GG Esports Academy
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GG Esports Academy
Team Information
Location:
Region:
Manager:
Romain, Ashes
Coaches:
PYYYOUR, spazzo
Total Earnings:
$26,172
Links
Player Breakdown
Number of Players
7
History
Created:
2018-02-21
GG Esports Academy, commonly known as GGEA (formerly OpTic Academy) is the academy team of Houston Outlaws in Overwatch Contenders.
Timeline[edit]
- February 21st - The Houston Outlaws officially announce the name and roster of their Overwatch Contenders academy team, OpTic Academy.[1]
- June 6th - RinaVX announces he has left the team.[2]
- July 2nd - The team rebrands to GG Esports Academy, OpTic Gaming's parent company Infinite Esports and Entertainment's player development branch.[3]
- July 24th - Kaiser announces that he is a free agent.[4]
- September 18th - Houston Outlaws announce that smurf is traded to the San Francisco Shock.[5]
Player Roster[edit]
Active[edit]
| Active Squad | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Role | Join Date | |
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kellar | Justin Kellar | DPS | 2018-02-21 [1] |
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SharP | Hugo Sahlberg | DPS | 2018-02-21 [1] |
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fischer | Mads Jehg | DPS | 2018-06-23 [6] |
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Voll | Matthew Wallace | Flex | 2018-02-21 [1] |
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Aid | Jae-yoon Go (고재윤) | Support | 2018-02-21 [1] |
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Greyy | Luís Perestrelo | Support | 2018-02-21 [1] |
Former[edit]
| Former Players | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Role | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |
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smurf | Myeong-hwan Yoo | Tank | 2018-02-21 [1] | 2018-09-18[5] |  San Francisco Shock
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Tehpwnzorr | Joshua Nguyen | Support | 2018-02-21 [1] | 2018-??-?? | |
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Kaiser | Sang-hoon Ryu | Tank | 2018-02-21 [1] | 2018-07-24[7][4] | |
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RinaVX | Justin Jeoh | DPS | 2018-02-21 [1] | 2018-06-06[2] | |
Organization[edit]
Active[edit]
| Organization | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | |||
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H3CZ | Hector Rodriguez | Owner & CEO | - | ||
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Romain | Romain Bigeard | General Manager | 2018-06-21[8] | ||
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Ashes | Nick Ridgeway | Asst. General Manager | 2018-06-21[8] | ||
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PYYYOUR | Bradford Ross | Coach | 2018-02-21 [1] | ||
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spazzo | Chris Infante | Coach | 2018-02-21 [1] | ||
Former[edit]
| Former Organization | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | |||
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mkL | Mikael Skjønhaug | Analyst | 2018-02-21 [1] | 2018-06-18 | ||
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Safford | Kyoung Ey Molly Kim | Coach | 2018-02-21 | 2018-05-15 | ||
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Placement | Tier | Tournament | Results | Prize | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | |||||||
| 2018-07-31 | 9 - 10th | Major |  |
Overwatch Contenders 2018 Season 2: North America | 2/-/3 | Grp. S. | $8,527.5 |
| 2018-05-12 | 3 - 4th | Major | |
Overwatch Contenders 2018 Season 1: North America | 1 : 3 | 
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$17,644.5 |
| About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament | |||||||
Gallery[edit]
Logos[edit]
OpTic Gaming logo, used during Season 1 of Contenders
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 "The OpTic Academy Overwatch Contenders team is here!". OpTic Gaming. 2018-02-21.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "https://twitter.com/tsunerella/status/1004563710705389568". RinaVX. 2018-06-06.
- ↑ "Proud to announce our official @owpathtopro team". GG Esports Academy. 2018-07-02.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "I am currently LFT OWL S2/Contenders". Kaiser. 2018-07-24.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Please help us welcome Danteh to the Outlaws!". Houston Outlaws. 2018-09-18.
- ↑ Fischer Added
- ↑ Kaiser made inactive
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 INTRODUCING THE NEW OPTIC GENERAL MANAGER
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