Toyz (League of Legends player)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lau.

Toyz

Kurtis Lau Wai-kin

Chinese 劉偉健
Status Active
Born (1992-06-09) June 9, 1992
Hometown Hong Kong
Current team Hong Kong Esports
Role Mid laner
League League of Legends Master Series
Games League of Legends
Championships Season 2 World Championship
Professional career
Jul 2011 - Apr 2012 CrossGaming
April 2012–June 2013 Taipei Assassins
Sept 2014 – Oct 2014 Fnatic (coach)
Oct 2014–present Hong Kong Esports
Sep 2016 - Present Raise Gaming

Kurtis Lau Wai-kin (Chinese: 劉偉健; born June 9, 1992), commonly known by his in-game name Toyz, is a professional League of Legends video game player who currently plays the Mid lane role for Hong Kong Esports. He is most famous for his victory in the Season 2 World Championship as a member of the Taipei Assassins.

Career

After starting his competitive career by playing for the amateur team CrossGaming in 2011,[1] Toyz was recruited by the Taipei Assassins in April 2012, with whom he went on to win the Season 2 World Championship.[2] Even though he was successful in his play with the Taipei Assassins, in June 2013 he had to retire from playing professionally because of carpal tunnel syndrome.[1] In 2014, he coached the European team Fnatic during their participation in the 2014 League of Legends World Championship,[3] which ended in the group stages.[4] However, afterwards he made a return as a player and formed the Hong Kong Esports team together with former Taipei Assassins teammate Wang "Stanley" June Tsan to play in the 2015 season.[5]

Tournament achievements

Date Event Placing Final game
2012-04-30 NVIDIA Game Festival 2012 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 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 1st Taipei Assassins 3–1 Azubu Frost
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
Date Event Placing Final game
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
Date Event Placing Final game
2015-07-26 2015 League of Legends Master Series Summer 2nd Hong Kong Esports 0–3 ahq e-Sports Club

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Wong, Tsui-kai (November 17, 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 December 2, 2015.
  2. Parkin, Simon (July 6, 2014). "A league of their own". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  3. Kulasingham, Nilu (September 8, 2014). "Fnatic picks up Toyz as a coach for the Season 4 World Championship". onGamers. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  4. "League of Legends World Championships week two round-up". PC Gamer. Future plc. September 28, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
  5. Chen, James (November 26, 2014). "Hong Kong Esports Reintroduces Toyz and Stanley to Competetive Play". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
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