CTBC Flying Oyster

CTBC Flying Oyster

Short name	CFO
Game	League of Legends
Founded	26 January 2022 (2022-01-26)
League	Pacific Championship Series
Based in	Taipei
Colours	Blue and yellow
Championships	1× PCS
Main sponsor	CTBC Bank
Parent group	CTBC Sports Entertainment
Motto	"We are family"
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	中信 飛 牡蠣
Simplified Chinese	中信飞牡蛎
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngxìn Fēi Mǔlì

CTBC Flying Oyster (CFO) is a Taiwanese professional League of Legends team competing in the Pacific Championship Series (PCS). It is owned by CTBC Sports Entertainment, a subsidiary of CTBC Bank.

History

Founding

CTBC Flying Oyster (CFO) was founded on 26 January 2022 by CTBC Sports Entertainment after it acquired the PCS spot of Machi Esports. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The team's inaugural roster consisted of former players of Machi Esports and J Team: top laner Hsu "Rest" Shih-chieh, jungler Huang "Gemini" Chu-hsuan, mid laner Chen "Mission" Hsiao-hsien, bot laner Sung "Atlen" Ya-lun, and support Lin "Koala" Chih-chiang.

2022 season

Further information: 2022 PCS season

CFO finished third in the spring regular season after defeating fellow newcomers Deep Cross Gaming in a tiebreaker match, qualifying CFO for the first round of playoffs in the winners' bracket. After sweeping sixth-place Meta Falcon Team in the first round and second-place J Team in the second round, CFO took a convincing 3–1 victory over defending champions PSG Talon in the semifinals. This immediately qualified CFO for the spring finals, an achievement made in their inaugural split. However, CFO narrowly lost the PCS title after losing to PSG Talon in the final match of a full best-of-five series. ^[4]

CFO did not make any changes to their starting roster for the summer split and finished fourth in the regular season after defeating Frank Esports in a tiebreaker match. ^[5] This placement qualified CFO for the first round of playoffs in the winners' bracket, where they defeated Frank Esports in a best-of-five series. CFO then narrowly defeated first-place PSG Talon in the second round to advance to their second PCS semifinals, where they took a convincing victory over sixth-place Beyond Gaming. ^[6] This victory qualified CFO for the 2022 World Championship as one of the PCS' two representatives. ^[6] In the finals, CFO once again faced off against Beyond Gaming, who they swept to claim their first PCS title. ^{[7] [8]}

Name and symbols

CFO's team motto is "We are family", the company slogan of CTBC Bank. "Flying oyster" in Mandarin Chinese is feimuli, which sounds similar to "family"; the team's founders intended for the Chinese name to mean "CTBC family". CFO's team colours are blue and yellow. ^{[9] [10]}

CFO updated its logo prior to the 2022 PCS Summer Split; in contrast to the original logo, the team's abbreviated name is emphasized rather than its full name. ^[9]

Current roster

CTBC Flying Oyster roster
Players	Coaches
Role Handle Name Nationality Top Rest Hsu Shih-chieh Taiwan Jungle Karsa Hung Hao-hsuan Taiwan Mid Gori Kim Tae-woo South Korea Bot Shunn Chao Ying-shun Taiwan Support SwordArt Hu Shuo-chieh Taiwan Mid JimieN  Tseng Hao-chun Taiwan	Head coach Chen "Achie" Chen-chi Assistant coach(es) Chang "Bob" Shao-tzu
Legend: (I) Inactive (S) Suspended Substitute Injury / Illness	Roster updated 21 December 2023.

Tournament results

Placement	Event	Final result (W–L)
3rd	2022 PCS Spring Split	13–5
2nd	2022 PCS Spring Playoffs	2–3 (against PSG Talon)
4th	2022 PCS Summer Split	12–6
1st	2022 PCS Summer Playoffs	3–0 (against Beyond Gaming)
11th–14th	2022 World Championship	1–5 (main event group stage)
3rd	2023 PCS Spring Split	12–7
3rd	2023 PCS Spring Playoffs	1–3 (against Frank Esports)
5th	2023 PCS Summer Split	9–9
2nd	2023 PCS Summer Playoffs	2–3 (against PSG Talon)
19th–20th	2023 World Championship	0–2 (against Team BDS)

References

1. O'Dwyer, Samuel (28 January 2022). "Riot details new teams, rules, and schedule for 2022 PCS Spring Split". Dot Esports. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
2. "《英雄聯盟》PCS春季賽2月11日登場 6支全新戰隊強勢來襲". Yahoo News Taiwan (in Chinese). 8 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
3. Li, Shuyi (7 February 2022). "大马SEM9战队即将出征LoL PCS春季赛". Oriental Daily News (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 13 February 2022.
4. Bernardo, Anna (18 April 2022). "PSG Talon outlast CFO 3-2 to win the League of Legends PCS Spring Split 2022". Yahoo News Singapore. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
5. Hai, Te-ko (10 August 2022). "力拼老四傳奇！中信飛牡蠣不畏強敵環繞，眾志成城直指世界賽門票". 4Gamers (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
6. Su, Sheng-yen (3 September 2022). "《LOL》PCS世界賽名單出爐 ... BYG斷腿打擊狂針對Gori 險被讓2追3". ETtoday (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
7. Lin, Pai-ting (4 September 2022). "《英雄聯盟》PCS冠軍賽上演「台灣內戰」 CFO奪冠". Yahoo News Taiwan (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
8. Yang, Chih-ren (4 September 2022). "BYG關鍵局換上小亮 CFO展現實力直落三奪冠...PCS新王誕生前往世界賽". ETtoday (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
9. Hai, Te-ko (30 June 2022). "中信飛牡蠣升級進化！劍指PCS夏季賽王座，力拼2022世界賽席次". 4Gamers (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 1 July 2022.
10. Chang, Shih-che (27 January 2022). "中信「飛牡蠣」電競戰隊成立！隊名曝光網友秒聯想他". Yahoo News (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 March 2024.

External links

• CTBC Flying Oyster on Facebook