Beyond Gaming
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| Short name | BYG |
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| Game | League of Legends |
| Founded | 26 January 2021 |
| League | Pacific Championship Series |
| Based in | Taipei |
| Owner | Xue "Dinter" Hong-wei |
| Head coach | Lien "Benny" Hsiu-chi |
| Manager | Hsieh "KK" Kun-han |
| Main sponsor | Mega Bank |
Beyond Gaming is a Taiwanese professional League of Legends team competing in the Pacific Championship Series, the top-level league for the game in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia. The team was founded by former professional League of Legends player Xue "Dinter" Hong-wei after he purchased the PCS spot of ahq eSports Club.
History[]
Founding[]
Xue "Dinter" Hong-wei, formerly the jungler for Taipei Assassins and Hong Kong Esports, founded Beyond Gaming on 26 January 2021 after he purchased the PCS spot of ahq eSports Club.[1][2]
Beyond Gaming's inaugural roster did not include any players from ahq's final starting roster. However, Beyond Gaming signed ahq's substitute bot laner, Chiu "Doggo" Tzu-chuan, on 4 February 2021. The team also acquired top laner Hsieh "PK" Yu-ting from Machi Esports and signed several rookies. Mid laner Chien "Maoan" Mao-an joined from Berjaya Dragons on 3 March to round out the seven-man roster.[3]
2021 season[]
Beyond Gaming finished second in the spring regular season, receiving a bye to the second round of playoffs in the winners' bracket. There, Beyond Gaming defeated Machi Esports 3–1 and advanced to the semifinals match in the winners' bracket, against PSG Talon. After being swept by PSG Talon, Beyond Gaming faced off against Machi Esports once again, this time in the losers' bracket semifinals. Beyond Gaming won their rematch against Machi Esports after a close series, and advanced to their first PCS finals. Beyond Gaming was swept by PSG Talon again in the finals, and finished second overall in their inaugural split.[4]
Repeating their success in the spring season, Beyond Gaming finished second in the summer regular season and defeated Machi Esports 3–1 in the second round of playoffs in the winners' bracket. Beyond Gaming then faced off against PSG Talon once again in the semifinals match in the winners' bracket, this time defeating PSG Talon 3–2 and qualifying for the 2021 World Championship in their inaugural season.[5] Beyond Gaming then advanced to their second PCS finals, where they lost 2–3 to PSG Talon.[6]
For the 2021 World Championship play-in stage, Beyond Gaming was drawn into Group B, along with North American team Cloud9, Japanese team DetonatioN FocusMe, Russian team Unicorns of Love, and Turkish team Galatasaray Esports. Beyond Gaming ended the round robin tied for last with Unicorns of Love, but managed to win the subsequent tiebreaker match to advance to the play-in knockout stage.[7] Despite expectations of an easy series for Beyond Gaming, they barely managed to avoid elimination after reverse sweeping Galatasaray Esports.[8] Immediately after the series, Riot Games announced that Maoan would be suspended for the rest of the tournament due to allegations of match fixing made against him.[9] Beyond Gaming had only brought a substitute top laner to the tournament, and so the team's two top laners were forced to alternate between top and mid in their qualification match against Hanwha Life Esports. Beyond Gaming was subsequently swept by Hanwha Life Esports and eliminated from the tournament.[10]
Current roster[]
| Beyond Gaming League of Legends roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lien "Benny" Hsiu-chi
Liu "Wulala" Sheng-we
Roster updated 9 December 2021. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Substitute
Injury / IllnessTournament results[]
| Placement | Event | Final result (W–L) |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 2021 PCS Spring Split | 16–2 |
| 2nd | 2021 PCS Spring Playoffs | 0–3 (against PSG Talon) |
| 2nd | 2021 PCS Summer Split | 14–4 |
| 2nd | 2021 PCS Summer Playoffs | 2–3 (against PSG Talon) |
| 17th–18th | 2021 World Championship | 0–3 (against Hanwha Life Esports) |
References[]
- ^ "前職業選手丁特宣布買下《英雄聯盟》ahq戰隊". Liberty Times (in Chinese). 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "PCS teams for the 2021 Spring Split". Facebook. LoL Pacific Championship Series. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Chien, Yu-kuan (4 February 2021). "《英雄聯盟》準備就緒！BYG正式公告PCS選手名單". Yahoo News Taiwan (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ O'Dwyer, Samuel (18 April 2021). "PSG Talon crowned champions of PCS Spring Split 2021". Dot Esports. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ Kelly, Michael (27 August 2021). "Beyond Gaming spoil PSG Talon's perfect split, become first team from PCS to qualify for Worlds 2021". Dot Esports. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ O'Dwyer, Samuel (29 August 2021). "PSG Talon secure Worlds group stage seed, defend their PCS title in thrilling victory over Beyond Gaming". Dot Esports. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ Geracie, Nick (7 October 2021). "Unicorns of Love has been eliminated from Worlds 2021". InvenGlobal. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ Kelly, Michael (8 October 2021). "Beyond Gaming pull off heroic reverse sweep over Galatasaray Esports in Worlds 2021 play-ins, set up best-of-5 with Hanwha Life". Dot Esports. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ Kelly, Michael (8 October 2021). "Beyond Gaming mid laner Maoan suspended from Worlds 2021 following match-fixing scandal". Dot Esports. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ Kelly, Michael (9 October 2021). "Hanwha Life take advantage of shorthanded Beyond Gaming, advance to Worlds 2021 group stage". Dot Esports. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
External links[]
- 2021 establishments in Taiwan
- Esports teams based in Taiwan
- Esports teams established in 2021
- Pacific Championship Series teams