LGD Gaming

LGD Gaming (LGD) is a Chinese eSports Organization sponsored by Guizhou Laogandie Food Co., Ltd..

History
LGD started off sponsoring 2009's team For The Dream in 2010, who had won SMM the previous year. Boasting one of the best carries in the world, ZSMJ and other solid and strong players, LGD started the year 2010 well. However, a disappointing loss to EHOME ensured that they won't be able to participate in 2010's ESWC. Due to internal problems, LGD continued to slump despite still being a top team. The retirement of 2009 was a big blow, and although LGD still managed to place at the top, notably the 2nd place finish in 2010's SMM, they were not as strong as before.

In 2011, during the Great Chinese Reshuffle, Sharingan left for DK and was replaced by Malaysian star ChuaN, in which they started performing well, winning StarsWars 6 and G-League Season 1.

LGD was invited to The International 2011, however, Invictus Gaming made a move which took away 4 of LGD's players, rending LGD unable to participate in Valve's Dota 2 tournament. LGD has since reformed with a whole new roster surrounding ZSMJ, but continued to under-perform. ZSMJ's retirement eventually came and Sylar was the replacement. LGD has since performed well, topping their group in G-League season 3. However, they were eliminated from SMM 2011 after losing surprisingly to Mineski PowerColor twice, and only achieved 6th place.

LGD was invited to The International 2012, which took place at Seattle in August. LGD had an extremely strong showing, going 14-0 in the group stage and remaining undefeated until the winner's bracket final. However, they were defeated by Natus Vincere and Invictus Gaming, finishing in 3rd and taking home $150,000.

In October 2012, LGD picked up an international squad, made up of 1437, God, Pajkatt, MiSeRy, and Brax.

In April 2013, dd was replaced by LongDD.

In May 2013, LongDD left the team, and dd came back to replace him. This roster change cost the team their invite to The International 2013, and they were forced to participate in the qualifiers instead.

In July 2013, LGD picked up an all-female squad.

After The International 2013, God left LGD's international squad for Virtus Pro.

In September 2013, Sylar was traded to Rising Stars in exchange for Xiaotuji. Later that month, the new LGD.int roster was revealed: Pajkatt, MiSeRy, and Brax stayed on the team, and Black^ and xFreedom were added to the team to replace God and 1437. xFreedom will be playing with the team temporarily while they search for a 5th member.

In December 2013, both MiSeRy and Pajkatt left LGD.int. The team later completely disbanded.

In February 2014, xiao8 left the team. He was replaced by Maybe.

In March 2014, 820 decided to join the team as a coach. Later that month, Icy joined the team, taking Maybe's spot. Maybe remained on the team as a 6th player.

In April 2014, Lin joined the main roster. Later than month, LGD announced the formation of a new team, LGD.CDEC, with Maybe as captain.

In August 2014, dd announced his retirement. Later that month, Yao, Lin and DDC leave the team and are replaced by Faith, MMY, Sylar, inflame and injuly.

In October 2014, LGD.CDEC left LGD to become CDEC Gaming.

Current Roster

 * Liu "Sylar" Jiajun
 * Yao "Yao" Zhengzheng
 * Xiaodong "injuly" Yang
 * Zengrong "MMY" Lei
 * Zeng "Faith" Hongda (C)

DotA

 * Gold medal icon.svg U9 (2010)
 * Gold medal icon.svg G-League 2010 Season 1 (2010)
 * Silver medal icon.svg World Cyber Games China (2010)
 * Bronze medal icon.svg Intel Extreme Masters (2010)
 * Gold medal icon.svg G-League 2010 Season 2 (2010)
 * Silver medal icon.svg MYM Prime Defending #12 (2010)
 * Bronze medal icon.svg TopGamer (2010)
 * Silver medal icon.svg SMM Grand National DotA Tournament (2010)
 * Gold medal icon.svg G-League 2010 Season 4 (2010)
 * Gold medal icon.svg Lunar New Year Cup (2011)
 * Bronze medal icon.svg Asian DotA Championship IV (2011)
 * Bronze medal icon.svg i-City Pro DotA Tournament (2011)
 * Bronze medal icon.svg DotA Master Tournament (2011)
 * Silver medal icon.svg VS E-sports League (2011)
 * Gold medal icon.svg CREG-M (2011)
 * Gold medal icon.svg Starswar 6 (2011)
 * Gold medal icon.svg G-League 2011 Season 1 (2011)
 * Silver medal icon.svg E-Sports Champions League Season 2 (2011)
 * Bronze medal icon.svg PLU Dota League Season 1 (2011)
 * Bronze medal icon.svg Wuxi International eSports Champions Cup (2011)
 * Gold medal icon.svg GIGABYTE RTS Xmas Fight (2011)
 * Gold medal icon.svg Hao Fang Golden League (2011)
 * Gold medal icon.svg China Joy National Esports Championship (2011)
 * Bronze medal icon.svg E-Sports Champions League Finals (2011)
 * Silver medal icon.svg PCGames League (2012)
 * Silver medal icon.svg G-League 2011 Season 3 (2012)
 * Bronze medal icon.svg World Gamemaster Tournament (2012)
 * Bronze medal icon.svg G-1 Champions League Season 3 (2012)
 * Gold medal icon.svg Nvidia Gaming Festival 2012 (2012)