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| Org Location | United States | ||
| Region | North America | ||
| Owner | Wesley Robert Edens | ||
| Partner | SNICKERS 5-Hour Energy Fathead | ||
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FlyQuest is a North American team.
History[]
Originally reported on January 4, 2017, as Cloud9 Challenger's new brand, FlyQuest was officially announced on January 5 and are co-owned by Wesley Edens, co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, and Fortress Investment Group.[1][2] Their initial roster included Cloud9 Tempest alums Balls, Hai, Altec, and LemonNation along with former Team Liquid Academy jungler Moon.[3]
2017 Season[]
Going into the NA LCS 2017 Spring Season, FlyQuest were predicted by many to be a bottom tier team, due to Moon and Altec's lack of previous success and the fact that the three former Cloud9 players seemed to be past their prime. However, FlyQuest shocked many by posting a 6-2 record over the first four weeks, playing a variety of out-of-meta picks including Zed in the mid lane and Evelynn in the jungle. However, the honeymoon quickly ended as the team proceeded to go 1-7 over the next four weeks before managing to defeat the bottom tier Team Envy and Team Liquid, squeaking into the playoffs with the 5th seed.
In the quarterfinals, FlyQuest faced off against fourth seed Counter Logic Gaming, who were favored due to FlyQuest's weak late season performance. After going to 0-2 in the series, FlyQuest roared back to win the next two games and eventually reverse sweep CLG off the back of some questionable aggressive calls in game seven. Unfortunately, the Cinderella story ended there, as they were quickly swept by eventual champions TSM in the semifinals, and fell to Phoenix1 in the 3rd place match despite taking a 2-1 series lead.
During the midseason, FlyQuest picked up WildTurtle, who had previously played with the former Cloud9 players during their challenger days, and was available due to Doublelift returning to TSM for the Summer Season. Altec remained with the team for the first two weeks as a substitute despite not playing a game, but left before week 3 to join Team Dignitas. Unfortunately, despite the change, the struggles that had begun in the late spring continued. FlyQuest never managed to climb higher than seventh place or reach a .500 record and only avoided relegation by winning their final two games.
Due to having 30 championship points from the Spring Season, FlyQuest were eligible to play in the 2017 Regional Finals. With little expected of them, they managed to shockingly sweep Team Dignitas in the first gauntlet match and take the first game of the second series off of CLG before eventually falling in a close 3-1 series, ending their Worlds hopes.
2018 Season[]
Spring Split[]
With the NALCS franchising for the 2018 Spring Season, FlyQuest were expected not to make the cut for the new LCS, but was announced as one of the six existing teams that had been given a permanent slot. Soon after, they completely rebuilt their roster around AD carry WILDTURTLE, adding former Immortals top laner Flame, rookie jungler AnDa, Korean mid laner Fly and support Stunt, with former SK Telecom T1 coach Rapidstar coming over to coach them. While this roster did have some talent in Flame and Fly, most considered the team likely to place in the lower half of the league. Adding to this already pessimistic outlook, Fly was unable to play for the first three weeks due to visa issues, forcing the team to use academy mid laner Keane in his place. Despite the substitution, FlyQuest went 2-2 to begin the Spring Season, including a Week 1 upset of TSM, who had been predicted to be one of the best teams in the league. However, they then dropped to 2-4 going into the second half of the season. Fly's debut perked the team back up to a respectable 4-6 at the end of week 5, but they only managed to win two games the rest of the way, finishing 8th with the exact same record as the previous split. However, one of these victories was a win over Cloud9 in the final game of the regular season that forced them into a four way tiebreaker for playoff seeding, the first time FlyQuest had recorded a match victory over their former parent team.
Timeline[]
- 2018
- 2017
- January 11, Tricky joins as VP of Content.[17]
- January 18, Due to visa issues, Keane will substitute for Fly starting Week 1 of 2018 NA LCS Spring.[18]
- April 2, Lufty leaves coaching role.[19]
- April 27, Fly leaves.[20]
- May 1, Keane joins.
- May 2, RapidStar leaves coaching role. Mins leaves managerial role.[21]
- May 3, Stunt leaves.[22]
- May 7, Saintvicious joins as strategic coach.[23]
- May 8, Santorin and KonKwon join.[24] AnDa moves to FlyQuest Academy.
- June 28, JayJ joins from FlyQuest Academy. Kwon moves to the academy roster.[25]
- September 20, Robert Yip leaves coaching role.[26]
- January 6, team is announced to be participating in the NA LCS 2017 Spring Season.[2]
- January 9, Balls, Moon, Hai, Altec, and LemonNation officially join. bigfatlp and Remilia join as substitutes.[3]
- May 25, WildTurtle joins.[4] Altec moves to sub.
- June 7, Cake joins as a sub.
- June 15, Altec leaves.
- October 30, Graynomic relocates within organization and will no longer be involved with the competitive team.
- November 20, Stunt joins.[5] LemonNation leaves.[6]
- November 21, Balls, Hai, and bigfatlp leave.[7] Thinkcard leaves coaching role.
- November 22, Moon leaves.[8]
- November 26, Remilia leaves.[9]
- November 27, Flame and AnDa join.[10][11]
- November 28, Nicholas Phan joins as general manager. Ryan Edens moves to CEO.[12]
- November 29, Cake leaves.[13]
- November 30, Fly joins.[14]
- December 6, FlyQuest Academy is formed.[15]
- December 19, Robert Yip, RapidStar, Lufty, and Mins join as head coach, strategic coach, assistant coach, and team manager, respectively.[16]
Player Roster[]
Active[]
| R | C | ID | Name | Role | Contract Ends | Joined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flame | Lee Ho-jong (이호종) | Top | 2018-11-19 | 2017-11-27 | ||
| Santorin | Lucas Tao Kilmer Larsen | Jungle | 2019-11-18 | 2018-05-08 | ||
| Keane | Jang Lae-young (장래영) | Mid | 2018-11-19 | 2018-05-01 | ||
| WildTurtle | Jason Tran | Bot | 2019-11-18 | 2017-05-25 | ||
| JayJ | Juan Guibert | Support | 2019-11-18 | 2018-06-28 | ||
| Kwon | Kevin Kwon | Support | 2019-11-18 | 2018-06-28 |
- Note: Teams are free to switch players between their LCS and Academy League rosters as long as their roster for each game complies with the rules outlined in this article. Therefore, more players are eligible to start than are listed on this page - we will only list those that do play.
Temporary Subs[]
| ID | Name | Role | Replacing | Tournament | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keane | Jang Lae-young (장래영) | Mid | Fly|Fly|Fly |
2018 NA LCS Spring - Week 1-3 |
Former[]
| R | C | ID | Name | Role | Next Team | Joined | Left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kwon | Kevin Kwon | Support |  FlyQuest Academy |
2018-05-08 | 2018-05-08 | ||
| AnDa | Andy Hoang | Jungle | FlyQuest Academy |
2017-11-27 | 2018-05-08 | ||
| Stunt | William Chen | Support |  100 Thieves Academy |
2017-11-20 | 2018-05-03 | ||
| Fly | Song Yong-jun (송용준) | Mid |  Gen.G |
2017-11-30 | 2018-04-18 | ||
| Cake | Tristan Côté-Lalumière | Sub/Bot |  Echo Fox Academy |
2017-06-07 | 2017-11-29 | ||
| Remilia | Maria Creveling | Sub/Sup | None | 2017-01-09 | 2017-11-26 | ||
| Moon | Galen Holgate | Jungle |  Clutch Gaming Academy |
2017-01-09 | 2017-11-22 | ||
| Balls | An Van Le | Top | None | 2017-01-09 | 2017-11-21 | ||
| Hai | Hai Du Lam | Mid |  Golden Guardians |
2017-01-09 | 2017-11-21 | ||
| bigfatlp | Michael Tang | Sub/Mid | None | 2017-01-09 | 2017-11-21 | ||
| LemonNation | Daerek Hart | Support |  OpTic Gaming |
2017-01-09 | 2017-11-20 | ||
| Altec | Johnny Ru | Sub/Bot |  Dignitas |
2017-01-09 | 2017-06-15 |
Organization[]
Current[]
| C | ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Robert Edens | Owner & Co-Founder | ||
| Ryan Edens | CEO | ||
| Swaguhsaurus | Nicholas Phan | General Manager | |
| Andrew Epstein | Head of Scouting and Analytics | ||
| Saintvicious | Brandon DiMarco | Strategic Coach | |
| Tricky | Tricky Gonzalez | VP of Content |
Former[]
| C | ID | Name | Position | Next Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Yip | Head Coach | None | ||
| RapidStar | Jung Min-sung (정민성) | Strategic Coach |  Cloud9
| |
| Mins | Joshua Kim | Team Manager | None | |
| Lufty | Nick Luft | Assistant Coach | None | |
| Graynomic1 | Jeffrey Hoang | Team Manager | FlyQuest
| |
| Thinkcard | Thomas Slotkin | Head Coach | Echo Fox
|
- 1 Graynomic stopped being involved with the competitive team but remained with the organization.
Player LCS Participation[]
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Team Achievements[]
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Gallery[]
FLY Logo
(Jun 2017 - Nov 2017)
FlyQuest 2017 LCS Spring Roster
FlyQuest 2018 LCS Spring Roster with Keane subbing for Fly
FlyQuest 2018 LCS Spring Roster Week 2 with Shrimp and Keane
Articles[]
- 2018
- 2017
- January 15, NA LCS Spring Split Preview: FlyQuest by Miles Yim on chhopsky
- July 2, FlyQuest GM 'I’ll never compromise our culture for a stand out player' by Chase Wassenar for Unikrn
- July 2, What the Meteos trade means for 100 Thieves, FlyQuest, and the rest of the NA LCS by Xing Li on Dot Esports
- July 4, Winners and losers of the 100 Thieves-FlyQuest trade by Tyler Erzberger on ESPN
- August 3, FlyQuest are the underdogs to root for at the end of the Summer Split by Aaron Mickunas on Dot Esports
- February 1, We Fly Hai, No Lie: Behind FlyQuest's success by Emily Rand on The Score
- February 10, FlyQuest taking flight in the NA LCS by ESPN Stats and Info on ESPN
- April 8, CLG's Aphromoo: 'I hate playing FlyQuest' by Tyler Erzberger on ESPN Esports
Interviews[]
- 2017
- February 17, Meet the manager of LCS stars FlyQuest with Red Bull
- March 10, Altec on FlyQuest’s decision to double down on practice and where his Mordekaiser came from with Yahoo! Esports
- April 14, Team manager Jeffrey Hoang on FlyQuest's success: 'It’s important to develop our infrastructure around the needs of our players' with Yahoo Esports
- April 25, Hai Champions Flyquest's Future with Cass Marshall and Xander Torres on Red Bull Esports
- November 22, C9 Jack & FlyQuest Ryan Edens on Sneaky maid uniforms and franchise applications with Blitz Esports on Blitz Esports
- November 27, C9 & FlyQuest owners on how non-endemic owners can help their teams with Blitz Esports on Blitz Esports
- December 21, Flyquest WildTurtle: "When we started scrimming, I saw our potential" with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok, Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong, Woo "Ready" Hyun, and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
Videos[]
- 2018
- 2017
- January 26, 5-hour ENERGY MotM: Stunt draws TSM's Hopes and Dreams by FlyQuest Sports
- February 2, How FlyQuest beat TSM using a calculated Zac pick & strong map movements by Blitz Esports
- June 6, FlyQuest in Focus - Episode 1 by FlyQuest Sports
- June 14, FlyQuest in Focus - Episode 2 by FlyQuest Sports
- June 20, FlyQuest in Focus - Episode 3 by FlyQuest Sports
- June 27, FlyQuest in Focus - Episode 4 by FlyQuest Sports
- July 4, FlyQuest in Focus - Episode 5 by FlyQuest Sports
- July 18, FlyQuest in Focus - Episode 6 by FlyQuest Sports
- July 25, FlyQuest in Focus - Episode 7 by FlyQuest Sports
- August 1, FlyQuest in Focus - Episode 8 by FlyQuest Sports
- August 14, FlyQuest in Focus - Episode 9 by FlyQuest Sports
- September 7, FlyQuest in Focus - Enter the Regional Qualifiers by FlyQuest Sports
- September 19, FlyQuest in Focus - See you next season! by FlyQuest Sports
Highlight Videos[]
- 2017
- April 7, FlyQuest - Road to Playoffs by FlyQuest Sports
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ Sources: Milwaukee Bucks co-owner launches esports brand FlyQuest espn.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NA LCS Offseason, Scheduling, and more lolesports.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 FlyQuest confirm Moon as jungler thescoreesports.com
- ↑ Thank you WildTurtle tsm.gg.com
- ↑ FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ LemonNation's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Hai's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Moon's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Remilia's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Nick Phan Joins FlyQuest as General Manager flyquest.gg
- ↑ Cake's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FlyQuest Locks in Three Members of the University of Toronto to Academy Team flyquest.gg
- ↑ FlyQuest Rounds Out Coaching Staff with Former IMT, SKT Coaches flyquest.gg
- ↑ FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Flight Plan: Starting Roster and Community Updates flyquest.gg
- ↑ Nick Luft: A Letter to the FlyFam flyquest.gg
- ↑ FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Swaguhsaurus' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com