Founded 2013 | ||
Divisions League of Legends
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Location Guanzhou, Guangdong, China
Shanghai, China | ||
Edward Gaming (EDG), (stylized EDward Gaming) is a professional eSports League of Legends team in China. It competes in the League of Legends Pro League (LPL) and plays games in the Shanghai Electric Industrial Park in Shanghai. The team was formed by members of World Elite in spring 2014 after they left the team. EDG won the 2015 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational.
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Formation
EDward Gaming first entered the professional League of Legends scene in September 2013. EDG secured a spot in the 2014 LPL Spring split by acquiring the slot of LMQ, who had left to compete in the 2014 NA Challenger Series. EDG's first two player acquisitions were U and former Positive Energy AD Carry NaMei. Soon after, they acquired former World Elite players ClearLove and fzzf as their jungler and support, as well as Koro1 as their top laner.
2014 Season
On February 7 EDward Gaming acquired the slot of LMQ and attend 2014 LPL Spring. On February 10 Jie (now U) and NaMei joined. On February 12 Koro1, ClearLove, Fzzf, Fireloli, At and Cttflame joined the team.
On April 29 EDG got 1st Place at International Esports Tournament 2014 in Yiwu, Zhejiang.
EDG gained a reputation as a 'super team', and quickly lived up to expectations, emerging as the champions in the LPL Spring split on May 25.
They continued this performance in the 2014 LPL Summer, earning first place in both the regular season and playoffs. In the finals of the playoffs on August 24 they defeated OMG. In addition to their LPL success, EDG also found success in other events, finishing top 2 at every major tournament they competed in. They also won the Chinese 2014 Season China Regional Finals, securing the #1 seed in China for the 2014 Season World Championship. However, EDG underperformed at the World Championship. The team tied for 2nd in their group with ahq e-Sports Club, and ended up losing to fellow Chinese team Star Horn Royal Club 3-2 in the first round of playoffs.
September 7 first Place at 2014 Season China Regional Finals. September 12 X Championship Season I. October 26 they got first place at NVIDIA Game Festival 2014. November 2 second Place at National Electronic Sports Tournament 2014. November 11 Deft joins. December 2 PawN joins. They won the 2014 National Electronic Sports Open, defeating LGD Gaming in the finals on December 7. On December 13 they placed first at Demacia Cup Season 2. On December 17 Azure, now known as Meiko, joined the team.
On December 28 EDG placed first at G-League 2014.
2015 Pre-Season
On November 10, 2014, Korean AD Carry Deft, who had most recently played for Samsung Galaxy Blue, announced on Twitter that he would be joining EDward Gaming. Deft's signing sparked speculation on the fate of NaMei, as both players were seen as world-class at their position. Eventually, NaMei would leave the team to join Star Horn Royal Club. Less than a month later, EDG announced that they had signed Korean mid laner PawN, a member of the sister team of Deft's.
2015 Season
January 4, NaMei left the team. On January 15, the day before the beginning of the 2015 LPL Spring split, fzzf announced his retirement. He was replaced temporarily by Mouse, who played with the team at the G-League 2014 Finals, and in the first two weeks of the LPL Spring Split.
On January 16 EDG started a Hearthstone division is with lvxiaobu, yutian and longshi.
Beginning with week 3 of the split, Meiko became the team's support. April 26, Reapered joins as a coach. EDG finished first place in the 2015 LPL Spring Playoffs. They defeating LGD 3–2 in the finals, where Deft had a pentakill. EDG's LPL Spring title qualified them for the inaugural Mid-Season Invitational.
EDward Gaming beat SK Telecom T1 in the finals of the Mid-Season Invitational to win that tournament.
In 2015 League of Legends World Championship, EDG lost the Quarter Final LCS EU team Fnatic 0:3.