2015

2015 (MMXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (dominical letter D) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2015th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 15th year of the 3rd millennium, the 15th year of the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2010s decade.

2015 was designated as:

Events

January

Electronic Sports World Cup

The Electronic Sports World Cup (ESWC) is an international professional gaming championship. Every year, winners of national qualifier events around the world earn the right to represent their country in the ESWC Finals. The event has been praised for its organisation and ability to put on a good show for spectators.

The ESWC was originally created by a French company, Ligarena, that had previously hosted smaller Local Area Network (LAN) events in France under the name of LAN Arena. In 2003, Ligarena decided to do something on a larger scale and the ESWC was born. In 2005, Ligarena became Games-Services. In 2009, ESWC was bought by another French company, Games-Solution, which became the owner of the brand. In 2012, Oxent, an agency specialising in electronic sports, acquired the ESWC.

The grand finals and masters of ESWC have had a total prize purse of €1,721,000 between 2003 and 2010.

Overview

The first Electronic Sports World Cup was held in 2003 with a total of 358 participants from 37 countries and a prize purse of €150.000. To participate in the tournament, competitors had to place in their country's national qualifier. By 2006, the event had grown to 547 qualified participants from 53 countries and had a prize purse of $400,000 US. The event also featured the first competition with a game specifically made for it: TrackMania Nations.

OpTic Gaming

OpTic Gaming, LLC., also referred to as the The Green Wall, is a professional American eSports team and competitive gaming company. OpTic currently has teams playing Call of Duty, Halo, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. It was founded in 2006 by Ryan "OpTic J" Musselman and "OpTic KR3W". The company is owned by Hector "H3CZ" Rodriguez and co-owned by Matt "NaDeSHoT" Haag. The team is coached by Will "BigTymeR" Johnson. OpTic Gaming is the most known Call of Duty eSports team currently ahead of 2nd place FaZe Black. OpTic Gaming are two time X Games champions, winning in 2014 and 2015 respectively. On 3 December 2015, OpTic Gaming won the Best ESports Team of the Year at The Game Awards 2015.

History

Beginnings

In 2006 Hector "HECZ" Rodriguez developed OpTic Gaming. The team played Call of Duty 2 for the Xbox 360.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009-2010 season)

OpTic took 8th in the Online Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 National Championships before placing 4th at the MLG National Championships 2010 and picking up $500 before the start of the next Call of Duty: Black Ops season.