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| Org Location |  United States | ||
| Region | North America | ||
| Sponsor(s) | G2A Polaris Micro Center Scuf Gaming GameVox Anthrax eSports Plantronics | ||
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Founded in 2013, Denial eSports is an American gaming organization. It is home to teams in SMITE, Call of Duty, Halo, DOTA as well as CS:GO. Robby "ringokid" Ringnalda is the company's CEO. Denial was one of the first organizations active in the SMITE scene of 2013. They left the scene to focus on their other teams in 2016.
History
Pre Launch
In 2013, Denial housed both a North American and and a European lineup. The bulk of the EU lineup around QvoFred would eventually get picked up by Team SoloMid while the American team slowly disbanded in the months following the SMITE Launch Tournament.
Season 2
Spring Split
In February 2015 during the SPL Season 2 NA Spring Qualifiers, Denial eSports returned to its SMITE roots with the signing of the American Five Angry Men roster around the team captain Macetodaface.[1] After finishing 4th in the Spring Split, solo laner TheBest and hunter madmanmarc22 decided to step down from their positions. This led to the acquisition of Baskinrobin and BronxBombers to fill their roles.
Summer Split
Denial remained in the pro league during the SPL Season 2 NA Summer, placing fourth overall after a tiebreaker with Team Eager.
After SPL Season 2 NA Summer, Rushed announced roster changes including Baskinrobin leaving for personal reasons, and BronxBombers being confirmed as the starting hunter over Madmanmarc22 who had been subbed in towards the end of the season.[2]
Fall Split
On August 16, 2015, Rushed confirmed the rumors that Whalrus had joined the team as its new solo laner.[3] After finishing seventh in the Fall Split, the entire roster except Whalrus joined XGN to play in the competitive Xbox scene, replacing the existing roster in its entirety after a several-day-long dispute, bringing Enemy's coach draylo to fill in for Whalrus. This lineup remained until the MLG Pro League Championship, where they would compete in the SWC 2016 Xbox One Invitational with PolarBearMike replacing draylo due to roster technical issues. They were eventually defeated by Team Orbit in the Open Bracket stage, resulting in a sixth-seventh place finish.
Following the SWC, draylo and the rest of XGN parted ways, with draylo returning to Enemy and the remainder of XGN returning to Denial. On January 25, Homiefe left Denial to join Problem Solved and five days later, Denial acquired Adjust, Enemy's former jungler. However, Enemy eSports had suffered a breakdown, and many members would join Denial as a result. Vetium would take BronxBombers's place, Benj1 would take Whalrus's, draylo would become the new coach, and most interesting of all, Masked would replace Adjust, who left the team instantly, marking the second time Masked had replaced him on different teams.
The roster changes would continue with Macetodaface announcing he put his commitments to SMITE on hold as he transitioned into the substitute role, and Masked leaving for Team EnVyUs. Macetodaface would be filled in by Xenotronics and Masked by Skeeledon.
Timeline
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- January (approx.), Rushed leaves.
- January 25, Homiefe leaves.[4]
- January 30, Adjust joins.[5]
- February 20, Xenotronics joins. BronxBombers leaves.[6]
- March 6, Benj1, Masked, Vetium, and draylo join. Whalrus and Xenotronics move to substitute. Adjust leaves.
- March 25, Xenotronics moves to mid. Masked and Macetodaface leave.[7]
- March 29, Skeeledon joins.[8]
- April 18, Masked rejoins. Skeeledon leaves.[9]
- April 20, Whalrus leaves.[10]
- July 8, Masked and Xenotronics leave.[11]
- July 9, Homiefe and Hurriwind join.
- November 4, roster acquired by Flash Point eSports. Benj1, Homiefe, Hurriwind, Vetium, Shadowq, and draylo leave.
- February 14, Denial signs the roster of Five Angry Men. Madmanmarc22, Shing, TheBest, Shadowq, and Macetodaface join with Rushed as coach.[1]
- April 17, Madmanmarc22 moves to substitute.[12]
- April 27, TheBest retires.[13]
- May 9, Baskinrobin joins as solo. BronxBombers joins as hunter. [14]
- July 20, Baskintodaface leaves.[2]
- August 16, Whalrus joins.[3]
- October 3, Sikandara joins. Shing moves to sub.[15]
- September, Shing leaves.
- April 15, PonPon and JeffHindla leave.
- May, PainDeViande, Macetodaface and Rushed leave.
- July 15, NexusAngel leaves.
- July 21, PonPon joins as the team's jungler.
Player Roster
Temporary Subs
| ID | Name | Role | Replacing | Tournament | |
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| BennyXD | Jungle | Adjust | Season 3 NA SPL Spring Relegations |
Former
| C | ID | Name | Role | Next Team |
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| Benj1 | Ben McKinzey | Solo Laner |  Flash Point eSports
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| Homiefe | Alexander D'Souza | Jungler | Flash Point eSports
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| Hurriwind | Tyler Whitney | Mid Laner | Flash Point eSports
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| Vetium | Conor Roberts | Hunter | Flash Point eSports
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| Shadowq | Erich Grabowski | Support | Flash Point eSports
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| Awesome2daMax | Max Ayazi | Substitute | Flash Point eSports
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| Masked | Suharab Askarzada | Jungler |  Luminosity Gaming
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| Xenotronics | Nathan Hewitt | Mid Laner | Luminosity Gaming
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| Whalrus | Mark Maloney | Sub/Solo |  The Randozos
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| Skeeledon | David Dougherty | Jungler | The Randozos
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| Macetodaface | Chris Grabowski | Mid Laner | ||
| Masked | Suharab Askarzada | Jungler |  Team EnVyUs
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| Adjust | Jared Deline | Jungle |  Most Wanted eSports
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| BronxBombers | Zach Morgan | Hunter | ||
| Homiefe | Alexander D'Souza | Jungler |  Problem Solved
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| Shing | Alex Rosa | Jungle |  Release Gaming
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| madmanmarc22 | Marc Rothman | Hunter |  Team Hopeful
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| Baskinrobin | Kim Woon-young (김운용) | Solo Laner |  COGnitive Gaming
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| TheBest | Jeremy Dailey | Solo Laner | COGnitive Gaming
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| PainDeViande | Louis-Phillippe Geoffrion | Hunter |  Legion of Carrots
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| Rushed | SÄ—bastien Beaulieu | Solo Laner |  Coach
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| Macetodaface | Chris Grabowski | Mid Laner |  Five Angry Men
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| JeffHindla | Rosario Vilardi | Support | COGnitive Gaming
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| PonPonULALA | Daniel Cooper | Jungler |  Retired
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| NexusAngel | Jungler | Retired
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Organization
Current
| ID | Name | Position | |
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| ringokid | Robby Ringnalda | Managing Director |
Former
| ID | Name | Position | Next Team | |
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| draylo | Mark Ramsey | Coach | Flash Point eSports
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| Meerkat | Tyler Jensen | Analyst |  Armada Esports
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| Bickum | Benjamin Chmura | Analyst | ||
| Rushed | Sébastien Beaulieu | Coach |
Team Achievements
| Denial eSports Tournament Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Place | Prize | Event | Roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-03-30 | 5 - 8 | $ 4,358 |  SMITE Launch Tournament | Rushed • PonPonULALA • Macetodaface • PainDeViande • JeffHindla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Prize: USD 4,358 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highlight Videos
Interviews
See Also
External Links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Denial eSports returns to its roots
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Denial eSports roster changes
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Whalrus joins Denial
- ↑ Homiefe leaves Denial eSports
- ↑ Adjust joins Denial eSports
- ↑ Xenotronics joins Denial eSports
- ↑ Denial eSports Roster Changes
- ↑ Skeeledon joins Denial eSports
- ↑ Masked rejoins Denial eSports
- ↑ Whalrus joins The Randozos
- ↑ Masked and Xenotronics leave Denial eSports
- ↑ Denial eSports roster changes
- ↑ TheBestonSmite ByeGuys
- ↑ Baskinrobin and BronxBombers joins
- ↑ Sikandara joins Denial eSports