Goldenglue

Greyson Gregory Gilmer, better known by his in-game name Goldenglue, is an American former professional League of Legends player who is currently the head coach of 100 Thieves Academy. He is one of the few domestic mid laners to have recently competed in North America's LCS, alongside other players like Damonte and Pobelter.

Goldenglue
Greyson Gregory Gilmer
Personal information
Born (1996-11-23) November 23, 1996
HometownFlower Mound, Texas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Career information
StatusActive
LeagueLCS
Current team100 Thieves Academy
GamesLeague of Legends
RoleCoach, Mid Laner (formerly)
Career history
As player:
2013–2014Dadslammers
2014compLexity.Red
2014Dignitas
2014Team Coast
2014–2015compLexity Gaming
2015Frank Fang Gaming
2015Team 8
2015–2016Ember
2016Echo Fox
2016–2017Team Liquid
2017–2019Cloud9
2019–2020Golden Guardians
2020Evil Geniuses
As coach:
2020–present100 Thieves Academy

Early life

Gilmer was born and raised in the town of Flower Mound, Texas. As a teenager he played varsity football for Edward S. Marcus High School. After receiving an offer from NA LCS team Dignitas in March 2014, Gilmer decided to quit football and focus on a career in professional esports.[1]

Career

Dignitas signed Greyson "Goldenglue" Gilmer in March 2014 to replace their long-time mid laner William "Scarra" Li, who had agreed to transition to a coaching role.[2] However, two weeks later Goldenglue was benched and Scarra was brought back to the mid lane; Goldenglue left the team shortly thereafter.[1]

Goldenglue played for several Challenger teams afterwards from mid-2014 to late 2016, and only played briefly for a few LCS teams during relegation matches or as an emergency substitute player. In late 2016 Goldenglue was offered a starting spot on Team Liquid for the 2017 NA LCS Spring Split,[3] but was benched again after the team's disappointing performance in the first half of the regular season.[4] Goldenglue returned to his starting position the next split but was benched again,[5] prompting him to leave the team.

Following the NA LCS' franchising in late 2017, Goldenglue joined Cloud9's academy team. During Goldenglue's stay on the team, Cloud9 Academy finished first in every regular season, but they were never able to win playoffs; the highest finish by the team was runners-up, which they accomplished twice. Despite helping Cloud9's main roster defeat Team SoloMid in the 2018 NA LCS Summer Playoffs, Goldenglue was not offered a starting position by any LCS team for the 2019 season, and he stayed on Cloud9 Academy for another year.[6]

In late 2019 Goldenglue was signed by Golden Guardians for the 2020 LCS Spring Split, but after barely qualifying for and finishing fifth/sixth in playoffs, Goldenglue was benched yet again and replaced by Damonte.[7] Golden Guardians released Goldenglue from their starting roster shortly after, and Goldenglue made a statement saying he believed he was still LCS-caliber and would be trying out for teams as either a player or coach for the next split.[8][9][10]

Although initially not receiving any offers to play in the LCS for the summer split, Goldenglue was signed by Evil Geniuses on July 16, 2020, after the first half of the regular season.[11]

References
  1. DRIVE: Goldenglue (YouTube). United States: Riot Games, Honda. March 4, 2020. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  2. Sui (March 25, 2014). "goldenglue signs for Team Dignitas LCS". Dignitas. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  3. Wolf, Jacob (May 5, 2016). "Team Liquid Academy brings on Goldenglue, Solo, Stunt, and Moon". ESPN. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  4. Newell, Adam (March 6, 2017). "Goldenglue updates Team Liquid fans". Dot Esports. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  5. Chan, Eric (May 24, 2017). "Goldenglue Returns To The Mid Lane For Team Liquid". Akshon Esports. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  6. Binkowski, Justin (November 23, 2018). "Goldenglue confirms that he's staying with Cloud9 for the 2019 season". Dot Esports. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  7. Byers, Preston (June 5, 2020). "Golden Guardians acquires Damonte, benches Goldenglue". Dot Esports. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  8. Esguerra, Tyler (July 3, 2020). "Goldenglue leaves Golden Guardians, will consider coaching opportunities for the future". Dot Esports. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  9. Ousley, Parkes (July 4, 2020). "League of Legends: Goldenglue released from Golden Guardians, seeking opportunities coaching or playing". InvenGlobal. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  10. Soba, Carly (July 6, 2020). "Goldenglue leaves Golden Guardians, considers coaching". Daily Esports. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  11. Wolf, Jacob (July 15, 2020). "Evil Geniuses sign Goldenglue, will start Huni this weekend". ESPN. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
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