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| Region | Europe | ||||||||
| Owner | Mike "FearCrads" Craddock | ||||||||
| Sponsor | Western Digital | ||||||||
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Lightning Pandas is an English team.
History[]
Ghosts[]
Lightning Pandas is a team which was formed and captained by ShAnE after he left Epsilon Esports. They are well known for their particularly colourful branding, their main feature being multi-coloured tie die and the classic Lightning Pandas logo. When first formed the team saw little success until qualifying for the 2014 Call of Duty Championship through the Russian Qualifiers, where they eventually placed 17th. After qualifiers, the team parted ways leaving ShAnE looking for 3 new players. At a similar time, TYT eSports, a team formed by 4 YouTubers, which because of this had a large fanbase, had dropped Insomulus from their roster and were looking for a 4th, so the teams merged, originally creating TYT.LP, a team owned by the previous owner of TYT eSports, FearCrads, but captained by ShAnE due to his extensive experience in eSports. This team then decided that the Lightning Pandas brand was so strong that it was worth dropping the TYT name all together. This team has shown great success in the EU scene, not yet placing particularly well at an EU LAN event, but have been preforming well online, being invited both to the Gfinity Ghosts Pro League S1 and to the EGL StarSeries, placing mid-table in both, even with the strong opposition they had. From the 20th-22 June, the team preformed at their first international event, MLG Anaheim in the Open Bracket, they managed to place top 20, out placing Strictly Business, a team which many people thought may place top 4, and secure a spot in MLG Season 3. On the 6th of July the team qualified for a spot in the 4 team Gfinity LAN event, the winner of which will secure a spot in Gfinity 3.
Timeline[]
- 2014
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- March 14, Censor joins.
Proto moves to substitute.[5] - April 12, Censor leaves.[6]
- April 13, Enable joins.[7]
- April 18, Proto is loaned to Vast eSports.[8]
- April 23 (approx.),
Proto returns from loan to Vast eSports.[9] - May 7, Enable leaves.[10]
- May 11, Theory joins.[11]
- June 13,
Proto leaves. - August 4, Mochila (Coach) joins.[12]
- August 18, Mochila (Coach) leaves.[13]
- October 11, Goonjar and Royalty leave.[14]
- November 15, Xotic leaves.[15]
- November 30, Theory leaves.[16][17] Alexx, Dqvee, Joshh, MadCat, Peatie, and Op2 (Coach) join.[18][19]
Player Roster[]
Active[]
| C | ID | Name | Role | Joined |
|---|
Out On Loan[]
| C | ID | Name | Role | Loaned To | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proto | Nicholas Maldonado | Player |  Vast eSports
|
Apr 2018 - Apr 2018 |
Temporary Subs[]
| C | ID | Name | Role | Replacing | Tournament |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saints | Renato Forza | SMG Slayer | Goonjar | MLG GameBattles 2K Series NA 2017-12-17 |
Former[]
| C | ID | Name | Role | Next Team | Joined | Left |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dqvee | David Davies | Player |  Alliance |
2018-11-30 | 2019-04-18 | |
| Peatie | Adam Peate | Player | Alliance |
2018-11-30 | 2019-04-18 | |
| Hawqeh | Billy Harris | Player | Alliance |
2019-03-05 | 2019-04-18 | |
| Chain | Sam Dineley | Player | Alliance |
2019-03-05 | 2019-04-18 | |
| Maple | Jack McCartney | Player | Alliance |
2019-03-20 | 2019-04-18 | |
| Nastie | Byron Plumridge | Substitute |  Vortex Gaming |
2019-03-05 | 2019-04-18 | |
| Alexx | Alex Carpenter | SMG Slayer |  Team Sween |
2018-11-30 | 2019-03-05 | |
| Joshh | Joshua-Lee Sheppard | Support |  Kairos Esports |
2018-11-30 | 2019-03-05 | |
| MadCat | Dylan Daly | Main AR |  Units |
2018-11-30 | 2019-03-03 | |
| Theory | Dylan McGee | Support |  Pittsburgh Knights |
2018-05-11 | 2018-11-30 | |
| Xotic | John Bruno | SMG Slayer |  Evil Geniuses |
2017-12-07 | 2018-11-15 | |
| Goonjar | Jevon Gooljar-Lim | Main AR | Evil Geniuses |
2017-12-07 | 2018-10-11 | |
| Royalty | Mathew Faithfull | Flex | Evil Geniuses |
2017-12-07 | 2018-10-11 | |
| Proto | Nicholas Maldonado | SMG Slayer |  Impact Gaming |
2017-12-07 | 2018-06-13 | |
| Enable | Ian Wyatt | AR Slayer |  Team Kaliber |
2018-04-14 | 2018-05-07 | |
| Censor | Doug Martin | Support |  compLexity Gaming |
2018-03-14 | 2018-04-13 | |
| Benny | Ben Perkin | Slayer |  Retired |
2014-05-?? | 2014-08-?? | |
| QwiKeR | Shea Sweeney | Slayer |  Team Infused |
2014-05-?? | 2014-08-?? | |
| FearCrads | Mike Craddock | Support | Retired |
2014-05-?? | 2014-08-?? | |
| Jake | Jake Dalton | Slayer |  Millenium |
2014-08-?? | 2014-08-?? | |
| ShAnE | Shane McKerral | Slayer |  TCM-Gaming |
2014-02-?? | 2014-07-?? | |
| RaMba | Sandro Spick | Support |  AEP |
2014-02-?? | 2014-04-?? | |
| NeCRoMe | Ben May | Support | Team Infused |
2014-02-?? | 2014-04-?? | |
| Randm | Marcel Koller | Support | Provoke |
2014-02-?? | 2014-04-?? |
Organization[]
Current[]
| C | ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| FearCrads | Mike Craddock | Owner | |
| Nemesis | Rahul Uppal | COO |
Former[]
| C | ID | Name | Position | Next Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Op2 | Joel Mehdizadeh | Coach |  Paris Legion
| |
| Acid | Oliver Sellors | General Manager |  Prophecy
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Team Achievements[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media[]
- 2014
- 2017
- 2018
- July 5, Lightning Pandas - AMA (Whole Team) with r/CoDCompetitive on Reddit
- March 14, The Lightning Pandas 'Call of Duty' Team Sign YouTube Star Doug 'Censor' Martin by Mike Stubbs on Forbes
- June 6, Lightning Pandas Announce Western Digital as Official Hardware Partner by , and on EsportsObserver
- December 7, The Lightning Pandas Esports Org Returns To 'Call Of Duty' With Canadian Squad by , and on Forbes
- July 29, Theory Makes Kismet Cry and Reverse Sweeps His Team To Make Champs by Namdu on YouTube
- September 20, Blitz Episode 1 - Redemption by LightningPandas on YouTube
- November 30, Introducing the Lightning Pandas by LightningPandas on YouTube
- November 30, Lightning Pandas reveals its new Call of Duty lineup for the Black Ops 4 season by , and on DotEsports
- November 30, Lightning Pandas sign powerhouse EU team for CWL Vegas, confirming previous leaks by , and on Dexerto
Gallery[]
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External links[]
References[]
- ↑ Lightning Pandas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Lightning Pandas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Lightning Pandas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ The Lightning Pandas Esports Org Returns To 'Call Of Duty' With Canadian Squad forbes.com
- ↑ Kairos Media signs Doug ‘Censor’ Martin to the Lightning Pandas kairosmedia.com
- ↑ Changes to #coLofDuty complexitygaming.com
- ↑ Ian ‘Enable’ Wyatt joins the Lightning Pandas - ''kairosmedia.com'' kairosmedia.com
- ↑ Everyone give a warm welcome to our new CoD roster for SEAttle twitter.com
- ↑ Everyone give a warm welcome to our new CoD roster for SEAttle twitter.com
- ↑ We're excited to announce our new roster! Please welcome @Enable to #TKCOD twitter.com
- ↑ delighted to announce our new fourth for the remainder of the @CODWorldLeague season, @Theory_tK. twitter.com
- ↑ Mochila's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Mochila's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Lightning Pandas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Roster Update: Evil Geniuses Call of Duty facebook.com
- ↑ Lightning Pandas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Nemesiisss' reddit comment reddit.com
- ↑ Lightning Pandas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Nemesiisss' reddit comment reddit.com
- ↑ MadCat's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Lightning Pandas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Lightning Pandas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Lightning Pandas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Lightning Pandas' TwitLonger twitlonger.com