COGnitive Gaming was a professional

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

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'', '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'', and ''

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''. COGnitive Prime won the first Smite World Championship. COGnitive sponsored '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'' players Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman and Justin "Wizzrobe" Hallett. COGnitive also signed David "Dacidbro" Broweleit for

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. COG's ''League'' team competed in the League of Legends Challenger Series North America, 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 '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'' 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

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