Invictus Gaming

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Team Information

Location:

China

Coaches:

Wu "Edison" Jun

Team Captain:

Hu "MacSed" Xiang

Sponsor:

Steelseries
DouyuTV
Wangyu Internet café

Links

Player Breakdown

Number of Players:

7

3

2

History

Created:

2011-08-02

Overview[edit]

Invictus Gaming, often shortened to iG, is a Chinese eSport organisation with headquarters in Shanghai, China. Invictus was founded in August 2011, when Wang Sicong, son of the Dalian Wanda Group chairman Wang Jianlin, ranked as the third richest person in China according to Forbes^[1]) purchased the entirety of the Catastrophic Cruel Memory team, including the team's StarCraft II, Dota 2 and League of Legends squads for a reputed sum of $6 Million.^[2]

The organisation has its own team house in Shanghai. In February 2012, Invictus sent XiGua and MacSed, together with the team's coach, Edison to compete and practice in South Korea at the Prime team house.^[3]

Timeline[edit]

2019

Jan 18, Coffee joins.

2016

On Feb 22, Cloudy announced he left iG and joined X-Team.^[4]
In July, due to controversies between DouyuTV and PandaTV, players from iG, except for iAsonu, forfeited their spots.^[5]

2015

Before Round 3 of 2015 Proleague, Jim, XY and MacSed were loaned to Prime.^[6]
Rushcrazy joined the team's academy squad on May 1.
According to Courage's and others' words, before November, the SC2 part of iG has lost its own teamhouse. Jim and MacSed will go to the teamhouse of Dota2 and the others become online players. Later, it is said that Jim will return home, too.^[7]

2014

Cloudy was promoted to the first team in June.^[8]
XluoS left and joined a team playing Heroes of the Storm, Brave Heart on Nov.15, 2014. Later, he didn't participate in matches of SC2, which was thought to be retired.

2013

XluoS decided to go back to university to study.^[9]
August 3rd, SteelSeries sponsors iG.^[10]
October, Tea retires.^{[Citation needed]}
December 1st, Cloudy and iAsonu join the team's academy squad.^{[Citation needed]}

2012

February 13th, Edison, XiGua and MacSed travel to the Prime team house in Korea to practice and compete.^[11]
April 26th, TooDming is acquired from Pandarea.^[12]
June, TooDming departs due to practice scheme conflicts and direction disagreements.^{[Citation needed]}

2011

August 2nd, Wang SiCong acquires Catastrophic Cruel Memory and establishes Invictus Gaming.^[13]
October 9th, Former World Elite coach, Edison joins as coach and captain. Former Brood War player, XY also joins.^{[Citation needed]}
December 15th, Coach Edison reveals that he intends to create a Chinese expedition to participate in GSTL. It's unknown what teams and players that are currently involved.^[14]

Player Roster[edit]

iAsonu

Zhou Hang

Jim

Cao Jinhui

MacSed

Hu Xiang

XiGua

Wang Lei

XY

Xiang Yao

Best Yearly Results[edit]

		ID	Name	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
cn	t	Coffee	Wu Yishen (吴奕棽)	-	-	-	-	-	13 - 16th	5 - 8th	-	13 - 16th
cn	Z	iAsonu	Zhou Hang (周航)	-	-	-	25 - 48th	13 - 16th	5 - 6th	5 - 8th	9 - 12th	17 - 24th
cn	P	Jim	Cao Jinhui (曹晋珲)	9 - 12th	5 - 8th	4th	3 - 4th	9 - 12th	9 - 16th	9 - 12th	5 - 8th	-
cn	P	MacSed	Hu Xiang (胡翔)	9 - 16th	3rd	5 - 8th	7 - 8th	9 - 12th	3 - 4th	25 - 32nd	9 - 12th	25 - 32nd
cn	p	Rushcrazy	Qu Tianchi (瞿天驰)	-	-	-	-	-	5 - 8th	4th	49 - 64th	-
cn	Z	XiGua	Wang Lei (王磊)	2nd	13 - 16th	13 - 16th	9 - 12th	13 - 16th	13 - 16th	9 - 12th	25 - 30th	9 - 12th
cn	T	XY	Xiang Yao (向瑶)	-	13 - 16th	17 - 24th	-	5 - 8th	17 - 32nd	5 - 8th	25 - 32nd	3rd

Former[edit]

		ID	Name	New Team
China	p	xiaOt	Sun Liwei (孙力伟)	ZZZZZ Retirement
China	z	TooDming	Huang Huiming (黄惠明)	Personal Sponsorship Personal Sponsorship
China	z	Comm	Shen Hui (沈辉)	Wayi Spider
China	t	Tea	Yin Weifeng (殷炜峰)	ZZZZZ Retirement
China	z	YW	Yang Wen (杨文)	ZZZZZ Retirement
China	z	GoMax	Wang Jing (王晶)	ZZZZZ Retirement
China	t	Way	Zhu Xingbiao (朱星彪)	AgFox
China	P	XluoS	Song Ying (宋迎)	ZZZZZ Retirement
China	P	Cloudy	Gao Yuan (高源)	X-Team

Organization[edit]

Current[edit]

ID	Name	Position
Principal Wang	Wang Sicong (王思聪)	Team Owner
Edison	Wu Jun (吴军)	Coach/Manager
MacSed	Hu Xiang (胡翔)	Leader

Former[edit]

	ID	Name	Position
	Efeng	Liu Yuan (刘源)	CEO

Team Achievements[edit]

Date	League	Result	Winnings
2017
2017-12-30	NEO Star League 2017	Invictus Gaming 3 : 1 Dawn Raid	¥60,000 / $8,850.21
2016
2017-06-04	NEO Star League 2016	Invictus Gaming 3 : 2 X-Team	¥100,000 / $14,513.13
2015
2015-12-17	StarCraft League 2015	Invictus Gaming 2 : 3 X-Team	¥20,000 / $3,200
2014
2014-06-15	Esports Champion League 2014: Spring	Invictus Gaming 3 : 2 yoe Flash Wolves	¥30,000 / $4,816

References[edit]

↑ Ned Levin (10th July 2013). "Wang Sicong’s uncensored microblogging highlights succession challenges at Dalian Wanda". www.ft.com.
↑ kellymilkies (3rd August 2011). "China DoTA team CCM bought for $6million". tl.net.
↑ Dattish (13th February 2012). "Team iG in Korea, stays at Prime house.". tl.net.
↑ https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/504412-cloudy-leaves-ig-and-joins-x-team
↑ http://bbs.neotv.cn/thread-2280316-1-1.html
↑ TL: . 5th May 2015. https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/484872-macsed-jim-and-xy-joins-prime-for-pl.
↑ http://bbs.neotv.cn/thread-2241965-1-1.html
↑ Xiaose said so during Kungfu Cup Broadcast.
↑ . niuyou.com. 30th June 2013. http://bbs.neotv.cnthread-1227720-1-1.html.
↑ Heyoka (2nd August 2013). "iG & SteelSeries Announce Sponsorship". tl.net.
↑ Dattish (13th February 2012). "Team iG in Korea, stays at Prime house.". tl.net.
↑ digmouse (26th April 2012). "Toodming joins Invictus Gaming". tl.net.
↑ Dexter "kurtcos" F. (2nd August 2011). "Catastrophic Cruel Memories is now Invictus Gaming". www.gosugamers.net.
↑ swordboy (15th December 2011). "China Union Team to attend GSTL?". tl.net.

[1] Ned Levin (10th July 2013). "Wang Sicong’s uncensored microblogging highlights succession challenges at Dalian Wanda". www.ft.com.

[2] ymilkies (3rd August 2011). "China DoTA team CCM bought for $6million". tl.net.

[3] Dattish (13th February 2012). "Team iG in Korea, stays at Prime house.". tl.net.

[4] ttps://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/504412-cloudy-leaves-ig-and-joins-x-team

[5] ttp://bbs.neotv.cn/thread-2280316-1-1.html

[6] TL: . 5th May 2015. https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/484872-macsed-jim-and-xy-joins-prime-for-pl.

[7] ttp://bbs.neotv.cn/thread-2241965-1-1.html

[8] Xiaose said so during Kungfu Cup Broadcast.

[9] . niuyou.com. 30th June 2013. http://bbs.neotv.cnthread-1227720-1-1.html.

[10] Heyoka (2nd August 2013). "iG & SteelSeries Announce Sponsorship". tl.net.

[11] Dattish (13th February 2012). "Team iG in Korea, stays at Prime house.". tl.net.

[12] use (26th April 2012). "Toodming joins Invictus Gaming". tl.net.

[13] Dexter "kurtcos" F. (2nd August 2011). "Catastrophic Cruel Memories is now Invictus Gaming". www.gosugamers.net.

[14] swordboy (15th December 2011). "China Union Team to attend GSTL?". tl.net.

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Invictus Gaming

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Overview[edit]

Timeline[edit]

2019

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

Player Roster[edit]

Best Yearly Results[edit]

Former[edit]

Organization[edit]

Current[edit]

Former[edit]

Team Achievements[edit]

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References[edit]

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