LGD Gaming
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| Short name | LGD |
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| Divisions |
Dota 2 League of Legends |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Location | Shanghai, China |
| Colors | White, Black, Fire engine red |
| Manager | Pan "RuRu" Jie |
| Partners | Guizhou Laogandie Food Taobao Razer Kingston HyperX ZhanqiTV |
LGD Gaming is a professional eSports organization based in China, with teams competing in Dota 2 and League of Legends. The team is named after the team's main sponsor, Guizhou Laogandie Food. LGD's Dota team has reached The International for the last five years.
LGD Gaming was founded in 2009 by sponsoring a Defense of the Ancients team named For The Dream. For the Dream got the champion of Intel Extreme Masters Season IV Global Challenge Chengdu. The team was hit hard in 2011, when 4 of the team's members left for Invictus Gaming, leaving only captain Gong "ZSMJ" Jian. ZSMJ managed to rebuild the team by recruiting Zhang "xiao8" Ning, Yao "Yao" Zhengzheng, Xie "DD" Bin, and Liang "DDC" Faming. With ZSMJ's retirement a few months later, Liu "Sylar" Jiajun was chosen to take his place.
With their lineup set, LGD received an invite to The International 2012. The team dominated the group stages, finishing 14-0 and topping their group. They continued this undefeated streak into the playoffs, defeating Orange eSports and Team Zenith 2-0 to earn a spot in the winner's finals. Against Natus Vincere, LGD suffered their first loss and were sent to the lower bracket with a 2-1 loss. Facing Invictus Gaming in the loser's finals, LGD could not make it to the grand finals, losing again 2-1 for a 3rd-place finish and $150,000 in prize money.
In October 2012, LGD added an international squad consisting of Rasmus "MiSeRy" Filipsen, Per Anders Olsson "Pajkatt" Lille, Theeban "1437" Siva, Sergey "God" Bragin, and Braxton "Brax" Paulson.
With Huang "LongDD" Xiang replacing DD, LGD China received their invite to The International 2013. LongDD, however, suddenly retired in May and DD was given his spot back on the team. With this roster change, LGD were stripped of their invite and were forced to go through the qualifiers, which they won. LGD International also received an invite to the competition.
In the group stages, LGD China finished 8-7, and defeated Team Dignitas in a tiebreaker to earn a spot in the upper bracket. The International squad, meanwhile, finished 5-9, and were seeded in the lower bracket. LGD China were forced down to the lower bracket after losing to Alliance 2-0 in the first round. In the lower bracket, LGD China lost their first match 1-0 to Team Liquid, finishing in 9th-12th place and receiving no money. The International squad, meanwhile, defeated Mousesports 1-0, then lost to Fnatic 1-0, also finishing 9th-12th.
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