FORG1VEN
Tzortziou in 2016
Personal information
NameΚωνσταντίνος-Ναπολέων Τζωρτζίου
(Konstantinos-Napoleon Tzortziou)
Born1991 or 1992 (age 31–32)[1]
NationalityGreek
Career information
GameLeague of Legends
Playing career2013–present
RoleAD Carry/Marksman
Team history
2013Mad Gods Gaming
2013–2014Copenhagen Wolves
2014Different Dimension
2014–2015SK Gaming
2015Gambit Gaming
2015–2016H2k-Gaming
2016Origen
2016H2k-Gaming
2017Different Dimension
2018Origen
2019–2020FC Schalke 04 Esports
Career highlights and awards
  • EU LCS Most Valuable Player x1 (Spring 2015)
  • EU LCS All-Pro Team ADC x1 (Spring 2015)
  • EU LCS 2nd All-Pro Team ADC x2 (Spring 2014, Spring 2016)

Konstantinos-Napoleon Tzortziou (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος-Ναπολέων Τζωρτζίου), better known by his in-game name FORG1VEN, is a Greek professional League of Legends player. He played as an AD Carry for Intrepid Fox Gaming. He earlier played for Copenhagen Wolves, SK Gaming, Gambit Gaming, H2k-Gaming, Origen, and Schalke 04.

FORG1VEN was considered to be among the best Western players of the AD Carry/Marksman role in League history,[2] and one of the game's most mechanically skilled players.[3] He was the MVP of the 2015 Spring EU LCS[4] and a semifinalist of the 2016 World Championship.

He hails from the town of Prosotsani, but has lived in Kavala for most of his life.[5]

FORG1VEN was also the captain of the Greek national Counter-Strike team in 2012.[6]

Career

Copenhagen Wolves

From 2013 to 2015 FORG1VEN played with the Copenhagen Wolves.

SK Gaming

In spring 2015, FORG1VEN played for SK Gaming, then the top European team for most of that season.[2] He established several statistical records and was the MVP of the 2015 Spring EU LCS Split while a member of SK.[7] However, after claims of mismanagement and worsening relations with teammates, he was replaced on the active roster by Adrian "CandyPanda" Wübbelmann.[2]

Gambit Gaming

FORG1VEN requested a transfer and left SK Gaming before the start of the 2015 Summer European LCS split becoming Gambit Gaming's star.[8][7] His play for Gambit led them to a 7–9 record and into a three-way tie for the last playoff spot.[7] However, he was suspended by Riot Games for four competitive games in July 2015 for "toxic behavior" in public competitive play, receiving a harsher penalty because of an April 2014 incident in which he was fined for similar behaviour.[7] The ban hurt Gambit Gaming, which was unable to secure visas for its preferred replacement quickly enough and used Moopz as a replacement for their last two (losing) games of the regular season.[9] On 24 August 2015, Gambit Gaming replaced FORG1VEN as AD Carry for the 2016 EU LCS Spring Promotion with Kristoffer "P1noy" Albao Lund Pedersen.[10]

H2k-Gaming

Gambit Gaming subsequently sold its spot in the LCS to Team Vitality, and FORG1VEN received offers from other LCS teams before joining H2k-Gaming.[2] On 25 February 2016, Tzortziou announced that he would miss the remainder of the 2016 Spring EU LCS split, for which H2k was then in a tie for first, as well as the 2016 Summer EU LCS and the 2016 World Championship in order to fulfill Greek military service requirements.[11][12][13] However, after talks with the Greek government, on March 3 H2k announced that FORG1VEN had been given a temporary service deferment.[13]

According to former H2k teammate Jankos, even though FORG1VEN was a skilled player with good mechanics, he took losses against teams with players he considered inferior, such as Rekkles and negatively impacted the squad's teamwork by blaming his teammates.[14] In April 2016, FORG1VEN left H2k.[2] He initially said that he would not play the upcoming summer split, and planned to return in the 2017 Spring EU split.[15]

Origen

FORG1VEN joined Origen in May 2016 for that year's Summer EU LCS, but his individualistic, communication-heavy playstyle clashed with fellow star player Glenn "Hybrid" Doornenbal's team-oriented style, which led to poor results for Origen in the first week.[16][17] On June 7, FORG1VEN announced that he was planning to stop playing League of Legends because of a lack of motivation and a preference for playing Overwatch.[18][19] He characterized his experience with Origen management as a "breach of trust".[8] On 8 June 2016, FORG1VEN was removed from the Origen active roster, and inability to find a replacement for FORG1VEN prompted team owner and former player XPeke to step into his role.[17][20]

Return to H2k-Gaming

In July 2016, FORG1VEN returned to H2k-Gaming as a substitute.[8] He made the starting roster for the final week of the season due to Aleš "Freeze" Kněžínek's wrist injury.

FORG1VEN played for H2k-Gaming at the 2016 League of Legends World Championship, and was one of the top players at the tournament.[21] They were placed in Group C and took 1st place after defeating Chinese champions Edward Gaming in a tiebreaker, qualifying to the quarterfinals.[22] At the quarterfinals, they swept Albus NoX Luna, the LoL Continental League champions, 3 - 0.[23] The team was eliminated by Samsung Galaxy 3–0 in the semifinals.[24]

Return to Different Dimension

On 31 March 2017, Different Dimension announced the return of FORG1VEN as their Marksman.[25] They participated in the LoL Greek Championship Season 2, finishing 4th in the regular season with 10 wins and 4 losses, qualifying for the playoffs.[26] There, they beat Team Arsenal 3–0 in the quarterfinals, lost to eventual champions Greek Regenesis 3–1 in the semifinals, and lost to defending champions Instinct Esports 2–0 in the third place match, finishing 4th overall.[27]

During FORG1VEN's stint, the team also participated in the ESL South East Europe Championship Season 5. After sweeping the group stage by winning all 5 games, they qualified to the LAN finals in Bulgaria. There, 2 consecutive 2-0 sweeps, first against Serbian team Instinct eSports in the semifinals and then again against Bulgarian team GPlay.bg in the final, crowned Different Dimension as the winners, without losing a single game.[28]

WLGaming

Shortly after the end of LoL Greek Championship Season 2, WLGaming announced FORG1VEN as part of their roster for the GameAthlon 4 LAN tournament.[29] They won the tournament, defeating Panathinaikos eSports 2–1 in the final.

Return to Origen

FORG1VEN rejoined Origen to participate in the newly founded EU Masters competition in 2018. Despite losing their first game in the tournament, Origen recovered and were crowned champions after sweeping IlluminaR Gaming 3–0 at the grand final in Leicester.[30]

Schalke 04

On 9 November 2019, he became the starting AD Carry of Schalke 04 for 2020[31] after completing his mandatory military service in Greece in April 2019.[32]

Tournament results

Copenhagen Wolves

Different Dimension

  • 3rd — ESL Euro Series 2014 Spring
  • 1st — Riot Greek Legends 2014
  • 1st — ESL South East Europe Championship Season 5

SK Gaming

Gambit Gaming

H2k Gaming

Origen

  •  ? - 2016 Summer EU LCS (left after first week of season)
  • 1st - 2018 European Masters Spring

Intrepid Fox Gaming

References

  1. ↑ Lupasco, Cristian (21 October 2020). "FORG1VEN is looking for opportunities to join a new League team for the upcoming year". Dot Esports. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Wolf, Jacob (22 April 2016). "Sources: Forg1ven to part ways with H2k Gaming". ESPN. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Forg1ven will stay in the LCS after military service temporarily deferred". The Daily Dot. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Forg1ven receives Spring 2015 MVP BY FAR Award and talks about his future with SK | S5 EU LCS". YouTube. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "#freeforg1ven ama (Greek)". 20 January 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2021. Subject identifies as Reddit user FORG1VENx247 in this Tweet.
  6. ↑ "GREECE'S ROSTER FOR CB NC XV". 18 January 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Lingle, Samuel (21 July 2015). "FORG1VEN suspended 4 games for toxicity, putting Gambit Gaming season on the ropes". Daily Dot. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 Leslie, Callum (12 July 2016). "FORG1VEN rejoins H2k-Gaming as a backup for Freeze". Daily Dot. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  9. ↑ Rosen, Daniel (1 August 2015). "Diamondprox on the Summer split and FORG1VEN's ban". thescoreesports.com. theScore Inc. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  10. ↑ Fischer, Annabelle (24 August 2015). "P1noy replaces FORG1VEN in the EU Promotion Tournament". thescoreesports.com. theScore Inc. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  11. ↑ Asarch, Stephen (25 February 2016). "H2K's Forgiven Leaves EU LCS To Join Greek Army". www.idigitaltimes.com. IBT Media. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  12. ↑ Rosen, Daniel (25 February 2016). "FORG1VEN conscripted into Greek military, says service begins in March". thescoreesports.com. theScore Inc. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  13. 1 2 Volk, Pete (3 March 2016). "Top League of Legends pro given temporary military deferment after selection by Greek army". SBNation.com. SB Nation. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  14. ↑ Chouadria, Adel (11 June 2016). "H2k's Jankos: 'It offended [FORG1VEN] that he was losing to Rekkles and to Niels'". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  15. ↑ Cocke, Taylor (2 May 2016). "FORG1VEN to skip 2016 EU LCS summer split". esports.yahoo.com. Yahoo!. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  16. ↑ Cocke, Taylor (18 May 2016). "Origen picks up FORG1VEN, Hybrid". esports.yahoo.com. Yahoo!. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  17. 1 2 Chouadria, Adel (9 June 2016). "Balancing Act: xPeke on being an owner and a player". ESPN.com. ESPN. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  18. ↑ Gonçalves, Por Aníbal (9 June 2016). "Esports - Jogador troca League of Legends por Overwatch". IGN Portugal. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  19. ↑ Lee, Julia (8 June 2016). "Forg1ven steps down due to 'lack of motivation', playing too much Overwatch". Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  20. ↑ von Christian, Mittwegg (8 June 2016). "LoL: Origen schickt FORG1VEN auf die Bank". esport.kicker.de. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  21. ↑ Erzberger, Tyler (22 October 2016). "Rising up: The story of SSG vs. H2k". ESPN.com. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  22. ↑ Taylor, Josh (9 October 2016). "Worlds 2016: H2K Dominate EDG For First Seed". dotesports. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  23. ↑ Erzberger, Tyler (17 October 2016). "H2k decisively sweeps Albus NoX Luna in quarterfinals". ESPN.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  24. ↑ Perez, Matt. "'League Of Legends' Worlds 2016 -- Samsung Galaxy Sweeps H2K To Secure Their Spot In The Finals". Forbes. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  25. ↑ "Different Dimension eSports on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 27 April 2022.
  26. ↑ "LGC Season 2". Play.toornament.com.
  27. ↑ "LGC Season 2". Play.toornament.com.
  28. ↑ "ESL SEC Season 5 official VOD". Twitch.tv.
  29. ↑ "WLGaming on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 27 April 2022.
  30. ↑ Li, Xing (29 April 2018). "Origen sweep IlluminaR to win the EU Masters". Dotesports.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  31. ↑ "THE KING IS BACK. So excited to finally unveil the return of @FORG1VENGRE as our starting AD in 2020". Twitter.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  32. ↑ Binkowski, Justin (1 April 2019). "FORG1VEN set to return to competing after completing mandatory military service". Dotesports.com. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
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