COGnitive Gaming was a professional

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team based in the United States. They had teams in ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. COGnitive Prime won the first

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. COGnitive sponsored ''

'' players

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and Justin "Wizzrobe" Hallett. COGnitive also signed David "Dacidbro" Broweleit for

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. COG's ''League'' team competed in the

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, the second highest level of LoL play after the

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. Glaurung and Hospital left the HotS team on December 24, 2015. On December 12, COGnitive announced that they will be ceasing operations on December 31, 2016, shortly after ''

'' player, Justin "Wizzrobe" Hallett confirmed to

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via Daniel "Tafokints" Lee that he would not be renewing his contract with the team.

Fighting game roster

Former

References

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