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ESL Pro League Season 1
ESL Pro League Season 1, officially known as ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 and shortened as EPL Season 1, was an Electronic Sports League (ESL) Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament. It was the first season of the ESL Pro League. The Finals took place in Cologne, Germany from July 2, 2015, to July 5, 2015. Teams from two continents, North America and Europe, competed in twelve team leagues and play against each other twice to determine the top four teams from each continent would play in the Finals. The regular season for Europe began on May 4, 2015, with Team Dignitas beating Titan and ended on June 24, 2015, with the same two teams with the same result. North America's season began on the same date and kicked off with Luminosity Gaming Luminosity Gaming is a professional esports organization based in North America. It has teams competing in '' Call of Duty, Overwatch, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege'', '' Super Smash Bros.'', ''Fortnite,'' ''Apex Legends and Roc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESL Pro League
The ESL Pro League (formerly ESL ESEA Pro League; shortened as EPL) is a '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (CS:GO) professional esports league, produced by ESL. It is based on four regions: Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania, and currently comprises 24 teams each season, including 12 Permanent Partner Teams. The ESL Pro League is considered to be the premier professional CS:GO league in the world and is one of the major professional leagues in esports. The ESL Pro League began as a venture between the Electronic Sports League (ESL) and E-Sports Entertainment Association League (ESEA). Its inaugural season started on May 4, 2015. History In early November 2014, the German-based Electronic Sports League announced the creation of the ESL Pro League as the European ESL league. On April 28, 2015, ESL announced a joint venture with the North American-based E-Sports Entertainment Association League to provide a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive league with US$500,000 in total pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere (Latin for "born to win"), abbreviated NAVI (formerly Na`Vi), is a Ukrainian esports organization based in Kyiv. Founded in 2009, the organization has teams and players competing in various games, such as ''Counter Strike: Global Offensive'', ''Dota 2'', ''FIFA (video game series), FIFA'', ''World of Tanks'', ''Paladins (video game), Paladins'', ''League of Legends: Wild Rift'', ''PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds'', ''Apex Legends'', ''Rainbow Six Siege, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Fortnite Battle Royale, Fortnite, and Valorant, VALORANT''. Na'Vi's ''Counter-Strike'' team was the first in history to win three premier tournaments—Intel Extreme Masters, Electronic Sports World Cup, and World Cyber Games 2010—in one calendar year. Their ''Dota 2'' squad won The International 2011, becoming the most successful esports organization at the time. ''Counter-Strike'' division History 2009: Formation In October 2009, Murat "Arbalet" Zhumashevich declared the creation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karrigan
Finn Andersen (born 14 April 1990), better known as karrigan, is a Danish professional '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' player and captain for FaZe Clan. He has also played for other teams including Fnatic, Team Dignitas, Team SoloMid, Astralis, Mousesports and Team Envy. Andersen was a founding member of Astralis, a player-owned team established in 2015. He began playing competitively in 2006 during the '' Counter-Strike 1.6'' era. Early and personal life Karrigan's brother started playing ''Counter-Strike'' around 2001 and soon afterwards he was introduced to the game. Karrigan was playing competitively by 2006 and 2007 and on November 5, 2010, he joined Full-Gaming, whose teammates included Michael “Friis” Jørgensen and Timm “ArcadioN” Henriksen. In 2015 he finished a dual Master's Degree in business administration and auditing from Copenhagen Business School. He currently resides in Aarhus. Career Karrigan joined fnatic around March 25, 2012 and the team won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dupreeh
Peter Rothmann Rasmussen (born March 26, 1993), better known as dupreeh, is a Danish professional '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' player for Team Vitality. He has played for Team Dignitas, Team SoloMid and Astralis. In 2019, he became the first (along with three of his teammates) to win 4 majors in CS:GO, and to win 3 majors consecutively. He was sidelined during ESL One Cologne 2016 after developing appendicitis on July 6, 2016. Rasmussen left Astralis in December 2021, along with Emil "Magisk" Reif and coach Danny "zonic" Sørensen. All three joined Team Vitality Team Vitality is a French esports organisation founded in August 2013 by Fabien Devide and Nicolas Maurer. It has several professional teams and content creators from across Europe and India. Team Vitality's main ''League of Legends'' team comp ... in January 2022. Notes References External links * {{twitter, dupreeh 1993 births Living people Danish esports players Astralis players Team SoloMid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NEO (Counter-Strike Player)
Filip Borys Kubski (born June 15, 1987), better known as NEO, is a Polish player of the '' Counter-Strike'' series who is currently playing for Honoris. NEO is considered to be one of the best players in ''Counter-Strike'' history. He was also one of the "Golden Five" group of Polish ''CS'' players. Most recently he was the in-game leader for FaZe Clan. He has played for Virtus.pro, AGAiN, Universal Soldiers, ESC Gaming, Frag eXecutors, Vitriolic, Wicked eSports, Meet Your Makers, and Pentagram G-Shock. Kubski has been playing professionally since 2004. NEO is considered to be a mechanically gifted player, with an intelligent mind for the game. Kubski is also considered to be very good at '' Counter-Strike 1.6s in-game movement, which makes him difficult to counter. In 2010, HLTV users voted Kubski the greatest ''Counter-Strike'' player of the decade. He also won the eSports Award for eSports Player of the Year in 2007 and 2008, and was rated by HLTV.org as the best player of 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olofmeister
Olof Kajbjer Gustafsson (born 31 January 1992), better known as olofmeister, is a Swedish professional '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' player for FaZe Clan. He has previously played for H2k, Absolute Legends, LGB eSports, Fnatic, and FaZe Clan. Gustafsson is widely regarded as one of the best ''CS:GO'' players in history. He has won two CSGO Majors, ESL One Katowice 2015 and ESL One Cologne 2015, as well as many other tournaments. Early life Gustafsson grew up in Tyresö. He has a brother, Karl, and a sister, Hanna. He developed an interest in playing football at the young age of four and remained active in the sport until he sustained a knee injury at the age of fifteen. He is an avid fan of Arsenal. The injury eventually became a catalyst for his transition from playing ''Counter-Strike'' casually, into taking it more seriously. Career H2k In H2k, Gustafsson played with Joel "emilio" Mako, André "keiz" Carlsson, John "wenton" Eriksson, and Hugo "huggan" Lopez. Absol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ShahZaM
Shahzeb Khan (born October 8, 1993), better known as ShahZaM, is an American professional ''Valorant'' player for G2 Esports. He was a former '' CS:GO'' professional player before announcing that he would be officially making the switch to Riot Games' ''Valorant''. He would find most of his success in ''Valorant'' as he went on to win their first international LAN tournament in '' Reykjavik, Iceland''. Career history On December 15, 2014, he joined Cloud9. Khan was central in uncovering the iBuyPower and NetcodeGuides match fixing scandal, after he issued a statement confirming that the match at issue had been thrown. On April 13, 2016, he was released from OpTic Gaming. On May 19, 2016 Echo Fox replaced AWPer Mohamad "m0E" Assad (who was promoted to general manager), picking up ShahZaM as his replacement. On December 15, 2016, ShahZaM and Sgares joined Team SoloMid. On January 17, 2017, ShahZaM and the rest of the Team SoloMid roster were acquired by Misfits Gaming. On Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FalleN
Fallen may refer to: People * Carl Fredrik Fallén (1764–1830), Swedish botanist and entomologist * Gabriel Toledo (born 1991), known as FalleN, Brazilian ''Counter-Strike'' player Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Fallen (Transformers), a fictional character in the Transformers universes Films * Fallen (1998 film), ''Fallen'' (1998 film), a 1998 film starring Denzel Washington, John Goodman, and Donald Sutherland * Fallen (2016 film), ''Fallen'' (2016 film), a 2016 film starring Addison Timlin, Jeremy Irvine, and Harrison Gilbertson * Fallen (film series), ''Fallen'' (film series), an American film series starring Gerard Butler Literature * Fallen (George novel), ''Fallen'' (George novel), a 2004 crime novel by Kathleen George * Fallen (Kate novel), ''Fallen'' (Kate novel), a 2009 young adult fantasy novel by Lauren Kate * Fallen (Slaughter novel), ''Fallen'' (Slaughter novel), a 2011 crime novel by Karin Slaughter Music Albums * Fallen (Burzum album), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shroud (streamer)
Michael Grzesiek (born June 2, 1994), better known as Shroud (formerly mEclipse), is a Canadian streamer, YouTuber, professional Valorant player and former professional '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' player. , his Twitch channel has reached over 10 million followers, ranking as the seventh most-followed channel on the platform, and his YouTube channel has over 6.82 million subscribers. Early life Grzesiek was born on June 2, 1994 in Toronto, Ontario, and is of Polish descent. Career ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' Grzesiek started his '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' (''CS:GO'') career with several ESEA ESEA may refer to: *East and Southeast Asia, a modern term for the Far East *In the UK, an alternative to British East and Southeast Asian (or BESEA) *Elementary and Secondary Education Act, a 1965 United States federal statute considered the most ... teams, particularly Exertus eSports and Manajuma. He was soon signed by compLexity Gaming as a stand-i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sgares
Sean Michael Gares, better known as sgares or Seang@res, is an American professional retired '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' player, esports commentator and the former head coach of 100 Thieves' Valorant roster. In December 2016, he was released from TSM over a player rights controversy and played for Misfits between January 2017 and January 2018. Early life Gares graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor's degree in medical biochemistry. He joined his first professional team Emazing Gaming in 2009. Career Starting from local Arizona teams before 2010, when he joined Ruins, Gares distinguished himself for being one of the most aggressive AWPers in North America. During his tenure in Ruins, the team was undefeated and won ESEA-M, moving up to ESEA-I. Gares and his mates played at Arbalet Cup in Dallas placing in Group B with SK Gaming, mTw and lions. Ruins began to have internal problems after the tournament, so Gares moved to Loaded in early August of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N0thing
Jordan Gilbert (born October 25, 1990), better known as n0thing (pronounced as "nothing"), is an American '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' player. He previously played as a rifler/lurker for Cloud9, before going inactive. n0thing is one of the most experienced North American players. Before playing ''Global Offensive,'' n0thing was a professional ''Counter Strike'' 1.6 player. Jordan won his first LAN tournament at just 10 years old. Since then, he has grown into a major figure in the CS:GO scene. His large following has garnered him popularity outside the esports scene, even appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience. Career ''Counter-Strike'' 1.6 During ''Counter Strike'' 1.6, n0thing was best known as the star player on Evil Geniuses, who signed him in March 2008. He was nominated from the North American region as Best Newcomer in 2008, and the eSports Player of the Year in 2008 and 2009. In 2011, he was named as the 11th best player of the previous year in a ranking b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FREAKAZOiD
''Freakazoid!'' is an American superhero comedy animated television series created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini and developed by Tom Ruegger for the Kids' WB programming block of The WB. The series chronicles the adventures of the title character, Freakazoid, a crazy teenage superhero who battles with a bizarre array of supervillains. The show also features mini-episodes of adventures of other bizarre superheroes. The show was produced by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. The cartoon was the third animated series produced by the collaboration of Steven Spielberg and Warner Bros. Animation during the animation renaissance of the 1990s. Bruce Timm, best known as a major principal of the DC Animated Universe, originally intended it to be a straightforward superhero action-adventure cartoon with comic overtones, but executive producer Steven Spielberg asked series producer and writer Tom Ruegger and the ''Animaniacs'' team to turn ''Freakazoid!'' into a flat-out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
