Denial Esports

Denial Esports
Nicknames	The Wolf Pack
Divisions	Call of Duty; Counter-Strike: Global Offensive; Halo; Heroes of the Storm; League of Legends; Overwatch; Paladins; Smite
Founded	June 4, 2013
Folded	May 31, 2019
Location	United States; United Kingdom (CoD); South America (CS:GO)
Owner	Robert Bowling
CEO	Robby "Ringokid" Ringnalda
Partners	OPSEAT; META Threads; Razer; Twitch
Website	www.denialesports.com

Denial Esports (previously stylized as Denial eSports) was a professional esports organization based in the United States. They were most well known for their Call of Duty team being 2015 world champions, having won the Call of Duty Championship 2015.^[1]

Former Infinity Ward development lead Robert Bowling bought the team on January 14, 2016.^[2]

In September 2017, the organization went inactive and their website went down due to issues paying players and staff.^[3] The organization later resumed operations, but was dissolved on 31 May 2019.^[4]

Call of Duty

Roster

ID	Name	Join date
Joee	Joseph Pinnington	April 11, 2018
Rated	Rhys Price	April 19, 2019
Bance	Ben Bance	April 19, 2019
Alexx	Alex Carpenter	April 19, 2019
Swervin	Carson Newberry	April 19, 2019
ZeeK (sub.)	Ryan Lapierre	January 29, 2019

Tournament results

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Roster

ID	Name	Join Time
Blue	Carlos Arestegui	April 4, 2019
Link	Eduardo osuna	April 4, 2019
vaatinator	Julio Jimenez	April 4, 2019
sam_A	Jesus Taboada	April 4, 2019
sickLyCS	Juanes Valencia	April 4, 2019
Emmet	Eli Pachano (coach)	April 4, 2019

Heroes of Newerth

Denial's Heroes of Newerth squad got 2nd at DreamHack Winter 2013 with a squad of Pontus "Zlapped" Mähler, David "Probusk" Busk, Dennis "Flensmeister" Brofalk, Micke "m'ICKe" Nguyen, Son "VnSensation" Nguyen. Rezzy, captain of Hotti Gaming, kicked DozenthEagle. Rezzys statement on the situation was "As team captain of HOTTI and the rest of the team have decided to kick DozenthEgale from the team due to him being very disrespectful towards other teammates as well as he has been dragging the team down with his mood swings so we wish him the best of luck" Dozenth also responded in the comments by saying, "POV: you have terrible social skills"

Paladins

Former

Zach "Shadeey" Shades" Gilbert (Damage)
Steven "Awry" Michalec (Support)
Chris "Bitey" Mohn (Flex, Captain)
David "Stolzey" Mathis (Damage)
Noah "W1fL" Mathis (Tank)
"PrinceDannyTv" (Flank)
Kamlin “Kenzo” Subido Dunn (Tank)
Bryce "Vex30" Kelly (Support)
Cornslays (Coach)
Hawker2255 (Flex)

Fighting game players

Former

Chris Tatarian (Street Fighter V)
Mike "Danke" Schiller (Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, BlazBlue)
Ernesto "Dios X" Ojeda (Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3)
James "Duck" Ma (Super Smash Bros. Melee)^[5]
Tyler "Marss" Martins (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)
Stone Nguyen (Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3)
Andrew "iCranKiesT" Mendizabal (Street Fighter V)

References

^ "CoD Champs 2015: Denial eSports Wins It All". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
^ MINOTTI, MIKE (January 14, 2016). "Ex-Call of Duty developer acquires Denial esports team". VentureBeat.
^ Carpenter, Nicole (September 27, 2018). "Denial Esports owner Robby Ringnalda allegedly owes players more than $35,000". Dot Esports.
^ "Denial Esports shuts down as co-owner goes on insane rant - "Go f*ck yourself" This upcoming season, Rezzy, former captain of Hotti Gaming, will be playing alongside his teammates Dozenth, and Hawker". Dexerto. May 31, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
^ Wolf, Jacob (6 January 2017). "Confirmed: Smash Melee pro Duck left Denial Esports over missing pay". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-01-10.

External links

Preceded by compLexity Gaming	Call of Duty Championship winner 2015	Succeeded by to be determined

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[1] "CoD Champs 2015: Denial eSports Wins It All". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 2020-12-04.

[2] MINOTTI, MIKE (January 14, 2016). "Ex-Call of Duty developer acquires Denial esports team". VentureBeat.

[3] Carpenter, Nicole (September 27, 2018). "Denial Esports owner Robby Ringnalda allegedly owes players more than $35,000". Dot Esports.

[4] "Denial Esports shuts down as co-owner goes on insane rant - "Go f*ck yourself" This upcoming season, Rezzy, former captain of Hotti Gaming, will be playing alongside his teammates Dozenth, and Hawker". Dexerto. May 31, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.

[5] Wolf, Jacob (6 January 2017). "Confirmed: Smash Melee pro Duck left Denial Esports over missing pay". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-01-10.

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