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COGnitive Gaming was an American eSports organization. It was one of the first organizations venturing into SMITE by picking up their first team in July 2013. It has since been home to several European, American, and Oceanic SMITE lineups, most notably the lineups of COGnitive Prime and COGnitive Red, which were leading teams in Season 1 before disbanding leading into Season 2. The organization shut its doors on 31 December 2016.
This article describes its main lineup, which has been dubbed COGnitive Prime. For the other teams, see COGnitive Gaming Xbox, COGnitive Red, COGnitive Forge and COGnitive EU.
History
Pre Launch
COGnitive Gaming was originally comprised of Shing, MLCst3alth, Allied, Kaeyoh and 0mega. MLCst3alth was eventually benched for not playing the game enough by Shing, and was replaced by Incontinentia. Kaeyoh later retired from competitive Smite. Allied, Incontinentia and Shing then founded SNIPE Gaming, with 0mega leaving at the same time.
Andinster then invited 0mega and MLCst3alth to his new team, whose other members were BaRRaCCuDDa and DaretoCare. For the remainder of pre-launch, COGnitive Gaming almost went undefeated, only losing to DownToFrag.
Season 1
COGnitive Gaming placed third during the Smite Launch Tournament, being defeated by Team Dignitas in the semifinals. They were almost defeated by SNIPE Gaming earlier in the tournament, but due to an unfortunate misplay, COGnitive Gaming eventually won that matchup.
Season 2
Spring Split
On February 15, COGnitive Gaming signed their new roster, comprised of What's Kraken members.
Summer Split
On July 23, Meerkat and bchm parted ways with COGnitive. Meanwhile, Homiefe returned to the jungle, while Wubbn and Baskintodaface join as the new support and solo laner, respectively.[1]
In the Fall Relegations, COGnitive successfully defended their SPL spot against a freshly sponsored Noble eSports in a convincing 3-0 series, qualifying for the Fall Split.
Fall Split
On August 13, only days before the start of the split, FaymousHate announced the team had been released by COGnitive Gaming.[2] It was later clarified by COGnitive's DeamonMachine that the roster had disbanded instead, leading to the contract release of the players.[3]
On the same day, a new roster was seen joining the in-game clan. It was then confirmed by COGnitive owner David Fry that this would be the new lineup.[4] This new roster, comprised of former Fat Chunks Assemble members Aror and Cabom, and veterans Meerkat, djpernicus, and TheBest. The season was spearheaded by djpernicus' Guan Yu and Ratatoskr picks, as well as TheBest's Hel. Finishing with a final record of 13-15, they qualified for the NA Super Regionals. Facing off against Cloud 9 in their first set, they were defeated 0:3, although all were very close games. In the months following, Meerkat and Cabom both left the team citing poor team chemistry, as well as their desires to play other roles. On January 23, 2016, the organization wound up without a roster and SPL spot as TheBest, Aror, and djpernicus joined Team Eager.
Timeline
- 2016
- 2015
- 2013
- January 23, roster merges with Team Eager. djpernicus, TheBest, and Aror leave.[5]
- January 28, COGnitive Prime and COGnitive Red released. MLCSt3alth, Omega, Andinster, BaRRaCCuDDa, and JeffHindla leave.[6]
- February 15, What's Kraken roster acquired. Jigz, FaymousHate, Hurriwind, Mask, and Meerkat join.[7]
- April 7, Mask is banned from competitive play for one year.
- April 8, Homiefe joins as the team's new Jungler.
- May 20, Jigz leaves.[8] bchm joins. Hurriwind to solo, Meerkat to mid, Homiefe to support.
- May 27, Hurriwind to mid, Meerkat to solo.
- July 23, Meerkat and bchm leave. Homiefe moves to jungle. Baskintodaface joins as solo and Wubbn joins as support.[1]
- August 13, Roster disbands. Baskinrobin, Homiefe, Hurriwind, FaymousHate, and Wubbn leave.[3]
- August 14, Roster formed. Meerkat, djpernicus, TheBest, Cabom, and Aror join.[4]
- November 23, Cabom and Meerkat leave.[9][10]
- July, COGnitive Gaming is formed.
Player Roster
Former
| C | ID | Name | Role | Next Team |
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| djpernicus | Cody Tyson | Jungler |  Team Eager
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| TheBest | Jeremy Dailey | Mid Laner | Team Eager
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| Aror | Max Jackson | Support | Team Eager
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| Meerkat | Tyler Jensen | Solo Laner |  Problem Solved
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| Cabom | Christian Dura | Hunter |  Team EnVyUs
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| Baskintodaface | Kim Woon-young (김운용) | Solo Laner |  Cloud9
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| Homiefe | Alexander D'Souza | Jungler |  Denial eSports
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| Hurriwind | Tyler Whitney | Mid Laner | Cloud9
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| FaymousHate | Damian Gudel | Hunter |  Risky Behavior
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| Wubbn | Derek M. Gibson Jr. | Support | Risky Behavior
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| bchm | Benjamin Chmura | Jungler |  Team SoloMid
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| ScaryD | Ronald Belair | Solo Laner |  Fat Chunks
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| Jigz | Connor Echols | Support | Team SoloMid
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| Mask | Suharab Askarzada | Jungler |  Enemy
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| BaRRaCCuDDa | John Salter | Hunter | Cloud9
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| MLCst3alth | Brett Felley | Mid Laner | Cloud9
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| andinster | Andrew Woodward | Jungler | Cloud9
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| JeffHindla | Rosario Vilardi | Support | Cloud9
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| Omegatron | Ryan Johnson | Solo Laner | Cloud9
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| DaretoCare | Brendan Daniels | Support |  Dignitas
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| Eonic | Sinjin Thorpe | Support |  COGnitive Red
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| Shing | Alexander Rosa | Jungler |  SNIPE Gaming
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| Allied | David Hance | Hunter | SNIPE Gaming
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| Kaeyoh | Kurt Ocher | Hunter |  Retired
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| Jjaja | Support | Retired
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| Incontinentia | Riley Unzelman | Mid Laner | SNIPE Gaming
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Organization
| ID | Name | Position | |
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| Smugglinrum | David Fry II | Manager |
Team Achievements
| COGnitive Gaming Tournament Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Place | Prize | Event | Roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-03-30 | 3 | $ 30,507 |  SMITE Launch Tournament | Omega • andinster • MLCst3alth • BaRRaCCuDDa • DaretoCare | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Prize: USD 30,507 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highlight Videos
Interviews
See Also
External Links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 [1]
- ↑ COGnitive releases roster
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Cognado (What happened with COG)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 David Fry II confirms new roster is in the clan.
- ↑ Eager's Season 3 Roster and FAQ
- ↑ COGnitive Media releases both SMITE teams
- ↑ COGnitive Gaming Season 2
- ↑ Jigz leaves to join TSM as coach
- ↑ Cabom leaves COG
- ↑ Meerkat leaves COG