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Misfits (eSports)
Misfits Gaming is a professional esports organization based in Boca Raton, Florida, with players competing in ''League of Legends'', ''Overwatch'', ''Call of Duty'', and ''Fortnite''. It was founded on 18 May 2016 by Ben Spoont, initially launching as a ''League of Legends'' Challenger Series team. Misfits Gaming's ''League of Legends'' team is based in Berlin, Germany, and competes in the LEC, the highest level of competition in Europe through Riot Games' franchised league. The organization also owns two separate team brands, The Florida Mutineers which competes in the Call of Duty League, the highest level of competitive Call of Duty globally, and the Florida Mayhem, which competes in the Overwatch League, the highest level of competitive Overwatch. The organization previously had a ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' team which dissolved on 14 February 2018. In Fall 2022, it launched a $20 million content creation fund. ''League of Legends'' Misfits Gaming ''League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League Of Legends
''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games. Inspired by ''Defense of the Ancients'', a custom map for ''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 purchasable character customization. The game is available for Microsoft 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 items to defeat the opposing team. In ''League''s main mode, Summoner's Rift, a team wins by pushing through to the enemy base ... [...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] |
United States Dollar
The United States dollar (symbol: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ or U.S. Dollar, to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries. The Coinage Act of 1792 introduced the U.S. dollar at par with the Spanish silver dollar, divided it into 100 cents, and authorized the minting of coins denominated in dollars and cents. U.S. banknotes are issued in the form of Federal Reserve Notes, popularly called greenbacks due to their predominantly green color. The monetary policy of the United States is conducted by the Federal Reserve System, which acts as the nation's central bank. The U.S. dollar was originally defined under a bimetallic standard of (0.7735 troy ounces) fine silver or, from 1837, fine gold, or $20.67 per troy ounce. The Gold Standard Act of 1900 linked the dollar solely to gold. From 1934, its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rogue (esports)
Rogue is a professional esports organization with teams competing across several different titles in Europe and the United States. It has two ''League of Legends'' teams based in Europe: a main team that participates in the League of Legends European Championship (LEC), and an academy team that participates in Poland's national league, the Ultraliga. Team Rogue was founded by Franklin Villarreal, Derek Nelson and Carson Knuth in 2016, and acquired by now parent and management company ReKTGlobal and its partners in 2018. ReKTGlobal also owns the Call of Duty League team, the London Royal Ravens. The organization is co-owned by prominent DJ Steve Aoki and YouTuber Vikram "Vikkstar123" Barn. Other Investors include Imagine Dragons, Rudy Gobert, Nicky Romero, Nick Gross and Landon Collins. On October 6, 2022, Rogue announced a merger with KOI, an esports organisation owned by Ibai Llanos and Gerard Piqué. This will result in the existing Rogue teams rebranding to KOI. ''Leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Splyce
Splyce (SPY) was a professional esports organization and media company based in Rochester, New York. Their ''League of Legends'' team was a franchise member of the LEC, Europe's top professional league for ''League of Legends''. Splyce announced its rebranding from Follow eSports in November 2015. On November 29, 2019, Splyce's parent company, OverActive Media, announced it had merged Splyce with its other esports subsidiary, MAD Lions, and that all of Splyce's teams would henceforth compete under that name. ''League of Legends'' Follow eSports acquired the ''League of Legends'' team Dignitas EU after they qualified for the EU LCS (now LEC) on October 29, 2015, for nearly £625,000 ($1 million). At the time of the acquisition the team's roster consisted of Martin "Wunderwear" Hansen, Chres "Sencux" Laursen, Kasper "Kobbe" Kobberup, and Jonas "Nisbeth" Anderson with Daniel Vorborg as Team Manager. Tournament results * 7th/10th – 2016 Spring EU LCS * 2nd – 2016 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Vitality
Team Vitality is a French esports organisation founded in August 2013 by Fabien Devide and Nicolas Maurer. It has several professional teams and content creators from across Europe and India. Team Vitality's main ''League of Legends'' team competes in the LEC (formerly EU LCS), which they joined in late 2015 after purchasing Gambit Gaming's spot. In April 2021, Team Vitality partnered with French association football club RC Strasbourg Alsace to create a ''FIFA'' eLigue 1 team. ''League of Legends'' History Team Vitality entered the professional ''League of Legends'' on 9 December 2015, after it acquired Gambit Gaming's spot in the 2016 EU LCS Spring Split. The first player signed to the team at the time of the announcement was former TSM support Raymond "kaSing" Tsang. Five days later, Vitality announced the rest of their roster, which consisted of top laner Lucas "Cabochard " Simon-Meslet, jungler Ilyas "Shook" Hartsema, mid laner Erlend "Nukeduck" Våtevik Holm, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Spring European League Of Legends Championship Series
The 2018 European League of Legends Championship Series (2018 EU LCS) was the sixth season of the European League of Legends Championship Series, (EU LCS) the highest level of professional ''League of Legends'' play in Europe. Most games were being played at Studio K/L in Adlershof, Berlin, Germany. Format Plans to break league into 4 regions and applying franchising business model was postponed until season 2019. Best-of-three format with dividing teams into two groups has been replaced by a Double Round Robin A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & C. Me ... Format with "best of one" matches in a single group owing to EU LCS viewership falling. Second-tier competition in Europe from season 2014 to 2017 was Challenger Series. In season 2018 it has been replaced by European Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
G2 Esports
G2 Esports (G2) is a European esports organization headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with players competing in ''League of Legends'', '' Valorant'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', '' Hearthstone'', ''Rocket League'', '' Rainbow Six Siege'', and '' iRacing''. The organization was founded in Spain on 24 February 2014 as Gamers2 by former ''League of Legends'' pro Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago and investor Jens Hilgers. The organization rebranded as G2 Esports on 15 October 2015. G2's ''League of Legends'' team competes in the ''League of Legends'' European Championship (LEC), the highest level of competitive ''League of Legends'' in Europe. The team has won nine domestic titles in Europe, the most of any organization, and became the only Western team to win the Mid-Season Invitational in 2019. The organization's ''Rainbow Six Siege'' team competes in the European League (EUL), the highest level of competitive ''Rainbow Six Siege'' in Europe. The team won the Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Summer European League Of Legends Championship Series
The 2017 European League of Legends Championship Series (2017 EU LCS) was the fifth season of the European League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS), the highest level of professional ''League of Legends'' play in Europe. Most games were being played at Studio K/L in Adlershof, Berlin, Germany. The finals were held at the Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Germany. The Spring Split was won by G2 Esports, with a roster of Expect, Trick, PerkZ, Zven Jesper Svenningsen (born 24 June 1997), better known as Zven (formerly Niels), is a Danish professional ''League of Legends'' player for Cloud9. He previously played for Team SoloMid, G2 Esports, Origen, and SK Gaming Prime. He had played for ..., and Mithy and was their third EU LCS Champions title. Spring Regular season ;Group A ;Group B Playoffs Summer Regular season ;Group A ;Group B Playoffs References {{EU LCS 2017 in Berlin 2017 in German sport 2017 in Polish sport 2017 multiplayer online battle arena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fnatic
Fnatic (pronounced "fanatic"; also stylized as fnatic or FNATIC) is a professional esports organization headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Founded 23 July 2004, the team has players from around the world, across a variety of games, such as '' Apex Legends'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''Dota 2'', '' FIFA'', ''Heroes of the Storm'', ''League of Legends'', ''Valorant'', and '' Rainbow Six Siege''. Fnatic's ''League of Legends'' team won the first-ever League of Legends World Championship in 2011, and also held the record for the most League of Legends Championship Series split titles in the LEC—totalling seven of the 19 played so far ()—until G2 Esports won their eighth title in the 2020 LEC Summer Split. With the 2015 EU LCS Summer Split they became the first LCS team to finish a split undefeated. Fnatic's ''CS:GO'' team, which has traditionally been located in Sweden, won the first ever ''CS:GO'' Major in 2013 and two more between 2013 and 2015. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Spring European League Of Legends Championship Series
The 2017 Spring European League of Legends Championship Series split (2017 Spring EU LCS) is the fifth season and ninth split of the European League of Legends Championship Series, (EU LCS) the highest level of professional ''League of Legends'' play in Europe. It was won by G2 Esports, with a roster of Expect, Trick, PerkZ, Zven, and Mithy and was their third EU LCS Champions title. Most games were being played at Studio K/L in Adlershof, Berlin, Germany. The finals were held at the Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Germany. Format * Two groups of five teams each: ** The top two teams are placed in separate groups according to the 2016 EU LCS Season Championship Points. ** The remaining 8 teams are distributed to the groups via snake draft. * Each team plays 13 matches: ** A Double Round Robin within their own group. ** A Single Round Robin against the other group. ** Each match is a best of 3. * The top 3 from each group qualifies to the playoffs The playoffs, play-offs, posts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SOAZ
{{Husayn Soaz or soz ( Persian and Urdu: سوز) is an elegiac poem written to commemorate the honor of Husain ibn Ali and his family and Sahabah in the battle of Karbala. In its form the soaz, salam and Marsiya, with a rhyming quatrain and a couplet on a different rhyme. This form found a specially congenial soil in Lucknow (a city in Northern India), chiefly because it was the center of Shia Muslim community, which regarded it an act of piety and religious duty to eulogies and bemoan the person who killed in the battle of Karbala. The form reached its peak in the writing of Mir Babar Ali Anis. A soaz is written to commemorate the honor of Ahl al-Bayt, Imam Hussain and Battle of Karbala. The sub-parts of Marsiya can be called ''Noha'' and soz which means the lamentation and burning of (heart) respectively. People who recite soaz are known as soazkhawan. See also * Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi, Prominent Urdu Soazkhawan *Marsiya *Noha *Rawda Khwani Rozeh Khani or Rawda khwani ( fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
