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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