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Rogue (esports)

Rogue
Short nameRGE
DivisionsLeague of Legends
Rainbow Six Siege
Rocket League
FoundedMay 2016 (2016-05)[1]
LeagueLeague of Legends European Championship (LEC), Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS)
Based inBerlin, Germany
LocationEurope and the United States
ColorsBlue and orange
Official fan clubRogue Nation[2]
PartnersKia
Parent groupReKTGlobal
Websiterogue-eu.myshopify.com Edit this at Wikidata

Rogue is a professional esports organization with teams competing across several different titles in Europe and the United States. It has two League of Legends teams based in Europe: a main team that participates in the League of Legends European Championship (LEC),[3][4] and an academy team that participates in the Ultraliga.[5] Team Rogue was founded by Franklin Villarreal, Derek Nelson and Carson Knuth in 2016, and acquired by now parent and management company ReKTGlobal and its partners in 2018. ReKTGlobal also owns the Call of Duty League team, the Carolina Royal Ravens. The organization is co-owned by prominent DJ Steve Aoki and YouTuber Vikram "Vikkstar123" Barn. Other Investors include Imagine Dragons, Rudy Gobert, Nicky Romero,[6] Nick Gross[7] and Landon Collins.[8]

On October 6, 2022, Rogue announced a merger with KOI, an esports organisation owned by Ibai Llanos and Gerard Piqué. This will result in the existing Rogue teams rebranding to KOI.[9] Following Infinite Reality's split with KOI in 2023, the team was reestablished.[10]

League of Legends

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On November 20, 2018, Riot Games announced that Rogue would be one of ten franchise partners participating in the newly rebranded League of Legends European Championship (LEC).[3][4]

For the 2019 LEC Spring Split, Rogue signed Kim "Profit" Jun-hyung, Mateusz "Kikis" Szkudlarek, Chres "Sencux" Laursen, Martin "HeaQ" Kordmaa and Kim "Wadid" Bae-in.[11] On December 21, 2019, Rogue announced a partnership with Polish esports organization x-kom AGO in the Ultraliga, with Rogue remaining responsible for the team itself and x-kom AGO responsible for "establish(ing) a training presence in Warsaw and a dedicated marketing approach."[12]

Following a 10th place finish in their first split, Rogue promoted a majority of their academy team players for the 2019 LEC Summer split.[13] This resulted in significant improvement, going from a 2–16 record in their first split to 7–11 in their second and qualifying for playoffs, where they lost a 1–3 game against Schalke 04 Esports. Building on this improvement, Hans Sama was brought in to replace Woolite.[14] This saw the team compete for the top spot for the first time, notably placing first in the 2020 LEC Summer regular season. Despite a 2–3 loss against G2 Esports, Rogue qualified for the 2020 World Championship, where they finished 13–16th with just a single win in their group, against PSG Talon.[15]

Ahead of 2021, Rogue saw several changes to their roster. Odoamne was signed from Schalke 04 Esports, while Trymbi was promoted from the academy team.[16] This resulted in the team climbing up the ladder in the region, finishing second in the 2021 LEC Spring Split, losing against MAD Lions in the grand finals by being reverse swept in the finals.[17] With the same roster for Summer, Rogue finished 3rd following a 1–3 loss against Fnatic, handing them the third seed at the 2021 League of Legends World Championship. They were put in the group along DWG KIA, FunPlus Phoenix, and Cloud9, where they finished third and were eliminated following a tiebreaker loss against Cloud9.[18]

Inspired left the team in the off-season, joining North American side Evil Geniuses.[19] French botlaner Hans Sama was acquired by Team Liquid.[20] Joining as their replacements were Malrang from DWG KIA and Comp from Team Vitality.[21] This roster would start off the season without losses in the first round robin stage[22] but would place second in playoffs following an 0–3 loss against G2 Esports. In Summer, the team performed less strong in the regular season by placing 3rd, but managed to win their first LEC title by beating G2 Esports.[23] They became the only Western team to make it to the 2022 League of Legends World Championship Knockout Stage, where they fell against JD Gaming to finish 5–8th in their final event.[24]

Current roster

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Rogue League of Legends roster
Players Coaches
Role Handle Name Nationality
Top Finn Wiestål, Finn Sweden
Top Szygenda Jensen, Mathias Denmark
Jungle Markoon van Woensel, Mark Netherlands
Mid Larssen Larsson, Emil Sweden
Bot Comp Stamkopoulos, Markos Greece
Support Zoelys Le Scornec, Théo France
Mid Blueknight Substitute player Jannet, Nico Germany
Head coach

Simon "fredy122" Payne

Assistant coach(es)

Christoph "nRated" Seitz

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

Latest roster transaction: 23 April 2024.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

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On August 24, 2017, Rogue signed the former roster of Vertical Gaming:[25] John "Avian" Ackerly, Tyler "Ecl9pse" McMullin, George "KingGeorge" Kassa, Spencer "Slashug" Oliver, Austin "Yung" Trexler, and Tristan "Ranger" Perhson. Four days later, Yung left Rogue to return to Continuum; he was replaced with Bryan "Bryan" Agema on September 12.[26] Kevin "Easilyy" Skokowski joined on December 22 after KingGeorge benched himself and eventually left due to family issues.[27][28]

On March 19, 2018, Emilio "Geo" Leynez Cuevas joined the team to replace Avian.[29][30] On September 3, Geo and Bryan both left Rogue and were later replaced by Aaron "Shuttle" Dugger and Seth "supr" Hoffman, though supr would leave two months later.[31][32] Franklyn "VertcL" Cordero replaced Supr on November 28, three days after the latter left.[33]

Rogue finished first at Dreamhack Valencia 2019 and qualified for the Six Major Raleigh 2019.[34] At the Six Major 2019, Rogue placed ninth to twelfth after defeating Cyclops Athlete Gaming while losing to Team Secret twice in the group stage. After disappointing results at the Six Major Raleigh 2019, Ranger left the team and was replaced by the team's analyst, Eric "Reaper" Nohl. Taylor "Redeemer" Mayeur, an ex-Spacestation Gaming player, joined the team as a coach on October 9, 2019.

After the team was relegated to Challenger League, Ecl9pse, VertcL, and Slashug all left and joined different teams and causing the disbanding of the team.[35][36][37] This left Rogue without a spot in Challenger League due to the rule requiring 3/5 players to retain a spot.

Shortly after though, on January 6, 2020, Rogue announced their buy out of the Vodafone Giants roster and the release of the remaining members of the North American roster. The buy out of the new roster had given them a spot in the European Rainbow 6 Pro League Season XI and the Six Invitational 2020. The team placed last at the Six Invitational 2020 after losing to Natus Vincere and eventual champions, Spacestation Gaming. In 2021, with the add of Prano they avoided relegations by placing fourth in EUL Stage 3 and they qualified for the Six Sweden Major. The victory over Team oNe in the quarterfinals gave Rogue a spot for the upcoming S.I. In August 2022 Rogue won against Faze Clan in the Six Major Berlin grand final, earning the EU region its first international Trophy since 2019.[38]

References

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  1. ^ "REKTGLOBAL ACQUIRES STEVE AOKI CO-OWNED ESPORTS POWERHOUSE ROGUE". Rogue. March 30, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2019.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Rogue announces Rogue Nation". @Rogue on Twitter. January 16, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Rand, Emily (November 20, 2018). "Riot Games announces European League of Legends teams and rebranding". ESPN. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Fitch, Adam (November 20, 2018). "EU LCS rebrands to LEC and reveals final franchise partners". Esports Insider. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  5. ^ Esguerra, Tyler (July 22, 2019). "Rogue adds iBo to Ultraliga team, moves Finn up to LEC roster". Dot Esports. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  6. ^ "ReKTGlobal | Building The Future For Gamers | Building The Future for Gamers". ReKTGlobal | Building The Future For Gamers. Archived from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  7. ^ "Find Your Grind and ReKTGlobal team up for $450,000 in esports scholarships". VentureBeat. February 22, 2018. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  8. ^ "News". Rogue. Archived from the original on October 20, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  9. ^ "KOI and Rogue Join Forces". Rogue. Retrieved October 6, 2022.[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ Daniels, Tom (November 22, 2023). "Rogue returns following KOI and Infinite Reality split". Esports Insider. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  11. ^ Wolf, Jacob (November 27, 2018). "Sources: Rogue finalizes League of Legends Europe roster". ESPN. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  12. ^ "ROGUE AND X-KOM AGO JOINING FORCES IN THE ULTRALIGA". Rogue. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  13. ^ Bishop, Sam (May 29, 2019). "Rogue promotes Larssen to their LEC squad". Gamereactor UK. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  14. ^ Juras, Marta (November 19, 2019). "Hans Sama joins Rogue, extends Vander's contract two years". WIN. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  15. ^ Hore, Jamie (August 10, 2020). "Rogue is the first team to qualify for League of Legends Worlds 2020". The Loadout. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  16. ^ "LoL: Rogue Signs Odoamne, Promotes Trymbi From Academy". ESTNN. October 31, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
  17. ^ Geracie, Nick (April 11, 2021). "MAD Lions reverse sweeps Rogue to win first ever LEC championship". InvenGlobal. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
  18. ^ González Rodríguez, André (October 15, 2021). "Cloud9 qualify for Worlds 2021 knockout stage after tiebreaker win over Rogue". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
  19. ^ Miter, Mateusz (November 22, 2021). "Evil Geniuses confirms addition of Inspired". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
  20. ^ Hanes, Robert (November 23, 2021). "Team Liquid Welcomes Hans Sama as New Bot Laner". The Game Haus. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  21. ^ Esguerra, Tyler (December 16, 2021). "Rogue adds Malrang and Comp to round out LEC roster for 2022". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
  22. ^ "LEC Reaches Half-way Point with a 9–0 Rogue". RiftFeed. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
  23. ^ "We Are Your LEC Summer Split Champions". Rogue. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
  24. ^ "Europe's Worlds 2022 hopes quashed as JD Gaming sweeps Rogue". The Loadout. October 21, 2022. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
  25. ^ Rogue (August 24, 2017). "Just in time for #gamescom2017. Introducing #RogueR6S! @Yung_R6 @KingGeorgeTV @AvianR6 @SlashugR6 @Ecl9pse @RaNgerGG (Coach) #RogueWin". @Rogue. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  26. ^ @Rogue (September 12, 2017). "We would like to give a warm welcome to @BryanR6S, as the newest addition to our #RogueR6S roster. #RogueWin" (Tweet). Retrieved July 11, 2019 – via Twitter.
  27. ^ @EasilyyR6 (December 22, 2017). "Now that it has been announced, I will be joining rogue, excited for the future, thank you to everyone who has supported me thus far" (Tweet). Retrieved July 11, 2019 – via Twitter.
  28. ^ "Taking a break from Pro play bc of family health issues". www.twitlonger.com. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  29. ^ Rogue (March 19, 2018). "We are excited to announce that we have acquired @GeooIicious from @CLGaming, and that he is our newest addition to #RogueR6S! #GoRogue". @Rogue. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  30. ^ Tristan (March 19, 2018). "As we start a new chapter with geo, a huge thank you to @AvianR6 for being such an important part of our success over the last year. Absolutely a player capable of performing at the top level and we hope to see him back on a Pro League team ASAP!". @RangerGG. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  31. ^ Gaming, Spacestation (September 3, 2018). "Let's get some rockets in the comments to welcome @BryanR6s to our Rainbow6 roster!! and good luck to Shuttle ...but not too much luck". @SpacestationGG. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  32. ^ Rogue (September 30, 2018). "We're ready. The players are ready. Now... are you ready? Here is our new #RogueR6S roster @Easilyy_ @Ecl9pse @SlashugR6 + @suprSeth + @AaronJBD #GoRogue". @Rogue. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  33. ^ Rogue (November 28, 2018). "Today, we are happy to announce that Franklyn "@VertcL_" Cordero will join the #RogueR6S squad as our new fifth. He'll be entry fragging for us. You can catch the whole squad in action on December 7th in the @R6ProLeague (Season 9). Don't miss it and #GoRogue!". @Rogue. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  34. ^ "Rogue come out on top in Rainbow Six DreamHack Valencia final". Dot Esports. July 7, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
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