SK Gaming
SK Gaming is a German esports organization. Founded in 1997 under the name "Schroet Kommando" in Oberhausen, Germany, it has since then grown into one of the largest and most well-known eSports organizations in the world, and they are primarily known for their hugely successful Counter-Strike team.
History[edit]
Schroet Kommando was founded in 1997 as a German Quake-Clan by siblings Ralf "Griff" Reichert, Tim "Burke" Reichert , Benjamin "Kane" Reichert and four friends in Oberhausen. The original line-up of Schroet Kommando consisted of Ralf "Griff" Reichert, Daniel "Godlike" Beames, Tim "Burke" Reichert, Benjamin "Kane" Reichert, Kristof "Speed" Salwiczek, Carsten "Storch" Kramer and Sven "Ramses" Tümmers. According to Ralf Reichert, the original naming of the organization arose because one of the members repeatedly shouted, "Schroet!", which is generally a term for a player playing with a double-shotgun . Since then, the team used the abbreviation SK more frequently until it eventually became SK Gaming.
The organisation's international Counter-Strike success came when they signed on the players of the Swedish Counter-Strike clan Ninjas in Pyjamas. In 2003, SK Gaming became the first electronic sports organisation to contract players, beginning with the SK Sweden Counter-Strike squad.
Timeline[edit]
- April 3th - SK Gaming is announced by Supercell as a member of the Clash Royale League.[1]
- May 9th - SK Gaming announces KValafar as the Clash Royale Team Manager.
- May 16th - SK Gaming signs Mthja, Flobby & Matt_01 as the foundation of their Clash Royale team. [2]
- June 26st - SK Gaming signs Loay & Morten to complete their Clash Royale team. [3]
- July 27th - SK Gaming signs xMarkitus & GARCII as their analysts. [4]
- January 1st - Mthja leaves SK Gaming and retires from competitive Clash Royale.[5]
- January 16th - Matt_01 leaves SK Gaming.[6]
- January 26th - Loay leaves SK Gaming.[7]
- January 31st - Morten and Flobby re-sign for SK Gaming for 2019.[8]
- April 23rd - SK Gaming is announced as a member of CRL West[9]
- May 14th - SK Gaming signs SergioRamos as a part of their Clash Royale team.[10]
- May 16th - SK Gaming signs xopxsam as a part of their Clash Royale team.[11]
- May 17th - SK Gaming signs Soking to complete their Clash Royale team.[12]
- August 12th - SK Gaming welcomes Javi14 into their Clash Royale team as new season arrives.[13]
- August 28th - Soking goes on loan to Tribe Gaming for CRL West 2019 Fall Season.[14]
- October 21st - SK Gaming sign BigSpin as a content creator.[15]
Player Roster[edit]
Active[edit]
ID | Name | Join Date | ||
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Faust | ( ) | Join Date: 2023-03-22 [21] | ||
Xopxsam | ( Samuel Klotz) | Join Date: 2019-05-16 [11] | ||
Morten | ( Morten Mehmert) | Join Date: 2018-06-26 [3] |
Former[edit]
Former Players | Former Players | |||||||||
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ID | Name | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||||||
Flobby | ( Justus von Eitzen) | Join Date: 2018-05-16[2] | Leave Date: 2023-03-14[20] | |||||||
SergioRamos | ( Sergio Eduardo Ramos) | Join Date: 2019-05-14 [10] | Leave Date: 2020-12-28[19] | |||||||
Javi14 | ( Javier Gutierrez) | Join Date: 2019-08-12 [13] | Leave Date: 2020-12-28[19] | |||||||
Soking | ( Jésus Várela Ruiz) | Join Date: 2019-05-17 [12] | Leave Date: 2020-02-02[17] | |||||||
Loay | ( Badr Darwish) | Join Date: 2018-06-26 [3] | Leave Date: 2019-01-26 [7] | |||||||
Matt_01 | ( Mattia Panatta) | Join Date: 2018-05-16 [2] | Leave Date: 2019-01-16 [6] | |||||||
Mthja | ( Mathieu Jans) | Join Date: 2018-05-16 [2] | Leave Date: 2019-01-01 [5] |
Organization[edit]
Active[edit]
Organization | ||||||
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ID | Name | Position | Join Date | |||
TheSlasH | Alexander Müller | CEO | ||||
KValafar | Ricardo Gonçalves | Manager | 2018-05-09 | |||
xMarkitus | Marc Llopart Enajas | Analyst | 2018-07-27[4] | |||
BigSpin | Lucas Nägeler | Content Creator | 2019-10-21[15] | |||
Marina | Marina Sousa | Media Manager | 2018-??-?? |
Former[edit]
Former Organization | ||||||
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ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Organization | |
GARCII | Raul Garcia Inglesias | Analyst | 2018-07-27[4] | 2020-01-12[16] |
Premier Titles[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Achievements[edit]
Date | Place | Tier | Tournament | Result | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023-12-17 | 7th | Qualifier | Queso Cup Teams Edition 2023 Leaderboard | TBD | $1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022-11-13 | 3rd - 4th | A-Tier | Queso Cup Teams Edition 2022 | 1 : 3 | $3,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020-12-06 | 2nd | S-Tier | Clash Royale League 2020 World Finals | 2 : 3 | $70,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020-11-21 | 2nd | S-Tier | Clash Royale League 2020 West Fall Season | 2 : 3 | $54,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-12-07 | 3rd - 4th | S-Tier | Clash Royale League 2019 World Finals | 1 : 2 | $50,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-10-20 | 1st | S-Tier | Clash Royale League 2019 West Fall Season | 3 : 1 | $60,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-08-18 | 1st | A-Tier | QLASH League 2 | 3 : 0 | $5,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-07-21 | 1st - 3rd | S-Tier | World Cyber Games 2019 CRL Invitational | 0 : 2 | $50,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019-07-07 | 2nd | S-Tier | Clash Royale League 2019 West Spring Season | 0 : 3 | $40,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018-10-27 | 2nd | S-Tier | Clash Royale League 2018 Europe Fall Season | 0 : 3 | $40,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extended list of results |
Interviews[edit]
- 2019-10-26 | Clash Royale League - SK Championship Interview by Andrew Ghai
References[edit]
- ↑ "Clash Royale League: Introducing the European & North American Teams!". Clash Royale. 2018-04-03.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "SK Welcomes First Three Clash Royale Players". SK Gaming. 2018-05-16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "SK Completes Clash Royale Lineup". SK Gaming. 2018-06-26.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "The Kingdom cannot thrive without the wisdom of analyst". SK Gaming. 2018-07-27.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Mthja retires from competitive Clash Royale". SK Gaming. 2019-01-01.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "SK and Matt_01 part ways". SK Gaming. 2019-01-16.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Loay leaves SK Gaming". SK Gaming. 2019-01-26.
- ↑ "Morten and Flobby re-sign for 2019". SK Gaming. 2019-01-31.
- ↑ "Clash Royale League West: Introducing the Western teams". Clash Royale Esports. 2019-04-23.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "SK welcomes Former Clash Royale World Champion Sergioramos:)". SK Gaming. 2019-05-14.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Xopxsam joins SK Clash Royale team". SK Gaming. 2019-05-16.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Soking rounds up SK Gaming Clash Royale team". SK Gaming. 2019-05-17.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Javi14 joins SK Clash Royale". SK Gaming. 2019-08-12.
- ↑ "Soking goes on loan to Tribe Gaming". SK Gaming. 2019-08-28.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "SK Welcomes Content Creator BigSpin". SK Gaming. 2019-10-21.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "My contract with SK Gaming has ended and I'm explorings options for the next CRL season as Clash Royale analyst.". GARCII. 2020-01-12.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Sk and I have separated our paths.". Soking. 2020-02-02.
- ↑ "PRESENTING YOUR CRL WEST 2020 TEAMS! Party popper". Clash Royale Esports. 2020-05-19.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 "280 characters will never be enough as we look back on the last year and a half and all the accomplishments of our #CRL team...". SK Gaming. 2020-12-28.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "We are incredibly saddened to share the following with you.". SK Gaming. 2023-03-14.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Another top 8 player in the world is joining our Clash Royale lineup - please give a warm welcome to Faust". SK Gaming. 2023-03-22.