Orbit eSport

Orbit eSport
Team has disbanded.
Orbit eSport
Team Information
Org Location	Sweden
Region	EU Europe
Owner(s)	Robbie "Skoal" Meade III
Sponsor(s)	Scuf Gaming ; Arozzi ; ZOWIE ; Elgato Gaming ; Twitch ; Fadecase ; Akquire
History
Created	2013
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History

Humble Beginnings

The original Orbit organization was founded by people that are no longer associated. The organization was completely different back then and their goals were also much different than the goals we have set today. At the time, Orbit was a community organization. The website featured forums for gamers to interact and find others to play with, but there was not a lot of overall structure. Amateur players were recruited to join up, but many went their own way just as easily as they came. Orbit did not sponsor any competitive teams under the name, as most members were simply playing casually. Due to the lack of guidance and structure, the old Orbit eventually faded away. All of this changed in 2012 when Patrik "Gordo" Andersson branched off and created his own brand with Wesley der Hert. The two decided on the name “Team Orbit”, and they had a vision to push the org to the next level and make it something people around the world could recognize as a top contender in eSports.

A New Era

From an idea, a plan of action emerged. Gordo has stated that the overall goal for Team Orbit is to be the absolute best eSports organization in the world. He also wants the players, staff, and fans to feel a sense of community, “I want everyone to know that we do as much as possible for the players, and I want everyone that works for Team Orbit to feel like family. Team Orbit is something we should all feel proud of.” As a new owner with a competitive mindset, Team Orbit was transformed into the organization it is today. Gordo had always been a part of the Call of Duty community, so naturally the first players recruited to compete under the namesake of Team Orbit were top Call of Duty pros. Along with Call of Duty, Team Orbit recruited a top-notch CS:GO team. Team Orbit has also dabbled in the FIFA and League of Legends world as well, but do not currently support any teams.

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

In 2014, Team Orbit en qualified to attend the Call of Duty Championship, the largest tournament of the season. The championship is held every spring on the newest Call of Duty title and features a 1 million dollar prize pool. 32 of the top teams from around the world qualify to attend. At this event, Team Orbit was placed into a group of 4 containing the top team in the world at the time, Complexity. Unfortunately, Orbit was not able to move past the group stage in 2014. 2015 has been a completely different story. At the start of the year, teams around the world began preparing for the Call of Duty Championship. Team Orbit had multiple teams attempting to qualify from Sweden, the United States, and the en. After being invited to the European Regional Qualifiers, Team Orbit Sweden were defeated by Team Finland and did not manage to attend CoD Champs. Over in North America however, a Team Orbit squad consisting of Sinful, TwiZz, Accuracy, and Lawless placed high enough to earn themselves a ticket to Los Angeles and a chance at the money. The team was placed into a pool containing, yet again, the best team in the world at the time (OpTic Gaming), along with two European teams, who Orbit defeated. After a close match with OpTic Gaming, Team Orbit came up short but still made it out of the group stage and into the playoff bracket. After several matches, Orbit finished just shy of making it into the money by losing to Team Kaliber 3-2 in map count. Overall, they placed 9th-12th.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III

Going into Black Ops III, Orbit eSport had picked up an entirely new roster to fulfill their desire of becoming an international organization. This new roster, which resided in the Australia/New Zealand region, consisted of Azzi, Envious, Swiftaz0r, and Nimble. The team started off the new game right as they finished in 3rd Place for both the CWL ANZ Stage 1 Regular Season and the CWL ANZ Stage 1 Playoffs. This is when both Azzi and Envious were released in trade for Bacabec and Zeuss. The updated roster then went on to finish Stage 2 of the CoD World League in 1st Place. However, the team was unable to overcome Mindfreak at the Stage 2 Finals, securing them a 2nd Place finish. The team then earned themselves a spot at the 2016 Call of Duty World Championship, giving them a group that consisted of Team EnVyUs, Cloud9, and Team Vitality. Although they were able to beat the European roster of Team Vitality, Orbit eSport’s efforts were not enough to topple either of the North American powerhouses, placing 17th-32nd overall at the biggest event of the year. Following this poor placement, the team was released on September 19, 2016, which gave Orbit eSport the opportunity to fully venture once more into European Call of Duty.

Timeline

Player Roster

Active

Former

ID	Name	Role	Next Team
Joee	Joseph Pinnington	SMG Slayer	Red Reserve
Rated	Rhys Price	AR Slayer	Red Reserve
Urban	David Marsh	Holding AR	Red Reserve
Zer0	Trei Morris	Slayer	Red Reserve
Swiftaz0r	Kainen Kini	Player	ex-Orbit ANZ
Nimble	Giancarlo Vagnini	Slayer	ex-Orbit ANZ
Bacabec	Nathan Munro-Ireland	Support	ex-Orbit ANZ
Zeuss	Rene Corporal	Anchor	ex-Orbit ANZ
Shukz	Manuel Herbst	Player	None
dReeaLL	Ehsan Javed	AR Support	Wizards e-Sports Club
Logan	Tristan Savelli	Objective	None
GunElite	Massi Safi	Slayer	Team iMPacT
Cosmo	Luca Gauer	Player	Team Divinely
Subsist	Laurens Schuurman	Player	Black Forest Games
Aries	Aries Inglot	Objective	3sUP
Apox	Michael Williams		Most Wanted
CaLiFa	Cameron Joyner	Slayer	3sUP
Baker	Brett Baker	Objective	3sUP
Realize	Derrek Jordan	Slayer	Retired
Saint	Brian Baroska	Support	Meme Team
Aries	Aries Inglot	Objective	Lethal Gaming
Examples	Alex Hartlaub	Objective	Velocity eSports
Lawless	Ryan Lawless	Slayer	3sUP
Pacman	Jonathon Tucker	Support	Question Mark
Whea7s	Jamal Lee	Support	Question Mark
Accuracy	Lamar Abedi	Support	Kinetic Empire
Faccento	Brice Faccento	Slayer	Elevate
Happy	Nick Suda	Slayer	Dream Team
TcM	Teegan McCarthy	Slayer	Lethal Gaming
Crowder	Chris Crowder	Objective	Luminosity Gaming
Burns	Matthew Potthoff	Objective	Rise Nation
TwiZz	Eric Servello	Objective	Strictly Business
SinfuL	Jonathan Baez	Slayer	Strictly Business
RusH	Kelvin Bosman	Slayer	FAB Games eSports
LXT	Brandon McAllister	Slayer	Barrage eSports
Bance	Ben Bance	Objective	Barrage eSports
Urban	David Marsh	Support	Barrage eSports
Huhdle	Joshua Piha	Slayer	Elevate
SiLLY	Justin Fargo-Palmer	Support	Fuse eSports
Lewis	Lewis Walker	Support	Total eCircuit
Reece	Reece Grover	Slayer	Total eCircuit
Ivy	Andrew Ivers	Support	Relapsed eSports
Anticity	Spencer Askins	Support	Automatic Reload
TcM	Teegan McCarthy	Objective	SYNRGY Gaming
FeLo	Tyler Johnson	Slayer	SYNRGY Gaming
Realize	Derrek Jordan	Slayer	Clan Lucky Strike
Stringo	Joey Giammatteo	Objective	iSolation eSports
GodRx	Adam Brown	Objective	iLLmatic Gaming
CrooK	Spencer Hunt	Slayer	iSolation eSports
ChuBBz	Jake Brown	Support	Team SiNister
Swifty	Gethin Davies	Support	Team XENEX
Hawqeh	Billy Harris	Objective	Barrage eSports
Nathan	Nathan Orton	Support	Team XENEX
Triplyt	Lenas Olsson	Slayer	None
Bunny	Silverio Silva	Slayer	Moral Alliance
Stun	Geoffrey Geltman	Objective	WiLD Gaming
Wongy	David Wong	Slayer	None
Jake	Jake Dalton	Slayer	Total eCircuit
Cosmic	Kenny Ngo	Objective	None
BounCe	Connor Mihalyi	Support	None
Jacko	Radamel Jackao	Support	None
Nero	Milos Mladenovic	Slayer	None
DISSE	Robin Olsson	Objective	None
MOUVAA	Mak Poures	Support	Wrecking Gaming
YellowBeanBag	James Swinnerton	Objective	Rift Gaming
Zer0	Trei Morris	Slayer	Aware Gaming
Detain	Jed Mulcahy	Support	Rift Gaming
Annti	Anton Ericsson	Slayer	None
DSWE	David Stahlin	Support	None
NikzeN	Niclas Sjöström	Slayer	None
Robzy		Objective	None
MRTL	Alex Bengtsson	Slayer	None
Jaggy	Stian Kvalvaagnes	Objective	GamersLeague