Toyz (gamer)
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Born | Lau Wai-kin 9 June 1992 | ||||||
Nationality | Hong Kong | ||||||
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Years active | 2014–present | ||||||
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Game | Hong Kong Esports | ||||||
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2014 | Fnatic | ||||||
2017–2019 | G-Rex | ||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Liú Wěijiàn | ||||||
Yue: Cantonese | |||||||
Yale Romanization | Làuh Wáih-gihn | ||||||
Jyutping | Lau4 Wai5-gin6 |
Kurtis Lau Wai-kin (
Lau was arrested by Taiwanese police in late 2021, on suspicion of trafficking
Career
After starting his competitive career by playing for the amateur team CrossGaming in 2011,
In 2014, he coached for the European team
On 12 September 2016, Lau founded Raise Gaming to compete in the Elite Challenger Series (ECS), the secondary league of the League of Legends Master Series (LMS), with the goal of qualifying for the LMS. Under Lau's coaching the team placed first in the 2017 ECS Spring regular season and second in playoffs. The team qualified for the LMS after defeating Team Yetti in the promotion tournament. When the team rebranded to G-Rex on 15 September 2017, Lau stayed with the team as a coach, before becoming the organisation's Director of Esports in mid-2018. He left G-Rex at the end of 2019.
Notable tournament results
Date | Event | Placing | Final game | ||
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2012-04-30 | NVIDIA Game Festival 2012
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2nd | Taipei Assassins | 1–2 | World Elite |
2012-05-29 | Go4LoL Pro Asia Season 1 | 1st | Taipei Assassins | 2–0 | World Elite |
2012-06-17 | StarsWar 7 | 1st | Taipei Assassins | 2–1 | World Elite |
2012-07-15 | IGN Pro League Season 5 Taiwanese Qualifiers
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1st | Taipei Assassins | 2–0 | Corsair |
2012-09-01 | Season Two Taiwanese Regional Finals | 1st | Taipei Assassins | 2–0 | Corsair |
2012-10-13 | Season 2 World Championship
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1st | Taipei Assassins | 3–1 | Azubu Frost
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2012-11-17 | 2012 Garena Premier League Season 1 | 1st | Taipei Assassins | 3–1 | Singapore Sentinels |
2012-12-02 | IGN Pro League Season 5 | 3rd | Taipei Assassins | 0–2 | Fnatic |
2013-04-21 | 2013 Garena Premier League Spring | 1st | Taipei Assassins | No playoffs | |
2013-05-19 | NVIDIA Game Festival 2013 | 3rd | Taipei Assassins | 2–1 | OMG |
2013-05-26 | All-Star Shanghai 2013 – Mid Lane Skill Competition | 1st | Toyz | 1–0 | Misaya |
2013-08-29 | 2013 Garena Premier League Championship | 2nd | Taipei Assassins | 0–3 | ahq e-Sports Club
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2015-07-26 | 2015 League of Legends Master Series Summer | 2nd | Hong Kong Esports
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0–3 | ahq e-Sports Club |
Awards
In 2019, the Hong Kong government awarded Lau with the Medal of Honour for his contributions to esports in Hong Kong.[8]
Arrest
Taiwanese police in
References
- ^ a b Wong, Tsui-kai (17 November 2014). "Toyz' story: Kurtis Lau wants to take HK Esports to the world championship of League of Legends". Young Post. South China Morning Post Publishers. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ "Taipei Assassins Crowned League of Legends Champions". IGN. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ Parkin, Simon (6 July 2014). "A league of their own". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ "League of Legends World Championships week two round-up". PC Gamer. Future plc. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ Chen, James (26 November 2014). "Hong Kong Esports Reintroduces Toyz and Stanley to Competitive Play". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ Cheung, Karen (30 October 2015). "Local League of Legends gamer leaves eSports team; suggests manager fixed tournaments". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ 大紫荊勳章 [Grand Bauhinia Medal] (PDF) (in Chinese). 2019. p. 41. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 July 2021.
- ^ Biazzi, Leonardo (30 September 2021). "Former League pro arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ Popko, John (20 June 2022). "Season 2 League of Legends World Champion Toyz pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges". InvenGlobal. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ Chien-you, Tseng (24 November 2022). "實況主Toyz賣大麻菸彈下場出爐!法院依六個毒品罪判4年2月". United Daily News (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ Mclaughlin, Declan (7 December 2023). "League World champion's prison sentence appeal denied". Dexerto.
External links
- Toyz on Facebook