EVOS Esports (briefly known as Zero Latitude) is a professional esports organisation based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It has competitive teams in Arena of Valor, Free Fire, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, PUBG Mobile and League of Legends: Wild Rift.[1][2]
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| Short name | EVOS, EVS |
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| Divisions | Arena of Valor Free Fire League of Legends: Wild Rift Mobile Legends: Bang Bang PUBG Mobile |
| Founded | 21 August 2016 |
| Based in | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Location | Southeast Asia |
| Colors | Blue White |
| Owner | Ivan Yeo |
| Official fan club | EVOS Fams |
| Partners | Axis Yamaha Pop Mie Posh Men TOP Coffee LinkAja |
| Website | www |
The organisation previously had a League of Legends team competing in the Vietnam Championship Series (VCS), the highest level of competitive League of Legends in the country. The team became VCS champions (a title held only by the GIGABYTE Marines at the time) on 7 April 2018, a feat accomplished during their first appearance in the league. This qualified them for the 2018 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), where they performed above expectations against other more well-known international teams.[3]
Arena of Valor edit
EVOS Esports entered the competitive Arena of Valor scene in 2017 with its acquisition of an all-Indonesian roster. In August 2018, Hartawan "WyvorZ" Muliadi, Sultandyo "MythR" Raihan, and Hartanto "POKKA" Lius joined the team. EVOS won AOV Star League Season 2 on 16 February 2019, qualifying for the 2019 Arena of Valor World Cup as Indonesia's representative.[4][5]
EVOS disbanded its Arena of Valor Vietnam division on 4 December 2020.
League of Legends edit
EVOS Esports' League of Legends team competes in the Vietnam Championship Series (VCS), the highest level of competitive League of Legends in Vietnam.[6] In the VCS 2018 Spring Split, EVOS finished first in the regular season, ending with a 12–2 record.[citation needed] Their placement in the regular season secured EVOS a finals bye in playoffs, where they beat GIGABYTE Marines 3–2,[citation needed] qualifying them for the 2018 Mid-Season Invitational (MSI).
In the MSI 2018 main event qualifiers, EVOS beat SuperMassive eSports 3–1 to secure a spot in the main event.[7][8][9] EVOS ended the main event at MSI 2018 with a 2–8 record,[10] failing to qualify for playoffs.[11]
EVOS' long time mid laner Đoàn "Warzone" Văn Ngọc Sơn retired from professional play on 15 September 2018 and became a streamer for the organisation.[12] He was replaced by Võ "Petland" Huỳnh Quang Huy and Lê "Dia1" Phú Quý in preparation for the VCS 2019 Spring Split. EVOS placed third in the regular season with a 9–5 record, qualifying for playoffs. In the first round of playoffs, EVOS defeated Friends Forever 3–2 in a close series, and in the second round EVOS defeated Sky Gaming 3–1, moving on to face Phong Vũ Buffalo in the finals, which they lost 1–3.
EVOS disbanded its League of Legends division on 7 December 2020.
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang edit
Evos Esports was created in September 2016 starting with their Dota division; the team began to form another division on other games such as Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. The team did well on the small tournaments and after their consecutive losses, they started to re-organize. From there, they started to get traction on the tournaments after finishing 2nd place in the first MPL and the succeeding season. In the next season, the team failed to qualify in play-offs after their 8th position ranking. Consequently, the team had to re-organize once again recruiting seasoned veterans of MPL such as Yurino "Donkey" Angkawidjaja and also new players Ihsan "Luminaire" Kusudana and Muhammad "Wannn" Ridwan. From the newly organized team, EVOS finished top seed on the Regular season of MPL Season 4 and defeated the RRQ on the grand finals lifting their first championship. EVOS was able to continue the momentum resulting in the first M1 World Title in 2019 on Kuala Lumpur.[13]
The EVOS organization tried to enter in the Philippine scene by acquiring the MPL Philippines season 2 team SxC Imbalance, they were able to reach the playoffs, however, due to alleged corruption inside the Philippine franchise organization, the team departures on MPL-PH. The remaining players of former EVOS Philippines were acquired by Tier One Entertainment team Blacklist International.[14]
In June 2021, EVOS Esports and Nexplay Esports announced a new collaboration to form Nexplay EVOS, a competitive esports team for Mobile Legends MPL PH Season 8 tournament.[15][16]
References edit
- ^ "EVOS Esports | Teams". www.evos.gg. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ Fabella, Mika (29 June 2021). "EVOS Esports reveal the key to their 2021 Summer Super Cup victory | ONE Esports | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "EVOS Esports". www.lolesports.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ "ASL Season 2 AoV Grand Final, EVOS Bawa Pulang 500 Juta Rupiah!". Tribun Sport (in Indonesian). 16 February 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ Istianto, Roni (15 June 2019). "Evos Esport Jadi Wakil Indonesia diajang AOV World Cup 2019, Tergabung Kedalam Group Neraka". Gamebrott (in Indonesian). Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "EVOS Esports". www.lolesports.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Abbas, Malcolm (8 May 2018). "EVOS take down SuperMassive to advance through to MSI's group stage". Dot Esports. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Boatman, Brandon (9 May 2018). "Evos Esports and Flash Wolves Dominate Play-in Finals". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Waltzer, Noah (8 May 2018). "LoL: EVOS advances over SuperMassive at MSI". ESPN.com. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ "MSI 2018 Bracket". www.lolesports.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Doniqan, Wyatt (14 May 2018). "MSI: Race for MSI playoffs heats up Day 4 with upsets". ESPN.com. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ "#EVOSRAWR 7: Hang Ổ mới, Chuyến Đi Săn mới [New Home – New Hunt]". YouTube (in Vietnamese). 15 September 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "MPL Indonesia — Team EVOS". MPL. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Is EVOS PH back? Luch and Zeys hint at return to the Philippines | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ Anne, Melissa (22 June 2021). "EVOS and Nexplay to create new esports team for Mobile Legends MPL PH – MEGPlay". Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ Daniels, Tom (21 June 2021). "EVOS and Nexplay joins forces to create MPL PH team". Esports Insider. Retrieved 22 June 2021.