Minnesota Rokkr (stylized as Minnesota RØKKR) is an American professional

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(CDL)

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team based in

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, Minnesota. RØKKR is owned by

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, a European esports organization, who merged with Version1 (Owned by WISE Ventures, a private investments fund owned by the

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family, the owners of the

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, along with

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), in December 2023.

History

On July 1, 2019, Minnesota was announced as one of the twelve cities owning a spot in the CDL. On October 29, 2019, Minnesota announced their branding as Minnesota ROKKR; Brett Diamond, COO of WISE Ventures, explained they were going for a

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theme. In

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dialect, ''røkkr'' translates to ''twilight'', and can also be linked to

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. During the

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the team failed to win any Home Series, resulting in an 8th finish in the Regular Season standings. At the Champions Weekend the team finished 9th/10th following a loss to the

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in the Winners Bracket round 1, followed by a loss against OpTic Gaming Los Angeles in the Losers Bracket round 2. In September 2020 the Minnesota RØKKR were joined by Priestahh, MajorManiak, Attach and Accuracy. On August 1, 2021, Minnesota RØKKR won their first Major in franchise history after being down 0–4 against

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during the Stage 5 major finals. In September 2021 the Minnesota RØKKR revealed that Priestahh, MajorManiak, Attach and Standy would return as the roster for the 2022 CDL season. On August 25, 2022, Minnesota RØKKR announced Bance, Afro, Attach and Cammy as their starting roster going into the 2023 CDL season. On December 5, 2023, it was announced that

, a European esports organization who last fielded a Call of Duty team during the Black Ops 4 season, had merged with Version1, which was also owned by WISE Ventures, with G2 acquiring operating rights to the Minnesota RØKKR in the process; as a result of this, Version1 would not field any teams in any esport for the foreseeable future. Accuracy, Lynz, Owakening and Vivid would make up the 2024 roster for the Minnesota RØKKR.

Current roster

Awards and records

Seasons overview

Tournament wins

Individual accomplishments

2nd Team All-Star *Attach (Dillon Price) – 2022

References

External links

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