Chaos Esports Club

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Chaos Esports Club
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Short nameChaos E.C.
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Founded2015 (2015)
LocationUnited States
CEOGreg Laird
Main sponsor Private Internet Access
Website chaos.ec OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Chaos Esports Club is an American esports organization. Originally founded as Digital Chaos in 2015, the organization is best known for their Dota 2 team's Cinderella run at The International 2016 tournament, where they finished as the runner-up. [1] [2]

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In April 2017, the organization announced the departure of founding member and owner Shannon "SUNSfan" Scotten. [3] [4] The following year, they expanded into other games, such as PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds , Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive . [5] [6] [7] Around the same time, the organization rebranded itself from Digital Chaos to Chaos Esports Club. [8]

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

On March 6, 2018, Digital Chaos signed a team for tactical first-person shooter Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege by signing organization-less European team, The Swedes. [9] The original roster consisted of Christoffer "Kripps" Brushane, Rasmus "REDGROOVE" Larsson, Mattias Johannes "Renuilz" Nordebäck, Rickard "Secretly" Olofsson, and Lars Malte "sno0ken" Ekström.

The team performed badly in Pro League Season 10 and Kripps left and later retired towards the end of the season. [10] On November 1, Chaos signed Pro League and World champion, Ville "SHA77E" Palola, after GiFu was relegated to Challenger League. [11]

Rosters

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Nat.IDNameRoleJoin date
Flag of Sweden.svg RenuilzMattias Johannes NordebäckFlex/Fragger2018-03-06 [12]
Flag of Sweden.svg VITOAleks LyapunFragger2018-11-07 [13]
Flag of Germany.svg CrynPascal AlouaneFlex2020-05-30 [14]
Flag of Sweden.svg SecretlyRickard OlofssonFlex2020-09-03 [15]
Flag of Germany.svg Next1Arif KeskinSupport2020-09-03 [15]
Flag of Sweden.svg HyperinoGaldim DaniCoach2019-07-24 [16]

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References

  1. ↑ Gies, Arthur (August 13, 2016). "Here are the winners of Valve's $20+ million 2016 International Dota 2 Championships". Polygon. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ Erzberger, Tyler (August 13, 2016). "TI6: Digital Chaos lives up to its name". ESPN. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  3. ↑ Dela Cruz, Miguel. "SUNSfan, Sajedene part ways with Digital Chaos". esports.inquirer.net. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  4. ↑ Hancock, Thomas. "DigitalChaos Team Update". digitalchaos.gg. Archived from the original on April 15, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  5. ↑ Laird, Greg. "'The Swedes' signed to Digital Chaos in Rainbow Six: Siege". digitalchaos.gg. Archived from the original on March 12, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  6. ↑ Laird, Greg. "Animal Planet joins Digital Chaos". digitalchaos.gg. Archived from the original on March 12, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  7. ↑ Sean. "Digital Chaos enters Counter-Strike: Global Offensive". digitalchaos.gg. Archived from the original on May 20, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  8. ↑ Fitch, Adam. "The story behind Digital Chaos rebranding to Chaos E.C." esportsinsider.com. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  9. ↑ Laird, Greg. "'The Swedes' signed to Digital Chaos in Rainbow Six: Siege". digitalchaos.gg. Archived from the original on March 12, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Rainbow Six Roster Changes". Chaos EC. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Welcome Ville "SHA77E" Palola". Chaos EC. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  12. ↑ @ChaosEC (March 7, 2018). "Welcome to the team! @Secretlyr6 (Team Captain) @Redgroove_R6 @sn0oken @Renuilz @Krippsr6 @Syred_R6 (Coach/Sub) You can read the full announcement here: wp.me/p9xwXD-4f" (Tweet). Retrieved July 8, 2019– via Twitter.
  13. ↑ "Rainbow Six Changes and PUBG Additions". Chaos EC. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Welcome cryn and Fresh!". Chaos EC. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  15. 1 2 "R6 Roster Update – 09.03.20". Chaos EC. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  16. ↑ E.C, Chaos [@ChaosEC] (July 24, 2019). "We have a new member joining the Chaos Family Welcome @HyperinoR6! He'll be part of our Rainbow Six team as an analyst, taking us to the next level #CreateChaospic.twitter.com/XcAH7pv0Yk" (Tweet). Retrieved August 1, 2019– via Twitter.


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