Counter Logic Gaming

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[e][h]Counter Logic Gaming
Team Information
Location:
USA United States
Region:
North America North America
Total Earnings:
$443,560
Links
History
Created:
Organization: 2010-04-16
: 2015-01-16
Disbanded:
2017-11-30

Counter Logic Gaming is an established professional gaming organization with teams competing worldwide at the highest levels. They are known for their League of Legends Team that is the oldest League of Legends team still active.

History[edit]

Founding (2010-2011)[edit]

Counter Logic Gaming took off as a League of Legends team on April 16, 2010 by George "HotshotGG" Georgallidis after parting ways with his former squad due to internal disagreements. While the original League team consisted of a huge total of ten players, their starting five-man roster soon took form, and they established themselves a dominating contender with victories at WCG 2010 and later IEM VI's Global Challenge Cologne in 2011.[1]

Entering Global Offensive (2014- )[edit]

CLG's expansion into Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was first hinted at in December 2014 by Georgallidis in an interview with onGamers:

We're looking at all avenues. Right now we're really interested in CS:GO and Dota 2, and hopefully we'll be expanding to those areas very soon.
George "HotshotGG" Georgallidis ([1])

The expansion became a reality on January 1, 2015, when the former squad of mouseSpaz that had taken the North American scene by storm towards the end of 2014, qualifying to MLG X Games Aspen over their rivals Torqued as well as achieving respectable victories in various online tournaments, joined the organization. The team's first event appearance under the CLG banner was the MLG Invitational, where the team was drawn into a "group of death" against Fnatic, Team LDLC.com and the replacement of ex-iBUYPOWER, Team Liquid.

The squad managed to kick the event off with a shocking upset over LDLC with a 16-14 victory on Dust II, led by a strong 32-frag performance by ptr.[2]. However, in their next game against their countrymen in Liquid, the Counter Logic team suffered a devastating 5-16 defeat. On the second day of the tournament, Fnatic hit the final nail in the CLG coffin - the Swedes destroyed reltuC's squad 16-7 on Mirage, knocking them out of the tournament and ending their campaign in their debut event with a disappointing 7-8th place finish.

On November 30, 2017, Counter-Logic Gaming announced that it would be parting ways with its male CS:GO divisions.[3]

Timeline[edit]

  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • Show All
  • January 16th - Counter Logic Gaming picks up the former squad of mouseSpaz. reltuC, FNS, hazed, tarik, and ptr join. [4]
  • April 29th - CLG part ways with ptr. [5]
  • May 8th - Counter Logic Gaming announce that they're actively looking for applicants to fill their CS:GO roster. [6]
  • June 2nd - jdm64 joins the team. [7]
  • December 15th - FNS steps down. [8]

Player Roster[edit]

Former[edit]

Former Squad
ID Name Join Date Leave Date New Team
Australia Rickeh Ricky Mulholland 2017-03-06 [21] 2018-04-02 [3][30] Rogue
USA Ryu (Coach) Steve Rattacasa 2017-08-15 [23] 2018-02-28 [29] Renegades
USA koosta Kenneth Suen 2016-06-13 [11] 2018-02-?? [3][30] Torqued
Canada FNS Pujan Mehta 2017-01-11 [19] 2018-01-30 [27] compLexity Gaming
USA nahtE Ethan Arnold 2016-08-17 [14] 2018-01-15 [26] NRG Esports
USA reltuC Stephen Cutler 2015-01-16 [4] 2018-01-01 [25] Ronin Esports
Former Players
ID Name Join Date Leave Date New Team
USA ImAPet (Coach) Chet Singh 2016-12-02 [17] 2017-06-28 [22] OpTic Gaming
Canada Subroza Yassine Taoufik 2016-08-17 [14] 2017-02-13 [20] FRENCH CANADIANS
USA hazed James Cobb 2015-01-16 [4] 2016-12-31 [18] Muffin Lightning
Canada Grt (Coach) Garett Bambrough 2016-08-05 [13] 2016-09-27 [16] Rogue
USA tarik Tarik Celik 2015-01-16 [4] 2016-08-20 [15] OpTic Gaming
Sweden pita (Coach) Faruk Pita 2015-12-06 [9] 2016-07-14 [12] qwerty
USA jdm64 Joshua Marzano 2015-06-02 [7] 2016-06-13 [11] Team Liquid
USA FugLy Jacob Medina 2016-01-20 [9] 2016-05-13 [10] NRG eSports
Canada FNS Pujan Mehta 2015-01-16 [4] 2015-12-15 [8] Team SoloMid
USA ptr Peter Gurney 2015-01-16 [4] 2015-04-29 [5] Luminosity Gaming
Temporary stand-ins
ID Name Replacing ID Name Tournament(s)
USA hazed   James Cobb
USA koosta Kenneth Suen ESL One: New York 2017 - North America Qualifier
USA Schwartzbruder (Coach) 
 Michael Schwartz
None
 DreamHack Valencia 2017
USA hazed   James Cobb
None
 ESL Pro League Season 5 - North America
USA Toy  
 David Han
Canada subroza Yassine Taoufik WESG 2016 - United States
USA just9n   Justin Ortiz
USA nahtE Ethan Arnold ELEAGUE Season 2 - NA Closed Qualifier
Sweden pita  
 Faruk Pita
None
 Esports Championship Series Season 1 - North America
ELEAGUE Road to Vegas - North America Closed Qualifier
ELEAGUE Season 1
ESL One: Cologne 2016
USA rooRoooo   Steven Herrell
USA hazed James Cobb Esports Championship Series Season 1 - North America
Canada LILMAN   Derrick Boyne
None
 Esports Championship Series Season 1 - North America
Canada LILMAN   Derrick Boyne
USA hazed James Cobb Northern Arena 2015
Esports Championship Series Season 1 - North America
USA FugLy   Jacob Medina
None
 GAMEKIT Counter Pit League Season 2 - America
Global eSports Cup Season 1
USA sancz  
 Joshua Ballenger
Canada FNS Pujan Mehta CEVO Season 7 Finals
Brazil Lucky   Richard Vasconcelos
Canada FNS Pujan Mehta ESL ESEA Pro League Season I
USA m0E  
 Mohamad Assad
USA jdm64 Joshua Marzano ESL ESEA Pro League Season I
USA jdm64   Joshua Marzano
None
 CS Select Showmatch #9
ESWC 2015 - MSI USA Qualifier
USA m0E  
 Mohamad Assad
None
 CEVO Season 7 Professional

Organization[edit]

Active[edit]

Organization
ID Name Position Join Date
USA Mylixia Devin Nash CEO
USA HotshotGG George Georgallidis President/Co-Founder
Germany Vodoo Alexander Beutel CTO/Co-Founder
USA Mattcom Matthew Marikian General Manager
USA bchenN Bryan Chen Director of Finance and Operations

Former[edit]

Former Organization
ID Name Position Join Date Leave Date New Organization
USA dayV1D Matt David Analyst 2017-??-?? 2017-08-29 [24] Kings Gaming Club
USA ImAPet Chet Singh Analyst 2016-08-05 [13] 2016-12-02 [17] OpTic Gaming

Achievements[edit]

Date Placement Tier Tournament Results Prize
2017-11-12 A77th A1Premier ESL Pro League Season 6 - North America 14/12 Grp. S. $27,000
2017-09-10 A33rd - 4th A2Major DreamHack Open Montreal 2017 0 : 2 $10,000
2016-07-14 B211 - 14th A1Premier ELEAGUE Season 1 1 : 2 $40,000
2016-04-01 A55 - 8th A1Premier MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016 0 : 2 $35,000
2016-02-07 A44th A1Premier Global eSports Cup - Season 1 0 : 2 $20,000
2015-12-06 A11st A2Major Northern Arena 2015 2 : 0 $10,000
2015-11-19 A44th A1Premier ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 - North America 14/8 Grp. S. $13,500
2015-07-04 A33rd - 4th A1Premier ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 - Finals 0 : 2 $25,000
2015-06-22 A44th A1Premier ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 - North America 14/8 Grp. S. $13,500
2015-04-15 A11st A2Major CEVO Season 6 Professional 2 : 1 $5,861
About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ CLG to expand to CS:GO, HLTV.org
  2. ↑ Stats for LDLC vs CLG, HLTV.org
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 itsSlicer (2017-11-30). "Stepping Back from CS:GO". Counter Logic Gaming.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 CLG sign ex-mouseSpaz, HLTV.org
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 ptr released from CLG, HLTV.org
  6. ↑ CLG announce roster opening, HLTV.org
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2015-06-02). "CLG compete jdm64 signing". HLTV.org.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Milan "Striker" Švejda (2015-12-15). "FNS steps down from CLG". HLTV.org.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 itsSlicer (2016-01-20). "CLG Blue 2016: Welcome FugLy and Pita!". Counter Logic Gaming.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 itsSlicer (2016-05-13). "FugLy Departs From CLG". Counter Logic Gaming.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Milan "Striker" Švejda (2016-06-13). "Liquid and CLG swap jdm64, Koosta". HLTV.org.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "https://www.facebook.com/CLGCounterStrike/posts/300505296956639". Counter Logic Gaming. 2016-07-11.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 itsSlicer (2016-08-05). "Introducing our new CS:GO Staff". Counter Logic Gaming.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 itsSlicer (2016-08-17). "Welcome nahtE and Subroza!". Counter Logic Gaming.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "OpTic Gaming Welcomes Tarik". OpTic Gaming. 2016-08-20.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Garett “Grt” Bambrough did not meet the expectations for the Counter Logic Gaming CS:GO team". Counter Logic Gaming. 2016-09-27.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 itsSlicer (2016-12-02). "ImAPet Named Strategic Coach". Counter Logic Gaming.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 itsSlicer (2016-12-31). "Thank You Hazed". Counter Logic Gaming.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 itsSlicer (2015-01-11). "Welcome Back FNS". Counter Logic Gaming.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 itsSlicer (2017-02-13). "Farewell Subroza". Counter Logic Gaming.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 itsSlicer (2017-03-06). "Welcome Rickeh". Counter Logic Gaming.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 itsSlicer (2017-06-28). "CLG Parts Ways with CS Coach ImAPet". Counter Logic Gaming.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Welcome Ryu as CS:GO Head Coach". Counter Logic Gaming. 2017-08-15.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 "After 8 amazing months, I am parting ways with CLG". dayV1D. 2017-08-29.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Tolkienfanatic (2018-01-01). "reltuC announces free agency". Dust2.us.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin (2018-01-15). "NRG sign nahtE". HLTV.org.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 DuckMoriarty (2018-01-30). "compLexity add FNS to replace Slemmy, bring Rambo and Professor_Chaos in as staff". Dust2.us.
  28. ↑ Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin (2018-01-31). "koosta links up with GX". HLTV.org.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 [Inside source]
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 DuckMoriarty (2018-04-02). "Rickeh goes renegade as contract with CLG comes to an end". Dust2.us.


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