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Hauntzer
TSMC Hauntzer 2023 Split 1
Background Information
NameKevin Yarnell
Country of Birth
United States
BirthdayMay 20, 1995 (age 28)
Residency
NA
North America
Competitive
Role
Top Laner
Favorite Champs



Soloqueue IDsice, Sanic Boom, New Experience, Venersis, ZheXue, Wolhaiksong (KR), DaJiaHao (BR), Kholin, Bongdong420 (NA)
Social Media & Links
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Infobox Instagramlogo std
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Kevin "Hauntzer" (▶️ listen) Yarnell is a League of Legends esports player, previously top laner for Shopify Rebellion.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes
Dates:Approx|Exact
TeamStartEnd
NA
The Gentlemen's Guildlogo stdThe Gentlemen's Guild≈Aug 2013≈2013-08-??≈Oct 2013≈2013-10-??≈2mo
ejel
NA
Team LoLPrologo stdTeam LoLPro
Nov 20132013-11-01Sep 20142014-09-27[1]10mo 26d
ejel
NA
Curse Academylogo stdCurse Academy
Sep 20142014-09-27[4]Jan 20152015-01-08[3]3mo 11d
ejel
NA
Gravity (North American Team)logo stdGravity
Jan 20152015-01-08[8]Nov 20152015-11-14[6]10mo 6d
ejel
NA
TSMlogo stdTSM
Nov 20152015-11-14[10]Nov 20182018-11-29[9]3yr 15d
ejel
NA
Golden Guardianslogo stdGolden Guardians
Nov 20182018-11-29[12]Nov 20202020-11-15[11]2yr 16d
ejel
NA
TSM Academylogo stdTSM Academy
Dec 20202020-12-09[14]Sep 20212021-09-30[13]9mo 21d
ejel
NA
TSM Academylogo stdTSM Academy
Dec 20222022-12-08[15]Jan 20232023-01-111mo 3d
ejel
NA
TSM Challengerslogo stdTSM Challengers
Jan 20232023-01-11May 20232023-05-12[16]4mo 1d
ejel
NA
TSMlogo stdTSM
May 20232023-05-12[16]Sep 20232023-09-20[17]4mo 8d
ejel
NA
Shopify Rebellionlogo stdShopify Rebellion
Sep 20232023-09-20[17]Dec 20232023-12-04[18]2mo 14d
ejel
TeamStartEnd
NA
The Gentlemen's Guildlogo stdThe Gentlemen's Guild≈Aug 2013≈2013-08-??≈Oct 2013≈2013-10-??≈2mo
ejel
NA
Team LoLPrologo stdTeam LoLPro
Nov 20132013-11-01Sep 20142014-09-27[1]10mo 26d
ejel
NA
Curse Academylogo stdCurse Academy
Sep 20142014-09-27[4]Jan 20152015-01-08[3]3mo 11d
ejel
NA
Gravity (North American Team)logo stdGravity
Jan 20152015-01-08[8]Nov 20152015-11-14[6]10mo 6d
ejel
NA
TSMlogo stdTSM
Nov 20152015-11-14[10]Nov 20182018-11-29[9]3yr 15d
ejel
NA
Golden Guardianslogo stdGolden Guardians
Nov 20182018-11-29[12]Nov 20202020-11-15[11]2yr 16d
ejel
NA
TSM Academylogo stdTSM Academy
Dec 20202020-12-09[14]Sep 20212021-09-30[13]9mo 21d
ejel
NA
TSM Academylogo stdTSM Academy
Dec 20222022-12-08[15]Jan 20232023-01-111mo 3d
ejel
NA
TSM Challengerslogo stdTSM Challengers
Jan 20232023-01-11May 20232023-05-12[16]4mo 1d
ejel
NA
TSMlogo stdTSM
May 20232023-05-12[16]Sep 20232023-09-20[17]4mo 8d
ejel
NA
Shopify Rebellionlogo stdShopify Rebellion
Sep 20232023-09-20[17]Dec 20232023-12-04[18]2mo 14d
ejel

News

  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
NA
The Gentlemen's Guildlogo stdTGGAugust (approx.), Hauntzer joins.
NA
The Gentlemen's Guildlogo stdTGGOctober (approx.), Hauntzer leaves.
NA
Team LoLPrologo stdPRONovember 1,
Hauntzer,
heavenTime,
LOD, and
Apexy join.

Cruzerthebruzer and
TrickZ leave.
NA
Team LoLPrologo stdPROSeptember 27,
Hauntzer and
LOD leave.[1][2]
NA
Curse Academylogo stdCASeptember 27,
Hauntzer and
Cop join.

Impactful and
Cris leave.[4][5]
NA
Curse Academylogo stdCAJanuary 8,
Hauntzer,
Saintvicious,
Keane,
Cop, and
Bunny FuFuu leave.[3]
NA
Gravity (North American Team)logo stdGVJanuary 8,
Hauntzer,
Saintvicious,
Keane,
Cop,
Bunny FuFuu, and Samurai (Owner) join.
[8]
NA
Gravity (North American Team)logo stdGVNovember 14,
Bunny FuFuu's contract expires but departure is not confirmed.
Hauntzer leaves.[6][7]
NA
TSMlogo stdTSMNovember 14,
Hauntzer and
kaSing join.
[10]
NA
TSMlogo stdTSMNovember 25,
Hauntzer is set to leave with assistance finding a new team.[19]
NA
TSMlogo stdTSMNovember 29,
Hauntzer leaves.[9]
NA
Golden Guardianslogo stdGGNovember 29,
Hauntzer joins.
[12]
NA
Golden Guardianslogo stdGGJanuary 4,
Hauntzer and
Olleh's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[20]
NA
Golden Guardianslogo stdGGNovember 22,
Keith joins from academy roster.
Inero (Assistant Coach to Head Coach) and Jimmy (Head Coach to Player Performance Coach) change positions.
Hauntzer and
FBI will remain with the team for 2020.[21]
NA
Golden Guardianslogo stdGGNovember 15,
Hauntzer leaves.[11]
NA
TSM Academylogo stdTSM.ADecember 9,
Hauntzer,
Cody Sun, and
Yursan join.
[14]
Hauntzer and
Cody Sun's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2022.[22]
NA
TSM Academylogo stdTSM.AJuly 29,
Hauntzer and
Cody Sun's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022.[23]
NA
TSM Academylogo stdTSM.ASeptember 30,
Hauntzer,
Sword, and
Cody Sun leave.[13]
NA
TSM Academylogo stdTSM.ADecember 8,
Svenskeren,
Triple,
WildTurtle, and
Dragku join.

Hauntzer rejoins.
[15]
NA
TSM Academylogo stdTSM.AJanuary 3,
Hauntzer,
Svenskeren, and
Wildturtle's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.
Dragku's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024.[24]
NA
TSM Challengerslogo stdTSMCJanuary 11, TSM Academylogo stdTSM Academy renames to TSM Challengerslogo stdTSM Challengers.
Hauntzer,
Svenskeren, and
WildTurtle's contracts are transferred to TSM Challengerslogo stdTSM Challengers in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.
Dragku's contract is transferred to TSM Challengerslogo stdTSM Challengers in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024.[25]
NA
TSM Challengerslogo stdTSMCMay 12,
Doxa is removed from the GCD.
Hauntzer leaves for main roster.[16]
NA
TSMlogo stdTSMMay 12,
Hauntzer is readded to the main roster in the GCD.
[16]
NA
TSMlogo stdTSMMay 23,
Ruby's joining is confirmed.

Hauntzer's rejoining is confirmed.
[26]
NA
Shopify Rebellionlogo stdSRSeptember 20, Shopify Rebellionlogo stdShopify Rebellion acquires the roster and LCS spot of TSMlogo stdTSM.[17]
NA
Shopify Rebellionlogo stdSRSeptember 25,
Hauntzer,
WildTurtle, and
Chime's contracts are transferred to Shopify Rebellionlogo stdShopify Rebellion in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.
Bugi's contract is transferred to Shopify Rebellionlogo stdShopify Rebellion in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024.[27]
NA
Shopify Rebellionlogo stdSRDecember 4,
FakeGod,
Bvoy, and
Zeyzal join.

Tomio joins as substitute.
WildTurtle (Bot to Sub/Bot/Streamer) changes position.
Hauntzer and
Chime leave.[18]

Biography[]

Season 3[]

Kevin "Hauntzer" Yarnell began his professional career in Season 3 with The Gentleman’s Guild. The Gentleman's Guild played briefly in the League of Legends Season VII Premier Playoffs, but lost to COGnitive Gaming.

2014 Preseason[]

On November 1, Hauntzer joined Team LoLPro alongside heavenTime, LOD, Apexy, and Nyjacky.

2014 Season[]

LoLPro attempted to qualify for the NACS Spring Series #1 but were eliminated in the first round of the play-in by Skyline. Hauntzer with LoLPro qualified for the second spring series but were eliminated in the quarterfinals by vVv Gaming, leaving them without enough points to qualify for the Spring Playoffs.

The team fared better in the summer series #1, placing second overall after beating Area of Effect eSports and Frank Fang Gaming but losing to Team Coast in the finals. A fourth-place finish to the second summer split gave them 14 points overall and the third seed into the Summer Playoffs.

LoLPro beat Denial eSports in the quarterfinals but then lost to Curse Academy in the semifinals and placed fourth overall after losing 3-1 to Team Coast in the third-place match. As a result, they did not qualify for Spring Promotion tournament.

September 27 Hauntzer joined Curse Academy who were given a seed into the Spring Expansion Tournament.

2015 Preseason[]

Hauntzer joined Curse Academy on September 27, 2014, replacing Cris.[28][29]

The team had been given a seed into the Spring Expansion tournament as a result of their participation in the Promotion Tournament. With a roster of Hauntzer, Saintvicious, Keane, Cop, and Bunny FuFuu, they beat compLexity.White 2-0 in the online stage and then advanced to the live tournament, where they defeated Coast 3-1 and then Team Fusion 3-1, qualifying for the spring season. However, due to the one-team-per-organization rule, the roster was sold and became known as Gravity.

2015 Season[]

Gravity finished the spring round robin with a 10-8 record, in fifth place. In the quarterfinals, they lost 1-3 to Team Impulse and earned 10 Championship Points for the season. In the summer split, they 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 Season[]

Hauntzer left Gravity to join Team SoloMid in November.[30] The only rookie on a lineup of star players including Svenskeren, Bjergsen, Doublelift, and kaSing at IEM San Jose, Hauntzer performed reasonably well at the tournament, especially in their first series. TSM defeated LGD Gaming in the first round before losing to Origen in the semifinals. Domestically, TSM's NA LCS season started out rocky, with a 50% winrate for the first three weeks. Regardless, they were invited to IEM Katowice in March. There, they dropped their first game to the Korean Challenger team Ever but recovered in the loser's bracket before losing in the semifinals to eventual tournament winners SK Telecom T1 and finishing tied for third place with Royal Never Give Up. After returning to North America, their rocky season continued, and they finished in sixth place, the lowest they'd ever finished in the history of the LCS, with a huge comeback loss to Echo Fox in the last game. Guaranteed to face first-seed Immortals if they were even able to beat Cloud9 in the quarterfinals, TSM seemed poised to have their lowest playoff result in the history of the LCS as well.

However, after signing the well-known sports psychologist Weldon in the break before playoffs, TSM showed significant improvement as a team. They easily defeated Cloud9 3-1 in the quarterfinals and went on to crush Immortals 3-0 in the semifinals, although a lot of their win over Immortals was blamed on surprising draft picks by their opponents, including a top-lane Lucian in Game 1 and no sign of the heavily-in-meta Ekko from either team. In the finals, TSM faced CLG, a matchup with an even more heated rivalry than normal due to Doublelift's team switch prior to the season's start. Ultimately CLG won 3-2, and TSM finished the split in second place, out of reach of the Mid-Season Invitational.

Support YellOwStaR departed TSM during the mid-season break to return to Fnatic, and after a Korean bootcamp during the mid-season break to try out new support players, TSM signed Dream Team's Biofrost as his replacement. Despite being a LCS rookie, Biofrost proved himself almost immediately at the start of the Summer Season. TSM didn't lose a single series until week 8, where they fell 0-2 to then ninth-place Phoenix1. That series was their only loss of the regular season, and they also nearly swept the Playoffs, defeating CLG 3-0 and then Cloud9 3-1 in the finals, qualifying them for the World Championship with North America's first seed.

After their summer split performance, TSM were expected by many to advance out of the group stage, but after being drawn into group D alongside the eventually second-place Samsung Galaxy, Royal Never Give Up, and Splyce, TSM dropped three games in the group stage including two to RNG; they lost a second-place tiebreaker with the Chinese team based on head to head and did not advance. Soon after Worlds, TSM announced that Doublelift would be stepping down from the active roster for the 2017 spring split.[31]

In the wake of Doublelift stepping down, TSM initially announced their withdrawal from the upcoming IEM Oakland tournament. However, after an encouraging recruitment process, TSM signed former Immortals and long-time TSM AD carry WildTurtle as their starter, and participated at Oakland. In the tournament, TSM dropped its only series against eventual tournament-winner Unicorns of Love in the semifinals, 1-2.

2017 Season[]

TSM's 2017 was domestically very successful. In the spring split despite looking shaky at different stages of the regular split, TSM finished 1st with a 15-3 record. Hauntzer in particular was largely praised for his improved performance and he was cited as one of the main reasons why TSM won a lot of games. In the playoffs TSM defeated Cloud9 3-2 in the finals in a very close series to capture yet another LCS title. This also qualified them for the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational. Despite fan expectations being decent, TSM failed to live up to expectations and finished in 5th place with a 4-6 record. In the tiebreaker game against Flash Wolves the team lost and were knocked out of MSI. In summer after Doublelift's return and WildTurtle's departure to FlyQuest, TSM was expected to dominate the split. They would finish 1st in the regular season with 14 wins and 4 losses but were not back to their dominant selves. In the playoffs they defeated Team Dignitas 3-1 in the semifinals and then took down Immortals 3-1 in the finals to capture their third title in a row which was a first in NA LCS history. The win also qualified them for the 2017 Season World Championship.

They were seeded in a group that looked weak on paper and consisted of a shaky Flash Wolves, and untested Misfits Gaming and a questionable Team WE. TSM started off well with a 2 wins and 1 loss in Week 1 but then in Week 2 they performed worse and went 1-2. Having to play a tiebreaker against Misfits Gaming, TSM lost and were eliminated from Worlds in the group stage yet again in a fashion similar to last years'.

Trivia[]

  • Was a mid lane main and switched to top lane, is proficient in both roles.
  • Half Chinese and American.

Pentakills

DateRegionTournamentTeamVsChampionPosW/LKDASBVOD
2021-04-13
NA
North America
LCS Proving Grounds 2021 SpringTSM Academylogo stdBarrage.NAlogo std
Gnar
TopW12/3/7LinkLink
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Tournament Results[]

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Minimum place

Hauntzer Tournament Results
DatePlEventLast ResultTeamRoster
2023-08-037 - 8 LCS 2023 Championship
2 : 3Dignitaslogo stdDIG
TSMlogo stdTSM Hauntzer,  Bugi,  Insanity,  WildTurtle,  Chime,  Reven
2023-07-216 LCS 2023 Summer
8 - 10Blanklogo stdRR
TSMlogo stdTSM Hauntzer,  Bugi,  Insanity,  Ruby,  WildTurtle,  Chime,  Reven
2023-04-291 LCO 2023 Split 1 Showmatch
2 : 0LCO All-Starslogo stdLCO
TSM Challengerslogo stdTSMC Hauntzer,  Svenskeren,  Doxa,  Neo,  Dragku
2023-03-189 - 12 NACL 2023 Spring Playoffs
0 : 2Wildcard Gaminglogo stdWC
TSM Challengerslogo stdTSMC Hauntzer,  Svenskeren,  Doxa,  Neo,  Dragku,  Kristine
2023-03-177 LCS 2023 Spring
8 - 10Blanklogo stdRR
TSMlogo stdTSM Solo,  Hauntzer,  Bugi,  Maple,  Neo,  WildTurtle,  Chime,  Chawy
2023-03-0611 NACL 2023 Spring
5-4-6Blanklogo stdRR
TSM Challengerslogo stdTSMC Hauntzer,  Svenskeren,  Doxa,  WildTurtle,  Neo,  Chime,  rocks908,  Dragku,  Kristine
2021-09-1213 - 16 LCS Proving Grounds 2021 Summer
0 : 2Golden Guardians Academylogo stdGG.A
TSM Academylogo stdTSM.A Hauntzer,  Hyper,  Takeover,  Cody Sun,  Yursan,  Peter Zhang
2021-08-193 Unified Grand Prix 2021 Summer
1 : 3Golden Guardians Academylogo stdGG.A
TSM Academylogo stdTSM.A Hauntzer,  Hyper,  Sword,  Takeover,  Cody Sun,  Yursan,  Peter Zhang
2021-07-297 NA Academy 2021 Summer
4-9-5Blanklogo stdRR
TSM Academylogo stdTSM.A Hauntzer,  Hyper,  Sword,  Takeover,  Cody Sun,  Yursan,  Peter Zhang
2021-04-175 - 6 LCS Proving Grounds 2021 Spring
1 : 3Evil Geniuses Academylogo stdEG.A
TSM Academylogo stdTSM.A Hauntzer,  Babip,  Swordd,  Cody Sun,  Yursan,  Peter Zhang

Media[]

  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2023

Post-Match Interviews

DateTournamentMatchLink
2023-07-13LCS 2023 Summer
TSMlogo stdTSM
vs
Team Liquidlogo stdTL
Link
2023-07-05LCS 2023 Summer
Immortalslogo stdIMT
vs
TSMlogo stdTSM
Link
2023-03-16LCS 2023 Spring
TSMlogo stdTSM
vs
Dignitaslogo stdDIG
Link
2023-02-13NACL 2023 Spring
TSM Challengerslogo stdTSMC
vs
Cincinnati Fearlogo stdFEAR
Link
2021-08-10Unified Grand Prix 2021 Summer
TSM Academylogo stdTSM.A
vs
Maryville Universitylogo stdMU
Link
2021-07-16NA Academy 2021 Summer
TSM Academylogo stdTSM.A
vs
FlyQuest Academylogo stdFLY.A
Link
2021-04-13LCS Proving Grounds 2021 Spring
Barrage.NAlogo stdBRG
vs
TSM Academylogo stdTSM.A
Link
2020-07-11LCS 2020 Summer
Golden Guardianslogo stdGG
vs
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG
Link
2020-02-16LCS 2020 Spring
Dignitaslogo stdDIG
vs
Golden Guardianslogo stdGG
Link
2019-03-17LCS 2019 Spring
Golden Guardianslogo stdGG
vs
Clutch Gaminglogo stdCG
Link
2019-02-10LCS 2019 Spring
Golden Guardianslogo stdGG
vs
TSMlogo stdTSM
Link
2018-06-30NA LCS 2018 Summer
Cloud9logo stdC9
vs
TSMlogo stdTSM
Link
2018-03-18NA LCS 2018 Spring
Golden Guardianslogo stdGG
vs
TSMlogo stdTSM
Link
2018-03-03NA LCS 2018 Spring
TSMlogo stdTSM
vs
FlyQuestlogo stdFLY
Link
2018-02-12NA LCS 2018 Spring
TSMlogo stdTSM
vs
Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
Link

Images[]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Team Coast's Facebook Post twitter.com
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Curse Academy Roster for LCS Expansion Tournament teamcurse.net
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Gravity makes light of joining the LCS lolesports.com
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Team Coast's Facebook Post twitter.com
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Curse Academy Roster for LCS Expansion Tournament teamcurse.net
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 TSM LoL Roster Announcement youtube.com
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Michael "Bunny FuFuu" Kurylo lolesports.com
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Gravity makes light of joining the LCS lolesports.com
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Thank You, Hauntzer tsm.gg
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 TSM LoL Roster Announcement youtube.com
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Hauntzer's Tweet twitter.com
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 Golden Guardians' Tweet twitter.com
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 TSM's Tweet twitter.com
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 TSM's Tweet twitter.com
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 TSM's Tweet twitter.com
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2023-05-11; after change - NA - 2023-05-12
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 Shopify Rebellion's Tweet twitter.com
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 Shopify Rebellion's Tweet twitter.com
  19. Welcome to TSM, Broken Blade tsm.gg
  20. Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2019-01-04
  21. Golden Role Swap | Roster Announcement | Golden Age youtube.com
  22. Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2020-12-08; after change - NA - 2020-12-09
  23. Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2021-07-28; after change - NA - 2021-07-29
  24. Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2023-01-02; after change - NA - 2023-01-03
  25. Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2023-01-10; after change - NA - 2023-01-11
  26. TSM's Tweet twitter.com
  27. Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2023-09-24; after change - NA - 2023-09-25
  28. Team Coast's Facebook Post twitter.com
  29. Curse Academy Roster for LCS Expansion Tournament teamcurse.net
  30. TSM LoL Roster Announcement youtube.com
  31. TSM Doublelift Announcement tsm.gg
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