Alliance (esports team)
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| Abbreviation | A. |
| founding year | 2013 |
| Clan color | Gray |
| Main sponsor |
Kingston HyperX , Monster , Razer , Ax and others a. |
| Homepage | thealliance.gg |
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Alliance is a European e-sports team. It was founded in April 2013 and is currently in the disciplines Dota 2 , Hearthstone , Quake and Super Smash Bros. active. Previously, the team also had a League of Legends team and two StarCraft 2 players under contract.
The team gained particular fame by winning the International 2013 in Dota 2, the most highly endowed e-sports tournament of all time with over $ 2.8 million at the time.
history
Alliance was founded as an organization in April 2013 and initially consisted only of the Dota 2 team and StarCraft 2 player Johan "NaNiwa" Lucchesi . NaNiwa was considered one of the best non-Korean StarCraft II players in the world at the time.
The Dota 2 team had previously played with the same line-up under the name No Tidehunter for some time . The team subsequently won several tournaments, including the International 2013 and thus the main prize of $ 1.4 million. In a tight final, Alliance defeated the Ukrainian team Natus Vincere 3-2.
In the course of 2013, rumors were confirmed that Alliance was a European offshoot of the e-sports organization Evil Geniuses .
In December 2013 it was announced that the League of Legends team from Evil Geniuses , which had previously played in the European League Championship Series (LCS), will move to North America and Alliance will take over from EG in Europe. From the former EG lineup, which had already played together for about two years, only the players Wickd and Froggen switched to Alliance to continue playing in Europe, while the players Snoopeh , Yellowpete and Krepo stayed with EG and moved to North America. In the Season 4 Spring Split of the LCS, the newly formed Alliance team immediately took fourth place. In the following Season 4 Summer Split, Alliance took first place and qualified for the 2014 World Championship .
In March 2014, StarCraft 2 player NaNiwa was fired as a result of unprofessional behavior during the Intel Extreme Masters Finals in Katowice.
The League of Legends team had to rename itself as part of the LCS Sale of Sponsorships Rule introduced in 2015 and played under the new name Elements from January 2015 to May 2016 .
Current players
(As of July 23, 2017)
Dota 2
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Hearthstone
Quake
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Dan "BusdriverX" Brown -
Kevin "strenx" Baéza -
Krzysztof "Syndrome" Gil -
Sebastian "Spart1e" Siira
Super Smash Bros.
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Adam "Armada" Lindgren
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Andreas "Android" Lindgren
Important former players
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Martin "Rekkles" Larsson (League of Legends, AD Carry, Nov. 2014 – Jan. 2015)
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Patrick "Nyph" Funke (League of Legends, Support, Dec. 2013 – Jan. 2015)
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Johan "NaNiwa" Lucchesi (StarCraft 2, Protoss, Apr. 2013 – May 2014)
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Rickard "SortOf" Bergman (StarCraft 2, Zerg, June 2013 – July 2014)
Successes (excerpt)
Dota 2
| date | space | competition | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2013 | 1. | DreamHack Summer | 140,000 SEK |
| Sep 2013 | 1. | Star Ladder Star Series Season 6 | $ 12,000 |
| Aug 2013 | 1. | The International | $ 1,437,190 |
| Sep 2013 | 2. | Star Ladder Star Series Season 7 | $ 6,000 |
| Dec. 2013 | 1. | Fragbite Masters | 100,000 SEK |
| Jan. 2014 | 2. | Star Ladder Star Series Season 8 | $ 31,000 |
| Apr. 2014 | 5th-6th | Star Ladder Star Series Season 9 | $ 7,580 |
| Apr. 2014 | 1. | DreamHack Bucharest | $ 15,316 |
| Jun. 2014 | 1. | ASUS ROG DreamLeague ( DreamHack Summer) | $ 73,032 |
| Aug. 2014 | 11-12 | The International | $ 38,259 |
| Oct. 2014 | 3. | World Cyber Arena 2014 | 250,000 CN ¥ |
| June 2015 | 2. | joinDOTA MLG Pro League Season 2 | $ 41,812 |
| Nov 2015 | 9-12 | Frankfurt Major 2015 | $ 45,000 |
| Dec 2015 | 1. | World Cyber Arena 2015 | 2,400,000 CN ¥ |
| Jan. 2016 | 1. | SL Star Series Season 13 & i-League Season 4 | $ 120,000 |
| Aug 2016 | 9-12 | The International | $ 311,557 |
| Jan. 2017 | 3. | WESG 2017 | $ 200,000 |
League of Legends
| date | space | competition | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr. 2014 | 4th | LCS - Season 4 Spring Playoffs | $ 10,000 |
| Aug. 2014 | 1. | LCS - Season 4 Summer Playoffs | $ 50,000 |
| Sep 2014 | 9-11 | 2014 World Championship | $ 45,000 |
| Dec. 2014 | 3rd / 4th | IEM Season IX - San Jose | $ 5,000 |
StarCraft 2
Johan "NaNiwa" Lucchesi
| date | space | competition | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr. 2013 | 2. | DreamHack Stockholm | 35,000 SEK |
| Jun. 2013 | 1. | E-Sport SM Championship | 75,000 SEK |
| Aug 2013 | 5th-6th | WCS Europe Season 2 | $ 3,500 |
| Aug 2013 | 5th-8th | WCS Global Finals Season 2 | $ 7,500 |
| Oct. 2013 | 2. | IEM Season VIII New York | $ 4,000 |
| Dec. 2013 | 1. | Svenska e-sport cups | 130,000 SEK |
| Dec. 2013 | 1. | Bitcoin Showmatch: NaNiwa vs. Scarlett | 11.2 Bitcoin (~ $ 9,000) |
Rickard "SortOf" Bergman
| date | space | competition | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun. 2013 | 3rd to 4th | E-Sport SM Championship | 15,000 SEK |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Esportsearnings.com, sorted by prize money
- ^ Alliance Thrills In The International 2013 Win redbull.com
- ↑ "Dota 2" world champions dust 1.4 million dollars from derstandard.at
- ↑ NaNiwa joins the Alliance along with no tidehunter teamliquid.net
- ↑ The Toil of Foreign SC2's King Beyond the Wall ( Memento of the original from April 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. aceresport.com
- ↑ Alliance confirmed part of EG teamliquid.net
- ^ Alliance acquires League of Legends squad gosugamers.net
- ↑ Naniwa released from Alliance teamliquid.net
- ^ New Sale of Sponsorships Rule lolesports.com
- ↑ Reaction to the SoS rule: Alliance is now called Elements readmore.de
- ↑ DreamHack Summer esportsearnings.com
- ↑ Star Ladder Star Series Season 6 esportsearnings.com
- ↑ The International esportsearnings.com
- ↑ Star Ladder Star Series Season 7 esportsearnings.com
- ↑ Fragbite Masters esportsearnings.com
- ↑ Star Ladder Star Series Season 8 esportsearnings.com
- ↑ Star Ladder Star Series Season 9 esportsearnings.com
- ↑ DreamHack Bucharest esportsearnings.com
- ↑ ASUS ROG DreamLeague Season 1 esportsearnings.com
- ↑ The International esportsearnings.com
- ↑ The International esportsearnings.com
- ↑ joinDOTA MLG Pro League Season 2 esportsearnings.com
- ↑ The International esportsearnings.com
- ^ World Cyber Arena 2015 (Dota 2) esportsearnings.com
- ↑ StarLadder i-League StarSeries XIV Finals (Dota 2) esportsearnings.com
- ^ The International (Dota) esportsearnings.com
- ^ World Electronic Sports Games 2016 (Dota 2) esportsearnings.com
- ↑ LCS Season 4 Spring Playoffs esportsearnings.com
- ↑ LCS Season 4 Summer Playoffs esportsearnings.com
- ↑ Lol World Championship 2014 esportsearnings.com
- ^ IEM Season IX - San Jose esportsearnings.com
- ↑ DreamHack Stockholm esportsearnings.com
- ↑ a b E-Sport SM Championship esportsearnings.com
- ↑ WCS Europe Season 2 esportsearnings.com
- ^ WCS Global Finals Season 2 esportsearnings.com
- ^ IEM Season VIII New York esportsearnings.com
- ↑ Svenska E-sportcupen esportsearnings.com
- ↑ Bitcoin Showmatch: Naniwa vs. Scarlett esportsearnings.com
