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N0thing
Jordan Gilbert (born October 25, 1990), better known as n0thing (pronounced as "nothing"), is an American retired professional ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' player. He previously played as a rifler/lurker for Cloud9. n0thing is one of the most experienced North American players. Before playing ''Global Offensive,'' n0thing was a professional Counter Strike 1.6, ''Counter Strike'' 1.6 player. Jordan won his first LAN tournament at just 10 years old. Since then, he has grown into a major figure in the CS:GO scene. His large following has garnered him popularity outside the esports scene, even appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience. Career ''Counter-Strike'' 1.6 During Counter Strike 1.6, ''Counter Strike'' 1.6, n0thing was best known as the star player on Evil Geniuses, who signed him in March 2008. He was nominated from the North American region as Best Newcomer in 2008, and the eSports Player of the Year in 2008 and 2009. In 2011, he was named as the 11th best player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sgares
Sean Michael Gares (born June 10, 1988), better known as sgares or Seang@res, is an American professional retired ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' player, esports commentator, and the former head coach of 100 Thieves' Valorant roster. In December 2016, he was released from Team SoloMid, TSM over a player rights controversy and played for Misfits Gaming, Misfits between January 2017 and January 2018. Early life Gares graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry, medical biochemistry. He joined his first professional team Emazing Gaming in 2009. Career Starting from local Arizona teams before 2010, when he joined Ruins, Gares distinguished himself for being one of the most aggressive AWPers in North America. During his tenure in Ruins, the team was undefeated and won ESEA-M, moving up to ESEA-I. Gares and his mates played at Arbalet Cup in Dallas placing in Group B with SK Gaming, mTw and lions. Ruins began to have internal problems after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cloud9
Cloud9 Esports, Inc., or simply Cloud9 (C9), is an American professional esports company based in Santa Monica, California. The company was originally founded as a professional ''League of Legends'' team by Jack and Paullie Etienne in May 2013 and was incorporated into Cloud9 Esports, Inc. on September 6, 2016. Cloud9 has received million in total raised equity via venture capital funding and was ranked the world's fifth-most valuable esports organization in mid-2022. Cloud9 has held divisions in numerous esports throughout its existence, establishing eight by 2014. In 2018, Cloud9 won three international championships: the Rocket League Championship Series, Rocket League Championship Series Season 6 World Championship, the 2018 Overwatch League Grand Finals, and the ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018. The company currently operates four franchised teams: Cloud9 League of Legends, Cloud9 ''League of Legends'' of the League of Legends Championship of The Americas, Cloud9 ''Valorant'' of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
DreamHack Open Austin 2016
DreamHack Open Austin 2016 was a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive LAN Tournament hosted by the Swedish eSports company DreamHack. It took place from May 6–8 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. DH Austin featured six North American teams, and two South American teams. They competed for a $100,000 prize pool. In the finals, Luminosity Gaming, the then world champions after winning MLG Columbus 2016, defeated its fellow Brazilian team Tempo Storm, 2–0, to win Dream Hack Open Austin 2016. Qualifier Teams Broadcast Talent Desk Host *Alex "Machine" Richardson Host *Sue "Smix" Lee Commentators *Joey "heliumbrella" Cunningham *Mohan "launders" Govindasamy *John "BLU" Mullen *Jason "moses" O'Toole Analysts *Stephanie "missharvey" Harvey *Janko "YNk" Paunović Groups Group A Group B Playoffs Semifinals Scores Finals Scores Final standings References {{Professional Counter-Strike competition DreamHack events 2010s in Austin, Texas 2016 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
ESL Pro League Season 4
ESL Pro League Season 4 (shortened as EPL Season 4) was a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament run by ESL. It was the fourth season of the ESL Pro League, and had an overall prize pool of $750,000 . For the first time, the Finals took place in South America – São Paulo, Brazil, from October 28 to October 30. Teams from two continents, North America and Europe competed in fourteen team leagues to attempt to qualify for the Finals. Europe's season began with FaZe Clan defeating Team X (which later formed into Heroic) and ended with Team Dignitas defeating Virtus.pro in a best of three 6th place decider. North America's season started with Cloud9 defeating Team Liquid and ended with Immortals defeating Echo Fox. In the finals, Cloud9 defeated SK Gaming 2–1 to become the ESL Pro League Season 4 Champions and take home $200,000 prize money; this upset would also mark the first time a North American won an international premier event since iBUYPOWER won ESEA Season 16 - Gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
ELEAGUE Season 1
''ELEAGUE Season 1'' was the inaugural season of the ELEAGUE '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' league, running from May 24, 2016, to July 30, 2016. This was the first CS:GO league to be broadcast on cable television in the United States, airing on TBS and streaming online on Twitch. The season featured 24 teams from across the world to compete in a 10-week season, which included a regular season and a playoffs. On September 24, 2015 Turner Broadcasting announced that it was partnering with talent agency WME/IMG for a new esports project. Matches were broadcast live on TBS on Friday nights, starting on May 27, 2016. The broadcast was simultaneously available on the online streaming service Twitch. Matches were played at the Turner Studios facility in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The semifinals and final were played at the Cobb Energy Center. Turner partnered with online streaming services to bring additional video content. One such program featured the Renegades' move f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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] [Amazon] |
Team SoloMid
TSM (initialism derived from the previous name Team SoloMid) is a professional esports organization based in the United States. It was founded in September 2009 by Andy Dinh, Andy "Reginald" Dinh. TSM currently fields players in ''Apex Legends'', ''Counter-Strike 2'', ''Dota 2'', ''Fortnite'', ''PUBG: Battlegrounds'', ''Overwatch 2'', ''Rocket League'', ''Guilty Gear Strive'', ''Super Smash Bros.'', ''Valorant'', and ''Halo Infinite''. TSM League of Legends division, TSM's ''League of Legends'' team won seven of the total sixteen splits of North America's League of Legends Championship Series (LCS). History Before entering esports, the origin of Team SoloMid (TSM) traces back to September 2009, when Andy "Reginald" Dinh and his brother Dan Dinh created a blog, which became SoloMid.net, during their college years providing written guides for the game ''League of Legends''. The Dinh brothers were both part of a ''League of Legends'' clan called All or Nothing during the game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
ESPN
ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan. ESPN broadcasts primarily from studio facilities located in Bristol, Connecticut. The network also operates offices and auxiliary studios in Miami, Orlando, New York City, Las Vegas, Seattle, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. James Pitaro has been chairman since March 5, 2018, following the resignation of John Skipper on December 18, 2017. , ESPN is available to approximately 70 million pay television households in the United States—down from its 2011 peak of 100 million households. It operates regional channels in Africa, Australia, Latin America, and the Netherlands. In Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dreamhack Winter 2016
DreamHack is a Swedish ESL Gaming brand specializing in esports tournaments and other gaming conventions; at its root, a massive LAN party and computer festival, recognized by ''Guiness World Records'' and Twin Galaxies as being the world's largest with the world's fastest Internet connection and the most generated traffic. Initially a Swedish event, it today holds its events throughout Western Europe and North America etc. Events summary DreamHack's events include local area network gatherings with live concerts and competitions in digital art and esports. The first event was held in Malung, Sweden. The company has held several gaming events throughout Europe, in Stockholm, Jönköping, Tours, Bucharest, Cluj, Valencia, Seville, London, and Leipzig. In May 2016, it held its first North American event in Austin, Texas. In August 2016, it held its first Canada event in Montreal, Quebec. Winter events consistently have about 10% more visitors than summer events. Attendees range ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Luminosity Gaming
Luminosity Gaming is a professional esports organization based in North America. It has teams competing in ''Call of Duty, Overwatch, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege'', ''Super Smash Bros.'', ''Fortnite,'' ''Apex Legends'', ''Rocket League'', '' Pokémon Unite'', ''Brawl Stars'' and ''League of Legends''. The team was founded in Canada by Steve "Buyaka" Maida in 2015, and is based in Toronto, Ontario. Current divisions ''Super Smash Bros. '' In October 8, 2016, Luminosity Gaming signed their first Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U representative being the Japanese Mewtwo player Abadango. Shortly after, they signed their first Super Smash Bros. Melee player being European Fox main Ice. Both players left shortly before the start of 2018 ending their Smash Division. This was until Melee player Ginger was signed in February 2021. In October 9, 2022, they announced Enrique Hernández (" Maister") as their first Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player. The following year on March 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Aftonbladet
(, lit. "The evening paper") is a Swedish language, Swedish daily tabloid newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the largest daily newspapers in the Nordic countries. History and profile The newspaper was founded by Lars Johan Hierta in December 1830 under the name of during the modernization of Sweden. Often critical and oppositional, the paper was repeatedly banned from publishing. However, Hierta circumvented the bans by constantly reviving the paper under slightly modified names, as, legally speaking, a new publication. Thus, on 16 February 1835, he issued the first edition of New , which would – after yet another ban – be followed by Newer , in turn followed by Fourth , Fifth , and so on. In 1852 the paper began to use its current name, , after a total of 25 name changes. It currently describes itself as an "independent Social democracy, social-democratic newspaper." Augusta Barthelson often wrote small stories in the newspaper. The owners of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
SK Gaming
SK Gaming is a professional esports organization based in Germany that has teams across the world competing in different titles. SK is particularly known for their success in '' Counter-Strike'' (CS) tournaments. SK's Brazilian ''CS'' team won the ESL One Cologne 2016 Major. SK currently has players and teams competing in ''League of Legends'' and '' Hearthstone''. SK Gaming was founded in 1997 by a small group of '' Quake'' players in Oberhausen. History Beginnings Schröt Kommando was founded in 1997 as a German '' Quake'' clan by four brothers and three accomplices in Oberhausen. The original line-up of Schroet Kommando consisted of Ralf "Griff" Reichert, Daniel "Godlike" Beames, Tim "Burke" Reichert, Benjamin "Kane" Reichert, Kristof "Speed" Salwiczek, Carsten "Storch" Kramer and Sven "Ramses" Tümmers. According to Ralf Reichert, the original naming of the organization originated from one of the members repeatedly shouting "Schröt!" This was a common occurre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
