LA Renegades

Renegades
Location Los Angeles, California
Founded 2015
Manager(s) Rob "Leonyx" Lee
Sponsors AlphaDraft
FreeMyApps
Divisions League of Legends
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Halo
Website http://www.renegades.gg

LA Renegades, sometimes known as Renegades, is a professional esports organization that fields teams in League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The League of Legends team qualified for the 2016 North American League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) and began competing in the league in January 2016.

League of Legends

Renegades
Full name LA Renegades
Nicknames RNG
League League of Legends Championship Series
Team history Misfits (2014-2015)
Based in Los Angeles
Arena Riot NA LCS Studios
Colors Red and black
Owner(s) Chris Badawi
Head coach Anthony Andrews
Broadcasters Riot Games, Twitch.tv
Website http://www.renegades.gg/

2015

Renegades was initially announced as an unnamed Challenger team in early March 2015 by Chris Badawi.[1] The team's first roster included 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.[1] 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.[1]

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.[1] Danish AD Carry Jebus joined as the team's final permanent member, replacing Stixxay, but his first appearance was delayed due to visa issues. 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.[2]

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. 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,[3] Reginald of Team SoloMid, and Jack Etienne of Cloud9, who spoke out in support of it. Ultimately Badawi was banned from participating with the team in an official capacity and was forced to divulge his ownership stake in the team if they qualified for the LCS.[4]

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. Remilia became the first woman to qualify for the LCS in the league's history.[5]

2016

In October 2015, Maplestreet stepped down from the starting roster. The organization announced open tryouts for his replacement.[6]

In January Renegades picked up a team in the European Challenger Series, dubbed Renegades Banditos. The team consisted of Erik "Tabzz" van Helvert, Matthew "Impaler" Taylor, Marc "Caedrel" Lamont, Barney "Alphari" Morris, and Aleksi "Hiiva" Kaikkonen, with subs Marcin "Xaxus" Maczka and Divit "DxAlchemist" Bui.[7]

Roster

Nationality ID Name Age Role Join date
 Ukraine RF Legendary Oleksii Kuziuta 20 Top Laner March 2015
 Venezuela Crumbz Alberto Rengifo 23 Jungler March 2015
 Russia Alex Ich Alexey Ichetovkin 24 Mid Laner January 2015

 Czech Republic

 Freeze Aleš Kněžínek 21 AD Carry January 2016
 United States Hakhuo Nickolas Surgent 20 Support June 2015
 United States Flaresz Cuong Ta Sub/Top June 2015
 United States Remi Maria Creveling 21 Sub/Support June 2015

Former:[8]

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Renegades acquired the Australian CS:GO team Vox Eminor on June 19, 2015.[2] The Renegades were the first team announced to be participating in the ELeague. After placing second at IEM Taipei 2016, Renegades announced that Karlo "USTILO" Pivac would be replacing Luke "Havoc" Paton in their starting roster.[9]

Roster

Nationality ID Name Age Role Join date Hometown
 Australia SPUNJ Chad Burchill 26 IGL 2015-06-19 Perth, Western Australia
 Australia AZR Aaron Ward 23 Rifler 2015-06-19 Brisbane, Queensland
 Australia jks Justin Savage 19 Rifler 2015-06-19 Brisbane, Queensland
 Australia yam Yaman Ergenekon 26 AWPer 2015-06-19 Brisbane, Queensland
 Australia USTILO Karlo Pivac 22 Rifler 2016-02-08
 Australia Havoc Luke Paton 25 Substitute 2015-06-19 Sydney, New South Wales

Halo

Renegades acquired the team "Leftovers" on January 18th, 2016. They are seen as a top four team in the HCS.

Roster

Nationality Gamertag Name Age Role Join date
 United States Spartan the dogg Tyler Ganza 21 Slayer 2016-01-18
 United States Ninja Tyler Blevins 24 Slayer 2016-01-18
 United States Victory X Cam 26 Slayer 2016-01-18
 United States StelluR Brayden 18 Slayer 2016-01-18
 United States Symbolic NA NA Coach 2016-01-18

Gigantic

Renegades acquired the Gigantic Roster known as Team ApeX on November 9, 2015. [10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Stull, Katherine (September 28, 2015). "Band of misfits: How the Renegades went from challengers to winners". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Wolf first2=Richard, Jacob; Lewis (June 19, 2015). "Misfits rebrands as Renegades, picks up Vox Eminor CS:GO team, adds MonteCristo as co-owner". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ Gafford, Travis (June 30, 2015). "Team Liquid Co-owner on Badawi Statement: "He’s Flat Out Lying to the Community"". Gamespot. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ Lingle, Samuel (June 24, 2015). "Riot levels one-year ban against Renegades owner Chris Badawi for tampering". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  5. ↑ LeJacq, Yannick (August 14, 2015). "The League Of Legends Championship Series Has Its First Woman Player". Kotaku.
  6. ↑ Lingle, Samuel (October 7, 2015). "Maplestreet leaves Renegades ahead of their inaugural LCS season". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  7. ↑ Leslie, Callum (Jan 8, 2016). "Renegades branches out to EU with new Challenger side:". The Daily Dot. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  8. ↑ Renegades - LoL Esportspedia
  9. ↑ Demarco, David. "Havoc steps down, USTILO to enter lineup". renegades.gg. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "Team ApeX joins Renegades". Renegades. Retrieved 2016-01-24.

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