Epsilon Esports
Epsilon Esports is a professional esports organization that has teams competing in Call of Duty, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, FIFA, Gears of War, and H1Z1. It is a leading organisation in console esports, with multiple championship Call of Duty championships[1] achieved from 2011 to 2014. Epsilon's Smite team won the Smite World Championship 2016.[2] The organization is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, but individual teams are based across Europe and North America.
Short name | Epsilon |
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Divisions | Call of Duty, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, FIFA, Gears of War, H1Z1 |
Founded | 2008 |
Based in | Brussels, Belgium |
CEO | Gregory Champagne |
Website | www |
Overview
The organization was founded in 2008 by Gregory Champagne, an ex-Tribes player.
In early 2010, Epsilon signed the first big significative deal with Razer, creating a first of many partnerships to come with different brands. While Epsilon was built on originally on the Battlefield Series and Team Fortress 2 success, it made the determining move to go in Console, signing a Call of Duty Irish Team composed with players such as Jurd. The team had a good run at the World Championships, ultimately having the best European Call of Duty Finish of all time.
In 2014, Epsilon became the first exclusive esports team of Viewsonic,[3] developing new gaming monitors with the French CounterStrike Global Offensive player Richard "Shox" Papillion".
In mid 2015, Epsilon signed the Challenger Smite Team Panthera, to eventually became 2016 Smite World Champions.
In early 2016, Creative (SoundBlasterX) became sponsor of Epsilon.
In mid 2016, Hype Energy became the main sponsor of Epsilon.[4] The team runs the Hype Energy logo on the front of player jerseys and also on the shoulder.
In October 2016, Epsilon announced a partnership with AS Monaco where Epsilon's FIFA players would also represent the football club by wearing their jerseys.[5] Daxe was also sold to PSG Esports around this time.
Rosters
Call of Duty
Alias | Name | Role |
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Anubis | Nicolas Moulon | Player |
Vortex | Stephen Allen | Player |
Hawqeh | Billy Harris | Player |
Reedy | Jordan Reed | Player |
Op2 | Joel Magee | Coach |
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Alias | Name | Role |
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CRUC1AL | Joey Steusel | AWPer |
MaTheW | Mateiu Eduard Antonio | Rifler (entry fragger) |
Surreal | Kia Man | In-game leader |
SPELLAN | Teodor Nikolov | Rifler |
broky | Helvijs Saukants | Rifler |
FIFA
Alias | Name | Role |
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Sneaky | Nathan Nayagom | Player |
Fully | Akima Byron | Player |
Guigsey | Anthony McGuigan | Player |
SirAlex | Cédric Gouth | Coach |
Gears of War
Alias | Name | Role |
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phelpzy | William Phelps | Player |
Sam | Sam King | Player |
Hydrone | Ben Cornwell | Player |
Krazed | Mathew Macdonald | Player |
Scruf | Austin Wright | Manager |
H1Z1
Alias | Name | Role |
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AyeZee Koussa | Ziad Koussa | Player |
Shay | Alexander Shaylin | Player |
Fjeldern Fjeld | Markus Fjeld | Player |
BallonG | Sebastian Eketrapp | Player |
Kugeh | Marius Steinsrud | Player |
Achievements
- 4th — StarLadder StarSeries XI
- 5–8th — ESL One Cologne 2014
- 2nd — DreamHack Valencia 2014
- 3–4th — DreamHack Summer 2014
- 2nd — DreamHack Summer 2013
- 5–8th — ESL One Cologne 2014
References
- "Call of Duty European Titles". Thescoreesports.com. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- "Epsilon take out Smite World Championship, win $500,000". Dailydot.com. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- "LCD Monitors, Projectors, Digital Signage, and Desktop Virtualization from ViewSonic France - ViewSonic". Viewsoniceurope.com. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- "Hype Energy to Sponsor Epsilon eSports Team". Hype Energy Drinks. 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- "Epsilon Esports Announce Monaco Football Club Partnership". Dexerto. Retrieved 11 October 2017.