Godsent
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| Game | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Dota 2 League of Legends Hearthstone Rainbow Six: Siege |
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| Founded | 4 April 2016 |
| Location | Sweden |
| Head coach | Maikil "Golden" Selim |
| Manager | Markus "pronax" Wallsten |
| Website | godsent |
Godsent(stylizedGODSENT) is a Swedish professionalesportsorganization formed by Markus "pronax" Wallsten.[1]It currently has teams competing inCounter-Strike: Global Offensive,Call Of Duty Mobile,Dota 2,Hearthstone,Rainbow Six: Siege,Apex LegendsandLeague of Legends.[2]
History
[edit]After his departure from the ex-Fnaticline up, pronax set off to create his own team. On 15 August 2016, GODSENT acquired most of the old line up which consisted of pronax, Jesper "JW" Wecksell, Robin "flusha" Rönnquist, Freddy "Krimz" Johansson, this happened by Player trade within the Swedish CS:GO pro-scene, losing both Jonas "Lekr0" Olofsson and Simon "twist" Eliasson to Fnatic and with Mathias "pauf" Köhler stepping back from professional CS:GO.[3]Later on another shuffle between GODSENT and Fnatic took place and the teams traded back Lekr0 and KRiMZ.
GODSENT was upset byAlternate aTTaXin theELeague Season 2qualifiers and lost their spot in the league.[4]
On 6 November 2016, the team won the European Minor Championship final against Hellraisers guaranteeing a spot on the offline qualifier for the next CS:GO Major - ELEAGUE Major, Atlanta.
On 21 June 2018, the team announced that they have ceased all operations immediately.[5]GODSENT stated that the decision was made "unanimously by all the parties" involved in the management of the organisation and that shutting down was "the best solution for everyone involved."
In September 2019, GODSENT resumed operations after it merged withThe Final Tribe,a Swedish esports organization.[6]Later that year, in November, it acquiredSMASH Esports's CS:GO roster.[7]
In April 2020, GODSENT acquired twoTom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siegerosters.[8][9]
On 13 January 2023, GODSENT acquired an entirely new roster, consisting of Erik "ztr" Gustafsson, on loan fromNinjas in Pyjamas' academy team, William "draken" Sundin, Nicolas "Plopski" Gonzalez Zamora, Joel "joel" Holmlund, and Alfred "RuStY" Karlsson. Maikil "Golden" Selim became the team's new head coach.[10]
On 6 August 2023, GODSENT announced a new roster featuring Jonatan "Bobeksde" Persson and Johan "hype" Engblom alongside ztr and Plopski, with Golden becoming a player. The head coach position was taken by formerFnatic Risingplayer Kevin "Kevve" Bohlin.[11]
Rosters
[edit]Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
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Legend:
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References
[edit]- ^Rasmus Lund-Hansen."Godsent defeat Ninjas in Pyjamas for semifinal spot".Gamereactor.eu.Retrieved11 September2016.
- ^Robertson, Scott (6 September 2019)."Pronax to lead CSGO in GODSENT's new esports venture".Dexerto.Retrieved20 September2019.
- ^"JW, flusha, KRIMZ leave Fnatic, join Godsent".Espn.15 August 2016.Retrieved11 September2016.
- ^"Alternate shock GODSENT in ELEAGUE qualifiers".The Daily Dot. Archived fromthe originalon 10 September 2016.Retrieved11 September2016.
- ^Mira, Luis."GODSENT CEASE OPERATIONS".HLTV.Retrieved22 June2018.
- ^"Witness #GodsentReborn".Twitter.Retrieved6 September2019.
- ^"Witness #GodsentReborn".Twitter.Retrieved14 November2019.
- ^GODSENT (6 April 2020)."Today we present the GODSENT #rainbowsixsiege academy team, consisting of these five gods. @GhostyR6S @ChewieR6S @SpoitR6 @NikkeSTV @NiFuuuSpic".@GODSENTgg.Retrieved14 April2020.
- ^GODSENT (9 April 2020)."Going into our game against @GamerLegion we present our final #rainbowsixsiege #nordicchampionship roster for this season. We welcome @TreikoR6 @Neonical_R6 @sn0oken @Meadzzz @QuadzyOP".@GODSENTgg.Retrieved14 April2020.
- ^"We are proud to announce the new @GODSENT @CSGO roster!".Twitter.Retrieved2 April2023.
- ^"We are back!".Twitter.6 August 2023.Retrieved6 August2023.