Royal Never Give Up

Royal Club started off the year with their participation in the G-League 2012 Season 2, finished at 3-4th place after losing against Team WE 1–3.[8] They then attended GIGABYTE StarsWar League/Season 2 in March but were eliminated in the Group Stage.[8] In June, Royal Club finished 5th in 2013 LPL Spring, went 15–13 in the Group Stage and did not qualify for playoffs.[8]

At the S3 Championship, Royal Club would be a dark horse team in the quarterfinals as they were not well known outside the Asian scene, and Worlds was their first major tournament in North America.[8] Their first match would be against a team they were exceptionally familiar with from the Chinese league, OMG.[8]

On May 18, 2014, the owner of Royal Club announced he was stepping down as CEO of the team and giving ownership over to Li Yande (eNO), where the team would be re-branded as Star Horn and take Royal Club's place for the LPL Summer Season.[9]

The roster at the time consisted of Yao, Kmi, Lucky, Nct, Uzi, Bao, LeY, Rui, YS. May 28, LaoPi, corn, and Cola join.[10] May 31, inSec and Zero join.[11] December 6, ackerman joins.[12] December 11, Uzi leaves.[13]

Royal Club beat LPL team OMG 3–2 in the semi-finals.[14] Royal Club reached the finals of the 2014 League of Legends World Championship and lost to Samsung Galaxy White 3–1.[15]

By gaining a champion and a runner-up in spring and summer, RNG won the qualification to participate in 2016 World Championship.[16]

2017 League of Legends World Championship match at the Wuhan Gymnasium between RNG and 1907 Fenerbahçe

In the 2017 LPL Spring Season, RNG was placed in the Group A and won first place. In the 2017 LPL Spring Playoffs, RNG defeated EDG in semifinals with a score of 3:1.[17] However, they were beaten by WE in finals with a score of 0:3.[18] They lost the ticket to 2017 Mid-Season Invitational.

In June, RNG won the championship of Demacia Cup Summer 2017 Playoffs in Changsha.[19] In the 2017 LPL Summer Season, RNG got first place in the Group B. In July, RNG also helped LPL get its first championship of Rift Rivals.[20] In the 2017 LPL Summer Playoffs, RNG defeated WE with a score of 3:2 in semifinals.[21] Then they were defeated again in finals by EDG with a score of 2:3.[22]

Although RNG got two runner-ups in spring and summer season, they gained enough points and got the ticket to 2017 World Championship. RNG was placed in Group C and won the first place in the group stage.[23] During their quarterfinals, they beaten FNC with a score of 3:1.[24] However, RNG was once again beaten by SKT in semifinals.[25] They eventually got 3–4th place in 2017 World Championship.

In the 2018 LPL Spring Season, RNG got 3rd place in the East Region. In the 2018 LPL Spring Playoffs, RNG defeated WE in two rounds.[26] They then defeated IG in semifinals and won against EDG in finals.[27][4] RNG won the championship of 2018 LPL Spring Playoffs and got the ticket to 2018 Mid-Season Invitational. In 2018 Mid-Season Invitational, the team won the 1st place in the group stage.[28] During the 1st place tiebreaker, RNG defeated KZ from LCK with a score of 3:1.[29]

In June, RNG won the championship of Demacia Cup Summer 2018 Playoffs in Zhuhai.[30] In the 2018 LPL Summer Season, RNG placed second in the East Region. In July, RNG helped LPL get the championship of 2018 Rift Rivals.[31] In the 2018 LPL Summer Playoffs, RNG defeated TOP with a score of 3:1.[32] They then defeated RW in semifinals and won against IG again with a score of 3:2 in finals.[33][5]

After summer season, RNG had won enough points to get the ticket to 2018 World Championship. In 2018 World Championship, RNG was placed in Group B. They got first place in the group stage.[34] In the knockout stage, RNG lost the quarterfinals when they encountered with G2.[35]