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| Org Location | North America | ||||
| Region | North America | ||||
| Sponsor | Corsair | ||||
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Gravity was previously a North American team.
History
2015 Preseason
Gravity was established in January 2015, rebranded from Curse Academy.[1] Due to Sale of Sponsorship rule changes for the 2015 Season[2], the Curse brand was required to be pulled from the team that represented them; however, Gravity inherited the LCS spot that Curse Academy had acquired via the Expansion Tournament. Gravity's initial starting roster included Hauntzer, Saintvicious, Keane, Cop, and Bunny FuFuu.
2015 Season
After the third week of the Spring Season, Gravity's coach SoulDra left the team. Two weeks later, he was replaced by LS.[3] Gravity's record after LS joined the team was 6-4, bringing their overall record to 10-8 and earning fifth place along with a playoff spot. In the quarterfinals, Gravity fell 1-3 to Team Impulse, earning 10 Championship Points for the season. After the split ended, Gravity underwent changes in two positions: Saintvicious left to become the coach for Team Coast and was replaced by Move, a Korean jungler who had previously played for AD Gaming; while Altec joined from the recently relegated Winterfox, replacing Cop.[4]
In the summer split, Gravity finished each week in at worst fourth position, even holding sole possession of first place for weeks 7 and 8; however, they lost both of their games in the final week and ended the season in fourth, after a tiebreaker loss to Team Impulse. In the playoff quarterfinals, Gravity lost to Team SoloMid, leaving them with a year-long total of 30 Championship Points, and qualifying for the regional finals in fifth place. They lost immediately in the gauntlet, reverse swept by first-round opponent Cloud9, who went on to qualify to Worlds.
2016 Preseason
On December 18, Gravity sold its LCS slot to new team Echo Fox and disbanded.[5]
Timeline
- 2015
- January 8,
Gravity acquires Curse Academy.
Hauntzer,
Saintvicious,
Keane,
Cop,
Bunny FuFuu, and Samurai (Owner) join.[6] - January 8 (approx.), Ginko (Manager) joins.
- January 15 (approx.), SoulDra (Head Coach) joins.
- February 4, SoulDra (Head Coach) leaves.[7]
- February 19, LS (Head Coach) and Yeremy (Head Analyst) join.[8]
- May (approx.),
Matlife joins as substitute. - May 18,
Move and
Altec join.
Saintvicious leaves.[9][10] - May 21, Cop (Bot to Head Coach/Sub/Bot) changes position.[11]
- June 5, LS (Head Coach) and Yeremy (Head Analyst) leave.[12][13]
- November 14,
Bunny FuFuu's contract expires but departure is not confirmed.
Hauntzer leaves.[14][15] - November 16,
Altec leaves.[16] - November 19,
Bunny FuFuu's departure is confirmed.[17] - December 18, Gravity is disbanded.
Move,
Keane,
MatLife, Ginko (Manager), Samurai (Owner), and
Cop (Head Coach) leave.[18]
Player Roster
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Move | Kang Min-su (강민수) | Jungler | May 20152015-05-18 | Dec 20152015-12-18 |  UOL | ||
| Keane | Jang Lae-young (장래영) | Mid Laner | Jan 20152015-01-08 | Dec 20152015-12-18 |  APX | ||
| Cop | David Roberson | Sub/Bot | Jan 20152015-01-08 | Dec 20152015-12-18 |  FOX | ||
| MatLife | Matthew Elento | Sub/Sup | ≈May 2015≈2015-05-?? | Dec 20152015-12-18 |  TL | ||
| Bunny FuFuu | Michael Kurylo | Support | Jan 20152015-01-08 | Nov 20152015-11-19 |  C9 | ||
| Altec | Johnny Ru | Bot Laner | May 20152015-05-18 | Nov 20152015-11-16 |  NRG | ||
| Hauntzer | Kevin Yarnell | Top Laner | Jan 20152015-01-08 | Nov 20152015-11-14 |  TSM | ||
| Saintvicious | Brandon DiMarco | Jungler | Jan 20152015-01-08 | May 20152015-05-18 |  CST |
Player League Participation
LCS
| Player | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Games | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | ||
| Hauntzer |  | |  | | | | | |  | | | | | | 410 | ||||||||||
| Keane | | |  |  | |  | | 229 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cop |  | | | | | 163 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Saintvicious | | | | | 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bunny FuFuu | | | |  | | 82 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Altec |  |  | |  | | |  | |  | | 233 | ||||||||||||||
| Move | | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WCS
| Player | 2013 | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Winter | ||
| Hauntzer | 24 | |
| Move | 16 | |
| Altec | 8 | |
| Keane | 8 | |
| Bunny FuFuu | 5 |
Organization
Former
| C | ID | Name | Position | Next Team |
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| Samurai | Davis Vague | Owner | None | |
| Ginko | Jake Fyfe | Manager | Echo Fox
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| Cop | David Roberson | Head Coach | Echo Fox
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| Dacchei | Jessica Rago | Community Director | None | |
| LS | Nick De Cesare | Head Coach |  Tempo Storm
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| Yeremy | Jeremy Hawkins | Head Analyst | None | |
| SoulDra | Hughbo Shim | Head Coach |  Gamers2
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Tournaments
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| Gravity Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros) | |||||
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| Date | Pl | Prize | Event | Last Result | Roster |
| 2015-08-31 | 4 | NA Regional Finals 2015 | Hauntzer, Move, Keane, Altec, Bunny FuFuu, Cop | ||
| 2015-08-23 | 5 - 6 | NA LCS 2015 Summer Playoffs | Hauntzer, Move, Keane, Altec, Bunny FuFuu, Cop | ||
| 2015-07-26 | 4 | NA LCS 2015 Summer | 12 - 6  RR | Hauntzer, Move, Keane, Altec, Bunny FuFuu, Cop | |
| 2015-04-19 | 5 - 6 | NA LCS 2015 Spring Playoffs | Hauntzer, Saintvicious, Keane, Cop, Bunny FuFuu, LS | ||
| 2015-03-29 | 5 | NA LCS 2015 Spring | 10 - 8 RR | Hauntzer, Saintvicious, Keane, Cop, Bunny FuFuu, SoulDra, Ginko, Samurai, LS, David | |
| Total Prize: USD 0 | |||||
Media
- 2015
- January 16, GP10 NA LCS Rankings #4: Gravity Gaming by , and on Gold Per 10
- January 21, I am Davis Vague, owner of Gravity. AMA! with , and on Reddit
- January 22, 1v1: Saintvicious on Gravity Owner, LCS NA First Week Struggles, and Leaving Curse with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- February 1, NA LCS 2015: Saintvicious "Just Bunny made me want to play [again]." with Moonstreuxx on YouTube
- February 22, NA LCS 2015: LS "An immovable object is always greater than an unstoppable force." (video) with , and on SK Gaming
- February 22, Lastshadow on coaching Gravity and commuting between Seoul and LA biweekly (video) with , and on onGamers
- March 21, Saintvicious - "Just because I'm apathetic doesn't mean I don't try my hardest" with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- April 24, LEAGUE LEGACIES – GV SAINTVICIOUS [Lost] with Unknown Interviewer on Azubu
- June 13, Gravity Owner on Coach Cop, LS Departure, Being the Youngest Team Owner, and Gravity's Future with , and on GameSpot
- July 5, Star-Lords: Gravity's ascent to the top of North America by , and on The Score
See Also
External Links
References
- ↑ Gravity makes light of joining the LCS lolesports.com
- ↑ New Sale of Sponsorships Rule lolesports.com
- ↑ Gravity's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Teams shuffle rosters for 2015 Summer from LoL Esports
- ↑ NBA Legend Rick Fox Purchases ‘League of Legends’ Franchise breitbart.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Gravity makes light of joining the LCS lolesports.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 SoulDra's Tweet twitlonger.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Gravity's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Saintvicious joins Team Coast as new Head Coach teamcoast.net
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Teams shuffle rosters for 2015 Summer from LoL Esports
- ↑ Gravity Gaming's Facebook post facebook.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Nick De Cesare's Facebook post facebook.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Gravity's TwitLonger Post twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 TSM LoL Roster Announcement youtube.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Michael "Bunny FuFuu" Kurylo lolesports.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 NRG eSports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Bunny FuFuu and Rush Agree to Terms with Cloud9 redbull.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 NBA Legend Rick Fox Purchases ‘League of Legends’ Franchise breitbart.com