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ROOT Gaming
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ROOT Gaming
Team Information
Location:
Region:
Approx. Total Winnings:
$15,700
Links
History
Disbanded:
2015-11-??
Overview
[edit]ROOT Gaming is a North American multigaming organization with a North American Dota 2 team.
ROOT was originally formed on March 22, 2010, but was acquired by compLexity Gaming on June 11, 2011.[1] CatZ and Drewbie reformed ROOT on May 15, 2012,[2] and their first Dota 2 Team was announced on May 18.[3] After a few months without hearing anything from the team, ROOT announced a new team with several of their previous players on October 20.[4] On July 6th, 2014, ROOT announced the acquisition of a new squad, the team formerly known as Urn Real Tangoes.[5] After the previous team disbanded, ROOT announced the acquisition of the team formerly known as The ThunderCats! on March 4th, 2015.[6] On August 23rd Moo and FLUFFNSTUFF were confirmed as primary members of FIRE in the Dota 2 Fall Major Registration list.[7] On August 24th TC was announced as a member of Digital Chaos.[8] On September 2nd, ROOT's new squad registered for the majors.[7] On October 8, 2015, Team Archon announced that they were acquiring monkeys-forever.[9]
Player Roster
[edit]Former
[edit]Former Squad
Former Squad
Former Squad
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Cook | 2 | 2015-04-20[10] | 2015-08-25[8] | ||
| David Hull | 3 | 2015-05-08[11] | 2015-08-23[7] | ||
| Jason Teodosio | 4 | 2015-03-04[6] | 2015-08-25 | ||
| Brian Lee | 5 | 2015-03-29[12] | 2015-08-23[7] |
Former Squad
Former Squad
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Christophe Leclerc | 4 | 2014-07-06[5] | 2015-02-21 | ||
| Jean-Luc Tatto | 5 | 2015-01-25 | 2015-02-21 | ||
| 3 | 2015-01-25 | 2015-02-21 | |||
| Shane Milke | 2 | 2015-01-25 | 2015-02-21 | ||
| Brian Canavan | 1 | 2015-01-25 | 2015-02-21 |
Former Squad
| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Chan | 2014-12-?? | ||||
| Danny Lashley | 2014-12-?? | ||||
| Adam Wohlgemuth | 1/2 | 2014-07-06[5] | |||
| Jay Martens | 1/2 | 2014-07-06[5] | |||
| David Kelly | 3 | 2014-07-06[5] | |||
| Michael Stanus-Ghib | 5 | 2014-07-06[5] | 2014-10-03 | ||
| David Kim | |||||
| Jaron Clinton | 2 | 2012-10-20 | 2013-??-?? | ||
| Rob Dyche | 2012-12-20 | ||||
| Alexandros Tzotzis | 3 | 2012-07-06[6] | |||
| Alan Salvati | 2012-03-18 | 2013-05-20 | |||
| Jason Teodosio | 2 | ||||
| William Lee | 2 | 2012-05-12 | 2012-10-20 | ||
| Matthew Penaroza | 4/5 | ||||
| Ben Wood |
Trivia
[edit]- Root was the first team to use Gyrocopter as a carry in competitive play. Often rushing a naked Divine Rapier, Root managed to qualify for Thor Open 2012 with this surprising pick. The hero quickly became a staple in the competitive scene.
Team Achievements
[edit]| Date | Place | Tier | Tournament | Result | Prize | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-11-06 | 2nd | Qualifier | The Summit 4 - American Qualifiers | 0 : 3 | - | ||
| 2015-10-09 | 1st - 2nd | Qualifier | Frankfurt Major 2015: Americas Open Qualifier #2 | 2 : 0 | - | ||
| 2015-09-19 | 3rd - 4th | Tier 3 | Elimination Mode | 0 : 2 | $1,000 | ||
| 2015-07-19 | 1st | Tier 3 | BTS Americas #1 | 3 : 1 | $4,500 | ||
| 2015-06-02 | 3rd - 4th | Tier 2 | World Cyber Arena 2015 - American Pro Qualifiers | 1 : 2 | $10,000 | ||
| 2015-04-16 | 1st | Qualifier | 2015 Red Bull Battle Grounds: American Pre-Qualifier | 2 : 0 | - | ||
| 2015-03-16 | 3rd - 9th | Qualifier | joinDOTA MLG Pro League Season 1: Pro League America | 2/3/4 | Grp S. | - | |
| 2014-12-22 | 2nd | Qualifier | StarLadder StarSeries Season 11: Americas | 0 : 2 | - | ||
| 2014-08-31 | 1st - 4th | Qualifier | ESL One New York 2014 - American Open Qualifier | 1 : 0 | - | ||
| 2013-05-04 | 3rd | Tier 3 | Netolic Pro League 2 (West) | 1 : 2 | $200 | ||
References
[edit]- ↑ Complexity acquires Root Gaming
- ↑ CatZ announces the re-birth of Root Gaming
- ↑ CatZ announces Dota2 squad
- ↑ ROOT.Dota2 is BACK! Root-Gaming.com October 20, 2012
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Announcing ROOT DOTA 2!
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 [1]
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 2015 Fall Majors registration list
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Introducing Digital Chaos". digitalchaos.gg. 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "DOTA 2 ROSTER CHANGES". teamarchon.com. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
- ↑ TC joins ROOT
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Moo Joins ROOT Dota!
- ↑ FLUFF joins ROOT