Tonington

Tonington
Tonington
Background Information
Name	James Kandel
Country of Birth	; United States
Birthday	December 18, 1995 (age 29)
Residency	AMEAmericas
Prev Residencies	NANorth America
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Near Airport
Role	; Manager
Favorite Champs	; ;
Soloqueue IDs	Tonington, Tawnington
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Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

James "Tonington" Kandel is a League of Legends esports personality, currently manager for Near Airport.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠Noble Truth	≈Apr 2014≈2014-04-??	≈Nov 2014≈2014-11-??	≈7mo 14d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠GL AT MCDONALDS	Apr 20172017-04-14	Apr 20172017-04-23	9d	Pickup Team ejel
NA	⁠⁠GL AT MCDONALDS	Nov 20172017-11-18	Nov 20172017-11-24	6d	Pickup Team ejel
NA	⁠⁠Echo Fox	≈Sep 2018≈2018-09-??	Aug 20192019-08-30^[1]	≈11mo 29d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠TSM	≈Feb 2020≈2020-02-??^[3]	Nov 20212021-11-21^[2]	≈1yr 9mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠TSM	Jan 20222022-01-26^[5]	Feb 20222022-02-16^[4]	21d	ejel
AME	⁠⁠Immortals	Nov 20222022-11-22^[6]	Mar 20252025-03-22	2yr 4mo	ejel
AME	⁠⁠Near Airport	Mar 20252025-03-22^[8]	Apr 20252025-04-20^[7]	29d	ejel
AME	⁠⁠Near Airport	Apr 20252025-04-20^[7]	Present	5d	Also Sub ej

	Team	Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠Noble Truth	≈Apr 2014≈2014-04-??	Nov 20142014-11-14	≈7mo 13d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Noble Truth	Nov 20142014-11-14	≈Nov 2014≈2014-11-??	≈1d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠GL AT MCDONALDS	Apr 20172017-04-14	Apr 20172017-04-23	9d	Pickup Team ejel
NA	⁠⁠GL AT MCDONALDS	Nov 20172017-11-18	Nov 20172017-11-24	6d	Pickup Team ejel
NA	⁠⁠Echo Fox	≈Sep 2018≈2018-09-??	Aug 20192019-08-30^[1]	≈11mo 29d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠TSM	≈Feb 2020≈2020-02-??^[3]	Nov 20212021-11-21^[2]	≈1yr 9mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠TSM	Jan 20222022-01-26^[5]	Feb 20222022-02-16^[4]	21d	ejel
AME	⁠⁠Immortals	Nov 20222022-11-22^[6]	Mar 20252025-03-22	2yr 4mo	ejel
AME	⁠⁠Near Airport	Mar 20252025-03-22^[8]	Apr 20252025-04-20^[7]	29d	ejel
AME	⁠⁠Near Airport	Apr 20252025-04-20^[7]	Present	5d	Also Sub ej

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NA	⁠⁠NTR	April (approx.), ⁠⁠Noble Truth is formed. Zeyzal, Contractz, Leonard, Nocturnal, and Tonington join. e
NA	⁠⁠NTR	November 14, Razelock and Ralara join. Tonington (Support to Top) changes position. Nocturnal moves to starting roster. Contractz, Dardoch, and Zeyzal leave. e
NA	⁠⁠NTR	November (approx.), Team is disbanded. Tonington, Razelock, Leonard, Nocturnal, and Ralara leave. e

NA	⁠⁠GL A	April 14, MegaZero, Im Avi, Yusui, iAsh, and Tonington join as a pick-up team for NACS 2017 Summer Open Qualifiers. The team will be considered disbanded at the tournament's conclusion on April 23. e
NA	⁠⁠GL A	April 23, Team is disbanded following the conclusion of NACS 2017 Summer Open Qualifiers. MegaZero, Im Avi, Yusui, iAsh, and Tonington leave. e
NA	⁠⁠GL A	November 18, CloudNguyen, Im Avi, Yusui, Ash, and Tonington join as a pick-up team for Tyler1 Championship Series 2017. The team will be considered disbanded at the tournament's conclusion on November 24. e
NA	⁠⁠GL A	November 24, Team is disbanded following the conclusion of Tyler1 Championship Series 2017. CloudNguyen, Im Avi, Yusui, Ash, and Tonington leave. e

NA

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⁠FOX

September (approx.), Tonington (Assistant General Manager) joins.

e

NA

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⁠FOX

August 30, Tonington (Assistant General Manager) leaves.^[1]

e

NA

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⁠TSM

February (approx.), Tonington (LoL Branch Manager) joins.^[3]

e

NA

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⁠TSM

November 21, Tonington (LoL Branch Manager) leaves.^[2]

e

NA	⁠⁠TSM	January 26, Tonington (Assistant Coach) rejoins.^[5] e
NA	⁠⁠TSM	February 16, Tonington (Assistant Coach) is removed from the GCD.^[4] e
NA	⁠⁠IMT	November 22, Tonington (General Manager) joins.^[6] e

AME

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⁠IMT

October 31, Tonington changes residency from

NA

North America to

AME

Americas.

e

AME	⁠⁠IMT	March 22, Tonington (General Manager) leaves. e
AME	⁠⁠NA	March 22, Tonington (Manager) joins. Jensen joins as substitute.^[8] e
AME	⁠⁠NA	April 20, Croissant (Head Coach) and Tonington (Manager) are added to the official roster as substitutes.^[7] e

Biography

Trivia

Tournament Results

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

Tonington Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2022-03-27	9	LCS 2022 Spring	5 - 13⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TSM	Huni, Spica, Keaiduo, Takeover, Tactical, Shenyi, Yursan, Chawy, Tonington, Kayys
2017-11-24	9 - 16	Tyler1 Championship Series 2017	0 : 1⁠⁠MLGB	⁠⁠GL A	CloudNguyen, Im Avi, Yusui, Ash, Tonington
2017-04-23	NQ	NACS 2017 Summer Open Qualifiers	0 : 2⁠⁠SKY	⁠⁠GL A	MegaZero, Im Avi, Yusui, iAsh, Tonington
2014-11-16	NQ	NA LCS 2015 Spring Expansion	0 : 2⁠⁠NME	⁠⁠NTR	Tonington, Razelock, Leonard, Nocturnal, Ralara
2014-06-29	2	Go4LoL NA 172	0 : 1⁠⁠VG	⁠⁠TRI	Zeyzal, Contractz, Leonard, Nocturnal, Tonington