph, Ninja, Hakuho, Maplestreet, and Leonyx leave.[16]
Player Roster
Formerly On Loan
- Seraph, Top.
|2016 NA LCS Spring Season - Week 7
- Ohq, AD.
|2016 NA LCS Spring Season - Week 3: Day 1
- LOD, AD.
|2016 NA LCS Spring Season - Week 2
Former
- Seraph, Top.
- Ninja, Mid.
- Hakuho, Support.
- Leonyx, AD. Nationality: us.
- Maplestreet, AD.
- Crumbz, Jungle.
- Freeze, AD.
- Caedrel, Mid.
- Remi, Support. Nationality: us.
- RF Legendary, Top.
- Alex Ich, Mid.
- Flaresz, Top.
- Jébus, AD. Nationality: af.
- Stixxay, Sub/AD.
- Intense, AD.
Organization
Current
- Doombang, Owner. Nationality: us.
- MonteCristo, Co-Owner. Nationality: us.
Former
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| Leonyx
|Rob Lee
|Head Manager
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| Matt
|Matt Akhavan
|Assistant Manager
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Team EnVyUs
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| Hermes
|David Tu
|Coach
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Team EnVyUs
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| Daku
|Hussain Moosvi
|Head Analyst
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Misfits EU
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| MLong
|Mason Long
|Manager
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Cloud9 Challenger
Results
- 2015
- 2016
2015 Tournament Results | ||||||
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Date | Place | Event | Result | Opponent | Prize | Roster |
2015-07-22 | ![]() |
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8 - 2 | Round Robin
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- | RF • Crumbz • Alex Ich • maplestreet • Jébus • Remilia |
2016 Tournament Results | ||||||
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Date | Place | Event | Result | Opponent | Prize | Roster |
2016-04-07 | Q | ![]() |
3 : 0 | ![]() |
- | Seraph • Crumbz • Ninja • Freeze • Hakuho |
2016-03-20 | 8th | ![]() |
5 - 13 | Round Robin
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- | RF Legendary • Flaresz • Seraph • Crumbz • Alex Ich • Ninja • Freeze • LOD • Ohq • Remi • Hakuho • Hermes |
Highlight Videos
Interviews
2015
- March 9th, Alex Ich & Crumbzz to form Challenger team with theScore eSports
2016
- January 14th, The Man behind the Bandana - Rob Leonyx Lee Interview with Esports Heaven
- February 9th, REN Leonyx on Remi Leaving NA LCS, Renegades Performance & Substitutes with DailyDot
- March 23rd, RNG Hermes: We'll be playing as if we were the underdog with Yahoo
- April 20th, Renegades' Manager Leonyx: 'If we are able to keep Ninja and Seraph, I guarantee a top two' with theScore
Articles and Videos
2015
- April 28th, Misfits: The Most Fitting Name from Gold Per 10
- May 14th, Meet the Misfits from LoL Esports
- August 12th, Renegades: Crossing the Finish from LoL Esports
- December 29th, LA Renegades Spring 2016 Scouting Report by Tim Sevenhuysen on Unikrn
2016
- March 22nd, How traditional sports influenced Renegades’ style by Vince Nairn on Slingshot Esports
- April 6th, Lineup changes spark Renegades by Joe "Pistallion" Cannavino on Slingshot Esports
See Also
External Links
Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Alex Ich & Crumbzz to form Challenger team thescoreesports.com
- ↑ [1] dailydot.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Misfits rebrands as Renegades, picks up Vox Eminor CS:GO team, adds MonteCristo as co-owner dailydot.com Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Badawi’s Ban – Statement renegades.gg
- ↑ Hello, I'm Chris Badawi. My thoughts and perspective on my ban by Riot reddit.com
- ↑ LCS Team Owners Allege Badawi Previously Attempted To Break League Rules gamespot.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Maplestreet's tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Renegades to Hold Open Tryouts for ADC renegades.gg
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Cold Wind Blows: Freeze youtube.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Renegades welcome Freeze renegades.gg
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Remi Stepping Down renegades.gg
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- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Competitive Ruling: Renegades and TDK lolesports.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 EnVyUs to join N.A. LCS, picks up Seraph, Ninja, Hakuho espn.go.com
- ↑ No longer the manager of Misfits twitlonger.com
- ↑ Leonyx's tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Intense's Tweet twitlonger.com
- ↑ Meet The Misfits lolesports.com
- ↑ Competitive ruling: Chris Badawi lolesports.com
- ↑ Benjamin to step in for Freeze renegades.gg
- ↑ Ohq to substitute for Freeze renegades.gg
- ↑ Seraph to play top lane for Week 7 renegades.gg
- ↑ Freeze leaves twitter.com
- ↑ Crumbz becomes a free agent twitter.com