Darshan Upadhyaya
Darshan Upadhyaya, better known mononymously as Darshan and as ZionSpartan, is a Canadian-born American League of Legends player who played professionally from 2012–2023. He is most known for his four and a half year long tenure as Counter Logic Gaming's top laner from November 2014–May 2019, a time during which CLG and ZionSpartan made both the 2015 World Championship and the 2016 World Championship. ZionSpartan and CLG also won the 2015 NALCS Summer Split as well as the 2016 NALCS Spring Split. From the start of his career to November 2015, Upadhyaya played under the screenname ZionSpartan; from November 2015–2019, he played under the screenname Darshan; in 2020 he resumed playing as ZionSpartan; and in 2021 he has returned to Darshan.
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Personal information | |
Name | Darshan Upadhyaya |
Born | November 12, 1994 |
Nationality | Canadian–American |
Career information | |
Game | League of Legends |
Playing career | 2012–2023 |
Role | Top laner |
Team history | |
2012 | Monomaniac eSports |
2012–2013 | Team Dynamic |
2013 | Good Game University |
2013–2014 | Team Coast |
2014 | Team Dignitas |
2015–2019 | Counter Logic Gaming |
2019–2020 | GGS Academy |
2021–2022 | Cloud9 Academy |
2023 | 100 Thieves Challengers |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Darshan was elected the inaugural president of the LCS Players Association in 2018, a loose union-like advocacy organization that represents the interests of contracted players in the LCS, and held that that position until 2022 or 2023.