Titan (gaming organization)

Titan
Location Singapore
Founded 2013
Divisions Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Smite
Website www.titan.pro

Titan is an electronic sports team founded in September 2013. Titan participates in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) and Smite, with Quake Live and Dota 2 divisions on hold.[1]


Dota 2

Titan started its Dota 2 team in 2013 by recruiting four players from Orange Esports, Lee “KyXy” Kong Yang, Lim “Net” Wai Pern, Joel “Xtinct” Chan and Chong “Ohaiyo” Xin Khoo, in addition to Chua “Ice” Chee Cai.[2][3]

Although the team secured a podium finish at Mineski Pro Gaming League,[4] in December 2013 Ice was dismissed from the team,[5] being replaced first by Singaporean carry player Gavin ‘Meracle’ Kang and then Malaysian player Ng Wei “NWP” Poong (formerly known as “Yamateh”).[6]

The team went on to win the Asian Cyber Games 2013,[7] and finished 9th/10th place at The International 4 in 2014.[8]

In October 2014 the Titan Dota 2 team was disbanded and the division officially put on hold.

Quake Live

Alexei “Cypher” Yanushevsky first played for Titan at DreamHack Winter 2013, which he won.[9]

Cypher went on to win the QuakeCon 2014 Duel Masters Invitational, marking a record breaking four QuakeCon wins for Yanushevsky and making him the most successful Quake Live player to date.[10]

In December 2014 Yanushevsky parted ways with Titan, following a steep decline in the game's interest.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

In January 2014, began a CS:GO team by recruiting the VeryGames team of Kévin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans, Nathan "NBK" Schmitt, Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux, Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom and Richard "shox" Papillon.[11][12] The team went on to win the February 2014 DreamHack Invitational tournament, defeating their rivals Ninjas in Pyjamas,[13][14] With Copenhagen Games 2014 being the first LAN to do groups based on world rankings, Titan was officially placed as the 2nd best team in the world,[15] but failed to deliver at the event.

The team's lineup changed in May 2014 with the departure of Richard "shox" Papillon and his replacement by Kenny "kennyS" Schrub.[16] Following the change, the team did poorly, although it won second place at Gfinity 3 in August 2014.[17][18]

In September 2014, the roster was restructured again. Only Kévin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans and Kenny "kennyS" Schrub were retained, as they were joined by three players from LDLC: Dan "apEX" Madesclaire, Mathieu ”Maniac” Quiquerez and Hovik “KQLY” Tovmassian.[19][20] The new lineup then went on to win the DreamHack Stockholm Invitational in Globen,[21] taking down parts of their former team mates in LDLC. Kenny "kennyS" Schrub was also singled out as "the best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player in the world" by noted esports historian Duncan "Thorin" Shields,[22] with the team being ranked as no. 5 on his Top 10 World Ranking list leading up to DreamHack Winter 2014.[23]

In November 2014, Hovik “KQLY” Tovmassian was dismissed from the team after receiving a VAC ban,[24] with returning CS:S legend Cédric "RpK" Guipouy taking his place[25]

Smite

In December 2014 Titan expanded its esports presence by reruiting the well-known Cognitive Gaming Team roster Aquila, securing the lineup of Nate “Ataraxia” Mark, Andreas “KanyeLife” Christmansson, Emil “PrettyPriMe” Edström, Thomas “Repikas” Skallebaek, and Kevin “Confrey” Confrey.[26][27]

Originally founded as Agilitas at the start of the Smite Pro league qualifier in 2013, the team had stayed largely intact since its inception, adding manager Job “CaptCoach” Hilbers and analyst Erik “Omgimabird” Sjösten as support staff.

Playing their way through the Smite Challenger Cup and placing 1st seven weeks in a row, the team ended 2014 by winning the Smite European Regionals after a 2-0 clean sweep against SK Gaming in the finals.[28][29][30] In the following 2015 Smite World Championship tournament the team managed to beat both Oh My God and SK Gaming, with Titan taking an impressive second place after losing 2-3 to the home soil lineup of Cognitive Prime in the grand final.[31][32]


Active Roster

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

[33]

Smite

[34]

Former Players

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Dota 2

Quake Live

Achievements

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Place Tournament Location Date
DreamHack Invitational Sweden Stockholm, Sweden 21 February 2014
Gfinity 3 United Kingdom London, United Kingdom 4 August 2014
DreamHack Invitational Sweden Stockholm, Sweden 27 September 2014
Asus ROG Finland Helsinki, Finland 31 January 2015
Pantamera CSGO Challenge Sweden Stockholm, Sweden 7 February 2015
Gamers Assembly 2015 France Poitiers, France 6 April 2015
ESL Pro League Winter 2015 Germany Cologne, Germany 12 April 2015
ESEA s18 United States Dallas, USA 19 April 2015

Smite

Place Tournament Location Date
Wildcards Online 26 October 2014
Smite European Regionals Germany Cologne, Germany 16 November 2014
Smite World Championship 2015 United States Atlanta, USA 11 January 2015

Dota 2

Place Tournament Location Date
SteelSeries SEA Cup Season 3 Online 28–31 October 2013
GMPGL SEA Grand Finals Season Five Philippines Quezon City, Philippines 9–10 November 2013
~5 Rapture Gaming Network League 2013 - 2014 Online 18 May - 8 December 2013
joinDOTA League Asia Season 1 Online 26 January - 13 April 2014
~9 The International 2014 United States Seattle, Washington, United States 8–21 July 2014

Quake Live

Place Tournament Location Date
DreamHack Winter 2013 Sweden Jönköping, Sweden 1 December 2013
QuakeCon 2014 Intel Duel Masters Invitational Championship United States Dallas, Texas 20 July 2014

References

  1. ↑ Jared Wynne (2 October 2014). "Titan falls, gives way to Team Malaysia". Daily Dot. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Titan acquires ex-Orange, Ice as fifth". joinDOTA. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Titan picks up ex-Orange squad and Ice". GosuGamers.
  4. ↑ "Philippine team AMD.Mineski wins GMPGL 5 SEA grand finals". Games in Asia.
  5. ↑ "Meracle replaces Ice in Titan". GosuGamers.
  6. ↑ "Yamateh joins Titan as fifth member". GosuGamers.
  7. ↑ "Titan sweeps Mineski, takes home ACG title". GosuGamers.
  8. ↑ "The Playoffs Are Over!". Dota2.
  9. ↑ "The Champion of DHW 2013 Quake Live – Cypher!". DreamHack.
  10. ↑ "Cypher winning fourth Quakecon Cypher wins record fourth Quakecon championship". The Daily Dot.
  11. ↑ "Titan sign ex-VeryGames". HLTV.org.
  12. ↑ "VeryGames are now Titan eSports". SK Gaming.
  13. ↑ "Titan win DreamHack Stockholm". HLTV.org.
  14. ↑ "Titan over NiP in the Steelseries Dreamhack Invitational". ESEA.
  15. ↑ "HLTV.org April 2014 world ranking".
  16. ↑ "Titan change shox for kennyS". HLTV.org.
  17. ↑ "Virtus.pro win Gfinity 3". HLTV.org.
  18. ↑ "Virtus.pro are your Gfinity 3 champions!". GosuGamers.
  19. ↑ "Titan Change Ses Cadres". Vakarm.
  20. ↑ "Official: Titan sign LDLC trio". HLTV.org.
  21. ↑ "Titan vann Dreamhack Stockholm: "Oerhört lyckliga"".
  22. ↑ "kennyS - Special Sniper".
  23. ↑ "Thorin's CS:GO Top 10 World Rankings - 12th November, 2014".
  24. ↑ "Statement Regarding DreamHack Winter 2014".
  25. ↑ "The Return of a Legend". Titan.pro. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  26. ↑ "Titan Ventures Into Smite". Titan.pro. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  27. ↑ "Aquila gets acquired by Titan". Hi-Rez. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  28. ↑ Warr, Philippa. "Smite: The Aquila/SK Gaming EU Showdown". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  29. ↑ "Cognitive Aquila: Champions of Europe". Smitetastic!. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  30. ↑ "EU Championship - Recap". Hi-Rez. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  31. ↑ Warr, Philippa. "Smite Crowns First World Champions". Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
  32. ↑ Higgins, Chris. "Titan fall in $1.3m Smite World Championship Final". Red Bull eSports.
  33. ↑ http://titan.pro/divisions/CS-GO-Division/1
  34. ↑ http://titan.pro/divisions/Smite-Division/4

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