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Illinois State University (Also known as Illinois State or ISU), is a university located in Normal, Illinois. Its esports program is called Redbird Esports.
History[]
Redbird Esports functioned as a registered organization until it was announced in October of 2019 that Varsity Esports would be coming to ISU in Fall 2020. The program would be housed in Student Affairs and under the leadership of Campus Recreation. Redbird Esports has four ways to engage in esports. The first option is Varsity Esports, new in Fall 2020. The second option is participating in the club program, currently housing 14 unique gaming and nerd culture related clubs. The third option is casual gaming and gaming leagues (intramurals). The fourth option is the Redbird Esports Network (REN). REN serves as a student-led, esports entrepreneurial start-up focusing on social media and marketing, technology and digital development, events and outreach, and broadcast and production.
Timeline[]
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- January 2, Capta1n Kirk (Esports Program Director) joins.
- May 1,
datdat1,
GFP,
DrewDozer,
Nuclear,
Tempos, and Pater (Head Coach) join. - August 1, Redfox (Esports Graduate Assistant) joins.
- December 2,
Tempos leaves.[1] - December 14,
Nuclear leaves.[2] - December 22,
Hyper joins.[3] - December 24,
Disconnector joins.[4] - December 28,
Nausicaa joins.[5]
- January 8,
Nuclear rejoins. Disconnector (Bot to Top) changes position.
Shamwwow leaves.[9] - February 14, Disconnector renames to Squilliam. Nuclear renames to Yen.
- February 28, Squilliam renames to Disconnector.
- June 16,
Meslo joins. Disconnector (Top to Bot) changes position.[10][11] - September 1, Command Attack (Head Coach) joins.[12]
- September 19, Command Attack (Head Coach to Head Coach/Sub/Mid) changes position.
Yen and
datdat1 (Assistant Coach) leave.[13]
- January 1, Nausicaa changes residency from Oceania to PCS.
- January 26,
ROCKEATER73 joins as substitute. Nausicaa (Support to Sub/Jungle) and Pater (Head Coach to Coach) change positions.[14] - February 19, Dozer (Mid to Top), Meslo (Top to Mid), and Nausicaa (Sub/Jungle to Sub/Support) change positions.
- August (approx.),
Kross joins. - September 16,
Nausicaa moves to starting roster.
GFP leaves.
Player Roster[]
Active[]
| Player | Name | Role | Joined | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meslo | Spencer Gega | Top Laner | Jun 20222022-06-16 | ||
| Kross | Drake Farster | Jungler | ≈Aug 2023≈2023-08-?? | ||
| DrewDozer | Drew Neiburger | Mid Laner | May 20202020-05-01 | ||
| Disconnector | Kim "William" Do-hyun (김도현) | Bot Laner | Dec 20202020-12-24 | ||
| Nausicaa | Cameron Maine | Support | Dec 20202020-12-28 | ||
| CMD ATK | Thomas Bjorklund | Sub/Mid | Sep 20222022-09-19 | ||
| ROCKEATER73 | Justin Grilli | Sub/Mid | Jan 20232023-01-26 | ||
| Tempos | Spenser White | Sub/Sup | Oct 20212021-10-29 |
Former[]
Players are shown for the entire duration of their tenure on the team, with the role and substitute/trainee status they had upon their departure.
| Player | Name | Role | Joined | Left | Next Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GFP | Luis Garcia | Jungler | May 20202020-05-01 | Sep 20232023-09-16 |  PX5 | ||
| Yen | Zachary Rainey | Bot Laner | Jan 20222022-01-08 | Sep 20222022-09-19 | None | ||
| datdat1 | David Thompson | Sub/Top | May 20202020-05-01 | Sep 20222022-09-19 |  Retired | ||
| Shamwwow | Miguel Magno | Top Laner | Jan 20212021-01-06 | Jan 20222022-01-08 |  UM | ||
| Hyper | Young Hoon Seo (서영훈) | Jungler | Dec 20202020-12-22 | Apr 20212021-04-30 |  TSM.A | ||
| Nuclear | Zachary Rainey | Bot Laner | May 20202020-05-01 | Dec 20202020-12-14 |  MU | ||
| Tempos | Spenser White | Support | May 20202020-05-01 | Dec 20202020-12-02 |  C9.Am |
Organization[]
Current[]
| C | ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capta1n Kirk | David Kirk | Esports Program Director | |
| CMD ATK | Thomas Bjorklund | Head Coach | |
| Pater | Michael Pater | Coach | |
| Redfox | Jack Blahnik | Esports Program Manager | |
| plat | Michael Lyman | Esports Graduate Assistant |
Former[]
| C | ID | Name | Position | Next Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| datdat1 | David Thompson | Assistant Coach | None |
Tournaments[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media[]
Images[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cloud9's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Maryville University's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Illinois State University's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Illinois State University's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Illinois State University's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 RCL 2021 Winter Official Spreadsheet docs.google.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 TSM's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Redbird Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 PGCQ #1 Open Qualifier Public Master Sheet docs.google.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Redbird Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Disconnector's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Redbird Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 UPL Fall 2022 docs.google.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Redbird Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ NACL Spring 2024 OQ 1 Tournament Sheet docs.google.com