Titan (eSports)

This article is about gaming organization. For other uses, see Titan (disambiguation).
Titan
Location Singapore (HQ)
Founded September 2013
Dissolution January 2016
Divisions Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
SMITE
Website www.titan.pro

Titan was a professional eSports team founded in September 2013. Titan formerly sponsored teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, SMITE, Quake Live and Dota 2. CEO and founder Damien Grust announced the organisation's dissolution on January 13, 2016, citing financial issues.[1][2]

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.[3][4]

Although the team secured a podium finish at Mineski Pro Gaming League,[5] in December 2013 Ice was dismissed from the team,[6] being replaced first by Singaporean carry player Gavin ‘Meracle’ Kang and then Malaysian player Ng Wei “NWP” Poong (formerly known as “Yamateh”).[7]

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

In October 2014 the Titan Dota 2 team was disbanded and the division was officially put on hold.[10] Most of the players went on to join the newly formed Team Malaysia.

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 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] Also returning but in July 2015 would be previous Titan team members Richard "shox" Papillon and Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux, replacing the two exiting players apEX and kennyS.[26][27] In September 2015 another longtime member, Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez, left the team, making room for yet another returning player, Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom.[28][29]

However, as of January 13, 2016, Titan's Founder and CEO Damien Grust issued a statement from its official website stating that they do not possess the revenue to keep supporting their CS:GO division and that they would disband.

"From then on it was a real uphill battle and I forced myself to reinvest into Titan in order to keep the company afloat for at least one more year, believing that we could make it after all. We fought the entire year, trying to secure sponsorships that would enable us to keep a struggling, but great CS:GO team as well as our SMITE team. We also sought advice from agencies and lawyers to maybe even sell shares in the company, or merge with another one. None of these scenarios ever materialised with any of the potential partners we spoke to.

Here we are now, starting 2016 without a budget high enough to keep a CS:GO team or pay our amazing staff. How profoundly sad. "[30]

SMITE

In December 2014 Titan expanded its esports presence by recruiting Aquila, securing the lineup of Nate “Ataraxia” Mark, Andreas “KanyeLife” Christmansson, Emil “PrettyPriMe” Edström, Thomas “Repikas” Skallebaek, and Kevin “Confrey” Confrey.[31][32]

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.[33][34][35] 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.[36][37]

In August 2015 Job “CaptCoach” Hilbers left the team in search for new challenges, and the following month saw the team part ways with Kevin “Confrey” Confrey, being replaced by the up-and-coming talent of Nicklas "Brotuz" Petersen[38]

On January 12, 2016, Titan's SMITE division dissolved due to the departure of the current Titan SMITE roster. It would only be a mere day later that Titan's CSGO division followed suite and was shut down, along with the rest of Titan.

"The departure from Titan also signals the end of the current roster, with parts of the Thomas "Repikas" Skallebaek, Nicklas "Brotuz" Petersen, Nate "Ataraxia" Mark, Emil "PrettyPriMe" Edström and Andreas "KanyeLife" Christmansson lineup going their separate ways. "[39]

Former Players

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

SMITE

Dota 2

Quake Live

Achievements

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Place Tournament Location Date
ESEA s15 United States Dallas, USA 19 January 2014
DreamHack Invitational Sweden Stockholm, Sweden 21 February 2014
StarSeries XI Ukraine Kiev, Ukraine 5 May 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
Gaming Paradise Slovenia Portorož, Slovenia 9 September 2015
CEVO Season 8 United States Columbus, USA 8 November 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
Hitbox EU Invitational Europe Online 12 July 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. ↑ http://titan.pro/news/read/Titan-Bids-Farewell/58
  2. ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/titan-shutting-down/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ "Titan acquires ex-Orange, Ice as fifth". joinDOTA. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Titan picks up ex-Orange squad and Ice". GosuGamers.
  5. ↑ "Philippine team AMD.Mineski wins GMPGL 5 SEA grand finals". Games in Asia.
  6. ↑ "Meracle replaces Ice in Titan". GosuGamers.
  7. ↑ "Yamateh joins Titan as fifth member". GosuGamers.
  8. ↑ "Titan sweeps Mineski, takes home ACG title". GosuGamers.
  9. ↑ "The Playoffs Are Over!". Dota2.
  10. ↑ Wynne, Jared (October 2, 2014). "Titan falls, gives way to Team Malaysia". The Daily Dot. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  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 CS:GO Roster Changes". Titan.pro.
  27. ↑ Lewis, Richard. "EnvyUs underperformance sparks French roster revolution". The Daily Dot.
  28. ↑ "Titan CS:GO Roster Changes". Titan.pro.
  29. ↑ Sawant, Seth. "Titan drops Maniac, adds ScreaM". GosuGamers.
  30. ↑ http://titan.pro/news/read/Titan-Bids-Farewell/58
  31. ↑ "Titan Ventures Into Smite". Titan.pro. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  32. ↑ "Aquila gets acquired by Titan". Hi-Rez. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  33. ↑ Warr, Philippa. "Smite: The Aquila/SK Gaming EU Showdown". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  34. ↑ "Cognitive Aquila: Champions of Europe". Smitetastic!. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  35. ↑ "EU Championship - Recap". Hi-Rez. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  36. ↑ Warr, Philippa. "Smite Crowns First World Champions". Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
  37. ↑ Higgins, Chris. "Titan fall in $1.3m Smite World Championship Final". Red Bull eSports.
  38. ↑ "Titan CS:GO Roster Changes". Titan.pro.
  39. ↑ http://titan.pro/news/read/SMITE-Adventure-Ends/57
  40. ↑ http://titan.pro/news/read/Cypher-An-in-depth-Look-at-the-Ninja/4

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