Gambit Gaming

Gambit Gaming

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Team Information

Location:

Europe

Coaches:

Konstantin "groove" Pikiner

Team Captain:

Alexey "Alex Ich" Ichetovkin

Website:

Gambit Gaming

Sponsor:

BenQ
Pringles
MediaPlatform
SteelSeries

Facebook:

Gambit Gaming

Twitter:

GambitEsports

Number of Players:

4

History

Created:

2013-01-14

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Gambit Gaming is a European Esports organization formed in January 2013 after the acquisition of the previous roster of Moscow Five.^[1]

The team currently competes under the name Gambit Gaming BenQ in representation of their sponsor.

[edit] History

[edit] Formation of Gambit Gaming

On January 10th, the now-defunct e-Sports organization Moscow Five released their League of Legends roster due the arrest of Moscow Five's CEO in July of the previous year leaving the organization with a lack of funding.^[2]^[3] Four days later, on January 14th, it was announced that Gambit Gaming had acquired the former M5 roster.^[1]

[edit] Pre-Season 3

Marking their first appearance in an offline event as Gambit Gaming, in late January of 2013, the Russian team would compete in IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice as one of the eight qualified teams. Gambit Gaming would go 1-2 in the group stage, winning against MYM, while losing to Curse Gaming EU as well as Azubu Blaze. Because of this, the round robin had a tie of MYM, Gambit, and Curse Gaming EU, who all went 1-2. A time coefficient was used to break the tie though, giving Gambit Gaming a spot in the semi-finals. Gambit Gaming would defeat Azubu Frost as the underdogs 2-0, then go on to take first place by knocking out Korean powerhouse Azubu Blaze who they had lost to in the group stage. Gambit Gaming takes home $15,000 USD (~11,609 Euros) as well as a direct seed into IEM World Championship.

[edit] Season 3

[edit] Spring EU LCS

Having qualified as Moscow Five, Gambit Gaming would compete in the European Season 3 League of Legends Championship Series. Gambit would be a highly respected threat throughout Spring, being one of the most feared to play. They would complete the European Spring LCS Split 2nd place, with a record of 21-7. This ensured their LCS spot for the summer split portion of the league. They would then take second place in the Season 3 EU Spring Playoffs, losing 2-3 to Fnatic.

[edit] IEM World Championship & MLG Winter Championship

Gambit attended the IEM Season VII - World Championship in Hannover, Germany held in March. The team dominated their group, going an undefeated 5-0, placing them in the semi-finals. They then faced CJ Entus Frost and lost the set 2-1, knocking Gambit out of the tournament and ending the team in 3rd.

The Russian team was invited to play in an international exhibition at 2013 MLG Winter Championship, playing first against American Team Dignitas, and won 2-0, constantly pressuring the opponent. Gambit faced Korean top contender KT Rolster B in the exhibition finals but were unable to secure 1st place, losing 2-1.

[edit] LCS All Stars

In April, Gambit Gaming players Danil "Diamondprox" Reshetnikov, Aleksei "Alex Ich" Ichetovkin, Evgeny "Genja" Andryushin, and Edward "Edward" Abgaryan were publicly voted to represent their respective lane positions on the Europe LCS All Star team to compete at All-Star Shanghai 2013 to play against the world's best All Star teams chosen in the same fashion. However, a rule stating that only 3 members of a team may be inducted onto the team, Genja was replaced as AD Carry by Evil Geniuses' Yellowpete. The team's top lane was sOAZ from Fnatic. The EU LCS first faced off against heavy favorites Korean OGN Champions, and although good early gameplay from jungler Diamondprox, the Korean team overtook them in a 2-0 set. Their next opponent was their sibling league, the North America LCS. Both teams played an explosive two games of up and down fighting however, NA LCS ended up being the victor, knocking the EU LCS out of the tournament.

[edit] Summer EU LCS

A few days before Summer EU LCS started, long time support player Edward would leave the team, stating "First of all, the main reason of such end is misunderstandings between me and Genja. Despite to the fact that we played together for more than one year we didn't fit to each other. Secondly, I don't like the current atmosphere in the team after few bad results in a row. Due to this factors I have decided to leave the team." ^[4]

[edit] Timeline

[edit] 2013

January 14th, Gambit Gaming acquires former Moscow Five roster; Alex Ich, Diamondprox, Darien, Genja, and Edward join. ^[1]

To read about Moscow Five history (December 2011 - January 2013), click here.

January 20th, 1st place at IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice.
March 9th, 3rd/4th place at IEM Season VII - World Championship.
April 11th, SteelSeries sponsors Gambit Gaming.^[5]
April 28th, 2nd place at LCS Europe Season 3 Spring Playoffs.
June 4th, Edward leaves.^[6]

[edit] Player Roster

[edit] Active

ID	Name	Role
Darien	Evgeny Mazaev	Top
Diamondprox	Danil Reshetnikov	Jungle
Alex Ich	Aleksei Ichetovkin	Mid
Genja	Evgeny Andryushin	AD

[edit] Former

	ID	Name	Role	Next Team
	Edward	Edward Abgaryan	Support	Team Curse

[edit] Temporary Subs

	ID	Name	Role	Replacing	Tournament
	D4rker	Andrey Plechistov	Support		DreamHack Summer 2013

[edit] Organization

	ID	Name	Position
	groove	Konstantin Pikiner	Coach

[edit] Team Achievements

In Premier Tournaments
Date	Place	Event	Result		Winnings
2013-04-28	A22nd	LCS Europe Season 3 Spring Playoffs	2 : 3	Fnatic	$ 25,000
2013-03-17	A22nd	2013 MLG Winter Championship International Exhibition	1 : 2	KT Rolster B	$ 5,000
2013-03-08	A43 - 4th	IEM Season VII - World Championship	1 : 2	CJ Entus Frost	$ 13,500
2013-01-20	A11st	IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice	2 : 0	Azubu Blaze	$ 15,500