G2 Esports
| File:G2 Esports Logo 2017.svg | |
| Divisions | League of Legends Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Rainbow Six Siege Hearthstone: Heroes of WarCraft PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Rocket League Clash Royale Paladins Racing games' 'Fortnite |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2013 |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Owner | Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago |
| Website | www |
G2 Esports, formerly known as Gamers2, is a Spanish eSports organisation based in Berlin, Germany,[1] with teams in League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Paladins, PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, Hearthstone, Clash Royale, Rocket League and Rainbow Six Siege.
The G2 League of Legends team competes in the League of Legends Championship Series Europe (EU LCS) since 2016. The organization was first announced on February 24, 2013.
G2's LoL team won the 2016 Spring, the 2016 Summer, the 2017 Spring and the 2017 Summer EU LCS.
League of Legends
| Nicknames | G2 |
|---|---|
| Sport | League of Legends |
| Founded | 2014 |
| League | League of Legends Championship Series Europe |
| Team history | Gamers2 (2014–15) |
| Based in | Berlin |
| Owner | Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago |
| Head coach | Fabian "GrabbZ" Lohmann |
| Championships | CS: Summer 2014 season, 2016 Spring EU LCS |
G2 had made a start for League of Legends in 2014 with an initial roster of Top laner Jesper "Jwaow" Strandgren, jungler Sebastián "Morden" Esteban Fernández, AD carry Soler "Yuuki60" Florent, and support Hugo "Dioud" Padioleau.[2][3]
The team participated in the Spring Expansion Tournament, beating Reason Gaming in the seeding game and Team Strix in Round 1. Gamers2 were knocked out of the tournament in Round 2 after being beaten by n!faculty.
G2 Esports is a Spanish organization, renamed from Gamers2 after qualifying for the 2016 EU LCS Spring Season.[4]
G2 Esports has also a sister team in Spain competing in the EU Challenger Series, called G2 Vodafone, in representation of their sponsor Vodafone. They got qualified for the 2016 EU Challenger Series Summer Split Qualifiers, but they failed to qualify for the EU CS. They also won the Spanish 2016 FinalCup Spring Split.
The team failed to qualify for the LCS three splits in a row.[4]
The team finished 1st in the Challenger Series season. They then took 2nd in the playoffs, thereby qualifying for the 2016 Spring LCS. Gamers2 qualified for the LCS by defeating SK Gaming 3-2.[5]
G2 finished the 2016 EU LCS Spring Split regular season in 1st place. In the playoffs, they defeated Fnatic before winning the 2016 EU LCS in Rotterdam after beating Origen. This also meant that they had qualified for the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational tournament in Shanghai. G2 would represent Europe at the competition against 5 other teams. However, in the weeks before the tournament, the team took an infamous vacation and came to the tournament unprepared. Because of this, they lost 8 of their 10 games, their only 2 wins against the lowest ranked seed there. This also cost the EU LCS league its 1st seed for the 2016 World Championship later that year. This meant that the 1st seed for Europe of the 2016 Summer EU LCS would be put in Pot B for the group draw instead of Pot A.
Roster
| ID | Name | Role | Join date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wunder |  Martin Hansen
|
Top Laner | December 8, 2017 |
| Jankos |  Marcin Jankowski
|
Jungler | December 8, 2017 |
| Perkz |  Luka Perković
|
Mid Laner | October 15, 2015 |
| Hjarnan |  Petter Freyschuss
|
AD Carry | December 8, 2017 |
| Wadid |  Bae-in Kim
|
Support | December 8, 2017 |
| GrabbZ |  Fabian Lohmann
|
Coach | December 15, 2017 |
Former
| ID | Name | Role | Join date | Leave date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zven | Jesper Svenningsen
|
AD Carry | 2016-05-18[6] | 2017-11-24 |
| Mithy |  Alfonso Aguirre Rodríguez
|
Support | 2016-05-18[6] | 2017-11-24 |
| Expect | Dae-han Ki
|
Top Laner | 2016-05-18 | 2017-11-21 |
| Trick | Gang-yun Kim
|
Jungler | 2016-05-18 | 2017-11-20 |
| Kikis | Mateusz Szkudlarek
|
Top Laner | 2015-10-15 | 2016-07-12 |
| Send0o | Rosendo Fuentes
|
Sub/Top Laner | 2017-01-05 | 2018-01-08 |
| Hoang | Michael Tuan Hoang
|
Sub/Support | 2017-06-19 | 2017-12-19 |
| loulex |  Jean-Victor Burgevin
|
Sub/Jungler | 2017-05-22 | 2017-06-19 |
| Upset | Elias Lipp
|
Sub/AD Carry | 2017-05-02 | 2017-05-22 |
| Visdom | Benjamin Larsen
|
Sub/Support | 2017-01-05 | 2017-04-15 |
| Unlimited |  Petar Georgiev
|
Sub/Support | 2016-07-02 | 2016-11-22 |
| Relinquished | Joel Fjellström
|
Sub/AD Carry | 2016-01-07 | 2016-08-?? |
| Emperor | Jin-hyun Kim
|
AD Carry | 2015-12-30 | 2016-05-18 |
| Hybrid |  Glenn Doornenbal
|
Support | 2015-10-15 | 2016-05-18 |
| Tornell | Christoffer Tornell
|
Sub/Top Laner | 2016-01-07 | 2016-05-18 |
| Jesse | Jesse Le
|
AD Carry | 2015-10-15 | 2015-12-13 |
| Smittyj | Lennart Warkus
|
Top Laner | 2015-10-15 | 2015-11-18 |
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
G2 Esports acquired the roster of Team Kinguin on September 11, 2015.[7] G2 finished 3rd-4th at DreamHack Open: Cluj-Napoca 2015.[8] On January 20, 2016 G2 Esports announced that FaZe Clan had acquired their international Counter-Strike roster.[9] G2 announced a new French-speaking roster on February 1, 2016[10] which consisted of Titan's former roster. On April 9, shortly after placing 9–12th at the MLG Major Championship: Columbus, G2 announced Alexandre "bodyy" Pianaro would be replacing Kévin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans.[11] G2 placed 2nd at the ESL Pro League Season 3 Finals on May 16, 2016 after losing 2-3 to Luminosity Gaming in the grand finals.[12] G2 Esports won the Esports Championship Series Season 1 after beating Luminosity in the finals on June 26, 2016.[13] With effect from 3 February 2017, 3 players from Team EnVyUs have joined G2 Esports. Kenny "kennyS" Schrub, Dan "apEX" Madesclaire and Nathan "NBK" Schmitt thus forming the now called "French Super Team". The players they replaced were Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom, who joined Team EnVyUs, Cédric “RpK” Guipouy, who also joined Team EnVyUs and Edouard “SmithZz” Dubourdeaux who is now the head coach of G2 Esports.
Roster
| ID | Name | Role | Join date |
|---|---|---|---|
| kennyS | Kenny Schrub
|
Sniper (AWPer) | February 3, 2017 |
| shox | Richard Papillon
|
Rifler (Lurker) | February 1, 2016 |
| SmithZz | Eduoard Dubourdeaux
|
Rifler | June 4, 2018 |
| bodyy | Alexandre Pianaro
|
Rifler (Support) | April 9, 2016 |
| Ex6TenZ (Stand-in) |  Kévin Droolans
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Rifler/Captain | June 4, 2018 |
| NiaK | Jérôme Sudries
|
Coach | February 1, 2016 |
Former
| ID | Name | Join date | Leave date |
|---|---|---|---|
| dennis | Dennis Edman
|
September 11, 2015 | November 12, 2015 |
| Maikelele | Mikail Bill
|
September 11, 2015 | January 20, 2016 |
| rain |  Håvard Nygaard
|
September 11, 2015 | January 20, 2016 |
| fox |  Ricardo Pacheco
|
September 11, 2015 | January 20, 2016 |
| LEGIJA (Coach) | Nikola Ninic
|
September 11, 2015 | October 14, 2015 |
| jkaem | Joakim Myrbostad
|
September 30, 2015 | January 20, 2016 |
| aizy | Philip Aistrup
|
November 12, 2015 | January 20, 2016 |
| Ex6TenZ | Kévin Droolans
|
February 1, 2016 | April 9, 2016 |
| ScreaM | Adil Benrlitom
|
February 1, 2016 | February 3, 2017 |
| RpK | Cédric Guipouy
|
February 1, 2016 | February 3, 2017 |
| SmithZz (Coach) | Edouard Dubourdeaux
|
February 3, 2017 | March 9, 2018 |
| mixwell (Trial) | Oscar Cañellas
|
March 9, 2018 | May 28, 2018 |
| enkay J (Analyst) | Niclas Krumhorn
|
February 3, 2017 | August 25, 2018 |
| apEX | Dan Madesclaire
|
February 3, 2017 | October 8, 2018 |
| NBK- | Nathan Schmitt
|
February 3, 2017 | October 8, 2018 |
Tournament results
- 1st — DreamHack Open Tours 2017[14]
- 1st — ESL Pro League Season 5[15]
- 1st — DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017[16]
- 3rd — EPICENTER 2017[17]
- 5th — BLAST Pro Series Copenhagen 2017
- 7th — ESL Pro League Season 6 Europe[18][better source needed]
- 9th-10th Intel Extreme Masters Season 12 – Oakland[19][better source needed]
Vainglory
In August 2015 G2 founded a Vainglory team. Most of the players were previously part of the Vainglory Team PewPewPew (PPP).[20] On July 1, 2016 acquired REDemption and majestiC from Team Secret.[21]
Roster
| ID | Name | Role | Join date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face | Misa Kojic | Team Manager | August 2015 |
| DarkPotato | David Süßlin | Jungler | August, 2015 |
| D1ngo | Timo Tekolf | Support | August 2015 |
| majestiC | Miron Beqiraj | Jungler | July 1, 2016 |
| REDemption | Kevin Khuy | Laner | July 1, 2016 |
Former
| ID | Name | Role | Join date | Leave date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesfaye | Tuan Anh Dinh | Jungler | August 2015 | July 1, 2016 |
| REDDIX | Tim Schäfer | Laner | August 2015 | July 1, 2016 |
Super Smash Bros. Melee
G2 Esports signed Weston "Westballz" Dennis on July 11, 2016.[22]
Roster
| ID | Name | Main character(s) | Other character(s) | Join date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westballz |  Weston Dennis
|
Falco, Fox | Captain Falcon, Donkey Kong | July 11, 2016 |
Rocket League
G2 Esports signed the RLCS Season One World Champions, former iBUYPOWER Cosmic on September 7, 2016.[23]
They recently won the Eleague tournament after extreme diarrhea caused them to miss RLCS season 3[24], and came 2nd at Dreamhack. [25]
Roster
| ID | Name | Join date |
|---|---|---|
| Kronovi | Cameron Bills
|
September 7, 2016[26] |
| Rizzo | Dillon Rizzo
|
February 22, 2017[27] |
| Jknaps |  Jacob Knapman
|
February 22, 2017[27] |
| Jahzo | Jacob Suda (Manager/Coach)
|
July 13, 2017 |
Former
| ID | Name | Join Date | Leave Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lachinio | Brandon Lachin |
September 7, 2016 | November 12, 2016 |
| 0ver Zer0 | Ted Keil |
September 7, 2016 | January 31, 2017 |
| Gambit | Cody Dover (Coach) |
September 7, 2016 | November 14, 2016 |
Clash Royale
G2 Esports signed with Supercell to join in Clash Royale League (CRL) on April 3, 2018. The roster is: Fei, ShiR, KanariOoo and Ferchu. The coach is Variko and the manager is Malcaide.
Rainbow Six Siege
The announcement that G2 Esports acquirred the full roster of Penta Sports, all 5 players and 2 coaches came a few days before the kick-off of the Six Major Paris group stage (14.8.18). These players, winners of the Six Invitational 2018 and multiple Pro League champions, represent the colours of G2 from 10 August 2018.
Players & Coaches
Pengu is the most experienced player in both the team and the Rainbow Six Siege pro league, having been in the roster which would eventually transform into G2 Esports. Fabian is the IGL (In Game Leader) of the team to whom the strategic success and flexibility of the team is often pointed towards, as one of the best IGLs in the Europe an pro league and the pro league in general. Goga is the only non nordic player on the team, and the only Spanish player in the whole of pro league. He is often praised for his ability on the games hard breachers, particularly Thermite, and who's support based playstyle has lead to him having the highest amount of plants of a player in the European pro league season. JNSzki is one of the 2 Finnish players on the team, being accquired from PENTA's Y1S1 rival's of Gifu (Now Ence Esports) he has been reputed throughout the pro league's history as one of the best aimers and Bandit players in all of Siege. Kantoraketti is the newest addition to the roster as a player, originally being a loan to PENTA (Now G2) from Ence for the LAN finals of season 7 Pro League. Following the departure of prior teammate Sha77e from both PENTA and European pro league, Kantoraketti became the 5th member of PENTA. Shas[o]das is one of the longest working coaches in siege, originally coaching for team Fenix, a team which had also featued Fabian and previous roster teammate of KS, and is the Head coach for the team. Ferral is the secondary coach and analyst for the team, brought on after the roster's close loss to Team Liquid at the S7 LAN grand finals in Atlantic City.
Roster
| ID | Name | Role | Join date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fabian | Fabian Hällsten
|
Team Captain/In Game Leader | August 10, 2018 |
| Goga | Daniel Mazorra Romero
|
Support | August 10, 2018 |
| jNSzki |  Joonas Savolainen
|
Fragger | August 10, 2018 |
| Kantoraketti | Juhani Toivonen
|
Fragger/Entry | August 10, 2018 |
| Pengu | Niclas Mouritzen
|
Flex/Support | August 10, 2018 |
| Shas[O]Udas |  Thomas Lee
|
Manager/Head Coach | August 10, 2018 |
| Ferral | Daniel Rotheram
|
Analyst | August 10, 2018 |
References
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- ^ KRAZYSLAYER187 (18 February 2015). "League of Legends Pro "ocelote" Retires". Gfininty. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
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- ^ a b Raven, Josh (September 29, 2015). "Ocelote on Gamers2 rebranding plans and how he's building 'a world class esports club'". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ^ Raven, Josh (September 5, 2015). "Gamers2 and Gambit qualify for the LCS". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
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- ^ Lund-Hansen, Rasmus (September 11, 2015). "Gamers2 Signs on the Team Kinguin CS:GO Squad". 1337 Magazine. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ^ Wynne, Jared (November 2, 2015). "EnvyUs deny Na`Vi's breakthrough win". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ^ "G2's Counter-Strike team acquired by FaZe Clan". G2 Esports. January 20, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
- ^ "G2.Kinguin presents new CS:GO team". g2esports.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ^ "G2 welcomes bodyy to CS:GO team". G2 Esports. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ Guevarra, Earl. "Luminosity Gaming Wins ESL CS:GO Pro League Season 3 in Nailbiter Series". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ Mira, Luis. "G2 beat Luminosity to win ECS S1". HLTV.org. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "G2 beat HR to win DreamHack Tours". hltv.org. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ "G2 Esports win ESL Pro League Season 5". fragbite.com. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "G2 win DH Masters Malmö over North". fragbite.com. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ^ "Epicenter 2017 — SK Gaming overcome Virtus.pro". Fragbite.com. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ "ESL Pro League Season 6 - Wikipedia". En.m.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Extreme_Masters_Season_12_–_Oakland
- ^ Oct 8, 2015 (2015-10-08). "G2 Esports | Vainglory team qualifies for VIPL". G2 Esports. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Statement on the changes to Vainglory roster". G2 Esports. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ "G2 expands into Super Smash Bros Melee". G2 Esports. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ "G2 Esports sign Rocket League World Champions". G2 Esports. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ G2 esports win Eleague Cup https://liquipedia.net/rocketleague/ELEAGUE/Cup%7C
- ^ G2 esports takes second at Dreamhack https://liquipedia.net/rocketleague/DreamHack/2018/Leipzig%7C
- ^ Sep 7, 2016 (2016-09-07). "G2 Esports | G2 Esports sign Rocket League World Champions". G2 Esports. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Feb 22, 2017 (2017-02-22). "G2 Esports | JKnaps & Rizzo join Rocket League team". G2 Esports. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
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