Splyce
Divisions | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft World of Warcraft League of Legends Starcraft II Halo Gears of War Overwatch Super Smash Bros Fighting Games Rocket League |
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Manager | Marty Strenczewilk "Lazerchickenzzz" |
Partners | Foot Locker Mountain Dew Corsair AMD ViewSonic Twitch.tv GFUEL Scuf Gaming Xsolla eSports Academy Dingit.tv |
Website | www |
Splyce (formerly known as Follow eSports) is a professional video gaming esports organization and media company. Splyce has teams and players competing in Call of Duty, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends, Halo (franchise), Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Smite, Starcraft II, Rocket League and World of Warcraft. The team announced its rebranding in November 2015.[1] Splyce acquired the LoL team of Dignitas EU after that team qualified for the League of Legends Championship Series Europe on 3 November 2015 for nearly £625,000 ($1 million).
League of Legends
Follow eSports acquired the LoL team of Dignitas EU after that team qualified for the League of Legends Championship Series Europe on 29 October 2015 for nearly £625,000 ($1 million).[2] At the time of the acquisition the team's roster consisted of Martin "Wunderwear" Hansen, Chres "Sencux" Laursen, Kasper "Kobbe" Kobberup, and Jonas "Nisbeth" Anderson with Daniel Vorborg as Team Manager.
Tournament results
- 7th/10th – 2016 Spring EU LCS
- 2nd – 2016 Summer EU LCS regular season
- Runner-up – 2016 Summer EU LCS playoffs
- 5th/6th – 2017 Spring EU LCS playoffs
- 5th/6th – 2017 Summer EU LCS playoffs
- 1st - 2018 Halo World Championships
Roster
- Andrei "Odoamne" Pascu
- Andrei "Xerxe" Dragomir
- Yasin "Nisqy" Dinçer
- Kasper "Kobbe" Kobberup
- Raymond "kaSing" Tsang
Call of Duty
On January 2, the day that the organization renamed itself, they picked up a Call of Duty roster consisting of Jamie "JSey" Sey, JoshuaLee "Joshh" Sheppard, Jordan "Reedy" Reed, James "Dominate" Batz, and Benjamin "Bance" Bance.[1] On May 8, 2 Place at ESWC Zénith 2016. They are participating in the Call of Duty World League.[3]
Over the past three years, Splyce has been one of the most competitively successful Call of Duty teams in the world.
In 2016, they finished second in the Call of Duty World League Championship.
In 2017, Splyce won the Call of Duty World League Championship, defeating FaZe Clan and Luminosity gaming, among others, on their way to capturing the title and over $200,000 in prize winnings.[4]
In 2018, Splyce were the runners-up in the 2018 CWL Birmingham Open, the fourth Major International offline event for Call of Duty: World War II.[5]
Roster
Halo Roster
On 11 October, 2018, Splyce announced that their Halo roster consisting of Renegade, Shotzzy, StelluR and Eco would be competing in the Call of Duty World League as well.[6]
ID | Name | Role | Join date |
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Renegade | Jonathan Willette | Player | 2018-10-11 |
Shotzzy | Anthony Cuevas-Castro | Player (Inactive due to age restrictions)[7] | 2018-10-11 |
StelluR | Braedon Boettcher | Player | 2018-10-11 |
Eco | Kevin Smith | Player | 2018-10-11 |
Druk | Roman Nasirudin | Player | 2018-12-02 |
Dynamics | Richie | Player | 2018-12-02 |
MarkyB | Mark Bryceland | Player | 2018-06-01 |
Counter-Strike
On August 19, 2015 Follow eSports announced it had acquired the roster of SapphireKelownaDotCom.[8] Follow eSports dropped SapphireKelownaDotCom and picked up the roster of ex-eLevate on October 25, 2015.[9] Following shortly after the organisation's rebranding from Follow eSports to Splyce, the roster disbanded on December 27, 2015.[10] On December 30, 2015, Splyce picked up four players from the team formerly known as Dogmen[11] and picked up David "DAVEY" Stafford as their fifth player on January 14, 2016.[12] Splyce was invited to the MLG Columbus 2016 qualifiers due to The Mongolz being unable to get visas. They qualified for MLG Columbus 2016 after beating Counter Logic Gaming and Vexed Gaming.[13] Shortly after on June 17, 2016 Abraham "abE" Fazli and Andrew "Professor_Chaos" Heintz departed from the team,[14] though Professor_Chaos was announced as Splyce's new coach on June 21, 2016.[15] Jason "jasonR" Ruchelski additionally departed from the roster on July 7, 2016.[16] On July 12, 2016 Splyce officially announced the signing of Joey "CRUC1AL" Steusel, Asger "AcilioN" Larsen and Enkhtaivan "Machinegun" Lkhagva.[17]
Tournament results
- 13-16th — MLG Columbus 2016
Roster
ID | Name | Join date |
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arya | Arya Hekmat | 2015-12-30 |
drone | Tayler Johnson | 2016-01-14 |
CRUC1AL | Joey Steusel | 2016-07-12 |
ryx | Ronnie Bylicki | 2016-07-12 |
Former
ID | Name | Join date | Leave date |
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AcilioN | Asger Larsen | 2016-07-12 | 2017-01-31[18] |
FREAKAZOiD (stand-in) | Ryan Abadir | ||
abE | Abraham Fasli | 2015-12-30 | 2016-06-17 |
Professor_Chaos | Andrew Heintz | 2015-12-30 | 2016-06-17 |
DAVEY | David Stafford | 2015-12-30 | 2016-07-06 |
Rocket League
On May 10th, 2017, Splyce announced that they had signed Jaime "Karma" Bickford, a former Hearthstone turned Rocket League player, to their stream team.[19] Three months later, Chandler "HotWheelsSid" Higdon and Braden "Pluto" Schenetzki were brought into the squad to compete in RLCS Season 4.[20] However, this team failed to qualify through the open qualifiers and eventually disbanded. On March 6th, 2018, Splyce announced the new roster which retained Karma and brought in Trevor "DudeWithTheNose" Hannah and Jake "JWismont" Wismont. Jimmy "Jimmer" Jordan was also brought in as a coach for the squad.[21] Season 5 saw Splyce make it through the open qualifiers and into the RLRS, but a disappointing sixth place finish meant they would not be staying in the Rival Series. The team stuck together for Season 6 and again qualified for the RLRS. A first place finish in the regular season booked Splyce a trip to the Promotional Tournament, where they defeated both Bread and Rogue to gain promotion into the RLCS for Season 7.
Tournament results
- 1st — RLCS Season 6 NA Promotion Tournament
Roster
ID | Name | Join date |
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Karma | Jaime Bickford | 2017-05-10 |
DudeWithTheNose | Trevor Hannah | 2018-03-06 |
JWismont | Jake Wismont | 2018-03-06 |
Jimmer (Coach) | Jimmy Jordan | 2018-03-06 |
Fighting games
On August 24, 2015 FolloweSports started a Super Smash Bros. division first signing two players. They would later expand into the FGC with the signing of Ryan "Filipino Champ" Ramirez.
ID | Name | Game(s) | Character(s) | Join date |
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MacD | McCain LaVelle | Super Smash Bros. Melee | Pfirsich | 2015-08-24 |
Nintendude | Michael Brancato | Super Smash Bros. Melee Super Smash Bros. 64 |
Ice Climbers Fox, Pikachu |
2015-08-24 |
Filipino Champ | Ryan Ramirez | Street Fighter V Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Marvel vs Capcom Infinite Rising Thunder |
Dhalsim Magneto/Doctor Doom/Phoenix |
2017-02-28[22] |
RyanLV | Rene Romero | Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Marvel vs Capcom Infinite |
Magneto/Morrigan/Phoenix | 2017-07-12[23] |
jae | Jaesun Won (Manager) | Tekken 7 Overwatch |
Eddy Gordo Lucio/Zenyatta |
2016-01-15 |
Starcraft II
On December 1, 2016 Splyce announced the creation of a Starcraft II division first signing Kang "Solar" Min Soo.[24][25] On December 25, Kim "Stats" Dae Yeob was added to the roster.[26] Jun "TY" Tae Yang, the last player to become part of the team joined on May 11, 2017.[27] Kang "Solar" Min Soo left Splyce on August 1, 2018.[28]
ID | Name | Race | Join date | Leave date |
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Solar | Kang Min Soo | Zerg | 2016-12-01 | 2018-08-01 |
Stats | Kim Dae Yeob | Protoss | 2016-12-25 | |
TY | Jun Tae Yang | Terran | 2017-05-11 |
Overwatch
In 2018, it was announced that an ownership including Splyce had purchased the Toronto Overwatch League franchise. In addition to its ownership percentage, Splyce will also operate the team.[29]
Investoren
In 2017, Delaware North, owners of the Boston Bruins, invested in Splyce. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.[30]
In 2018, Splyce raised a $2.6 million funding round from The Ledger Group/OverActive Media, an eSports investment group based in Canada, and First Serve Partners, a venture capital firm made up of business leaders, pop-culture influencers, and current/former professional athletes.[31]
References
- ^ a b "Follow eSports Becomes Splyce". The Daily Dot. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ^ "Million-dollar deal for pro-gaming team". BBC. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ "Splyce wants to change the European narrative in Call of Duty". Espn.go.com. 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ "CWL/2017 Season/Global Pro League/Stage 1 - Call of Duty Esports Wiki". cod-esports.gamepedia.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ "CWL/2018 Season/Birmingham Open - Call of Duty Esports Wiki". cod-esports.gamepedia.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ "Splyce on Twitter: They dominated Halo. Now it's time for them to take on Black Ops 4". Twitter. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ "Splyce on Twitter: Full disclosure: Yes Shotzzy must come of age first (18) before he can start competing". Twitter. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ "Splyce". Splyce.gg. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ Rosen, Daniel. "Follow eSports picks up ex-eLevate CSGO". theScore eSports. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ Park, Paul. "Splyce's CS:GO roster disbands". theScore eSports. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ Barak, Jon. "Splyce signs Dogmen". GosuGamers. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "DAVEY joins Splyce". Twitter. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ Kovanen, Tomi. "Splyce's Cinderella story". splyce.gg. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ Rosen, Daniel. "Splyce drop abE and Professor_Chaos". theScore eSports. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ Mira, Luis. "Professor_Chaos to coach Splyce". HLTV.org. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ Malachowski, Michal. "jasonR removed from Splyce". HLTV.org. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ "Three players added to Splyce CS:GO roster". splyce.gg. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ MIRAA (2017-01-31). "AcilioN leaves Splyce". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ "Splyce signs Karma". Twitter.com. 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
- ^ "Splyce enters Rocket League". splyce.gg. 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
- ^ "Splyce announces 2018 Rocket League". Twitter.com. 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
- ^ Wolf, Jacob. "Splyce signs Filipino Champ". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
- ^ Foxall, Sam. "Splyce signs RyanLV". Shoryuken. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
- ^ "A New Era for Splyce". Splyce. 2016-12-01. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
- ^ "강민수 on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
- ^ "Splyce on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
- ^ "Splyce on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
- ^ "강민수 on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
- ^ "Sources: OWL sells slot to Splyce, other investors". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ "Delaware North Buys Stake In E-Sports Team Splyce, Looks To Make Inroads In Boston". www.sportsbusinessdaily.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ^ "Splyce raises $2.6 million in a round of funding". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
External links
- Video game websites
- ESports websites
- ESports teams based in the United States
- Call of Duty teams
- Counter-Strike teams
- Fighting game player sponsors
- Super Smash Bros. player sponsors
- Hearthstone teams
- World of Warcraft teams
- Overwatch (video game) teams
- League of Legends European Championship teams
- Splyce players
- Rocket League teams