Team Empire
Team Empire
Team Information
Location:
Manager:
Alexander "StrangeR" Solomonov
Sponsor:
Links
Solo Achievements
History
Created:
2010-11-14
Disbanded:
2014-10-13
Recent Player Trades:
2014-05-07 - Kas leaves
Overview[edit]
Team Empire is one of the premier teams in Russia and the CIS across all eSport titles. The organisation was established in 2004 with headquarters in Moscow.
Team Empire is known as one of Russia's largest and best known gaming organisations, particularly for their teams and players in StarCraft II, League of Legends, Dota 2, Hearthstone, and Call of Duty amongst many other titles.
Their StarCraft II division was founded in November 2010 with names such as Kas, NaNiwa, Bly, Forsen, ho8ot, Aristeo and Cubert amongst others.[1] Initially, the team focused on players from Russian-speaking countries, with a few European high profile players like NaNiwa and Nerchio. In order to further their competitive goals, Team Empire expanded their horizons and acquired Koreans players viOLet and VINES in 2012, but eventually went back to their Russian roots.
The team placed particular focus on team leagues, and in late 2013, when their roster was reduced to three core players, they entered into a team partnership with the Finnish team Ence eSports to form Empire-Ence with players such as elfi, Serral and the teamless Brat_OK, but this partnership was ultimately dissolved after successive defeats in the ESL Euro Series.
Despite its international aspirations, Team Empire maintains a strong commitment with the CIS scene by establishing the Team Empire Academy for StarCraft II, made up solely of Russian-speaking players.
Timeline[edit]
- January 6th, The Empire.Academy is reduced to five players.[2]
- March 12, The Academy again changes their lineup, adding Easy and MrKillous, whilst dropping Huffy.[3]
- May 7, Team Empire and Kas part ways.[4]
- June 8, Easy is promoted from the Academy to the Main Squad.[5]
- October 13, Team Empire closes its StarCraft II squad.[6]
- January 8, Siw rejoins the team, which needed an additional player in order to participate in upcoming team leagues. TheMista is reported to have been removed from the roster, while Aristeo is inactive.[7][8]
- June 28, Beastyqt leaves the team.[9]
- July 16, Brat_OK is released due to lack of results, whilst the inactive Aristeo retires.[10]
- August 1st, Empire announce a collaboration with the Finnish team Ence eSports for team leagues, adding elfi, Jagelius and Serral to the roster of Empire-Ence.[11]
- August 13th, Siw announces his retirement.[12]
- October, The Empire.Academy is launched with 11 players: RusZerg, Lost, Marador, Huffy, uThermal, Koldun, jinbojeog, Volt, Haidarovic, Casper and Doomer.
- January 10, Forsen and Beastyqt join Team Empire, while Bly leaves it and Noname goes inactive.[20]
- January 10, DieStar leaves to join Millenium.[21]
- January 20, NaNiwa leaves Team Empire and joins Team Dignitas.[22]
- January 21, Forsen leaves Team Empire.[23]
- January 25, Bly and KroLu join.[24]
- February 2, LESTER leaves Team Empire.[25]
- March 30, Team Empire is invited to participate in the SC2CL Season 2 Master Division[26]
- March 31, Happy joins Team Empire, while Bly and OutSide leave, and Cubert goes inactive.[27]
- April 3rd, Nerchio joins.[28]
- July 7, Team Empire wins the SC2CL Season 2 Master Division.
- July 20, Nerchio leaves Team Empire for Team Acer.[29]
- August 1, Team Empire is invited to Evil Geniuses Master's Cup Series VI. Cubert puts an end to his inactive period in order to play the 2v2 matches alongside Aristeo.
- August 2, Siw joins Team Empire.[30]
- September 15, Team Empire finishes second in the incredible Panic Team League Season 2.
- September 18, frum and Noname leave the team, while AsitY, a former Team Empire player, rejoins the team and is appointed coach.[31]
- November 23, Welmu joins the team, while Siw becomes inactive for an indefinite period.[32]
Former Roster[edit]
Full list of player transfers and former players here.
| ID | Name | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||
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Happy | Dmitry Kostin | 31 March 2011 | 13 October 2014 |  Retirement
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Easy | Vyacheslav Trushkin | 12 March 2014 | 13 October 2014 |
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Kas | Mihaylo Hayda | November 2010 | 7th May 2014 |  Cascade
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Siw | Vladimir Syzranov | 29th July 2011 | 13th August 2013 | Retirement
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Aristeo | Anton Vasilyev | 14th November 2010 | 16th July 2013 | Retirement
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Brat_OK | Pavel Kuznetsov | 12th July 2012 | 16th July 2013 | Cascade
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Beastyqt | Aleksandar Krstić | 10th January 2011 | 28th June 2013 | Cascade
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ho8ot | Andrei Mikheev | 14th November 2010 | 17th February 2013 |  7x Team
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TheMista | Themistoklis Bonidis | 10th May 2012 | 8th January 2013 | Retirement
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VINES | Lee Sang Hun | 18th May 2012 | 8th September 2012 |  apeX eSports
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viOlet | Kim Dong Hwan | 21st January 2012 | 2nd July 2012 |  AZUBU
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Welmu | Vesa Hovinen | 29th July 2011 | 2nd March 2012 |  Eclypsia
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Noname | Nikita Andreev | 14th November 2010 | 18th September 2011 | ksN
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frum | Yuri Kulik | 14th November 2010 | 18th September 2011 | Cascade
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Nerchio | Artur Bloch | 3rd April 2011 | 19th July 2011 |  Team Acer
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Cubert | Marat Shakirzyanov | 14th November 2010 | 31st March 2011 |
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OutSide | Roman Emelyanov | 14th November 2010 | 31st March 2011 |  incredible Panic
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Bly | Aleksandr Svysiuk | 25th January 2011 | 31st March 2011 |  Virus Gaming
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KroLu | Michał Królewski | 25th January 2011 | 27th February 2011 |  Meet Your Makers
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LESTER | Arzhan Bekzhanov | 14th November 2010 | 20th February 2011 |
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Forsen | Sebastian Fors | 10th January 2010 | 21st January 2011 |  Alien Invasion
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NaNiwa | Johan Lucchesi | 30th November 2010 | 20th January 2011 |  Team Dignitas
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DieStar | Marcin Wieczorek | 14th November 2010 | 10th January 2011 |  Millenium
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RusZerg | Ilya Lyara | October 2013 | 13 October 2014 |
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Lost | Andrew Smetanin | October 2013 | 13 October 2014 |
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Marador | Stepan Stulnik | October 2013 | 13 October 2014 |
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uThermal | Artem Podzorov | October 2013 | 13 October 2014 |
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MrKillous | Nikita Gurevich | 12 March 2014 | 13 October 2014 |
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Huffy | Alexander Chertulov | October 2013 | 12 March 2014 |
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Koldun | Paul Skripko | October 2013 | 6 January 2014 |
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jinbojeog | Alexander Gordon | October 2013 | 6 January 2014 |
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Volt | Max Harhota | October 2013 | 6 January 2014 |
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Haidarovic | Aizat Mavludov | October 2013 | 6 January 2014 |
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Casper | Sergey Kozlov | October 2013 | 6 January 2014 |
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Doomer | Sergey Takara | October 2013 | 6 January 2014 |
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Organization[edit]
- Alexander "StrangeR" Solomonov - HR manager and head StarCraft II Manager
- Sergey "AnahRoniX" Bykovskiy - PR manager and head dota II Manager
Team Achievements[edit]
| 2013 | ||||
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| Date | Event | Result | Prize | |
| 2013-10-28 | 
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Cascade1xbet Clan League Season 5 |  Empire-Ence 4 : 2 Millenium
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$1,200 |
| 2013-06-13 |
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RaidCall EMS Spring 2013 | Team Empire 2 : 1  mouz
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$2,500 |
| 2013-03-19 |
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Cascade1xbet Clan League Season 4 | Team Empire 4 : 2  FXO.CIS
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$1,200 |
| 2012 | ||||
| 2012-12-15 | 
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Evil Geniuses Master's Cup Series VIII | Team Empire 0 : 3 Team Acer
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| 2012-10-24 |
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Incredible Panic Team League Season 4 | Team Empire 6 : 4  RoX
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$1,300 |
| 2012-05-14 |
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Eclypsia Colosseum | Team Empire 2 : 3  AL
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| 2012-04-08 | 
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Incredible Panic Team League Season 3 | Team Empire 2 : 4 FXO.CIS
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$300 |
| 2012-03-17 |
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North American Star Team League | Team Empire 2 : 4 FXO.KR
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| 2011 | ||||
| 2011-11-13 |
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GosuCoaching Premiere League Season 2 | Team Empire 3 : 2  EG
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$3,500 |
| 2011-10-30 |
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Evil Geniuses Master's Cup Series VI | Team Empire 1 : 3 mouz
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$3,000 |
| 2011-09-15 |
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Incredible Panic Team League Season 2 | Team Empire 3 : 4  imba
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$200 |
| 2011-06-19 |
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SC2CL Season 2 | Team Empire 5 : 0 AI
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€750 |
References[edit]
- ↑ Generic SC (6th January 2011). "[Interview SGL talks with Empire.Kas"]. tl.net.
- ↑ Kirill 'RusseD' Minnikov (6th January 2014). "Empire.Academy продолжает своё развитие". www.team-empire.org.
- ↑ Kirill 'RusseD' Minnikov (12th March 2014). "Empire.Academy продолжает своё развитие". www.team-empire.org.
- ↑ Kirill 'RusseD' Minnikov (6th May 2014). "Team Empire without Kas". www.team-empire.org.
- ↑ mikkmagro (8th June 2014). "Empire.Easy promoted from Academy to Main". tl.net.
- ↑ Vladimir "rOx" Matienko (13th October 2014). "Team Empire closes Starcraft II squad". team-empire.org.
- ↑ Shadow_Dog (9th January 2013). "Second chance for Siw - Siw joins Team Empire". tl.net.
- ↑ rox.kis.craft (9th January 2013). "Empire меняют TheMista'у на Siw'a". www.goodgame.ru.
- ↑ Labora (28th June 2013). "Team Empire and Beastyqt ways parted". www.team-empire.org.
- ↑ StrangeR (16th July 2013). "Team Empire parted ways with Brat_Ok". www.team-empire.org.
- ↑ StrangeR (1st August 2013). "Team Empire and Ence.elfi join forces for team leagues". www.team-empire.org.
- ↑ FlamingPie (13th August 2013). "Empire Siw Retires from Starcraft 2". tl.net.
- ↑ Linz (22nd January 2012). "viOLet joins Team Empire". tl.net.
- ↑ dragonborn (3rd March 2012). "Welmu and Empire part ways". tl.net.
- ↑ Keeper (10th May 2012). "TheMista to Empire". tl.net.
- ↑ Keeper (19th May 2012). "Empire signs VINES". tl.net.
- ↑ johnnywup (2nd July 2012). "viOLet becomes free agent". tl.net.
- ↑ Keeper (12th July 2012). "Empire welcomes Brat_Ok". tl.net.
- ↑ Heyoka (8th September 2012). "Team Empire and VINES part ways". tl.net.
- ↑ Tex (10th January 2011). "Empire restructured - Report". www.mymym.com.
- ↑ Millenium (10th January 2011). "Millenium accueille un second Terran". www.millenium.org.
- ↑ Progamer.ru (20th January 2011). "Starcraft 2: Naniwa перешел в Team Dignitas". www.progamer.ru.
- ↑ Progamer.ru (21st January 2011). "Starcraft 2: Team Empire избавилась от Forsen’а и обещала представить новых рекрутов". www.progamer.ru.
- ↑ Team Empire (25th January 2011). "Team Empire Facebook Post". www.facebook.com/EmpireEsport.
- ↑ StrangeR (20th February 2011). "LESTER покидает Team Empire". www.team-empire.tv.
- ↑ Sheeperich (30th March 2011). "SC2CL Masters: Introducing our third invite". www.starcraft2.ingame.de.
- ↑ StrangeR (31st March 2011). "Happy вступает в Team Empire!". www.team-empire.tv.
- ↑ ikse (3rd April 2011). "Nerchio signe chez Empire". www.team-aaa.com.
- ↑ Numy (20th July 2011). "Team Acer adds SC2 team.". tl.net.
- ↑ Bash (29th July 2011). "NCM Clan прощается с Siw и NCE". www.ncmclan.tv.
- ↑ StrangeR (18th September 2011). "AsitY - назначается тренером sc2 состава и другие изменения.". www.team-empire.tv.
- ↑ StrangeR (23rd November 2011). "Чемпион Финляндии вступает в Team Empire". www.team-empire.tv.
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