NRG eSports
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Sport |
League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, Super Smash Bros., Smite, Hearthstone, Rocket League, Gears of War 4, RuneScape, Vainglory |
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Founded |
2015 |
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League |
North American League of Legends Championship Series, Rocket League Championship Series |
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Based in |
Los Angeles, California, US |
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Arena |
Riot NA LCS Studios |
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Colors |
Black and pink |
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Owner(s) |
Gerard Kelly, Andy Miller, Mark Mastrov, Shaquille O'neal |
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Website |
http://www.nrg.gg/ |
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NRG eSports is an eSports organization based in California. It has a League of Legends team that will begin competing in the North American League of Legends Championship Series starting with the Spring 2016 Split, as well as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, Smite, Hearthstone, and Rocket League teams. NRG entered the NA LCS after buying a spot from Team Coast, and has entered the SPL after acquiring Panthera.
History
The team is owned and founded by Gerard Kelly, and Sacramento Kings co-owners Andy Miller and Mark Mastrov,[1] and NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal is also a co-owner.[2] In January 4, 2016 coach Charlie Lispie announced that he had left the organization.[3] The organization branched into Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on January 22, 2016.[4] In April 2016, NRG appointed Andrew Pruett as Chief Executive Officer. Gerard Kelly, former CEO, moved into a general management role within the organization.[5]
On March 18, 2016 the team announced that Alex Rodriguez, Shaquille O'Neal and Jimmy Rollins were joining as investors.[6]
On August 3, NRG signed the members of the former Overwatch team Luminosity Gaming.[7]
The Super Smash Bros. for Wii U player Nairoby "Nairo" Quezada joined NRG on August 23, 2016 after he left Team Liquid.[8]
On September 1, NRG acquired defending Smite World Champions team Panthera.[9]
On October 1, NRG acquired Rocket League team Kings of Urban.[10]
League of Legends
Tournament results
Roster
Nationality |
ID |
Name |
Role |
Joined |
Left |
United States |
Moon |
Galen Holgate |
Jungle |
2015-11-16 |
2016-04-26 |
Canada |
Altec |
Johnny Ru |
AD Carry |
2015-11-16 |
2016-04-26 |
South Korea |
KonKwon |
Kevin Kwon |
Support |
2015-11-16 |
2016-04-26 |
South Korea |
Impact |
Jung Eon-yeong (정언영) |
Top |
2015-11-16 |
2016-05-09 |
Denmark |
Santorin |
Lucas Tao Kilmer Larsen |
Jungle |
2016-04-26 |
Aug 2016 |
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Tournament results
- 3rd-4th — Counter Pit League Season 2[11]
Roster
Overwatch
Roster
Super Smash Bros.
Roster
Smite
Roster
Nationality |
ID |
Name |
Role |
Joined |
Sweden |
Yammyn |
André Brännvall |
Mid |
2016-09-01 |
Germany |
Dimi |
Peter Dimitrov |
Solo |
2016-09-01 |
Sweden |
Adapting |
Kennet Ros |
Jungle |
2016-09-01 |
United Kingdom |
iRaffer |
Craig Rathbone |
Guardian (Support) |
2016-09-01 |
Sweden |
Emilitoo |
Emil Stärnman |
Hunter (ADC) |
2016-09-01 |
RuneScape & Vainglory
RuneScape & Vainglory was officially added to NRG's competitive lineup with the signing of the Twitch.tv streamer Ice_Poseidon, a Vainglory and Runescape professional, on September 7, 2016.[14]
He is the host of a $5,000 Vainglory tournament to be held in 2017 with his sister Enza Denino as co-host who is going to play Vainglory for her first time live on Twitch.[15]
Roster
Hearthstone
NRG eSports officially added Hearthstone to their lineup with the addition of Twitch streamer AmazHS. More recently, they also added American rising star, Will Barton (a.k.a. Amnesiac or Amnesia_SC) Amnesia_sc
Roster
Rocket League
Tournament results
- 1st - RLCS Season 2 NA Regional Championship[16]
Roster
Nationality |
ID |
Name |
Joined |
United States |
Fireburner |
Jayson Nunez |
2016-10-01 |
United States |
Jacob |
Jacob McDowell |
2016-10-01 |
Canada |
Sadjunior |
Kais Zehri |
2016-10-01 |
Gears of War 4
Roster
References
- ↑ Volk, Pete (November 16, 2015). "NRG eSports, new LCS team purchased by Sacramento Kings co-owners, announces roster". SB Nation. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
- ↑ "Shaq, NRG Esports pick up Overwatch team". ESPN.
- ↑ Moser, Kelsey (January 4, 2016). "Charlie Lipsie and NRG eSports part ways". TheScore eSports. TheScore Inc. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ↑ Lambert, Morgan (January 22, 2016). "NRG eSports acquires CS:GO team". NRG eSports. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
- ↑ "NRG appoints new CEO, former head of Apple iAd publisher relations". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Shaq, A-Rod, Rollins invest in esports team". ESPN.
- ↑ "Shaq and NRG eSports sign Overwatch squad".
- ↑ Wolf, Jacob. "NRG Esports picks up Super Smash Con winner Nairo". ESPN. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ "NRG 🎮 on Twitter".
- ↑ "NRG 🎮 on Twitter".
- ↑ Mira, Luis. "Na'Vi win Counter Pit League S2". HLTV.org. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- 1 2 Alcopra, William. "NRG sign FugLy and tabseN". theScore eSports. TheScore Inc. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ↑ Mile, Lucas. "peacemaker to NRG; ptr out". HLTV.org. HLTV. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- 1 2 "Ice_Poseidon joins the NRG family". Twitter. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
- ↑ "lol". Twitch. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ↑ Thompson, Luke. "RLCS S2 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECAP". rocketleaguegame.com. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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