Alliance (esports)

Alliance is a professional gaming and esports organization based in Sweden that was formed in April 2013. They have teams in TrackMania, Dota 2, Hearthstone, the Super Smash Bros. series and Fortnite,[2] and previously had teams in League of Legends and StarCraft II.

The Alliance
DivisionsDota 2
Fortnite
Super Smash Bros.
Apex Legends
Call of Duty
Founded2013
LocationGothenburg, Västergötland, Sweden
Managing directorKelly Ong (CSO)
ManagerJonathan "Loda" Berg[1]
Henrik "AdmiralBulldog" Ahnberg[1]
Joakim "Akke" Akterhall[1]
Jerry "EGM" Lundkvist[1]
Adam "Armada" Lindgren[1]
PartnersMonster Energy
Twitch
GG.Bet
Websitehttps://thealliance.gg/

In December 2016, the organisation announced that it had become player-owned[3] after parting with its parent organisation, GoodGame agency which was owned by Amazon through its subsidiary Twitch. The Dota 2 team won The International 2013, then the largest single prize money payout in esports history. The League of Legends team is one of the four teams that won a season of European League of Legends Championship Series with Fnatic, G2 Esports and Mad Lions.

History

The organization was founded in April 2013, picking up the Dota 2 team No Tidehunter as well as StarCraft II player Naniwa.[4]

The organization expanded into League of Legends in December 2013, which competed in European League of Legends Championship Series.[5] They entered Super Smash Bros. in November 2014 with the signing of Armada, a Fox and Peach player.[6]

Alliance left StarCraft II in July 2014 with the release of their last player, SortOf.[7] The League of Legends team was rebranded as Elements in January 2015[8] due to the team ownership rules in the League of Legends Championship Series preventing GoodGame Agency from owning multiple teams.

On 12 December 2016, Twitch spun Evil Geniuses and Alliance into player-owned organizations.[9] According to Alliance member Jonathan Berg, all original members in addition to Armada got a percentage of the company.[1]

Dota 2
Then player, now manager Loda at ESL One Frankfurt 2014

A few months after being picked up by Alliance, the Dota 2 team won The International 2013, defeating former TI champions Natus Vincere in the grand finals 3–2. The team finished the group stages with a perfect 14–0 record, and only lost 3 games throughout the whole tournament (losing 1 game to Team DK, and the aforementioned 2 games to Na'Vi).

At The International 2014, the defending champions failed to make it out of the group stages, finishing tied for 11th place with a 6–9 record. After the tournament, their long stable roster fell apart, with the departure of Gustav "s4" Magnusson, Henrik "AdmiralBulldog" Ahnberg, and Jerry "EGM" Lundkvist.

While Starladder i-League is ongoing, Alliance announce the departure of MyNuts and use Kebap as a Standin for their series against Virtus.Pro[10]

The team welcomes their previous teammate EGM back to Alliance[11]

They would go on to win both WCA,[12] the biggest prize pool event that was not directed by Valve,[13] beating LGD in a best of 5; with a score of 3–2.[14] Following this they went to Starladder almost missing the tournament due to weather complications.[15] Despite a rocky start the team beat out TI reigning champions Evil Geniuses 2–0 in a best of three in the final.[16] After their back to back victories at lans[17] the team decided to drop out of the upcoming tournaments and focus on the Shanghai Major.[18]

The team split up after the sixth rendition of the International, which resulted in AdmiralBulldog retiring to pursue streaming full-time, and Akke retiring to pursue a career in programing and S4 joining OG. S4 went on to win the Boston Major[19] and the Kiev major, after leaving Alliance for OG.

The post TI6-shuffle squad featured former Ninjas in Pajamas players Limmp, Handsken and Jonassomfan as well as Loda and EGM. This squad had mediocre success failing to qualify for any major events during the TI6-TI7 season; ultimately leading to EGM being kicked on the last day of the "Drop period" before TI7 rosters had to be locked. They picked up Pablo as his replacement.[20] After The International 2017, for which Alliance did not qualify, the team announced that they would part ways with its players Simon “Handsken” Haag, Linus “Limmp” Blomdin and Jonas “jonassomfan” Lindholm.[21]

League of Legends
See also: Elements (League of Legends)

The team formed in December 2013, and were granted the spot vacated by Evil Geniuses in the European League of Legends Championship Series due to Evil Geniuses moving to the North American LCS.

2014

In the Spring Split, Alliance finished 3rd in the regular season with a 16–12 record, behind SK Gaming and Fnatic. Alliance mid-laner Froggen was voted as the MVP of the Spring Split with 28% of the vote.[22] In the playoffs, they finished 4th, losing to Fnatic in the semifinals 2–1, then lost to ROCCAT 2–0 in the 3rd place game.[23]

In the Summer Split, Alliance topped the regular season standings with a 21–7 record.[24] They then won the playoffs with a 3–1 over Fnatic in the finals, giving the team a spot in the 2014 League of Legends World Championship. At the World Championship, Alliance finished 3rd in their group, failing to advance to the knockout stage. The team was upset by Brazilian team KaBuM! e-Sports, which denied them a chance to play in a tiebreaker for a chance to progress to the knockout stage.

Alliance at DreamHack Summer 2015

The team picked up Martin "Rekkles" Larsson on 24 November 2014.[25] After a Riot Games rules change concerning sponsorship, Alliance LoL left the organization and rebranded itself as Elements.[26]

2015

Elements went 7–11 in the EU Spring LCS regular season to finish 7th, failing to make the playoffs.[27]

They later changed four of the players on the roster revealed on their Facebook and Twitter.[28]

Roster

Dota 2
Alliance roster
PlayersCoaches
Role Handle Name Nationality
Safe Lane  Nikobaby  Nikolov, Nikolay   Bulgaria 
Mid Lane  W33  Omar, Aliwi   Romania 
Offlane  symetricaL  Lin, Moiez   United Kingdom 
Support  Aramis  Moroz, Adam   Israel 
Support  CTOMAHEH1  Kalchev, Nikolay   Bulgaria 
Head coach

Loda

Legend
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (C) Team captain
  • Substitute
  • Injury / Illness

Latest roster transaction: 4 December 2021.

Trackmania
ID Name Nationality
Spammiej Tim Lunenburg  Netherlands
SinasApple Jur Kroeze  Netherlands

Apex Legends
ID Name Nationality
hakis John Håkansson  Sweden
Vaifs Simon Bellini  Sweden
Yuki Ming-Liang Oscar Jiang  United Kingdom

Super Smash Bros. Melee
ID Name Join date
Armada Adam Lindgren 6 November 2014 (retired) [29]
Android Andreas Lindgren 5 October 2016[30]

Fortnite
ID Name Join date
Powder Harald Gimre 11 August 2018[31]
Tickeling Gustav Hogland

Organization

Management
Alias Name
Loda Jonathan Berg
Kellymilkies Kelly Ong
AdmiralBulldog Henrik Ahnberg
Ombaq Pontus Bengtsson
Kevato Kevin Lindgren

References
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  2. "Divisions & Players". thealliance.gg. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
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  6. Barker, Ian J. "Alliance signs Smash powerhouse Armada". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  7. Bergman, Rickard (31 July 2014). "@DrAeromi yes". Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  8. "Elements". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  9. Wolf, Jacob. "Evil Geniuses and Alliance become player-owned organizations". ESPN. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  10. "Nuts Departs from Alliance". thealliance.gg. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  11. "EGM joins Alliance". thealliance.gg. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  14. http://www.gosugamers.net/dota2/...wca.../95458-alliance-vs-lgd
  15. "Power Rangers replace Alliance at SL i-League LAN Finals". Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  16. "Alliance defeat Evil Geniuses 2-0, win SL i-League". Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  17. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. "Alliance replaced by Tornado RoX in Dota Pit Season 4 EU Qualifier". Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  19. "Boston Major: OG triumphant in third Major title". Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  20. "Alliance". thealliance.gg. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  21. "Alliance". thealliance.gg. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  22. Fields, Frank 'Riot Mirhi' (16 April 2014). "LCS MVP and All League Team". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  23. Lingle, Samuel (16 April 2014). "Fnatic top Alliance, seal third consecutive finals appearance". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  24. Lingle, Samuel (15 August 2014). "Alliance are going to Worlds". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  25. Lingle, Samuel (24 November 2014). "It's official: Rekkles joins Alliance". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  26. Lingle, Samuel (8 January 2015). "By their powers combined, Alliance is now Elements". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  27. Arran (28 March 2015). "EU LCS Spring W9: Elements Fail to Qualify for Playoffs". News of Legends. Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  28. Elements (13 May 2015). "Element's Facebook post". Facebook.
  29. "Armada joins Alliance". armada.thealliance.gg. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  30. Chen, James. "Alliance Now Sponsors the Literal Smash Brothers". PVP Live. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
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