Carlos Rodríguez (e-athlete)

Carlos Rodríguez Santiago
Player information
Full name	Carlos Rodríguez Santiago
Nickname	ocelote
More nicknames	Ocelote
Date of birth	June 15, 1990
place of birth	Madrid
country code	Spain
game	League of Legends
position	Mid Lane
team	G2 Esports (CEO)
Former teams	Dimegio Club, SK Gaming , Gamers2
page	SK-Gaming.com

Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago (born June 15, 1990 in Madrid ) is a former Spanish esports player in the League of Legends game . He played with the SK Gaming team at the Riot Season 2 World Championship 2012 and 2013 in the League Championship Series (LCS) and is the founder and chief executive officer of G2 Esports .

Career

Prior to League of Legends, ocelote played various other games including Counter-Strike and World of Warcraft . He reached the 3on3 final at BlizzCon 2009. During the beta phase , he started playing League of Legends.

He played for the Clan Dimegio Club for a short time until he switched to SK Gaming. With SK he reached some semi-finals and finals in major tournaments (including several Intel Extreme Masters ), but remained without a title. SK qualified as one of three European teams for the $ 2 million Riot Season 2 World Championship . There the team was eliminated in the group stage. In 2013 ocelote played with SK on the newly introduced Profitour League Championship Series . He finally left SK Gaming at the end of 2013.

In 2013 he informed the press that he would earn around 600,000 to 700,000 euros a year from merchandise and his live stream on Twitch.tv .

On January 27, 2014 it was announced at short notice that Ocelote's new team would play instead of Team Dignitas at the IEM in São Paulo. They played under the name "OceloteWorld". In the semifinals they lost the best of three match against paiN Gaming and finished the tournament on 3rd / 4th. Space.

After leaving SK Gaming, Rodríguez founded his own team, which initially played under different names and was officially called Gamers2 in February 2014 . After G2 had little success in 2014 and missed qualifying for the LCS, Rodríguez announced his retirement as a player in February 2015. After the organization was renamed to its current name G2 Esports , the LoL team, under Rodríguez as CEO, qualified for the LCS.

Carlos Rodríguez has been the founder and managing partner of “G Esports Holding GmbH”, the operator of the gaming organization G2 Esports based in Berlin , since 2013 . Since 2007 he has been the owner and manager of oceloteWorld SL based in Madrid, a company for "Ocelote".

successes

The following table lists the greatest tournament successes of ocelote:

year	space	competition	team	Prize money
2011	2.	IEM Season 6 - Global Challenge New York	SK Gaming	$ 06,000 (about 0€ 4,400)
2011	3.	IEM Season 6 - Global Challenge Guangzhou	SK Gaming	$ 03,400 (approx. 0€ 2,500)
2012	4th	IEM Season 6 - Global Challenge Kiev	SK Gaming	$ 02,400 (approx. 0€ 1,700)
2012	3.	European Challenger Circuit: Poland	SK Gaming	$ 05,000 (approx. 0€ 3,700)
2012	2.	IEM Season 7 gamescom or LoL Season 2 Regional Finals	SK Gaming	$ 30,000 (approx. 0€ 22,000)
2012	11./12.	Riot Season 2 World Championship	SK Gaming	$ 25,000 (approx. 0€ 18,200)
2013	4th	LCS EU Spring Split	SK Gaming	$ 10,000 (approx. 0€ 7,300)
2014	3rd / 4th	IEM Season 8 - Sao Paulo	oceloteWorld	$ 04,500 (approx. 0€ 3,300)
2014	3.	Riot EU Challenger Series Summer # 1	Gamers2	$ 03,000 (approx. 0€ 2,200)

Web links

• Spanish gamer earns 700,000 euros a year - report in the NZZ
• Ocelote's website oceloteWorld.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} ocelote - eSportspedia , description page at eSportspedia
2. ↑ About , official biography on oceloteWorld.net; Retrieved January 19, 2014
3. ↑ Fragster.de: ocelote is leaving SK Gaming at the end of the year ( Memento from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ LoL player "Ocelote" earns almost 1 million euros annually , article on CHIP Online free2play; October 23, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2014
5. ↑ Carlos 'Ocelote' Santiago Rodriguez's "OceloteWorld" to replace Team Dignitas at IEM Sao Paulo , official announcement; January 27, 2014, accessed January 28, 2014
6. ↑ ^{a b} Sao Paulo , official event page on intelextrememaster.com; Retrieved January 29, 2014
7. ↑ Ocelote presenta a su nuevo equipo: Gamers2. mediavida.com, accessed February 15, 2014 (Spanish). 
8. ↑ Ocelote is ending his playing career. (No longer available online.) The Daily Dot: Samuel Lingle, February 16, 2015, archived from the original on February 8, 2016 ; accessed on February 8, 2016 . 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.  
9. ↑ "My soul does not allow me to not be number one". Gruenderszene, March 7, 2019, accessed April 22, 2020 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b c} Season 6 ( Memento of the original from January 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , official results page on intelextrememasters.com; Retrieved January 18, 2013 
11. ^ European Challenger Circuit: Poland - Leaguepedia lol.gamepedia.com
12. ↑ Season 7 ( Memento of the original from January 30th, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , official results page on intelextrememasters.com; Retrieved January 21, 2013 
13. ↑ Season 2 / Regional Finals - Cologne - Leaguepedia lol.gamepedia.com
14. ↑ IEM Season VIII - Sao Paulo lol.gamepedia.com
15. ↑ EU Challenger Series Summer # 1 esportsearnings.com