Team Secret

Team Secret
Secret
Location Global
Founded August 2014
Genre(s) MOBA, FPS, Fighting games
Manager(s) Matthew "Cyborgmatt" Bailey, Kemal "I am Kemal" Sadikoglu, Clement "Puppey" Ivanov
Divisions Dota 2, Vainglory, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Street Fighter
Website http://teamsecret.gg/

Team Secret is a global powerhouse eSports team that formed and debuted on August 27, 2014 in Dota 2. The team is self-handled and purposely intends to proceed with no sponsor. Known for its top plays, versatile picks and captain Clement "Puppey" Ivanov, Team Secret has placed itself as one of the top Dota 2 teams in Europe and the world after dominating the majority of major and premier tournaments in 2015.

Team Secret picked up an international female Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team on March 17, 2016[1] and picked up Otto "Silent Wolf" Bisno as a Super Smash Bros. Melee player on April 3, 2016.[2] On April 11, 2016, Team Secret expanded into the world of Street Fighter with Lee "Poongko" Chung-Gon as their first World Warrior. [3]

Dota 2

2014

BigDaddy and Fly were confirmed to leave Fnatic on July 27, 2014.[4] On August 3, 2014, S4 left Alliance. Some rumors of a new all-star team began to rise on reddit.

Na`Vi posted on their website they released Puppey and Kuroky.[5] On August 27, 2014, Team Secret debuted and showed their roster in a match against Alliance[6] Team Secret withdrew from Star Ladder in November 2014.[7]

2015

After a solid second place in Star-Ladder Series 10,[8] the team announce on their twitter and the DAC site of the departure of Fly and BigDaddy, with Zai and Arteezy taking their place as stand-ins[9]

Team Secret got a third place in the Dota 2 Asia Championships[10] and decided to stick with their roster, going on to win 5 premier tournaments[11][12][13][14][15] The team was sent to the losers bracket by ViCi Gaming.[16]

Team Secret was widely considered to be the favorites to win The International 2015, but after a very disappointing 7-8th place finish, the team announced that they would have some roster changes. Despite the overall success of the team for the year, members Arteezy and Kuroky were revealed to have clashed with one another and both players left the team. Arteezy went back to his previous team Evil Geniuses and Kuroky formed what would soon be the newest iteration of Team Liquid.[17] On August 15, the team announced that Zai would take the next year off and finish school.[18] As a result, s4 also decided to leave and rejoin his previous team Alliance[19]

For the Frankfurt Major 2015, the team's new roster was announced and consisted of w33ha, Misery, pieliedie, and EternalEnvy[20][21]

In the Major, after seeding into the winner's bracket the team manage to walk out as second place winners.[22]

2016

During the Shanghai Major, Team Secret shocked many fans and spectators alike as they swept through the upper bracket beating previous Frankfurt Major winners: OG in a best of three of 2-1 in the first upper bracket round; they faced Evil Geniuses in the second upper bracket round and won 2-1. Team Secret then faced Team Liquid in the upper bracket finals in a best of 3, winning 2-0 and heading into the Major's Grand Final.[23]

On the 6th of March, Team Secret played against the recent lower bracket winners Team Liquid in the Grand Finals in a best of five match for $1.1 million USD. Team Secret won the match with a near perfect 3-1 score.[24]

On March 22, 2016, Team Secret announced that Artour "Arteezy" Babaev and Saahil "UNiVeRsE" Arora would be replacing w33 and MiSeRy.[25]

Roster

Team Secret's current Dota 2 Roster

Dota 2

Nationality ID Name Position Join date
 Canada EternaLEnVy Jacky Mao 1 2015-08-22
 Canada Arteezy Artour Babaev 2 2016-03-22
 United States UNiVeRsE Saahil Arora 3 2016-03-22
 Estonia Puppey Clement Ivanov 4 2014-08-27
 Sweden pieliedie Johan Åström 5 2015-08-22
 Sweden Solitude Yousif Kutaiba Sub 2015-12-07
 Russia distiled Nikolay Prokhorenko Sub 2015-12-07

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Nationality ID Name Join date
 Sweden juliano Julia Kiran 2016-03-17
 Sweden zAAz Zainab Turkie 2016-03-17
 Hungary nylon Nikolett Keszeli 2016-03-17
 Russia vilga Ksenia Kluenkova 2016-03-17
 Denmark mimimicheater Michaela Lintrup 2016-03-17

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Nationality ID Name Join date
 United States Silent Wolf Otto Bisno 2016-04-03

Street Fighter

Nationality ID Name Join date
 South Korea Poongko Lee Chung-Gon 2016-04-11

Former

Dota 2

Nationality ID Name Position Join date Leave date
 Romania w33 Aliwi Omar 2 2015-08-22 2016-03-22
 Denmark MiSeRy Rasmus Berth Filipsen 3 2015-08-22 2016-03-22
 Sweden zai Ludwig Wåhlberg 3 2015-01-06 2015-08-30
 Sweden s4 Gustav Magnusson 1,2 2014-08-27 2015-08-22
 Germany KuroKy Kuro Salehi Takhasomi 4 2014-08-27 2015-08-22
 Denmark BigDaddy Johan Sundstein 4 2014-08-27 2015-01-01
 Israel Simbaaa Tal Aizik 3 2014-08-27 2014-12-16

Results

Dota 2

References

  1. ↑ Mira, Luis. "Team Secret recruit WRTP". HLTV. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  2. ↑ Sadikoglu, Kemal. "Silent Wolf joins Team Secret". Twitter. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Sadikoglu, Kemal. "Poongko joins Team Secret as their first Street Fighter player". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  4. ↑ "Fnatic".
  5. ↑ "Natus Vincere parts with Puppey". Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Secret Reveal Their Members". Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  7. ↑ Wynne, Jared (Dec 28, 2014). "Team Secret joins list of Dota 2 withdrawals". The Daily Dot.
  8. ↑ "Star Ladder Season 10". Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  9. ↑ "DAC Official Site". Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  10. ↑ "最终结果 - 亚洲邀请赛 -《DOTA2》官方网站". dac.dota2.com.cn. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  11. ↑ "The Summit 3 Grand Final Recap: Team Secret defeat Evil Geniuses 3-1; win The Summit 3". theScore eSports. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  12. ↑ "Behind Team Secret’s Win at Nanyang Championships". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  13. ↑ "MarsTV Dota 2 League all-Western podium: Team Secret take their third championship title – Dota Blast". Dota Blast. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  14. ↑ "Team Secret beat EG 3-1, win ESL One". www.gosugamers.net. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  15. ↑ "Team Secret defeat Evil Geniuses 3-1 to win MLG World Finals 2015". theScore eSports. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  16. ↑ Barker, Ian J. (February 6, 2015). "Team Secret's perfect run comes to an end". The Daily Dot.
  17. ↑ "Arteezy's comments on stream about Kuroky trigger heavy community debate". Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Team Secret Roster Changes". Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  19. ↑ "S4 joins Alliance". Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  20. ↑ "New Secret". Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  21. ↑ Cerrudo, Aileen (August 22, 2015). "Team Secret’s New Lineup Announced". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  22. ↑ "Frankfurt Major 2015". Retrieved November 26, 2015.
  23. ↑ "There and Back Again: Clement". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  24. ↑ "Three teams remain in Dota 2 Shanghai Majors". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  25. ↑ Kemal, Sadikoglu. "Arteezy and UNiVeRSe join Team Secret". Twitter. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

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