Team Curse, also known as Curse eSports, was a North American eSports organization sponsored by Curse, Inc. and based in Los Angeles. Formed as a League of Legends (LoL) team in 2010 by Steve "LiQuiD112" Arhancet, it was acquired by Curse Inc. in August 2011, and the team renamed to Team Curse. On April 15, 2014, Arhancet announced that he had purchased the eSports arm of the Curse Inc., which from then on was an organization entire separated from Curse, Inc., although they were still the title sponsor of the new Curse eSports brand.
Yiliang "Peter" Peng, better known as Doublelift, is an American professional League of Legends AD Carry player who formerly played for Counter Logic Gaming and Team SoloMid. He currently plays for Team Liquid.
The League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) is the name of the professional League of Legends eSports league run by Riot Games with ten teams from North America competing. Each annual season of play is divided into two splits, spring and summer and conclude with play-off tournament between the top six teams. At the end of the season, the winner of the summer split, the team with the most championship points, and the winner of the gauntlet tournament qualify for the annual League of Legends World Championship.
Team SoloMid (TSM) is an esports organization based in the United States. It was founded in September 2009 by Andy "Reginald" Dinh. TSM currently fields players in League of Legends, Hearthstone, Super Smash Bros., PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Fortnite, and Rocket League. The organization previously had a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team based in Denmark and also briefly owned an Overwatch team.
Cloud9 (C9) is an American esports organization, which fields teams in Rocket League, League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Super Smash Bros. Melee, H1Z1, Fortnite, Overwatch, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, and Rules of Survival.
Gambit Esports, also known by its former name Gambit Gaming, is a Russian esports organisation based in the United Kingdom. It was established in January 2013 after the acquisition of the former League of Legends roster of Moscow Five. The team previously had a team competing in the European League of Legends Championship Series.
Alex Chu, better known as Xpecial, is an American League of Legends player who is the support for Phoenix 1 of the North American League of Legends Championship Series. He was most previously the support player for Team Dignitas of the NA LCS. He has also played for various teams including Team Liquid and Team SoloMid. Xpecial is one of nine players who have qualified for 3 World Championships, along with XPeke, SOAZ, Nyph, Reginald, TheOddOne, CyanideFI, Candy Panda and Watch.
Immortals is a professional esports team based in the United States that was founded on October 7, 2015, after the acquisition of the NA LCS spot of Team 8. They used to compete in the North American League of Legends Championship Series, but were declined entry for the 2018 season, despite being one of the three teams from the LCS to qualify for the 2017 League of Legends World Championship. Immortals has since expanded into Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, Dota 2, Super Smash Bros, Vainglory, Rainbow Six Siege and Arena of Valor.
Zachary Scuderi, better known as Sneaky, is a professional League of Legends player, and prominent cosplayer, who currently plays AD Carry for Cloud9 of the League of Legends Championship Series North America. He won the 2013 Summer NA LCS and 2014 Spring NA LCS with Cloud9. On July 17, 2015 he was listed as a sub for Cloud9's Challenger Series team.
The 2016 Spring North American League of Legends Championship Series is the fourth season of the North American League of Legends Championship Series. The spring split began on January 16, with a rematch of the 2015 NA LCS Summer playoff finals between Team SoloMid and Counter Logic Gaming. Most matches were played at a film studio in Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California. The finals were played in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
Zaqueri Black, better known by the name Aphromoo, is an American professional League of Legends player. As of 2018, he plays in the Support position for the team 100 Thieves in the North American League of Legends Championship Series. Aphromoo won the 2018 Spring Split MVP award, the first time in that award's history it has gone to a Support player.
Jake Kevin Puchero, known simply as Xmithie is a Filipino-American professional League of Legends player who is currently the jungler for Team Liquid of the North American League of Legends Championship Series. Xmithie won the 2015 Summer Split and the 2016 Spring Split of the North American League of Legends Championship Series with CLG.
Jason Tran, known in-game as WildTurtle, is a Canadian professional League of Legends player in the North American League of Legends Championship Series. He currently plays for Team FlyQuest as an Attack Damage Carry (ADC). He has previously played for major gaming organizations Counter Logic Gaming, Cloud9, Team SoloMid and Immortals. WildTurtle has played in the 2013, 2014 and 2015 League of Legends World Championships.
Kim Yeu-jin (김의진), better known as Reignover, is a South Korean professional League of Legends player. He played for Fnatic of the EU LCS during most of the 2015 season, then in the NA LCS Immortals for their Spring and Summer-split of 2016, Team Liquid for their Spring and Summer-split of 2017, and Counter Logic Gaming (CLG) for their Spring and Summer-split of 2018. Reignover was named MVP of the 2016 NA LCS split while a member of Immortals.
Christopher Kjell Mykles, better known by his nickname MonteCristo, is an esports color commentator and analyst. He is also the founder of esports organization Renegades. He gained prominence whilst working with League of Legends, most notably as an English-language commentator for OnGameNet, broadcaster of the LCK, from 2012 through 2016. In addition, he also worked on the broadcast team for the League of Legends World Championship from 2013 to 2015. In 2013 and 2014, he was the coach of Counter Logic Gaming. He is currently employed as a shoutcaster for the Overwatch League.
Terry Chuong, better known as BIG is an American player who is currently a support for Optic Gaming of the North American League of Legends Championship Series. He has been previously known as both Baby and Babyeator.
Diego Ruiz, better known as Quas, is a Venezuelan League of Legends player who plays top laner for Tempo Storm. He previously played for Team Liquid, Team Curse, and NRG Esports.
The 2017 Summer North American League of Legends Championship Series split is a combination of the regular summer season, the promotion tournament, the playoffs, and the regional qualifiers. The 2017 regular summer season was a round robin between all the NA LCS teams. The promotion tournament was played between the bottom NA LCS teams and the top Challenger Series (CS) teams. The playoffs was played between the top NA LCS teams which determined the champion of the NA LCS and seeding for Worlds. After the playoffs, the regional qualifiers was the final chance for a NA LCS team to get a seat for Worlds.
The 2018 Spring North American League of Legends Championship Series split is the sixth season and eleventh split of the North American League of Legends Championship Series, the highest level of professional League of Legends play in North America.
