Splyce

Splyce
Divisions Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
World of Warcraft
League of Legends
Starcraft II
Halo
Gears of War
Overwatch
Super Smash Bros
Fighting Games
Rocket League
Manager Marty Strenczewilk "Lazerchickenzzz"
Partners Foot Locker
Mountain Dew
Corsair
AMD
ViewSonic
Twitch.tv
GFUEL
Scuf Gaming
Xsolla eSports Academy
Dingit.tv
Website https://splyce.gg/

Splyce (formerly known as Follow eSports) is a professional video gaming esports organization and media company. Splyce has teams and players competing in Call of Duty, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends, Halo (franchise), Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Smite, Starcraft II, Rocket League and World of Warcraft. The team announced its rebranding in November 2015.[1] Splyce acquired the LoL team of Dignitas EU after that team qualified for the League of Legends Championship Series Europe on 3 November 2015 for nearly £625,000 ($1 million).

In 2018, it was announced that Splyce was part of an ownership group that purchased the Toronto Overwatch League franchise.

League of Legends

Follow eSports acquired the LoL team of Dignitas EU after that team qualified for the League of Legends Championship Series Europe on 29 October 2015 for nearly £625,000 ($1 million).[2] At the time of the acquisition the team's roster consisted of Martin "Wunderwear" Hansen, Chres "Sencux" Laursen, Kasper "Kobbe" Kobberup, and Jonas "Nisbeth" Anderson with Daniel Vorborg as Team Manager.

Tournament results

Roster

  • Romania Andrei "Odoamne" Pascu
  • Romania Andrei "Xerxe" Dragomir
  • Belgium Yasin "Nisqy" Dinçer
  • Denmark Kasper "Kobbe" Kobberup
  • United Kingdom Raymond "kaSing" Tsang

Call of Duty

On January 2, the day that the organization renamed itself, they picked up a Call of Duty roster consisting of Jamie "JSey" Sey, JoshuaLee "Joshh" Sheppard, Jordan "Reedy" Reed, James "Dominate" Batz, and Benjamin "Bance" Bance.[1] On May 8, 2 Place at ESWC Zénith 2016. They are participating in the Call of Duty World League.[3]

Over the past three years, Splyce has been one of the most competitively successful Call of Duty teams in the world.

In 2016, they finished second in the Call of Duty World League Championship.

In 2017, Splyce won the Call of Duty World League Championship, defeating FaZe Clan and Luminosity gaming, among others, on their way to capturing the title and over $200,000 in prize winnings.[4]

In 2018, Splyce were the runners-up in the 2018 CWL Birmingham Open, the fourth Major International offline event for Call of Duty: World War II.[5]

Roster

ID Name Join date
Republic of Ireland Jurd Jordan Crowley 2016-09-18
United States Accuracy Lamar Abedi 2018-10-02
United States Loony Daniel Loza 2018-10-03
United States AquA Ulysses Silva 2018-10-04
United States Temp Donovan Laroda 2018-10-04

Halo Roster

On 11 October, 2018, Splyce announced that their Halo roster consisting of Renegade, Shotzzy, StelluR and Eco would be competing in the Call of Duty World League as well.[6]

ID Name Status Join date
United States Renegade Jonathan Willette Active 2018-10-11
United States Shotzzy Anthony Cuevas-Castro Inactive (age restrictions)[7] 2018-10-11
United States StelluR Braedon Boettcher Active 2018-10-11
United States Eco Kevin Smith Active 2018-10-11
United States Ramby Vlad Sanchez Active 2018-10-12
United States TeddyRecKs Ted Kim Active 2018-10-12

Counter-Strike

On August 19, 2015 Follow eSports announced it had acquired the roster of SapphireKelownaDotCom.[8] Follow eSports dropped SapphireKelownaDotCom and picked up the roster of ex-eLevate on October 25, 2015.[9] Following shortly after the organisation's rebranding from Follow eSports to Splyce, the roster disbanded on December 27, 2015.[10] On December 30, 2015, Splyce picked up four players from the team formerly known as Dogmen[11] and picked up David "DAVEY" Stafford as their fifth player on January 14, 2016.[12] Splyce was invited to the MLG Columbus 2016 qualifiers due to The Mongolz being unable to get visas. They qualified for MLG Columbus 2016 after beating Counter Logic Gaming and Vexed Gaming.[13] Shortly after on June 17, 2016 Abraham "abE" Fazli and Andrew "Professor_Chaos" Heintz departed from the team,[14] though Professor_Chaos was announced as Splyce's new coach on June 21, 2016.[15] Jason "jasonR" Ruchelski additionally departed from the roster on July 7, 2016.[16] On July 12, 2016 Splyce officially announced the signing of Joey "CRUC1AL" Steusel, Asger "AcilioN" Larsen and Enkhtaivan "Machinegun" Lkhagva.[17]

Tournament results

Roster

ID Name Join date
arya Arya Hekmat 2015-12-30
drone Tayler Johnson 2016-01-14
CRUC1AL Joey Steusel 2016-07-12
ryx Ronnie Bylicki 2016-07-12

Former

ID Name Join date Leave date
AcilioN Asger Larsen 2016-07-12 2017-01-31[18]
FREAKAZOiD (stand-in) Ryan Abadir
abE Abraham Fasli 2015-12-30 2016-06-17
Professor_Chaos Andrew Heintz 2015-12-30 2016-06-17
DAVEY David Stafford 2015-12-30 2016-07-06

Fighting games

On August 24, 2015 FolloweSports started a Super Smash Bros. division first signing two players. They would later expand into the FGC with the signing of Ryan "Filipino Champ" Ramirez.

ID Name Game(s) Character(s) Join date
MacD McCain LaVelle Super Smash Bros. Melee Peach 2015-08-24
Nintendude Michael Brancato Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. 64		 Ice Climbers
Fox, Pikachu		 2015-08-24
Filipino Champ Ryan Ramirez Street Fighter V
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Marvel vs Capcom Infinite
Rising Thunder		 Dhalsim
Magneto/Doctor Doom/Phoenix		 2017-02-28[19]
RyanLV Rene Romero Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Marvel vs Capcom Infinite		 Magneto/Morrigan/Phoenix 2017-07-12[20]
jae Jaesun Won (Manager) Fighting Games
Overwatch		 Eddy Gordo
Lucio/Zenyatta		 2016-01-15

Starcraft II

On December 1, 2016 Splyce announced the creation of a Starcraft II division first signing Kang "Solar" Min Soo.[21][22] On December 25, Kim "Stats" Dae Yeob was added to the roster.[23] Jun "TY" Tae Yang, the last player to become part of the team joined on May 11, 2017.[24] Kang "Solar" Min Soo left Splyce on August 1, 2018.[25]

ID Name Race Join date Leave date
Solar Kang Min Soo Zerg 2016-12-01 2018-08-01
Stats Kim Dae Yeob Protoss 2016-12-25
TY Jun Tae Yang Terran 2017-05-11

Overwatch

In 2018, it was announced that an ownership including Splyce had purchased the Toronto Overwatch League franchise. In addition to its ownership percentage, Splyce will also operate the team.[26]

Investors

In 2017, Delaware North, owners of the Boston Bruins, invested in Splyce. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.[27]

In 2018, Splyce raised a $2.6 million funding round from The Ledger Group/OverActive Media, an eSports investment group based in Canada, and First Serve Partners, a venture capital firm made up of business leaders, pop-culture influencers, and current/former professional athletes. The First Serve Partners investment syndicate included sports legends such as Metta World Peace, Roman Harper, Marques Colston, and David Meltzer (sports executive).[28]

On the deal, Splyce CEO Marty Strenczewilk told ESPN: "There's a lot of excitement from everyone in Splyce about bringing in our new groups from Toronto (Ledger) and New York (First Serve Partners). They not only expand our networks into two key business regions in the northeast, but also provide a wealth of business acumen to support our growth strategies. I've never looked at us as purely a sports team, but rather an entertainment company. Working with accomplished entertainment veterans like Joey Brander, David Meltzer, Roman Harper and Metta World Peace gives us a lot of support and reach for our projects to expand the Splyce brand beyond the core esports audience and reach new fans."

References

  1. 1 2 "Follow eSports Becomes Splyce". The Daily Dot. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Million-dollar deal for pro-gaming team". BBC. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Splyce wants to change the European narrative in Call of Duty". Espn.go.com. 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  4. ↑ "CWL/2017 Season/Global Pro League/Stage 1 - Call of Duty Esports Wiki". cod-esports.gamepedia.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  5. ↑ "CWL/2018 Season/Birmingham Open - Call of Duty Esports Wiki". cod-esports.gamepedia.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  6. ↑ "Splyce on Twitter: They dominated Halo. Now it's time for them to take on Black Ops 4". Twitter. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Splyce on Twitter: Full disclosure: Yes Shotzzy must come of age first (18) before he can start competing". Twitter. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Splyce". Splyce.gg. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  9. ↑ Rosen, Daniel. "Follow eSports picks up ex-eLevate CSGO". theScore eSports. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  10. ↑ Park, Paul. "Splyce's CS:GO roster disbands". theScore eSports. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  11. ↑ Barak, Jon. "Splyce signs Dogmen". GosuGamers. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "DAVEY joins Splyce". Twitter. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  13. ↑ Kovanen, Tomi. "Splyce's Cinderella story". splyce.gg. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  14. ↑ Rosen, Daniel. "Splyce drop abE and Professor_Chaos". theScore eSports. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  15. ↑ Mira, Luis. "Professor_Chaos to coach Splyce". HLTV.org. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  16. ↑ Malachowski, Michal. "jasonR removed from Splyce". HLTV.org. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  17. ↑ "Three players added to Splyce CS:GO roster". splyce.gg. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  18. ↑ MIRAA (2017-01-31). "AcilioN leaves Splyce". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  19. ↑ Wolf, Jacob. "Splyce signs Filipino Champ". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  20. ↑ Foxall, Sam. "Splyce signs RyanLV". Shoryuken. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  21. ↑ "A New Era for Splyce". Splyce. 2016-12-01. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  22. ↑ "강민수 on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  23. ↑ "Splyce on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  24. ↑ "Splyce on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  25. ↑ "강민수 on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
  26. ↑ "Sources: OWL sells slot to Splyce, other investors". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  27. ↑ "Delaware North Buys Stake In E-Sports Team Splyce, Looks To Make Inroads In Boston". www.sportsbusinessdaily.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  28. ↑ "Splyce raises $2.6 million in a round of funding". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
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