Immortals
Immortals is a venture capital-backed American esports organization, primarily known for their League of Legends team. The ownership group includes a co-owner of the National Basketball Association's Memphis Grizzlies and the band Linkin Park (through their company Machine Shop Ventures) - among others.
The Immortals organisation will represent Los Angeles in the Overwatch League, although under a new brand.[1]
History[edit]
The Overwatch Winter Premiere[edit]
After qualifying in the 4th qualifier of the Overwatch Winter Premiere, Immortals would play their first match against Team Liquid.
Immortals went 6-1 in the first round of robin, the only team that took a victory against Immortals was Kungarna.
During the second round Immortals had a score of 10-2 and took once again 1st place and qualified for the offline playoffs in San Antonio.
In the playoffs the Immortals had to make some roster changes since Nomy couldn't attend and he was replaced by Chance.
In the semi-finals the Immortals squad faced off against Luminosity Gaming this series ended quickly in a 3-0 victory for Immortals.
In the grand finals Immortals had to face Ghost Gaming (Previously Kungarna), in the games versus Ghost Gaming GrimReality with his McCree was really stepping up.
And Immortals took the victory by winning 3-1 versus Ghost Gaming, which secured them 1st place in the Overwatch Winter Premiere.
After this victory immortals went through a period of success where they placed 3rd and 4th in Alienware Monthly Melees. They went into the Carbon Series looking for a win, they qualified for the playoffs with a 6-4 record and went up against declining team compLexity. It was a smooth 3-0 victory however in the final they went up against the 9-1 record holding LG Evil who were seen as the heavy favorites. Immortals managed to overcome the odds and win another major tournament. After this the team went into decline being bested by the rising Selfless Gaming who were led by DPS superstars sinatraa and dafran. Immortals went through major roster changes picking up Korean players KariV and Fate.
Overwatch Contenders[edit]
They placed first on the second day of qualifiers for Overwatch Contenders Season 0. Going into the group stage immortals was placed in a group with FNRGFE, Arc 6 and Tempo Storm. FNRGFE was built with veterans from Fnatic, NRG and Gale Force. Tempo storm was seen as a lock for the group led by star player TwoEasy. Immortals dominated in the group stages going undefeated with 5 wins and a single tie. Going into the playoffs they were going up against a retooled FaZe Clan. Immortals dealt a swift 3-0 to FaZe to make it to the semi-finals where they would best Kungarna with another 3-0 victory. Into the grand final now against Team Liquid who were led by DPS superstar Shadder2k, Immortals overcome Liquid with a final score of 4-1.
In the following weeks Immortals participated in the BEAT Invitational Season 2, they achieved a second placing after being defeated by Rogue in the Grand Final.
Overwatch League Announcement[edit]
On July 12th, 2017, Immortals announced that they had purchased the Los Angeles spot in the Overwatch League.[2][3]
Timeline[edit]
- June 1st - Aythen is benched.[7]
- June 2nd - KariV and Fate join the team. nomy moves to the bench. dzMins and Ookz are added as Manager and Coach respectively.[8]
- June 13th - envy joins as 7th, nomy and Aythen released.[9]
- September 18th - Cuddles joins as Assistant Coach.[10]
- October 11th - Hyped is released by the team.[11]
- October 31st - Agilities and GrimReality are revealed to have made Immortals organizations Overwatch League team, the Los Angeles Valiant.[12]
- November 1st - Verbo and KariV are announced to be on the Immortals Overwatch League team, the Los Angeles Valiant.[13]
- November 2nd - Fate and envy are the last two Immortals players to join the Los Angeles Valiant.[14]
Player Roster[edit]
Former[edit]
| Former Squad | ||||||
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| ID | Name | Role | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |
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Fate | Pan-seung Koo | Tank | 2017-06-02 [8] | 2017-11-02[14] |  Los Angeles Valiant
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envy | Kang-jae Lee | Flex | 2017-06-13[9] | 2017-11-02[14] | Los Angeles Valiant
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Verbo | Stefano Disalvo | Support | 2016-12-19 [6] | 2017-11-01[13] | Los Angeles Valiant
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KariV | Young-seo Park | Support | 2017-06-02[8] | 2017-11-01[13] | Los Angeles Valiant
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GrimReality | Christopher Schaefer | DPS | 2016-09-12 [4] | 2017-10-31[12] | Los Angeles Valiant
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Agilities | Brady Girardi | DPS | 2016-09-12 [4] | 2017-10-31[12] | Los Angeles Valiant
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| Former Players | ||||||
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| ID | Name | Role | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |
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Hyped | George Maganzini | Flex | 2016-09-12 [4] | 2017-10-11[11] | Retired
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nomy | David Ramirez | Tank | 2016-09-12 [4] | 2017-06-13[8][9] |  San Francisco Shock
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Aythen | Athen Zhu | Support | 2016-09-12 [4] | 2017-06-13[8][9] |  Sleeper Picks
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Chance | Zac Palmer | Support | 2016-10-12 | 2016-12-19 [6] |  Immortals
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Jer 
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Jeremy Santacruz | Support/Flex | 2016-09-12 [4] | 2016-10-10 [5] |  Renegades
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| Temporary stand-ins | ||||||||
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| ID | Name | Replacing | ID | Name | Tournament(s) | |||
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Chance |
Zac Palmer |  |
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nomy | David Ramirez |  Overwatch Winter Premiere (Playoffs)
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wgb  |
Wolfgang Braun | |
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nomy | David Ramirez |  Overwatch Open
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Organization[edit]
Active[edit]
| Organization | ||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | |||
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Noah | Noah Whinston | CEO | |||
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Ari Segal | President & COO | ||||
Former[edit]
| Former Organization | |||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Organization | ||
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dzMins | Joshua Kim | Manager | 2017-06-02[8] | 2017-11-?? | ||
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Ookz | Dong Wook Kim | Coach | 2017-06-02[8] | 2017-11-?? | Los Angeles Valiant
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Cuddles | Henry Coxall | Assistant Coach | 2017-09-18[10] | 2017-11-?? | Los Angeles Valiant
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NurseBaemax | Bianca Danielle | Manager | 2016-??-?? | 2017-05-?? | ||
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Chance | Zac Palmer | Coach | 2016-12-19[6] | 2017-05-?? |  NRG Esports
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Aero | Aaron Atkins | Coach | 2016-12-18 | 2017-03-01 |  Team SoloMid
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Achievements[edit]
| Date | Placement | Tier | Tournament | Results | Prize | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | |||||||
| 2017-09-24 | 6th | Major |  |
Overwatch Contenders 2017 Season 1: North America | 2/-/5 | Grp. S. | $8,000 |
| 2017-07-02 | 1st | Major | |
Overwatch Contenders 2017 Season Zero: North America | 4 : 1 | 
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$25,000 |
| 2017-03-26 | 1st | Major |  |
Overwatch Carbon Series | 3 : 1 | 
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$7,500 |
| 2017-01-28 | 1st | Major | |
Overwatch Winter Premiere | 3 : 1 | 
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$40,000 |
| 2016 | |||||||
| 2016-12-03 | 1st | Minor | BaseTradeTV Cup | 3 : 0 | 
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$900 | |
| 2016-12-02 | 1st | Monthly |  |
Alienware Monthly Melee: December | 3 : 2 | 
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$3,000 |
| 2016-11-19 | 2nd | Monthly |  |
Carbon Masters November 2016 | 0 : 3 |
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$2,000 |
| 2016-11-10 | 2nd | Monthly | |
Alienware Monthly Melee: November | 0 : 3 |
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$2,000 |
| 2016-10-23 | 2nd | Monthly | |
Carbon Masters October 2016 | 0 : 3 | 
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$2,000 |
| 2016-09-25 | 13 - 16th | Premier | |
Overwatch Open | 0 : 2 |
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$6,000 |
| About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament | |||||||
Additional Content[edit]
Articles[edit]
- 2016-11-14 | The Saga – Nov 214th by Janook of Immortals
- 2016-11-22 | The Saga – Nov 22nd by Janook of Immortals
- 2016-12-06 | The Saga – Dec 6th by Janook of Immortals
- 2017-01-10 | The Saga: Jan 10th by Janook of Immortals
- 2017-01-18 | The Saga: Jan 18th by Janook of Immortals
- 2017-01-23 | The untouchables: Immortals Ooverwatch Winter Premiere finals preview by Joe "2DDOC" Tortorice of Gamurs
- 2017-01-26 | The Saga: Jan 26th by Janook of Immortals
- 2017-01-29 | Immortals claim first Overwatch prize of the year by Steven Nguyen of ESPN
- 2017-01-30 | Immortals vs Ghost ft. GrimReality’s Pro McCree Popping Heads by Eric Chan of Akshon Esports
- 2017-01-31 | The Saga: Jan 31st by Janook of Immortals
Gallery[edit]
Immortals after winning Overwatch Winter Premiere
References[edit]
- ↑ NOAH'S NOTES | Overwatch Branding
- ↑ Immortals representing Los Angeles in OWL
- ↑ OWL First Seven team owners announced
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Introducing the Immortals Overwatch lineup
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jeremy "Jer" Santacruz (2016-10-10). "Jer leaves Immortals".
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Janook (2016-12-21). "Welcome Verbo as the New Overwatch Support!".
- ↑ Aythen benched.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Overwatch Roster Updates June 2017
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 envy joins as 7th, nomy and Aythen released
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Henry “Cuddles” Coxall Joins IMT Overwatch as Assistant Coach
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Hyped released by IMT
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Introducing your LA Valiant DPS players!
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 LA Valiant supports announced.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Los Angeles Valiant (2017-11-02). "INTRODUCING YOUR LOS ANGELES VALIANT TANX!".
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