Invictus Gaming
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| Short name | iG |
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| Divisions |
Dota 2 League of Legends StarCraft II CrossFire Overwatch |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Location | China |
| Colors | Black, White, Light cyan |
| Manager | Liu "Efeng" Yuan Zhang "CuoJue" Guoqing |
Invictus Gaming (iG) is a multi-game esports organization founded in 2011 in China. They are primarily known for their Dota 2, League of Legends, and StarCraft II teams. iG's Dota squad won The International 2012.
Invictus Gaming was founded in 2011 by Wang Sicong, son of Wang Jianlin, the richest man in China and Asia, who bought the team formerly known as Catastrophic Cruel Memory (CCM) at about 6 million USD, in order to promote and ameliorate professional E-Sports in China. Now Invictus Gaming consist of squads for Dota 2, League of Legends, Crossfire, and StarCraft II.
The creation of iG.Y after poaching YYF, Chuan, 830 and CH of LGD, historically one of the strongest teams in China, came days after the purchase of CCM. The team is now also known as iG.Z (Zhou, SanSheng, Ferrari 430, Xiao8, DDC). iG.Y got the 3rd place in World DotA Championship 2011. iG.Z was the champion of CPL 2011. Having moved into the DotA scene with the new players, the two iG teams represented what appeared to be the two strongest teams in the scene.
In November 2011, iG decided to combine the two teams and have the team with the best Chinese DotA players. The team was composed of Chen "Zhou" Yao, Jiang "YYF" Cen, Luo "Ferrari 430" Feichi, Wong "Chuan" Hock Chuan and Zeng "Faith" Hongda, in which Chen "Zhou" Yao was the captain.
After re-shuffling the roster of the combined IG, they have won the SMM Grand National DotA Tournament world championship. In 2012, Ig won the ACE Dota Pro-league 2012 and G-League 2012 Season 1
In late 2012, Invictus Gaming's Dota squad started to transition to Dota 2. The team kept on their roster Chen "Zhou" Yao, Jiang "YYF" Cen, Luo "Ferrari 430" Feichi, Wong "Chuan" Hock Chuan and Zeng "Faith" Hongda. They became the champions and won the $1,000,000 prize at The International 2012 defeating Natus Vincere in four games in a best of five series of the finals. The Grand Finals of The International 2 tournament took place in the Seattle, US.
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