Fnatic

Fnatic (pronounced "fanatic" /fəˈnæt.ɪk/; sometimes styled fnatic) is a professional esports organization headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Founded July 23, 2004, The team has players from around the world, across a variety of games, such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends and Dota 2.

Fnatic's League of Legends team won the first ever League of Legends World Championship in 2011, and also holds the record for the most League of Legends Championship Series split titles, totalling five of the six played so far. In the Summer Split 2015 they became the first LCS team to finish a split undefeated.

Overview

The organization was founded on 23 July 2004 by Sam Mathews and Anne Mathews. After playing several years for Fnatic, Patrik "cArn" Sättermon, a Counter-Strike player, became the Chief Gaming Officer of Fnatic in 2012. Wouter Sleijffers replaced Anne Mathews as CEO in 2015, whilst Sam Mathews is the Board Chairman.

Between 2008 and 2009, Fnatic was sponsored by MSI and SteelSeries, spurring a temporary name change to FnaticMSI. On 1 June 2011, Fnatic partnered with EIZO to launch their gaming monitors into the market.

Fnatic (Dota 2)

The Fnatic Dota 2 division is a division of the professional eSports organisation Fnatic specialising in Dota 2.

History

Prior history

Orange eSports

Fnatic Dota 2 traces its roots to Orange eSports, which was formed by current Fnatic captain Chai "Mushi" Yee Fung on 5 September 2011

In August 2013, after the impressive 3rd position that Orange eSports achieved at The International 2013, team captain Chai "Mushi" Yee Fung announced his departure from the team to leave for China. The team was fully disbanded a month later when all the members decided to leave the team.

Separation

After Orange eSports was disbanded, the members joined several different teams, with 4 players joining Malaysian team Titan, which notably won $49,188 in The International 2014 after coming in 9-10th place, and former team captain Chai "Mushi" Yee Fung joining China's Team DK, which notably won US$819,833 after coming in 4th place also in The International 2014

Team Malaysia first iteration

On 1 October 2014, team Titan's Dota 2 manager announced that the Titan Dota 2 team would be participating in the World Cyber Arena 2014 tournament as Team Malaysia, with Mushi joining the team in place of Ng "YamateH" Wei Poong. The team finished 5th/6th in the tournament after losing to Cloud9. The team split up shortly afterwards.