G2 Esports

G2 Esports
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
Rocket League
Website http://www.g2esports.com/

G2 Esports, formerly known as Gamers2, is a Spanish esports organization that has teams in League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Hearthstone: Heroes of WarCraft, and Rocket League. The G2 League team competes in the League of Legends Championship Series Europe. The organization was first announced on February 24, 2014.

G2's LoL team won the 2016 Spring and 2016 Summer EU LCS.

League of Legends

G2 Esports
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]

G2 Esports has also a sister team in Spain, competing in the, called G2 Vodafone, in representation of their sponsor Vodafone. They got qualified for the 2016 EU Challenger Series Summer Split Qualifiers, but they failed to qualify for the EU CS. They also won the Spanish 2016 FinalCup Spring Split.

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]

G2 finished the 2016 EU LCS Spring Split regular season in 1st. In the playoffs, they defeated Fnatic before winning the 2016 EU LCS in Rotterdam after beating Origen. This also meant that they had qualified for the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational tournament in Shanghai. G2 would represent Europe at the competition against 5 other teams. However, in the weeks before the tournament, the team took an infamous vacation and came to the tournament unprepared. Because of this, they lost 8 of their 10 games, their only 2 wins against the lowest ranked side there. This also cost the EU LCS league its 1st seed for the 2016 World Championship later that year. This meant that the 1st seed for Europe of the 2016 Summer EU LCS would be put in Pot B for the group draw instead of Pot A.

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
 South Korea Expect Ki Dae-han (기대한) ? Top Laner June 2016[5] — —
 South Korea Trick Kim Gang-yun (김강윤) ? Jungler December 2015[5] — —
 Croatia PerkZ Luka Perković 18 Mid-Laner Jun 2015[5] — —
 Denmark Zven Jesper Svenningsen 19 AD Carry May 2016[6] — —
 Spain Mithy Alfonso Aguirre Rodriguez 22 Support May 2016[6] — —

Former

Nationality ID Name Age Role Join date End of Contract Hometown
 Poland Kikis Mateusz Szkudlarek Top laner

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

G2 Esports acquired the roster of Team Kinguin on September 11, 2015.[7] G2 finished 3rd-4th at DreamHack Open: Cluj-Napoca 2015.[8] On January 20, 2016 G2 Esports announced that FaZe Clan had acquired their international Counter-Strike roster.[9] G2 announced a new French-speaking roster on February 1, 2016[10] which consisted of Titan's former roster. On April 9, shortly after placing 9–12th at the MLG Major Championship: Columbus, G2 announced Alexandre "bodyy" Pianaro would be replacing Kévin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans.[11] G2 placed 2nd at the ESL Pro League Season 3 Finals on May 16, 2016 after losing 2-3 to Luminosity Gaming in the grand finals.[12] G2 Esports won the Esports Championship Series Season 1 after beating Luminosity in the finals on June 26, 2016.[13]

Roster

Nationality ID Name Join date
 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
 France bodyy Alexandre Pianaro April 9, 2016

Former

Nationality ID Name Join date Leave date
 Sweden dennis Dennis Edman September 11, 2015 November 12, 2015
 Sweden Maikelele Mikail Bill September 11, 2015 January 20, 2016
 Norway rain Håvard Nygaard September 11, 2015 January 20, 2016
 Portugal fox Ricardo Pacheco September 11, 2015 January 20, 2016
 Norway jkaem Joakim Myrbostad September 30, 2015 January 20, 2016
 Denmark aizy Philip Aistrup November 12, 2015 January 20, 2016
 Belgium Ex6TenZ Kévin Droolans February 1, 2016 April 9, 2016

Tournament results

Vainglory

In August 2015 G2 founded a Vainglory team. Most of the players were previously part of the Vainglory Team PewPewPew (PPP).[14] On July 1, 2016 acquired REDemption and majestiC from Team Secret.[15]

Roster

Nationality ID Name Role Join date
 Serbia Face Misa Kojic Team Manager August 2015
 Germany DarkPotato David Süßlin Jungler August, 2015
 Germany D1ngo Timo Tekolf Support August 2015
 Albania majestiC Miron Beqiraj Jungler July 1, 2016
 France REDemption Kevin Khuy Laner July 1, 2016

Former

Nationality ID Name Role Join date Leave date
 Germany Tesfaye Tuan Anh Dinh Jungler August 2015 July 1, 2016
 Germany REDDIX Tim Schäfer Laner August 2015 July 1, 2016

Super Smash Bros. Melee

G2 Esports signed Weston "Westballz" Dennis on July 11, 2016.[16]

Roster

Nationality ID Name Main character(s) Other character(s) Join date
 United States Westballz Weston Dennis Falco, Fox Captain Falcon, Donkey Kong July 11, 2016

Rocket League

G2 Esports signed the Rocket League standing World Champions, former iBUYPOWER Cosmic on September 7, 2016.[17]

Roster

Nationality ID Name Join date
 United States Kronovi Cameron Bills September 7, 2016
 Canada Lachinio Brandon Lachin September 7, 2016
 United States 0ver Zer0 Ted Keil September 7, 2016
 United States Gambit Cody Dover September 7, 2016

References

  1. ↑ KRAZYSLAYER187 (18 February 2015). "League of Legends Pro "ocelote" Retires". Gfininty. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ Cocke, Taylor Riot RoboTayCo (3 December 2015). "HOW OCELOTE BUILT GAMERS 2 FROM THE GROUND UP". LoL Esports. Riot Games. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ Raven, Josh (September 5, 2015). "Gamers2 and Gambit qualify for the LCS". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 Includes time spent under the name Gamers2
  6. 1 2 http://www.g2esports.com/players/
  7. ↑ Lund-Hansen, Rasmus (September 11, 2015). "Gamers2 Signs on the Team Kinguin CS:GO Squad". 1337 Magazine. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
  8. ↑ Wynne, Jared (November 2, 2015). "EnvyUs deny Na`Vi's breakthrough win". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  9. ↑ "G2's Counter-Strike team acquired by FaZe Clan". G2 Esports. January 20, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  10. ↑ "G2.Kinguin presents new CS:GO team". g2esports.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "G2 welcomes bodyy to CS:GO team". G2 Esports. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  12. ↑ Guevarra, Earl. "Luminosity Gaming Wins ESL CS:GO Pro League Season 3 in Nailbiter Series". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  13. ↑ Mira, Luis. "G2 beat Luminosity to win ECS S1". HLTV.org. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  14. ↑ http://www.g2esports.com/vainglory-team-qualifies-for-vipl/
  15. ↑ "Statement on the changes to Vainglory roster". G2 Esports. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  16. ↑ "G2 expands into Super Smash Bros Melee". G2 Esports. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  17. ↑ "G2 Esports sign Rocket League World Champions". G2 Esports. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Fnatic		 European League of Legends Championship Series winner
Spring 2016 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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