Short name | AL | ||||||
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Game | League of Legends | ||||||
Founded | 15 December 2017 (as Rogue Warriors) | ||||||
Team history | Rogue Warriors (2017–2021) Anyone's Legend (2021–present) | ||||||
Based in | Shanghai, China | ||||||
Motto | 不忘初心,荣耀彼此 (transl. "Do not lose sight of your goal. Bring honour to us all.") | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | AL电子竞技俱乐部 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | AL電子競技俱樂部 | ||||||
Literal meaning | AL Esports Club | ||||||
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Anyone's Legend (AL), previously known as Rogue Warriors (RW), is a Chinese professional League of Legends team competing in the LPL, the top-level league for the game in China.
ASUS ROG established the team under the name Rogue Warriors on 15 December 2017. [1] Its inaugural roster consisted of Mouse, Flawless, Doinb, Smlz, and killua.
On 24 March 2020, jungler WeiYan was kicked from Rogue Warriors after an internal investigation determined he was involved in attempted match fixing. [2] [3] The organization was subsequently fined CN¥3 million (≈US$423,687.50 at the time) by Riot Games for initially covering up for WeiYan. [4] [5] [6]
Anyone's Legend roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cho "Joker" Jae-eup
Li "Renzhe" Ren-Zhe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Legend:
| Roster updated 12 December 2023. |
Placement | Event | Final result (W–L) |
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5th–6th | 2017 Demacia Championship | 1–2 (against Invictus Gaming) |
2nd | 2018 LPL Spring Split (East) | 13–6 |
3rd | 2018 LPL Spring Playoffs | 3–1 (against Invictus Gaming) |
5th–6th | 2018 Summer Demacia Cup | 0–2 (against Bilibili Gaming) |
1st | Rift Rivals 2018 LCK-LPL-LMS-VCS | 3–2 (against LCK) |
1st | 2018 LPL Summer Split (West) | 14–5 |
4th | 2018 LPL Summer Playoffs | 0–3 (against JD Gaming) |
2nd | 2018 China Regional Finals | 1–3 (against Edward Gaming |
3rd | NEST 2018 | 2–0 (against Suning |
5th–6th | 2018 Winter Demacia Cup | 1–2 (against Suning) |
15th | 2019 LPL Spring Split | 4–11 |
9th–16th | NEST 2019 | 0–3 (against Suning) |
13th | 2019 LPL Summer Split | 5–10 |
5th–8th | 2019 Demacia Cup | 0–3 (against Royal Never Give Up) |
13th | 2020 LPL Spring Split | 7–9 |
15th | 2020 LPL Summer Split | 4–12 |
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