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Team Envy
Team Envy is an American esports franchise based in Dallas, Texas, owned by Envy Gaming. Founded in 2007 as a professional ''Call of Duty'' team under the moniker Team EnVyUs, they fielded rosters in '' Counter-Strike, FIFA, Fortnite, Gears of War, Halo, League of Legends, Chess, Magic: the Gathering, Overwatch, Paladins, PUBG, Rocket League, SMITE, StarCraft, Super Smash Bros., Street Fighter'' and ''Valorant'' in their original form. Following the merger between Envy Gaming and OpTic Gaming, Envy Gaming retired the Team Envy brand in June 2022, shifting all of them to the OpTic Gaming moniker. On January 17, 2025, Mike "Hastr0" Rufail announced that he re-acquired the Team Envy name, as well as associated trademarks, from OpTic, reviving the franchise. Envy has since entered ''Apex Legends'' and '' Marvel Rivals'', as well as re-entering ''Super Smash Bros'' and Valorant. History ''Call of Duty'' Team EnVyUs was founded on November 19, 2007, as a '' Call of Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Envy Gaming
Envy Gaming, Inc was a collective esports and gaming company. It was originally founded in 2007 by Tosh "Stainville" Mcgruder and Skyler "Foreplayy" Johnson as a ''Call of Duty'' esports team known as Team EnVyUs. Envy Gaming, LLC was formed in October 2012 and incorporated as Envy Gaming, Inc in May 2016. The company owned and operated several esports teams, including Team Envy, the Dallas Fuel of the Overwatch League, and OpTic Texas of the Call of Duty League with OpTic Gaming. In June 2022, it was announced Envy Gaming would retire the Envy brand, and fully become OpTic Gaming. History 2007–2016 Envy Gaming was originally founded by Tosh "Stainville" Mcgruder and Skyler "Foreplayy" Johnson as a professional ''Call of Duty 4'' team in 2007, known as Team EnVyUs. The team brought on Mike "Hastr0" Rufail in 2009 as a team member; Rufail would eventually become the team's owner. Envy Gaming, LLC was officially established in North Carolina on October 31, 2012. The comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paladins (video Game)
''Paladins: Champions of the Realm'' is a 2018 free-to-play online hero shooter video game by Hi-Rez Studios. The game was developed by Evil Mojo, an internal studio of Hi-Rez and was released on May 8, 2018, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, followed by a Nintendo Switch version released on June 12, 2018. ''Paladins'' was initially announced in 2012 as ''Global Agenda 2'' and was scheduled to be released in mid-2013, intended as the sequel or spiritual sequel to the PvP mode of ''Global Agenda'' according to some developers. The game changed its name several times; in the end the developers renamed the game as ''Paladins'' in early August 2015. The game had pre-alpha and alpha versions during 2015 but were not shown until August 3, 2015, when outlets like ''IGN'' were given permission to show the game content. But in September 2014, much of the game's content was leaked, despite the developers' attempts to avoid revealing information about the game. The ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major League Gaming
Major League Gaming Corp. (MLG) was a professional esports organization based in New York City. Founded in 2002 by Sundance DiGiovanni and Mike Sepso, MLG held official video game tournaments throughout the United States and Canada. The ''Boost Mobile MLG Pro Circuit'' was a television broadcast of ''Halo 2'' MLG tournaments in 2006 and 2007, ESPN.com, and other broadband sites. The company has also been involved in television production, and game development. MLG's aim was to elevate computer and console game tournaments to viable competitive and spectator events. In January 2016, video game publisher Activision Blizzard announced its acquisition of Major League Gaming. The company, whose own esports division is led by MLG co-founder Mike Sepso, stated that it intended to leverage the purchase as part of its plans to build an esports-focused television network. The organization experienced a loss of profit, leading its parent company, Activision Blizzard, to close its last br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Major League Gaming National Championships
This is a list of Major League Gaming national championships, including results from 2004 to the present. 2004 - New York City 2005 - New York City 2006 - Las Vegas 2007 - Las Vegas 2008 - Las Vegas 2009 - Anaheim 2009 - Orlando 2010 - Dallas 2011 - Providence 2012 - Winter Championship - Columbus 2012 - Spring Championship - Anaheim 2012 - Summer Championship - Raleigh Note: Curse and Dignitas were both disqualified for involvement with a fixing scandal, which resulted in splitting the first and second place prize pools between third through sixth place. 2012 - Fall Championship - Dallas 2013 - Winter Championship - Dallas 2013 - Spring Championship - Anaheim 2013 - Fall Championship - Columbus 2014 - Anaheim 2015 World Finals The MLG 2015 World Finals took place in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States on October 16–18, 2015. The event featured five games, '' Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare'', ''Dota 2'', '' Smite'', '' S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Warfare
Modern warfare generally refers to contemporary warfare as contrasted with previous methods. Aspects of modern warfare: *Early modern warfare * 18th-century warfare *Napoleonic Wars *Industrial warfare *Mechanized warfare *Total war * Fourth-generation warfare ''Modern Warfare'' *Modern warfare, book of Roger Trinquier written in 1961 * Modern Warfare (band), punk rock band from Long Beach, California * "Modern Warfare" (''Community''), episode of the television series ''Community'' *The ''Modern Warfare'' series of the Call of Duty franchise **'' Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'', released in 2007 *** ''Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'' (Nintendo DS), first-person shooter companion of the above game for the Nintendo DS **'' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'', 2009 sequel to ''Call of Duty 4'' **'' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Mobilized'', a first-person shooter companion of the above game for the Nintendo DS **'' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3'', 2011 sequel to ''Modern Warfare 2' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Hastr0 Rufail - 2
Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and documentaries Arts * Mike (miniseries), a 2022 Hulu limited series based on the life of American boxer Mike Tyson * Mike (2022 film), a Malayalam film produced by John Abraham * ''Mike'' (album), an album by Mike Mohede * ''Mike'' (1926 film), an American film * Mike (musician), American rapper, songwriter and record producer * ''Mike'' (novel), a 1909 novel by P. G. Wodehouse * "Mike" (song), by Elvana Gjata and Ledri Vula featuring John Shahu * Mike (''Twin Peaks''), a character from ''Twin Peaks'' * "Mike", a song by Xiu Xiu from their 2004 album ''Fabulous Muscles'' * mike. (musician), American rapper and baseball player formerly known as Mike Stud Businesses * Mike (cellular network), a defunct Canadian cellular network * Mike and Ik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dot Esports
The GAMURS Group, simply known as Gamurs, is an esports media and entertainment publisher. Established in 2014, the group operates multiple brands focusing on the esports and entertainment news markets, including the websites: ''Dot Esports'', ''We Got This Covered,'' ''The Mary Sue'', ''Prima Games'', and ''the Escapist (magazine), Escapist''. GAMURS is based in Sydney, Sydney, Australia, with an office in Austin, Texas. History In 2010, Riad Chikhani, Phillip Luu, and Malik Akl established Rune Gear, a forum for the game ''RuneScape''. They sold the business at the age of 17 to focus on school. Their experience inspired them to develop a similar business, but for a wider variety of games. In December 2014, they joined with Carl Oehme and Halim Yoo to form GAMURS Group. GAMURS began as a social network for gamers after joining the NRMA Jumpstart program run by the Slingshot Accelerator. Shortly after the program ended, the company raised $500,000 in a seed round. GAMURS acquire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dallas Morning News
''The Dallas Morning News'' is a daily newspaper serving the Dallas–Fort Worth area of Texas, with an average print circulation in 2022 of 65,369. It was founded on October 1, 1885, by Alfred Horatio Belo as a satellite publication of the '' Galveston Daily News'', of Galveston, Texas. Historically, and to the present day, it is the most prominent newspaper in Dallas. Throughout the 1990s and as recently as 2010, the paper has won nine Pulitzer Prizes for reporting and photography, George Polk Awards for education reporting and regional reporting, and an Overseas Press Club award for photography. Its headquarters is in downtown Dallas. History ''The Dallas Morning News'' was founded in 1885 as a spin-off of the '' Galveston Daily News'' by Alfred Horatio Belo. In 1926, the Belo family sold a majority interest in the paper to its longtime publisher, George Dealey. By the 1920s, ''The Dallas Morning News'' had grown larger than the ''Galveston Daily News'' and had bec ... [...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, and a Halo (franchise), ''Halo'' team. They previously competed in ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''Gears of War 4'', ''PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds'', ''Fortnite Battle Royale'', ''Dota 2'', ''League of Legends'', ''Valorant'', ''Apex Legends, Overwatch, and Rocket League''. The organization is currently owned by Hector "H3CZ" Rodriguez. 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 hand over the team to long-time member Hector "H3CZ" Rodriguez. The team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valorant
''Valorant'' is a 2020 First-person shooter, first-person tactical shooter, tactical hero shooter video game developed and published by Riot Games. A free-to-play game, ''Valorant'' takes inspiration from the ''Counter-Strike'' series, borrowing several mechanics such as the buy menu, spray patterns, and inaccuracy while moving. Development started in 2014 and was teased under the codename ''Project A'' in 2019; the game was released on June 2, 2020 for Microsoft Windows, Windows. It was ported to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and Series S, Xbox Series X/S in June 2024, albeit without Cross-platform play, crossplay between PC and console clients. Gameplay ''Valorant'' is a team-based First-person shooter, first-person tactical shooter, tactical hero shooter set in the near future. Players play as one of a set of Agents, characters based on several countries and cultures around the world. In the main game mode, players are assigned to either the attacking or defending t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Fighter
is a Media mix, Japanese media franchise centered on a series of fighting games developed and published by Capcom. Street Fighter 1, The first game in the series was released in 1987, followed by List of Street Fighter video games, six other main series games, various spin-offs and crossovers, and numerous appearances in other media. Its best-selling 1991 release, ''Street Fighter II,'' established many of the conventions of the one-on-one fighting genre. ''Street Fighter'' is one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time and one of Capcom's flagship series, with total sales of 56 million units worldwide . It is also one of the List of highest-grossing media franchises, highest-grossing media franchises of all time. Games ''Street Fighter'' (1987) ''Street Fighter (video game), Street Fighter'', designed by Takashi Nishiyama and Hiroshi Matsumoto, debuted in Amusement arcade, arcades in 1987. The player controls martial artist Ryu (Street Fighter), Ryu to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
StarCraft
''StarCraft'' is a military science fiction media franchise created by Chris Metzen and James Phinney and owned by Blizzard Entertainment. The series, set in the beginning of the 26th century, centers on a galactic struggle for dominance among four species—the adaptable and mobile Terrans, the ever-evolving insectoid Zerg, the powerful and enigmatic Protoss, and the godlike Xel'Naga creator race—in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy known as the Koprulu Sector. The series debuted with the video game '' StarCraft'' in 1998. It has grown to include a number of other games as well as eight novelizations, two ''Amazing Stories'' articles, a board game and other licensed merchandise, such as collectible statues and toys. Blizzard Entertainment began planning ''StarCraft'' in 1995 with a development team led by Metzen and Phinney. The game debuted at the 1996 Electronic Entertainment Expo and used a modified '' Warcraft II'' game engine. ''StarCraft'' also marked the cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
