Qu "Life"
Donghao (瞿东豪), the longtime member of
EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming
China
Rank #1
S1Mon
Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋)
ZmjjKK
Zheng Yongkang (郑永康)
nobody
Wang Senxu (王森旭)
CHICHOO
Wan Shunzhi (万顺治)
Smoggy
Zhang Zhao (张钊)
, has announced his departure from EDG after spending two years on the organization. He has since joined
Attacking Soul Esports
Attacking Soul Esports
Inactive
monk
Wang Haoyu (王浩宇)
Yuicaw
Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑)
YHchen
Chen Yuhan (陳昱瀚)
Zero1
Meng Zhen Ren (任梦真)
.
Life joined EDward Gaming in November 2020, competing in local Chinese tournaments as 2021 went into full swing. In the major Chinese tournaments of the year, EDG were never able to win a title, falling short in Energy Vision against
LIZHI
LIZHI
Inactive
PIKAWU
959y x y 洋
HongVTellG
aut1sm
Spitfires
Xin Mingyan (辛明阳)
destroyeR
Gu Jiaming (顾佳鸣)
nizhaoTZH
Tang Zehao (唐哲昊)
to finish top-six, and finishing second at the FGC Invitational 2021, losing in the grand finals against
Tales of Eastern
Tales of Eastern
Inactive
Yuk1no
BEXEY
. After the loss, EDG added Wang "nobody"
Senxu (王森旭) and Zheng "ZmjjKK"
Yongkang (郑永康) to the roster, with the latter being ineligible to compete due to being underage until March 2022.
Leading into the 2022 season, EDward Gaming initially placed nobody and ZmjjKK onto the team in place of York and Deng "NaThanD" Senqiao (邓森侨) for the FGC Valorant Invitational: Act 1, finalizing their roster. Despite falling short in Act 1, EDG would go on to win all other Chinese tournaments in the year, giving them enough points to qualify for the East Asia Last Chance Qualifier, the first VCT event for China.
In the LCQ, EDward Gaming showed their dominance over the teams in the event, winning every match they played. After a 3-0 win in a grand finals rematch over
Incheon On Sla2ers
Incheon On Sla2ers
Korea
Rank #29
VaNish
XirZz
to win the tournament without dropping a map, they qualified for Champions. However, EDG struggled against global competition, exiting Champions early in groups. After falling sick before the opening match,
Life
would be absent from play in their opening game against
Paper Rex
Paper Rex
Asia-Pacific
Rank #5
mindfreak
Aaron Leonhart
Jinggg
Wang Jing Jie
f0rsakeN
Jason Susanto
d4v41
Khalish Rusyaidee
something
Ilya Petrov
. Zhang "Smoggy"
Zhao (张钊) was fielded as a substitute, with whom EDG lost a close 1-2 series. In their elimination match, Life would return to play against
Team Liquid
Team Liquid
Europe
Rank #12
paTiTek
Patryk Fabrowski
kamyk
Maks Rychlewski
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
Keiko
Georgio Sanassy
kamo
Kamil Frąckowiak
, but his debut was short-lived as EDG was eliminated by Liquid in an 0-2 defeat.
Life's multi-week absence from scrims pointed to his potential exit from EDG, with their substitute Smoggy being said to take his place on the team. EDG has not yet announced a replacement for Life.
EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming
China
Rank #1
S1Mon
Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋)
ZmjjKK
Zheng Yongkang (郑永康)
nobody
Wang Senxu (王森旭)
CHICHOO
Wan Shunzhi (万顺治)
Smoggy
Zhang Zhao (张钊)
are now:
Discord