Team NoA
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| Divisions | Counter-Strike |
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| Founded | 2003 |
| Folded | 2007 (merged with mTw) |
| Location | Denmark |
| Website | http://web.archive.org/web/20070202002842/http://www.teamnoa.eu:80/? |
MTw, formerly known as Team NoA, was a professional Counter-Strike team. Founded by Jonas "bsl" Alsaker, the team was regarded as the worlds best several times, taking home many prestigious "trophies" (or at least victories). They were the first professional e-sports team to consist of members from multiple continents when they formed the team from highly experienced players from Norway, Canada and United States. They were also the first e-sports team ever to pay for a player transfer out of a contract when they bought Ola "element" Moum out of his contract with SK Gaming.
In May 2005, elemeNt left Team NoA for the Brazilian team, MiBR. Team NoA was ready for World e-Sports Games season 2. Three days before the departure for Seoul, Korea, the team contacted Lars "Naikon" Olaisen who joined the team in Germany on very short notice.
In July 2005 the international Team NoA came to an end when it was announced that BrandTheGame would take over the management and method and Griffin "shaGuar" Benger left for Team 3D. The team would from then on be more localised. In late August a new Scandinavian team was announced along with new sponsorships and branding.
The CPL UK World Tour (Sept 2005) was the new NoA's first tournament, and they did very well by outplacing big names such as SK.swe, 4Kings and MiBR.
Shortly after CPL UK, Team NoA participated in the World e-sports Games qualifier in . All the best teams from Europe was gathered and Team NoA qualified for the Korean Tournament. After World e-Sports Games season 3, the team had some internal problems after the five week long stay in Korea. All players except XeqtR were released and a new team was founded.
Team NoA showed up at shgOpen 2006, seeded as one of the favorites. Team NoA showed their future potential and won the tournament by beating the Swedish favorites, fnatic in the Grand Final.
Shortly after shgOpen the ownership became fully Danish, after Martin "guddo" Cording acquired the organization from BrandTheGame. A new generation was born, and the roster became 100% Danish.
In 2007 Team NoA merged with, and became the Danish Counter-Strike team in the mortal Team work (mTw) organization. mTw.dk dominated Counter-Strike in 2008, winning both KODE5 Global Finals, Intel Extreme Masters Continental Finals and the World Cyber Games 2008 among others. The Danes were awarded "eSports Team of the Year". The team was terminated in November 2011.
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