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]
Since March 2023, Luminosity has seen a larger presence in the Smash community, particularly in Ultimate. 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]
Current smashersEdit
Professional smashersEdit
| 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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Tweek | Gavin Dempsey | 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 |
Other SmashersEdit
Max Ketchum 
(Tournament director and commentator, joined May 21st, 2023)
Toronto Joe 
(Tournament director, joined May 21st, 2023)- Coney
(Content creator and commentator, joined June 7th, 2023) - EE
(Content creator and commentator, joined June 21st, 2023)
Former smashersEdit
Professional smashersEdit
| 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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Big D | Dawson Perron | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2023-05-20 | 2024-01-03 |
LG x Metafy Free Agent SponsorshipEdit
| 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 smashersEdit
External linksEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 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.
- ^ http://compete.kotaku.com/professional-smite-player-and-caster-dies-of-cancer-at-1794896661