MeetYourMakers (MYM or mYm) was a German professional

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organization founded in

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in 2001. It formerly had teams competing in ''

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'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''

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History

Founded in

by Mark and Peter "Mercy" Fries in 2000, the organization was not officially established publicly until 2001. In 2002, the decision was made to turn MeetYourMakers into a professional esports organization. MeetYourMakers was well known for its

team, having signed players such as

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and

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. In 2008 MeetYourMakers acquired the "Golden Five" Polish ''

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'' players:

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Filip "NEO" Kubski Filip Borys Kubski (born June 15, 1987), better known as NEO, is a Polish former professional ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' and ''Counter-Strike (video game), Counter-Strike'' player, and current professional ''Counter-Strike 2'' coach for ...

, Łukasz "LUq" Wnęk, Mariusz "loord" Cybulski, and Jakub "Kuben" Gurczyński. MeetYourMakers parted ways with their ''

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'' team in 2009, due to financial difficulties. The organization was sold to an investor in June 2012, and has since been based in

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. After the dissolution of their previous ''League of Legends'' team, MeetYourMakers acquired

EU LCS The ''League of Legends'' EMEA Championship (LEC) is the professional ''League of Legends'' esports Sports league, league run by Riot Games in the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) region, in which ten teams compete. Each annual season i ...

team Supa Hot Crew on 8 December 2014, playing in the league until it disbanded in mid-2015. In July 2015, MeetYourMakers was embroiled in controversy after the team's manager threatened to take Marcin "Kori" Wolski's house away as a consequence of him leaving the team. The organization was dissolved in June 2020. In August 2022, the company was dissolved.

References

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