Gravity
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| Org Location | North America | ||||
| Region | North America | ||||
| Sponsor | Corsair | ||||
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Gravity was previously a North American team.
History[edit]
2015 Preseason[edit]
Gravity was established in January 2015, rebranded from Curse Academy.[1] Due to Sale of Sponsorship rule changes for the 2015 Season[2], the Curse brand was required to be pulled from the team that represented them; however, Gravity inherited the LCS spot that Curse Academy had acquired via the Expansion Tournament. Gravity's initial starting roster included Hauntzer, Saintvicious, Keane, Cop, and Bunny FuFuu.
2015 Season[edit]
After the third week of the Spring Season, Gravity's coach SoulDra left the team. Two weeks later, he was replaced by LS.[3] Gravity's record after LS joined the team was 6-4, bringing their overall record to 10-8 and earning fifth place along with a playoff spot. In the quarterfinals, Gravity fell 1-3 to Team Impulse, earning 10 Championship Points for the season. After the split ended, Gravity underwent changes in two positions: Saintvicious left to become the coach for Team Coast and was replaced by Move, a Korean jungler who had previously played for AD Gaming; while Altec joined from the recently relegated Winterfox, replacing Cop.[4]
In the summer split, Gravity finished each week in at worst fourth position, even holding sole possession of first place for weeks 7 and 8; however, they lost both of their games in the final week and ended the season in fourth, after a tiebreaker loss to Team Impulse. In the playoff quarterfinals, Gravity lost to Team SoloMid, leaving them with a year-long total of 30 Championship Points, and qualifying for the regional finals in fifth place. They lost immediately in the gauntlet, reverse swept by first-round opponent Cloud9, who went on to qualify to Worlds.
2016 Preseason[edit]
On December 18, Gravity sold its LCS slot to new team Echo Fox and disbanded.[5]
Timeline[edit]
- 2015
- January 8,
Gravity acquires 
Curse Academy.
Hauntzer,
Saintvicious,
Keane,
Cop, and
Bunny FuFuu join.[6] - January 15 (approx.), SoulDra (Head Coach) joins.
- February 4, SoulDra (Head Coach) leaves.[7]
- February 19, LS (Head Coach) and Yeremy (Head Analyst) join.[8]
- May (approx.),
Matlife joins as substitute. - May 18,
Move and
Altec join.
Saintvicious leaves.[9][10] - May 21, Cop (Head Coach) is added to the official roster as substitute.[11]
- June 5, LS (Head Coach) and Yeremy (Head Analyst) leave.[12][13]
- November 14,
Bunny FuFuu's contract expires but departure is not confirmed.
Hauntzer leaves.[14][15] - November 16,
Altec leaves.[16] - November 19,
Bunny FuFuu's departure is confirmed.[17] - December 18, Gravity transfers its LCS slot to Echo Fox and disbands.
Move,
Keane,
MatLife, and Cop (Head Coach) leave.[18]
Player Roster[edit]
Former[edit]
| R | C | ID | Name | Role | Next Team | Joined | Left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Kang Min-su (강민수) | Jungle |  Unicorns Of Love |
2015-05-18 | 2015-12-18 | ||
| Keane | Jang Lae-young (장래영) | Mid |  Apex Gaming |
2015-01-08 | 2015-12-18 | ||
| xPecake | Tristan Côté-Lalumière | Sub/Bot | None | ??? | ??? | ||
| MatLife | Matthew Elento | Sub/Sup |  Team Liquid |
2015-??-?? | 2015-12-18 | ||
| Bunny FuFuu | Michael Kurylo | Support |  Cloud9 |
2015-01-08 | 2015-11-19 | ||
| Altec | Johnny Ru | Bot |  NRG Esports |
2015-05-18 | 2015-11-16 | ||
| Hauntzer | Kevin Yarnell | Top |  Team SoloMid |
2015-01-08 | 2015-11-14 | ||
| Cop | David Roberson | Sub/Bot |  Coach |
2015-01-08 | 2015-05-?? | ||
| Saintvicious | Brandon DiMarco | Jungle |  Team Coast |
2015-01-08 | 2015-05-18 |
Player League Participation[edit]
LCS
| Player | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Games | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | ||
| Hauntzer | | | | | | | | |  | | | | 299 | ||||
| Keane | | | |  | |  | | 204 | |||||||||
| Cop |  | | | | | 130 | |||||||||||
| Saintvicious | | | | | 82 | ||||||||||||
| Bunny FuFuu | | | | | | 67 | |||||||||||
| Altec |  |  | | | | |  | |  | | 195 | ||||||
| Move | | 19 | |||||||||||||||
Organization[edit]
Former[edit]
| C | ID | Name | Position | Next Team |
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| Samurai | Davis Vague | Owner | None | |
| Ginko | Jake Fyfe | Manager | Echo Fox
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| Cop | David Roberson | Head Coach | Echo Fox
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| Dacchei | Jessica Rago | Community Director | None | |
| LS | Nick De Cesare | Head Coach |  Tempo Storm
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| Yeremy | Jeremy Hawkins | Head Analyst | None | |
| SoulDra | Hughbo Shim | Head Coach |  Gamers2
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Tournaments[edit]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| Gravity Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros) | |||||
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| Date | Pl | Prize | Event | Last Result | Roster |
| 2015-08-31 | 4 | NA Regional Finals 2015 | Hauntzer, Move, Keane, Altec, Bunny FuFuu, Cop | ||
| 2015-08-23 | 5 - 6 | NA LCS 2015 Summer Playoffs | Hauntzer, Move, Keane, Altec, Bunny FuFuu, Cop | ||
| 2015-07-26 | 4 | NA LCS 2015 Summer | 12 - 6  RR | Hauntzer, Move, Keane, Altec, Bunny FuFuu, Cop | |
| 2015-04-19 | 5 - 6 | NA LCS 2015 Spring Playoffs | Hauntzer, Saintvicious, Keane, Cop, Bunny FuFuu, LS | ||
| 2015-03-29 | 5 | NA LCS 2015 Spring | 10 - 8 RR | Hauntzer, Saintvicious, Keane, Cop, Bunny FuFuu, SoulDra, Ginko, Samurai, LS, David | |
| Total Prize:USD 0 | |||||
Media[edit]
- 2015
- January 16, GP10 NA LCS Rankings #4: Gravity Gaming by , and on Gold Per 10
- January 21, I am Davis Vague, owner of Gravity. AMA! with , and on Reddit
- February 22, NA LCS 2015: LS "An immovable object is always greater than an unstoppable force." (video) with , and on SK Gaming
- February 22, Lastshadow on coaching Gravity and commuting between Seoul and LA biweekly (video) with , and on onGamers
- June 13, Gravity Owner on Coach Cop, LS Departure, Being the Youngest Team Owner, and Gravity's Future with , and on GameSpot
- July 5, Star-Lords: Gravity's ascent to the top of North America by , and on The Score
See Also[edit]
External Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Gravity makes light of joining the LCS lolesports.com
- ↑ New Sale of Sponsorships Rule lolesports.com
- ↑ Gravity's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Teams shuffle rosters for 2015 Summer from LoL Esports
- ↑ NBA Legend Rick Fox Purchases ‘League of Legends’ Franchise breitbart.com
- ↑ Gravity makes light of joining the LCS lolesports.com
- ↑ SoulDra's Tweet twitlonger.com
- ↑ Gravity's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Saintvicious joins Team Coast as new Head Coach teamcoast.net
- ↑ Teams shuffle rosters for 2015 Summer from LoL Esports
- ↑ Gravity Gaming's Facebook post facebook.com
- ↑ Nick De Cesare's Facebook post facebook.com
- ↑ Gravity's TwitLonger Post twitter.com
- ↑ TSM LoL Roster Announcement youtube.com
- ↑ Michael "Bunny FuFuu" Kurylo lolesports.com
- ↑ NRG eSports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Bunny FuFuu and Rush Agree to Terms with Cloud9 redbull.com
- ↑ NBA Legend Rick Fox Purchases ‘League of Legends’ Franchise breitbart.com
