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OG (esports)

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OG
OG (Redbull).png
Games
FoundedAugust 2015; 7 years ago (August 2015)
LocationEurope
CEOJ. M. R. Luna
Head coach
  • Mikhail "Misha" Agatov (Dota 2)
  • Casper "ruggah" Due (CS:GO)[1]
General managerManon Merloz
Championships
Partners
Main sponsorRed Bull
Websiteogs.gg Edit this at Wikidata
Not to be confused with OpTic Gaming or Origen (esports).

OG (also called OG Esports) is a professional esports organisation based in Europe. Formed in 2015, they are best known for their Dota 2 team who won The International 2018 and 2019 tournaments. They also have a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team.

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Esports

Esports

Esports, short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games. Esports often takes the form of organized, multiplayer video game competitions, particularly between professional players, individually or as teams. Although organized competitions have long been a part of video game culture, these were largely between amateurs until the late 2000s, when participation by professional gamers and spectatorship in these events through live streaming saw a large surge in popularity. By the 2010s, esports was a significant factor in the video game industry, with many game developers actively designing and providing funding for tournaments and other events.

Dota 2

Dota 2

Dota 2 is a 2013 multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game by Valve. The game is a sequel to Defense of the Ancients (DotA), a community-created mod for Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. Dota 2 is played in matches between two teams of five players, with each team occupying and defending their own separate base on the map. Each of the ten players independently controls a powerful character known as a "hero" that all have unique abilities and differing styles of play. During a match players collect experience points and items for their heroes to defeat the opposing team's heroes in player versus player combat. A team wins by being the first to destroy the other team's "Ancient", a large structure located within their base.

The International 2018

The International 2018

The International 2018 (TI8) was the eighth iteration of The International, an annual Dota 2 world championship esports tournament. Hosted by Valve, the game's developer, TI8 followed a year-long series of tournaments awarding qualifying points, known as the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC), with the top eight ranking teams being directly invited to the tournament. In addition, ten more teams earned invites through qualifiers that were held in June 2018, with the group stage and main event played at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver in August. The best-of-five grand finals took place between OG and PSG.LGD, with OG winning the series 3–2. Their victory was considered a Cinderella and underdog success story, as they had come from the open qualifiers and were not favored to win throughout the competition.

The International 2019

The International 2019

The International 2019 (TI9) was the ninth iteration of The International, an annual Dota 2 world championship esports tournament. Hosted by Valve, the game's developer, the tournament followed a year-long series of awarding qualifying points, known as the Dota Pro Circuit (DPC), with the top 12 ranking teams being directly invited to the tournament, which took place in August 2019 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai. In addition, six more teams earned invites through regional qualifiers played in July 2019. The grand finals took place between Team Liquid and OG, who had respectively won the International's 2017 and 2018 events. There, OG defeated Team Liquid 3–1 in the best-of-five series to become the first-ever repeat champion of an International.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a 2012 multiplayer tactical first-person shooter developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series. Developed for over two years, Global Offensive was released for OS X, PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360 in August 2012, and for Linux in 2014. Valve still regularly updates the game, both with smaller balancing patches and larger content additions.

History

Dota 2

Foundation and early success (2015–2017)

OG was founded as "(monkey) Business" [sic] by players Tal "Fly" Aizik and Johan "N0tail" Sundstein, who were former Team Secret players, along with David "MoonMeander" Tan, Amer "Miracle-" Al-Barkawi, and Andreas "Cr1t-" Nielsen in August 2015. Soon after a dominating run through the European qualifiers for the Frankfurt Major, they adopted the moniker OG. They went on to win the inaugural Dota 2 Major Championship in Frankfurt in November 2015, earning US$1 million in prize money.[2] Despite placing in the bottom half of the next Major in Shanghai in March 2016, the team would rebound and take first place at the Manila Major in June 2016, becoming the first team to repeat as champions of a Valve sponsored Dota 2 tournament.[3]

OG founder and captain Johan "N0tail" Sundstein during a post-game interview in 2017
OG founder and captain Johan "N0tail" Sundstein during a post-game interview in 2017
OG during the Kiev Major
OG during the Kiev MajorOG vs Virtus.proOG following their victory
OG vs Virtus.pro
OG during the Kiev MajorOG vs Virtus.proOG following their victory
OG following their victory

OG entered The International 2016 as one of the favourites after earning a direct invite, but ended up finishing 9-12th out of 16 teams. In August 2016, MoonMeander, Miracle-, and Cr1t- left the team, with Gustav "s4" Magnusson, Anathan "ana" Pham, and Jesse "JerAx" Vainikka replacing them.[4][5] Despite the new roster, OG won the Boston Major in December 2016, giving them their third Dota 2 Major championship.[6] For the first premier tournament following Boston, OG advanced to the grand finals of the Dota 2 Asia Championships in Shanghai, where they were swept in a best-of-five series against Invictus Gaming.[7] Following that, OG won the Kiev Major in a best of five series against Virtus.pro.[8] At the Kiev event, the team made an appearance on Valve's True Sight documentary series.[9]

The International victories (2018–2019)

OG during The International 2018
OG during The International 2018OG backstageFormer team coach Cristian "ppasarel" Banaseanu (foreground) and Anathan "ana" Pham prior to a match
OG backstage
OG during The International 2018OG backstageFormer team coach Cristian "ppasarel" Banaseanu (foreground) and Anathan "ana" Pham prior to a match
Former team coach Cristian "ppasarel" Banaseanu (foreground) and Anathan "ana" Pham prior to a match

In May 2018, the organisation signed James "Swedish Delight" Liu to represent the professional Super Smash Bros. fighting game scene.[10][11] That same month, Fly and s4 left the team to join Evil Geniuses, with Roman "Resolut1on" Fominok joining VGJ.Storm. Due to post-deadline roster changes, OG would no longer be eligible to be directly invited to The International 2018 nor for the Regional Qualifiers and were required to play through the Open Qualifiers.[12][13] Needing three new members just a few weeks before the qualifiers began, OG quickly signed Topias "Topson" Taavitsainen, a newcomer to the scene who had never performed at a major LAN event prior to the event, Sébastien "Ceb" Debs, who had previously served as the team's coach, and ana, returning to the team from a year-long break after their previous elimination at The International 2017.[12][13][14][15] Finishing outside of the top eight in the Dota Pro Circuit final standings, which granted a direct invite to The International 2018, OG earned theirs by playing through and winning the European-region open qualifiers.

Following that, OG were then placed into group A of The International's group stage, finishing fourth with a record of 9-7, which seeded them into the upper bracket. There, OG won every series to advance to the grand finals.[16][17][18] Facing the lower bracket winner PSG.LGD in it, whom OG had just defeated in the upper bracket finals, OG won the game one, but lost the next two games.[17] Needing another win to avoid losing the series, OG forced a late-game comeback in game four, and subsequently won game five in a similar fashion, making them International champions and winning them over $11 million in prize money.[12][17][18] Their victory was considered a Cinderella and underdog success story, as they had come from the open qualifiers and had beaten some of the more favoured and accomplished teams along the way.[17][18] Their win also broke the historical trend of Chinese teams winning the International in even-numbered years.[13]

In November 2018, ana left the team after deciding to take a break from the professional scene, with Per Anders "Pajkatt" Olsson Lille and Igor "iLTW" Filatov substituting for him until he returned in March 2019.[19][20][21][22] In April 2019, the team played against and lost to the OpenAI Five, a group of artificial intelligence bots that learned to play the game entirely through machine learning, in a live exhibition series in San Francisco.[23] Later that month, Titouan "Sockshka" Merloz replaced Cristian "ppasarel" Banaseanu as team coach.[24][25]

The team earned a direct invite to The International 2019 by finishing in the top 12 of that season's Dota Pro Circuit.[26] There, they went 14-2 in the group stage, advancing through the upper bracket before defeating Team Liquid in the grand finals 3-1, making them the first ever repeat champion of an International, being awarded $15.6 million out of the $34 million prize pool.[27]

Restructuring (2020–present)

The Dota 2 team went through various changes in January 2020, with ana leaving to take another extended hiatus until the next Dota Pro Circuit season,[28] JerAx announcing his retirement,[29] and Ceb leaving the active roster to help focus on developing other players on the team.[30] To replace them, the team signed Syed "Sumail" Hassan, Yeik "MidOne" Nai Zheng, and Martin "Saksa" Sazdov.[31][32] Sumail was released from the team in July 2020, with Ceb replacing him as a player.[33]

In March 2021, MidOne was removed from the roster,[34] with ana briefly returning to the roster before announcing his retirement in June.[35][36] Shortly after, the team re-signed Sumail.[37] OG qualified to The International 2021 via regional qualifiers,[38] but were eliminated 2-0 in the lower bracket to the tournament's eventual champion Team Spirit.[39] In November 2021, the roster underwent significant changes as Sumail and Saksa were released, Ceb announcing his retirement from professional play, while Topson and N0tail left the active roster after deciding to take a break from the professional scene.[40][41][42][43]

In November 2021, OG announced an entirely new roster consisting of Artem "Yuragi" Golubiev, Bozhidar "bzm" Bogdanov, Ammar "ATF" Al-Assaf, Tommy "Taiga" Le, and Mikhail "Misha" Agatov, who had previously served as the team's coach.[44] In May 2022, OG qualified to and participated in the ESL One 2022 Stockholm Major, with Ceb and N0tail standing in for Misha and head coach Evgenii "Chuvash" Makarov respectively. Through the lower bracket, OG won their fifth Dota 2 Major, by defeating TSM FTX 3–1 in the grand finals.[45] In August 2022, the team found further success at ESL One Malaysia 2022, defeating Team Aster 3–0 in the grand finals with Chuvash standing in for Misha due to visa issues.[46]

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Sic

Sic

The Latin adverb sic inserted after a quoted word or passage indicates that the quoted matter has been transcribed or translated exactly as found in the source text, complete with any erroneous, archaic, or otherwise nonstandard spelling, punctuation, or grammar. It also applies to any surprising assertion, faulty reasoning, or other matter that might be interpreted as an error of transcription.

Fly (gamer)

Fly (gamer)

Tal Aizik, better known as Fly, is an Israeli professional Dota 2 player for Evil Geniuses. He is a former co-founder of the esports team OG. Aizik won four Dota Major Championships with team OG.

N0tail

N0tail

Johan Sundstein, better known as N0tail, is a Danish professional Dota 2 player for OG. As a member of OG, he has played in four iterations of The International, winning in 2018 and 2019, and has also won four Major championships. He is widely known as one of the richest Esports players of all time.

Miracle-

Miracle-

Amer Al-Barkawi, better known as Miracle-, is a Jordanian and Polish professional Dota 2 player for Nigma Galaxy. He was a member of Team Liquid that won The International 2017.

Frankfurt Major

Frankfurt Major

The Frankfurt Major, also known as the Fall Major, was a Dota 2 tournament which took place from November 13–21, 2015. The tournament took place at the Festhalle Frankfurt in Frankfurt, Germany. It was the first of three Valve sponsored major Dota tournaments for the 2015–16 season, which were announced by the company on April 25, 2015. 16 teams competed in the tournament, which used the same format as The International 2015. The Electronic Sports League (ESL) hosted and organized the tournament.

Shanghai Major

Shanghai Major

The Shanghai Major was a Dota 2 tournament that took place in Shanghai from March 2–6, 2016, and was the second Major of the 2015-2016 professional Dota 2 season. 16 teams competed in the tournament; eight were given direct invitations and the other eight qualified through various qualifying tournament around the world. The Major was won by Team Secret, who defeated Team Liquid in a best of five series 3–1.

Manila Major

Manila Major

The Manila Major, also known as the Spring Major, was a professional Dota 2 esport tournament that took place in Manila, Philippines. The main event was held at the Mall of Asia Arena from June 7–12, 2016.

Kiev Major

Kiev Major

The Kiev Major was a professional Dota 2 esport tournament that was held in April 2017 at the National Palace of Arts in Kyiv, Ukraine. The tournament featured eight directly invited teams, as well as eight qualified teams from six different worldwide regions.

S4 (gamer)

S4 (gamer)

Gustav Magnusson, better known as s4, is a Swedish professional Dota 2 player. As a member of Alliance, s4 won The International 2013.

Ana (gamer)

Ana (gamer)

Anathan Pham, better known as ana, is an Australian professional Dota 2 player. As a member of OG, he has played in three iterations of The International, winning in 2018 and 2019, and has also won two Major championships tournaments.

Boston Major

Boston Major

The Boston Major was a professional Dota 2 esports tournament that took place in Boston in the United States. The main event was played live at the Wang Theatre from December 7–10, 2016. Like other tournaments in the Dota 2 Major Championship series, the event featured 16 teams from around the world and had a $3,000,000 prize pool, with the victor winning $1,000,000. The event was presented and produced by PGL, who also had the same role at the previous Major in Manila.

Invictus Gaming

Invictus Gaming

Invictus Gaming is a Chinese multi-game esports organization founded in 2011 by businessman Wang Sicong. They are primarily known for their Dota 2, League of Legends, and StarCraft II teams. IG's Dota team won The International 2012, and its League of Legends team won the 2018 World Championship.

Rosters

Dota 2

OG Dota 2 roster
Players Coaches
Role Handle Name Nationality
Carry Yuragi Golubiev, Artem Ukraine
Midlane bzm Bogdanov, Bozhidar Bulgaria
Offlane DM Dorokhin, Dmitry Russia
Support Taiga Le, Tommy Norway
Support Chu Makarov, Evgenii Russia
Midlane Topson (I) Taavitsainen, Topias Finland
Support N0tail (I) Sundstein, Johan Denmark
Head coach

Mikhail "Misha" Agatov

Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness
  

Roster updated March 6, 2023.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

In December 2019, OG announced they had formed a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team, with the organisation signing veterans Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt and Valdemar "valde" Bjørn Vangså, along with Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen, Issa "ISSAA" Murad and Mateusz "mantuu" Wilczewski.[47] Following that, the team signed Casper "ruggah" Due as the team coach in January. In September 2020, ruggah was implicated in the coaching bug scandal. As a result, the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) and Valve banned ruggah from participating in one Valve-sponsored Major Championship.[48][49] In February 2021, the team removed NBK- from the active roster, with ISSAA following suit shortly after.[50] To replace them, the team signed Nikolaj "niko" Kristensen in March 2021, and Shahar "flameZ" Shushan a month later.[51][52]

In January 2022, OG traded Aleksib for Nemanja "nexa" Isaković from G2 Esports, who was a part of the team that was the runner-up in the PGL Major Stockholm 2021.[53] After failing to qualify for the PGL Major Antwerp 2022, OG benched valde and niko in May 2022.[54][55] To replace them, OG signed Adam "NEOFRAG" Zouhar and Maciej "F1KU" Miklas.[56] A few months later, the organization replaced the last founding member of the original roster, mantuu, with Abdulkhalik "degster" Gasanov.[57]

OG Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
flameZ Shushan, Shahar Israel
nexa Isaković, Nemanja Serbia
NEOFRAG Zouhar, Adam Czech Republic
F1KU Miklas, Maciej Poland
degster Gasanov, Abdulkhalik Russia
niko (I) Kristensen, Nikolaj Denmark
Head coach

Casper "ruggah" Due

Assistant coach(es)

Alexander "kakafu" Szymanczyk

Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness
  

Roster updated May 27, 2022.

Valorant

The team formed a Valorant division in 2021.[58] In May 2022, OG formed a partnership with the British esports organization, LDN UTD, to compete during the 2022 EMEA Valorant Champions Tour Stage 2.[59][60] In September 2022, the roster disbanded after OG LDN UTD failed to make the EMEA Valorant partnered team league.[61]

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Topson

Topson

Topias Miikka Taavitsainen, better known as Topson, is a Finnish professional Dota 2 player. As a member of OG, he won The International 2018 and The International 2019.

N0tail

N0tail

Johan Sundstein, better known as N0tail, is a Danish professional Dota 2 player for OG. As a member of OG, he has played in four iterations of The International, winning in 2018 and 2019, and has also won four Major championships. He is widely known as one of the richest Esports players of all time.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a 2012 multiplayer tactical first-person shooter developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series. Developed for over two years, Global Offensive was released for OS X, PlayStation 3, Windows, and Xbox 360 in August 2012, and for Linux in 2014. Valve still regularly updates the game, both with smaller balancing patches and larger content additions.

Counter-Strike coaching bug scandal

Counter-Strike coaching bug scandal

The Counter-Strike coaching bug scandal is an ongoing bug abuse scandal in the game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The bug had three variants, all of which allowed team coaches to see parts of the map they normally would not have access to and gather information about the enemy team.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships, commonly known as the Majors, are Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) esports tournaments sponsored by Valve, the game's developer. The first CS:GO Major took place in 2013 in Jönköping, Sweden and was hosted by DreamHack with a total prize pool of US$250,000 split among 16 teams.

G2 Esports

G2 Esports

G2 Esports (G2) is a European esports organization headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with players competing in League of Legends, Valorant, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Hearthstone, Rocket League, Rainbow Six Siege, and iRacing. The organization was founded in Spain on 24 February 2014 as Gamers2 by former League of Legends pro Carlos "ocelote" Rodríguez Santiago and investor Jens Hilgers. The organization rebranded as G2 Esports on 15 October 2015.

PGL Major Stockholm 2021

PGL Major Stockholm 2021

The PGL Major Stockholm 2021, also known as PGL Major 2021 or Stockholm 2021, was the sixteenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Major Championship. It was held in Stockholm, Sweden at the Avicii Arena from October 26 to November 7, 2021. Twenty-four teams qualified via regional major rankings. It featured a US$2,000,000 prize pool, a rise from the $1,000,000 of previous Majors due to the absence of offline competition amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the second Major hosted by the Romanian organization PGL, after PGL Major: Kraków 2017. Stockholm 2021 was the first Major after a break caused by the COVID-19 pandemic following the StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019. The Major was won by Natus Vincere, who did not lose a single map throughout the tournament.

PGL Major Antwerp 2022

PGL Major Antwerp 2022

The PGL Major Antwerp 2022, also known as PGL Major 2022 or Antwerp 2022, was the seventeenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Major Championship. It was held in Antwerp, Belgium at the Sportpaleis from May 9 to 22, 2022. Twenty-four teams participated, with most qualifying through regional tournaments. It featured a US$1,000,000 prize pool, half of the previous Major. It was the third Major hosted by the Romanian organization PGL, after PGL Major: Kraków 2017 and PGL Major Stockholm 2021. The Major would be won by FaZe Clan, the first international team in CS:GO history to win a Major.

Valorant

Valorant

Valorant is a free-to-play first-person tactical hero shooter developed and published by Riot Games, for Windows. Teased under the codename Project A in October 2019, the game began a closed beta period with limited access on April 7, 2020, followed by a release on June 2, 2020. The development of the game started in 2014. Valorant takes inspiration from the Counter-Strike series of tactical shooters, borrowing several mechanics such as the buy menu, spray patterns, and inaccuracy while moving.

Valorant Champions Tour

Valorant Champions Tour

The Valorant Champions Tour (VCT) is a global competitive esports tournament series for the video game Valorant organised by Riot Games, the game's developers. The series runs multiple events throughout each season, culminating in Valorant Champions, the top-level event of the tour. The VCT was announced in 2020, with its inaugural season taking place in 2021.

Source: "OG (esports)", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 9th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OG_(esports).

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Preceded by The International winners
2018 and 2019
With: ana, Topson, Ceb, JerAx, N0tail 		Succeeded by
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