Gravity
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| Org Location |  North America | ||||
| Region | North America | ||||
| Sponsor(s) | Corsair | ||||
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Gravity was previously a North American team.
History
2015 Preseason
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
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
On December 18, Gravity sold its LCS slot to new team Echo Fox and disbanded.[5]
Timeline
- 2015
- January 8, team is formed. Hauntzer, Saintvicious, Keane, Cop, and Bunny FuFuu join.[6]
- January 15 (approx), SoulDra joins as head coach.
- February 4, SoulDra leaves.[7]
- February 19, LS and Yeremy join.[3]
- May 18, Saintvicious leaves.[8] Move and Altec join.[9]
- May 21, Cop moves to a coaching position while remaining a Sub/AD.[10]
- June 5, LS and Yeremy leave.[11][12]
- August 29, 4th Place at the 2015 Season North America Regional Finals.
- November 14, Hauntzer leaves.[13] Bunny FuFuu's contract expires.[14]
- November 16, Altec leaves.[15]
- November 19, Bunny FuFuu leaves.[16]
- December 18, team sells its NA LCS slot to Echo Fox. Team disbands.[5]
Player Roster
Former
| R | C | ID | Name | Role | Next Team | Joined | Left |
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Move | Kang Min-su (강민수) | Jungler |  Unicorns Of Love |
2015-05-18 | 2015-12-18 | |
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Keane | Jang Lae-young (장래영) | Mid Laner |  Apex Gaming |
2015-01-08 | 2015-12-18 | |
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xPecake | Tristan Côté-Lalumière | Sub/Bot | ??? | ??? | ||
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MatLife | Matthew Elento | Sub/Sup |  Team Liquid |
2015-??-?? | 2015-12-18 | |
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Bunny FuFuu | Michael Kurylo | Support |  Cloud9 |
2015-01-08 | 2015-11-19 | |
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Altec | Johnny Ru | Bot Laner |  NRG Esports |
2015-05-18 | 2015-11-16 | |
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Hauntzer | Kevin Yarnell | Top Laner |  Team SoloMid |
2015-01-08 | 2015-11-14 | |
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Cop | David Roberson | Sub/Bot |  Coach |
2015-01-08 | 2015-05-?? | |
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Saintvicious | Brandon DiMarco | Jungler |  Team Coast |
2015-01-08 | 2015-05-18 |
Player LCS Participation
| Player | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | EU | NA | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | ||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | # | Team | # | Team | # | Team | # | Team | # | Team | # | Team | # | Team | # | Team | # | Team | # | Team | # | Team | ||||
| Hauntzer | 18 | 
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18 |
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18 |
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41 |
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47 |
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41 |
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18 |
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18 |
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0 | 219 | 219 | ||||||||
| Saintvicious | 28 | 
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28 |
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8 |
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18 |
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0 | 82 | 82 | ||||||||||||||||
| Keane | 18 |
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18 |
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46 |
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44 | 
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51 |
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6 | 
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18 |
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0 | 201 | 201 | ||||||||||
| Cop | 28 |
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28 |
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28 |
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28 |
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18 |
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0 | 130 | 130 | ||||||||||||||
| Bunny FuFuu | 12 |
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18 |
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18 |
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2 |
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16 |
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0 | 66 | 66 | ||||||||||||||
| Move | 18 |
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36 |
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36 | 18 | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Altec | 27 | 
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18 | 
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18 |
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16 |
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43 |
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30 |
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18 | 
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10 |
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0 | 180 | 180 | ||||||||
- For a full chart listing all LCS players, click here.
- Only regular season games are listed. Last update: after LCS Summer 2018
Organization
Former
| C | ID | Name | Position | Next Team |
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Samurai | Davis Vague | Owner | |
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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 | |
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LS | Nick De Cesare | Head Coach |  Tempo Storm
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Yeremy | Jeremy Hawkins | Head Analyst | |
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SoulDra | Hughbo Shim | Head Coach |  Gamers2
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Tournament Results
- This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Gravity Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • EurosLocal • USD • EurosLocal • USD • Euros) Date Place Prize Event Last Result Roster 2015-08-31 4 
NA Regional Finals 20152 : 3 
C9
Hauntzer,
Move,
Keane,
Altec,
Bunny FuFuu,
Cop2015-08-23 5 - 6 
NA LCS 2015 Summer Playoffs1 : 3 
TSM
Hauntzer,
Move,
Keane,
Altec,
Bunny FuFuu,
Cop2015-07-26 4 NA LCS 2015 Summer12 - 6 
RR
Hauntzer,
Move,
Keane,
Altec,
Bunny FuFuu,
Cop2015-04-19 5 - 6 NA LCS 2015 Spring Playoffs1 : 3 
TiP
Hauntzer,
Saintvicious,
Keane,
Cop,
Bunny FuFuu,
LS2015-03-29 5 NA LCS 2015 Spring10 - 8 RR
Hauntzer,
Saintvicious,
Keane,
Cop,
Bunny FuFuu,
SoulDra,
Ginko,
Samurai,
LS,
DavidTotal Prize:
Highlight Videos
Interviews
- 2015
- January 21 - I am Davis Vague, owner of Gravity. AMA! Reddit AMA
- February 22 - Lastshadow on coaching Gravity and commuting between Seoul and LA biweekly (video) with onGamers
- February 22 - NA LCS 2015: LS "An immovable object is always greater than an unstoppable force." (video) with SK Gaming
- June 13 - Gravity Owner on Coach Cop, LS Departure, Being the Youngest Team Owner, and Gravity's Future with GameSpot
Articles
- 2015
- January 16, GP10 NA LCS Rankings #4: Gravity Gaming from Gold Per 10
- July 5, Star-Lords: Gravity's ascent to the top of North America from theScore
See Also
External Links
References
- ↑ Gravity makes light of joining the LCS lolesports.com
- ↑ New Sale of Sponsorships Rule lolesports.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gravity's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Teams shuffle rosters for 2015 Summer from LoL Esports
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Gravity's TwitLonger Post twitter.com
- ↑ Nick De Cesare's Facebook post facebook.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
