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Aurora Gaming
Aurora Gaming, or simply Aurora (stylized in all caps), is a Serbian esports organization. Founded in 2022, the org currently fields professional rosters in '' Apex Legends'', ''Counter-Strike 2'' (''CS2''), ''Dota 2,'' and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang competitions. Founding and sponsor Aurora Gaming was founded in 2022 in Serbia. Their main sponsor/partner is 1xBet. In November 2023, their ''CS2'' roster appeared in an ad campaign with Russian adult film actress Eva Elfie; the ad received criticism, with some fans calling it "misogynistic". 1xBet is one of both Aurora's and Elfie's main sponsors. History in ''Apex Legends'' A Serbian org, Aurora competes in the EMEA region for the ''Apex Legends'' Global Series (ALGS) competition. ALGS Year 3 Aurora played with an all-Russian squad to being the 2022–23 (ALGS Year 3) season, with the players previously completing on Team Empire roster, from which they were dropped when Team Empire left competitive ''Apex'' in August 2022. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1xBet
Corp N.V. (also known as "1xBet") is an online gambling company licensed by Curaçao eGaming License. It was founded in 2007 and registered in Cyprus. In 2019, they experienced considerable growth, briefly sponsoring Chelsea FC and Liverpool FC before being ousted for their involvement in illegal activities. Initially a Russian Casino, it expanded its online presence in 2014 by partnering with 'BookmakerPub'. It maintains operations in Malta, Cyprus and Abuja. As of January 2023, 1xBet no longer appears to be located in Curaçao after being declared bankrupt, following a lawsuit against the company and its licensor. The website continues to operate online, and has since relocated to Nigeria. Controversies Following an investigation by ''The Sunday Times'' in 2019, 1xBet's license was rescinded by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) after revelations of involvement "promoting a "pornhub casino", bets on children's sports and advertising on illegal websites." Despite legal i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zer0 (gamer)
Rhys Perry, better known by his online alias and gaming handle Zer0, is an Australian professional '' Apex Legends'' player currently playing for Team Falcons. From Brisbane, Zer0 played professional ''Apex'' for DarkZero from 2022 to 2024 as their In-Game Leader (IGL), before moving to Team Falcons. Competing in the ''Apex Legends'' Global Series (ALGS), Zer0 is a three-time LAN winner, including winning the 2022 ALGS Championship. ''Apex Legends'' career Early career and Reignite In 2020, Zer0 played for EXO Clan, a British esports organization. With EXO, he won the Oceanic qualifier in 2021. After some time as a free agent, Zer0 was signed to the Reignite South, a Japanese organization, on 11 January 2021. The team would eventually be renamed Reignite after their Reignite North team was disbanded. Under the Reignite banner, Zer0 played alongside fellow Australians Rick "Sharky" Wirth and Noyan "Genburten" Ozkose. The trio played in the APAC South region. They would wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dota Teams
''Dota'' is a series of strategy video games by Valve. The series began in 2003 with the release of ''Defense of the Ancients'' (''DotA''), a fan-developed multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) mod for the video game '' Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos'' and its expansion, '' The Frozen Throne''. The original mod features gameplay centered around two teams of up to five players who assume control of individual characters called "heroes", which must coordinate to destroy the enemy's central base structure called an "Ancient", to win the game. Ownership and development of ''DotA'' were passed on multiple times since its initial release until Valve hired the mod's lead designer IceFrog and after an ongoing legal dispute with Blizzard Entertainment, the developer of ''Warcraft III'', brokered a deal that allowed for Valve to inherit the trademark to the ''Dota'' name. The first standalone installment in the series, ''Dota 2'', was released by Valve in July 2013. A sequel to ''DotA'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counter-Strike Teams
''Counter-Strike'' (''CS'') is a series of multiplayer tactical first-person shooter video games in which teams of terrorists battle to perpetrate an act of terror (bombing, hostage-taking, assassination) while counter-terrorists try to prevent it (bomb defusal, hostage rescue, escort mission). The series began on Windows in 1999 with the release of the first game, ''Counter-Strike''. It was initially released as a modification ("mod") for ''Half-Life'' that was designed by Minh "Gooseman" Le and Jess "Cliffe" Cliffe before the rights to the mod's intellectual property were acquired by Valve, the developers of ''Half-Life'', who then turned ''Counter-Strike'' into a retail product released in 2000. The original ''Counter-Strike'' was followed by '' Counter-Strike: Condition Zero'', developed by Turtle Rock Studios and released in March 2004. A previous version of ''Condition Zero'' that was developed by Ritual Entertainment was released alongside it as ''Condition Zero: Delete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apex Legends Teams
The apex is the highest point of something. The word may also refer to: Arts and media Fictional entities * Apex (comics), a teenaged super villainess in the Marvel Universe * Ape-X, a super-intelligent ape in the Squadron Supreme universe *Apex, a genetically-engineered human population in the TV series ''The Crossing'' Music * ''Apex'' (album), by Canadian heavy metal band Unleash the Archers * Apex (band), a Polish heavy metal band * Apex (musician) (1981–2017), British drum and bass music producer and DJ * The Apex Theory, the former name of the alternative rock band Mt. Helium *Lord Apex, a rapper from West London, UK Video games * Apex (tournament), a fighting game tournament focusing on ''Super Smash Bros.'' * ''APEX'' (video game), a 2003 video game for the Xbox * Overwatch Apex, a South Korean ''Overwatch'' tournament series * ''Apex Legends'', a 2019 video game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts Other media * ''A.P.E.X.'', a 1994 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parañaque
Parañaque, officially the City of Parañaque ( fil, Lungsod ng Parañaque, ), is a first class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 689,992 people. It is bordered to the north by Pasay, to the northeast by Taguig, to the southeast by Muntinlupa, to the southwest by Las Piñas, and to the west by Manila Bay. Like the rest of Metro Manila, Parañaque experiences a tropical climate with only two distinct seasons, wet (July to September) and dry (October to June). The city enjoys an annual rainfall of and an average daily maximum temperature of . Parañaque is the home of the PAGCOR Entertainment City, a gaming and entertainment complex under development by the state owned Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation spanning an area of in Bay City, Metro Manila, Bay City, where four large integrated resorts are based namely Solaire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aseana City
Aseana City (also known as Aseana Business Park) is a mixed-use central business district development located in Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines. Owned and developed by D.M. Wenceslao & Associates (DMWAI) through Aseana Holdings, it is situated in the centermost portion of the Central Business Park (alongside PAGCOR's Entertainment City) between the SM business complex in the north and Asiaworld in the south within the Bay City area. Development DMWAI was awarded by the Philippine Reclamation Authority to occupy the CBP I-B and C lots as the Aseana Business Park. The project began in 2008. The development occupies Neo-Chinatown, Aseana 1-3 Office Buildings, Singapore School Manila, The King's School, Manila, Ayala Malls Manila Bay, and the Passport Center of the Department of Foreign Affairs. City of Dreams Manila, one of Entertainment City's integrated resort and casinos, is also situated. Other places located in Aseana City are the Aseana Power Station, Aseana Sq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MPL Philippines
''Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League Philippines'' (MPL-PH) is a professional Esports league for the game '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'' in the Philippines. MPL Philippines is the direct route of qualified teams to both the ''Mobile Legends World Championships'' and '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup''. MPL Philippines currently follows a franchise-based system, wherein eight teams are currently competing as and officially removing local team qualifiers, previously evident during MPL Philippines Season 7. Established in 2018, there have been six teams that have won the championship title of MPL Philippines, with two teams being back-to-back champions in Sunsparks and Blacklist International. Three of the eight teams from MPL-PH have as well won the Mobile Legends World Championship title: Bren Esports, Blacklist International. and recently crowned ECHO Philippines. MPL Philippines has a "split" season system wherein a year is split into two seasons MPL Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multiplayer Online Battle Arena
Multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) is a subgenre of strategy video games in which two teams of players compete against each other on a predefined battlefield. Each player controls a single character with a set of distinctive abilities that improve over the course of a game and which contribute to the team's overall strategy. The typical ultimate objective is for each team to destroy their opponents' main structure, located at the opposite corner of the battlefield. In some MOBA games, the objective can be defeating every player on the enemy team. Players are assisted by computer-controlled units that periodically spawn in groups and march forward along set paths toward their enemy's base, which is heavily guarded by defensive structures. This type of multiplayer online video games originated as a subgenre of real-time strategy, though MOBA players usually do not construct buildings or units. Moreover, there are examples of MOBA games that are not considered real-time strategy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talon Esports
Talon Esports is a professional esports organisation based in Hong Kong with teams competing across the Asia Pacific. Its ''League of Legends'' team is known as PSG Talon due to its partnership with PSG Esports, and competes in the Pacific Championship Series, the top-level league for the game in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia. ''League of Legends'' History Riot Games announced on 19 December 2019 that Talon Esports would be one of ten teams participating in the newly created Pacific Championship Series. Talon Esports' inaugural roster consisted of top laner Su "Hanabi" Chia-hsiang, jungler Kim "River" Dong-woo, mid laner Kim "Candy" Seung-ju, bot laner Wong "Unified" Chun-kit, and support Ling "Kaiwing" Kai-wing. Talon Esports finished third in the 2020 PCS Spring regular season, qualifying for the first round of playoffs in the winners' bracket. After winning three series and losing one, Talon Esports reached the finals where they faced off against Machi E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABP News
ABP News is an Indian Hindi-language free-to-air television news channel owned by ABP Group. The news channel was launched in 1998 originally as STAR News before being acquired by ABP Group. It won the Best Hindi News Channel award in the 21st edition of the Indian Television Academy Awards in 2022. The channel has been accused by protestors for being partial and supporting the ideology of the ruling government. History ABP News was launched as STAR News on 18 February 1998 by satellite television provider Star India (Disney Star) in partnership with the NDTV media company, with the latter producing the channel's programming. Initially, a bilingual channel broadcasting in both English and Hindi, its programming turned Hindi-only since 2003, when Star's deal with NDTV expired. In that same year, the Indian government introduced a guideline limiting foreign equity in the national news business to 26%. As Star India was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-based company Sate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
