Gambit Gaming
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| TEAM INFORMATION | |
| LOCATION: | Europe 
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| NO. OF PLAYERS: | 9 |
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| ANALYSTS: | Aleksandr "Zak" Shcherbakov |
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| HISTORY | |
| CREATED: | 2013-01-14 |
| DISBANDED: | 2015 |
Gambit Gaming is a European Esports organization that was formed in January 2013 after the acquisition of the Moscow Five roster.[1]
Contents
History
Formation of Gambit Gaming
On January 10th, the now-defunct e-Sports organization Moscow Five released their League of Legends roster due the arrest of Moscow Five's CEO in July of the previous year leaving the organization with a lack of funding.[2][3] Four days later, on January 14th, it was announced that Gambit Gaming had acquired the former M5 roster.[1]
Pre-Season 3
Marking their first appearance in an offline event as Gambit Gaming, in late January of 2013, the Russian team would compete in IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice as one of the eight qualified teams. Gambit Gaming would go 1-2 in the group stage, winning against MYM, while losing to Curse Gaming EU as well as Azubu Blaze. Because of this, the round robin had a tie of MYM, Gambit, and Curse Gaming EU, who all went 1-2. A time coefficient was used to break the tie though, giving Gambit Gaming a spot in the semi-finals. Gambit Gaming would defeat Azubu Frost as the underdogs 2-0, then go on to take first place by knocking out Korean powerhouse Azubu Blaze who they had lost to in the group stage. Gambit Gaming took home $15,000 USD (~11,609 Euros) as well as a direct seed into the IEM World Championship. As a result of their dominating performance over the two Azubu teams, Gambit would later be called the "Azubu slayers" and the "Korean destroyers".
Season 3
Spring EU LCS
Having qualified as Moscow Five, Gambit Gaming would compete in the European Season 3 League of Legends Championship Series. Gambit would be a highly respected threat throughout Spring, being one of the most feared to play. They would complete the European Spring LCS Split in 2nd place, with a record of 21-7. This ensured their LCS spot for the summer split portion of the league. They would then take second place in the Season 3 EU Spring Playoffs, losing 2-3 to Fnatic in the final.
IEM World Championship & MLG Winter Championship
Gambit attended the IEM Season VII - World Championship in Hannover, Germany in March. The team dominated their group, going undefeated with a 5-0 score, placing them in the semi-finals. They then faced CJ Entus Frost and lost the set 2-1, knocking Gambit out of the tournament and ending the tournament in 3rd.
The Russian team was invited to play in an international exhibition at 2013 MLG Winter Championship, playing first against American Team Dignitas, and won 2-0, constantly pressuring the opponent. Gambit faced Korean top contender KT Rolster B in the exhibition finals but were unable to secure 1st place, losing 2-1.
LCS All Stars
In April, Gambit Gaming players Danil "Diamondprox" Reshetnikov, Aleksei "Alex Ich" Ichetovkin, Evgeny "Genja" Andryushin, and Edward "Edward" Abgaryan were publicly voted to represent their respective positions on the Europe LCS All Star team to compete at All-Star Shanghai 2013 to play against the world's best All Star teams chosen in the same fashion. However, a rule stating that only 3 members of a team may be inducted onto the team caused Genja to be replaced as AD Carry by Evil Geniuses' Yellowpete. The team's top lane was sOAZ from Fnatic. The EU LCS first faced off against heavy favorites Korean OGN Champions, and although good early gameplay from jungler Diamondprox, the Korean team overtook them in a 2-0 set. Their next opponent was their sibling league, the North America LCS. Both teams played an explosive two games of up and down fighting however, NA LCS ended up being the victor, knocking the EU LCS out of the tournament.
Summer EU LCS
A few days before Summer EU LCS started, long time support player Edward would leave the team, stating "First of all, the main reason of such end is misunderstandings between me and Genja. Despite to the fact that we played together for more than one year we didn't fit to each other. Secondly, I don't like the current atmosphere in the team after few bad results in a row. Due to these factors I have decided to leave the team." [4]
Edward was then replaced by Darker who eventually lost his spot to Voidle, who was released on November 4th.
On August 17th, Gambit Gaming would finish the Summer Split tied up in the 2nd place at 15-13 along with Fnatic, Evil Geniuses and Ninjas in Pyjamas. However they managed to secure a 4th place finish after losing the tie breaker against Evil Geniuses, going on to defeat Ninjas in Pyjamas in the losers bracket then losing again to Evil Geniuses in the deciders match, which granted Gambit Gaming a spot on the Summer Playoffs.
Gambit would then play against Ninjas in Pyjamas in the Summer Playoffs, defeating them 2-0 and advancing to the Semifinals where they would lose 0-2 against Lemondogs and dropping to the 3rd Place Match to face Evil Geniuses in a match that decides the third team that will represent Europe in the Season 3 World Championship. Gambit was victorious and claimed the victory over Evil Geniuses 2-1.
Season 3 World Championship
Gambit was placed into a tough group with fellow European rivals Fnatic, North American third seed Team Vulcun, Korean OGN Spring Winners Samsung Galaxy Ozone and Filipino champions Mineski. They earned an undefeated 3-0 their first day of the group stage, looking extremely strong as Europe's third seed. Gambit continued to play solidly throughout the groups, finishing in a tie for 2nd place with Samsung Galaxy Ozone at 5-3. In a close tiebreaker game against the Korean team, Gambit emerged victorious and advanced to the playoffs with fellow European competitor Fnatic.
Gambit faced off against the Korean first seed NaJin Black Sword in the quarterfinals. NaJin Black Sword was called a "dark horse threat" by caster MonteCristo since they had not competed in the previous two months and had recently replaced their starting mid laner, SSONG, with substitute player Nagne. After winning the first game, Gambit succumbed to the Koreans 1-2 in a close match, thus being eliminated from the tournament and taking home seventh place.
Season 4
Spring EU LCS
Due to visa issues, Darien, Diamondprox, Alex Ich, and Genja were unable to play in the 6th week of the Spring Season. Zorozero, Hulberto, Nukeduck, and fury III substituted for Top, Jungle, Mid, and ADC respectively. [5]
Gambit Gaming finished 5th in the 2014 EU LCS Spring Playoffs after losing 0-2 to Team ROCCAT but then beating Copenhagen Wolves 2-1.
May 3rd, due to personnal issues, Alexey "Alex Ich" Ichetovkin decided to leave. NiQ was announced as a temporary sub and was eventually made the starting mid laner.Pre Season 6
Gambit Gaming dropped down to promotion/relegation after finishing 8th in the 2015 EU LCS Summer Split. However, on September 5th, 2015, the team managed to reclaim their spot and re-qualified for the 2016 EU LCS after beating mousesports in the Promotion Tournament.
Timeline
- February 3rd, Diamondprox joins.[6]
- April 19th, Zak joins as Analyst.[7]
- April 25th, Diamondprox leaves.[8]
- May 12th, Babunia joins.[9]
- October 18th, Diamondprox rejoins. [10]
- January 13th, Leviathan joins as head coach.[11]
- February 17th, Betsy will be playing as starting Mid for Week 5 and 6 of 2015 EU LCS Spring.[12][13]
- February 28th, Betsy becomes starting Mid laner, while niQ moves to Sub.[14]
- April 21st, Leviathan is released.[15]
- May 13th, FORG1VEN leaves
SK Gaming and joins
Gambit Gaming. P1noy moves to Sub.[16] - May 21st, P1noy leaves.
- June 2nd, Shaunz joins as Coach (trial).[17]
- June 13th, Shaunz becomes a full-time Head Coach.[18]
- July 15th, Moopz, ImSoFresh, and Steelback join as substitutes.[19]
- July 21st, FORG1VEN is suspended from playing in the LCS for the next four games his team plays starting immediately.[20]
- October 13th, FORG1VEN moves to Sub position.[21]
- November 2nd, Cabochard leaves when contract ends [22]
- November 13th, GoSu Pepper announces free agency. [23]
- December 2nd, Betsy and Diamondprox leave.[24]
- December 10th, Gambit sells ther LCS spott to Vitality.[25]
- March 15th, 3rd/4th place at IEM Season VIII - World Championship.
- April 16th, 5th place at LCS Europe Season 4 Spring Playoffs and qualifies for the LCS Europe Season 4 Summer
- May 3rd, Alex Ich leaves.[26]
- May 14th, niQ announced as temporary standin.[27]
- June 4th, niQ joins as new starting mid laner.[28]
- July 8th, Diamondprox and Darien moved to substitutes. Kubon and loulex joins as starters.[29]
- July 15th, Diamondprox is now the starting jungler for Gambit, loulex moved to a substitute role.[30]
- August 4th, loulex leaves.[31]
- August 27th, Krislund becomes the starting AD carry, while Genja moves to sub.[32]
- October 31st, Kubon leaves.[33]
- November 6th, Cabochard joins.[34]
- November 7th, P1noy joins.[35]
- January 14th, Gambit Gaming acquires former Moscow Five roster; Alex Ich, Diamondprox, Darien, Genja and Edward join. [1]
- To read about Moscow Five history (December 2011 - January 2013), click here.
- January 20th, 1st place at IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice.
- March 9th, 3rd/4th place at IEM Season VII - World Championship.
- April 11th, SteelSeries sponsors Gambit Gaming.[36]
- April 28th, 2nd place at LCS Europe Season 3 Spring Playoffs.
- June 4th, Edward leaves.[37]
- June 26th, Darker joins.[38]
- August 1st, Voidle replaces Darker.[39]
- August 25th, 3rd Place at the LCS Europe Season 3 Summer Playoffs and Qualifies for the Season 3 World Championship.
- November 4th, Voidle is released.[40]
- November 7th, Edward rejoins.[41]
- November 24th, 1st Place at IEM Season VIII - Cologne.
Player Roster
| ID | Name | Role | Next Team | |
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BloodFenix | Alexander Hallberg | Top | Gambit.CIS |
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Babunia | Bartosz Dzikowski | Jungle | |
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Diamondprox | Danil Reshetnikov | Jungle | Gambit.CIS |
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Fomko | Anton Fomkin | Mid | |
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LeX | Alexei Chitac | AD | Gambit.CIS |
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Archie | Viacheslav Egorov | Support | Gambit.CIS |
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Betsy | Felix Edling | Mid | ROCCAT |
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GoSu Pepper | Edward Abgaryan | Support | ROCCAT |
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Cabochard | Lucas Simon-Meslet | Top | Vitality |
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FORG1VEN | Konstantinos Tzortziou | AD | H2k-Gaming |
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Darien | Evgeny Mazaev | Top | |
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Genja | Evgeny Andryushin | AD | |
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P1noy | Kristoffer Pedersen | AD | Winterfox |
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niQ | Sebastian Robak | Sub/Mid | HWA Gaming |
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Kubon | Jakub Turewicz | Top | Reason Gaming |
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loulex | Jean-Victor Burgevin | Jungle | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
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Alex Ich | Aleksei Ichetovkin | Mid | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
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Voidle | Erih Sommermann | Support | Butt 9 Eclipse |
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ImSoFresh | Karim Bbahla | Jungle | ROCCAT |
| ID | Name | Role | Replacing | Tournament | |
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NiQ | Sebastian Robak | Mid | 2014 Season League Championship Series Europe Summer Week 1 | |
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Zorozero | Morten Rosenquist | Top | Darien
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2014 Season League Championship Series Europe Spring Week 6 |
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Hulberto | Johan Johansson | Jungle | Diamondprox
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Nukeduck | Erlend Våtevik Holm | Mid | Alex Ich
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Fury III | Jakob Burke | AD | Genja
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Voidle | Erih Sommermann | Support | Darker
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Season 3 League Championship Series Europe Summer Week 7 |
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Spontexx | Eric Peugeot | Top | Darien
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Season 3 League Championship Series Europe Summer Week 3 |
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Darker | Andrey Plechistov | Support | DreamHack Summer 2013 Season 3 League Championship Series Europe Summer Week 1 & 2 |
Organization
| ID | Name | Position | |
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Zak | Aleksandr Shcherbakov | Analyst |
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Moo | Dmitry Sukhanov | Team Manager and Analyst | |
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groove | Konstantin Pikiner | General Manager | |
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breakthedeskplz | Arthur Cechladze | Editor-In-Chief | |
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MCJ | Mikhail Chistiakov | Media Editor | |
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iVillain | William Hoag | Head Analyst | |
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Shaunz | Kévin Ghanbarzadeh | Head Coach | Vitality |
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Dan | Daniel Luensi | Coach | |
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Leviathan | Jordan Thwaites | Head Coach |
Team Achievements
| 2016 Tournaments | ||||||
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| Date | Place | Event | Result | Winnings | ||
| 2016-07-10 | 
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5 - 6th | 2016 LCL Summer Split | 6 : 8 | Group Stage/Round Robin (W-L) | 250,000 RUB |
| 2015 Tournaments | ||||||
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| Date | Place | Event | Result | Winnings | ||
| 2015-09-05 | 
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Q | 2016 EU LCS Spring Promo | 3 : 0 | mousesports |
Q for 2016 EU LCS Spring |
| 2014-07-24 |
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' | 2015 EU LCS Summer Split | 7 : 11 | Group Stage/Round Robin (W-L) | |
| 2015-04-05 |
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5 - 6th | 2015 EU LCS Spring Playoffs | 1 : 3 | Unicorns of Love |
10 CP |
| 2015-03-27 |
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4th | 2015 EU LCS Spring Split | 10 : 8 | Group Stage/Round Robin (W-L) | |
| 2015-03-13 | 
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7 - 8th | IEM IX World Championship Katowice | 0 : 1 | Team WE |
$ 2,500 |
| 2014 Tournaments | ||||||
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| Date | Place | Event | Result | Winnings | ||
| 2014-12-21 |
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1st | IEM Cologne | 3 : 1 | Counter Logic Gaming |
$ 12,500 |
| 2014-09-10 |
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Q | 2015 EU LCS Spring Promotion | 3 : 1 | SK Gaming Prime |
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| 2014-07-31 |
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7th | 2014 EU LCS Summer Round Robin | 9 : 20 | Group Stage/Round Robin (W-L) | |
| 2014-04-17 |
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5th | 2014 EU LCS Spring Playoffs | 2 : 1 | Copenhagen Wolves |
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| 2014-04-03 |
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5th | 2014 EU LCS Round Robin | 14 : 14 | Group Stage/Round Robin (W-L) | |
| 2014-03-15 |
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3 - 4th | IEM Season VIII - World Championship | 0 : 2 | KT Rolster Bullets |
$ 14,000 |
| 2013 Tournaments | ||||||
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| Date | Place | Event | Result | Winnings | ||
| 2013-11-24 |
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1st | IEM Season VIII - Cologne | 2 : 0 | Fnatic |
$ 18,500 |
| 2013-09-23 | 
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5 - 8th | Season 3 World Championship | 1 : 2 | NaJin Black Sword |
$ 75,000 |
| 2013-08-25 |
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3rd | Season 3 EU LCS Summer Playoffs | 2 : 1 | Evil Geniuses |
$ 15,000 |
| 2013-08-17 |
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4th | Season 3 EU LCS Summer Round Robin | 15 : 13 | Group Stage/Round Robin (W-L) | |
| 2013-04-28 |
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2nd | Season 3 EU LCS Spring Playoffs | 2 : 3 | Fnatic |
$ 25,000 |
| 2013-04-21 |
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2nd | Season 3 EU LCS Spring Round Robin | 21 : 7 | Group Stage/Round Robin (W-L) | |
| 2013-03-17 | 
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2nd | 2013 MLG Winter Championship International Exhibition | 1 : 2 | KT Rolster B |
$ 5,000 |
| 2013-03-08 |
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3 - 4th | IEM Season VII - World Championship | 1 : 2 | CJ Entus Frost |
$ 13,500 |
| 2013-02-26 | 
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1st | ESL Major Series Winter 2012 | 2 : 0 | MeetYourMakers |
€ 2,500 |
| 2013-01-20 |
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1st | IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice | 2 : 0 | Azubu Blaze |
$ 15,500 |
Interviews
- June 20th - Interview with Gambit groove at LCS EU DreamHack (Russian with English subs)(video) with GambitEsports
- June 21st - LCS Moscow 2013: interview with Gambit-Groove (Russian with English subs)(video) with LoLGameRu
Other Contents
- April 25th - Diamondprox leaves Gambit with TheScore eSports
- May 28th - CRIMSON AGE: GAMBIT GAMING by Schuyler "Wints" Winter (lolesports.com)
- January 27th - Gambit Got a Gaming House for 2015 LCS Season by breakthedeskplz (gambit-gaming.com)
- February 22nd - Gambit Gaming: A gamblers nightmare by Joe Densley (goldper10.com)
- August 3rd - GAMBIT GAMING IS ONE OF EUROPE'S BEST LOL TEAMS by Tim Sevenhuysen (unikrn.com)
- September 5th - GAMERS2 ASCEND AND GAMBIT DEFEND IN THE 2016 EU LCS SPRING PROMOTION TOURNAMENT by Schuyler Winter (lolesports.com)
- September 7th - Gambit - That Fateful Day in Katowice by Duncan Shields (goldper10.com)
- February 15th - Moscow 5/Gambit Gaming History by Martin Uggla
See Also
Discussions
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gambit Gaming: New Home For Alex Ich & Co. in2lol.com
- ↑ Moscow Five Releases League of Legends Team English moscowfive.ru
- ↑ Moscow Five Releases League of Legends Team Russian moscowfive.ru
- ↑ Gambit Gaming Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ Report: Gambit Subs Leaked esportsheaven.com
- ↑ The King of the Jungle is back!
- ↑ Gambit Gaming's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ Diamondprox leaves Gambit gambit.gg
- ↑ Gambit Gaming's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Leviathan Joins Gambit Gaming as a Head Coach gambit-gaming.com
- ↑ Betsy to replace niQ this week gambit-gaming.com
- ↑ Betsy stays for two more games gambit-gaming.com
- ↑ Betsy Joins Gambit Gaming gambit-gaming.com
- ↑ Leviathan is released from Gambit gambit-gaming.com
- ↑ FORG1VEN joins Gambit gambit-gaming.com
- ↑ Shaunz on a Two-Week Trial as Gambit's Head Coach gambit-gaming.com
- ↑ Shaunz joins Gambit on a Full-Time Basis gambit-gaming.com
- ↑ Moopz, Steelback and ImSoFresh joins Gambit as Subs gambit-gaming.com
- ↑ COMPETITIVE RULING: KONSTANTINOS ‘FORG1VEN’ TZORTZIOU lolesports.com
- ↑ FORG1VEN loses a spot in our starting line-up gambit-gaming.com
- ↑ Cabochard said multiple time in stream that he is not longer in GMBtwitch.tv/cabochardlol
- ↑ EDward announces free agency
- ↑ Diamondprox's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ Gambit sells LCS Spot gambit-gaming.com
- ↑ Gambit Gaming parts ways with Alex Ichgambit-gaming.com
- ↑ niQ - Gambit's stand-in at LCS Week One gambit-gaming.com
- ↑ niQ has officially joined Gambit Gaming gambit-gaming.com
- ↑ Gambit’s line-up at LCS Summer Week 8 gambit-gaming.com
- ↑ Diamond Returns to Gambit's starting lineup gambit-gaming.com
- ↑ [2]nip.gl
- ↑ Krislund Replaces Genja at LCS Promotion Tournamentgambit-gaming.com
- ↑ Kubon leaves Gambit Gaming gambit-gaming.com
- ↑ Cabochard joins Gambit gambit-gaming.com
- ↑ Krislund changes his nickname and joins Gambit gambit-gaming.com
- ↑ Gambit Gaming Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ Gambit Gaming Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ Gambit Gaming Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ Gambit Gaming Facebook Post
- ↑ Pre-Season 4 roster changes strike Gambit Gaming gambit-gaming.com
- ↑ Interview with Gambit's new support player (Russian)(EN subs) youtube.com
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