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Team Information

Location:

United States
Australia

Region:

 Oceania

Founders:

Chris Badawi
Chris "MonteCristo" Mykles

CEO:

Jonas "rebko" Jerebko

Manager:

Shahrukh "Shark" Panjwani
Chris "GoMeZ" Orfanellis

Team Captain:

Aaron "AZR" Ward

Coaches:

Aleksandar "kassad" Trifunović

Sponsor:

NVIDIA
HyperX
Alienware
Twitch
Champion

Total Winnings:

$746,098

Games:

Global Offensive

Links

History

Created:

2015-03-09

Renegades is a professional gaming organization, founded in March 2015 under the name "Misfits". Originally a League of Legends team, the organisation rebranded as Renegades on June 18 2015, and picked up the former Vox Eminor roster for their own CS:GO squad. On August 30 2016, Jonas Jerebko bought the Renegades organization from Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles. He is the third NBA player to publicly acquire a stake in an esports organization after Rick Fox (Echo Fox) and Shaquille O'Neal (NRG Esports).

History

Australian Pioneers (June 2015 – March 2017)

On the 19th of June 2015 the then LA Renegades, owned by Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles, signed the Australian team Vox Eminor consisting of Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill, Aaron "AZR" Ward, Luke "Havoc" Paton, Justin "jks" Savage and Yaman "yam" Ergenekon. This was the first time an international organisation had purchased an Australian CS:GO team. The team was housed in the Downtown Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada where they would spend most of their time. After less than a month the team qualified for the second major of 2015. They were placed in a group with Danish favourites TSM and Swedish legends NiP and North American up and comers CLG. The team was first beaten by TSM and were then placed in a second group again with NiP and this time Titan. An upset victory over the French gained the team some notoriety. The team which showed promise in Australia never translated overseas as they struggled to achieve results. losses at DreamHack Stockholm and the MLG Columbus qualifier saw the end of their major appearances. The team then had to make their toughest choice, the removal of Havoc. This was the team’s first attempt at rectifying their poor results. With the acquisition of Karlo “USTILO” Pivac from Team Immunity the team made it into ESL Pro League via a wild card invite. The continuing poor results and the failure to make the Cologne Major lead to SPUNJ eventually retiring. In September 2016 the team was acquired by Jonas Jerebko who moved the team from their Las Vegas casino to a gaming house in Detroit. The team once again acquired a Team Immunity player in the form of Ricardo “Rickeh” Mulholland who moved into the new team house. The team came runner up to Gambit Esports at DreamHack Winter 2016. Soon after, the team fell out of favour with Rickeh as his personality didn’t “gel” with the team. Simon “atter” Atterstam was brought in as a stand in for some online qualifiers, leagues and DreamHack Las Vegas where they came last place. Eventually yam would return home to Australia due to personal problems which forced him to come back, after 2 years abroad and the team was left with 3.

The End of an Australian Era (March 2017 – July 2018)

With the team down to 3 players, a decision was made to look internationally for the first time in the org's history. Noah “Nifty” Francis was bought from Selfless Gaming and would take over AWPing duties, while Nemanja “nexa” Isaković joined the team shortly after Rickeh was removed. Nexa was brought in initially to take over the IGL role under the guidance of coach kassad, however Nifty took the reigns after mixed results at IEM Sydney 2017. With the international players settling into their roles, the team won their first Asia Minor over rivals TyLoo. However, the team faltered at the PGL Major Offline Qualifier, with further mediocre results leading to the release of nexa. David "Jayzwalkingz" Kempner was brought in as a stand-in but played just 2 weeks before the Renegades secured the services of Keith "NAF" Markovic following his departure from OpTic Gaming. With NAF adapting to his new role and the players returning to form the Renegades claimed their second Asia Minor victory. The team’s online form and recent victory in Seoul at the Minor lead to their success over Virtus.pro in the Grand Final of the StarLadder i-League Invitational marking the organisation’s first international tournament victory. With NAF in peak form he was quickly snapped up by Team Liquid and the Renegades were again looking for a new fifth. Joakim “jkaem” Myrbostad joined as a long term stand in and the roster once more looked to become a force to be reckoned with internationally, including a finals run at IEM Sydney where they defeated FaZe Clan in the group stage and took mousesports to overtime twice in their quarter-final appearance. In an interview with ex-Renegades player SPUNJ he revealed that the Australian core had finally found a teammate in jkaem that suited their personalities. Following the IEM Sydney performance kassad announced would leave the team at the conclusion of Season 7's ESL Pro league Finals, choosing to return to his hometown and coach local Serbian squad Valiance. After a string of disappointing results, the team knew a coach at the helm with IGL Nifty was a must. Then-Renegades analyst Steve "Ryu" Rattacasa was decided upon as the best candidate - the former CLG coach had also coached Nifty at Selfless Gaming - and moved to trial as coach. Results were not far away as the team managed map wins at ESL One: Cologne, as well as their third-straight Asia Minor title win with a 2-0 win over TyLoo at the Asia Minor to qualify for the Major.

A Return To Oceanic Talent (August 2018 - Present)

The Renegades once again struggled to find form at the London Major, and with a very short player break before the resumption of the North American online league season looming the team looked once more to make changes. Three members of the team would depart - IGL Nifty departed to Team Envy, veteran USTILO returned home to play for Tainted Minds and coach Ryu left to pursue other opportunities. After pursuing a multitude of opportunities worldwide the team opted for upcoming talent from the Oceanic region with Australian Jay "liazz" Tregillgas from ORDER and Kiwi Sean "Gratisfaction" Kaiwai from Grayhound Gaming. Early signs were good with a top 8 finish at StarSeries i-League Season 6 and strong starts online at ESL Pro League: Season 8 & ECS: Season 6, but offline the team still struggled with a bottom-place finish at IEM Chicago. A boost came following StarSeries i-League Season 6 with the return of kassad in the coaching role, to assist AZR as the new IGL of the team. The Renegades would finish and qualify for both online leagues, including a 2nd place finish at ECS: Season 6 but were unable to attend the offline finals due to visa issues. The team guaranteed their spot at the first 2019 Asia Minor for the IEM Katowice Major with their 2nd place finish at the OCE Closed Qualifier. The Renegades finished off 2018 with a 5th-6th place finish at the ESL Pro League: Season 8 Finals, eliminated by rivals Mousesports in another close best-of-3.

Timeline

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• March 9th - Misfits is formed.
• June 18th - Misfits rebrands as Renegades.
• June 19th - Renegades sign former Vox Eminor roster - Havoc, SPUNJ, jks, AZR, and Yam join.

• February 8th - USTILO joins, replacing Havoc who steps down from the active roster but remains as a substitute player.
• February 21st - Havoc is picked up by Legacy eSports, alongside former teammate topguN.
• April 23rd - Australian caster peekay joins as coach.
• June 17th - SPUNJ retires.
• July 12th - Renegades signs Rickeh from Team Immunity.

• January 4th - kassad replaces peekay as the coach of Renegades.
• February 14th - Rickeh is benched, atter joins the team temporarily for DreamHack Las Vegas and ESL Pro League.
• March 6th - Rickeh officially leaves and joins Counter Logic Gaming.
• March 23rd - yam leaves Renegades and returns to Australia.
• March 31st - Nifty transfers to Renegades from Selfless Gaming.
• April 13th - Renegades announce their completed roster with the inclusion of nexa as their fifth player.
• August 18th - Jayzwalkingz joins Renegades on a trial basis to replace nexa.
• September 1st - Renegades acquire NAF from OpTic Gaming.

• February 5th - NAF departs Renegades for Team Liquid.
• February 7th - jkaem joins Renegades. He later reveals that his initial contract is for six months.
• May 17th - kassad announces his departure from Renegades.
• June 23rd - Ryu announces that he will be joining the team as a coach on trial.
• September 24th - Ryu leaves Renegades.
• September 27th - Nifty leaves to join Team Envy.
• September 29th - USTILO is released from the organisation.
• September 30th - liazz and Gratisfaction join the team.
• October 8th - kassad returns to the team as coach.

Player Roster

Active

Active Squad
	ID	Name	Join Date
	AZR	Aaron Ward	2015-06-19
	jks	Justin Savage	2015-06-19
	jkaem	Joakim Myrbostad	2018-02-08
	liazz	Jay Tregillgas	2018-09-30
	Gratisfaction	Sean Kaiwai	2018-09-30
	kassad (Coach)	Aleksandar Trifunović	2018-10-08

Former

Former Players
	ID	Name	Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
	USTILO	Karlo Pivac	2016-02-08	2018-09-29	Tainted Minds
	Nifty	Noah Francis	2017-03-31	2018-09-27	Team Envy
	Ryu (Trial Coach)	Steve Rattacasa	2018-06-23	2018-09-24
	kassad (Coach)	Aleksandar Trifunović	2017-01-04	2018-05-17	Valiance (Coach)
	NAF	Keith Markovic	2017-09-01	2018-02-05	Team Liquid
	Jayzwalkingz (Trial)	David Kempner	2017-08-18	2017-09-01	Epsilon eSports
	nexa	Nemanja Isaković	2017-04-13	2017-08-18	MANS NOT HOT
	yam	Yaman Ergenekon	2015-06-19	2017-03-23	Tainted Minds
	Rickeh	Ricardo Mulholland	2016-07-12	2017-03-06	Counter Logic Gaming
	peekay (Coach)	Nicholas Wise	2016-04-23	2017-01-04	Inactivity
	SPUNJ	Chad Burchill	2015-06-19	2016-06-17	Retired
	Havoc	Luke Paton	2015-06-19	2016-02-21	Legacy eSports

Temporary stand-ins
	ID	Name	Replacing		ID	Name	Tournament(s)
	smooya	Owen Butterfield			Gratisfaction	Sean Kaiwai	ESL Pro League Season 9 - Americas
	Uber	Michael Stapells			nexa	Nemanja Isaković	ECS Season 3 - North America (vs Luminosity)
	kassad	Aleksandar Trifunović			nexa	Nemanja Isaković	ESL Pro League Season 5 - North America (vs Winterfox)
	Uber	Michael Stapells	None				ESL Pro League Season 5 - North America
	atter	Simon Atterstam	None				StarLadder i-League Season 3 - America ECS Season 3 Dev. League - North America
	atter	Simon Atterstam			Rickeh	Ricardo Mulholland	DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017 ESL Pro League Season 5 - North America

Organization

Active

Organization
	ID	Name	Position	Join Date
	rebko	Jonas Jerebko	Owner	2016-08-30
	Shark	Shahrukh Panjwani	General Manager	2016-08-30
	GoMeZ	Chris Orfanellis	Manager	2015-06-19
	topguN	Azad Ormani	Streamer	2018-08-16

Former

Former Organization
	ID	Name	Position	Join Date	Leave Date	New Organization
	GBJame^s	James O'Connor	Co-Owner	2016-08-30	2017-03-18	Pittsburgh Knights
	MonteCristo	Christopher Mykles	Co-Owner	2015-06-19	2016-08-30

Team Achievements

Date	Placement	Tier	Type	Tournament		Results		Prize
2019-04-06	A33rd - 4th	A1Premier	Offline		StarSeries & i-League CS:GO Season 7	1 : 2		$30,000
2019-03-01	A55 - 8th	A1Premier	Offline		Intel Extreme Masters XIII - Katowice Major 2019	0 : 2		$35,000
2019-01-26	A11st	A2Major	Offline		Asia Minor Championship - Katowice 2019	2 : 1		$30,000
2018-12-07	A55 - 6th	A1Premier	Offline		ESL Pro League Season 8 - Finals	1 : 2		$32,000
2018-07-20	A11st	A2Major	Offline		Asia Minor Championship - London 2018	2 : 0		$30,000
2017-11-12	A22nd	A2Major	Offline		iBUYPOWER Masters 2017	0 : 2		$25,000
2017-11-05	A11st	A2Major	Offline		StarLadder i-League Invitational #2	2 : 0		$75,000
2017-10-29	A11st	A2Major	Offline		Asia Minor Championship - Boston 2018	2 : 0		$30,000
2017-06-04	A11st	A2Major	Offline		Asia Minor Championship - Kraków 2017	2 : 1		$30,000
2016-11-26	A22nd	A1Premier	Offline		DreamHack Open Winter 2016	0 : 2		$20,000
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Gallery

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  Renegades at Intel Extreme Masters Season XIII - Chicago
  From left to right:
  liazz, Gratisfaction, AZR, jkaem, jks

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  Renegades at ESL One: Cologne 2018
  From left to right:
  AZR, Nifty, jkaem, jks, USTILO

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  Renegades at Intel Extreme Masters Season XII - Oakland
  From left to right:
  NAF, AZR, Nifty, jks, USTILO

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  Renegades at ELEAGUE Season 1
  From left to right:
  yam, Rickeh, jks, AZR, USTILO

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  Renegades at DreamHack Stockholm 2015
  From left to right:
  SPUNJ, yam, jks, AZR, Havoc