Deep Cross Gaming

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Deep Cross Gaming
Deep Cross Gaming logo.png
Short nameDCG
Game League of Legends
Founded20 January 2022 (2022-01-20)
League Pacific Championship Series
Based in Taipei
ManagerSun "Peter" Ting-hsuan
Main sponsor Logitech

Deep Cross Gaming (DCG) is a Taiwanese professional League of Legends team competing in the Pacific Championship Series (PCS), the top-level league for the game in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia. It is sponsored by the computer peripherals company Logitech.

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History

Founding

Deep Cross Gaming (DCG) was founded on 20 January 2022; it acquired a spot in the Pacific Championship Series a week later on 27 January. [1] [2] [3] The team's inaugural roster consisted of three former J Team players –jungler Chen "Hana" Chih-hao, mid laner Hsu "Nestea" Bao-yuan, and support Lin "Woody" Hung-yu –as well as top laner Chang "Leaky" Tsu-chia, who had then most recently played for ahq eSports Club, and rookie bot laner Chang "Cryscata" Che-lin.

2022 season

DCG finished fourth in the spring regular season after losing to fellow newcomers CTBC Flying Oyster in a tiebreaker match, qualifying DCG for the first round of playoffs in the winners' bracket. After defeating fifth-place Beyond Gaming in the first round, DCG were swept by defending champions PSG Talon in the second round and knocked down to the second round of the losers' bracket. Despite a convincing sweep of another newcomer team Frank Esports, DCG's playoff run ended in the third round of the losers' bracket, where they were defeated by J Team.

Current roster

Deep Cross Gaming roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleHandleNameNationality
TopHanabiSu Chia-hsiangTaiwan
JungleHanaChen Chih-haoTaiwan
MidNesteaHsu Bao-yuanTaiwan
BotCryscataChang Che-linTaiwan
SupportOrcaKuo Cheng-hanTaiwan
Jungle665 Emojione BW 1F503.svgWu Yi-hanTaiwan
Head coach

Chen "REFRA1N" Kuan-ting

Assistant coach(es)

Lin "Enzz" Chen

Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Emojione BW 1F503.svg Substitute
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injury / Illness
  

Roster updated 16 December 2022.

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