Lourlo

Lourlo
Lourlo
Background Information
Name	Samson Jackson
Country of Birth	; United States
Birthday	March 24, 1998 (age 26)
Residency	NANorth America
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Dignitas Academy
Role	; Top Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	Ezra the fat one, i love fat dongs, CLG Lourlo, year of the lourlo
Social Media & Links
Team History
??? 2012 - ??? 2012	; ⁠⁠Severity Gaming
Sep 2014 - Feb 2015	; ⁠⁠Storm
Oct 2014 - Oct 2014	; ⁠⁠Also Known As
Feb 2015 - Nov 2015	; ⁠⁠CLG Black
Jan 2016 - Dec 2017	; ⁠⁠Team Liquid
Jan 2016 - Mar 2016	; ⁠⁠TL Academy
Jun 2016 - Jul 2016	; ⁠⁠TL Academy
Dec 2017 - Dec 2018	; ⁠⁠Golden Guardians
Dec 2018 - Jan 2019	; ⁠⁠Echo Fox
Jan 2019 - Aug 2019	; ⁠⁠FOX Academy
Jun 2019 - Aug 2019	; ⁠⁠Echo Fox
Jan 2020 - Present	; ⁠⁠Dignitas Academy

A checked version of this page, approved on 26 January 2020, was based on this revision.

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Samson "Lourlo" (▶️ listen) Jackson is a League of Legends esports player, currently top laner for Dignitas Academy.

Biography[]

Samson "Lourlo" Jackson started gaming with World of Warcraft and has since played Hearthstone, Diablo, Bloodline Champions, and League of Legends. In 2012, he played on Severity Gaming, but it wasn't until 2014 that he joined his first serious team.

2015 Preseason[]

Lourlo joined Storm in September 2014 as one of the team's founding members, along with hairyabs, mandatorycloud, xPecake, and babyeator. The team was initially going to attempt to qualify for the 2015 spring LCS via the Expansion Tournament. However, Lourlo would not turn 17 until March 24, 2015. The team decided to keep Lourlo on the roster and play in the Challenger scene for one split instead.

2015 Season[]

Lourlo left Storm and later joined CLG Black after Westrice left, beginning to play for them in the second week of the NACS Spring Season. The team placed 6th and last in the season, after losing a tiebreaker game to TSM Darkness. CLG Black retained their summer season qualifier seed from having participated in the spring season, receiving a first-round bye. However, after defeating Maelstrom, they lost to Cloud9 Tempest and then to Magnetic, missing out on the NACS summer season.

2016 Season[]

In January, Team Liquid announced Lourlo as their toplaner for the 2016 NA LCS Spring Season, filling the gap left by Quas's suspension.^[20] Liquid's spring split started out rocky, with an 0-2 first week and cumulative winrates of 50% or worse after each of the first eight weeks. Eventually, their new roster started to solidify, and they climbed into a fourth-place regular-season finish, behind the newly-formed and almost-undefeated Immortals, CLG, and Cloud9. Their quarterfinal series was an easy 3-0 over NRG, but in the semifinals, they lost a narrow five-game series to CLG (the eventual champions). In the fifth game, Piglet was caught out in mid lane by a double-teleport from both Darshan and Huhi at the same time to the same ward and died. While Liquid were already behind in that game, it was this play that sealed the win for their opponents. In the third-place series against the tournament-favorite Immortals who had been knocked down in an upset by TSM, Liquid lost once again, this time 0-3, to finish the playoffs in fourth place overall and continuing their "fourth-place curse."

Despite Dardoch's stellar spring split performance, on May 27, he was suspended by the team for "behavioral problems and team dynamics issues" ahead of the Summer Split.^[21] Liquid Academy jungler Moon was used for the team's first series instead, which they lost, and by the end of the week Dardoch was starting again, where he remained through the end of the Playoffs. Soon after Dardoch's return, Fabbbyyy was also traded to the main Team Liquid roster, this time in exchange for Piglet. This roster of Lourlo, Dardoch, Fenix, Fabbbyyy, and Matt stabilized, and the team finished in fifth place with a 9-9 series record. In the playoffs, they shook up their roster once again, substituting in Jynthe for their third game against CLG after two losses. Jynthe won his first game, but Team Liquid ultimately lost the series 3-1 and then also lost in the first round of the Regional Finals to Team EnVyUs, this time with both Jynthe at AD carry and former substitute mid laner Arcsecond jungling.

2017 Season[]

The 2017 Season wasn't very good for Lourlo. Team Liquid went into the 2017 NA LCS Spring Season with a lot of hype but failed to live up to their expectations. They finished the regular season in 9th place with 5 wins and 13 losses. They would have to attend the 2017 NA LCS Summer Promotion and re-qualified for the LCS with a 3-2 victory over Gold Coin United. Their Summer Season in the LCS was a similar story. After another 9th place finish 4 wins and 14 losses, they attended the 2018 NA LCS Spring Promotion and retained their LCS spot with a 3-2 victory over Phoenix1. After a disappointing season, Lourlo left TL in December and joined the newly formed Golden Guardians.

Trivia[]

"Lourlo" was his first World of Warcraft character name.
Would be an AD carry player if he weren't a top laner.
Is the brother of SMITE player Aror.

Tournament Results[]

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

Lourlo Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2023-12-17	10	Dantes Invitational	3 - 8⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠LOUR	Lourlo, Elekktro, Quantum, Rhyle, Bonchily
2023-09-17	2	NA Legends Invitational	1 : 2⁠⁠THE	⁠⁠YASS	Lourlo, RoseThorn, Yassuo, WildTurtle, Biofrost
2021-09-18	5 - 6	LCS Proving Grounds 2021 Summer	1 : 3⁠⁠IMT.A	⁠⁠DIG.A	Lourlo, Will, Soligo, Spawn, JayJ, Invert
2021-08-20	1	Unified Grand Prix 2021 Summer	3 : 2⁠⁠GG.A	⁠⁠DIG.A	Lourlo, Will, Soligo, Spawn, JayJ, Vynarian
2021-07-29	9	NA Academy 2021 Summer	2-9-7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DIG.A	Lourlo, Akaadian, Will, Yusui, Soligo, Spawn, JayJ, Invert
2021-04-13	9 - 12	LCS Proving Grounds 2021 Spring	0 : 2⁠⁠FLY.A	⁠⁠DIG.A	Lourlo, Akaadian, Yusui, Spawn, JayJ, Invert
2021-03-24	5 - 6	Arena of Legends 2021	0 : 2⁠⁠TL.A	⁠⁠DIG.A	Lourlo, Akaadian, Yusui, Spawn, JayJ, Invert
2021-02-17	4	NA Academy 2021 Spring	5 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DIG.A	Lourlo, Akaadian, Yusui, Spawn, JayJ, Invert
2020-08-09	8	LCS 2020 Summer	5 - 13⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DIG	V1per, Lourlo, Akaadian, Dardoch, Froggen, Fenix, Johnsun, aphromoo, Thinkcard, Invert
2020-08-07	7	NA Academy 2020 Summer	8 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DIG.A	Lourlo, V1per, Dardoch, Akaadian, Fenix, Froggen, Asta, JayJ, Jim, Doruk

Lourlo 1v1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Prize	Team	Last Result
2022-03-07	23	CQ 2022 Spring Split 1		⁠⁠F/A

Media[]

2016
2017
2018
2019

January 4, Lourlo on Team Liquid's 10-man roster: 'It is kind of refreshing to be able to work with so many people' [Archived] with Lisa Doan, Daniel Rosen, and Nic Doucet on theScore esports
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January 16, Team Liquid - Vlog 07 - Meet Team Liquid's New Top Laner Lourlo by , and on HTC Gaming
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January 16, TL Lourlo: "The Start May Be a Little Shaky, but in Time I Think We'll Be a Good Team" with , and on onGamers
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January 19, Lourlo on Matt and Dardoch: 'They can lead the team well. We were lacking that with the other five' with , and on The Score
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February 10, Lourlo Says Matt and Dardoch Now Do Most Shotcalling on TL with , and on G|League
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February 16, Lourlo on Liquid's mistakes versus Cloud9 and translating scrim results to the stage with , and on The Score
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March 16, Lourlo: 'Dardoch isn't a normal rookie... nothing phases him' by Samuel Lingle on Daily Dot
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March 22, Lourlo on TL's playoff chances: 'We are definitely going to make it to either semifinals or finals' with , and on The Score
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April 8, [LoL] Head-to-Head: Lourlo vs. Darshan with , and on The Score
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April 9, TL Lourlo and Aror - his professional Smite playing brother - on being an esports family with , and on Yahoo!
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April 15, LoL NA LCS: 1 on 1 with Team Liquid - Lourlo with , and on ESPN
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June 8, Lourlo: 'I think Dardoch's been improving really well mentally...I'm really proud of him' with , and on The Score
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June 25, Lourlo: 'I'm not sure what our ceiling is with fabbbyyy, but I know it's really high' with , and on The Score
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July 13, Lourlo on Dardoch's impact on him: 'It's pretty crazy to me that he could change me so much' with , and on The Score
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July 31, Lourlo on facing C9: 'I think they're similar stylistically to us...we have a really good shot' with , and on The Score
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August 11, Lourlo: ‘I think people underestimate NA top laners, the top end of NA is pretty competitive’ with , and on Yahoo!
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January 25, Lourlo on Piglet’s return to LCS roster: “Piglet’s always the type of player that when he’s on the roster, everyone wants to work extra hard.” with , and on Slingshot
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January 25, Lourlo: ‘I’m really looking to improve myself even more and be a top tier talent this split’ with , and on Yahoo Esports
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January 28, Is 2017 the year of Lourlo by Kelsey Moser on Yahoo Esports
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February 15, Lourlo talks playing against Dardoch, having Saintvicious as a coach, and Team Liquid’s struggles with , and on Yahoo Esports
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February 15, Lourlo chats about his relationship with his brother who's a SMITE pro and having family support with , and on Blitz Esports
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June 9, Lourlo on his trust in Cain to lead TL, Piglet’s interview and how Doublelift helped him improve with , and on theScore Esports
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June 16, Lourlo on relegation: “I don’t want to make anyone else go through that because it is pretty much utter hell because there’s so much stress.” with , and on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
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July 25, Team Liquid LoL Lourlo 20 Questions with , and on HyperX
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December 15, Lourlo: 'Golden Guardians want to build something that's long lasting and develop players over time' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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January 25, GG Lourlo: 'I want to become a top talent this split and I want to show it' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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January 27, Lourlo: ‘I think the community definitely underestimates us a little bit’ with David Demarco on The Game Haus
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February 19, Lourlo and Matt get revenge against their former team as Golden Guardians defeat Team Liquid by Malcolm Abbas on Dot Esports
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February 21, Lourlo on his huge upset/revenge win against Team Liquid and how Golden Guardians are progressing with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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February 26, Lourlo: "I saw myself staying on TL for a majority of my career. It was like family." with , and on Blitz Esports
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June 20, GGS Lourlo Gives His Thoughts On The Aatrox Rework: "Aatrox might be complete trash for another 2 months and you will probably never see him again." with James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
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July 6, No Room For Doubt by , and on The Player's Lobby
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July 17, Lourlo: “Aatrox is so braindead, a plat player could lane against any LCS top laner and win. with Parkes Ousley on The Shotcaller
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July 20, Lourlo: “It brings me the most joy right now to beat Liquid and to see how they react when they lose” with Aaron Mickunas on Dot Esports
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August 22, Lourlo: "It's recently been some low lows, but I appreciate everyone who has stuck with me." with Parkes Ousley on The Shotcaller
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January 9, EF Lourlo: "Coach Ssong, a reunion with Fenix, and the opportunity to play with Rush were three things that were appealing." with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
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June 27, Lourlo says that Blaber, Yasui, and Lost are the top 3 Academy players with Locodoco on YouTube
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-08-20	Unified Grand Prix 2021 Summer	DIG.A vs GG.A	Link
2021-08-10	Unified Grand Prix 2021 Summer	DIG.A vs GLV	Link
2021-07-01	NA Academy 2021 Summer	GG.A vs DIG.A	Link
2020-07-11	LCS 2020 Summer	FLY vs DIG	Link
2020-06-19	NA Academy 2020 Summer	FLY.A vs DIG.A	Link
2020-02-10	NA Academy 2020 Spring	TSM.A vs DIG.A	Link
2019-06-24	NA Academy 2019 Summer	FOX.A vs CG.A	Link
2018-07-22	NA LCS 2018 Summer	GG vs CLG	Link
2018-06-17	NA LCS 2018 Summer	TL vs GG	Link
2018-02-18	NA LCS 2018 Spring	TL vs GG	Link
2017-08-11	NA LCS 2018 Spring Promotion	TL vs EUN	Link