Andy Dinh (video gamer)

Andy Dinh (born April 19, 1992), also known by his ID Reginald, is an American entrepreneur and former professional gamer of the multiplayer online battle arena, League of Legends.^[1] He is currently a co-owner and coach of the North-American LCS team Team SoloMid (TSM).

Professional gaming career

Andy "ReginaId" Dinh began playing League of Legends in the Closed Beta in 2008. Playing alongside his brother, Dan "Man Dinh" Dinh, he quickly became one of the most recognizable players in the game's sprouting playerbase, along with other soon-to-be professional gamers such as William "scarra" Li, George "HotshotGG" Georgallidis, and Joshua "Jatt" Leesman. Andy and his brother then formed one of the earliest competitive League of Legends teams, team All or Nothing, during the League of Legends closed beta in September 2009.^[2] Around this time, he also founded the SoloMid website, one of the first websites dedicated to League of Legends, which also doubled as a website for his clan/team. In early 2011, after disagreements between himself and Dan Dinh, All or Nothing disbanded and Andy "ReginaId" Dinh went on to join the team that he was sponsoring, Team SoloMid, eventually becoming its captain. After settling on a roster composed of himself, Brian "TheOddOne" Wyllie, Alex "Xpecial" Chu, Christian "The Rain Man" Kahmann, and Shan "Chaox" Huang, the team's first venture onto the professional eSports scene was during League of Legends Season One Championships during the summer of 2011, where they took 3rd place and $10,000.^[3] After this, Team Solomid made many appearances at various tournaments including Intel Extreme Masters Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne and Major League Gaming Pro Circuit - Raleigh, where they placed 2nd and 3rd respectively. After these tournaments, Andy "ReginaId" Dinh decided to relocate himself and his team in a gaming house based in Lindenhurst, New York.^[4] Dinh and Team Solomid's first breakthrough would occur at Major League Gaming's Providence tournament, where they came out victorious over the competition and brought home 1st Place.^[5]

Going into League of Legends Season 2, Team SoloMid suffered losses while facing the Russian-based team Moscow 5 at Intel Extreme Masters' Hanover and Kiev events. Following these defeats, notable founding member Christian "The Rain Man" Kahmann resigned from the team citing differences in interests and Team Solomid subsequently picked up Marcus "Dyrus" Hill to fill the empty spot, as he was already living in the TSM house.^[6][7] After these changes, Dinh and Team SoloMid went on to win several North American events during spring and summer. Following a 1st Place victory at the North American regionals, TSM became one of the teams playing at Riot Games's Season 2 World Championships in Los Angeles, where they were defeated 2-0 by Azubu Frost and placed 5th-8th with a prize of $75,000.^[8] Two months later in December, they placed 9th-12th in the IGN Pro League Season 5 to win $1500.^[9][10]

Reginald retired from competing at the end of the 2013 season. In the 2014 Spring Split he made a brief appearance as mid laner during Week 7 as a substitute while Bjergsen returned to Denmark while renewing his United States visa.^[11]

Tournament results

2011

• 1st^[12][13][14] ESL Go4LoL March, Monthly Online Finals ($500)^[15][16]
• 1st^[17][18] ESL Go4LoL April Monthly Online Finals ($500)
• 1st^[19] ESL Go4LoL May Monthly Online Finals ($500)
• 3rd^[20][21] Dreamhack 2011 - Season 1 World Championship ($15,000)^[22]
• 3rd - NESL Premier League Season 1 ($90,000)
• 2nd - ESL Major Series/Season VIII ($100,000)
• 2nd - Intel Extreme Masters VI - Cologne ($600,000)
• 3rd - Major League Gaming 2011 - Raleigh ($0)
• 4th - IGN Pro League 3 - Atlantic City ($200,000)
• 8th - Intel Extreme Masters VI - New York ($200,000)
• 1st - Major League Gaming 2011 - Providence ($15,000)
• 3rd - NESL Premier League Season 2 ($900,000)

2012

• 2nd - Intel Extreme Masters VI - Kiev ($100,000)
• 7-8th - Intel Extreme Masters VII - Hanover ($1,000,000)
• 1st - Leaguecraft ggClassic ($1,000)
• 1st - IGN Pro League 4 - Las Vegas ($1,000)
• 1st - Major League Gaming 2012 - Anaheim ($1,000)
• 1st - GIGABYTE eSports LAN ($1,000,000)
• 2nd - MLG Summer Arena ($1,000,000)
• 1st - IGN Pro League Face Off: San Francisco Showdown ($1,000,000)
• 1st - Season Two North American Regionals Finals ($1,000,000)
• 7th - Season Two World Championship ($1,000,000)
• 11th - IGN Pro League Season 5 ($1,000,000)

2013

• 1st - LCS North America Season Three Spring Split ($1,000,000)
• 1st - LCS North America Season Three Spring Playoffs ($1,060,000)
• 3rd - LCS North America Season Three Summer Split ($1,000,000)
• 2nd - LCS North America Season Three Regionals at PAX Prime ($1,000,000)
• 11th Season 3 World Championship ($4,500,000)

As owner

2014

• 2nd - LCS North America Season 4 Spring Split ($25,000)
• 1st - LCS North America Season 4 Summer Split

2015

• 1st - LCS North America Season 5 Spring Split ($10,000)
• 2nd - LCS North America Season 5 Summer Split
• 1st vIntel Extreme Masters Season IX – World Championship

Personal life

Andy Dinh is from San Jose, California, descendant from Vietnamese immigrants. He attended Westmont High School in Campbell but dropped out his junior year. His brother Dan Dinh is also a former professional League of Legends player who is currently a coach. His girlfriend Leena Xu is also the General Manager of TSM.

References

External links

• Andy Dinh's Leaguepedia Article
• Andy Dinh's Results and Prize Money on e-Sports Earnings
• Andy Dinh's LoLEsportpedia