FXOpen e-Sports
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FXOpen e-Sports
Team Information
Coaches:
Lee "Choya" Hyung Seop
Choi "Supreme" Seung Min
Kwon "Hell" Jae Hwan
Choi "Supreme" Seung Min
Kwon "Hell" Jae Hwan
Manager:
Lee "Choya" Hyung Seo
Links
Achievements
Solo Achievements
History
Created:
2010-12-11
Disbanded:
2013-11-01
Overview[edit]
FXOpen e-Sports was the competitive gaming division of the forex trading company FXOpen.
In early December 2010, FXOpen, a Forex trading company, announced their intention to own and manage a competitive StarCraft II professional team. This branch of FXOpen, dubbed "FXOpen e-Sports", was formed not only to host and sponsor events like the FXOpen Path of Ascension, the FXOpen Invitational Series and the FXOpen KOTH, but also to support a competitive team with a view to furthering e-Sports.[1]
The team began with a focus on South East Asian and Oceania scenes, as the team owner, FXOBoSs worked for the Oceania division of FXOpen. FXO has since expanded to the South Korean scene by acquiring the Korean team For Our Utopia in July 2011.[2]
FXO also sponsored the Russian team Guild of Imbalance, sporting the tag Imba.FXO featuring players such as Brat_OK, Strelok, LoWeLy and HappyZerg. In March 2012, FXO and the Guild of Imbalance stopped their collaboration, and the competitive players, together with management of Imba.FXO became the new European division of FXO.[3]
In October 2012, FXO also absorbed the American Team Legion, which was shutting down due to financial difficulties, become FXO's North American division, including the Legion Gaming Community, management and League of Legends squad.[4]
The European division became the StarCraft II team of Natus Vincere in April 2013 with the latter organisation being sponsored by FXO,[5] whilst the North American division disbanded in August 2013.[6]
On the 1st of November, the remainder of FXOpen e-Sports, that is, the Korean StarCraft II and Dota 2 division under Choya's leadership reverted to their former team fOu after FXO stopped sponsoring the team.[7]
Timeline[edit]
- January 15, FXO partners with Grubby for GSTL.[8]
- January 31, FXO announces via Twitter that asd, Sirius and Whale have retired.[9]
- February 22, FXO.NA signs Shield.[Citation needed]
- February 23, Choya announces that he has retired as a player to focus on coaching.[10]
- March 5, FXO.NA recruits Moosegills and RemarK whilst Maker is released.[11][12][13]
- March 13, sC returns to SC2 under FXO.[14]
- March 27, Neeb joins FXO.NA[15]
- March 30, Hope and ShowTime join the Korean roster.[16]
- April 9, FXO.Europe merge with Natus Vincere with the exception of the inactive Elbegast.[17]
- May 22, FXO acquires Seed after buying his contract from LG-IM.[18]
- June 19, Power is released from FXO.NA.[19]
- July 2, JimRising leaves FXO.NA to join Team sMi[20]
- July 7, Weekend leaves FXO Korea.[21]
- July 11, FXO.NA releases jEcho and Drunkenboi.[22][23]
- July 23, desRow leaves FXO.NA.[24]
- July 31, Brave and Tassadar join FXO after New Star HoSeo disbands, whilst Hope leaves.[25][26]
- August 13, kaRmy departs FXO.NA.[27]
- August 16, FXO.NA disbands.[28]
- October 7, sC and TheBest retire. [29]
- November 1, FXO stops sponsoring the team, and the remaining Korean division reverts to their old name, For Our Utopia.[30]
- March 3rd, FXO announces formation of FXO Europe with the acquisition of Guild of Imbalance.[31]
- March 14th, SLoG leaves and joins Eclypsia.[32]
- April 15th, xD leaves the team due to military commitments.[33]
- May 6th, Oz leaves and joins Fnatic.[34]
- July 11th, Brat OK leaves and joins Empire.[35]
- July 2nd, FXO acquires Ukrainian Zerg Minato for European roster.[36]
- July 15th, FXO acquires Danish Protoss BabyKnight for European roser.[37]
- September 23rd, FXO & Weekend part ways and Tree retires due to wrist problems.[38]
- September, Boss (former CEO) steps back from managing, taking a more advisory role. Daniel "Unstable" Siddel steps up as CEO.[39]
- October 28, FXOpen announces formation of FXO North America with the acquisition of Legion Gaming.[40]
- November 14, FXO releases Shuttle after his joining of FXO with Legion.[Citation needed]
- In November, FXO acquires SirRobin, Crazy, JimRising, Future, Maker, jEcho, & Drunkenboi for their North American roster.[Citation needed]
- December 31, FXO signs desRow on to the North American roster.[41]
- February 26, FXO acquires Korean Terran mOoNan and popular commentator Wolf as the team's caster, and announce a team house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[42]
- March 25, FXO announces five new players including qxc, iceiceice, tgun, Anthony and SLoG.[43]
- May 28, FXO announces participation in the 2011 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 1.[44]
- May 28, Razer and FXOpen eSports announce partnership.[45]
- June 10, Filthy retires from competitive StarCraft II.[Citation needed]
- June 16, FXO acquires Korean Protoss Oz after a strong win in MLG's 2012 Spring Arena 2 Korea Qualifier.[46]
- July 18, FXO acquires the entirety of the Korean team For Our Utopia.[47]
- July 21, Sheth leaves and joins Team Liquid.[48]
- July 29, FXO acquires Malaysian Terran Timber for its training team.[49]
- August 13, FXO and mOOnGLaDe decide to part ways.[50]
- August 14, FXO leaves SC2Con.[51]
- September 9, sC leaves and joins Team MVP.[52]
- October 15, Wolf leaves to pursue casting GSL full-time.[53]
- November 1, tgun leaves and joins Team "It's Gosu.[54]
- November 5th, inori leaves and joins Team Reign.[55]
- December 1st, qxc leaves and joins Team compLexity.[56]
Former Player Roster[edit]
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 FXO Korea - Disbanded: 1st November 2013
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Acou | Kim Ji Hwang | 1st November 2013 |  Retirement
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Brave | Lee Hee Chang | 1st November 2013 | Retirement
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Choya | Lee Hyung Seop | 1st November 2013 |  For Our Utopia
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GuMiho | Koh Byung Jae | 1st November 2013 | For Our Utopia
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Hurricane | Nam Ki Woong | 1st November 2013 | For Our Utopia
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JKS | Song Jae Kyung | 1st November 2013 | Retirement
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Kong | Son Joon Yung | 1st November 2013 | Retirement
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Leenock | Lee Dong Nyung | 1st November 2013 | For Our Utopia
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Lucky | Lee In Soo | 1st November 2013 | For Our Utopia
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Seed | Ahn Sang Won | 1st November 2013 | For Our Utopia
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ShowTime | Jung Ji Ho | 1st November 2013 |  No Dice Gaming
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Supreme | Choi Seung Min | 1st November 2013 | For Our Utopia
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Tassadar | Kim Jung Hoon | 1st November 2013 | For Our Utopia
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TheBest | Kim Chan Min | 7th October 2013 | Retirement
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sC | Kim Seung Chul | 7th October 2013 |  MicroGamerZ
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Hope | Lee Dong Yeon | 31st July 2013 |
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Weekend | Lee Haeng Seon | 7th July 2013 |
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Sirius | Choi Jin Sol | 31st January 2013 | Retirement
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asd | Lee Dae Jin | 31st January 2013 | Retirement
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Whale | Ahn Joon Hwa | 31st January 2013 | Retirement
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Shine | Choi Kyung Min | 3rd January 2013 |  Team SCV Life
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Tree | Kim Hyun Mok | 23rd September 2012 | Retirement
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VoidRay | Lee Jung Bum |
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Oz | Kim Hak Soo | 6th May 2012 |  Fnatic
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xD | Choi Joon Hyuk | 15th April 2012 | Retirement
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Soulman | Lee Jong Hyun | 11th January 2012 |  Rising Star
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PartinG | Won Lee Sak |  StarTale
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Terius | Song Byung Hak |  Prime
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inori | Woo Min Gyu | 5th November 2011 |  Team ReIGN
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TopClass | Jung Bang Min |
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Crane | Kim Han Byul |  Team Replika
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kAsyu | Han Byung Hoon |
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Ox | Choi Won Seok |
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| FXO North America - Disbanded: 16th August 2013
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TheoRy | Derek Travisano |
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SirRobin | Robert Switts |  Team Gravity
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RemarK | Matthew Kramer |
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Shield | Young Yoon |
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Neeb | Alex Sunderhaft | Fnatic
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Moosegills | Michael Wolff |  compLexity Gaming
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Future | Richard Almand |
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AuRora | Alysa Goose |
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kaRmy | Matthew Munholland |
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desRow | Marc-Olivier Proulx | 23rd July 2013 |  Apocalypse eSports
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Crazy | Brandon Bay | 11th July 2013 |
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Drunkenboi | Henry Luu | 11th July 2013 |  Deimos
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jEcho | Joseph Lopez | 11th July 2013 |
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JimRising | Jaime Silencio | 2nd July 2013 |  Team sMi
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Power | Jasper Chou | 19th June 2013 |
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Maker | Ricardo Flores | 5th March 2013 |  Kaos Latin Gamers
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Shuttle | Choi Sung Jin | 14th November 2012 |  Clarity Gaming
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| FXO Europe - Disbanded: 9th April 2013
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BabyKnight | Jon Andersen | 9th April 2013 |  Natus Vincere
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HappyZerg | Svyatoslav Vlasyuk | 9th April 2013 | Natus Vincere
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LoWeLy | Anton Plebanovich | 9th April 2013 | Natus Vincere
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Strelok | Eugin Oparyshev | 9th April 2013 | Natus Vincere
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Minato | Vitaliy Ponomarenko | 9th April 2013 | Natus Vincere
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Elbegast | Pavel Semenov | 9th April 2013 |
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max | Maxim Yurkov |
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Snake | Dmitriy Grigoriev |
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Brat_OK | Pavel Kuznetsov | 11th July 2012 |  Team Empire
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SLoG | Andrew An | 14th March 2012 |  Eclypsia
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mOoNan | Min Gyun Kim | Retirement
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OpTiKzErO | Karl Angeles |
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Timber | Ho Julian |
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qxc | Kevin Riley | 1st December 2011 | compLexity Gaming
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tgun | Bradley Seymour | 1st November 2011 |  It's Gosu eSports
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Wolf | Wolf Schröder | 15th October 2011 | GOMTV
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mOOnGLaDe | Andrew Pender | 13th August 2011 |  Team Nv
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Sheth | Shawn Simon | 21st July 2011 |  Team Liquid
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iceiceice | Daryl Koh Pei Xiang | 21st July 2011 | Retirement
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Anthony | Anthony Accettone |
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Filthy | Phil Edwards | 10th June 2011 | Retirement
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Organization[edit]
| ID | Name | Position | New Team | |
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BoSs | Josh Dentrinos | Founder/Advisor |
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Unstable | Daniel Siddel | Chief Executive Officer |
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deL | Brendan Ferguson | Events Manager |
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frequency | Marc Onofrio | Events Manager |
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| FXO.Korea | ||||
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Choya | Lee Hyung Seop | FXO.KR Manager / Coach | For Our Utopia
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Hell | Kwon Jae Hwan | FXO.KR Coach | For Our Utopia
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Supreme | Choi Seung Min | FXO.KR Coach | For Our Utopia
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| FXO.Europe | ||||
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zOo | Vladimir Ahlebinin | FXO.EU Director | Natus Vincere
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Fairon | Artem Bykov | FXO.EU Manager | Natus Vincere
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| FXO.North America | ||||
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Seeker | Michael Suh | Manager/Translator | Clarity Gaming
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storywriter | Chris Kim | FXO Translator |
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Volt | Jace Ebben | Executive Assistant |
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Kumiho | Sophie Holly | Web Content |
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Zhurai | Brandon Fu | Web Content |
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Raelcun | Alan Brusky | Stream and Media |
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Team Achievements[edit]
FXO.Korea[edit]
| Date | League | Team | Result | Opponent | Winnings | |
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| 2013-06-29 | 6th | 2013 GSTL Season 1 | FXO Korea
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Prime
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$2,776 |
| 2013-02-25 | 
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2013 GSTL Preseason | FXO Korea
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 AZUBU
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| 2013-02-20 | 5-8 | 2013 IPTL Season 1 | FXO Korea
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 ROOT Gaming
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$1,000 |
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| 2012-12-08 | 
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2012 GSTL Season 3 | FXO Korea
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 MVP
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$26,409 |
| 2013-11-06 | 5-8 | 2012 IPTL Season 1 | FXO Korea
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Team SCV Life
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$1,000 |
| 2012-07-28 |
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2012 GSTL Season 2 | FXO Korea
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 SlayerS-EG
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$26,062 |
| 2012-04-01 |
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2012 GSTL Season 1 | FXO Korea
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Prime
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$3,475 |
| 2012-03-18 | 
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North American Star Team League | FXO Korea
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Team Empire
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$1,000 |
| 2012-02-24 | 
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IPL Team Arena Challenge 2 | FXO Korea
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 New Star HoSeo
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$2,000 |
FXO.Europe[edit]
| Date | League | Team | Result | Opponent | Winnings | |
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| 2013-03-19 | 
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Cascade1xbet Clan League Season 4 | FXO Europe
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Team Empire
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$600 |
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| 2012-05-27 |
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4PL Clan League Season 2 | FXO Europe
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 Type Gaming
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€700 |
| 2012-04-18 |
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incredible Panic Team League Season 3 | FXO Europe
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Team Empire
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$1,000 |
FXO.North America[edit]
| Date | League | Team | Result | Opponent | Winnings | |
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| 2013-08-02 |
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Under Rated Team League Season 2 | FXO NA
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Clarity Gaming
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| 2013-06-23 |
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OMG League Season 1 | FXO NA
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 Team Property
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| 2013-03-06 |
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zGt Team League Season 1 | FXO NA
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 Zerg Gosu Team
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$200 |
Championships[edit]
| Global Starcraft II Team League Champions | ||
| 2012 GSTL Season 1 Preceded By: Prime
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2012 GSTL Season 2 28 July 2012 – 8 December 2012 FXOpen e-Sports
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2012 GSTL Season 3 Succeeded By: FXO
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| 2012 GSTL Season 2 Preceded By: FXO
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2012 GSTL Season 3 8 December 2012 – 20 July 2013 FXOpen e-Sports
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2013 GSTL Season 1 Succeeded By:  IM
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FXOpen Events[edit]
During 2011 FXOPen e-Sports held a number of professional StarCraft 2 events. Their first two tournaments - an open tournaments and an invitational - served as a test run for future events to come in 2011. The invitational series continues, and a King of the Hill style tournament has since been added to the list of FXOpen managed events.
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Highlight Videos[edit]
- 2013-01-16 | Grubby's Video Log #20: FXO Team House Tour by Grubby
Interviews[edit]
2012[edit]
- 2012-11-24 | GSTL ST vs. FXO 2012 S3 Semi-Finals by This Is Game
2011[edit]
- 2011-02-26 | Interview with FXOBoSs by ESFI World
References[edit]
- ↑ FXOpen (11th November 2010). "Introducing Team FXOpen e-Sports". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ Kiyo. (18th July 2011). "fOu Becomes FXO Korea". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ Alexj (3rd March 2012). "Guild of Imbalance and FXOpen part ways". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ FXOpe (28th October 2012). "FXOpen expands by absorbing Legion Gaming". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ sandr1x (9th May 2013). "Natus Vincere acquired new roster". www.navi-gaming.com.
- ↑ Seeker (16th August 2013). "FXO NA Disbands + More". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ egernya (2nd October 2013). "FXOpen to stop sponsoring FXO.KR". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ Kenny_oro (15th January 2013). "Grubby will play for FXO in GSTL". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ Kenny_oro (31st January 2013). "FXOasd, FXOWhale, and FXOSirius retire from SC2". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ Acronysis (23rd February 2013). "FXO.Choya retires as a player". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ FXOpeneSports (5th March 2013). "Post on Twitter by FXO". www.twitter.com/FXOpeneSports.
- ↑ FXOpeneSports (5th March 2013). "Post on Twitter by FXO". www.twitter.com/FXOpeneSports.
- ↑ FXOpeneSports (5th March 2013). "Post on Twitter by FXO". www.twitter.com/FXOpeneSports.
- ↑ TeeTS (13th March 2013). "sC returns to SC2 , rejoins FXO". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ FXOpeneSports (27th March 2013). "Post on Twitter by FXO". www.twitter.com/FXOpeneSports.
- ↑ Ry2D2 (30th March 2013). "FXO signs 2 new players". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ sandr1x (9th April 2013). "Natus Vincere acquired new roster". www.navi-gaming.com.
- ↑ antvolt (22nd May 2013). "FXOpen acquires Seed from LG-IM". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ FXOpeneSports (19th June 2013). "Post on Twitter by FXO". www.twitter.com/FXOpeneSports.
- ↑ FXOpeneSports (2nd July 2013). "Post on Twitter by FXO". www.twitter.com/FXOpeneSports.
- ↑ kimbilly (7th July 2013). www.pgrer.net. http://www.pgrer.net/pb/pb.php?id=gamenews&no=5513.
- ↑ FXOpeneSports (11th July 2013). www.twitter.com/FXOpeneSports. https://twitter.com/FXOpeneSports/status/355481878247116802.
- ↑ FXOpeneSports (11th July 2013). www.twitter.com/FXOpeneSports. https://twitter.com/FXOpeneSports/status/355484055426441216.
- ↑ desRow (23rd July 2013). "Post on Twitter by desRow". www.twitter.com/desRowfighting.
- ↑ Waxangel (31st July 2013). "NS HoSeo disbands - members to Korean and foreign teams". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ WaxAngel (31st July 2013). "August Roster Updates for eSF Teams". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ kaRmy (13th August 2013). "Post on Twitter by kaRmy". www.twitter.com/kaRmysc.
- ↑ Seeker (16th August 2013). "FXO NA Disbands + More". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ DJHelium (7th October 2013). "sC and TheBest Retire". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ egernya (2nd October 2013). "FXOpen to stop sponsoring FXO.KR". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ "Guild of Imbalance and FXOpen part ways". TeamLiquid.net, 3 March 2012.
- ↑ SLoG's Twitter. Twitter.com, 14 March 2012. Thread on TeamLiquid.net.
- ↑ Choya's Twitter. Twitter.com, 15 April 2012.
- ↑ Fnatic signs Oz
- ↑ Keeper (2012-07-11). "Empire welcomes Brat_Ok".
- ↑ cSc.RoLaN (2012-06-11). "cSc.Minato joins FXO e-Sports Europe".
- ↑ "FXOpen signs BabyKnight". TeamLiquid.net, 16 July 2012.
- ↑ "The evolution of the training regiment for FXO" TeamLiquid.net. Accessed 6 October 2012.
- ↑ "A new e-sports director has joined the ranks of FXOpen e-Sports" fxoboss.tumbler.com.
- ↑ FXOpen (2012-10-28). "FXOpen expands by absorbing Legion Gaming". TeamLiquid.net.
- ↑ DesRow Joins FXO
- ↑ FXOpen (26th February 2011). "[FXO FXOpen e-Sports Announcements"]. www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ deL (25th March 2011). "[FXO New Players Announced"]. www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ Ocedic (28th May 2011). "FXO to GSTL". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ deL (28th May 2011). "Razer sponsors FXOpen e-Sports". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ deL (15th June 2011). "FXO adds Korean Protoss Twilight". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ Kiyo. (18th July 2011). "fOu Becomes FXO Korea". www.teamliquid.net.
- ↑ "FXO parts ways with Sheth". TeamLiquid.net, 22 July 2011.
- ↑ "FXO welcomes pRoTimber to its training team". TeamLiquid.net, 29 July 2011.
- ↑ "mOOnGLaDe released from FXO". 14 August 2011.
- ↑ "FXO leaves sc2con organisation". TeamLiquid.net, 14 August 2011.
- ↑ "FXOsC to MVP!". TeamLiquid.net, 9 September 2011.
- ↑ Wolf's Twitter. Twitter.com, 15 October 2011. Thread on TeamLiquid.net.
- ↑ "FXOtgun and FXO part ways". TeamLiquid.net, 1 November 2011.
- ↑ "Korean Protoss inori joins Team ReIGN". TeamLiquid.net, 5 November 2011.
- ↑ "FXO transfers qxc to Complexity". ESFI-World.com, 1 December 2011.
- ↑ FXOpen (11th November 2010). "Introducing Team FXOpen e-Sports". www.teamliquid.net.
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