ROOT Gaming

Info

ROOT Gaming
United States
Created:
Team Information
Captain:
Coach(es):
Manager(s):	Max "Hotaruz" Bateman Alex "Statick" Gilbert
Sponsor(s):	Twitch.tv Das Keyboard AVerMedia MYGAMER.INFO
Links
Website:	http://root-gaming.com/
Facebook:	ROOTGaming
Twitter:	ROOT4ROOT

ROOT Gaming is a professional gaming organization based in the United States.

Trivia

• Root was the first team to use Gyrocopter as a carry in competitive play. Often rushing a naked Divine Rapier, Root managed to qualify for Thor Open 2012 with this surprising pick. The hero quickly became a staple in the competitive scene.

Videos

2012

• 2012-03-08: ROOT Gaming picks up their first Dota 2 team.

2014

• 2014-07-06: The team is reformed, picking up Urn Real Tangoes.

2015

• 2015-02-21: The team disbands.

• 2015-03-04: ROOT Gaming picks up Thundercats!.

• 2015-03-29: The roster is finished when FLUFFNSTUFF joins the team.

• 2015-04-20: DK leaves the team and is replaced with TC.

• 2015-05-08: guanzo leaves the team and is replaced with Moo Moo Background Information Name: David William Hull Date of birth: 09 Nov 1995 (age 21) Country: United States Team: compLexity Role: Carry, Offlaner Signature Heroes: Links DOTABUFF: 84429681 Twitch: moodota2 Twitter: moodota2 History Dota 2: 2015-05-08 .

• 2015-08-23: FLUFFNSTUFF and Moo Moo Background Information Name: David William Hull Date of birth: 09 Nov 1995 (age 21) Country: United States Team: compLexity Role: Carry, Offlaner Signature Heroes: Links DOTABUFF: 84429681 Twitch: moodota2 Twitter: moodota2 History Dota 2: 2015-05-08 leave the team to join Team FIRE Team FIRE United States Created: 2014-12-20 Disbanded: 2017-05-07 Team Information Captain: Brian "FLUFFNSTUFF" Lee Coach(es): Links Website: Facebook: TeamFireEsports Twitter: FireEsports datdota: 2059672 DOTABUFF: 2059672 Team FIRE is an American professional Dota 2 team created .

• 2015-08-24: TC leaves the team to join Digital Chaos Digital Chaos United States Created: 2015-08-24 Team Information Captain: Kanishka "BuLba" Sosale Coach(es): William "Blitz" Lee Manager(s): Nikki "Sajedene" Elise Sponsor(s): 100TB Private Internet Access AlphaDraft Steelseries LootMarket.com Links Website: Digital Chaos Facebook: digitalchaosgg Twitter: .

• 2015-09-02: ROOT`s new squad is announced, consisting of Wagamama Wagamama Background Information Name: Wagamama Country: Sweden Role: Carry, Midlaner Signature Heroes: Links History Niklas "Wagamama" Högström is a Swedish professional Dota 2 player. He started his DotA career back in 2004 and transitioned into , xuan, DurpDurp and jaH, with only monkeys-forever remaining from the previous squad.

Roster

	ID	Name	Position	Join Date
	Wagamama Wagamama Background Information Name: Wagamama Country: Sweden Role: Carry, Midlaner Signature Heroes: Links History Niklas "Wagamama" Högström is a Swedish professional Dota 2 player. He started his DotA career back in 2004 and transitioned into	Niklas H⸣⸖gstr⸣⸖m	1	2015-09-02
	monkeys-forever	Jaron Clinton	2	2015-03-04
	xuan	Yixuan Guo	3	2015-09-02
	DurpDurp	Erik Bamboo	1	2015-09-02
	jaH	Matthew Penaroza	1	2015-09-02

Former Players

	ID	Name	Position	Join Date	Leave Date
	Fun	Jason Teodosio	4	2015-03-04	2015-08-25
	TC	Tyler Cook	2	2015-04-20	2015-08-24
	Moo Moo Background Information Name: David William Hull Date of birth: 09 Nov 1995 (age 21) Country: United States Team: compLexity Role: Carry, Offlaner Signature Heroes: Links DOTABUFF: 84429681 Twitch: moodota2 Twitter: moodota2 History Dota 2: 2015-05-08	David Hull	3	2015-05-08	2015-08-23
	FLUFFNSTUFF	Brian Lee	5	2015-03-29	2015-08-23
	guanzo	Eric Guan	3	2015-03-29	2015-05-08
	DK	Edwin Ardaya	2	2015-03-29	2015-04-20

Achievements

2015
Date	Place	Event	Opponent		Winnings
2015-07-19	A11st	BTS Americas BTS Americas United States Start Date 27 Jun. 2015 End Date 19 Jul. 2015 Teams 16 Version 6.84c Prize Pool US$10,000 BTS Americas is the first regional tournament hosted by American tournament organization Beyond the	3⃂: 1	Champions of Summer`s Rift Champions of Summer s Rift United States Created: 2015-02-20 Team Information Captain: Bryant "whiteBeard" Lehwald Coach(es): Links Website: Champions of Summer s Rift is a professional Dota 2 team based in the United States. Contents 1 History	$4,500

2013
Date	Place	Event	Opponent		Winnings
2013-06-30	A22nd	Dota 2 Canada Cup Dota 2 Canada Cup Online Start Date 15 Jun. 2013 End Date 30 Jun. 2013 Teams 16 Version 6.78 Prize Pool $750 USD Website Link Dota 2 Canada Cup Rarity: Common Buy Now on Market	2⃂: 3	Denial eSports Denial eSports United States Created: Jun. 25, 2013 Team Information Captain: Coach(es): Manager(s): Joe Eastham Sponsor(s): MicroCenterWebrootPolarisGameVox Links Website: http://www.denialesports.com/ Facebook: OfficialDenialEsports Twitter: DenialDota Contents 1 History 2 Current Roster 3 Achievements 3.1 Dota 2	$250

Overview

ROOT Gaming is a North American multigaming organization with a North American Dota 2 team.

ROOT was originally formed on March 22, 2010, but was acquired by compLexity Gaming on June 11, 2011. CatZ and Drewbie reformed ROOT on May 15, 2012, and their first Dota 2 Team was announced on May 18. After a few months without hearing anything from the team, ROOT announced a new team with several of their previous players on October 20. On July 6th, 2014, ROOT announced the acquisition of a new squad, the team formerly known as Urn Real Tangoes. After the previous team disbanded, ROOT announced the acquisition of the team formerly known as The ThunderCats! on March 4th, 2015. On August 23rd Moo and FLUFFNSTUFF were confirmed as primary members of FIRE in the Dota 2 Fall Major Registration list. On August 24th TC was announced as a member of Digital Chaos. On September 2nd, ROOT`s new squad registered for the majors. On October 8, 2015, Team Archon announced that they were acquiring monkeys-forever

Former

Team Achievements