Serious Gaming
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Serious Gaming
Team Information
Location:
Manager:
Tom "EndarS" Bramler
Team Captain:
Kevin "RotterdaM" van der Kooi
Player earnings:
$5,754
Links
History
Created:
2010-04-15
Disbanded:
2012-04-26
Serious Gaming is a former Dutch StarCraft II team, which is has disbanded in April 2012.
Overview[edit]
Serious Gaming announced an official StarCraft II division with full roster on the 15th of April, 2010. Banking on the huge presence SC2 is expected to have in competitive gaming, the Netherlands-based team made its move early.
They have had a long history in competitive RTS gaming and have seen much success with their Warcraft III team in particular, as represented in their squad's heavy Warcraft influence. Serious Gaming is known for focusing on small squads with a few talented players. A philosophy that the CEO of Serious Gaming Bas Peeperkorn has been sticking to since he founded the organization.
Around April 2012, the team dissolved after the organization lost its long lasting sponsorship deal with Razer. While no official announcement of closure was made, RotterdaM had previously talked about the problems faced by the organization.[1] Their Quake player, Cypher, one of the most successful players in recent Quake history, also announced that he no longer played for the organization after the team broke contract conditions[2] and the StarCraft II team dropped out of the team leagues they were playing in.[3]
History[edit]
2012[edit]
- April 26, the team was announced to have been dissolved, after losing the sponsorship with Razer, and after their key player, roof, departed to join BLAST.[3]
Player Roster at Dissolution[edit]
| Former Squad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
  DarkSanta | Join Date: | Leave Date: 2012-04-26 | |||||||
  DowaQ | (Hjalmar Högberg) Hjalmar Högberg | Join Date: | Leave Date: 2012-04-26 | Retired | |||||
 iNSoLeNCE | (Alexander Hein) Alexander Hein | Join Date: 2010-08-10 | Leave Date: 2012-04-26 | Retired | |||||
| RotterdaM | (Kevin van der Kooi) Kevin van der Kooi | Join Date: 20??-??-?? | Leave Date: 2012-04-26 |  ROOT Gaming | |||||
| ServaNT | (Thomas Lankreijer) Thomas Lankreijer | Join Date: | Leave Date: 2012-04-26 | ||||||
 Sushilicious | (Lennart Roest) Lennart Roest | Join Date: | Leave Date: 2012-04-26 |  Mouse Control | |||||
 xEi | (Thomas Schwingenschlögl) Thomas Schwingenschlögl | Join Date: | Leave Date: 2012-04-26 | ||||||
Former[edit]
| Former Squad | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| roof | (Marvin Gebhart) Marvin Gebhart | Join Date: 2011-07-18 | Leave Date: 2012-03-28 |  BLAST | |||||
Team Achievements[edit]
| Date | Place | Tier | Tournament | Result | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No recorded results found. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Awards[edit]
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Award | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No recorded results found. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Management[edit]
| Staff at time of Disbandment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |||||
| Basz | (Bas Peeperkorn) Bas Peeperkorn | Role: (Manager) | Join Date: | Leave Date: | |||||
| EndarS | (Tom Bramler) Tom Bramler | Role: (RTS Manager) | Join Date: | Leave Date: | |||||
Interviews[edit]
2010[edit]
- 2010-09-08 | Interview with Bas Peeperkorn, Serious Gaming Manager, Part 1 by The Rocketjumper at Gamescom 2010
- 2010-09-08 | Interview with Bas Peeperkorn, Serious Gaming Manager, Part 2 by The Rocketjumper at Gamescom 2010
Links[edit]
Statistics[edit]
Earnings Statistics
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| Tier |  |  |  |  |  | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Basic | 12 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Total | 14 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 38 |
Note: This table shows the medals won by players
in 1v1 events while on the team.
References[edit]
- ↑ RotterdaM on reddit
- ↑ Alexey "Cypher" Yanushevsky left srs esreality.com 25th April 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Serious Gaming drops out sc2sl.com. April 26th 2012.
