Echo Fox
 | |
| Sport |
Gears of War 4 League of Legends Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Super Smash Bros. Fighting games Call of Duty Vainglory |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 |
| Owner(s) | Rick Fox |
| Website | http://echofox.gg/ |
Echo Fox is a professional eSports organization which fields teams in Gears of War 4, League of Legends, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 , Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Street Fighter V, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Mortal Kombat X, Tekken 7, Injustice 2, and Vainglory.[1] The organization was founded after Rick Fox bought the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) spot of Gravity Gaming for around US$1 million.[2][3] The organization expanded into Counter-Strike: Global Offensive by signing a team called Torqued on January 26, 2016.[4] Jace Hall is the team's co-owner and manager.
League of Legends
On 1/23/2016, due to some concerns over player work-eligibility, Echo Fox was unable to submit a roster and was required to forfeit[5] their match against NRG eSports. Echo Fox finished last in the 2016 Summer NA LCS, forcing a relegation match. They defeated NRG eSports 3-0 in relegations and qualified for the 2017 NA LCS Spring Split.
Roster
| ID | Name | Role | Contract Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Looper | Jang Hyeong-Seok (장형석) | Top | 11/20/2017 |
| Akaadian | Matthew Higginbotham | Jungler | 11/20/2017 |
| Froggen | Henrik Hansen | Mid | 11/20/2017 |
| Keith | Yuri Jew | AD Carry | 11/20/2017 |
| Gate | Austin Yu | Support | 11/19/2018 |
| Feng | Wang Xiao Feng | Sub/Top | Signed |
| Grigne | Jonathan Armao | Sub/Jungler | 11/20/2017 |
| Mash | Brandon Phan | Sub/AD Carry | Signed |
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Disbandment
While no official reason has been given for Echo Fox allowing its players to leave, many cite it due to bad performances at both Eleague Season 2 and IBUYPOWER Masters 2016. At Eleague, Echo Fox suffered humiliating losses versus Virtus.pro, (where they won only a single round on Nuke), and versus G2 Esports (where Echo Fox lost 16-3 and 16-2 on Nuke and Dust 2 respectively). At iBUYPOWER Masters 2016 Echo Fox finished a disappointing 5th-6th place.
Roster
| ID | Name | Role | Joined |
|---|---|---|---|
| fREAKAZOiD | Ryan Abadir | Rifler | 2016-05-31[6] |
Former
| ID | Name | Role | Joined | Left |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sgares | Sean Gares | In Game Leader | 2016-01-26 | 2016-12-03[7] |
| ryx | Ronnie Bylicki | Entry Fragger | 2016-01-26 | 2016-12-03[7] |
| roca | Daniel Gustaferri | Rifler | 2016-04-19[8] | 2016-12-03[7] |
| ShahZaM | Shahzeb Khan | AWPer | 2016-04-27[9] | 2016-12-03[7] |
| tck | Trey Martin | Rifler | 2016-01-26 | 2016-04-09 |
| mOE | Mohamad Assad | AWPer | 2016-01-26 | 2016-04-27 |
| a2z | Armeen Toussi | Lurker | 2016-01-26 | 2016-05-27 |
Fighting games
Echo Fox entered the fighting game community on April 29, 2016 by signing Street Fighter V player Julio Fuentes.[10] A month later, they would sign Super Smash Bros. pro Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman.[11]
In 2017, Echo Fox would make one of the biggest signings in eSports history by signing seven FGC players all at once, three of which were previously being from Evil Geniuses. In addition to this Echo Fox signed former EG manager Antonio "CoolGrayAJ" Javier as the team's new manager.[12] The signing of said superteam was met with mixed reception from the fighting game community. Evil Geniuses player Kenneth "K-Brad" Bradley vowed for the team to fall especially his former teammate, Justin Wong. Team Liquid's NuckleDu acknowledged the signing and feels anticipation as to what the new team can do, complementing each player as a Top 10 player in each of their main games.[13] Echo Fox would continue growing their team with the signing of Korean Tekken pros Saint and JDCR; this would bring their roster up to eleven players.[14]
Roster
Call of Duty
On May 13, 2016 Echo Fox added a Call of Duty team with a roster of Jeremy "Neslo" Olsen, Jordan "Proof" Cannon, Jonathan "SinfuL" Baez, and Josh "Cyborg" Kimpson.[16] In November, all players except Neslo were dropped and replaced by Anthony "Methodz" Zinni, Teegan "TcM" McCarthy, and Tanner "Mosh" Clark.[17]
Roster
| ID | Name | Role | Joined |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neslo | Jeremy Olsen | 2016-05-13 | |
| Methodz | Anthony Zinni | 2016-11-23 | |
| TcM | Teegan McCarthy | 2016-11-23 | |
| Mosh | Tanner Clark | 2016-11-23 |
References
- ↑ "Teams". Echo Fox. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
- ↑ Soshnick, Scott (December 18, 2015). "Former NBA Player Rick Fox Buys eSports Team Gravity". Bloomberg News. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ↑ Volk, Pete (December 18, 2015). "Rick Fox purchases League of Legends team for reported $1 million, will rebrand as Echo Fox". SB Nation. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
- ↑ Sawant, Seth (January 26, 2016). "Torqued signed by Echo Fox". Gosu Gamers. Retrieved January 27, 2016.
- ↑ "LoL Esports". www.lolesports.com. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
- ↑ Dozsa, Preston. "Echo Fox sign fREAKAZOiD". theScore eSports. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Echo Fox Official. "Echo Fox Allows Players to Exit". twitter.com. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ↑ "roca joins Echo Fox". echofox.gg. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ↑ Assad, Mohamad. "ShahZaM replaces mOE". Twitter. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- 1 2 Mueller, Saira; Jurek, Steven. "Echo Fox gets into fighting games, sign SFV player Julio Fuentes". The Daily Dot. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
- 1 2 Steiner, Dustin. "Echo Fox Signs Mew2King". PVP Live. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Beck, Kellen. "Echo Fox signs 7 players to build largest fighting game roster in esports". Mashable. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
- ↑ Smith, Connor. "Echo Fox vs the world: Why the growing FGC rivalry is good for esports". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
- 1 2 3 Nordmark, Sam. "Echo Fox acquires top talent in Tekken". Dot eSports. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
- ↑ "We are thrilled to welcome our newest @InjusticeGame Fox, @FGC_Theo to the #FGCFOX roster!". Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/echo-fox-call-of-duty-team/
- ↑ https://dotesports.com/call-of-duty/echo-fox-announces-new-call-of-duty-roster-10087