Epik Gamer

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Location:	United States
Number of Players:	0
History
Created:	2011-08
Disbanded:	2013-01
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Epik Gamer is a North American League of Legends team, originally formed by former HawkShotGG teammates Dan Dinh and Salce in 2010.

The team has been around since the 2010 World Cyber Games, making it one of the first teams in the NA circuit along with Counter Logic Gaming. In May 2011, Dan Dinh and Salce, along with Dyrus, Doublelift, Westrice, and bobbyhankhill, formally created Epik. Team Epik became popular for their success at the Riot Season 1 NA Qualifiers, taking second. They then went on to capture fourth place at Riot Season 1 Championship. After going through several roster changes, in 2012 Epik was picked up as a second team by Team SoloMid and became Team SoloMid Evo, which disbanded four months later.

On December 12th, Epik Gamer was rebooted for the North American Season 3 Championship Series, but failed to qualify, and subsequently disbanded.

History

Early Years of Epik Gamer

In August of 2010, team HawkshotGG was formed, consisting of Dan Dinh, Salce, Araragi, Master of LoL, Grafic, Xcessiv, and Dyrus. The team was formed in order to compete in the 2010 World Cyber Games. After qualifying for the 2010 World Cyber Games North American Qualifiers, HawkshotGG renames to EPIKGamer. Epik Gamer would take second place in the 2010 World Cyber Games North American Qualifiers, falling to Counter Logic Gaming in the grand finals 1-2.

In late September of 2010, Epik Gamer would disband, with Dan Dinh, Salce, Araragi, Master of LoL, Grafic, Xcessiv, and Dyrus leaving.

On May 1st, 2011, Epik Gamer is reformed, consisting of a roster that includes Dan Dinh, Salce, Dyrus, Doublelift, Westrice, and bobbyhankhill.

Season 1

On May 22nd, 2011, EPIK would place second at the Riot Season 1 NA Qualifiers

Epik Gamer would attend the Riot Season 1 Championship on June 18, 2011, where they would place fourth. In the group stage, Epik Gamer would take first, going 3-0 by defeating against All authority, FnaticMSI, and Team Pacific. After placing first, Epik Gamer would be directly seeded into the semi finals, where they would fall 0-2 to FnaticMSI. Dropping down to the loser's bracket, EG would fall there to Team SoloMid 0-2.

Pre-Season 2

On July 9th, 2011, PureGoldenBoy replaced Doublelift as support player for Epik Gamer.

Epik Gamer was invited to compete in the 2011 MLG Pro Circuit - Raleigh. In the group stage, Epik would place second going 2-1, defeating Team SoloMid, Curse Gaming, while falling to Counter Logic Gaming. Due to the extended series rule, Epik Gamer would come into the finals against Counter Logic Gaming 0-2. Unfortunately for EG, they would lose the next two games, going 0-4 against CLG in the finals and ending off with a second place finish.

On September 22nd, Epik would see another change in their roster, with Nhat Nguyen replacing PureGoldenBoy as Epik Gamer's new support. Nhat Nguyen would be suggested to the team by Riot Rara, they would have addded Curtoky. After plying some matches with Nhat, the team decided to choose him.

Less than a month after the roster change, Epik Gamer would attend the IGN ProLeague Season 3 - Atlantic City. In the tournament, Epik would defeat v8 Esports 2-0 in the quarterfinals and Team SoloMid 2-1 in the semifinals. Advancing to the grand finals, Epik would lose 1-2 to Dignitas, taking home second place.

In the 2011 MLG Pro Circuit in Providence, Epik Gamer would take second place. At the event Epik would defeat Dignitas 2-0 in the first round and Team SoloMid 2-1 in the second round. However, Epik would lose in their rematch against Team Solomid in the grand finals, despite having a 2-1 lead over TSM.

End of Epik Gamer

In March and April of 2012, various changes occurred to the Epik Gamer player roster. On March 13th, long time top lane player Dyrus left to join Team SoloMid. Two days after his departure, team founder, owner, and captain Dan Dinh was kicked from Epik Gamer. A few days after the two large departures, ClakeyD joined team Epik Gamer to become their new jungler. However, his tenure at EG would only last a month as he would leave on April 13th. On the same day of ClakeyD's departure, former v8 Esports members Aphromoo and Unstoppable join Epik Gamer. On April 24th, wingsofdeathx replaces Westrice.

At the end of these hectic final months, the resulting roster of Epik Gamer would be Salce, Aphromoo, Nhat Nguyen, Unstoppable, wingsofdeathx, and Callipygous.

On May 11th, 2012, Team SoloMid acquires the roster of Epik Gamer, with Epik Gamer becoming Team SoloMid Evo

Pre-Season 3

In December of 2012, Epik Gamer reformed with Dan Dinh, Salce, Westrice, cat8, and puregoldenboy to compete in the Season 3 qualifiers. They played in the offline qualifiers on January 4-5 with wingsofdeathx as a sub in place of Westrice, and qualified for the live offline qualifier on January 11. But they failed to make it past the offline qualifiers, and subsequently disbanded again.

Timeline

2010

• August, HawkshotGG is formed. Dan Dinh, Salce, Araragi, MasteR of LoL, Grafic, Xcessiv, and Dyrus join.
• August, HawkshotGG renames to EPIKGamer after proceeding in the WCG 2010 NA Qualifiers.
• September 11th, 2nd place at 2010 World Cyber Games NA Qualifiers
• Late September, Epik Gamer disbands. Dan Dinh, Salce, Araragi, MasteR of LoL, Grafic, Xcessiv, and Dyrus leave.

2011

• May 1st, Epik Gamer is reformed under the name EPIK. Dan Dinh, Salce, Dyrus, Doublelift, Westrice, and bobbyhankhill join.
• May 22nd, 2nd place at Riot Season 1 NA Qualifiers
• June 20th, 4th place at Riot Season 1 Championship.
• July 9th, PureGoldenBoy replaces Doublelift.
• August 27th, 2nd place at 2011 MLG Raleigh.
• September 22nd, Nhat Nguyen replaces PureGoldenBoy.
• October 9th, 2nd place at IGN Proleague Season 3 - Atlantic City.
• November 20th, 2nd place at 2011 MLG Providence.

2012

• March 13th, Dyrus leaves.
• March 15th, Dan Dinh leaves.
• April, Aphromoo and Unstoppable join.
• April 24th, wingsofdeathx replaces Westrice.
• May 11th, Team SoloMid acquires Epik Gamer, becomes TSM.evo. Salce, Aphromoo, Nhat Nguyen, Unstoppable, and wingsofdeathx leave.
• December 20th, Epik Gamer reforms with Dan Dinh, Salce, Westrice, cat8, and PureGoldenBoy.

2013

• January, Dan Dinh and puregoldenboy leave. cat8 and Westrice move to support and AD carry.
• January 30th, cat8, Salce, and Westrice leave. Epik Gamer disbands.

Player Roster

Former

	ID	Name	Role	Next Team
	Salce	Trevor Salce	Mid	FXOpen e-Sports
	Westrice	John Nguyen	Top	FXOpen e-Sports
	cat8	Will Kim (김우성)	Support	None
	puregoldenboy	Jonathan Au	Support	None
	Dan Dinh	Daniel Dinh	Jungle	Team SoloMid
	Aphromoo	Zaqueri Black	AD	Team SoloMid Evo
	Nhat Nguyen	Nhat Nguyen	Support	Team SoloMid Evo
	Unstoppable	Johnny Tran	Jungle	Team SoloMid Evo
	wingsofdeathx	Daryl Hennegan	Top	Team SoloMid Evo
	Callipygous	Cameron Nelson	Sub	Team SoloMid Evo
	Dyrus	Marcus Hill	Top/AD/Jungle	Team SoloMid
	Doublelift	Peter Peng	Support	Team Curse
	Hai L9	Hai Lam	Mid	Orbit Gaming
	MasteR of LoL	Joshua Webb	AD/Top	Team Vulcun
	Xcessiv	Jeremy Autore	Mid/AD	None
	Grafic	Van Euclid	Support	None
	Araragi		Jungle	Rock Solid

Temporary Subs

ID	Name	Role	Replacing	Tournament
DontMashMe	Brandon Phan	AD		IGN Proleague Season 4 - Las Vegas
ClakeyD	Clark Douglas Smith	Jungle		IGN Proleague Season 4 - Las Vegas
Crumbzz	Alberto Rengifo	AP	Salce	IGN Proleague Season 3 - Atlantic City

Team Achievements

In Premier Tournaments
Date		Place	Event	Result		Winnings
2012-04-08		A77 - 8th	IPL 4 - Las Vegas	0 : 2	v8 eSports	$ 1,250
2011-10-09		A22nd	IPL 3 - Atlantic City	1 : 2	Team Dignitas	$ 5,000
2011-08-27		A22nd	MLG 2011 - Raleigh	0 : 4	Counter Logic Gaming	$ 7,500
2011-06-20		A44th	Riot Season 1 Championship	0 : 2	Team SoloMid	$ 7,000

In Minor, Monthly, and Weekly Tournaments
Date	Place	Event	Result		Winnings
2011-12-30	A22nd	CLG's Last Call 2011	0 : 2	Team Dignitas	$ 1,000

Interviews

2010

• September 11, 2010 WCG NA - Player Profiles (EPIK / HawkshotGG) with Phreak

2011

• September 1, 2011 Epik Gaming at MLG Raleigh with CyberSportsNetwork