Luminosity Gaming

[e][h]Luminosity Gaming

Team Information

Location:

Canada

Region:

North America

CEO:

Steve "Buyaka" Maida

Sponsors:

Universal Music Canada
Scuf Gaming
Twitch
Meta Threads

Total Winnings:

$1,416,832

Games:

Global Offensive

Links

History

Founded:

: 2015-02-01

: 2015-02-26

Disbanded:

2019-09-12

Luminosity Gaming (often abbreviated to LG) is a North American esports organization. It was founded in February 2015 by Steve "Buyaka" Maida and has headquarters in Canada. ^[1] Luminosity currently fields players and teams in Fortnite, Smite, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 3. The organization is also involved in the Overwatch League with the operation of the Vancouver Titans.

History[edit]

Timeline[edit]

Player Roster[edit]

Former[edit]

Organization[edit]

Active[edit]

Organization
	ID	Name	Position	Join Date
	Buyaka	Steve Maida	CEO/Founder	2015-02-01

Former[edit]


ID	Name	Position	Join Date	Leave Date	New Organization
n0s4m	Mason Dickens	Manager	2016-07-30 ^[11]	2016-01-28	Merciless Gaming
dead	Ricardo Sinigaglia	Manager	2015-07-28 ^[8]	2016-07-01 ^[10]	Tempo Storm

Interviews[edit]

2015[edit]

2015-09-23 | Interview: Steve "Buyaka" Maida, manager of Luminosity Gaming by Gamercrate at ESL One: Cologne 2015

Results[edit]

Gallery[edit]

Rosters[edit]

Luminosity Gaming at ESL Pro League Season 6: Finals
From left to right: chelo, NEKIZ, yeL, PKL, SHOOWTiME
Luminosity Gaming at DreamHack Austin 2017
From left to right: shz, destiny, SHOOWTiME, yeL, PKL
The second Luminosity Gaming squad at DreamHack Winter 2015
From left to right: FalleN, TACO, coldzera, fnx, fer
Luminosity Gaming at DH Cluj-Napoca 2015
From left to right: FalleN, steel, coldzera, boltz, fer
Luminosity Gaming at WinOut.net CS:GO Championship
From left to right:
fer, steel, coldzera, boltz, FalleN

Logos[edit]

Original logo prior to July 2018

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Luminosity Gaming: About". Luminosity Gaming.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Mythic join Luminosity Gaming HLTV.org
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 arya replaces hades in Luminosity HLTV.org
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 pyth joins Luminosity HLTV.org
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Luminosity add ptr HLTV.org
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Luminosity sign NAF-FLY HLTV.org
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 "Devilwalk signs with LG CS:GO team". Luminosity.gg. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
↑ ^8.00 ^8.01 ^8.02 ^8.03 ^8.04 ^8.05 ^8.06 ^8.07 ^8.08 ^8.09 ^8.10 ^8.11 ^8.12 stich (2015-07-28). "ex-Keyd Stars sign to Luminosity". HLTV.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 ^9.5 ^9.6 LG (2015-11-23). "LG calls on fnx, TACO, zews". luminosity.gg. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 ^10.4 ^10.5 ^10.6 ^10.7 LG (2016-06-24). "LG & SK agree to settle CS:GO dispute". luminosity.gg. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 ^11.4 ^11.5 ^11.6 ^11.7 LG (2016-08-30). "LG acquires WinOut CSGO team". luminosity.gg.
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 Bruno "bit" Lima (2016-09-08). "Time decidiu continuar sem eu e o nak " [Team decided to continue without me and nak].
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 "LG:CSGO, adds SHOWTIME & shz!". Luminosity Gaming. 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 Gabriel Oliveira (2017-01-02). "Felippe1 é o novo treinador de Counter-Strike do Luminosity " [felippe1 is the new coach of Luminosity Counter-Strike] (in Portuguese). MyCNB.
↑ Lucas Bullo (2017-07-13). "I'm not a part of LG anymore".
↑ Felippe Martins (2017-07-13). "No longer in LG".
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 ^17.2 ^17.3 ^17.4 ^17.5 "Welcome chelo & NEKIZ to LG CS:GO". Luminosity Gaming. 2017-07-13.
↑ ^18.0 ^18.1 "Apoka back to LG". Apoka. 2017-08-21.
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 ^19.2 ^19.3 ^19.4 "Roster Update:". Luminosity Gaming. 2018-04-22.
↑ ^20.0 ^20.1 ^20.2 ^20.3 "LG CSGO adds HEN1 & LUCAS1". Luminosity Gaming. 2018-06-10.
↑ ^21.0 ^21.1 SHOOWTiME (2018-06-16). "I’m officially free agent and looking for a new home.".
↑ ^22.0 ^22.1 Virtue Gaming. "Bem-vindo à família @LG_PKL! " [Welcome to the family @LG_PKL!] (in Portuguese).
↑ ^23.0 ^23.1 ^23.2 Luminosity Gaming. "Join us in welcoming Boltz to LGCSGO!".
↑ ^24.0 ^24.1 ^24.2 ^24.3 MIBR (2019-06-25). "Welcome to the MIBR family @LUCAS1!".
↑ ^25.0 ^25.1 ^25.2 Luminosity Gaming (2019-06-25). "@felperaa will join our starting roster (on loan) and @LUCAS1 will join @mibr (on loan)".
↑ ^26.0 ^26.1 Luminosity Gaming (2019-08-20). "CS:GO Roster Update: Effective immediately @HEN1 has been moved to a the bench and is a restricted free agent. Interested parties should contact us.".
↑ ^27.0 ^27.1 Nohte (2019-09-09). "Luminosity add skullz on loan". HLTV.
↑ ^28.0 ^28.1 ^28.2 ^28.3 ^28.4 ^28.5 ^28.6 ^28.7 ^28.8 Professeur (2019-09-12). "Official: Luminosity release roster". HLTV.
↑ ^29.0 ^29.1 ^{[Inside source]}
↑ zakk (2019-01-14). "Good thing the guys got it right. boltz will be waiting for your visa for now and our friend W7M Pancc will complete the IBP championship." (in Portuguese).
↑ Xp3 (2016-10-27). "Didn't have internet and the news is out ! but i will be replacing @LG_yeL at @eswc_en this weekend !".
↑ . Luminosity's official Twitter account. https://twitter.com/Luminosity/status/775879456170844160.
↑ "nak stand-in for FalleN". HLTV.

[about_luminosity-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Luminosity Gaming: About". Luminosity Gaming.

[Mythic_join_Luminosity_Gaming-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Mythic join Luminosity Gaming HLTV.org

[arya_replaces_hades_in_Luminosity-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 arya replaces hades in Luminosity HLTV.org

[pyth_joins_Luminosity-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 pyth joins Luminosity HLTV.org

[Luminosity_add_ptr-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Luminosity add ptr HLTV.org

[Luminosity_sign_NAF-FLY-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Luminosity sign NAF-FLY HLTV.org

[Luminosity_sign_Devilwalk-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 "Devilwalk signs with LG CS:GO team". Luminosity.gg. Retrieved 2015-07-09.

[Luminosity_sign_ex-Keyd_Stars-8] 8.00 ^8.01 ^8.02 ^8.03 ^8.04 ^8.05 ^8.06 ^8.07 ^8.08 ^8.09 ^8.10 ^8.11 ^8.12 stich (2015-07-28). "ex-Keyd Stars sign to Luminosity". HLTV.

[Luminosity_change_two-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 ^9.5 ^9.6 LG (2015-11-23). "LG calls on fnx, TACO, zews". luminosity.gg. Retrieved 2015-11-29.

[Luminosity_Gaming_roster_joins_SK_Gaming-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 ^10.4 ^10.5 ^10.6 ^10.7 LG (2016-06-24). "LG & SK agree to settle CS:GO dispute". luminosity.gg. Retrieved 2016-07-01.

[LG_acquires_WinOut_CSGO_team-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 ^11.4 ^11.5 ^11.6 ^11.7 LG (2016-08-30). "LG acquires WinOut CSGO team". luminosity.gg.

[bit_and_nak_leave-12] 12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 Bruno "bit" Lima (2016-09-08). "Time decidiu continuar sem eu e o nak " [Team decided to continue without me and nak].

[LG:CSGO.2C_adds_SHOWTIME_.26_SHZ.21-13] 13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 "LG:CSGO, adds SHOWTIME & shz!". Luminosity Gaming. 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2016-09-11.

[felippe_replaces_Apoka-14] 14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 Gabriel Oliveira (2017-01-02). "Felippe1 é o novo treinador de Counter-Strike do Luminosity " [felippe1 is the new coach of Luminosity Counter-Strike] (in Portuguese). MyCNB.

[15] Lucas Bullo (2017-07-13). "I'm not a part of LG anymore".

[16] Felippe Martins (2017-07-13). "No longer in LG".

[Three_out.2C_chelo_and_NEKIZ_in-17] 17.0 ^17.1 ^17.2 ^17.3 ^17.4 ^17.5 "Welcome chelo & NEKIZ to LG CS:GO". Luminosity Gaming. 2017-07-13.

[Apoka_back_to_LG-18] 18.0 ^18.1 "Apoka back to LG". Apoka. 2017-08-21.

[two_out.2C_zakk_and_steel_in-19] 19.0 ^19.1 ^19.2 ^19.3 ^19.4 "Roster Update:". Luminosity Gaming. 2018-04-22.

[two_out.2C_two_in-20] 20.0 ^20.1 ^20.2 ^20.3 "LG CSGO adds HEN1 & LUCAS1". Luminosity Gaming. 2018-06-10.

[show_leaves-21] 21.0 ^21.1 SHOOWTiME (2018-06-16). "I’m officially free agent and looking for a new home.".

[pkl_joins_virtue-22] 22.0 ^22.1 Virtue Gaming. "Bem-vindo à família @LG_PKL! " [Welcome to the family @LG_PKL!] (in Portuguese).

[boltz_joins_LG-23] 23.0 ^23.1 ^23.2 Luminosity Gaming. "Join us in welcoming Boltz to LGCSGO!".

[LUCAS1_leaves_to_MIBR-24] 24.0 ^24.1 ^24.2 ^24.3 MIBR (2019-06-25). "Welcome to the MIBR family @LUCAS1!".

[felps_loan-25] 25.0 ^25.1 ^25.2 Luminosity Gaming (2019-06-25). "@felperaa will join our starting roster (on loan) and @LUCAS1 will join @mibr (on loan)".

[HEN1_benched-26] 26.0 ^26.1 Luminosity Gaming (2019-08-20). "CS:GO Roster Update: Effective immediately @HEN1 has been moved to a the bench and is a restricted free agent. Interested parties should contact us.".

[skullz_loan-27] 27.0 ^27.1 Nohte (2019-09-09). "Luminosity add skullz on loan". HLTV.

[lumino_released-28] 28.0 ^28.1 ^28.2 ^28.3 ^28.4 ^28.5 ^28.6 ^28.7 ^28.8 Professeur (2019-09-12). "Official: Luminosity release roster". HLTV.

[lucas1_free_transfer_to_MIBR-29] 29.0 ^29.1 ^{[Inside source]}

[Pancc_standin_at_ibuypower_4-30] zakk (2019-01-14). "Good thing the guys got it right. boltz will be waiting for your visa for now and our friend W7M Pancc will complete the IBP championship." (in Portuguese).

[Xp3_stand-in_for_yeL-31] Xp3 (2016-10-27). "Didn't have internet and the news is out ! but i will be replacing @LG_yeL at @eswc_en this weekend !".

[cryo_stand-in_for_shz-32] . Luminosity's official Twitter account. https://twitter.com/Luminosity/status/775879456170844160.

[nak_stand-in_for_FalleN-33] "nak stand-in for FalleN". HLTV.

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ID	Name	Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
NEKIZ	Gabriel Schenato	2017-07-13 ^[17]	2019-09-12 ^[28]	ex-Luminosity Gaming
steel	Lucas Lopes	2018-04-22 ^[19]	2019-09-12 ^[28]	ex-Luminosity Gaming
boltz	Ricardo Prass	2018-12-12 ^[23]	2019-09-12 ^[28]	ex-Luminosity Gaming
felps (Loan)	João Vasconcellos	2019-06-25 ^[24] ^[25]	2019-09-12 ^[28]	ex-Luminosity Gaming
skullz (Loan)	Felipe Medeiros	2019-09-09 ^[27]	2019-09-12 ^[28]	ex-Luminosity Gaming
zakk (Coach)	Rafael Fernandes	2018-04-22 ^[19]	2019-09-12 ^[28]	ex-Luminosity Gaming (Coach)


ID	Name	Join Date	Inactive Date	Leave Date	New Team
LUCAS1 (On loan)	Lucas Teles	2018-06-10 ^[20]	2019-06-25 ^[24] ^[25]	2019-09-12 ^[28] ^[29]	MIBR
HEN1	Henrique Teles	2018-06-10 ^[20]	2019-08-20 ^[26]	2019-09-12 ^[28]	FURIA Esports
LUCAS1	Lucas Teles	2018-06-10 ^[20]		2019-06-25 ^[24]	MIBR
yeL	Gustavo Knittel	2016-07-30 ^[11]		2018-12-12 ^[23]	INTZ eSports
PKL	Vinicios Coelho	2016-07-30 ^[11]		2018-06-26 ^[22]	Virtue Gaming
SHOOWTiME	Gustavo Gonçalves	2016-09-11 ^[13]		2018-06-16 ^[21]	Santos e-Sports
Apoka (Coach)	Alessandro Marcucci	2017-08-21 ^[18]		2018-04-22 ^[19]	Não Tem Como (Coach)
chelo	Marcelo Cespedes	2017-07-13 ^[17]		2018-04-22 ^[19]	Não Tem Como
felippe1 (Coach)	Felippe Martins	2017-01-02 ^[14]		2017-07-13 ^[17]	Imperial e-Sports (Owner)
shz	Bruno Martinelli	2016-09-11 ^[13]		2017-07-13 ^[17]	ex-paiN Gaming
destiny	Lucas Bullo	2016-07-30 ^[11]		2017-07-13 ^[17]	ex-paiN Gaming
Apoka (Coach)	Alessandro Marcucci	2016-07-30 ^[11]		2017-01-02 ^[14]	Merciless Gaming (Coach)
BIT	Bruno Lima	2016-07-30 ^[11]		2016-09-08 ^[12]	g3nerationX
nak	Renato Nakano	2016-07-30 ^[11]		2016-09-08 ^[12]	GamerHouse


ID	Name	Replacing	ID	Name	Tournament(s)
Pancc	Filipe Martins		boltz	Ricardo Prass	iBUYPOWER Masters IV ^[30]
Xp3	David Garrido		yeL	Gustavo Knittel	Electronic Sports World Convention 2016 ^[31]
cryo	Thiago Amorim		shz	Bruno Martinelli	ESEA Premier Season 23 - North America ELEAGUE Season 2 - NA Closed Qualifier ^[32]


ID	Name	Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
FalleN	Gabriel Toledo	2015-07-28 ^[8]	2016-07-01 ^[10]	SK Gaming
fer	Fernando Alvarenga	2015-07-28 ^[8]	2016-07-01 ^[10]	SK Gaming
coldzera	Marcelo David	2015-07-28 ^[8]	2016-07-01 ^[10]	SK Gaming
fnx	Lincoln Lau	2015-11-23 ^[9]	2016-07-01 ^[10]	SK Gaming
TACO	Epitácio de Melo	2015-11-23 ^[9]	2016-07-01 ^[10]	SK Gaming
zews (Coach)	Wilton Prado	2015-11-23 ^[9]	2016-07-01 ^[10]	SK Gaming (Coach)


ID	Name	Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
steel	Lucas Lopes	2015-07-28 ^[8]	2015-11-23 ^[9]	CNB e-Sports Club
boltz	Ricardo Prass	2015-07-28 ^[8]	2015-11-23 ^[9]	Games Academy
nak (Coach)	Renato Nakano	2015-07-28 ^[8]	2015-11-23 ^[9]	g3nerationX

Contents

Luminosity Gaming

Contents

History[edit]

Timeline[edit]

Player Roster[edit]

Former[edit]

Organization[edit]

Active[edit]

Former[edit]

Interviews[edit]

2015[edit]

Results[edit]

Gallery[edit]

Rosters[edit]

Logos[edit]

References[edit]

Our Wikis

Alpha

About

Contact Us

Affiliated Sites

Follow Us

Date	Placement	Tier	Type		Results	Prize
2018-11-18	A22nd	A2A-Tier	Offline	DreamHack Open Atlanta 2018	0 : 2	$20,000
2018-07-14	A22nd	A2A-Tier	Offline	DreamHack Open Valencia 2018	0 : 2	$20,000
2016-06-26	A22nd	A1S-Tier	Offline	Esports Championship Series Season 1 - Finals	0 : 2	$125,000
2016-05-15	A11st	A1S-Tier	Offline	ESL Pro League Season 3 - Finals	3 : 2	$200,000
2016-05-08	A11st	A2A-Tier	Offline	DreamHack Open Austin 2016	2 : 0	$50,000
2016-04-03	A11st	A1S-Tier	Offline	MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016	2 : 0	$500,000
2016-03-05	A22nd	A1S-Tier	Offline	Intel Extreme Masters X - World Championship	0 : 3	$44,000
2016-01-24	A22nd	A1S-Tier	Offline	DreamHack Open Leipzig 2016	0 : 2	$20,000
2016-01-16	A3A43rd - 4th	A1S-Tier	Offline	StarLadder i-League StarSeries XIV	1 : 2	$20,000
2015-11-29	A22nd	A1S-Tier	Offline	FACEIT 2015 Stage 3 Finals	1 : 2	$50,000
About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament

Date	Time	Tier	Type			Score	vs. Team
2019-09-10	20:00 EDT	A5Qualifier	Online		DreamHack Masters Malmö 2019: North American Open Qualifier	11 - 16	SF
2019-07-18	12:45 CEST	A2A-Tier	Offline		Americas Minor Championship - Berlin 2019	0 : 2	FURIA
2019-07-17	13:25 CEST	A2A-Tier	Offline		Americas Minor Championship - Berlin 2019	1 : 2	INTZ
2019-07-17	11:55 CEST	A2A-Tier	Offline		Americas Minor Championship - Berlin 2019	16 - 11	eU
2019-06-19	12:00 CEST	A1S-Tier	Offline	ESL Pro League Season 9 - Finals	ESL Pro League Season 9 - Finals	0 : 2	MIBR
2019-06-18	15:45 CEST	A1S-Tier	Offline	ESL Pro League Season 9 - Finals	ESL Pro League Season 9 - Finals	7 - 16	HR
2019-06-14	18:10 EDT	A5Qualifier	Online		Americas Minor Championship - Berlin 2019: North American Closed Qualifier	1 : 2	oNe
2019-06-14	12:10 EDT	A5Qualifier	Online		Americas Minor Championship - Berlin 2019: North American Closed Qualifier	2 : 0	Quest
2019-06-13	18:10 EDT	A5Qualifier	Online		Americas Minor Championship - Berlin 2019: North American Closed Qualifier	1 : 2	Lazarus
2019-06-12	15:10 EDT	A5Qualifier	Online		Americas Minor Championship - Berlin 2019: North American Closed Qualifier	2 : 0	Partyz
Complete List of Matches in Any Tournament


ID	Name	Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
LeX	Alexander Deily	2015-02-27 ^[2]	2015-07-28 ^[8]	Mythic
anger	Todd Williams	2015-02-27 ^[2]	2015-07-28 ^[8]	Mythic
pyth	Jacob Mourujärvi	2015-04-28 ^[4]	2015-07-28 ^[8]	Mythic
ptr	Peter Gurney	2015-04-29 ^[5]	2015-07-28 ^[8]	Mythic
Devilwalk	Jonatan Lundberg	2015-07-09 ^[7]	2015-07-28 ^[8]	Mythic


ID	Name	Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
NAF	Keith Markovic	2015-05-11 ^[6]	2015-07-08 ^[7]	eLevate
fl0m	Erik Flom	2015-02-27 ^[2]	2015-05-11 ^[6]	Noble eSports
arya	Arya Hekmat	2015-04-06 ^[3]	2015-04-29 ^[5]	SYNRGY Gaming
frozt	Carey Kertenian	2015-02-27 ^[2]	2015-04-28 ^[4]	Area 51 Gaming
hades	Warren Rettich	2015-02-27 ^[2]	2015-04-06 ^[3]	Tempo Storm