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OG (esports)
OG (also called OG Esports) is a professional esports organisation based in Europe. Formed in 2015, they are best known for their ''Dota 2'' team who won The International 2018 and 2019 tournaments. They also have teams in ''Counter-Strike 2,'' ''Rocket League and Honor of kings.'' History '' Dota 2'' Foundation and early success (2015–2017) OG was founded as "(monkey) Business" by players Tal "Fly" Aizik and Johan "N0tail" Sundstein, who were former Team Secret players, along with David "MoonMeander" Tan, Amer "Miracle-" Al-Barkawi, and Andreas "Cr1t-" Nielsen in August 2015. Soon after a dominating run through the European qualifiers for the Frankfurt Major, they adopted the moniker OG. They went on to win the inaugural Dota 2 Major Championship in Frankfurt in November 2015, earning 1 million in prize money. Despite placing in the bottom half of the next Major in Shanghai in March 2016, the team would rebound and take first place at the Manila Major in June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe shares the landmass of Eurasia with Asia, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia. Europe is commonly considered to be Boundaries between the continents#Asia and Europe, separated from Asia by the Drainage divide, watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural (river), Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea, and the waterway of the Bosporus, Bosporus Strait. "Europe" (pp. 68–69); "Asia" (pp. 90–91): "A commonly accepted division between Asia and Europe ... is formed by the Ural Mountains, Ural River, Caspian Sea, Caucasus Mountains, and the Black Sea with its outlets, the Bosporus and Dardanelles." Europe covers approx. , or 2% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface (6.8% of Earth's land area), making it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manila Major
The Manila Major, also known as the Spring Major, was a professional ''Dota 2'' esport tournament that took place in Manila, Philippines. The main event was held at the Mall of Asia Arena from June 7–12, 2016. Participating teams ;Direct invitation *Evil Geniuses * OG *Team Secret *Team Liquid *Alliance *Natus Vincere * Araburat Gaming *LGD Gaming *Vici Gaming *Fnatic * MVP Phoenix * compLexity Gaming ;Regional qualifiers * Digital Chaos (Americas) *Newbee (China) *Team Empire (Europe) *Mineski Mineski is an inactive esports team established on February 14, 2004 in the Philippines. They had a ''Dota 2'' team and a professional ''League of Legends'' team. History Mineski was established as a DOTA esports team on February 14, 2004, b ... (Southeast Asia) Results Group stage Main Event Winnings ''(Note: Prizes are in USD)'' References External links * {{officialwebsite, themanilamajor.com/ 2016 in esports 2016 in Philippine sport Sports in Mani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evil Geniuses
Evil Geniuses (EG) is an American esports organization based in Seattle, Washington (state), 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'', ''Valorant'', ''StarCraft II'', ''Rocket League'', ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'', and ''World of Warcraft''. In May 2019, EG was acquired by PEAK6, 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'' team won The International 2015, receiving the largest prize payout in esports history at the time. Their ''Call of Duty: WWII'' team won the Call of Duty Championship 2018, 2018 Call of Duty Championship. Their ''Valorant'' team won the 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighting Game
The fighting game video game genre, genre involves combat between multiple characters, often (but not limited to) one-on-one battles. Fighting game combat often features mechanics such as Blocking (martial arts), blocking, grappling, counter-attacking, and chaining attacks together into "Combo (video games), combos". Characters generally engage hand-to-hand combat, often with martial arts, but some may include weaponry. Battles are usually set in a fixed-size arena along a two-dimensional Plane (mathematics), plane, where characters navigate the plane horizontally by walking or dashing, and vertically by jumping. Some games allow limited movement in 3D space, such as ''Tekken (video game), Tekken'' and Soulblade while some are set in fully three-dimensional environments without restricting characters' movement, such as Power Stone (video game), ''Power Stone'' and ''Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm''; these are sometimes referred to as "3D arena" fighting games. The fighting game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Smash Bros
is a series of platform fighting video games published by Nintendo. Created by Masahiro Sakurai, the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series is a crossover featuring many characters from other video game series created by Nintendo and other developers. Its gameplay is distinct from traditional fighting games, with players aiming to knock each other off of stages after accumulating damage with numerous attacks. The games have also featured a variety of side modes, including single-player story modes. Sakurai conceived the idea of ''Super Smash Bros.'' while working at HAL Laboratory in 1998 with the help of Satoru Iwata. The series's first game, '' Super Smash Bros.'' (1999), was released for the Nintendo 64 and used characters from Nintendo franchises including '' Mario'', '' Donkey Kong'', ''The Legend of Zelda'', '' Kirby'', and '' Pokémon''. The game was a success, and Sakurai was asked to make a sequel for the then-upcoming GameCube, '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'', which wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invictus Gaming
Invictus Gaming (IG, sometime stylized as iG, zh, s=iG电子竞技俱乐部, l=iG Esports Club) is a Chinese multi-game esports organization founded in 2011 by businessman Wang Sicong. They are primarily known for their ''Dota 2'', ''League of Legends'', and ''StarCraft II'' teams. IG's ''Dota'' team won The International 2012, and its ''League of Legends'' team won the 2018 World Championship. History Invictus Gaming was founded in 2011 by Wang Sicong, son of Wang Jianlin, one of the wealthiest men in China and Asia, who bought the team formerly known as Catastrophic Cruel Memory (CCM) at about US$6 million, in order to promote and ameliorate the professional esports scene in China. Now Invictus Gaming consist of squads for ''Dota 2'', ''League of Legends'', ''Crossfire'', and ''StarCraft II''. ''Dota'' & ''Dota 2'' ''Defense of the Ancients'' The creation of iG.Y after poaching YYF, Chuan, 830 and CH of LGD, historically one of the strongest teams in China, came d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Major
The Boston Major was a professional ''Dota 2'' esports tournament that took place in Boston in the United States. The main event was played live at the Wang Theatre from December 7–10, 2016. Like other tournaments in the ''Dota 2'' Major Championship series, the event featured 16 teams from around the world and had a $3,000,000 prize pool, with the victor winning $1,000,000. The event was presented and produced by PGL, who also had the same role at the previous Major in Manila. Unlike previous ''Dota 2'' Majors, the Boston Major was the first one to have a single elimination bracket. The event was won by OG, their third ''Dota 2'' Major championship victory, who defeated Ad Finem in the best-of-five grand finals 3–1. Teams Tournament Groups Group A Group B Group C Group D Bracket All series were played to a best-of-three, with the exception being the best-of-five There are a number of formats used in various levels of competition in sports and games to dete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JerAx
Jesse Vainikka (born May 7, 1992), better known as JerAx, is a retired Finnish professional ''Dota 2'' player known for his playstyle with the hero Earth Spirit. He began his esports career in ''Heroes of Newerth'' before transitioning to ''Dota 2'', where he had back-to-back victories at The International 2018 and The International 2019 with OG. Jesse's professional career includes various roles and teams. After his success with OG, he briefly retired from competitive play but made a return to the scene as the captain of Evil Geniuses. He then joined Team Liquid as a coach in mid-2022. Career Jesse began his career with the Finnish team Rat in the dark in 2013. Over the years, he became part of several international teams, including 5Jungz, Team Tinker, Team Liquid and OG. His achievements include being the first player to participate in four consecutive Dota 2 Major finals—Shanghai and Manila with Team Liquid, and Boston and Kiev with OG. Jesse's career took off in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana (gamer)
Anathan Pham (born 26 October 1999), better known as ana, is an Australian professional ''Dota 2'' player. As a member of OG, he has played in three iterations of The International, winning in 2018 and 2019, and has also won two Major championships tournaments. Career Early career Pham was born in Melbourne, Australia on 26 October 1999. An avid Dota 2 player, he often played 10+ hours a day to the point where it started to impact his education. In 2016, Pham was offered a position in Invictus Gaming's in-house league. This necessitated moving to Shanghai. To pursue the opportunity, Pham dropped out of high school at age 16 and moved to Shanghai. Pham began his professional ''Dota 2'' career by joining Invictus Gaming in March 2016 as a substitute for Ferrari_430. His most notable accomplishment with the team was defeating Newbee in the grand finals of NEA 2016. Move to OG Following The International 2016, Pham left the team to join OG. In November, he won his firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S4 (gamer)
Gustav Magnusson (born 1 April 1992), better known as s4, is a Swedes, Swedish professional ''Dota 2'' player. As a member of Alliance, s4 won The International 2013. Professional career 2012: early career s4's ''Dota 2'' career started in early 2012 where he played at Dreamhack Summer 2012 with his team ''The Tough Bananas'', however the team did not make the playoffs. In the fall of that same year he, along with AdmiralBulldog, created ''No Tidehunter (NTH)''. At the DreamHack Winter 2012 NTH defeated Evil Geniuses in the grand finals and secured first place in the team's first major tournament together. 2013 In 2013, NTH won several tournaments such as the StarLadder Season 5 LAN. In April 2013, s4, along with AdmiralBulldog, Akke, EGM, and Loda moved to Alliance (esports), Alliance - a world-renowned esports organization. With Alliance, they won the year's biggest tournament, The International 3, and without losing a series and only losing 3 games; two of which in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The International 2016
The International 2016 (TI6) was the sixth iteration of The International, an annual ''Dota 2'' esports championship tournament. Hosted by Valve Corporation, the game's developer, the tournament began in June 2016 with the qualifier phase and ended after the main event at the KeyArena in Seattle in August. The tournament awarded the biggest prize pool in esports history at over $20 million, surpassing the record set at the previous International, with the champion team, Wings Gaming, winning over $9 million. Background and format Like in previous years of the tournament, a corresponding digital compendium for ''Dota 2'' was released before the event. Known as the Battle Pass, 25% of the revenue made by it was sent towards the tournament's prize pool. By the end of July, the crowdfunded prize pool had surpassed the previous year's total of $18.4 million, overtaking it as the largest esports tournament prize pool in history, eventually reaching over $20.7 million. The event beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtus
() was a specific virtue in ancient Rome that carried connotations of valor, masculinity, excellence, courage, character, and worth, all perceived as masculine strengths. It was thus a frequently stated virtue of Roman emperors, and was personified as the deity Virtus. Origins The origins of the word can be traced back to the Latin word , "man". The common list of attributes associated with were considered to be particularly masculine strengths. From the early to the later days of the Roman Empire, there appears to have been a development in how the concept was understood. Originally described specifically martial courage, but it eventually grew to be used to describe a range of Roman virtues. It was often divided into different qualities including ( practical wisdom), (justice), ( temperance, self-control), and (courage). This division of virtue as a whole into cardinal virtues is an ongoing project of positive psychology or, in philosophy, virtue ethics, following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
