IWDominate

IWDominate
Retired as Player
IWDominate
Background Information
Name	Christian Rivera
Country of Birth	; United States
Birthday	August 13, 1990 (age 34)
Residency	AMEAmericas
Prev Residencies	NANorth America
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠The Ruddy Sack
Role	; Streamer
Favorite Champs	; ;
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Christian "IWDominate" Rivera is a League of Legends esports player, currently content creator for The Ruddy Sack.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠Haters Make Us Famous	??? 2010≈2010-??-??	≈Dec 2010≈2010-12-??	≈1mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠compLexity Gaming	≈Aug 2011≈2011-08-??	Jan 20122012-01-01^[1]	≈5mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dignitas	Jan 20122012-01-01^[3]	Dec 20122012-12-06^[2]	11mo 5d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Curse Academy	Jan 20132013-01-24	Jul 20132013-07-07^[4]	5mo 14d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Curse Academy	Jul 20132013-07-07^[4]	Oct 20132013-10-07^[5]	3mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Curse	Oct 20132013-10-07^[7]	Jan 20152015-01-06^[6]	1yr 2mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Jan 20152015-01-06^[8]	≈May 2016≈2016-05-??	≈1yr 3mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠TL Academy	Jan 20162016-01-22	Jan 20162016-01-27	5d	Temp Sub ejel
NA	⁠⁠TL Academy	Jul 20162016-07-08	Jul 20162016-07-13	5d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Jul 20162016-07-13	Jul 20202020-07-17^[9]	4yr 4d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Cloud9	Aug 20202020-08-07^[11]	Dec 20222022-12-21^[10]	2yr 4mo	ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠The Ruddy Sack	Jan 20252025-01-05^[12]	Present	3mo 20d	ej

	Team	Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠Haters Make Us Famous	??? 2010≈2010-??-??	≈Dec 2010≈2010-12-??	≈1mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠compLexity Gaming	≈Aug 2011≈2011-08-??	Jan 20122012-01-01^[1]	≈5mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dignitas	Jan 20122012-01-01^[3]	Dec 20122012-12-06^[2]	11mo 5d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Curse Academy	Jan 20132013-01-24	Jul 20132013-07-07^[4]	5mo 14d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Curse Academy	Jul 20132013-07-07^[4]	Oct 20132013-10-07^[5]	3mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Curse	Oct 20132013-10-07^[7]	Jan 20152015-01-06^[6]	1yr 2mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Jan 20152015-01-06^[8]	Jan 20162016-01-17	1yr 11d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Jan 20162016-01-17	Jan 20162016-01-20^[13]	3d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Jan 20162016-01-20^[13]	≈May 2016≈2016-05-??	≈3mo 12d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠TL Academy	Jan 20162016-01-22	Jan 20162016-01-27	5d	Temp Sub ejel
NA	⁠⁠TL Academy	Jul 20162016-07-08	Jul 20162016-07-13	5d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Jul 20162016-07-13	Jul 20202020-07-17^[9]	4yr 4d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Cloud9	Aug 20202020-08-07^[11]	Dec 20222022-12-21^[10]	2yr 4mo	ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠The Ruddy Sack	Jan 20252025-01-05^[12]	Present	3mo 20d	ej

News

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2025

NA	⁠⁠HATE	2010 (approx.), IWillDominate and Xpecial join. e
NA	⁠⁠HATE	December (approx.), TheOddOne joins. IWillDominate and Xpecial leave. e

NA

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⁠COL

August (approx.),
IWDominate,
Yuhn, and
Hao join.
FitterHappier leaves.

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NA	⁠⁠COL	January 1, IWDominate leaves.^[1] e
NA	⁠⁠DIG	January 1, IWDominate joins.^[3] e
NA	⁠⁠DIG	December 6, I Will Dominate leaves.^[2] e

NA	⁠⁠CA	January 24, ⁠⁠Curse Academy is formed. Rhux, IWillDominate, Pobelter, Altec, and YoDa join. e
NA	⁠⁠CA	July 7, CloudTidus joins. IWillDominate (Jungle to Analyst/Coach) changes position.^[4] e
NA	⁠⁠CA	October 7, IWillDominate (Analyst,Coach) leaves.^[5] e
NA	⁠⁠CRS	October 7, IWillDominate, Pobelter, Aphromoo, and Zekent join. Saintvicious (Jungle to Coach) changes position. Cop moves to substitute. Nyjacky and Edward leave.^[7] e

NA	⁠⁠CRS	January 6, ⁠⁠Team Curse transfers its roster and NA LCS spot to ⁠⁠Team Liquid. Quas, IWillDominate, FeniX, Piglet, Xpecial, Keane, zignature, Bunny FuFuu, Peter (Head Coach), MarkZ (Head Analyst), jokasteve (General Manager), Saintvicious (Coach), and LiQuiD112 (CEO) leave.^[6] e
NA	⁠⁠TL	January 6, ⁠⁠Team Liquid acquires the roster and NA LCS spot of ⁠⁠Team Curse. Quas, IWillDominate, FeniX, Piglet, Xpecial, Peter (Head Coach), jokasteve (General Manager), LiQuiD112 (Owner), and MarkZ (Content Creator) join.^[8] e

NA	⁠⁠TL	January 17, Dardoch and Matt move to starting roster. IWDominate and Smoothie move to substitutes. e
NA	⁠⁠TL	January 20, IWDominate (Sub/Jungle to Coach/Sub/Jungle) changes position.^[13] e
NA	⁠⁠TL.A	January 22, Smoothie joins. Lourlo, FeniX, and Piglet join as substitutes. IWDominate joins as temporary substitute for Week 1 of NACS 2016 Spring. Dardoch and Matt move to substitutes. e
NA	⁠⁠TL.A	January 27, IWDominate (temporary substitute) leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠TL	May (approx.), Solo, Moon, Goldenglue, and Stunt join as substitutes from academy roster. fabbbyyy rejoins as substitute from academy roster. SirhcEz (Sub/Top to Streamer) changes position. IWDominate (Coach) and Caelan (Jungle Coach) leave. e
NA	⁠⁠TL.A	July 8, IWDominate joins as substitute. Lourlo, Dardoch, FeniX, and Matt leave. e
NA	⁠⁠TL.A	July 13, bobqinXD joins as substitute. IWDominate leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠TL	July 13, IWDominate (Streamer) joins. e

NA	⁠⁠TL	July 17, IWDominate (Streamer) leaves.^[9] e
NA	⁠⁠C9	August 7, IWDominate (Streamer,Content Creator) joins.^[11] e

NA

⁠

⁠C9

December 21, IWDominate (Streamer,Content Creator) leaves.^[10]

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AME

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⁠F/A

October 31, IWDominate changes residency from

NA

North America to

AME

Americas.

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EMEA

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⁠RS

January 5,
Perkz,
Jankos,
LIDER,
Humzh,
Hustlin, YamatoCannon (Head Coach), and IWDominate (Content Creator) join.^[12]

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Biography

Before joining Dignitas, IWillDominate played for Complexity/Too Tricky. On December 4, 2012, all of his accounts were permanently banned from League of Legends due to toxic behavior and he was subsequently suspended from the League Championship Series for one year.^[14]

IWillDominate took it as an opportunity for self-improvement and has since reformed from his formerly toxic ways.^[15] His quest to redemption started with the creation of a new account with the name "IWDomínate" and the subsequent climb to a 2.2k Elo rating. Upon reaching that milestone, he started streaming.^[16]

Although IWillDominate had been banned from the LCS, he was still able to compete in other events unrelated to LCS.

On July 7, 2013, around one week after losing to FXOpen e-Sports 1-2 in the semifinals of the MLG Spring Championship, I Will Dominate announced his break from competitive play. He will still be living at the curse house as coach/analyst for Curse Academy and backup coach for Team Curse.^[17]

In October 2013, Dominate would rejoin the the competitive scene as a player as it was announced he would be the jungler for Curse Gaming.^[18]

On November 7, 2013, IWillDominate's LCS ban was officially lifted.^[19]

2015 Season

Prior to the start of the spring LCS split, Team Curse merged with the Team Liquid organization and rebranded under the name Team Liquid. After a few swaps between Keith and Piglet as their AD carry, the team ended the season with a 9-9 record and qualified for playoffs with the sixth seed after defeating Team 8 in a tiebreaker game. In the playoffs, Liquid beat CLG 3-0 in the quarterfinals before falling to Cloud9 3-2 in the semifinals; in the third-place match, Liquid finally broke the "fourth-place curse" that stopped them from placing higher than fourth place in any event that had persisted since they were Team Curse and took down Team Impulse 3-2.

Team Liquid finished the summer split round robin in first place after winning a tiebreaker match over Counter Logic Gaming - the first team other than TSM or Cloud9 to place first in an NA LCS round robin. However, in the playoffs, they lost immediately in the semifinals to TSM, making them also the first team to finish first in an NA LCS round robin but not make the playoff finals. A CLG victory over TSM in the playoff finals sent Team Liquid to the regional finals instead of giving them a direct seed to Worlds via Championship Points, and in the gauntlet they lost to underdogs Cloud9, ending their post-season abruptly.

2016 Season

After playing one game in the 2016 NA LCS Spring Season, IWDominate announced his retirement from competitive League of Legends. He stayed with the organization to act as a positional coach to his successor Dardoch and temporarily substitute for Team Liquid Academy in the NACS.^[20]

Trivia

Known for his top lane Renekton before joining Dignitas as their jungler.
Smashed his headset at 2012 MLG Pro Circuit/Spring after beating CLG.NA to advance to the winners bracket finals.^[21]
Favorite champion is Shaco.

Tournament Results

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

IWDominate Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2023-12-20	2	Dantes Invitational	1 : 3⁠⁠GAME	⁠⁠IWIL	IWDominate, Chase, Leemo, Dun, IronicElm, Kraken
2020-02-20	5 - 8	Twitch Rivals Streamer Showdown	1 - 2⁠⁠HARA	⁠⁠IWIL	Dragoon, IWDominate, Yassuo, xChocoBars, Rayina
2020-01-23	5 - 8	Twitch Rivals NA Team Draft II	2 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠MBL(os)	1adrianaries1, IWDominate, Hai, Tyler1, Metaphor
2019-04-14	2	Twitch Rivals: Europe All-Stars Showdown	0 : 2⁠⁠EU	⁠⁠AMER	foggedftw2, IWillDominate, Yassuo, NickiTaylor, MidBeast
2016-03-20	4	NA LCS 2016 Spring	10 - 8⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TL	Lourlo, IWDominate, Dardoch, Fenix, Piglet, Smoothie, Matt, Locodoco
2016-02-24	4	NACS 2016 Spring	1-2-2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TL.A	Zig, IWDominate, Zary, Akaadian, Youngbin, Fabbbyyy, Smoothie
2015-08-31	2	NA Regional Finals 2015	1 : 3⁠⁠C9	⁠⁠TL	Quas, IWDominate, FeniX, Piglet, Xpecial, Peter
2015-08-23	3	NA LCS 2015 Summer Playoffs	3 : 1⁠⁠TIP	⁠⁠TL	Quas, IWDominate, FeniX, Piglet, Xpecial, Peter
2015-07-26	1	NA LCS 2015 Summer	13 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TL	Quas, IWDominate, FeniX, Piglet, Xpecial, Peter
2015-04-19	3	NA LCS 2015 Spring Playoffs	3 : 2⁠⁠TIP	⁠⁠TL	Quas, IWDominate, FeniX, Piglet, Xpecial, Peter

IWDominate 1v1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Prize	Team	Last Result
2013-05-05	25 - 32	Best Riven NA Tournament			0 : 1 Pobelter

Casting History

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Casting History - IWDominate
Date	Event	Round	Team 1	Team 2	Score	VODs	PBP	Color
2023-09-23	Drututt Ultimate Showdown	Round 2	LIP	NNO	3 - 1	1, 2, 3, 4	Drututt	IWDominate
2023-09-22	Drututt Ultimate Showdown	Round 1	NNO	PDW	3 - 2	1, 2, 3, 4, 5	Drututt	IWDominate
2021-08-14	LPL 2021 Summer Playoffs	Round 2	TES	LNG	1 - 3	1, 2, 3, 4	Penguin	IWillDominate
2021-07-11	LPL 2021 Summer	Week 5	WE	JDG	0 - 2		Munchables	IWDominate
2021-07-11	LPL 2021 Summer	Week 5	SN	TES	2 - 1		Munchables	IWDominate
2019-12-15	Tyler1 Championship Series 2019	Round of 16	MIR	FRAG	0 - 2		Trainwreckstv	IWDominate
2019-12-15	Tyler1 Championship Series 2019	Semifinals	MU	TET	0 - 2		Trick2g	IWDominate
2019-12-15	Tyler1 Championship Series 2019	Quarterfinals	TET	FINA	2 - 0		Sanchovies	IWDominate

Media

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January 19, Christian "IWillDominate" Rivera [Archived] with Razer on Razer
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June 8, I Will Dominate at MLG Spring Championships 2012 with ESFI World on YouTube
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October 4, S2 finals - IWillDominate - Dignitas with Sjokz on YouTube
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October 5, IWillDominate Talks Strategy Leaks and Saigon Jokers at S2 Worlds - IPL Interview with Nick Allen on YouTube
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November 3, MLG Dallas 2012 - Pluto Interviews I Will Dominate with Pluto on YouTube
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November 8, Dignitas IWillDominate at the MLG Dallas Fall Championships with Sjokz on YouTube
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March 8, IWillDominate Moving into Curse House: "Riot has outlined a process for earning my eligbility back into the LCS" with Tuck359 on Reign of Gaming
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July 1, IWillDominate comments on playing FXO, Retirement and his Future with Travis Gafford on Yahoo
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December 22, IWillDominate talks team synergy with Travis at Battle of the Atlantic NA with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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January 17, IWillDominate discusses Curse's first match in the LCS and Baron Smites with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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February 10, Dominating the Jungle: IWillDominate and Team Curse [Archived] with NyxRose on LoL Esports
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April 4, IWillDominate talks about their rank standings at Week 11 (video) with , and on OnGamers
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May 13, Summoning Insight Episode 8, with guest IWillDominate with , and on onGamers
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July 5, IWillDominate provides insight on Team Curse's recent success (video) with , and on OnGamers
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August 2, Team Curse Voyboy & IWDominate: "We have a chance to get to Worlds" with Brittany Brown on YouTube
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August 14, 'Reflections' with IWillDominate with Thorin on onGamers
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August 24, 'Reflections' with IWillDominate (video) with , and on onGamers
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August 29, Team Curse Quas, IWillDominate & xpecial - Team Curse's PAX Prime Day 1 Experience (video) with , and on Azubu
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September 9, Summoning Insight Episode 23 - Worlds Group Predictions with , and on onGamers
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January 26, IWillDominate talks about playing without full roster (video) with , and on onGamers
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February 2, Player Cards - Team Liquid by , and on Gold Per 10
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February 6, IWillDominate unchained: life after Voyboy by , and on The Score
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February 7, IWillDominate: "The best junglers in NA right now are me, Meteos, Santorin, and Xmithie" (video) with , and on onGamers
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February 14, NA LCS 2015: IWillDominate "We're normally a team that builds as the season goes on." (video) with , and on SK Gaming
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February 22, Dominate on end of TSM vs TL: "People got too hyphy" (video) with , and on onGamers
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April 6, IWillDominate responds to community criticism and asks CLG fans to support CLG (video) with , and on onGamers
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June 6, NA LCS 2015: Dominate - "We said we'd be a Summer Split team." with , and on SK Gaming
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June 7, TL IWD: "I think TSM will be our biggest threat" with , and on TeamLiquid
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June 10, Dominate on why he thinks Trashy will become one of the best junglers NA with , and on GameSpot
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June 19, TL IWDominate AMA! with , and on reddit
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June 27, NA LCS 2015: Dominate - "right now we are the strongest team in NA" with , and on SK Gaming
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July 13, Dominate on Team Liquid's Progress - LCS Week 6 with , and on GameSpot
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August 23, INTERVIEW WITH TEAM LIQUID'S IWILLDOMINATE AFTER 3RD PLACE FINISH with , and on Esports Heaven
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September 19, Summoning Insight Episode 59 - "Worlds Predictions Bonanza" with , and on InsightOnEsports
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January 27, Team Liquid IWillDominate 20 Questions with , and on HyperX
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February 2, IWD's Vlog #1 - Getting Through Panic Disorder as an LCS Player by , and on IWDominate
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September 15, Beyond the Rift #8 w/ IWillDominate: Worlds Pick'em, Ranked Season Recap & Regrets as a Pro Player by , and on Beyond the Rift
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July 11, Thorin's Rotations Episode 4: The Flame Game (feat. IWillDominate and Amazing) with Thorin on YouTube
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July 23, IWillDominate has been removed from the League Partnership Program by George Geddes on Dot Esports
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May 14, Who are the GOAT players in League of Legends? - Summoning Insight S4E10 (feat. IWillDominate) by MonteCristo and Thorin on YouTube
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January 12, RANKING every LoL World Championship team from 2012-2022 - Summoning Insight S6E2 (feat. Dom) by MonteCristo and Thorin on YouTube
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June 8, EDG's Leave-Uzi Swap? Chovy vs. knight - Big Brains 41 (ft. Dom and Jensen Goh) - League of Legends with Thorin on YouTube
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2014-08-02	NA LCS 2014 Summer	CRS vs LMQ	Link
2014-07-26	NA LCS 2014 Summer	CLG vs CRS	Link
2014-07-05	NA LCS 2014 Summer	C9 vs CRS	Link
2014-06-29	NA LCS 2014 Summer	CRS vs COL	Link
2014-06-20	NA LCS 2014 Summer	CLG vs CRS	Link
2014-06-15	NA LCS 2014 Summer	CRS vs LMQ	Link
2014-05-25	NA LCS 2014 Summer	CRS vs DIG	Link
2014-04-18	NA LCS 2014 Spring Playoffs	DIG vs CRS	Link
2014-04-04	NA LCS 2014 Spring	CST vs CRS	Link
2014-03-09	NA LCS 2014 Spring	DIG vs CRS	Link
2014-03-07	NA LCS 2014 Spring	CRS vs XDG	Link
2014-02-16	NA LCS 2014 Spring	XDG vs CRS	Link
2013-12-22	NA LCS 2014 Spring Promotion	CRS vs COG	Link