What Is Nrg Esports?
NRG eSports is an American professional esports organization headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in November 2015. The organization has teams competing in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, Rocket League, and Smash.
Introduction
Nrg esports is a professional esports organization based in the United States. The organization was founded in 2015 by Andy Miller and Mark Sepso. NRG Esports has teams competing in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and Smite.
The NRG Esports Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team is made up of former professional Counter-Strike players from around the world. The team is coached by former Major League Gaming Counter-Strike player Chet “ImAPet” Singh.
The NRG Esports Overwatch team is made up of former professional Overwatch players from around the world. The team is coached by former South Korean Overwatch World Cup coach Jeong “Blue” Eon-young.
The NRG Esports Hearthstone team is made up of former professional Hearthstone players from around the world. The team is coached by former Major League Gaming Hearthstone player Andrew “Zoroark” Vachon.
The NRG Esports Smite team is made up of former professional Smite players from around the world.
History
NRG eSports is a professional esports organization based in Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 2015 by Andy Miller and Mark Mastrov, co-owners of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. The organization also has another headquarters in San Francisco.
The organization’s League of Legends team competes in the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS). Other games NRG eSports competes in are Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, Hearthstone and Smite.
NRG eSports also hosts a number of gaming events and has a number of high-profile investors, including Shaquille O’Neal, Alex Rodriguez and Jimmy Rollins.
NRG Esports’ Teams
NRG Esports is an American professional esports organization founded in 2015 that competes in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, Rocket League, SMITE and Apex Legends.
NRG’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team consists of:
-Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo
-Fernando “fer” Alvarenga
-Marcelo “coldzera” David
-Jackson “JACOB” Walsh
-Damian “daps” Steele
NRG’s Overwatch team consists of:
-Jay “Sinatraa” Won
-Aaron “Bischu” Kim
-Andreas “Nevix” Karlsson
-Kim “SP9RK1E” Yeong-han
-Matthew “super” DeLisi
NRG’s Rocket League team consists of Garrett “GarrettG” Gordon, Justin “jSTN” Morales and Cameron “Kronovi” Bills.
NRG Esports’ Partners
NRG Esports is an American professional esports organization based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 2015 by Andy Miller and Mark Mastrov, co-owners of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. The team is also co-owned byGerard Piqué and Alex Rodriguez. NRG Esports fields teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Overwatch, Apex Legends, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, Rocket League, and Smite.[1][2]
In early 2016, the company raised $27 million in series A funding led by Steve Kaplan of Oaktree Capital Management. In July that same year, it was announced that Shaquille O’Neal, Alex Rodriguez and Jimmy Rollins had joined as investors.[3][4] In September 2019expanded its investment base with a $30 million injection from Chewy founder Ryan Cohen and former Electronic Arts COO Peter Moore.[5]
In January 2020, NRG Esports entered into a strategic partnership with c0ntact Gaming to merge the two Counter-Strike rosters and operations into one organisation under the NRG banner.[6] As part of the deal c0ntact’s CEO Robert Segal will become NRG’s CS:GO division president.[7][8]
Conclusion
Nrg esports is a professional esports organization headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 2016 by investors Andy Miller and Mark Mastrov, and has since acquired several gaming teams across various esports titles. Nrg’s current roster includes players and teams competing in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTAGROUNDS, World of Warcraft, Rocket League, Halo 5: Guardians, Smite, and Gears of War. The organization also sponsors several other popular gaming personalities and content creators.
