Luminosity Gaming

Luminosity Gaming is a professional esports organization based in North America. It has teams competing in Call of Duty, Overwatch, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege, Fortnite and Apex Legends.[2] The team was founded in Canada by Steve "Buyaka" Maida in 2015, and is based in Toronto, Ontario.[1]

Luminosity Gaming
Short nameLG
DivisionsCall of Duty, Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, Smite, Super Smash Bros., Madden NFL, PUBG, Fortnite, Apex Legends
Founded2015
Based inToronto, Canada[1]
CEOSteve Maida
PartnersTwitch
Kinguin
Zowie
CyberPowerPC
HyperX
AlphaDraft
GG.Bet
Games Academy
Parent groupEnthusiast Gaming
Websitewww.luminosity.gg

Madden NFL 17

On October 15, 2016 Luminosity picked up Eric "Problem" Wright. Widely known as the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) in the Madden franchise, Problem is the only 3-time winner of the Madden Challenge. No one else has won more than one. He also won Madden Nation, Season 3, which was featured on ESPN, along with numerous other tournaments.[3]

Hearthstone

On January 11, 2015 Luminosity picked up Stanislav Cifka, Nuno "Ignite" Pinho and Josh "Impact" Graham.[4] On July 13, 2015 Christopher "PHONETAP" Huynh left Team Hearthlytics and joined Luminosity.[5]

Call of Duty

On September 13, 2019 it was announced that Luminosity had purchased the Seattle slot in the franchised Call of Duty league.[6] The original Seattle Surge roster consisted of Damon "Karma" Barlow, Ian "Enable" Wyatt, Sam "Octane" Larew, Josiah "Slacked" Berry, Brian "Apathy" Zhelyazkov, and Joey "Nubzy" DiGiacomo as coach.[7] On October 30, it was announced that the team would be branded as the Seattle Surge.[8]

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

On April 30, 2015 Peter "ptr" Gurney joined the team as an AWPer.[9] On July 29 it was announced that Luminosity dropped its roster and picked up a team based in Brazil that consisted of Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo, Fernando "fer" Alvarenga, Lucas "steel" Lopes, Ricardo "boltz" Prass, and Marcelo "coldzera" David.[10] In November 2015 Luminosity reached the quarterfinals of DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015.[11] Luminosity won MLG Columbus 2016 on April 3, 2016.[12] On May 8, 2016 Luminosity won DreamHack Austin where they beat fellow Brazilian team Tempo Storm 2–0 in the finals.[13] A couple of days later on May 16, 2016 the team won the ESL Pro League Season 3 Finals after beating G2 Esports 3–2 in the finals.[14] On June 24, 2016 it was officially announced that the Brazilian roster would be joining SK Gaming on July 1, 2016.[15][16] The roster's final tournament with Luminosity was the Esports Championship Series Season 1 Finals where they placed second, losing to G2 Esports in the finals.[17]

Luminosity signed the Brazilian team WinOut on July 30, 2016. Its roster consisted of Renato "nak" Nakano, Bruno "bit" Lima, Lucas "destinyy" Bullo, Vinicios "PKL" Coelho, Gustavo "yeL" Knittel and is coached by Alessandro "apoka" Marcucci.[18] Renato "nak" Nakano and Bruno "bit" Lima were kicked on the team on September 8, 2016.[19] Gustavo "SHOOWTiME" Gonçalves and Bruno "shz" Martinelli joined Luminosity on September 11.[20]

On September 12, 2019, Luminosity dropped its second Brazilian roster.[21]

Source:[22]

Notable former players
Alias Name Role Join date Leave Date New Team Current Team
fer Fernando Alvarenga Entry fragger July 28, 2015 July 1, 2016 SK Gaming MiBR
coldzera Marcelo David Support/AWPer July 28, 2015 July 1, 2016 SK Gaming FaZe Clan
FalleN Gabriel Toledo In-game leader/AWPer July 28, 2015 July 1, 2016 SK Gaming MiBR
fnx Lincoln Lau Lurker November 23, 2015 July 1, 2016 SK Gaming Red Canids
TACO Epitacio de Melo Entry fragger November 23, 2015 July 1, 2016 SK Gaming MiBR
zews Wilton Prado Coach November 23, 2015 July 1, 2016 SK Gaming Evil Geniuses
HEN1 Henrique Teles AWPer June 11, 2018 September 12, 2019 Furia Esports Furia Esports
boltz Ricardo Prass Rifler December 12, 2018 September 12, 2019 INTZ Esports BOOM Esports
LUCAS1 Lucas Teles Support June 11, 2018 September 12, 2019 MiBR None
NEKIZ Gabriel Schenato Entry fragger July 13, 2017 September 12, 2019 None None
steel Lucas Lopes Lurker/In-game leader April 22, 2018 September 12, 2019 Movistar Riders Movistar Riders
zakk Rafael Fernandes Coach April 22, 2018 September 12, 2019 None None

Tournament placements

Bold denotes a CS:GO Major

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege

On June 22, 2019, Luminosity picked a Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege team that consisted of Coal "Doodle" Phillips, Kian "Hyena" Moyazani, Richie "Rexen" Coronado, Tom "Tomas" Kaka, and Muteeb "PiXeL" Chaudary. They quickly became a top team in North American Pro League defeating top teams DarkZero Esports and Team Reciprocity. Luminosity placed third in the online qualifier for the Six Major Raleigh and failed to qualify for the event. In Dreamhack Montreal 2019, Luminosity lost to Team Liquid and BDS Esport being eliminated in the group stage and placing 13-16th, alongside top European team, Chaos Esports Club and amateur teams Livid Gaming and Super Nova. After this defeat, PiXeL left the team and was replaced with former player of Rise Nation, Abdullah "Factor" Rihan.[23] Luminosity placed 4th in North American Pro League Season 10, failing to reach the Season 10 finals but avoiding relegation.

On April 14, 2020, Hyena released a statement detailing conflict between the team, Luminosity, and the developers of Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft criticizing the latter two for mismanagement and miscommunication resulting in the team's removal from Pro League.[24] A day later, Ubisoft confirmed that the team would not be competing in Pro League.[25] On April 17, Luminosity released Hyena along with the rest of the team.[26] Hyena later retired from Rainbow Six Siege.[27]

Final roster
ID Name Role Join Date Leave Date New Team Current Team
Doodle Coal Phillips IGL/Support 2019-06-22[28] 2020-04-17[26] The Last Dance The Last Dance
Hyena Kian Moyazani Flex/Fragger 2019-06-22[28] 2020-04-17[26] Retired
Rexen Richie Coronado Fragger 2019-06-22[28] 2020-04-17[26] Rent Free eUnited
Factor Abdullah Rihan Fragger 2019-09-24[23] 2020-04-17[26] The Last Dance Retired
Jarvis Sam Jarvis Support 2020-03-01[29] 2020-04-17[26] PogChamp Tempo Storm
Viirus Anthony Ybarra Coach 2019-06-22[28] 2020-04-17[26] None None

Former players
ID Name Join Date Leave Date New Team Current Team
PiXeL Muteeb Chaudary Flex Support 2019-06-22[28] 2019-09-12[30] Akatsuki None
Tomas Tom Kaka Flex Support 2019-06-22[28] 2019-11-26[31] Rejects Rent Free
Slashug Spencer Oliver Entry 2020-03-02[28] 2020-03-01[32] Team Reciprocity Oxygen Esports

Tournament results
Tournament Date Location Placement Prize
United States Nationals 2019 Stage 2 West 2019-07-30 United States 3-4th $250
Pro League Season 10 NA 2019-10-16 North America 4th $15,550
Dreamhack Montreal 2019 2019-09-08 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 13-16th $0
United States Nationals 2019 Stage 3 West 2019-10-15 United States 3-4th $250
United States Nationals 2019 Wildcard West 2019-11-01 United States 1st $1,000
OGA Pit Season 3 Finals 2019-12-08 Split, Croatia 4th $6,000
United States Nationals 2019 2019-12-15 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 3-4th $5,000
Pro League Season 11 NA 2020-04-13 North America 6th $14,000

Rosters

Fortnite
ID Name Join date
Randumb Jordan schneider 2019-06-16[33]
Formula Alex Kushelevskiy 2019-06-16[33]
Nicks Nick Spoerke 2019-06-16[33]
Kiwiz John Payne 2019-06-16[34]
Plu Plu 2019-08-22
Spencer Spencer 2019-08-22
Beaks Marcos Sarmento 2019-08-22
khuna Dina Smriko 2019-11-09[35]
Hogman Michael Hogman 2019-11-16[36]
Fresh Harley Fresh 2020-03-21[37]
Muselk Elliott Watkins 2020-07-22[38]

Tournament results
  • 3rd — SMITE World Championship 2017
  • 5th — SMITE World Championship 2018

Current roster
ID Name Position Join Date
Joshy Joshua Whitehurst Hunter 2019-01-10[39]
Xaliea Jeroen Klaver Solo Laner 2019-01-10[39]
Lasbra Lasse Halkjær Jungler 2019-06-13[40]
Eonic Sinjin Thorpe Support 2019-07-31[41]
Snoopy Evan Jones Mid Laner 2019-07-31[41]

Former

Ali Hassan 4-9-18 11-2-19

ID Name Position Join date Leave date Next Team
Weak3n Kurt Schray Jungler/Captain 2018-03-02 2018-12-?? Trifecta
CloutSmite Connor Roberts Hunter 2018-03-02 2018-??-??
NotGeno Mike Lukashin Support 2018-03-02 2018-11-24[42] Armada Esports
Keegsmate Keegan TwoEagle Mid Lane 2018-03-02 2018-08-04[43] Flash Point eSports
KikiSoCheeky Ismael Tores Solo Lane 2018-03-02 2019-07-31[41]
BaRRaCCuDDa John Salter Hunter 2016-03-22 2018-01-19 Spacestation Gaming
JeffHindla Rosario Vilardi Support 2016-03-22 2018-01-19 Spacestation Gaming
Baskin Kim Woon-young Mid Lane 2017-02-03 2018-01-19 Spacestation Gaming
Aquarius Ryan O'Neill Solo 2017-08-28 2018-01-19 Spacestation Gaming
Gh0st Justin Barnett Substitute 2016-09-02 2018-01-19 Spacestation Gaming
Mask Suharab Askarzada Jungler 2016-07-30 2018-01-11 Trifecta
ScaryD Ronald Belair Solo 2016-05-04 2017-08-14 Spacestation Gaming

Overwatch (as Vancouver Titans)
ID Name Role Join date
Dalton Dalton Bennyhoff DPS May 8, 2020
Tsuna Samir Ikram DPS May 8, 2020
ShRedLock Abtin Shirvani Tank May 8, 2020
KSAA Alhumaidi Alruwaili Tank May 8, 2020
CarCar Carson First Support May 8, 2020
Roolf Randal Stark Support May 8, 2020

Former
ID Name Join date New Team
Haksal Kim Hyo-jong 2018-01-12 New York Excelsior
Hooreg Lee Dong-eun 2018-01-12
SeoMinSoo Seo Min-soo 2018-01-12
Stitch Lee Choong-hui 2018-01-12 Washington Justice
JJANU Choi Hyeon-woo 2018-01-12 Washington Justice
Bumper Park Sang-beom 2018-01-12
Rapel Kim Jung-geun 2018-01-12 Houston Outlaws
SLIME Kim Sung-jun 2018-01-12 Seoul Dynasty
Twilight Lee Ju-seok 2018-01-12 San Francisco Shock
Harbleu Anthony Ballo 2016-03-25 Gale Force Esports
milo Yomar Toledo 2016-03-25 NRG Esports
Pierow Brian Alesandro 2016-03-25
Enigma Carl Yangsheng 2016-03-25
Seagull Brandon Larned 2016-03-25

Call of Duty (as Seattle Surge)
ID Name Join date Role
Slacked Josiah Berry 2019-10-21[7] Player
Enable Ian Wyatt 2019-10-21[7] IGL
Octane Sam Larew 2019-10-21[7] Assault Rifle
Apathy Brian Zhelyazkov 2019-10-21[7] Player
Karma Damon Barlow 2019-10-21[7] Player
Nubzy 2019-10-21[7] Coach

Former Call of Duty: Black Ops III
ID Name Join date Leave date
Replays James Crowder 2015-11-09 2016-04-20
J0hn Johnathan Perez 2015-11-09 2016-04-20
TeePee Tyler Polchow 2016-04-20 2016-05-22

Former Hearthstone
ID Name Join date Leave Date
Chakki Keaton Gill 2016-08-03[44] 2017-07-22[45]
Fr0zen Frank Zhang 2016-08-03[44] 2017-07-22[45]
Muzzy Muzahidul Islam 2016-08-03[44] 2017-08-23[46]
Zalae Paul Nemeth 2016-08-15[47] 2017-08-23[46]

Former Super Smash Bros
Mustafa "Ice" Akçakaya representing Luminosity in 2017
ID Name Game Character(s) Join date Leave date Next Team
Ice Mustafa Akçakaya Super Smash Bros. Melee Fox October 21, 2016[48] October 19, 2017[49] Red Bull Esports
Abadango Yuta Kawamura Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Mewtwo, Bayonetta October 8, 2016[50] December 15, 2017[51] Shinobism

Multi-genre content creators
ID Name Join date
CDNThe3rd Caesar Noriega 2018-07-05[52]
RequiemSlaps Req 2019-02-03[53]
Yelo Brandon Yelo 2019-08-15[54]
xQc Félix Lengyel 2020-10-01[55]

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015
Team EnVyUs		 MLG Columbus 2016 winner
2016		 Succeeded by
ESL One Cologne 2016
SK Gaming
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