Enemy (eSports)

Enemy
Location Corona, California
Founded 2012
Divisions Call of Duty
Gears of War
League of Legends
Smite
Super Smash Bros.
Website http://enemy.gg/

Enemy or NME is a North American esports organization with players and teams in League of Legends, Call of Duty, Smite, and Super Smash Bros. They were originally branded as Enemy eSports. Enemy's League of Legends team competed in the League of Legends Championship Series but has since been relegated to the Challenger Series.

League of Legends

Enemy eSports was founded in 2012 by Dan "Clerkie" Clerke, Robert "Chachi" Stemmler, and James "JR3" Ryan. In May Enemy eSports announced that they had rejected a $1.2 million offer from Martin Shkreli.[1]

2014 Season

Enemy acquired the roster of Also Known As (AKA) in spring of 2014 to represent them in the NACS. The roster consisted of Potato Zero, Stan007, Jayel, SleepingDAWG, and Papa Chau. Leara (manager) and theangelvigil|Angel (analyst) joined as support staff.[2] Unfortunately the team was unable to qualify for the NACS.

2015 Preseason

On September 30, Enemy eSports announced their new roster for the Spring Expansion tournament.[3] cackgod, Liquid Inori|Inori, Wolfsclaw, Otter, and Bodydrop competed under the name "The Cackson 5" in the ranked 5s ladder to qualify for the tournament. At the time of the ladder lock, they were ranked second behind Team Coast's team.

Enemy eSports placed second in the 2014 Fall NA Black Monster Cup, beating Boreal eSports and Zenith eSports before falling to Team LoLPro in the finals.

On November 17th, after winning their first-round match against Noble Truth in the Expansion Tournament 2-0, Enemy announced a partnership with Azubu.[4][5] The team then lost 0-2 to Team Fusion in the second round, against MakNooN's Poppy both games.

After elimination from the Expansion Tournament, Enemy eSports underwent roster tryouts. The roster listed for the NACL New Year's Kick-off Tournament included Flaresz, Cackgod, Innox, Otter, and Bodydrop, with LOD and Wolfe as substitutes.

During late December, Enemy management decided on a Challenger Series roster of Flaresz top, Innox mid, Otter and Bodydrop in the bottom lane, and former H2K jungler and European Challenger Series winner Trashy. In early January 2015, the team moved into a gaming house in Corona, California. Unfortunately, due to Bodydrop's flight being delayed, the team needed to use a substitute support player in the ESL Pro Series Season XI, and took an upset loss against Monster Kittens.

2015 Season

A couple weeks later, Enemy played in the 2015 North American Challenger Series qualifiers as the #1 seed from the Ranked 5's ladder and qualified for the 2015 Challenger Series with 2-0 victories over Arbiters and Darkness.

Enemy finished the Challenger season as the top team with a 9-1 record, dropping only one game to Team Fusion. In the 2015 playoffs, they defeated Final Five and then Team Dragon Knights and successfully qualified for the Summer LCS split.[6] After the team's LCS qualification, CEO Dan "clerkie" Clerke received an offer for $1.2 million from Martin Shkreli; however, he declined it, stating the members of the organization "...believe in this roster. These players have risked so much in the hunt for their dream, we want to take this journey with them."[7] Prior to the start of the summer split, Enemy dropped the "eSports" from their name and rebranded themselves as just Enemy.

Enemy's summer split performance was rocky, and they didn't finish higher than seventh place a single week after the second. They ended the split in ninth place, one game above Team Dragon Knights, narrowly avoiding autorelegation. However, in the 2016 Spring Promotion tournament, Enemy lost 3-0 to Team Coast and were sent to the 2016 Challenger Series. On August 6, 2015 it was announced that Youngbuck would become the teams new head coach.[8]

Smite

Enemy had a Smite team for the inaugural Smite Pro League season, but the team members later left when the team was relegated. In August Enemy acquired the roster of Legion of Carrots and returned to the SPL.[9][10]

The team placed 2nd at the 2016 Smite World Championship.[11]

References

  1. ↑ WEBER, ALEXANDRE "DRPUPPET" (May 4, 2015). "Enemy Esports Turned Down $1.2 Million For Their League of Legends Team". eSports Go. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ Enemy Esports' Facebook Post facebook.com
  3. ↑ Enemy Esports' Facebook Post facebook.com
  4. ↑ NME eSports Joins Azubu content.azubu.tv
  5. ↑ Enemy eSports is now on Azubu enemyesports.com
  6. ↑ Lingle, Samuel (April 9, 2015). "The newest addition to the LCS is Enemy Esports". The Daily Dot. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  7. ↑ Enemy Esports Turned Down $1.2 Million For Their League of Legends Team esportgo.com
  8. ↑ Kulasingham, Nilu (August 6, 2015). "Youngbuck joins Enemy Esports as Head Coach". Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  9. ↑ Wolf, Jacob (August 3, 2015). "Enemy returns to Smite Pro League with Legion of Carrots acquisition". The Daily Dot. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Enemy". SMITE eSports Season 2. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  11. ↑ http://kotaku.com/your-2016-smite-world-champions-are-not-these-guys-1752167199

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