Adrian (League of Legends player)

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Adrian
Adrian Ma
Born (1997-02-18) February 18, 1997 (age 21)
Hometown Houston
Nationality American
Current team Echo Fox
Role Support
Games League of Legends
Professional career
??? - ??? XDG Gaming
Dec 2014 - Dec 2015 Team Impulse
Dec 2015 - Nov 2016 Immortals
Nov 2016 - Mar 2017 Phoenix1
Mar 2017 - Apr 2017 Team Liquid
Jun 2017 - Dec 2017 Team Dignitas
Dec 2017 - Present Echo Fox

Adrian Ma, (born February 18, 1997) usually known just as Adrian or formerly Popstar Adrian, is an American professional League of Legends player who currently plays support for Echo Fox of the North American League of Legends Championship Series. [1] He graduated from high school early at age 17 to attend the first varsity college eSports team in the world, the program at Robert Morris University Illinois. [2] Adrian has also played for XDG Gaming and Team Impulse.

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On July 18, 2015 he temporarily stepped down from his role on the starting roster of Team Impulse. [3] In December 2015, the newly formed NA LCS team Immortals announced they had acquired Adrian, [4] however, after a poor performance in both the Spring and Summer playoffs for the NA LCS, Immortals announced his release in late 2016. In 2017, it was announced that he had been acquired by NA LCS team Phoenix 1, later playing for Team Liquid and Team Dignitas in the same year.

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References

  1. ↑ Lingle, Samuel (January 19, 2016). "Adrian: 'My signing bonus was my last year's salary'". The Daily Dot .
  2. ↑ Lingle, Samuel (Aug 19, 2014). "The varsity gamer: Esports go to college".
  3. ↑ "Adrian to step back from TiP starting position". theScore eSports.
  4. ↑ "Huni, Pobelter, WildTurtle headline star-studded Immortals roster". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2016-03-08.


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