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organization based in the United States. Flipside had teams competing in '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''

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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 —

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ESL One Katowice 2015 ESL One Katowice 2015, also known as Katowice 2015, was the fifth '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' Major Championship, held from March 12 to March 15, 2015 at the Spodek Arena in Katowice, Poland. It was the first ''CS:GO'' Major of 2015. ...

* 1st — CIS Championship Voronezh * 9–12th —

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* 13–16th — MLG Major Championship: Columbus * 5-8th —

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''Rocket League''

In 2015, Flipside acquired the roster from the team Teamy Weamy. On August 7, 2016, Flipside lost to iBUYPOWER Cosmic in the very first Rocket League Championship Series finals, placing second. Shortly after Michael "M1k3Rules" Costello left the team and was subsequently replaced by Marius "gReazymeister" Ranheim from Northern Gaming. On December 4, 2016, Flipside defeated Mockit Aces to win the Rocket League Championship Series for Season 2. On February 28, 2019, it was announced that the roster that had won WSOE 4 a month prior had chosen to not re-sign with Flipside. With the departure of the roster, it was also announced that Flipside would not be participating in RLCS Season 7, ending the reign of the longest standing organization within Rocket League.

Former roster

Tournament results (majors)

* 1st - Rocket League MLG Championship Series Season 1 Final * 2nd — Rocket League Championship Series Season 1 Final * 1st — Rocket League Championship Series Season 2 Final * 5th — Rocket League Championship Series Season 3 Final * 1st - DreamHack Summer 2017 * 5-6th — Rocket League Championship Series Season 4 Final * 5-8th — DreamHack Open Leipzig * 5-6th — Rocket League Championship Series Season 6 Final * 1st - WSOE 4: The Rocket League Showdown

Fighting games

The Flipside Tactics FGC team was founded in August 2015 by Chris "NinjaCW" Harris. NinjaCW died on October 9, 2016. He was replaced by Matthew "Glitch" Testini as the new manager on October 28, 2016.

References

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