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Team Liquid Enters the Fray

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Team Liquid is one of the best known names in esports, established to cover StarCraft almost 15 years ago by Victor “Nazgul” Goossens. Since then, the company has grown. They’ve picked up teams and players in Hearthstone, StarCraft 2, Dota 2, Super Smash Brothers, and have now joined forces with the team previously known as Curse to break into League of Legends. Team Liquid will be retaining the same roster as they did under the Curse banner, as well as much of the same support staff, including Steve "LiQuiD112" Arhancet as the co-owner of the team. Team Liquid also will be picking up Curse’s players in other games titles and acquiring the gaming team sponsors. To backup their commitment, Team Liquid has launched a new League of Legends content website, Liquid Legends. Team Liquid will be fielding a roster with two new players from Korea, including World Champion Gwang-jin “Piglet” Chae as their AD carry. Their most recent acquisition, Jae-hoon “FeniX” Kim, replaces Joedat “Voyboy” Esfahani in the mid lane. He previously played for the Jin Air Green Wings Falcons. Though these players have previously been announced for the team, it’s unclear how they will mesh with the existing lineup. Team Liquid has a long history as an established esports organization, and their merger with the Curse team opens a lot of opportunities on both sides. This change could potentially translate into a change of fates in LCS, as they have long had the curse of placing fourth in Playoffs.

Team Liquid’s' 2015 NA LCS Starting Lineup

  • Top Lane - Diego 'Quas' Ruiz
  • Jungle - Christian 'IWillDominate' Rivera
  • Mid - Jae-hoon 'FeniX' Kim
  • AD carry - Gwang-jin 'Piglet' Chae
  • Support - Alex 'Xpecial' Chu
Be sure to visit the Liquid Legends website, and don’t forget to watch Team Liquid play in LCS this year, starting January 24th, 2015.

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23 Comments

warpedmind8 votes

so "crs liquid112" becomes "liquid liquid112"? xD

TerraRising7 votes

I hope Team Liquid's chemistry is more fluid than the pour results from the other teams.

The Chin3 votes

Wait, kiwikid is support? What happened to Xpecial?

RiotMirhi16 votes

Editing mistake. Fixed now. Thank you for the catch and apologize for the sloppiness.

QwertyEv1 votes

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Oelyk14 votes

minutes.

plaft2 votes

those jackets tho

BoedakkaFlocka2 votes

But seriously I would pay a lot for one of those jackets.

TheBeko2 votes

You already can buy them! Just hit up teamliquid.net and check out the store!

BoedakkaFlocka1 votes

Damn they are sold out :( Know anywhere else to get em?

TheBeko1 votes

As far as i know they´re only availabel on their store at the moment. Dunnow how often they restock sadly. I also hope to see them back in store soon with these big news it would be a shame if they would let their (new) fans wait.

Ivy Jeff1 votes

They did a limited run of 300 jackets. 200 for america, 100 for europe about 6 months ago. As far as i know they don't plan on making anymore of the jackets unless they change designs.

TempGOD2 votes

Piglet Vayne

Penguin l0l1 votes

Is no one else wondering why the Curse org is suddenly leaving all of their teams and leaving eSports? What is going on with the Curse org?

Deressi1 votes

For the past year, Curse has only been a title sponsor for the teams. Liquid122 purchased the esports division from Curse. Now, he is merging his organization with Team Liquid. Nothing is going on with Curse, nothing bad anyway.

Ivy Jeff1 votes

Curse were forced as title sponsor for 2 LCS teams, curse academy and Curse, to relinquish one as the title sponsor. They felt they it wasn't fair to pick a team, so relinquished control of both. They now sponsor them but are not the main force behind either team.

Team curse is becoming Team Liquid, and curse academy is also changing name.

Lore Master5 votes

Um no .. no one is wondering because they explained why. Curse inc was "title" sponsor to Curse Gaming. Making them the naming rights and principle sponsor. However, Curse Inc wanted to continue their promotion for their Curse Voice app across the entire LCS landscape and Riot's LCS rules state a Title/principle sponsor can't be a minority sponsor for other teams.

Curse Inc decided to drop title sponsorship in pursuit of a more broad sponsor program across all teams via Curse Voice.

As For Curse Academy; Steve A owns both them and The Curse Gaming team, which is also against the rules, so Curse Academy is being sold upon entering the LCS next split

Penguin l0l3 votes

Thanks, wasn't aware of this.

Reaper Soraka1 votes

TLO! TLO! TLO! Err.. Ahem.

Aristartle1 votes

Forever 1st incoming! Liquid hype!

Ñezuko kamado1 votes

Maybe changing the team name breaks the 4th place curse heh

xVipe1 votes

idk if it's that picture or what but it looks like Quas has lot a lot of weight

Kaisuna1 votes

And now the fall of NA players being on NA teams begins RIP my hopes of being pro Koreans will replace us all eventually soon it will be leage of Korea

Kappa :D

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