Titan (esports)
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| Location | Singapore (HQ) |
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| Founded | September 2013 |
| Dissolution | January 2016 |
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive SMITE |
| Website | www.titan.pro |
Titan was a professional eSports team founded in September 2013. Titan formerly sponsored teams in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Smite, Quake Live and Dota 2. CEO and founder Damien Grust announced the organisation's dissolution on January 13, 2016, citing financial issues.
Titan started its Dota 2 team in 2013 by recruiting four players from Orange Esports, Lee “KyXy” Kong Yang, Lim “Net” Wai Pern, Joel “Xtinct” Chan and Chong “Ohaiyo” Xin Khoo, in addition to Chua “Ice” Chee Cai.
Although the team secured a podium finish at Mineski Pro Gaming League, in December 2013 Ice was dismissed from the team, being replaced first by Singaporean carry player Gavin ‘Meracle’ Kang and then Malaysian player Ng Wei “NWP” Poong (formerly known as “Yamateh”).
The team went on to win the Asian Cyber Games 2013 and finished 9th/10th place at The International 4 in 2014.
In October 2014, the Titan Dota 2 team was disbanded and the division was officially put on hold. Most of the players went on to join the newly formed Team Malaysia.
In January 2014, began a CS:GO team by recruiting the VeryGames team of Kévin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans, Nathan "NBK" Schmitt, Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux, Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom and Richard "shox" Papillon. The team went on to win the February 2014 DreamHack Invitational tournament, defeating their rivals Ninjas in Pyjamas, With Copenhagen Games 2014 being the first LAN to do groups based on world rankings, Titan was officially placed as the 2nd best team in the world, but failed to deliver at the event.
The team's lineup changed in May 2014 with the departure of Richard "shox" Papillon and his replacement by Kenny "kennyS" Schrub. Following the change, the team did poorly, although it won second place at Gfinity 3 in August 2014.
In September 2014, the roster was restructured again. Only Kévin "Ex6TenZ" Droolans and Kenny "kennyS" Schrub were retained, as they were joined by three players from LDLC: Dan "apEX" Madesclaire, Mathieu ”Maniac” Quiquerez and Hovik “KQLY” Tovmassian. The new lineup then went on to win the DreamHack Stockholm Invitational in Globen, taking down parts of their former team mates in LDLC. Kenny "kennyS" Schrub was also singled out as "the best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player in the world" by esports historian Duncan "Thorin" Shields, with the team being ranked as no. 5 on his Top 10 World Ranking list leading up to DreamHack Winter 2014.
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