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Minnesota ROKKR
Minnesota Rokkr (stylized as Minnesota RØKKR) is an American professional Call of Duty League (CDL) esports team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. RØKKR is owned by G2 Esports, a European esports organization, who merged with Version1 (Owned by WISE Ventures, a private investments fund owned by the Wilf family, the owners of the Minnesota Vikings, along with Gary Vaynerchuk), in December 2023. History On July 1, 2019, Minnesota was announced as one of the twelve cities owning a spot in the CDL. On October 29, 2019, Minnesota announced their branding as Minnesota ROKKR; Brett Diamond, COO of WISE Ventures, explained they were going for a Norse mythology theme. In Old Norse dialect, ''røkkr'' translates to ''twilight'', and can also be linked to Ragnarök. During the 2020 Call of Duty League season the team failed to win any Home Series, resulting in an 8th finish in the Regular Season standings. At the Champions Weekend the team finished 9th/10th following a loss to the New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Of Duty League
The Call of Duty League (CDL) is a professional esports league for the video game series ''Call of Duty'', produced by its publisher Activision. The Call of Duty League follows the model of the Overwatch League as well as other traditional North American professional sporting leagues by using a set of permanent, city-based teams backed by separate ownership groups. In addition, the league plays in a tournament point system and playoffs format rather than the use of promotion and relegation used commonly in other esports and non-North American leagues, with players on the roster being assured a minimum annual salary, benefits, and a portion of winnings and revenue-sharing based on how that team performs. The league was announced in 2019 with its inaugural season starting in 2020. Format The Call of Duty League is owned by Activision Blizzard and is the company's second franchise-based esports league. The league plays out similar to most North American professional sports league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Subliners
Cloud9 New York are an American professional Call of Duty League (CDL) esports team based in New York City. The team is operated by Cloud9, an esports organization owned by Jack Etienne. The team were formerly known as the New York Subliners (NYSL), owned by Sterling Equities subsidiary Sterling.VC. New York was announced as one of the first five cities to own a spot in the CDL. History Call of Duty: Modern Warfare NYSL entered the CDL with high expectations due to their veteran filled lineup led by ZooMaa. These expectations were halted quickly, with the team suffering frequent losses at the Launch Weekend event. The underperforming continued into the following events for the Subliners, ultimately leading to the team's first roster change; in which they acquired "Mack". This new addition of Mack also brought along a new energy to the team. The NYSL defeated fan-favorite Chicago Huntsmen during week 6, winning in a unanimous 3–0 fashion. The team went on to finish 5th in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esports Teams Based In The United States
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 (service), 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 Gambling in Japan, anti-gambling laws prohibit professional gaming tournaments. Esports are also popular in Europe and the Americas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venture Capital-funded Esports Teams
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2025 Call Of Duty League Season
The 2025 Call of Duty League season is the sixth season of the Call of Duty League, an esports league based on the video game franchise ''Call of Duty''. Teams Regular season The 2025 CDL season will begin on December 6, 2024. Teams will compete in four Majors throughout the season, culminating in the Call of Duty Championship tournament. The four majors will be played in Madrid (which will be the first tournament not held in North America since the inaugural season of the league), Dallas, Boca Raton and Dallas again. The fourth final major will be held during Dreamhack Dallas alongside other tournaments in other Esports titles such as Halo and Counter-Strike 2. Standings Major 1 Major 1 online qualifiers began on December 6, 2024, and ended on January 26, 2025. Online qualifiers Major Major 1 ran from January 30 to February 2, 2025. The Major was hosted by Toronto Ultra in Madrid, Spain. The Major I champions were the Atlanta FaZe, who defeated the Los Angeles Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Call Of Duty League Season
The 2024 Call of Duty League season is the fifth season of the Call of Duty League, an esports league based on the video game franchise ''Call of Duty''. Teams Regular season The 2024 CDL season began on December 8, 2023. Teams compete in four Majors throughout the season, culminating in the Call of Duty Championship tournament. The four Majors will be played in Boston, Miami, Toronto and Burbank. Standings Major 1 Stage 1 group stage began on December 8, 2023, and ended on January 21. Online qualifiers Major Major 1 ran from January 25 to January 28, 2024. The Major was hosted by Boston Breach. The Major I champions were the Toronto Ultra, who defeated the Atlanta FaZe 4-1. The MVP was Tobias Juul Jonsson aka “CleanX”. Major 2 Stage 2 group stage began on February 16, 2024, and ended on March 17. Online qualifiers Major The Stage 2 Major ran between 21-24 March, 2024. The Major was hosted by Miami Heretics. The Major II champions were the Atlanta Faze, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Breach
Boston Breach is an American professional Call of Duty League (CDL) esports team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and is owned by Kraft Sports Group and Oxygen Esports. History In December 2021, Kraft Sports Group and Oxygen Esports announced the establishment of a new Call of Duty League team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The following month the franchise revealed its branding and roster for the 2022 Call of Duty League season. During the season the team finished top 6, 3rd, top 12 and top 8 during the four majors, resulting in a 6th place finish in the overall standings. At the 2022 Call of Duty League Championship the team finished top 8 after a 3–2 loss to the Los Angeles Thieves and a 3–1 loss to the Toronto Ultra The Toronto Ultra are a Canadian professional esports organization based in Toronto. They are owned by OverActive Media. They currently have active divisions in ''Call of Duty'' and ''Teamfight Tactics''. Their name was also used for OverActive .... Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Call Of Duty League Season
The 2023 Call of Duty League season was the fourth season of the Call of Duty League, an esports league based on the video game franchise ''Call of Duty''. Teams Regular season The 2023 CDL season began on December 2, 2022. Teams competed in five Majors throughout the season, culminating in the Call of Duty Championship tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada. The five Majors were played in Raleigh, Boston, Arlington, Columbus, and Toronto. The Minnesota ROKKR also hosted two home series matches in Madison, Wisconsin and St. Paul, Minnesota during the Stage 4 and 5 qualifiers. Standings Stage 1 Stage 1 group stage began on December 2, 2022, and ended on December 14. Group stage Major The Stage 1 Major ran from December 14 through December 18, 2022, at the Raleigh Convention Center. All twelve CDL teams, alongside four Challengers teams, competed against each other. The teams were put into four groups of four, with three CDL teams and one Challengers team in each group. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Call Of Duty League Season
The 2022 Call of Duty League season was the third season for the Call of Duty League, an esports league based on the video game franchise Call of Duty. League format and changes Teams Before the start of the 2022 season, Envy Gaming announced that it would be merging with OpTic Gaming, resulting in the Dallas Empire being renamed to OpTic Texas. As a result of the merger, the Chicago franchise spot became vacant, with the vacant spot being taken by a new franchise based in Boston, named the Boston Breach. Broadcasting On January 21, the League announced that Esports Engine will become their official broadcasting partner for the 2022 season. Shoutcasters Clint "Maven" Evans and Joe "Merk" DeLuca returned, although they were not given offers to return until just before the beginning of the season. In an interview with ''Dot Esports'', general manager Daniel Tsay claimed that contract negotiations prevented from addressing their absence and stated that the pair will only c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Call Of Duty League Season
The 2021 Call of Duty League season was the second season for the Call of Duty League, an esports league based on the video game franchise Call of Duty. Teams Regular season Format For the 2021 season, the twelve teams are evenly split into two groups of six teams each. The season consists of five stages, with teams playing group play matches over the course of three weeks to determine seeding for that stage's Major. For Stage 1, the finalists of 2020 season Dallas Empire and Atlanta FaZe got to pick which teams plays in which group, with Dallas Empire first getting to pick a team for the group of Atlanta FaZe, followed by Atlanta FaZe picking a team for the group of Dallas Empire. The team which was picked by Dallas Empire for the group of Atlanta FaZe then got to pick a team for the group of Dallas Empire, with this process continuing until both groups consist of 6 teams. The six teams in each group will then play each other over the course of three weeks to determine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Thieves
The Los Angeles Thieves or LA Thieves is an American professional Call of Duty League (CDL) team based in Los Angeles, California. It is owned by 100 Thieves. The Thieves won the 2022 world championship and have won four stage titles. History 2021 season: Cold War On November 6, 2020, 100 Thieves announced their expansion in the Call of Duty League, following the purchase of the slot previously owned by Immortals Gaming Club under the branding of OpTic Gaming Los Angeles. This marked the return of former professional player turned CEO Matthew Haag to the scene where his career started. The LA Thieves did not obtain a spot in the inaugural 2020 Call of Duty League season. They inherited the roster of Kenneth "Kenny" Williams, Thomas "TJHaLy" Haly, Austin "SlasheR" Liddicoat, and Zack "Drazah" Jordan as a substitute, and later added Donovan "Temp" Laroda as their fourth and Jordan "JKap" Kaplan as their coach. During the 2021 season, the team made numerous roster change ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Ops 4
''Call of Duty: Black Ops 4'' is a 2018 first-person shooter game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision. It is the fifteenth installment of the ''Call of Duty'' series and the fifth entry in the ''Black Ops'' sub-series, following '' Call of Duty: Black Ops III'' (2015). The game was released on October 12, 2018, for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. ''Black Ops 4'' is the first mainline ''Call of Duty'' title to not include a single-player campaign. Instead, it features the Specialist HQ, which details the backstories of the multiplayer mode's characters, known as "Specialists"; its missions are set between '' Call of Duty: Black Ops II'' (2012) and ''Black Ops III'' chronologically. The multiplayer component is the first in the series to not feature automatic health regeneration and introduces both predictive recoil and a new ballistics system. The cooperative Zombies mode also returns, with four maps available on release day. Additionally, ''Black Ops 4'' fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
