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Crimsix
Ian Porter, better known as Crimsix, is an American former professional Call of Duty player. As an esports competitor he has represented multiple organizations in multiple game titles, most notably representing Optic Gaming and Complexity in Call of Duty. ''Halo'' career Starting in 2008 Ian "Crimsix" Porter began gaming competitively when he noticed that there was a large number of skilled players competing at MLG events across the country. With the release of Halo:Reach he began playing on the MLG Pro circuit and placed 4th at MLG Columbus. Across the rest of the season, Porter continued to place well at other events. However, in 2012 Halo:Reach was removed from the MLG Pro Circuit and replaced by Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. ''Call of Duty'' career compLexity Black Ops 2 Porter made the switch from Halo to Call of Duty joining the compLexity Gaming organization and roster of ACHES, TeePee and FEARS in December 2012. Midway through the season and after some poor results, com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scump
Seth Abner (born June 30, 1995), also known as scump or scumperjumper, is a former American professional ''Call of Duty'' player who last played for the Call of Duty League team OpTic Texas. Abner is a two time Major League Gaming (MLG) X Games gold medalist. During the first ever Esports Awards in 2016, Scump won the Esports Console Player of the Year award. In August 2017, Scump achieved his first ever Call of Duty World Championship. Abner is sponsored by several gaming hardware companies, including Turtle Beach and Scuf Gaming. As of December 15, 2018, Scump has more than $600,000 from tournament winnings, of which $261,250 was won in '' Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare''. He also runs a YouTube channel that currently has obtained over 2.6 million subscribers and over 590 million channel views as of January 24, 2021. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest Call of Duty players of all time. In March 2021, Scump became the first Esport athlete to be sponsored by Oa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas Empire
OpTic Texas (formerly the Dallas Empire) is an American professional Call of Duty League (CDL) esports team based in Dallas, Texas. OpTic Texas is owned by OpTic Gaming. Dallas was announced as one of the first five cities to host a CDL team. History Dallas Empire On May 2, 2019, Activision Blizzard announced that Envy Gaming had purchased one of the first five franchise slots for the ''Call of Duty'' League. According to ESPN, the publisher was looking to sell slots for approximately $25 million per team. Starting on October 14, 2019, and over the next 5 days Dallas announced their starting 5 man roster culminating with the announcement of their branding, the Dallas Empire. On August 30, 2020, Dallas Empire won the 2020 Call of Duty League Championship. On September 1, 2020, Clayster announced on his Twitter account that he would go into the 2021 as a restricted free agent as a result of the Call of Duty League moving back to a 4v4 format. The team started the 2021 season w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OpTic Gaming
OpTic Gaming is an American professional eSports, esports and entertainment organization headquartered in Frisco, Texas. The organization currently operates a ''Call of Duty'' team in the Call of Duty League, OpTic Texas, they also operate a ''Overwatch'' team in the Overwatch League, Dallas Fuel, as well as ''Rocket League'', Halo (franchise), ''Halo'', ''Valorant'' and ''Apex Legends'' teams. They previously competed in ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Gears of War 4, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Fortnite Battle Royale, Dota 2,'' and ''League of Legends''. The organization is currently owned by Hector "H3CZ" Rodriguez and Hastro. History OpTic Gaming was established in 2006 by OpTic "KR3W" and OpTic Enigma as a ''Call of Duty 2'' (Xbox 360) competitive team that specialized mainly in Search and Destroy and Team Deathmatch. In 2008, the group of friends would eventually grow older and the team began to dissipate. With OpTic Enigma then long gone, OpTic KR3W stepped down to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of Duty Championship 2017
The Call of Duty Championship 2017 was a '' Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare'' tournament on PlayStation 4 that occurred on August 9–13, 2017. The tournament was won by OpTic Gaming with a team consisting of Seth "Scump" Abner, Matthew "FormaL" Piper, Ian "Crimsix" Porter and Damon "Karma" Barlow. The tournament was livestreamed online on Twitch, YouTube and MLG.tv. Format *Group Stage **Best of 5 Series **Top 2 advance to Knockout Stage **Bottom 2 teams are eliminated *Knockout Stage **Double Elimination **Best of 5 Series **Grand Finals ***Team coming from the Losers Bracket must win two Best of 5 Series to claim victory. Game Types and Maps Included maps and modes: *Hardpoint: Breakout, Frost, Mayday, Precinct, Scorch, Throwback *Search and Destroy: Crusher, Frost, Mayday, Retaliation, Scorch, Throwback *Uplink: Frost, Mayday, Precinct, Throwback Last Chance Qualifier The last chance qualifier for this year's edition of the tournament was split up in to 3 regions North Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadeshot
Matthew Haag (born August 3, 1992), better known as Nadeshot (formerly stylized as NaDeSHoT), is an American former professional ''Call of Duty'' player, and current founder, co-owner and CEO of 100 Thieves. As a professional Call of Duty player, Haag was a former captain of OpTic Gaming in the 2014 '' Call of Duty: Ghosts'' season and the 2014–2015 '' Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare'' season, playing the objective support role. Haag is a Major League Gaming (MLG) X Games 2014 gold medalist and 2011 '' Call of Duty XP'' World Champion, winning Best eSports player at The Game Awards 2014. He is a former Red Bull esports athlete and participates in the Twitch streaming program. Haag was previously sponsored by several gaming hardware companies, including Astro Gaming and Scuf Gaming. He also runs a YouTube channel with over 3.2 million subscribers and over 270 hours of content. Early life Haag was born on August 3, 1992, to Jeff and Chris Haag. He has a brother and sister. Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil Geniuses
Evil Geniuses (EG) is an American esports organization based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1999, the organization has fielded players in various fighting games, ''Call of Duty (series), Call of Duty'', ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''Dota 2'', ''Fortnite Battle Royale'', ''Halo (series), Halo,'' ''League of Legends'', ''StarCraft II'', ''Rocket League'', ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'', and ''World of Warcraft''. In May 2019, EG was acquired by PEAK6 Investments LLC, a Chicago-based investment company. While independently owned at the time of the acquisition, it was formerly a subsidiary of GoodGame Agency, which in turn was owned by Amazon.com through its division Twitch (service), Twitch. EG's ''Dota 2'' squad won The International 2015, receiving the largest prize payout in esports history at the time. Their ''Call of Duty: WWII'' roster won the Call of Duty Championship 2018, 2018 Call of Duty Championship. History Evil Geniuses was founded as a Quake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Optic Gaming
OpTic Gaming is an American professional eSports, esports and entertainment organization headquartered in Frisco, Texas. The organization currently operates a ''Call of Duty'' team in the Call of Duty League, OpTic Texas, they also operate a ''Overwatch'' team in the Overwatch League, Dallas Fuel, as well as ''Rocket League'', Halo (franchise), ''Halo'', ''Valorant'' and ''Apex Legends'' teams. They previously competed in ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Gears of War 4, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Fortnite Battle Royale, Dota 2,'' and ''League of Legends''. The organization is currently owned by Hector "H3CZ" Rodriguez and Hastro. History OpTic Gaming was established in 2006 by OpTic "KR3W" and OpTic Enigma as a ''Call of Duty 2'' (Xbox 360) competitive team that specialized mainly in Search and Destroy and Team Deathmatch. In 2008, the group of friends would eventually grow older and the team began to dissipate. With OpTic Enigma then long gone, OpTic KR3W stepped down to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Call Of Duty League Season
The 2020 Call of Duty League season was the inaugural season for the Call of Duty League, an esports league based on the video game franchise Call of Duty. Teams Broadcast and viewership The Call of Duty League began a partnership with YouTube to become the exclusive streaming service for the league. At least 331,000 viewers watched the grand final of the CDL championship. On July 4, Philip “Momo” Whitfield was fired from the league after several allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced on the internet. Ten days later, Ben “Benson” Bowe revealed he's no longer working with the league. Although his legal counsel "advised him not to say why", some reported it was due to similar reasons to Momo. Thomas "Chance" Ashworth worked with Miles Ross for the rest of the season. On July 10, the league added Landon “LandO” Sanders and Jeremy “StuDyy” Astacio to become the third casting pair in the wake of Momo and Benson departing. Regular season standings Regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damon "Karma" Barlow
Damon Barlow, better known as Karma, is a Canadian-American former professional ''Call of Duty'' player. He is the first three-time Call of Duty Championship winner, winning back-to-back titles in 2013 & 2014, and also in 2017, with Fariko Impact, compLexity Gaming, and OpTic Gaming respectively. He is also a Major League Gaming (MLG) X Games 2015 gold medalist, with OpTic Gaming. Karma joined OpTic replacing outgoing captain Matt "Nadeshot" Haag on the team. He is a naturalized American citizen. As of May 2020, Karma has won $815,087.25 from tournament winnings, making him the player to have earned the fifth most total prize money playing professional Call of Duty, and making him the player to have earned the fifth most total prize money playing any professional console game. He also runs an active YouTube channel. Career Beginnings Barlow began playing competitive ''Call of Duty'' in 2010. He first started playing ''Call of Duty'' during '' Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of Duty Championship 2014
The Call of Duty Championship 2014 was a '' Call of Duty: Ghosts'' tournament that occurred on March 28–30, 2014. It was the second annual iteration of the event. Qualifying took place through online tournaments and live regional finals that ran from late February and early March in Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. compLexity Gaming won the tournament with a roster of Patrick "ACHES" Price, TeePee, Crimsix, Damon "Karma" Barlow after beating Team EnVyUs, MerK, Rambo, NameLeSs, StuDyy, 3–0 in the finals. Those two teams and also third place OpTic Gaming received invitations to the ''Call of Duty'' tournament at the X Games Austin 2015. The tournament was livestreamed online on MLG.tv Major League Gaming Corp. (MLG) is a professional esports organization. MLG is headquartered in New York City, New York and was founded in 2002 by Sundance DiGiovanni and Mike Sepso. MLG has held official video game tournaments throughout the .... Placings Top 8 References External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of Duty Championship 2015
Call of Duty Championship 2015 was a '' Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare'' on Xbox One tournament that occurred on March 27–29, 2015. It was won by Denial eSports with a team consisting of Chris "Replays" Crowder, Dillon "Attach" Price, James "Clayster" Eubanks, and Jordan "JKap" Kaplan. Clayster was named most valuable player of the event. The tournament was livestreamed online on MLG.tv Major League Gaming Corp. (MLG) is a professional esports organization. MLG is headquartered in New York City, New York and was founded in 2002 by Sundance DiGiovanni and Mike Sepso. MLG has held official video game tournaments throughout th .... Format Group Play *8 groups of 4 teams *Teams played every other team once in a best of 5 *Top 2 teams in each group advanced to the playoffs **In case of tie, head-to-head results will determine who advances **If 3 teams were tied and the head-to-head is inconclusive, a single sudden death game will determine who advances Playoffs *The games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of Duty Championship 2016
Call of Duty Championship 2016 was a '' Call of Duty: Black Ops III'' on PlayStation 4 tournament that occurred on September 1–4, 2016. It was won by Team EnVyUs with a team consisting of Austin "SlasheR" Liddicoat, Bryan "Apathy" Zhelyazkov, Johnathon "John" Perez, and Jordan "JKap" Kaplan. The tournament was livestream Livestreaming is streaming media simultaneously recorded and broadcast in real-time over the internet. It is often referred to simply as streaming. Non-live media such as video-on-demand, vlogs, and YouTube videos are technically streamed, but no ...ed online on Twitch. Format *Group Stage **Best of 5 Series **Top 2 advance to Knockout Stage **Bottom 2 teams are eliminated *Knockout Stage **Double Elimination **Best of 5 Series **Grand Finals ***Team coming from the Losers Bracket must win two Best of 5 Series to claim victory. Game Types and Maps Included maps and modes: *Hardpoint: Breach, Evac, Fringe, Stronghold *Search and Destroy: Breach, Evac, Fring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
