Golden Five
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Golden Five
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Created:
2006-07-30
Disbanded:
2013-10-08
The Golden Five is the name given to a group of close-knitted Polish players, who dominated the Counter-Strike scene from 2006 to 2008. In 2005, a newcomer team called Team Pentagram (PGS) won SEC with Wiktor "TaZ" Wojtas, Filip "NEO" Kubski and Łukasz "LUq" Wnęk. Mariusz "Loord" Cybulski and Jakub "kuben" Gurczyński joined the team in late 2005 and 2006 respectively, and in the first year, they won WSVG: London and WCG, cementing their reputation in the Counter-Strike scene. Pentagram were signed by Meet Your Makers in late 2007, and later competed under the name Wicked eSports, Vitriolic Gaming, AGAiN, Frag eXecutors and ESC Gaming.
It ended in 2013, when after a long slump, TaZ, NEO and Jarosław "pasha" Jarząbkowski left ESC Gaming to join Universal Soldiers with Janusz "Snax" Pogorzelski and Paweł "byali" Bieliński, forming the long lasting Virtus.pro roster, and kuben and Loord retiring from competitive play.
Members[edit]
| The Original Golden Five | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Current Team | |
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TaZ | Wiktor Wojtas |   G2 Esports (Coach)
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NEO | Filip Kubski |   FaZe Clan (Coach)
|
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LUq | Łukasz Wnęk | Retired |
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Loord | Mariusz Cybulski |  5W Gaming (Coach)
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kuben | Jakub Gurczyński |  ENCE (Coach)
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| Replacements | |||
|
pashaBiceps | Jarosław Jarząbkowski | Retired |
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pionas | Filip Pionka | Retired |
Notable Achievements[edit]
With 
Team Pentagram[edit]
WSVG 2006: London ($12,500)
World Cyber Games 2006 ($60,000)
Intel Extreme Masters I ($53,227)
Electronic Sports World Cup 2007 ($40,000)
With 
Meet Your Makers[edit]
DreamHack Summer 2008 ($9,949)
World eSports Games: e-Stars 2008 ($12,000)
Electronic Sports World Cup 2008 ($40,000)
With 
Wicked eSports[edit]
- DTS-Cup 2009 ($10,000)
With 
AGAiN[edit]
World Cyber Games 2009 ($35,000)
With 
Frag eXecutors[edit]
- World eSports Games: e-Stars 2010 ($12,655)
Copenhagen Games 2011 ($14,630)- World eSports Games: e-Stars 2011 ($13,827)
- Samsung European Championship 2011 ($15,000)
With 
ESC Gaming[edit]
- World Cyber Games 2011 ($25,000)
- Intel Extreme Masters VI ($50,000)
StarLadder StarSeries IV ($6,000)
Further Reading[edit]
- 2019-10-11 | Blog: HIStory in the Making: The Golden 5 by TheOldSchool