Moscow Five

Moscow Five (M5)
Location Headquartered in Russia
Founded 2001
Manager(s) Dmitry 'ddd1ms' Smilianets (owner)
Sponsors BenQ
MSI
Divisions Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
League of Legends
Dota 2
Website moscowfive.ru

Moscow Five was a Russian professional esports organization which was founded in 2001. The organization has teams in Counter-Strike, WarCraft, FIFA, and LoL. On December 16, 2011, Moscow 5 created what one could describe as one of the most successful international teams in the history of League of Legends.[1] In 2013 former Moscow 5 owner Dmitry 'ddd1ms' Smilianets was arrested for his alleged involvement in "one of the largest" hacking and data breach schemes history in a global operation by the FBI’s Cyber Division.[2] Former Moscow 5’s LoL team quickly reformed as Gambit Gaming under Pikiner’s leadership.

In World Cyber Games 2011 Moscow 5’s Counter-Strike team won bronze.

League of Legends

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Former players

References

  1. ↑ Moscow Five return to League of Legends
  2. ↑ Former Moscow 5 owner charged in "largest hacking and data breach scheme ever prosecuted in the United States"
  3. ↑ Moscow 5 announced new League of Legends team roster

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