Immortals acquires OpTic's parent company; looks to divest Danish CS:GO team

12-6-2019 15:53

Immortals Gaming Club (IGC) has announced the acquisition of Infinite Esports & Entertainment, the parent company of OpTic Gaming, leaving the future of the Danish CS:GO squad up in the air.

The deal, described by the IGC as "the largest change of control transaction in esports history," further expands the company's portfolio, which now encompasses four competitive brands: OpTic, MIBR, LA Valiant, and Immortals.

OpTic's Call of Duty World League team and League of Legends franchise will switch hands to the IGC, while the Overwatch League's Houston Outlaws franchise will be managed on an interim basis "as a distinct entity with its own dedicated staff, pending the sale of the franchise to a third party."

The future of the Danish team is up in the air

With the IGC already competing in CS:GO through MIBR, the company "will divest OpTic’s CS:GO team", who are currently ranked 33rd in the world.

The decision was widely expected as OpTic and MIBR would not be able to compete simultaneously in a number of premier events, including the Majors, due to the rules surrounding multiple team ownership.

On Twitter, Immortals Vice President Tomi "⁠lurppis⁠" Kovanen wrote that the company wants "to find the OpTic CS:GO team a new home as soon as we can", and is already in touch with Valve regarding the qualifiers for the StarLadder Major. OpTic are currently competing in the closed qualifier for the Europe Minor and will secure entry into the event if they beat Sprout later on Wednesday.

OpTic have had a Danish-majority line-up since February 2018, with Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke being the only player who still remains from that team. Since the start of the month, René "⁠TeSeS⁠" Madsen has been acting as a stand-in for the team, replacing Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer, though an official announcement is yet to be made by the organisation.

OpTic currently have:

Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke
Ismail "⁠refrezh⁠" Ali
Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen
Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen
Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer
René "⁠TeSeS⁠" Madsen (stand-in)

Casper "⁠ruggah⁠" Due (coach)

Ok this is huge. Optic has more potential than mibr, i don't understand this... If you can't beat them, buy them.

2019-06-12 15:59

32 replies

F16

2019-06-12 15:54

12 replies

Immortals rich af WTF

2019-06-12 15:56

11 replies

why thank you my frend all my money comes from my extreme amounts of talent and experience working in the HLTV field

2019-06-12 15:57

9 replies

expected

2019-06-12 16:08

7 replies

This is great news. Finally MSL is retiring.

2019-06-12 16:24

6 replies

Immortals made a good amount of money selling the immortals cs:go team to 100thieves, that didn't even get to play an official match lol

2019-06-12 17:15

5 replies

Ez scam

2019-06-12 18:02

wish m16r was as smart as immortal, they should disband soon

2019-06-12 22:04

3 replies

Mibr is immortals

2019-06-12 22:14

2 replies

Then maybe i shud disband my brain ;(

2019-06-12 22:35

1 reply

said something smart for once

2019-06-14 01:27

Tru

i will buy optic roster ez

2019-06-13 03:45

+1111

4 replies

ez team for colzera, fallen, konfig, niko, fer

2019-06-12 16:11

-fer +taco support too many aggressors otherwise

2019-06-12 16:13

TACO haha

2019-06-12 17:24

You think they have better supports on the Danish roster?

2019-06-13 04:19

You mean "buy them"

2019-06-12 15:58

Thank you men this almost got awkward.

"will **divest** OpTic’s CS:GO team"

Optic to denial

2019-06-12 16:25

Furia > OpTic > FaZe

2019-06-12 16:55

ohh fck off u fckn crap shitting everywhere mf

2019-06-19 08:46

when u talk about potential... what do you mean? mibr top10 optic never ever top30? :D

2019-06-12 17:56

HAHHAHHHAHAHHAA Optic has more potential than mibr. What a joke

2019-06-12 18:06

To be fair mibr will always give you more money than optic, and it's a bigger investment when we talk about csgo, this buyout is about other games, it's unfortunate that it lets this optic gaming orgless.

2019-06-12 18:09

they arrive in semis finals of major are always in tournament tier one always do not compare a rest of a team with mibr the moment of them to bad but history has to respect this is a joke?

2019-06-12 18:17

>OpTic >potential pick one

2019-06-12 19:54

OpTiCs potential is a fucking meme at this point

2019-06-13 10:16

2019-06-15 06:37

Rip

lel

rip

this was leaked ages ago btw

There is difference between negotiations and actual done deal, btw.

Are you dumb? Immortals were in talks with Infinite and it wasn't even leaked. Today it was announced that they actually signed the deal

2019-06-12 18:50

if u didnt see it before doesnt mean it wasnt leaked lmao shut up poor greece

2019-06-12 18:53

Bruh, you have Nepal... and also it wasnt leaked. ESPN posted an article about rumors for this deal. Then Hecz adressed it on his yt channel.

2019-06-12 21:36

It's not leaked if one of the parties involved literally tell you that they're in negotiations

2019-06-13 04:22

Wtf

neat

Shit rip Hector

salamanca

2019-06-12 15:55

2019-06-12 16:05

RIP? Hecz wouldn’t have even dreamed of doing this if there wasn’t a 6 figure payout involved lol

2019-06-12 19:52

I thought he had already sold the company

2019-06-12 21:26

fuck knows i haven't followed OpTic in years

2019-06-12 23:07

wow

WUT

MORE Danish csgo?

this optic team will lose to sprout today LULULUL

they are not playing against heroic though

i'm sorry :D fixed it

*sprout

thank you very much my friend fixed it)

2019-06-12 16:00

Tier 47 players.

OK MEN

🦀🦀OPTIC IS GONE🦀🦀

optic was doing good

I thought that OpTic was it's own company lmao

they were bought 2 years ago

rip optic

Buying a team and disbanding them to give your shitty team less competition k brah...

Immortals probably made this transaction thinking in other games, not CSGO. Optic is strong in COD, and have a spot in League of Legends LCS, and Overwatch League.

2019-06-12 16:14

2019-06-12 17:04

Yeah, and especially with LCS and OWL being franchise leagues and CS GO being more results driven tournament appearances I can see why the deal went the way it did :()

2019-06-12 18:04

they already own the LA Valiant a owl team its the same deal as the cs team aswell cant own two so its just the lcs spot cod and gow

2019-06-12 23:08

They didn't just buy the csgo team, they bought the whole org. Also rules prevent them from having two teams so they have no choice other than selling it.

2019-06-12 16:16

yeah, thats definetly the reason *facepalm*

2019-06-12 16:50

They even said they try to find a new home vor the players so that they can still play as steam together, but I think half the people here didn’t even read half the article

2019-06-12 17:06

LOOOL OPTIC BETTER THAN MIBR

2019-06-12 21:02

> implying OpTiC is competition for anyone in the top 20

2019-06-13 10:48

rip kng is coming to kill everyone

Lmao

2019-06-12 16:39

Wow

Bye bye MiBR, the boss doesn't want more you

lol what?

2019-06-12 16:07

??? (Reply needs to have actual content)

2019-06-12 16:35

This is an international memepit, pls ingles

2019-06-12 16:47

2019-06-12 19:13

lmao

2019-06-12 23:59

2019-06-14 02:07

disgusting development.

they will go to TSM, perfect chance for them to get into CS

TSM with Danish teams. That brings back memories.....

2019-06-12 16:03

wow +1

2019-06-12 16:36

TSM doesnt won’t pick up a tier 5 team

nt Burger

2019-06-12 20:08

lol they better do pick them up cuz the roster they have now is sheit

2019-06-12 22:03

they even cant practice with roster more then 1 month. they always pick new players

PRESS F

RIP

TSM signing this team maybe?

Heretics maybe

Keep optic cs go sell MIBR so KNGV can finally replace felps

I wanted a lot, but kNg can not enter the USA

2019-06-12 20:49

Time to buy some sticker

2019-06-12 16:04

that's unfortunate. hopefully they find a new org

2 slowly diein teams.

TSM incoming

2019-06-12 16:10

who tf is teses xDD

Standin for Snappi. Teses is actually OK imo, hes only been on T4 teams, now hes doing OK vs T1-T3 teams, obv its a HUGE step to go from T4 to T3-T2 CS in just a few weeks. But, i bet if he gets a good squad with a good IGL he could do alright.

2019-06-12 16:38

So will sticker price go up now???

EUnited will buy them soon anyways

They just gonna make a new team

Good. k0nfig and MSL are the two biggest c u next Tuesdays around.

2019-06-12 16:17

2 bad teams they own

2019-06-12 16:22

Thats why they will boot the Danish squad & add another squad? lol

just keep OpTic roster lol

2019-06-12 16:23

Optic is definitely more marketable than MIBR. One is on the down slope and will become independent soon. Fallen and investors has enough capital to run his own ORG. Optic has a huge market, a lot of changes are coming. Optic is just a stepping stone.

2019-06-12 16:34

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optic is dead kid

2019-06-12 16:41

this might be the dumbest thing I've read in a while

optic cod fanboy detected LUL

haHAA

Optic is only big in CoD

2019-06-12 16:48

optic is big in cod and content . 100t and faze are bigger when it comes to content but that doesn't mean optic isn't big compared to other esports teams. optic literally carries an esport (cod) too

that’s what i just said lol

2019-06-12 16:59

you said cod but content reaches more people than esports does

2019-06-12 17:10

You underestimate the amount of brazilian CSGO fans who love the mibr brand. mibr > OpTic in the CS world.

2019-06-12 18:34

2019-06-12 20:56

Noah Whinston is back and gonna rekt the scene again

noah winston isn't involved in IMT anymore

2019-06-12 16:46

Wut? He left his own org?

2019-06-12 18:37

he has no say in any of the decisions. this is well documented

2019-06-13 17:42

I think dead said they couldn't get kng because of him

2019-06-16 08:00

yes he is, hes just not the CEO anymore

2019-06-13 12:41

noah be flexin wtf

2019-06-12 16:37

Noah was kicked a while ago

2019-06-12 19:27

coming soon: Noah turns Immortals as most rich organization

2019-06-12 16:43

Richard Lewis has some good videos on this topic.

rebrand mibr as optic

KEK

Well done lurppis.. That player with his brother who change the cs1.6 (finish) scene with hoorai and the only one ROCCAT team. Now rocking cs business.. Congrats old fellas from 1.6..

i will buy them for $1

2019-06-12 16:52

Would be awesome if optics csgo line-up would be signed by tsm

2019-06-12 17:03

2015 pogg

Please someone buy mibr and disband them after this

Lets make Clash for Life M16R vs OpTic loser disbanding

2019-06-12 17:12

The best idea

2019-06-12 20:16

2019-06-13 00:54

This should have been the team 100 Thieves bought.

Wasted money. They should buy more BR teams.

2019-06-12 17:18

They can't compete together...what a sad news :(

So the optic brand will never be able to rejoin csgo.... kinda sad

optic stickers hype!!! 😎💯😎💯

2019-06-13 00:01

So looks like MSL and Niko should have stayed with Rogue!

2019-06-12 17:22

hehe

2019-06-12 17:27

2019-06-12 17:37

Nice. Most unstable team since the dawn of the First Men

2019-06-12 17:44

TSM can sign them

SK.dk v2 Pog

2019-06-12 18:00

optic sucked anyway so no loss

2019-06-12 18:18

? optic have more of a future than mibr.....

2019-06-12 20:39

mibr > botpic

2019-06-13 18:03

shows how much you know SMDH

2019-06-13 18:18

not a massive loss anyways, k0nfig becomes more and more washed up every time i hear his name, his own fault for being such a whining baby

2019-06-12 18:20

how to defeat your opponents? just buy the opposition teams LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL 4HEad

2019-06-12 18:32

brazilian IQ

TSM SK LGB

fuck these brazilians my god. THEY HAD TO BUY A FULL TEAM JUST TO BE IN OVERWATCH LEAGUE HOW FUCKING PATHETIC, ONE OF THE SO MANY REASON PPL HATE BRAZILIANS

They are already in OWL. They aren't Brazilian. This is for an LCS spot and the largest CoD esports brand in the world. An LCS spot as an aside is what has made teams like C9, Liquid and TSM the highest valued organizations in the world.

2019-06-12 20:44

so gay they have to buy a whole fucking org just so there trash asses make a cod league... cod is one of the least watched esports so enjoy that mr steel

2019-06-12 20:46

And an LCS spot. Which has made Cloud 9, TSM and Liquid the most valuable properties in esports. TSM literally the only esports organization in the world that is cash flow positive and C9 and Liquid aren't far behind.

2019-06-12 20:47

IGC didn't made any mistakes on this one. The players of OpTic prob have very expensive contracts and won't be able to play the tournments they're in because of the same ownership rule. So the players will be in an urge to get a new ORG and some ORG definitelly will pick them... Like, they have a very good team and can be in the next major, so IGC will sell them at a high price

2019-06-12 21:03