Misfits Gaming

Misfits Gaming is a professional esports organisation based in the United Kingdom that currently has players competing in League of Legends and Super Smash Bros.: Ultimate.[1] It originally began as a League of Legends team and was founded on 18 May 2016.[2]

Misfits Gaming
Short nameMisfits, MSF
DivisionsLeague of Legends
Super Smash Bros.: Ultimate
Founded18 May 2016 (2016-05-18)
LocationUnited Kingdom
CEOBen Spoont
Affiliation(s)Florida Mayhem
Florida Mutineers
Websitemisfitsgaming.gg

Misfits' League of Legends team competes in Europe's top professional league, the LEC, which they qualified for in 2016 (when it was known as the EU LCS)[3] and became a franchise partner of in 2019.[4] In 2017 the team qualified for that year's World Championship, where they made it to the knockout stage but lost 2–3 to SK Telecom T1 in the quarterfinals.[5]

League of Legends

Misfits' League of Legends team was formed on 18 May 2016 to compete in the European Challenger Series Summer Qualifiers after their original parent organisation, Renegades, was given a competitive ruling which banned them from the competitive League of Legends scene.[2] Their inaugural roster consisted of top laner Barney "Alphari" Morris, jungler Kim "Wisdom" Tae-wan, mid laner Marcin "SELFIE" Wolski, AD carry Florent "Yuuki60" Soler and support Han "Dreams" Min-kook.[2]

After defeating EURONICS Gaming 3–1 in the finals, Misfits qualified for the European Challenger Series. Misfits finished first in the 2016 EU CS Summer Split and qualified for the 2017 EU LCS Spring promotion tournament, where they defeated FC Schalke 04 3–1 to advance to the EU LCS.[3]

Misfits' academy team qualified for the 2017 EU LCS Summer Split on 13 April 2017, after defeating Origen 3–0 and Fnatic Academy 3–2.[6][7] On 19 May 2017, Misfits then sold its academy team's LCS spot to German esports organisation Mysterious Monkeys for around $400,000 USD.[8] The entire academy roster, excluding their jungler Milo "Pridestalker" Wehnes (who joined Team ROCCAT), was then transferred to Mysterious Monkeys.[8][9]

Current roster
Nat. ID Name Role Join date
Dan Dan Danny Le Comte Top Laner 18 July 2019
Razork Iván Martín Jungler 6 December 2019
Febiven Fabian Diepstraten Mid Laner 24 November 2017
Ronaldooo Ronaldo Betea Mid Laner 6 December 2019
Kobbe Kasper Kobberup Bot Laner 11 May 2020
denyk Petr Haramach Support 6 December 2019

Former players
Nat. ID Name Role Join date Leave date Next team
Wisdom Kim Tae-Wan Jungler 18 May 2016 16 November 2016 Origen
SELFIE Marcin Wolski Mid Laner 18 May 2016 5 December 2016 FC Schalke 04
Kadir Kadircan Mumcuoğlu Jungler (sub.) 3 January 2017 14 April 2017 OpTic Gaming
KaKAO Lee Byung-kwon Jungler 13 December 2016 9 May 2017 Dark Passage
Jisu Park Jin-cheol Top Laner 3 January 2017 19 May 2017 Mysterious Monkeys
Pridestalker Milo Wehnes Jungler 9 February 2017 19 May 2017 Team ROCCAT
CozQ Sofyan Rechchad Mid Laner 3 January 2017 19 May 2017 Mysterious Monkeys
Yuuki60 Florent Soler Bot Laner 3 January 2017 19 May 2017 Mysterious Monkeys
Dreams Han Min-kook Support 3 January 2017 19 May 2017 Mysterious Monkeys
IgNar Lee Dong-geun Support June 2016 24 November 2017 bbq Olivers
PowerOfEvil Tristan Schrage Mid Laner June 2016 24 November 2017 OpTic Gaming
Obsess Patrick Engelmann Jungler (sub.) 28 May 2018 21 January 2019 Misfits Premier
sOAZ Paul Boyer Top Laner 22 November 2018 25 July 2019 none
GorillA Kang Beom-hyeon Support 23 November 2018 25 July 2019 none

Tournament results
Placement Event Final result (W–L)
Qualified 2017 EU LCS Spring Promotion 3–1
2nd 2017 EU LCS Spring Split (Group A) 8–5
4th 2017 EU LCS Spring Playoffs 0–3 (against Fnatic)
3rd 2017 EU LCS Summer Split (Group A) 6–7
2nd 2017 EU LCS Summer Playoffs 0–3 (against G2 Esports)
5th–8th 2017 World Championship 2–3 (against SK Telecom T1)
7th 2018 EU LCS Spring Split 8–10
5th 2018 EU LCS Summer Split 11–7
4th 2018 EU LCS Summer Playoffs 1–3 (against Team Vitality)
4th 2018 EU LCS Regional Finals 2–3 (against Splyce)
8th 2019 LEC Spring Split 8–10
9th 2019 LEC Summer Split 6–12

Overwatch
Main article: Florida Mayhem

In late June 2016, Misfits acquired the roster of Graviton Surge, consisting of Swedish players Nicholas "Skipjack" Rosada, Jonathan "Kryw" Nobre, Andreas "Nevix" Karlsson, Terrence "SoOn" Tarlier, Sebastian "Zebbosai" Olsson and Nikolaj "Zaprey" Ian Moyes.[10] On 12 July 2017, Overwatch developer Activision Blizzard officially announced that Misfits had acquired an Overwatch League franchise for the Miami–Orlando area.[11] On 2 November, the organization revealed that the franchise would be named the Florida Mayhem and announced the transfer of the existing Misfits Overwatch roster to the Mayhem.[12][13]

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

In January 2017 Misfits acquired the ex-TSM CS:GO roster, composed of Sean "seang@res" Gares, Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken, Skylar "Relyks" Weaver, Shazeb "ShahZaM" Khan and Hunter "SicK" Mims.[14] As part of their acquisition of the roster, Misfits gained a spot in the ESL Pro League due to their players having already qualified while representing TSM.[15]

Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken departed from the team on 14 April 2017, and on the same day it was announced that they had signed the French duo of David "devoduvek" Dobrosavljevic and François "AmaNEk" Delaunay.[16] Shortly after joining Misfits, Skylar "Relyks" Weaver was released from the roster on 25 July 2017.[17] Following the release of Relyks, Twistzz was transferred to Team Liquid after spending time on loan at the team for just under a week.[18]

In the following months, the team was able to qualify for the ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018, but had a poor showing due to the team's French Canadians being unable to get proper U.S. visas. They were only able to earn a single win and were subsequently eliminated from the tournament with a 1–3 record. Following the tournament, the contracts of seang@res, ShahZaM, and SicK expired, leaving devoduvek and AmaNEk as the only players remaining on the roster.[19] On 14 February 2018, Misfits announced their departure from the professional CS:GO scene, releasing devoduvek and AmaNEk from their contracts.[20]

Final roster
Misfits' CS:GO team at the Americas Minor Championship - Boston 2018 event in Toronto.
Nat. ID Name Role Join date
sgares Sean Gares IGL 14 January 2017[21]
SicK Hunter Mims Rifler 14 January 2017[21]
ShahZaM Shahzeb Khan AWP 14 January 2017[21]
AmaNEk François Delauney Rifler 14 April 2017[22]
devoduvek David Dobrosavljevic Rifler 14 April 2017[22]
peacemaker Luis Tadeu Coach 18 April 2017[23]

Tournament results

Fighting games

Misfits ventured into the professional Super Smash Bros. scene on 29 November 2016, when they signed Ryan "The Moon" Coker-Welch. The organisation later expanded to more traditional fighting games with the signing of Armando "Angelic" Mejia.

Alias Full Name Game(s) Character(s) Joined
La Luna Ryan Coker-Welch Super Smash Bros. Melee Marth 29 November 2016[28]
Larry Lurr Larry Holland Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Fox 13 January 2017[29]
Angelic Armando Mejia Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Wolverine, Dormammu, Shuma-Gorath 7 April 2017[30]

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