In May 2019, Snake Esports rebranded to LNG Esports, LNG standing for Li-Ning Gaming. Li-Ning is a Chinese athletic apparel company.[1] LNG inherited both the LPL 2019 Summer seed and roster that belonged to Snake.
Trivia[]
LNG stands for Li-Ning Gaming.
The team is owned by Li Qi-Lin (李麒麟), son of Olympic gold medalist Li Ning (李宁).
The mascot in the team's logo is a Qi-Lin (麒麟), a mysterious beast in Chinese mythology, which may also be a reference to the team owner's name.
May (approx.), Nelson (Assistant Coach) and GuYueXin (Positional Coach) join.
e
June 11, Flandre's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020. SofM and Fenfen's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019. Plex's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021. Asura, Duan, and Maestro's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[8]
December 17, LNG Esports moves their home Venue from Chongqing Expo to Yangcheng International Esports Center.[20] Light joins as substitute from academy roster.[21]Liao Jia-Ming (Analyst) joins.GuYueXin (Positional Coach) leaves.[22]
e
January 6, Xx and Maple's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.[23] Light's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[24] Iwandy's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022.[25]
June 7, Ale moves to starting roster. M1kuya moves to substitute. U (Coach) and Hammer (Analyst) join from academy roster. LP and Kedaya join as substitutes from academy roster.[50][51][52][53]
e
June 22, Ale and icon's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021. Tarzan, LP, and Kedaya's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023. Light and M1kuya's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022.[54]
December 17, Tarzan and Xin will be temporarily unavailable to play during the Demacia Cup 2022 due to contracting COVID-19. Darwin joins as temporary substitute from academy roster for Demacia Cup 2022.[83]
e
December 19, Darwin, LP, and Xin leave for academy roster.
January 12, Liu Jie-Jie (Psychologist) and Liu Rui-Tan (Rehabilitation Teacher) join. LP rejoins from academy roster.Poppy (Coach), U (Coach), Stan (Manager), Zuo Wu-Jun (Manager), Kaka (Leader), and Wly (Supervisor) will remain with the team for 2023. PandaC and Yuzhang (Analyst) leave.[85]
e
February 17, Zika's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2025. Tarzan and Scout's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023. Hang and Yuekai's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024.[86]
Snake Esports rebrands as 
LNG Esports.[2][3] 
Team WE
LGD Gaming
Suning
Vici Gaming
RR
