Winterfox

This article is about the esports organization. For television station for Central Wisconsin's Northern Highland, see WFXS-DT.
Winterfox
Location Chicago (CS:GO)
Founded 2015
Divisions League of Legends, Super Smash Bros, Street Fighter, Halo, Counter-Strike

Winterfox (WFX) is an esports organization with teams competing in Counter-Strike, Super Smash Bros., Street Fighter, Halo, and . The team was founded after the Evil Geniuses LoL team was spun-off from the organization following the creation of a new sponsorship rule for the League of Legends Championship Series, and the team later expanded into other games.[1] Winterfox signed Super Smash Bros. Melee Sheik player DaJuan "Shroomed" Jefferson McDaniel on July 16, 2015.[2] The Winterfox Halo team competes in the Halo Championship Series. Winterfox signed fighting games player Gustavo "801 Strider" Romero to the team on July 15, 2015.[3] In November 2015 Winterfox's CSGO team moved to SteelSeries's headquarters in Chicago, Illinois.[4] The Winterfox LoL team competed in the North American League of Legends Championship Series in for the 2015 Spring NA LCS split before being relegated and eventually disbanding.

Roster

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Halo

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Street Fighter

Former

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

References

  1. ↑ Lingle, Samuel (January 7, 2015). "Meet Winterfox, the team formerly known as Evil Geniuses". The Daily Dot. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ Wolf, Jacob; Hathaway, Michael (July 16, 2015). "Winterfox signs Shroomed". Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  3. ↑ Gonzales, Dennis (July 15, 2015). "Winterfox forays into Ultra Street Fighter 4, picks up 801 Strider". TheScore eSports. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ Iwaniuk, Phil (November 6, 2015). "SteelSeries have moved an e-sports team into their HQ, and don't Winterfox look thrilled about it". PCGamesN. Network N. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  5. ↑ "hades joins Winterfox". Twitter. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Martin, Michael. "Winterfox adds Samurai to its Street Fighter V roster". Yahoo eSports. Retrieved 2016-11-19.

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