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ESL One Cologne 2017
ESL One Cologne 2017 was a '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' tournament run by ESL. In July 2017, sixteen teams from around the globe competed in an offline ( LAN) tournament that featured a group stage and playoffs with a 250,000 prize pool. It was the last premier event before the PGL 2017 Krakow Major Championship. In addition, this Cologne event was the first ever Cologne tournament to not host a major as Valve decided to pass over the historic tournament series in favor of the PGL Major. This tournament was also the first tournament of the Intel Grand Slam, which a list of tournaments run by ESL and DreamHack. The first team to win four titles earns an extra $1,000,000. Format ESL invited twelve teams to compete in the tournament. Two teams from Europe, one team from North America, and one team from China competed for the last four spots in three different qualifiers. The group stage was a sixteen team Swiss tournament. The playoffs was an eight team, single elimination be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Global Offensive
''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (''CS:GO'') is a 2012 multiplayer tactical first-person shooter developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment. It is the fourth game in the ''Counter-Strike'' series. Developed for over two years, ''Global Offensive'' was released for OS X, PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360 in August 2012, and for Linux in 2014. Valve still regularly updates the game, both with smaller balancing patches and larger content additions. The game pits two teams, Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists, against each other in different objective-based game modes. The most common game modes involve the Terrorists planting a bomb while Counter-Terrorists attempt to stop them, or Counter-Terrorists attempting to rescue hostages that the Terrorists have captured. There are nine official game modes, all of which have distinct characteristics specific to that mode. The game also has matchmaking support that allows players to play on dedicated Valve servers, in addition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner
Paul "Redeye" Chaloner (born 1971) is a British former esports broadcaster. He has broadcast in dozens of countries including China, United States, Singapore, Australia, Denmark and others on media forms including TV channels, live internet videos, and TV series in the UK. He has also commentated on tournaments on live video streams and internet radio starting in 2002. Redeye has commentated on games including ''Starcraft 2'', ''Quake 3'', ''Quake 4'', ''Quake Champions'', ''Unreal Tournament'', ''Unreal Tournament 2004'', '' Counter-Strike: Source'', ''Call of Duty 2'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''Hearthstone'', ''World of Warcraft'', ''Smite'', ''Dota 2'', ''FIFA'', ''Team Fortress 2'' and ''Project Gotham Racing''. Career Chaloner's career in esports started when he provided commentary for an online ''Quake'' game in 2002. After a brief spell at ClanBase Radio, mainly commentating on ClanBase EuroCup and ClanBase OpenCups, he began commentating on other leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Liquid
Team Liquid is a multi-regional professional esports organization based in the Netherlands that was founded in 2000. With the release of '' StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty'', Team Liquid signed their first professional players. In 2012, Team Liquid acquired a North American ''Dota 2'' team, marking their first venture into multi-genre management. In January 2015, Team Liquid officially merged with Team Curse under the Liquid banner, bringing on Steve Arhancet, his supporting staff, and former Curse ''League of Legends,'' ''Street Fighter'', and '' Super Smash Bros.'' teams. Their European ''Dota 2'' squad won The International 2017, which had one of the largest prize pools for any esports tournament in history. Team Liquid's ''League of Legends'' team has won four LCS titles, and their '' Counter-Strike Global Offensive'' team was awarded the Intel Grand Slam prize in 2019 after winning four tournaments in just 63 days. Team Liquid also has Rainbow Six Siege, Free Fire and Valoran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renegades (eSports)
Renegades is an American professional esports organization. It has teams competing in ''Call of Duty'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''Fortnite'', ''Overwatch'', '' Super Smash Bros.'', ''Rocket League'', ''iRacing'' and ''Valorant''. The organization previously had a ''League of Legends'' team that qualified for the 2016 North American League of Legends Championship Series (LCS), but it was sold to Team EnVyUs after the owners were banned from NA LCS ownership. In September 2016, professional basketball player Jonas Jerebko purchased the rights to the Renegades franchise. Current divisions ''Call of Duty'' On August 30, 2016, Renegades signed the former members of Dream Team known as Ground Zero. KiLLa, Chino, Sender and Diabolic had already qualified for the 2016 Call of Duty World League Championship by earning enough CWL Championship Points from Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the CWL. At the event, the team lost their first two matches in Group D to Epsilon eSports and T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misfits (eSports)
Misfits Gaming is a professional esports organization based in Boca Raton, Florida, with players competing in ''League of Legends'', ''Overwatch'', ''Call of Duty'', and ''Fortnite''. It was founded on 18 May 2016 by Ben Spoont, initially launching as a ''League of Legends'' Challenger Series team. Misfits Gaming's ''League of Legends'' team is based in Berlin, Germany, and competes in the LEC, the highest level of competition in Europe through Riot Games' franchised league. The organization also owns two separate team brands, The Florida Mutineers which competes in the Call of Duty League, the highest level of competitive Call of Duty globally, and the Florida Mayhem, which competes in the Overwatch League, the highest level of competitive Overwatch. The organization previously had a ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' team which dissolved on 14 February 2018. In Fall 2022, it launched a $20 million content creation fund. ''League of Legends'' Misfits Gaming ''League of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counter Logic Gaming
Counter Logic Gaming (CLG) is an American esports organization headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in April 2010 by George "HotshotGG" Georgallidis and Alexander "Vodoo" Beutel as a ''League of Legends'' team, and has since branched out into other games. CLG fields the oldest ''League of Legends'' team still active, having competed in every split of the North American ''League of Legends'' Championship Series (NA LCS) since it began in Spring 2013. CLG has won two NA LCS splits, the 2015 Summer NA LCS and 2016 Spring NA LCS. The team has also attended the 2012, 2015 and 2016 ''League of Legends'' World Championships, and was eliminated in the group stage on each occasion. The organization also fields ''Smite'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (CS:GO), '' Super Smash Bros.'', ''Fortnite'' and ''H1Z1'' teams, and previously included ''Dota 2'', ''Overwatch'', '' Hearthstone'', ''Rocket League'', ''Halo'', ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Soldiers (esports)
Space Soldiers was a Turkish professional esports organization founded in 2014 by Bünyamin Aydın. The organization consisted of a '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' division and a ''FIFA'' division, the former of which also had an academy team. The ''Counter-Strike'' team was created in January 2015. It had minor roster changes in early 2016. The team attended two Major championships, ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 and FACEIT Major: London 2018. They also finished 2nd in WESG 2017. The organization ceased operations on 13 October 2018 after it controversially parted ways with its Counter-Strike team. History In 2014, the organization was founded as Space Gaming A.Ş. by Turkish investor Bünyamin Aydın. ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' Space Soldiers announced its CS:GO team on 17 January 2015, consisting of Emre "e1" Biçer, Ismailcan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş, Cihan "ONLY" Gönek, Tugay "TuGuX" Keskin and Çağatay "DESPE" Sedef. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team EnVyUs
Team Envy was an American esports franchise based in Dallas, Texas, owned by Envy Gaming. Founded in 2007 as a professional ''Call of Duty'' team under the moniker Team EnVyUs, they fielded rosters in ''Counter-Strike, FIFA, Fortnite, Gears of War, Halo, League of Legends, Chess, Magic: the Gathering, Overwatch, Paladins, PUBG, Rocket League, SMITE, StarCraft, Super Smash Bros., Street Fighter and Valorant.'' Following the merger between Envy Gaming and OpTic Gaming, Envy Gaming retired the Team Envy brand in June 2022, shifting all of them to the OpTic Gaming moniker. History ''Call of Duty'' Team EnVyUs was founded on November 19, 2007, as a ''Call of Duty 4'' esports team by Skyler "FoRePlayy" Johnson and Tosh "Stainville" McGruder. The team finished runners-up in both the 2008 and 2009 MLG National Championships, with the 2009 roster fielding future owner Mike "Hastr0" Rufail. At the 2011 National Championship, the final event of the Call of Duty: Black Ops season, E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Dignitas
Dignitas, formerly known as Team Dignitas, is a professional esports organization based in Newark, New Jersey Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Soldiers (eSports Organization)
Space Soldiers was a Turkish professional esports organization founded in 2014 by Bünyamin Aydın. The organization consisted of a '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' division and a ''FIFA'' division, the former of which also had an academy team. The ''Counter-Strike'' team was created in January 2015. It had minor roster changes in early 2016. The team attended two Major championships, ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 and FACEIT Major: London 2018. They also finished 2nd in WESG 2017. The organization ceased operations on 13 October 2018 after it controversially parted ways with its Counter-Strike team. History In 2014, the organization was founded as Space Gaming A.Ş. by Turkish investor Bünyamin Aydın. ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' Space Soldiers announced its CS:GO team on 17 January 2015, consisting of Emre "e1" Biçer, Ismailcan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş, Cihan "ONLY" Gönek, Tugay "TuGuX" Keskin and Çağatay "DESPE" Sedef. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FlipSid3 Tactics
Flipside Tactics (stylized as FlipSid3 Tactics) was an esports organization based in the United States. Flipside had teams competing in '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''Halo'', ''Crossfire'', fighting games, ''StarCraft II'', ''iRacing'', ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'', ''Rocket League'', and ''Dota 2''. Former professional football player Ricky Lumpkin was a co-owner of the team. ''Counter-Strike'' The team had a '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' based in Ukraine. They have previously hosted three Swedish squads, as well as a South African academy team. Roster Tournament results ''Bold denotes a CS:GO Major'' * 9–12th — DreamHack Winter 2014 * 13–16th — ESL One Katowice 2015 * 1st — CIS Championship Voronezh * 9–12th — ESL One Cologne 2015 * 3rd-4th — Electronic Sports World Cup 2015 * 13–16th — DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 * 13–16th — MLG Major Championship: Columbus * 5-8th — ESL One Cologne 2016 * 11-14th — ELEAGUE Season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
