Team:Team Liquid
| Team Liquid | |
|---|---|
| |
| Location | Utrecht, Netherlands 
|
| Owners | Victor Goosens (Nazgul) Steve Arhancet (Liquid112) |
| Player manager | Robin Nyman (Bumblebee) |
| Sponsors/Partners | HyperX Barracuda Networks ShinyThings Razer Twitch NEEDforSEAT |
| Other games | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Hearthstone: Heroes of WarCraft Heroes of the Storm League of Legends StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void Street Fighter Dota 2 |
Team Liquid (Liquid or TL) is a professional esports organization based in the Netherlands. Owned by Victor Goosens (Nazgul), the team began as a StarCraft: Brood War clan in 2000 and was initially centred around the video games of StarCraft II and Dota 2.
The sponsor entered professional Smash in March 2014, after forming a Melee team consisting of Ken and KDJ; they were the first time with a major esports pedigree to enter competitive-Smash.[1] The team later merged with Team Curse under the Liquid banner on January 6th, 2015, signing on Team Curse's roster, including Hungrybox and Chillin. Throughout the rest of the decade and into the 2020s, the team signed several other players outside of Melee, including Nairo in August 2015, Dabuz in March 2019, and Riddles in 2022. Following Riddles' inclusion, however, the team's Smash roster downsized in the following few years, dropping everyone aside from Hungrybox by January 2026.
Outside of competitive play, Team Liquid runs a community-ran wiki, Liquipedia, which tracks competitive data for numerous competitive games, including Smash.
Current smashers[edit]
Professional smashers[edit]
| ID | Name | Game | Main(s) | Join Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Hungrybox | Juan Manuel DeBiedma | Super Smash Bros. Melee Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |
  
|
2015-01-06 |
Other smashers[edit]
Crunch 
(Hungrybox's coach, joined July 9th, 2016)- L4st
(Community tech coordinator and tournament director, joined August 11th, 2020) 
Stimpy 
(Brand ambassador, joined October 7th, 2020)- Chia
(YouTube strategist, joined October 25th, 2021)
Former smashers[edit]
Professional smashers[edit]
| ID | Name | Game | Main(s) | Join Date | Leave Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
KDJ | Daniel Jung | Super Smash Bros. Melee |   
|
2014-03-18 | 2015-09-28 |
|
|
Nairo | Nairoby Quezada | Super Smash Bros. Brawl Super Smash Bros. for Wii U |
 
|
2015-08-11 | 2016-08-16 |
|
|
Salem | Saleem Akiel Young | Super Smash Bros. Brawl Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |
  
|
2018-02-09 | 2019-02-27 |
|
Atelier | Towa Kuriyama | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |  
|
2021-09-01 | 2023-06-15 |
|
|
Dabuz | Samuel Buzby | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |  
|
2019-03-07 | 2025-04-15 |
|
Riddles | Michael Kim | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |  
|
2022-05-25 | 2025-04-15 |
|
|
Ken | Ken Hoang | Super Smash Bros. Melee |
|
2014-03-18 | 2026-01-09 |
|
|
Chillin | Kashan Khan | Super Smash Bros. Melee |
|
2015-01-06 | 2026-01-09 |
|
|
ChuDat | Daniel Rodriguez | Super Smash Bros. Melee Super Smash Bros. Brawl |
 
|
2017-06-14 | 2026-01-09 |
Trivia[edit]
- The decision to form a team for Melee stemmed from The Smash Brothers documentary that was filmed by Samox, who also produced the announcement video for the induction of the duo to Team Liquid.
- Peter Nguyen (Waytosexy) welcomed Ken and KDJ on behalf of the Dota 2 team and revealed himself to be a Smash enthusiast, while Jens Aasgaard (Snute) did the same on behalf of the StarCraft team while himself revealing that he had played Melee extensively in 2002, especially as Yoshi, and equated high-level Melee play to high-level StarCraft micro (the RTS shortening of micromanagement, meaning unit control.)
- Outside of its professional gaming endeavours, Team Liquid hosts the most-visited StarCraft-related website in the world (TeamLiquid.net); both Ken and KDJ actually had registered and used the forums prior to joining Team Liquid. Since then, it has opened its own Smash Bros. forums and has also added Smash Bros. to its wiki, Liquipedia, which already includes sections for StarCraft II, StarCraft: Brood War, Dota 2 and Hearthstone: Heroes of WarCraft.
References[edit]
- ^ Liquid Smash Bros. Melee TeamLiquid.net
