CyanideFI
| Cyanide | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active, sub |
| Born | November 15, 1994 |
| Hometown | Porvoo |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Current team | Origen |
| Role | Jungler |
| League | EU LCS |
| Games | League of Legends |
| Championships | Season 1 World Championship |
| Nickname(s) | CyanideFI |
| – | oSk Gaming |
| Jan 2011 - Feb 2011 | myRevenge |
| Feb 2011 - Mar 2011 | Fnatic |
| Mar 2011 - Dec 2014 | fnatic |
Lauri Happonen, (born November 15, 1994) better known as CyanideFI or Cyanide, is a Finnish League of Legends player who is a substitute for Origen of the EU LCS. He won the Season 1 World Championship as a member of fnatic. Cyanide is one of nineteen players who have qualified for 3 World Championships, along with XPeke, SOAZ, Nyph, Reginald, TheOddOne, Xpecial, Candy Panda, Watch, Bjergsen, PawN, Uzi, Deft, Maple, NL, Swordart, Westdoor, Faker and Bengi.
Lauri was born and raised in Porvoo, Finland, growing up playing games, becoming more competitive as time passed. He eventually became an avid League of Legends player and has been known as being one of the scene's youngest professional players, starting when he was 15.
Becoming known in the high elo ladders during Season 1, Cyanide found himself playing in the jungler role for oSk Gaming and started playing on the team with now long time teammate, xPeke. In February 2011, the line up was picked up by myRevenge. The team placed first at IEM Season V - Hanover Invitational but two months after acquisition, Cyanide and the rest of the line up left myR to join Fnatic. The newly formed team gained quick recognition as being a top team in Europe and solidified a place as one of the worlds best by competing and winning Riot Season 1 Championship in June 2011. The team then closed out Season 1 placing 3rd at IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne, losing to North American Team SoloMid.
With his team, Cyanide went stateside to New York to play in IEM Season VI - Global Challenge New York, winning in a dominating fashion, not losing one game as they placed first, winning 2-0 over SK Gaming.
Lauri had grown to be a top known jungler in the world for him and his team's increasing performances in tournaments. In Season 2, Fnatic had always placed in the top 3 in majority of participated events such as SK Trophy March and IGN ProLeague Elites. In August 2012, the Season 2 Regional Finals was held in Cologne where the top 3 placing teams would be flown to Los Angeles for the Season 2 World Championship for a chance to play $1,000,000 grand prize. Fnatic were unable to qualify in the top 3, getting 4th in the tournament, losing to Moscow Five and CLG Europe.
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