Chaos Esports Club is an American esports organization. Originally founded as Digital Chaos in 2015, the organization is best known for their Dota 2 team's Cinderella run at The International 2016 tournament, where they finished as the runner-up.[1][2]

Chaos Esports Club
Short nameChaos E.C.
Sports
Founded2015 (2015)
Folded2021 (2021)
LocationUnited States
CEOGreg Laird
Main sponsorPrivate Internet Access
Websitechaos.ec Edit this at Wikidata

In April 2017, the organization announced the departure of founding member and owner Shannon "SUNSfan" Scotten.[3][4] The following year, they expanded into other games, such as PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.[5][6][7] Around the same time, the organization rebranded itself from Digital Chaos to Chaos Esports Club.[8]

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege edit

On March 6, 2018, Digital Chaos signed a team for tactical first-person shooter Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege by signing organization-less European team, The Swedes.[9] The original roster consisted of Christoffer "Kripps" Brushane, Rasmus "REDGROOVE" Larsson, Mattias Johannes "Renuilz" Nordebäck, Rickard "Secretly" Olofsson, and Lars Malte "sno0ken" Ekström.

The team performed badly in Pro League Season 10 and Kripps left and later retired towards the end of the season.[10] On November 1, Chaos signed Pro League and World champion, Ville "SHA77E" Palola, after GiFu was relegated to Challenger League.[11]


References edit

  1. ^ Gies, Arthur (August 13, 2016). "Here are the winners of Valve's $20+ million 2016 International Dota 2 Championships". Polygon. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  2. ^ Erzberger, Tyler (August 13, 2016). "TI6: Digital Chaos lives up to its name". ESPN. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  3. ^ Dela Cruz, Miguel. "SUNSfan, Sajedene part ways with Digital Chaos". esports.inquirer.net. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  4. ^ Hancock, Thomas. "DigitalChaos Team Update". digitalchaos.gg. Archived from the original on April 15, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  5. ^ Laird, Greg. "'The Swedes' signed to Digital Chaos in Rainbow Six: Siege". digitalchaos.gg. Archived from the original on March 12, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  6. ^ Laird, Greg. "Animal Planet joins Digital Chaos". digitalchaos.gg. Archived from the original on March 12, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  7. ^ Sean. "Digital Chaos enters Counter-Strike: Global Offensive". digitalchaos.gg. Archived from the original on May 20, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  8. ^ Fitch, Adam. "The story behind Digital Chaos rebranding to Chaos E.C." esportsinsider.com. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  9. ^ Laird, Greg. "'The Swedes' signed to Digital Chaos in Rainbow Six: Siege". digitalchaos.gg. Archived from the original on March 12, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  10. ^ "Rainbow Six Roster Changes". Chaos EC. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  11. ^ "Welcome Ville "SHA77E" Palola". Chaos EC. Retrieved January 17, 2020.

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