ThunderTalk Gaming

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ThunderTalk Gaming
TT (esports) logo.png
Short nameTT Gaming, TT
Game League of Legends
Founded25 December 2017 (2017-12-25)
League League of Legends Pro League
Team historySinoDragon Gaming (2017–2019)
Dominus Esports (2019–2020)
Location China
Head coachYin "Aqua" Weizhe
ManagerZhang "GolanZhang" Sheng
General managerLi "Ray" Zhuo

ThunderTalk Gaming (commonly shortened to TT Gaming or TT) is a professional League of Legends team competing in the League of Legends Pro League (LPL), the top level of professional League of Legends in China. [1] [2]

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It was founded on 25 December 2017 as SinoDragon Gaming (SDG) and was one of two teams (the other being Victory Five) accepted into the LPL as part of the league's 2019 expansion. [3] The team rebranded as Dominus Esports (DMO) on 22 May 2019, and again on 15 September 2020 after its acquisition by Chinese messaging service ThunderTalk. [4]

History

SinoDragon Gaming was accepted into the LPL on 30 November 2018. [5] Prior to their entry into the LPL, the team competed in the League of Legends Developmental League (LDL), China's secondary league. The team's inaugural LPL roster consisted of top laners Jiang "Changhong" Changhong and Yang "Memory" Jubao, jungler Wang "Xiaopeng" Peng, mid laner Huang "Twila" Tingwei, bot laner Chen "GALA" Wei, and support Ling "Mark" Xu, with Ouyang "Iceman" Yiqiang as head coach. [5] The team finished 6th in the 2019 LPL Spring Split with a 9–6 record, qualifying them for playoffs,[ citation needed ] where they defeated Edward Gaming 3–0 in the first round and lost to Topsports Gaming 0–3 in the quarterfinals.[ citation needed ]

Roster

TT League of Legends roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleHandleNameNationality
TopHOYAYoon Yong-hoSouth Korea
JungleBeichuanYang LingChina
JunglexiaohuangrenYu Zhi-MinChina
MiducalSon Woo-hyeonSouth Korea
BothuanfengTang Huan-FengChina
SupportXinLiuLi Tan-Pan-AoChina
SupportyaoyaoBi Hao-TianChina
Head coach

Zhou "NONAME" Qi-Lin

Assistant coach(es)

Long "Along" Hong-Zhou

Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
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  • Cruz Roja.svg Injury / Illness
  

Roster

Tournament results

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