Team:Luminosity Gaming
| Luminosity Gaming | |
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| Location | Toronto, Canada 
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| Owners | Steve Maida (Buyaka) |
| Sponsors/Partners | Twitch Scuf Gaming Universal Music Canada ExitLag G FUEL Samsung |
| Other games | League of Legends SMITE Overwatch |
Luminosity Gaming (LG) is a professional esports organization based in Canada. Luminosity Gaming was founded by Steve Maida in 2015, and specializes in teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Smite, League of Legends, and many others.
The organization first ventured into Smash -- and FGC as a whole -- on October 8th, 2016 when they signed Smash 4 player Abadango,[1] followed by Ice as their first Melee player two weeks later.[2]. However, just over a year later, Ice left the team on October 19th, 2017,[3] and Abadango followed on December 15th, 2017.[4] A few years later, Luminosity Gaming returned to Smash after signing Ginger on February 7th, 2021. They then signed their first Ultimate player Maister on October 9th, 2022.[5]
Luminosity's presence in the Smash community, particularly in Ultimate, expanded in 2023. They first signed several notable Ultimate players, namely MkLeo, Tweek, Big D, and Sonix. They also signed several prominent community members including TOs Max Ketchum and Toronto Joe, which extended to a partnership for their major tournament series Let's Make Moves, renamed to Luminosity Makes Moves. In addition, Luminosity also announced a partnership with the power ranking UltRank, renaming it to LumiRank in the process. Finally, Luminosity began a collaboration with Metafy, named the LG x Metafy Free Agent Sponsorship, which aimed to temporarily sponsor top Ultimate free agents for one or a few majors.[6] However, Luminosity's tenure in Smash also featured several controversies, including several of their events conflicting with other large events (most notably Luminosity Madness's conflict with Cavalier Clash 6) as well as allegations regarding missing payments.[7]
Their involvement in the scene, alongside several other Luminosity-sponsored scenes, became up for question following the team being sold in August 2025 and their CEO Alex Gonzales leaving.[8][9] Further concern arose in the following month, when players questioned why MkLeo and Sonix did not wear their Luminosity jerseys during EugeneBound Summers and why Luminosity did not Tweet about MkLeo's win, Luminosity Makes Moves announced they were reverting back to their "Let's Make Moves" brand,[10] and EE released a video revealing that several members, including him, were unsure whether they were still on the team.[11] MkLeo also notably reported that he had not been paid from Luminosity since July, and has since expressed frustration with Luminosity over Twitter.[12][13] November 6th saw the team release all of their creative contributors and the Ultimate rankings reverting back to the UltRank branding.[14]
Current smashers[edit]
Professional smashers[edit]
| ID | Name | Game(s) | Main(s) | Join Date | |
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Maister | Enrique Hernández Solís | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2022-10-09 |
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MkLeo | Leonardo Lopez Perez | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |   
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2023-03-23 |
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Sonix | Carlos Pérez | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2023-12-07 |
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Marss | Tyler Martins | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2024-05-18 |
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VoiD | James Makekau-Tyson | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2025-01-13 |
Other smashers[edit]
Max Ketchum (Tournament organizer and commentator, joined May 21st, 2023)
Toronto Joe 
(Tournament organizer, joined May 21st, 2023)- Schu
(Content creator, joined January 9th, 2025)
Former smashers[edit]
Professional smashers[edit]
| ID | Name | Game | Main(s) | Join Date | Leave Date | |
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Ice | Mustafa Akçakaya | Super Smash Bros. Melee |
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2016-10-21 | 2017-10-19 |
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Abadango | Yuta Kawamura | Super Smash Bros. for Wii U |  
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2016-10-08 | 2017-12-15 |
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Ginger | Avery Wilson | Super Smash Bros. Melee | 
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2021-02-07 | 2023-06-30 |
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Tweek | Gavin Dempsey | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2023-03-23 | 2025-05-31 |
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Big D | Dawson Perron | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2023-05-20 | 2024-01-03 |
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Soonsay | Miles Foster | Super Smash Bros. Melee |
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2024-06-14 | 2025-02-16 |
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Wizzrobe | Justin Hallett | Super Smash Bros. Melee |   
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2024-06-14 | 2025-02-16 |
LG x Metafy Free Agent Sponsorship[edit]
| ID | Name | Game(s) | Main(s) | Join Date | Leave Date | |
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Zomba | Salvatore DeSena | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2023-07-19 | 2023-08-18 |
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ApolloKage | Dylan J. | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2023-07-20 | 2023-08-18 |
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Sonix | Carlos Pérez | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |
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2023-09-29 | 2023-12-07 |
Other smashers[edit]
- Allied
(signed as a Smite player, passed away May 3rd, 2017[15]) 
Little Z 
(Content creator, joined February 21st, 2025, left February 25th, 2025)- RisterMice
(Content creator and commentator, joined August 1st, 2024, left April 15th, 2025) - Coney (Content creator and commentator, joined June 7th, 2023, left November 6th, 2025)
- EE
(Content creator and commentator, joined June 21st, 2023, left November 6th, 2025)
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ LG add SuperSmashBros4 Japanese star, Abadango!.
- ^ LG SmashBros expands with addition of ICE.
- ^ Ice leaving Luminosity.
- ^ Abadango leaving Luminosity.
- ^ Maister joining Luminosity Gaming.
- ^ Luminosity Gaming And Metafy Unveil Game-Changing Sponsorship For Super Smash Bros Ultimate Free Agents.
- ^ At Super Smash Con 2023, while working on the ApolloKage doc, Professor Kay and myself were hired by LG to help them with their content. They've still yet to pay us and actively lied in doing so..
- ^ Luminosity Gaming Sold to Vertiqal Studios; Ex-CEO Adrian Montgomery’s Bid Passed Over.
- ^ After three and a half years, no longer working on @Luminosity.
- ^ Let's Make BIG Moves 2026.
- ^ Let’s Talk About Luminosity.
- ^ Luminosity Gaming Faces Payout Delays and Uncertainty Under New Ownership.
- ^ MkLeo: "Pay smash players 😎".
- ^ Vertical Studios (TSX: $VRTS) is releasing all of Luminosity's creators.
- ^ http://compete.kotaku.com/professional-smite-player-and-caster-dies-of-cancer-at-1794896661
