Denial Esports
Denial Esports (previously stylized as Denial eSports) was a professional esports organization based in the United States. They were most well known for their Call of Duty team being 2015 world champions, having won the Call of Duty Championship 2015.
Nicknames | The Wolf Pack |
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Divisions | Call of Duty Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Halo Heroes of the Storm League of Legends Overwatch Paladins Smite |
Founded | June 4, 2013 |
Folded | May 31, 2019 |
Location | United States United Kingdom (CoD) South America (CS:GO) |
Owner | Robert Bowling |
CEO | Robby "Ringokid" Ringnalda |
Partners | OPSEAT META Threads Razer Twitch |
Website | www |
Ex-Infinity Ward development lead Robert Bowling bought the team on January 14, 2016.[1]
In September 2017, the organization went inactive and their website went down due to issues paying players and staff.[2] The organization later resumed operations, but was dissolved on 31 May 2019.[3]
Call of Duty
Roster
Tournament results
- 1st — Call of Duty Championship 2015
- 2nd — ESWC Zénith 2015
- 2nd — MLG World Finals 2015
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Heroes of Newerth
Denial's Heroes of Newerth squad got 2nd at DreamHack Winter 2013 with a squad of Pontus "Zlapped" Mähler, David "Probusk" Busk, Dennis "Flensmeister" Brofalk, Micke "m'ICKe" Nguyen, Son "VnSensation" Nguyen.
Paladins
Former
- Zach "Shadeey" Shades" Gilbert (Damage)
- Steven "Awry" Michalec (Support)
- Chris "Bitey" Mohn (Flex, Captain)
- David "Stolzey" Mathis (Damage)
- Noah "W1fL" Mathis (Tank)
- "PrinceDannyTv" (Flank)
- Bryce "Vex30" Kelly (Support)
- Greg "Alternit" Panek (Sub, Coach)
Fighting game players
Former
- Chris Tatarian (Street Fighter V)
- Mike "Danke" Schiller (Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, BlazBlue)
- Ernesto "Dios X" Ojeda (Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3)
- James "Duck" Ma (Super Smash Bros. Melee)[4]
- Tyler "Marss" Martins (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)
- Stone Nguyen (Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3)
- Andrew "iCranKiesT" Mendizabal (Street Fighter V)
References
- MINOTTI, MIKE (January 14, 2016). "Ex-Call of Duty developer acquires Denial esports team". VentureBeat.
- Carpenter, Nicole (September 27, 2018). "Denial Esports owner Robby Ringnalda allegedly owes players more than $35,000". Dot Esports.
- "Denial Esports shuts down as co-owner goes on insane rant - "Go f*ck yourself"". Dexerto. May 31, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
- Wolf, Jacob. "Confirmed: Smash Melee pro Duck left Denial Esports over missing pay". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
External links
Preceded by compLexity Gaming |
Call of Duty Championship winner 2015 |
Succeeded by to be determined |
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