COGnitive Gaming explained

COGnitive Gaming
Location:California
Founded:July 22, 2013
Folded:December 31, 2016
Sport Label:Divisions
Sport:Smite, League of Legends, Super Smash Bros., Guilty Gear Xrd Heroes of the Storm

COGnitive Gaming was a professional esports team based in the United States. They had teams in Smite, League of Legends, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Heroes of the Storm.[1]

COGnitive Prime won the first Smite World Championship.[2]

COGnitive sponsored Super Smash Bros. Melee players Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman and Justin "Wizzrobe" Hallett.[3] COGnitive also signed David "Dacidbro" Broweleit for Guilty Gear Xrd.[4]

COG's League team competed in the League of Legends Challenger Series North America, the second highest level of LoL play after the League of Legends Championship Series North America.

Glaurung and Hospital left the HotS team on December 24, 2015.[5]

On December 12, COGnitive announced that they will be ceasing operations on December 31, 2016,[6] shortly after Super Smash Bros. Melee player, Justin "Wizzrobe" Hallett confirmed to ESPN via Daniel "Tafokints" Lee that he would not be renewing his contract with the team.[7]

Fighting game roster

Former

IDNameGame(s)Main character(s)Join dateLeave date
Mew2KingJason ZimmermanSuper Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U		Sheik, Marth, Fox
Cloud		April 16, 2015[8] May 17, 2016[9]
WizzrobeJustin HallettSuper Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. 64
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U		Captain Falcon
Yoshi
Sheik		October 20, 2014[10] December 31, 2016
DacidbroDavid BroweleitGuilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-LeoFebruary 19, 2016[11] December 31, 2016
Kid ViperJason SroujiGuilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-JohnnyJuly 8, 2016[12] December 31, 2016

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zamphira discusses his First Lan Experience and Playing with COG. GameSpot.
  2. Web site: StackPath. 2020-12-02. esports-news.co.uk. 13 January 2015 .
  3. Web site: Mew2King joins Cognitive Gaming. Ian J.. Barker. Apr 17, 2015. The Daily Dot. January 6, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160801083703/http://www.dailydot.com/esports/mew2king-cognitive-gaming/. August 1, 2016. dead.
  4. Web site: Round 3 : Heaven or Hell, Let's ROCK!!! - Articles - Cognitive Gaming . 2016-06-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160625071716/http://www.cognitive-gaming.com/articles/news/general/34/round-3-heaven-or-hell-lets-rock . 2016-06-25 . dead .
  5. Web site: Mueller . Saira . 2015-12-24 . Glaurung and Hospital leave COGnitive Gaming's Heroes team . 2024-02-09 . Dot Esports . en-US.
  6. Web site: Erfanian. Sasha. COGnitive Gaming to close its doors on Dec. 31. The Score eSports. 2016-12-12.
  7. Web site: Lee. Daniel. Wizzrobe will not re-sign with COGnitive Gaming in 2017. ESPN. 12 December 2016 . 2016-12-12.
  8. Web site: Juillet. Jacob. COGnitive Gaming sign M2K and Wizzrobe. The Score eSports. 2016-10-10.
  9. Web site: Steve Jurek, Saira Mueller. Echo Fox expands into Smash, signs Mew2King. Daily Dot. 2016-10-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20161011155818/http://www.dailydot.com/esports/echo-fox-sign-mew2king-super-smash-melee/. 2016-10-11. dead.
  10. Web site: Barker. Ian. Smash prodigy Wizzrobe signs with Cognitive Gaming. Daily Dot. 2016-10-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20161011223947/http://www.dailydot.com/esports/wizzrobe-cognitive-gaming/. 2016-10-11. dead.
  11. Dacidbro. Dacid @ Jan26 DBFZ. 700803717692391424. 19 February 2016. Proud to announce I am officially sponsored by @CognitiveGG for Guilty Gear -Xrd- Sign.
  12. Web site: Kid Viper joins Cognitive Gaming. iPlayWinner. 2016-10-10.

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