Akaadian | ||
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Background Information | ||
Name | Matthew Higginbotham | |
Country of Birth | United States | |
Birthday | December 26, 1996 (age 27) | |
Residency | North America | |
Competitive | ||
Role | Jungler | |
Favorite Champs | ||
Soloqueue IDs | GG AkaadianNA (LAN) | |
Social Media & Links | ||
Matthew "Akaadian" (▶️ listen) Higginbotham is a League of Legends esports player, previously head coach for AOE Gold.
Team History
Team | Start | End | |||
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everFrag | ≈Feb 2014≈2014-02-?? | ≈May 2014≈2014-05-18 | ≈3mo 17d ejel | ||
Zenith Esports | ≈May 2014≈2014-05-?? | Oct 20142014-10-01 | ≈5mo ejel | ||
Monster Kittens | Jan 20152015-01-10 | Jan 20152015-01-14 | 4d ejel | ||
Dadslammers | Mar 20152015-03-04 | Apr 20152015-04-10 | 1mo 6d ejel | ||
Legendary | Apr 20152015-04-10 | ≈May 2015≈2015-05-18 | ≈1mo 8d ejel | ||
Maelstrom Gaming | ≈May 2015≈2015-05-?? | ≈Jun 2015≈2015-06-05 | ≈9d ejel | ||
Winterfox | Jul 20152015-07-14 | ≈Jul 2015≈2015-07-22 | ≈8d ejel | ||
Top Dog Gaming | Oct 20152015-10-13[1] | ≈Feb 2016≈2016-02-05 | ≈3mo 23d ejel | ||
Dream Team | Jan 20162016-01-22 | Feb 20162016-02-05 | 14d ejel | ||
TL Academy | Feb 20162016-02-05 | Apr 20162016-04-22[2] | 2mo 17d ejel | ||
Dream Team | Apr 20162016-04-22 | Aug 20162016-08-13[3] | 3mo 21d ejel | ||
Echo Fox | Jan 20172017-01-05 | Dec 20172017-12-18[4] | 11mo 13d ejel | ||
OpTic Gaming | Dec 20172017-12-18[6] | Nov 20182018-11-18[5] | 11mo ejel | ||
TSM Academy | Dec 20182018-12-14[8] | Jan 20192019-01-12[7] | 29d ejel | ||
TSM | Jan 20192019-01-12[11] | Dec 20192019-12-17[10] | 11mo 5d ejel | ||
TSM Academy | Aug 20192019-08-08 | Dec 20192019-12-17[12] | 4mo 9d ejel | ||
Dignitas Academy | Dec 20192019-12-17[14] | Jun 20212021-06-19[13] | 1yr 6mo ejel | ||
Dignitas | Mar 20202020-03-05[16] | Jul 20202020-07-02[15] | 3mo 28d ejel | ||
Dignitas | Jun 20212021-06-19[13] | Nov 20212021-11-15[17] | 4mo 26d ejel | ||
GG Academy | Nov 20212021-11-29[19] | May 20222022-05-18[18] | 5mo 19d ejel | ||
GG Academy | May 20222022-05-18[18] | Oct 20222022-10-22[20] | 5mo 4d ejel | ||
AOE Gold | Jan 20232023-01-02[23] | Sep 20232023-09-03[22] | 8mo 1d ejel |
Team | Start | End | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
everFrag | ≈Feb 2014≈2014-02-?? | ≈May 2014≈2014-05-18 | ≈3mo 17d ejel | ||
Zenith Esports | ≈May 2014≈2014-05-?? | Oct 20142014-10-01 | ≈5mo ejel | ||
Monster Kittens | Jan 20152015-01-10 | Jan 20152015-01-14 | 4d ejel | ||
Dadslammers | Mar 20152015-03-04 | Apr 20152015-04-10 | 1mo 6d ejel | ||
Legendary | Apr 20152015-04-10 | ≈May 2015≈2015-05-18 | ≈1mo 8d ejel | ||
Maelstrom Gaming | ≈May 2015≈2015-05-?? | ≈Jun 2015≈2015-06-05 | ≈9d ejel | ||
Winterfox | Jul 20152015-07-14 | ≈Jul 2015≈2015-07-22 | ≈8d ejel | ||
Top Dog Gaming | Oct 20152015-10-13[1] | Nov 20152015-11-04 | 22d ejel | ||
Top Dog Gaming | Nov 20152015-11-04 | Nov 20152015-11-15 | 11d ejel | ||
Top Dog Gaming | Nov 20152015-11-15 | Nov 20152015-11-27 | 12d ejel | ||
Top Dog Gaming | Nov 20152015-11-27 | ≈Feb 2016≈2016-02-05 | ≈2mo 8d ejel | ||
Dream Team | Jan 20162016-01-22 | Feb 20162016-02-05 | 14d ejel | ||
TL Academy | Feb 20162016-02-05 | Apr 20162016-04-22[2] | 2mo 17d ejel | ||
Dream Team | Apr 20162016-04-22 | Aug 20162016-08-13[3] | 3mo 21d ejel | ||
Echo Fox | Jan 20172017-01-05 | Dec 20172017-12-08[24] | 11mo 3d ejel | ||
Echo Fox | Dec 20172017-12-08[24] | Dec 20172017-12-18[4] | 10d ejel | ||
OpTic Gaming | Dec 20172017-12-18[6] | Nov 20182018-11-18[5] | 11mo ejel | ||
TSM Academy | Dec 20182018-12-14[8] | Jan 20192019-01-12[7] | 29d ejel | ||
TSM | Jan 20192019-01-12[11] | Dec 20192019-12-17[10] | 11mo 5d ejel | ||
TSM Academy | Aug 20192019-08-08 | Dec 20192019-12-17[12] | 4mo 9d ejel | ||
Dignitas Academy | Dec 20192019-12-17[14] | Jun 20212021-06-19[13] | 1yr 6mo ejel | ||
Dignitas | Mar 20202020-03-05[16] | Jul 20202020-07-02[15] | 3mo 28d ejel | ||
Dignitas | Jun 20212021-06-19[13] | Nov 20212021-11-15[17] | 4mo 26d ejel | ||
GG Academy | Nov 20212021-11-29[19] | May 20222022-05-18[18] | 5mo 19d ejel | ||
GG Academy | May 20222022-05-18[18] | Oct 20222022-10-22[20] | 5mo 4d ejel | ||
AOE Gold | Jan 20232023-01-02[23] | Jun 20232023-06-09[25] | 5mo 7d ejel | ||
AOE Gold | Jun 20232023-06-09[25] | Sep 20232023-09-03[22] | 2mo 24d ejel |
News
- 2014
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- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
EFG | February (approx.), Akaadian, H4xDefender, Sushi, GGJJ, and Hakuho join. | |
ZEN | May (approx.), Zenith Esports is formed. Akaadian, WildMiMo, Easy, GGJJ, and Hakuho join. Genchu joins as substitute. | |
EFG | May 18 (approx.), Akaadian, H4xDefender, Sushi, GGJJ, and Hakuho leave. | |
ZEN | October 1, TheSoloKing joins. Akaadian leaves. |
MKZ | January 10, Akaadian, JJ, Mini Me, and ExecutionerKen join. ChumpJohn, xSojin, Arcsecond, Hanjaro, CurryshotGG, and Small Blue Man leave. | |
MKZ | January 14, Saskio joins. Akaadian leaves. | |
DAD | March 4, Akaadian, ShorterACE, DezX, xPecake, and Lohpally join. Impactful rejoins as substitute. | |
DAD | April 10, Dadslammers is disbanded. Akaadian, MiMo, DezX, xPecake, Lohpally, Bischu, and Impactful leave. | |
LDY | April 10, Legendary is formed. Akaadian, DezX, Bischu, Impactful, and Lohpally join. | |
LDY | May 18 (approx.), Akaadian, DezX, Bischu, Impactful, and Lohpally leave. | |
MAG | May (approx.), Akaadian, TwistyJuker, and Piggy join as substitutes. | |
MAG | June 5 (approx.), Cat, MiMo, mancloud, xPecake, BloodWater, Akaadian, TwistyJuker, and Piggy leave. | |
WFX | July 14, Akaadian joins. Avalon moves to substitute. | |
WFX | July 22 (approx.), Winterfox is disbanded. Akaadian, ShorterACE, Arcsecond, P1noy, Lohpally, Avalon, Maybe, Ken, Leviathan (Head Coach), ElderPeko (Coach), Levine (Coach,Social Media Manager), and guitar (Owner) leave. | |
TDG | October 13, Akaadian, NintendudeX, kt Smurf, Impactful, LohPally, and Kubz (Head Coach) join.[1] | |
TDG | November 4, BrandonFTW and LOD join. Akaadian (Top to Jungle) changes position. NintendudeX and Impactful leave. | |
TDG | November 15, Trowen joins. Frostalicious joins as substitute. Akaadian (Jungle to Top) changes position. BrandonFTW moves to substitute. | |
TDG | November 27, Slooshi joins. Akaadian (Top to Jungle) changes position. BrandonFTW moves to starting roster. Trowen, kt Smurf, LOD, Frostalicious, and Kubz (Head Coach) leave. |
DT | January 22, Papa Chau joins. Part, Akaadian, Teacher, and Heartlock join as substitutes. | |
TDG | February 5 (approx.), Akaadian leaves. | |
TL.A | February 5, Akaadian joins. Zary leaves. | |
DT | February 5, Biofrost joins. Smooshy joins as substitute. Brokenshard (Head Coach to Head Coach/Sub/Jungle) changes position. Akaadian, DoubleG, and Papa Chau leave. | |
TL.A | April 22, Akaadian leaves.[2] | |
DT | April 22, Akaadian rejoins. Brokenshard (Head Coach/Sub/Jungle to Head Coach) changes position. Shernfire moves to substitute. Part leaves. | |
DT | August 13, Akaadian leaves.[3] |
FOX | January 5, Akaadian and Gate join. Hard leaves. | |
FOX | December 8, Akaadian moves to substitute. Damonte leaves for academy roster.[24] | |
FOX | December 18, Akaadian leaves.[4] | |
OPT | December 18, zig, Akaadian, PowerOfEvil, Arrow, and LemonNation join.[6] |
OPT | November 18, Arrow's contract expires but departure is not confirmed. Akaadian and PowerOfEvil's contracts expire.[5] | |
OPT | November 26, Akaadian's departure is confirmed.[26] | |
TSM.A | December 14, Akaadian, Tactical, and Treatz join. Brandini rejoins. PieCakeLord leaves. MrRallez and Shady's departures are confirmed.[8][9] |
TSM.A | January 5, Brandini, Akaadian, Tactical, and Treatz's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[27] | |
TSM.A | January 12, Fanatiik's joining is confirmed. Akaadian leaves for main roster.[7] | |
TSM | January 12, Akaadian joins from academy roster. Grig becomes inactive. Fanatiik is confirmed to be joining TSM Academy.[11] | |
TSM.A | August 8, Akaadian rejoins from main roster. | |
TSM | December 17, Akaadian leaves.[10] | |
TSM.A | December 17, Akaadian leaves.[12] | |
DIG.A | December 17, Akaadian joins.[14] Akaadian's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.[28] |
DIG | March 5, Akaadian joins from academy roster.[16] | |
DIG | July 2, Akaadian and Froggen leave for academy roster.[15] |
DIG.A | June 19, Akaadian leaves for main roster.[13] | |
DIG | June 19, Akaadian rejoins from academy roster.[13] | |
DIG | November 15, Akaadian leaves.[17] | |
GG.A | November 29, Tony Top, ry0ma, Violet, and Akaadian (Head Coach) join. Iconic, Chime, and Jido (Strategic Coordinator) join from main roster.[19] |
GG.A | May 18, Concept, Array, and Westrice (Head Coach) join. Jido (Strategic Coordinator to Assistant Coach) changes position. Akaadian (Head Coach to Jungle) changes position. Tony Top and ry0ma move to substitutes.[18] Concept, Akaadian, LIDER, Array, and Jido (Assistant Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024.[29] | |
GG.A | October 22, Akaadian and Westrice (Head Coach) leave.[20][21] |
AOE | January 2, Shiazuri (Head Coach), Akaadian (Assistant Coach), Zaga (Analyst), Fawn (Positional Coach), and Kenshin (Positional Coach) join. Mews (Manager) leaves.[23] | |
AOE | June 9, Concept, Will, Breezyyy, and Loyal (General Manager) join. Akaadian (Assistant Coach to Head Coach) and Zaga (Analyst to Assistant Coach) change positions. winnie and SkyTec leave.[25] | |
AOE | September 3, Akaadian (Head Coach) leaves.[22] |
Biography[]
2015 Season[]
Akaadian joined Maelstrom in May 2015 and played with them in the NACS Summer Qualifier for the second round, replacing Cat. The team lost to CLG Black and were eliminated from the tournament; soon after, they disbanded. Akaadian returned to play in the summer season with Winterfox, replacing top laner Avalon partway through their season. The team won their first game with Akaadian starting, breaking a 6-game losing streak, but they lost the remainder of their games and finished in last place with a 1-9 record.
2016 Season[]
Akaadian was brought onto Team Liquid Academy after the second week of the NACS spring season, replacing Zary who had himself replaced IWDominate after his retirement from League and temporary substitution for Liquid Academy when former starting jungler Dardoch was moved to the main Team Liquid team. Liquid Academy finished in fourth place after winning an automatic tiebreaker with Dream Team and moved onto the playoffs, where they were eliminated in the first round by Apex Gaming. After the split ended, Team Liquid Academy rebuilt their roster, and Akaadian left, joining Dream Team. The team however wasn't successful in their attempt to make it into the LCS, after they finished 3rd-4th in the playoffs with an 0-3 loss to Cloud9 Challenger. Akaadian left the team in August and was teamless for the remainder of the season.
2017 Season[]
In January of 2017, Akaadian joined Echo Fox as their new jungler. Although his rookie split was largely impressive and he was individually one of the strongest jungler, Echo Fox still struggled to perform well as a team. They finished both the Spring Season and Summer Season in 8th place, first with a 6-12 record and then with a 5-13 record. After a lackluster season, Akaadian left the team in December and joined the newly formed OpTic Gaming.
Trivia[]
- Played water polo in high school.
- Name comes from a misspelling of a quote from the movie 300, where a character yells "Arcadians, Now!"
- Close friends with fellow jungler Moon.
Tournament Results[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media[]
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- February 7, Akaadian on being a rookie and aggression in the jungle with , and on Slingshot
- February 11, Akaadian on joining the LCS: "I'd rather be on a winning Challenger team than a terrible LCS team" with , and on Blitz Esports
- February 14, Akaadian: ‘I really want to play against Moon, he’s the only one that has out jungled me’ with , and on Yahoo Esports
- February 22, NALCS Mid Season Awards by Christian Marcale on The Game Haus
- March 10, Moon x Akaadian: two junglers discuss their rivalry and hint at a secret language with , and on Yahoo Esports
- June 5, Akaadian on EF's trip: 'the way that NA players are trained to play is completely diff from Korea' with , and on Yahoo Esports
- June 7, Akaadian on jungle rivals: “I’ve played LirA a ton in solo queue, he’s not that hard to beat." with , and on Blitz Esports
- June 19, Akaadian on LCS franchising and his pre-League of Legends career path with , and on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- July 14, Akaadian on his mentality, Echo Fox's scrim environment and NA's win at Rift Rivals with , and on theScore Esports
- July 14, Akaadian on Echo Fox's 10-man roster: 'It's really weird that you play your competition (for practice). You don't play your competition in things like football and basketball' with , and on theScore esports
- January 31, Akaadian finds stopwatch frustrating and the meta boring to play but has "full faith" in Riot to fix with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- March 1, Akaadian: “If there’s some fat Twitter hate going on, I can just close the screen, I can close my eyes and it’s gone. It’s not like these people can affect me.” with Izento on The Shotcaller
- August 9, Akaadian: how Optic turned around their team at season's end with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- August 24, The Imposter by Matthew "Akaadian" Higginbotham on The Player's Lobby
- January 31, Akaadian: 'Bjergsen doesn't want a ward bot, he wants a Chad in the jungle' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- March 4, TSM Akaadian: "If I was the same player that I was in December, I would not still be starting." with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
- March 27, Akaadian on ditching an academy demotion to bring wrath upon peasants with TSM with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- May 29, Akaadian describes why TSM wants to beat Team Liquid with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- July 9, Akaadian says despite rough season, TSM is 'definitely a team to be feared' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- July 16, [EXCLUSIVE] TSM Akaadian: "After Rift Rivals, the team thought the way I played was a better fit." with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
- August 1, Akaadian on TSM’s struggles: “We don’t have that much in our playbook … We don’t really know what drafts we’re comfortable with” by Brian Chang on Dot Esports
- March 23, Akaadian talks LCS pro player vote on Spring Split, says he's fine to keep playing with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- June 11, Akaadian on navigating the awkwardness of living with a player on a rival team with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- June 11, State of the Jungle, Balancing League and Life, and Lessons from TSM: An Interview with Dignitas' Matthew "Akaadian" Higginbotham with Mike Campany on ESTNN
- June 28, DIG Akaadian on replacing Dardoch in the LCS: "There are big shoes to fill, but I think I'm ready." with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
- June 29, Akaadian on why he'll ALWAYS PUSH for aggression in LCS and why he loves LPL so much with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- August 3, Akaadian: 'There's a lot of good competition in LCS right now' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- August 8, DIG Akaadian: “This series against EG was just a reminder that we need to talk things through more before the game starts” with Blaine Polhamus on esports.com
Post-Match Interviews
Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
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2022-01-25 | PGCQ 2022 Spring 1 | GG.A vs NOT | Link |
2021-06-26 | LCS 2021 Summer | FLY vs DIG | Link |
2021-02-10 | NA Academy 2021 Spring | DIG.A vs IMT.A | |
2020-01-27 | NA Academy 2020 Spring | CLG.A vs DIG.A | Link |
2019-07-13 | LCS 2019 Summer | TSM vs CG | Link |
2019-04-06 | LCS 2019 Spring Playoffs | C9 vs TSM | Link |
2019-03-31 | LCS 2019 Spring Playoffs | TSM vs FOX | Link |
2019-03-02 | LCS 2019 Spring | TSM vs FOX | Link |
2018-07-22 | NA LCS 2018 Summer | OPT vs C9 | Link |
2018-01-29 | NA LCS 2018 Spring | OPT vs FLY | Link |
Images[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 NintendudeX and Kubz return to competitive League with new team dotesports.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Akaadian's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Akaadian's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 OpTic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2018-11-18; after change - NA - 2018-11-19
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 OpTic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Team SoloMid's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 TSM's Official 2019 NA LCS Rosters and Staff tsm.gg
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Team SoloMid's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Dignitas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Team SoloMid's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Dignitas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 Dignitas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Dignitas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Dignitas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Dignitas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Dignitas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 Golden Guardians' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Golden Guardians' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Golden Guardians' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Golden Guardians' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Akaadian's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 AOE Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Echo Fox Announces Full 2018 League of Legends Roster echofox.gg
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 AOE Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Akaadian's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2019-01-05
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2019-12-17
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2022-05-17; after change - NA - 2022-05-18