Shiphtur
Danny Le, better known as Shiphtur (pronounced "shifter"), is a retired Canadian League of Legends player who played support for Delta Fox of the NA Challenger Series. Shiphtur was the first esports player to be granted a P-1 athletic visa from the United States Department of State.[2][3] On May 2, 2014, he joined Dignitas along with Darshan "ZionSpartan" Upadhyaya.[4] On May 17, 2016, Apex Gaming acquired Dignitas' NA Challenger team including Shiphtur.[5]
| Shiphtur | |||||||||||||||||
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| Danny Le | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 27, 1993 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Vancouver, British Columbia | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Shiphtur Chapanya | ||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||
| Status | Retired | ||||||||||||||||
| Games | League of Legends | ||||||||||||||||
| Role | Midlane | ||||||||||||||||
| Career prize money | US$11,990[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Dirt Nap Gaming.Panda | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Monomaniac Evito | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–13 | Team Dynamic | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–14 | Team Coast | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–16 | Dignitas | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Apex Gaming | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Delta Fox | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–18 | Meme Stream Dream Team | ||||||||||||||||
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On September 26, 2016, Apex and Dignitas were acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers,[6] and Shiphtur was released from the Apex Roster but not added to Dignitas.
Tournament results
Team Apex
- 9th — 2016 NA LCS Summer regular season
- 5th–6th — 2016 NA LCS Summer playoffs
References
- "Danny "Shiphtur" Le – League of Legends Player". Esports Earnings. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
- LeJacq, Yannick (July 20, 2013). "Score! Professional video gamers awarded athletic visas". NBC News. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- Welch, Chris (August 11, 2013). "'League of Legends' gamer granted US visa recognizing him as professional athlete". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
- Lee, Timothy (May 2, 2014). "Team Dignitas signs Shiphtur and ZionSpartan to LCS team". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
- Rand, Emily (May 18, 2016). "Dignitas transfers NACS spot to Apex, Shiphtur and Apollo also transferred". theScore esports. Score Media and Gaming Inc. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
- Rovell, Darren (September 26, 2016). "76ers acquire esports teams Dignitas and Apex". ESPN. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
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