a-losers
| a-losers | |
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| Abbreviation | aL |
| operator | a-Sports GbR |
| Manager |
 Dennis "IIZ" Rosenberg
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| Headquarters |
Munich
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| founding year | 2000 |
| resolution | 2009 |
| Clan color | red |
| Homepage | www.a-losers.org ( Memento from April 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) |
| Former teams | |
a-Losers (short aL ) was a German e-sports - Clan , the 2000 AOL clan was founded. The clan has played continuously in the ESL Pro Series since the second season , but has struggled with financial problems since early 2008. In 2009 the teams were transferred to a new clan called the Frankfurt 69ers .
history
The then AOL clan ( AOL stands for Advanced Online Losers ) caused a sensation when AOL Germany asked the clan in July 2001 to give up the name AOL clan and the associated domain “aol-clan.de”. The management of the clan gave in and the name a-Losers emerged from this legal battle .
For many years aL was one of the most successful German clans. In the second season of the ESL Pro Series, the clan became German champions in Counter-Strike. There were also many successes in FIFA: In 2004, Stefan “BroDo” Bromund and Daniel “Smeyer” Rasche were two of the three German FIFA players for the World Cyber Games . Two years earlier, the FIFA twins Daniel “hero” and Dennis “styla” Schellhase switched from the a-Losers to pro-Gaming just a few days before they won gold and silver at the World Cyber Games .
At the end of 2006 the clan became German runner-up in Counter-Strike in the 9th season of the ESL Pro Series. The following year he only came in ninth place two times in a row. In 2008, the longstanding main sponsor MSI separated from the a-Losers. The departure could not be compensated for by new partners.
On September 17, 2009, a Loser's chapter was finally declared ended. All business, including participation in the German Counter-Strike-EPS, was to be continued under a new organization called the Frankfurt 69ers .
Successes (excerpt)
Counter-Strike
- German champion of the ESL Pro Series (Season II)
- German runner-up in the ESL Pro Series (Season IX)
- WWCL winner 2007
Warcraft III
- WC3L Season I: 3rd place
FIFA
- German champion of the ESL Pro Series (Season III)
- World Cyber Games 2004: 3rd place - Daniel "Smeyer" Rasche
- World Cyber Games 2004: 4th place - Stefan "BroDo" Bromund
Pro Evolution Soccer 6
- Electronic Sports World Cup 2007: 1st place - Sven "S-Butcher" Wehmeier
Web links
- Official homepage ( Memento from April 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ gamestar.de: AOL-Clan warned
- ↑ Announcement - aL without MSI ( Memento from May 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ readmore.de: a-Losers says goodbye after nine years