Hi I'm Gosu signed for CLG - bigger than you think

If you checked Reddits league of legends subreddit today, you would see that the post at the top said that "hi I'm Gosu joins CLG". 

This received an immense amount of attention, and the thread currently sits at about 1200 comments and almost 2500 upvotes. For those of you who don't know who he is, I'll give a brief explanation below, as well as going deeper into why this could be considered to be more of a PR - move for the CLG.

Hi im Gosu is a very famous Canadian streamer, who streams on a regular basis and plays marksman. He's well known for his Vayne mechanics and montages.


The man himself resides in the Challenger bracket, and climbs steadily. Little is however known about him, some people arguing that he is actually Doublelift from CLG, since he does not stream with camera, nor does he have voicechat. This has lead to the famous comment that you will repeatedly see in Twitch chat saying "gosu grill???", where as grill is a misspelling of girl - since noone knows his gender, he may be Doublelift, but could just as well be a girl, or a grill (sorry). Gosu definitely can be considered one of the best Challenger bracket marksmans in the NA scene, and can probably rival some over in EU as well. However, he has not been picked up by any challenger/LCS teams, most likely to him not wanting to, since he earns share fare just through streaming (regulary has about 25 000 people watching his stream).

So, why did CLG sub someone who doesn't even want to play for them? Well, there are two reasons. One, CLG will earn a lot of money through having Gosu streaming for their brand, since some of the profits gained goes directly to the company obviously, and having such a popular streamer definitely gives the organisation more attention. However, there is one more thing. Doublelift has been rumoured to be quitting the professional LoL E -sports scene in case CLG fails to qualify for this year's worlds. With more teams than ever actually being able to contend for the top 3 spots in NA, we see that this could actually happen. Not hating on CLG - I definitely believe in them and I hope their sejour to South Korea helped them a lot, but they looked really week during the last two weeks of LCS, and they need improved performance to take on Curse. So, in case Doublelift does decide to quit the professional E -sports scene, CLG definitely has a valid replacement with Gosu. If Gosu does decide to join - it's still up to him. Or her.


I do not claim ownership for any of Gosu's videos. Everything produced in his video should be credited to him solely.