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MOUZ
Mouz (stylized as MOUZ), formerly mousesports, is a professional esports organisation based in Germany. It fields teams in several games but is particularly known for its '' CS2'' team. MOUZ was one of the founding members of the G7 Teams. History Mousesports was formed in 2002 in Berlin, Germany, as a ''Counter-Strike'' team. The team began to compete in small tournaments, which gradually lead to their progression in larger ones, as well. By 2006, when G7 Teams was created, mousesports was one of the greatest gaming organisations in Europe, consisting of ''Counter-Strike'', ''Warcraft III'', '' Quake 4'', Battlefield 1942 and ''Unreal Tournament'' divisions. On 13 May 2007, mousesports announced that it had acquired Nihilum, the officially recognised premiere worldwide ''World of Warcraft'' organisation, with Nihilum recognised as a subsidiary of mousesports. The guild was remade into a community called "Nihilum: mousesports MMO". Nihilum was mousesports' consistently stro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fnatic
Fnatic (pronounced "fanatic"; also stylised as fnatic or FNATIC) is a professional esports organisation headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Founded on 23 July 2004, it has players from around the world competing in several games. Fnatic's ''League of Legends'' team competes in the League of Legends EMEA Championship, ''League of Legends'' EMEA Championship (LEC) and is one of the most successful organisations in the league. The team won the first League of Legends World Championship, ''League of Legends'' World Championship in 2011, and it held the record for most LEC titles from 2011 to 2020. Fnatic's ''Counter-Strike'' team, which has traditionally been located in Sweden, won the first ever Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships, ''CS:GO'' Major in Dreamhack Winter 2013, 2013 and two more between 2013 and 2015. After a series of poor results dating back to the start of 2021, Fnatic made a move towards an international roster for the first time since 2013. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-largest in the European Union with a population of over 1.9 million. The Hamburg Metropolitan Region has a population of over 5.1 million and is the List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP, eighth-largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. At the southern tip of the Jutland Peninsula, Hamburg stands on the branching River Elbe at the head of a estuary to the North Sea, on the mouth of the Alster and Bille (Elbe), Bille. Hamburg is one of Germany's three city-states alongside Berlin and Bremen (state), Bremen, and is surrounded by Schleswig-Holstein to the north and Lower Saxony to the south. The Port of Hamburg is Germany's largest and Europe's List of busiest ports in Europe, third-largest, after Port of Rotterdam, Rotterda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quake 4
''Quake 4'' is a 2005 first-person shooter game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision. It is the fourth title in the ''Quake'' series, after the multiplayer ''Quake III Arena'', and a sequel to ''Quake II''. Raven Software collaborated with id Software, who supervised the development of the game as well as provided the id Tech 4 engine upon which it was built. The game has an increased emphasis on single-player gameplay compared to previous installments; its multiplayer mode does not support playable bots. Gameplay ''Quake 4'' has a stronger emphasis on single-player than its predecessor, which emphasizes multiplayer gameplay, and features a campaign that continues the story of ''Quake II''. However, it lacks the bot matchmaking offered in ''Quake III'' without the use of third-party mods. Multiplayer modes are Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Tourney, Capture the Flag, Arena CTF and DeadZone. Players at QuakeCon reported the multiplayer gameplay to include el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Legends
''League of Legends'' (''LoL'', commonly referred to as ''League'', is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a Mod (video games), custom map for ''Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III'', Riot's founders sought to develop a stand-alone game in the same genre. Since its release in October 2009, ''League'' has been free-to-play and is monetized through Freemium, purchasable character customization. The game is available for Windows and macOS. In the game, two teams of five players battle in player-versus-player combat, each team occupying and defending their half of the map. Each of the ten players controls a character, known as a "champion", with unique abilities and differing styles of play. During a match, champions become more powerful by collecting experience points, earning gold, and purchasing Item (game terminology), items to defeat the opposing team. In ''League''s main mode, Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dota 2
''Dota 2'' is a 2013 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game by Valve Corporation, Valve. The game is a sequel to ''Defense of the Ancients'' (''DotA''), a community-created Mod (video gaming), mod for Blizzard Entertainment's ''Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos''. ''Dota 2'' is played in matches between two teams of five players, with each team occupying and defending their own separate base on the map. Each of the ten players independently controls a character known as a hero that has unique Skill (role-playing games), abilities and differing styles of play. During a match, players collect experience points (XP) and Item (gaming), items for their heroes to defeat the opposing team's heroes in player versus player (PvP) combat. A team wins by being the first to destroy the other team's Ancient, a large durable structure located in the center of each base. Development of ''Dota 2'' began in 2009 when IceFrog, lead designer of ''Defense of the Ancients'', was hired by Valv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HLTV
HLTV, formerly an initialism of Half-Life Television, is a news website and forum which covers professional ''Counter-Strike 2'' esports news, tournaments and statistics. It is one of the leading websites within the ''Counter-Strike'' community with over 4 million unique visitors each month. In February 2020, the site was acquired by the sports betting group Better Collective. History HLTV was founded in 2002 by Martin "Martin" Rosenbæk and Per "Nomad" Lambæk. It was initially created to host recordings of ''Counter-Strike (video game), Counter-Strike 1.6'' matches, although it grew to include ''Counter-Strike'' and ''Half-Life (series), Half-Life'' news. HLTV started storing GOTV demos for ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' when they were introduced in 2012. It has since evolved to include news, statistics, and analysis for the professional esports scene of ''Global Offensive''. Since late 2015, HLTV ranks the teams based on their own rating system. HLTV have awarded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electronic Sports
Esports (), short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games. Esports often takes the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional players, played individually or as teams. Multiplayer competitions were long a part of video game culture, but were largely between amateurs until the late 2000s when the advent of online streaming media platforms, particularly YouTube and Twitch, enabled a surge in participation by professional gamers and spectators. By the 2010s, esports was a major part of the video game industry, with many game developers designing for and funding for tournaments and other events. Esports first became popular in East Asia, particularly in China and South Korea (which first licensed professional players in 2000) but less so in Japan, whose broad anti-gambling laws prohibit professional gaming tournaments. Esports are also popular in Europe and the Americas, which host regional and internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
StarCraft II
''StarCraft II'' is a real-time strategy video game created by Blizzard Entertainment, first released in 2010. A sequel to the successful '' StarCraft'', released in 1998, it is set in a militaristic far future. The narrative centers on a galactic struggle for dominance among various races. ''StarCraft II'' single-player campaign is split into three installments, each of which focuses on one of the three races: '' StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty'' (released in 2010), '' Heart of the Swarm'' (2013) and '' Legacy of the Void'' (2015). A final campaign pack called '' StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops'' was released in 2016. ''StarCraft II'' multi-player gameplay spawned a separate esports competition that later drew interest from companies other than Blizzard, and attracted attention in South Korea and elsewhere, similar to the original ''StarCraft'' esports. Since 2017, ''StarCraft II'' multi-player mode, co-op mode and the first single-player campaign have been free-to-play. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brood War
''StarCraft: Brood War'' is the expansion pack for the military science fiction real-time strategy video game ''StarCraft''. Released in December 1998 for Microsoft Windows and June 1999 for Mac OS, it was co-developed by Saffire and Blizzard Entertainment. The expansion pack introduces new campaigns, map tilesets, music, extra units for each race, and upgrade advancements. The campaigns continue the story from where the original ''StarCraft'' ended, with the sequel, '' StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty'', continuing from the conclusion of ''Brood War''. The expansion was released first in the United States on December 18, 1998. ''Brood War'' was critically well received, with reviewers praising it for being developed with the care of a full game rather than as an uninspired extra. As of May 31, 2007, ''StarCraft'' and ''Brood War'' have sold almost ten million copies combined. The game is especially popular in South Korea, where professional players and teams have participated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defense Of The Ancients
''Defense of the Ancients'' (''DotA'') is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) mod (video gaming), mod for the video game ''Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos'' (2002) and its expansion, ''The Frozen Throne'' (2003). The objective of the game is for each team to destroy their opponents' Ancient, a heavily guarded structure at the opposing corner of the map. Players use powerful units known as player character, heroes, and are assisted by allied teammates and Artificial intelligence, AI-controlled fighters. As in role-playing games, players Levels up, level up their heroes and use gold to buy equipment during the game. ''DotA'' has its roots in the "Aeon of Strife" custom map for ''StarCraft''. The scenario was developed with the ''Warcraft III World Editor, World Editor'' of ''Reign of Chaos'', and was updated upon the release of its expansion, ''The Frozen Throne''. There have been many variations of the original concept, the most popular being ''DotA Allstars'', eventually simp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SK Gaming
SK Gaming is a professional esports organization based in Germany that has teams across the world competing in different titles. SK is particularly known for their success in '' Counter-Strike'' (CS) tournaments. SK's Brazilian ''CS'' team won the ESL One Cologne 2016 Major. SK currently has players and teams competing in ''League of Legends'' and '' Hearthstone''. SK Gaming was founded in 1997 by a small group of '' Quake'' players in Oberhausen. History Beginnings Schröt Kommando was founded in 1997 as a German '' Quake'' clan by four brothers and three accomplices in Oberhausen. The original line-up of Schroet Kommando consisted of Ralf "Griff" Reichert, Daniel "Godlike" Beames, Tim "Burke" Reichert, Benjamin "Kane" Reichert, Kristof "Speed" Salwiczek, Carsten "Storch" Kramer and Sven "Ramses" Tümmers. According to Ralf Reichert, the original naming of the organization originated from one of the members repeatedly shouting "Schröt!" This was a common occurre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and Video game publisher, publisher based in Irvine, California, and a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard. Originally founded in 1991, the company is best known for producing the highly influential massively multiplayer online role-playing game ''World of Warcraft'' (2004) as well as the multi million-selling video game franchises ''Diablo (series), Diablo,'' ''StarCraft'', and ''Overwatch''. (until 2009: 20M) The company also operates Battle.net, an Online game, online gaming service. Founded as Silicon & Synapse, Inc. by three graduates of the University of California, Los Angeles: Michael Morhaime, Allen Adham, and Frank Pearce the company began development of their own software in 1993, with games like ''Rock n' Roll Racing'' and ''The Lost Vikings'', and changed its name to Chaos Studios, Inc. the same year, then to Blizzard Entertainment after being acquired by distributor Davidson & Associates in 1994; that y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
