RRQ (esports)

Rex Regum Qeon

Short name	RRQ
Divisions	Mobile Legends: Bang Bang PUBG Mobile Free Fire Valorant Honor of Kings
Founded	October 2013; 11 years ago (2013-10)
Based in	Jakarta, Indonesia
Location	Southeast Asia Brazil
Colors	Black   White
Owner	Bombom alief Riki K. Suliawan Calvin V. Thenderan
Official fan club	RRQ Kingdom
Partners	Asus ROG Ayana Biznet Pop Mie Sukro XXI Xiaomi Haus! Indonesia Zilliqa 3second Booga Booga Samsung Galaxy
Website	teamrrq.com

Rex Regum Qeon (RRQ) is an esports organization based in Indonesia. The organization competes in professional tournaments in the sports: Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, PUBG Mobile, Free Fire, Valorant, and Honor of Kings.

RRQ was ranked as the third most popular esports organization team in the world in 2020. In a report released by Shareable titled "The State of Social Media 2020", the team's fan activity on social media throughout 2020 had reached 26.5 million activities.^[1]

About

History

Rex Regum Qeon (RRQ) was founded in October 2013 by Adrian Pauline, the CEO of RRQ, and Riki K. Suliawan, founder of RRQ. Began as a gaming hobby of both founders, their interest in Dota 2 championship eventually made its way into the formation of the organization.^[2]

From 2013 to 2017, RRQ had only one division team, which was Dota 2. Adrian Pauline stated that, in the beginning, the organization was only run as a hobby and side job, and wasn't focused on their business. In 2014, Esports gained popularity growth, Andrian Pauline, who was originally a Product Director at QEON Interactive, resigned from the office and shifted his focus to the team, since then RRQ started to focus on their businesses. In 2017, RRQ had recruited another three new esports divisions, the new divisions are RRQ Endeavour in Point Blank, RRQ2 in Mobile Legends, and one division team in PUBG that were relatively short serving period.^[3][2] At the end of 2019, Adrian Pauline decided to move RRQ Endeavor to the Call of Duty Mobile division from Point Blank.^[3]

RRQ had expanded its international branches to Japan, Thailand, and Malaysia.^[2] Today, the only remaining international branch of RRQ is Thailand.^[3]

In February 2019, the organization had previously signed a partnership with a European football club, Paris Saint-Germain F.C. (PSG), It was announced in a Press Conference held at The Dharmawangsa Hotel, Jakarta. Through its esports division, PSG esports had officially collaborated with Team RRQ for the 3rd Season of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League Indonesia on 16 February 2019.^[4] Their partnership had ended in July 2019.^[5]

In 2020, RRQ is ranked third as the most popular esport organization in the world in terms of activity on social media. A report released by Shareable, a data monitoring company based in New York. In a report titled "The State of Social Media 2020", RRQ's fan activity on social media throughout 2020 was 26.5 million activities. This number is only behind Faze Clan with 142.9 million activities and G2 Esports with 38.1 million activities.^[1][6]

Salary

Adrian Pauline, CEO of RRQ, during an interview with Kompas TV in 2021, stated that his esports organization paid team players a monthly income, roughly around 1 to 3 million Rupiahs per months.^[2]

Expansion

After concluding in the MLBB M3 World Championship, Brazilian representatives Keyd Stars' roster disbanded. This was later confirmed by one of its roster members. However, during the eve of the ninth season of MPL Indonesia, RRQ announced their expansion to MPL Brazil, to form RRQ Akira. The roster mainly comprised most of the players of Keyd Stars.^[7]

Brand Ambassadors

Since 2021, RRQ has three Brand Ambassadors. The chosen brand ambassador must be at least well known and is certainly familiar with the world of esports (i.e. former brand ambassador of any esports team).^[8]

The Brand Ambassadors are, as described below.^[8][9]

Windah Basudara

Windah Basudara is an Indonesian YouTuber, known for his gameplay live streams on YouTube. He was appointed as the Brand Ambassador of RRQ on 8 June 2021, which was announced on RRQ's Instagram account.^[10]

Mega Dwi Cahyani

Mega Dwi Cahyani (born, Purwodadi, 1 September 1999.), professionally known under the nickname Cahyaniryn, is an Indonesian YouTuber and Tiktoker known for her PUBG gameplay content. She received an award of the Popular Creator of The Year in the 2020 TikTok Awards Indonesia. She was appointed as the Brand Ambassador of RRQ on 23 October 2021.^[11]

Syalma Nabillah

Syalma Nabillah Ulayya (born Bandung, 2001) is an Indonesian Tiktoker, she was appointed as the Brand Ambassador of RRQ on 8 December 2021.^[12]

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

Season by season performance

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League Results

RRQ Hoshi														Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid Season Cup	ONE Esports Invitational	Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship
Year	Season	League	GP	W	D	L	MW	ML	W-L%	MW-ML%	Finish	Playoffs
2018	Season 1	MPL–ID	9	7	2	0	16	2	.778	.889	1st Seed	2nd Runner Up; 0–2 Team NXL		2nd Runner Up; 0–2 Aerowolf Roxy	Not held	Not held
	Season 2	MPL–ID	9	7	–	2	16	6	.778	.727	3rd Seed	Grand Champions; 3–0 EVOS Esports
2019	Season 3	MPL–ID	11	6	–	5	15	12	.545	.556	5th Seed	7th–8th; 1-2 Bigetron Sons		Did not qualify		Runner-Up; 3–4 EVOS Legends
	Season 4	MPL–ID	14	10	–	4	22	13	.714	.629	2nd Seed	Runner-Up; 1–3; EVOS Legends
2020	Season 5	MPL–ID	14	11	–	3	22	8	.786	.733	1st Seed	Grand Champions; 3–2 EVOS Legends		Cancelled due to the Covid–19 Pandemic	Grand Champions; 3-0 Resurgence	2nd Runner-Up; 1-3 Bren Esports
	Season 6	MPL–ID	14	10	–	4	22	11	.714	.667	2nd Seed	Grand Champions; 3–2 Alter Ego			5th–8th Place; 0-2 Alter Ego
2021	Season 7	MPL–ID	14	9	–	5	22	14	.643	.611	3rd Seed	5th–6th Place; 1–2 Aerowolf		Did not qualify	3rd–4th Place; 1–2 Blacklist Int.	4th–5th Place; 0–3 Blacklist Int.
	Season 8	MPL–ID	14	10	–	4	22	9	.714	.710	2nd Seed	Runner-Up; 3–4 ONIC Esports
2022	Season 9	MPL–ID	14	12	–	2	25	8	.857	.758	1st Seed	Grand Champions; 4–1 ONIC Esports		Runner-Up; 0– RSG Philippines	13th–20th Place; 1–2 Geek Fam ID	2nd Runner-Up; 1–3 ECHO
	Season 10	MPL–ID	14	9	–	5	18	14	.643	.563	2nd Seed	Runner-Up; 1–4 ONIC Esports
2023	Season 11	MPL–ID	14	9	–	5	22	15	.643	.595	2nd Seed	3rd Runner-Up; 2–3 EVOS Legends		Did not qualify	9th–12th; Group Stage Finish	Did not qualify
	Season 12	MPL–ID	16	11	–	5	24	16	.688	.600	2nd Seed	3rd Runner-Up; 0–3 Bigetron Alpha
2024	Season 13	MPL–ID	16	7	–	9	18	22	.438	.450	6th Seed	5th–6th Place; 2–3 Geek Fam ID			Defunct	5th–6th; 1–3 Selangor Red Giants
	Season 14	MPL–ID	16	13	–	3	28	11	.813	.718	1st Seed	Runner-Up; 3–4 Team Liquid ID
RRQ Akira														Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid Season Cup	ONE Esports Invitational	Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship
Year	Season	League	GP	W	D	L	MW	ML	W-L%	MW-ML%	Finish	Playoffs
2022	Season 2	MPL–BRA	7	6	–	1	12	3	.857	.800	2nd Seed	Grand Champions; 4–0 DreamMax		Region Not Competing ^2	Region Not Competing ^3	7th–8th Place; 1–3 The Valley
		Liga LATAM	3	3	–	0	3	0	1.000	1.000	2nd Seed	Grand Champions; 4–1 Malvinas Gaming
2023	Season 3	MPL–BRA	14	14	–	0	28	2	1.000	.933	1st Seed	Grand Champions; 4–1 DreamMax				13th–16th Place; Group Stage
	Season 4		7	7	–	0	14	0	1.000	1.000	1st Seed	Grand Champions; 4-0 Bigetron Sons
	Season 3	Liga LATAM	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Upper Bracket Quarterfinals Berth	Grand Champions; 4–0 Bigetron Sons
2024	Season 5	MPL–BRA	7	6	–	1	13	2	.857	.867	1st Seed	Grand Champions; 4-1 Bigetron Sons		13th-16th; Group Stage Finish	Defunct	Wild card group stage; 2–1
	Season 1	MPL–LATAM^1	7	6	1	0	–	–	.857	–	1st Seed	Grand Champions; 4-2 Entity7
	Season 2	MPL-LATAM	3	3	-	0	6	1	1.000	.857	1st Seed	First Runner Up; 0-4 Entity7

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Development League

Year	RRQ Sena
	Season	League	GP	W	L	MW	ML	W-L%	MW-ML%	Finish	Playoffs
2020	Season 1	MDL–ID	11	5	6	11	13	.455	.458	6th Seed	5th-8th Place; 0–2 Victim Esports
	Season 2	MDL–ID	10	9	1	19	6	.900	.760	1st Seed	Runner-Up; 1–3 Siren Clan
2021	Season 3	MDL–ID	13	8	5	19	13	.615	.594	5th Seed	7th-8th Place; 1–2 KINGS Esports
	Season 4	MDL–ID	13	6	7	17	17	.462	.500	7th Seed	5th-6th Place; 0–2 AURA Esports
2022	Season 5	MDL–ID	13	7	6	16	14	.538	.533	7th Seed	9th-10th Place; 1–2 Rebellion Sinai
	Season 6	MDL–ID	13	10	3	21	12	.769	.636	3rd Seed	4th-5th Place; 1–2 Bigetron Beta
2023	Season 7	MDL–ID	15	10	5	24	15	.667	.615	3rd Seed; Affiliated Conference	5th-8th Place; 1–3 EVOS Icon
	Season 8	MDL–ID	16	12	4	27	12	.750	.692	3rd Seed; Affiliated Conference	Runner-Up; 2–4 Bossque
2024	Season 9	MDL–ID	3	1	2	4	4	.333	.500	3rd Seed; Group B	Runner-Up; 3–4 Geek Fam ID Jr
	Season 10	MDL–ID	7	4	4	13	13	.500	.500	3rd Seed; Group B (4th Swiss Round)	Grand Champions; 4–2 Bigetron Beta
Year	RRQ Kaito
	Season	League	GP	W	L	MW	ML	W-L%	MW-ML%	Finish	Playoffs
2023	Season 2	MDL–PH	11	5	6	13	14	.455	.481	9th Seed	Did not qualify for the playoffs
2024	Season 3	MDL–PH	9	9	0	18	3	1.000	.857	1st Seed	Grand Champions; 3–2 ECHO Proud
	Season 4	MDL–PH	11	8	3	19	7	.727	.731	3rd Seed	First Runner Up; 3-4 Lazy Esports

Honours

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Indonesia RRQ.O2 / RRQ Hoshi
Tournament	Champions	Runners-Up	Finals	Season Won	Season Runners-Up	Best Results
MPL Indonesia	4	4	8	S2, S5, S6, S9	S4, S8, S10, S14	Champions
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid Season Cup	0	1	1	-	MSC 2022	Runners-Up
M World Championship	0	1	1	-	M1	Runners-Up
MPL Invitational (Defunct)	1	0	1	MPLI 2020 S1	-	Champions
Brazil RRQ Akira (Disbanded)
Tournament	Champions	Runners-Up	Finals	Season Won	Season Runners-Up	Best Results
MPL Brazil (Defunct)	4	0	4	S2, S3, S4, S5	-	Champions
Liga LATAM (Defunct)	2	0	2	S2, S3	-	Champions
MPL-LATAM	1	1	2	S1	S2	Champions
Indonesia RRQ Sena
Tournament	Champions	Runners-Up	Finals	Season Won	Season Runners-Up	Best Results
MDL Indonesia	1	3	4	S10	S2, S8, S9	Champions
Philippines RRQ Kaito
Tournament	Champions	Runners-Up	Finals	Season Won	Season Runners-Up	Best Results
MDL Philippines	1	1	2	S3	S4	Champions

Notes

1. ^ All tournaments in South America will be played in under one tournament named MPL–LATAM, the direct successor to MPL Brazil and Liga LATAM.

2. ^ Previously known as the Southeast Asia Cup with selected regions only participating in the said event. In 2024, it was rebranded to the Mid Season Cup making the first iteration of the tournament South America's first appearance.

3. ^ Only Southeast Asian teams competed in the ONE Esports MPL Invitational from 2020 to 2023.

Reference:^[13]

Rosters

RRQ rosters
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Hoshi Handle Name Nationality Dyrennn Rendy Syahputra Indonesia Idok Said Ali Ridho Indonesia Rinz Hajirin Arafat M.J Indonesia Sutsujin Arthur Christopher Sunarkho Indonesia Hazle Muhammad Praba Balakosa Indonesia Skylar Schevenko David Tendean Indonesia	Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Sena Handle Name Nationality Donn Ramadhoni Indonesia TOYy Muhammad Rizky Indonesia IYanZz Ryan Nugraha Tarigan Indonesia Chenn Arron Fernaus Indonesia Danielsa Daniel Topati LBN Toruan Indonesia Kaeya M.Zaky Dwi Prayoga Indonesia Rexlona Prayoga Naufal Agustiansyah Indonesia	Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Kaito Handle Name Nationality Minguin Carl Edriel Gallantes Philippines Ferdz Edferdz P. Fernandez Philippines Dai Ki Kim G. Sebanes Philippines Kenji Kenneth Jiane S. Villa Philippines DENJIRO Gabriel Guinto Philippines Cy Cymond Torres Philippines xNova Denniel Denison Gomez Philippines Kelvin Kelvin Chen Philippines
Free Fire Kazu Handle Name Nationality Dutzz Wira Gunawan Indonesia Abay Aby Siliwangi Jaya KUsuma Indonesia Legaeloth Richard William Manurung Indonesia Razor Shahin Taskhir Indonesia MaaL Abdullah Kamal Hasibuan Indonesia C1benk Michael Evansa Indonesia	Pubg Mobile RYU Handle Name Nationality Nerpehko Yoga Malik Rahman Indonesia NoMercy Fiqri Syachputra Indonesia Snape Muh Fathyn Zilhaq Syah S Indonesia Fanatic David Wijaya Indonesia Asaa Assyah Saputra Indonesia	Valorant Handle Name Nationality xffero David Sean Michael Monangin Indonesia Kush Bryan Carlos Setiawan Indonesia Estrella Park Gun South Korea Jemkin Maksim Batorov Russia Monyet Cahya Nugraha Indonesia
Valorant Academy Handle Name Nationality 6ixkey Muhammad Nabil Rudi Indonesia naTz Jonathan Adiputra Indonesia Splash Moses Christophe Indonesia woody Lingardi Putra Indonesia zhar Rayhan Filardhi Azhar Indonesia	Honor of Kings Handle Name Nationality BAI Peh Ding Qian Malaysia
Legend: (I) Inactive (S) Suspended (L) On loan (2W) Two-way player Substitute Injury / Illness

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Team NXL EVOS Legends Themselves ONIC Esports	MPL Indonesia champions 2018 - Season 2 2020 - Season 5 2020 - Season 6 2022 - Season 9	Succeeded by ONIC Esports Themselves EVOS Legends ONIC Esports
Preceded by RED Canids Themselves Themselves Themselves	MPL Brazil champions 2022 - Season 2 2023 - Season 3 2023 - Season 4 2024 - Season 5	Succeeded by Themselves Themselves Themselves defunct
Preceded by RED Canids Themselves	Liga LATAM champions 2022 - Season 2 2023 - Season 3	Succeeded by Themselves defunct
Preceded by -	MPL LATAM champions 2024 - Season 1	Succeeded by Maycam Evolve
Preceded by Geek Fam ID Jr	MDL Indonesia champions 2024 - Season 10	Succeeded by -
Preceded by ECHO Proud	MDL Philippines champions 2024 - Season 3	Succeeded by Lazy Esports

References

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2. "Begini Sejarah Tim RRQ di dunia Esport". Kompas TV. Kompas. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
3. "Sejarah RRQ: Bagaimana Hobi dan Passion Bisa Melahirkan "The King"". ggwp.id. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
4. "KOLABORASI SANG JUARA: PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (PSG) ESPORTS BEKERJASAMA DENGAN TIM REX REGUM QEON (TEAM RRQ) DARI INDONESIA". RRQ. Rex Regum Qeon. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
5. "RRQ dan PSG Esports Resmi Putus Kerja Sama di Game Mobile Legends". Kumparan. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
6. "RRQ duduki peringkat tiga sebagai tim esports terpopuler di dunia". Antara news. Government of Indonesia. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
7. "RRQ expands to Brazil, forms RRQ Akira for MPL Brazil Season 2 | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
8. "Profil Lengkap 3 Brand Ambassador RRQ". Suara.com. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
9. "Brand Ambassadors". teamrrq. Rex Regum Qeon. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
10. @teamrrq (8 June 2021). "Welcome our new brand ambassador, RRQ Windah" – via Instagram.
11. "TEMANI WINDAH BASUDARA, CAHYANIRYN JADI BRAND AMBASSADOR TERBARU TEAM RRQ". teamrrq. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
12. "RRQ RESMI PERKENALKAN SYALMA NABILLAH ULAYYA SEBAGAI BRAND AMBASSADOR". teamrrq. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
13. "Home – Mobile Legends Development League". id-mdl.com. Retrieved 16 February 2022.