Luminosity Gaming

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Luminosity Gaming
Luminosity Gaming logo.svg
Short nameLG
DivisionsCall of Duty, Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, Smite, Super Smash Bros., Madden NFL, PUBG, Fortnite, Apex Legends
Founded2015
Based inToronto, Canada[1]
CEOSteve Maida
Partners
Parent groupEnthusiast Gaming
Websitewww.luminosity.gg Edit this at Wikidata

Luminosity Gaming is a professional esports organization based in North America. It has teams competing in Call of Duty, Overwatch, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege, Super Smash Bros., Fortnite and Apex Legends.[2] The team was founded in Canada by Steve "Buyaka" Maida in 2015, and is based in Toronto, Ontario.[1]

Current divisions[]

Apex Legends []

Fortnite []

Valorant[]

Luminosity Gaming Valorant roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
moose  Jayne, Kaleb   Canada 
dazzLe  Loafman, Will   United States 
TiGG  Spanu, Tanner   United States 
mada  Pampuch, Adam   Canada 
bdog  Sanders, Brandon   United States 
Head coach

Jared "mac" Schneider

Legend
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness

Latest roster transaction: January 18, 2022.

Overwatch[]

Main article: Vancouver Titans

Super Smash Bros. []

Call of Duty[]

Main article: Seattle Surge

On September 13, 2019, it was announced that Luminosity had purchased the Seattle slot in the franchised Call of Duty league.[3] The original Seattle Surge roster consisted of Damon "Karma" Barlow, Ian "Enable" Wyatt, Sam "Octane" Larew, Josiah "Slacked" Berry, Brian "Apathy" Zhelyazkov, and Joey "Nubzy" DiGiacomo as coach.[4] On October 30, it was announced that the team would be branded as the Seattle Surge.[5]

Current roster[]

Further information: Seattle Surge § Current roster

Former divisions[]

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive[]

On April 30, 2015, Peter "ptr" Gurney joined the team as an AWPer.[6] On July 29 it was announced that Luminosity dropped its roster and picked up a team based in Brazil that consisted of Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo, Fernando "fer" Alvarenga, Lucas "steel" Lopes, Ricardo "boltz" Prass, and Marcelo "coldzera" David.[7] In November 2015 Luminosity reached the quarterfinals of DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015.[8] Luminosity won MLG Columbus 2016 on April 3, 2016.[9] On May 8, 2016, Luminosity won DreamHack Austin where they beat fellow Brazilian team Tempo Storm 2–0 in the finals.[10] A couple of days later on May 16, 2016, the team won the ESL Pro League Season 3 Finals after beating G2 Esports 3–2 in the finals.[11] On June 24, 2016, it was officially announced that the Brazilian roster would be joining SK Gaming on July 1, 2016.[12][13] The roster's final tournament with Luminosity was the Esports Championship Series Season 1 Finals where they placed second, losing to G2 Esports in the finals.[14]

Luminosity signed the Brazilian team WinOut on July 30, 2016. Its roster consisted of Renato "nak" Nakano, Bruno "bit" Lima, Lucas "destinyy" Bullo, Vinicios "PKL" Coelho, Gustavo "yeL" Knittel and is coached by Alessandro "apoka" Marcucci.[15] Renato "nak" Nakano and Bruno "bit" Lima were kicked on the team on September 8, 2016.[16] Gustavo "SHOOWTiME" Gonçalves and Bruno "shz" Martinelli joined Luminosity on September 11.[17]

On September 12, 2019, Luminosity dropped its second Brazilian roster.[18]

Hearthstone[]

On January 11, 2015, Luminosity picked up Stanislav Cifka, Nuno "Ignite" Pinho and Josh "Impact" Graham.[19] On July 13, 2015, Christopher "PHONETAP" Huynh left Team Hearthlytics and joined Luminosity.[20]

Madden NFL 17[]

On October 15, 2016, Luminosity picked up Eric "Problem" Wright. Widely known as the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) in the Madden franchise, Problem is the only 3-time winner of the Madden Challenge. No one else has won more than one. He also won Madden Nation, Season 3, which was featured on ESPN, along with numerous other tournaments.[21]

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege[]

On June 22, 2019, Luminosity picked a Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege team that consisted of Coal "Doodle" Phillips, Kian "Hyena" Moyazani, Richie "Rexen" Coronado, Tom "Tomas" Kaka, and Muteeb "PiXeL" Chaudary. They quickly became a top team in North American Pro League defeating top teams and . Luminosity placed third in the online qualifier for the Six Major Raleigh and failed to qualify for the event. In Dreamhack Montreal 2019, Luminosity lost to Team Liquid and being eliminated in the group stage and placing 13-16th, alongside top European team, Chaos Esports Club and amateur teams Livid Gaming and Super Nova. After this defeat, PiXeL left the team and was replaced with former player of , Abdullah "Factor" Rihan.[22] Luminosity placed 4th in North American Pro League Season 10, failing to reach the Season 10 finals but avoiding relegation.

On April 14, 2020, Hyena released a statement detailing conflict between the team, Luminosity, and the developers of Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft criticizing the latter two for mismanagement and miscommunication resulting in the team's removal from Pro League.[23] A day later, Ubisoft confirmed that the team would not be competing in Pro League.[24] On April 17, Luminosity released Hyena along with the rest of the team.[25] Hyena later retired from Rainbow Six Siege.[26]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "About - Luminosity Gaming | Professional Esports Organization". www.luminosity.gg. Archived from the original on October 27, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  2. ^ "Team - Luminosity Gaming | Professional Esports Organization". www.luminosity.gg. Archived from the original on June 4, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
  3. ^ "Luminosity Gaming and Enthusiast Gaming Announce Acquisition of Interest in Call of Duty esports league! - Articles - Luminosity Gaming | Professional Esports Organization". www.luminosity.gg. Archived from the original on November 10, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  4. ^ Carr, Joey (October 21, 2019). "Seattle Call of Duty reveals their starting five and head coach for 2020 CDL". Daily Esports. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  5. ^ "Seattle Surge become latest Call of Duty League team to reveal branding". Dot Esports. October 30, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  6. ^ Wolf, Jacob (April 30, 2015). "Ptr joins Luminosity". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  7. ^ Raven, Josh (July 29, 2015). "Luminosity drops its CS:GO team, picks up top Brazilian side". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  8. ^ Park, Paul (October 29, 2015). "Luminosity Gaming and Team SoloMid advance to DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca Quarterfinals". TheScore eSports. TheScore Inc.
  9. ^ Švejda, Milan. "Luminosity win MLG Columbus 2016". HLTV. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
  10. ^ Mira, Luis. "Luminosity beat TS to win DH Austin". HLTV. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  11. ^ Guevarra, Earl. "Luminosity Gaming Wins ESL CS:GO Pro League Season 3 in Nailbiter Series". Inquirer.net. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  12. ^ Wundenberg, Berg. "SK and Luminosity Gaming Agree to Settle Dispute". SK Gaming. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  13. ^ "LG & SK agree to settle CS:GO dispute". luminosity.gg. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  14. ^ Mira, Luis. "G2 beat Luminosity to win ECS S1". HLTV. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  15. ^ Mira, Luis. "Luminosity sign WinOut's team". HLTV.org. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  16. ^ Sawant, Seth. "bit and nak out of Luminosity". GosuGamers. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  17. ^ Fischer, Annabelle. "Luminosity sign SHOOWTiME and shz". theScore eSports. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  18. ^ "Official: Luminosity release roster". HLTV.org. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  19. ^ Leslie, Callum (June 11, 2015). "Luminosity expands into Hearthstone with experienced trio". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  20. ^ Leslie, Callum (July 13, 2015). "PHONETAP joins Luminosity Gaming". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  21. ^ "luminosity.gg/articles/features/gaming/64/lg-sign-1-madden-player-in-the-world-eric-problem-wright". Archived from the original on July 10, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  22. ^ Gaming, Luminosity (September 23, 2019). "@FactorR6 is making his debut tonight as #LGR6 takes on @TSM in the #R6PL up next!". @Luminosity. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  23. ^ Hyena (April 14, 2020). "Fuck an NDA, parents didn't raise me like that !!". www.twitlonger.com. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  24. ^ "Evil Geniuses, Luminosity Gaming Confirmed to Exit Pro League / SiegeGG". SiegeGG. April 15, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  25. ^ Gaming, Luminosity (April 17, 2020). "Thank You". @Luminosity. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  26. ^ "Don't want to be a pro in a game ran by people who consider me expendable". www.twitlonger.com. Retrieved April 27, 2020.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015
Team EnVyUs
 MLG Columbus 2016 winner
2016 		Succeeded by
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