Owner(s) Noah Whinston Manager Jonathan Stein CEO Noah Whinston (2015–) Based in Los Angeles | Chairman Clinton Foy Website immortals.gg Founded 2015 | |
Sport League of Legends
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Super Smash Bros.
Overwatch League League of Legends Championship Series Profiles |
Immortals is a professional eSports team based in the United States that was created on October 7, 2015. The team was founded after buying the NA LCS spot of Team 8. They currently compete in the North American League of Legends Championship Series. Immortals has since expanded into Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, and Super Smash Bros.
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League of Legends
On October 7, 2015 it was announced a new organization called Immortals would be acquiring the Team 8 spot in the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS). On October 14, 2015, Dodo8 announced his retirement and moved to a management position in Immortals. On December 8 it was announced that Seong "Huni" Hoon Heo, Kim "Reignover" Yeu Jin, Eugene "Pobelter" Park, Jason "WildTurtle" Tran, and Adrian "Adrian" Ma would be joining the team. Of these five players, only one remained on the 2017 roster; Pobelter. On December 7, 2016, Joshua "Dardoch" Hartnett joined as starting jungler, signing a three-year contract. Lee "Flame" Ho-jong (top lane) and Li Yu "Cody Sun" Sun (ADC) joined on December 9, 2016; Kim "Olleh" Joo-sung (support) was first reported as joining on December 12, 2016, with a press release from Immortals following on December 13, 2016.
Tournament results
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Immortals acquired Tempo Storm's fully Brazilian lineup on June 1, 2016. The former coach of SK Gaming, Wilton "zews" Prado replaced Gustavo "SHOOWTiME" Gonçalves on July 22, 2016. On June 21, Immortals won DreamHack Summer 2016 after beating Ninjas in Pyjamas 2-0. The team placed 3rd-4th at CyberPowerPC Summer 2016, losing to Cloud9 in the semi-finals. Immortals won Northern Arena 2016 on September 4 after they beat Cloud9 in the finals. After a disappointing showing at ESL Pro League Season 4 Finals in Brazil, Immortals replaced Wilton "zews" Prado with former teammate of boltz, Lucas "steel" Lopez. The most recent roster change involving the team was when Entry Fragger João "felps" Vasconcellos was traded to SK Gaming in exchange for Lincoln "fnx" Lau.
Tournament results
Super Smash Bros.
Immortals branched into Super Smash Bros. by signing the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Brawl player Jason "ANTi" Bates on September 13, 2016. Three months later, they signed Super Smash Bros. Melee player DaJuan "Shroomed" McDaniel who was previously signed with Winterfox.
Management
The group is headed by a team of investors which includes Peter Levin, the president of Lionsgate Interactive Venture and Games, who co-founded Nerdist; Allen Debevoise, a chairman at Machinima.com; Steve Kaplan, a co-owner of the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies; Honest Co. CEO Brian Lee, entertainment industry venture capitalists Machine Shop Ventures, and others.