G2 Esports
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| Location |
HQ: Las Rozas, Madrid, Spain LoL: Berlin |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 |
| Manager(s) | Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago |
| Divisions |
League of Legends Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Hearthstone: Heroes of WarCraft Vainglory FIFA 15 |
| Website | http://www.g2esports.com/ |
G2 Esports, formerly known as Gamers2, is a Spanish esports organization that has teams in League of Legends and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Hearthstone: Heroes of WarCraft. The G2 League team competes in the League of Legends Championship Series Europe. The organization was first announced on February 24, 2014.
League of Legends
| Nicknames | G2 |
|---|---|
| Sport | League of Legends |
| Founded | 2014 |
| League | League of Legends Championship Series Europe |
| Team history | Gamers2 (2014-2015) |
| Based in | Berlin |
| Owner(s) | Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago |
| Manager | Luis "Bull" Rivera |
| Local media |
Twitch.tv Riot Games |
The team was founded by former SK Gaming mid-laner Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago 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.[1][2]
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.[3]
The team currently competes under the name G2 Kinguin, in representation of their sponsor Kinguin.
The team failed to qualify for the LCS three splits in a row.[3]
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.[4]
The team plays LCS games out of the Am Studio 20D in Adlershof, Berlin.
Roster
| Nationality | ID | Name | Age | Role | Join date | End of Contract | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Germany |
SmittyJ | Lennart Warkus | 19 | Top Laner | February 2015[5] | — | — |
 Poland |
Kikis | Mateusz Szkudlarek | 19 | Jungler | July 2015[5] | — | — |
 Croatia |
PerkZ | Luka Perković | 17 | Mid-Laner | Jun 2015[5] | — | — |
 Denmark |
Jesse | Jesse Le | ? | AD Carry | Dec 2015[5] | — | — |
 Netherlands |
Hybrid | Glenn Doornenbal | 21 | Support/Coach | Jun 2015[5] | — | — |
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
G2 Esports acquired the roster of Team Kinguin on September 11, 2015.[6] G2 finished 3rd-4th at DreamHack Open: Cluj-Napoca 2015.[7] On January 20, 2016 G2 Esports announced that FaZe Clan had acquired their international Counter-Strike roster.[8] G2 announced a new French-speaking roster on February 1, 2016[9] which consisted of Titan's former roster.
Roster
| Nationality | ID | Name | Join date |
|---|---|---|---|
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Ex6TenZ | Kévin Droolans | February 1, 2016 |
| Belgium |
ScreaM | Adil Benrlitom | February 1, 2016 |
 France |
shox | Richard Papillon | February 1, 2016 |
| France |
SmithZz | Edouard Dubourdeaux | February 1, 2016 |
| France |
RpK | Cédric Guipouy | February 1, 2016 |
Former
| Nationality | ID | Name | Join date | Leave date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark |
aizy | Philip Aistrup | November 12, 2015 | January 20, 2016 |
 Sweden |
Maikelele | Mikail Bill | September 11, 2015 | January 20, 2016 |
 Norway |
rain | Håvard Nygaard | September 11, 2015 | January 20, 2016 |
| Norway |
jkaem | Joakim Myrbostad | September 30, 2015 | January 20, 2016 |
 Portugal |
fox | Ricardo Pacheco | September 11, 2015 | January 20, 2016 |
| Sweden |
dennis | Dennis Edman | September 11, 2015 | November 12, 2015 |
Vainglory
In August 2015 G2 founded a Vainglory team. Most of the players were previously part of the Vainglory Team PewPewPew (PPP).[10]
Roster
| Nationality | ID | Name | Role | Join date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serbia |
Face | Misa Kojic | Team Manager | August 2015 |
| Germany |
REDDIX | Tim Schäfer | Lane Carry | August 2015 |
| Germany |
Tesfaye | Tuan Anh Dinh | Jungle Carry | August 2015 |
| Germany |
DarkPotato | David Süßlin | Jungle Carry | August, 2015 |
| Germany |
AsiFloH | Florian Perl | Support | August 2015 |
| Germany |
D1ngo | Timo Tekolf | Support | August 2015 |
References
- ↑ KRAZYSLAYER187 (18 February 2015). "League of Legends Pro "ocelote" Retires". Gfininty. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ↑ Cocke, Taylor Riot RoboTayCo (3 December 2015). "HOW OCELOTE BUILT GAMERS 2 FROM THE GROUND UP". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Includes time spent under the name Gamers2
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ http://www.g2esports.com/vainglory-team-qualifies-for-vipl/
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