Underground Gaming
| File:Underground Gaming Logo 2020.png | |
| Short name | Underground, UGG |
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| Founded | November 15, 2018 |
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| Colors | |
| Owners | See list
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| CEO | Khaled Sadeq |
| Partners |
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Underground Gaming is a professional esports [1] and entertainment organization headquartered in Kuwait City, Kuwait. Founded on November 15th, 2018. The organization started works in mid 2019 organizing tournaments across the country in hopes to put the organizations name to be recognized and recruit players. The team currently has players in Call of Duty, FIFA, Super Smash Bros. and Tekken.
History[edit]
As one of the first major Esport teams to be established in the country. The team was founded by Khaled Sadeq and Bader Al-Fahad on November 15th, 2018 and took off on the social platform Instagram 9 days later [2]. Along with the co-founders, 8 other members later joined instantly with major roles. Being the last member to join So far, Mohammed Abdulreda joined the team in late last September 2019. The team started playing in mid 2019 first helping organize a smash tournament and winning 3rd place along side the accolades of having top players in For Honor. Later in October 2019, launching their FIFA Pro clubs team to compete in that game mode. At the end of 2019 they launched their youtube channel but yet to have any content uploaded as of today, along side having annual Player awards [3].
2020 saw the team focusing more on developing the organization and working on projects for gamers and future content creators, not just players [4]. As support of helping people to stay at home during COVID-19 the team announced an online tournament the Underground Pro Clubs Cup and invitational FIFA Pro clubs tournament and announce it will be an annual tournament. On April 28th, 2020 the announcement was made that a new logo was in development with Spanish graphic designer AngryMoi. while on May 15 they launched their main YouTube channel[5], later revealed alongside the new logo on May 24th, 2020[6].
Colors and logos[edit]
At the beginning, The Team inaugurated with the Red and Black Colors with white accents. The team jersey has black as the primary color and red as the secondary color. The first time the logo changed was on May 28th of 2020 with the new logo revealed on their first video on YouTube[7].
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2018–20
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2020–present
Achievements and Honors[edit]
FIFA[edit]
Domestic[edit]
- Q8C Pro Clubs Premier League 2019–20[8]
- Q8C Pro Clubs Cup: 1
- 2019–20[9]
- Q8C Pro Clubs Super Cup: 1
- 2020 [10]
- Q8C Ramadan Invitational: 0
- (Runner-up): 1
- 2020
Super Smash Bros.[edit]
- Super Smash bros. Summer League: 2
- 2019, 2020
| Year | Placement | Player | Prize | Character(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
June 11–23, 2019
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1st
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 Khaled Sadeq (shadow)
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$30 | Lucario, Sonic | |
May 15–16, 2020
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1st
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Ali Al-Arrak (Mr.Ali)
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$30 | Kirby | [11] |
- Kuwait Comic Con Smash Bros. Tournament: 2
| Year | Placement | Type | Player | Prize | Character(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 31, 2020
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1st
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Knock-out | Ali Al-Arrak (Mr.Ali)
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$350 | Kirby | [12] |
February 1, 2020
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1st
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Survival | Ali Al-Arrak (Mr.Ali)
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$50 | Kirby | [13] |
Tournament Results[edit]
Results of Tournaments participated placing from second place and below.
FIFA[edit]
| Year | Placement | Tournament | Prize | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 3rd
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VFU Pro Clubs Pro Cup | $30 | [14] |
| 2019-20 | 4th
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VFU Pro Clubs Gulf League | $10 | [15] |
| 2019-20 | 3rd
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Underground Pro Clubs Cup | $0 | [16] |
| 2019-20 | 3rd
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Q8C League Cup | $0 | [17] |
| 2020 | 2nd
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Q8C Ramadan Invitational | $10 | [18] |
Super Smash bros.[edit]
| Year | Placement | Player(s) | Tournament | Prize | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 11,2019 | 3rd
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Khaled Sadeq & Salem Rajab
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Smash Heat Cup | $40 | [19] |
| September 25, 2019 | Top 4
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Yousef Al-Dulaimi (Windu)
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PlamoCon Kuwait | $20 | |
| May 7-10, 2020 | 2nd
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Ali Al-Arrak (Mr.Ali)
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Comic Con Kuwait | $20 | [20][21] |
Roster & Personnel[edit]
Management[edit]
| Nat. | Alias/ID | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
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Shadow | Khaled Sadeq | Co-Founder, CEO |
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Sharbka | Hussain Al-Qallaf | Vice President |
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GhostChase | Bader Al-Fahad | Co-Founder, Head of Media |
Super Smash bros.[edit]
| Nat. | Alias/ID | Name | Date Joined |
|---|---|---|---|
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Mr. Ali | Ali Al-Arrak | 20 January 2020 |
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Windu | Yousef Al-Dulaimi | 24 September 2019 |
Tournaments & Events[edit]
- Super Smash Underground Open :
An annual Super Smash Bros. event organized by Underground Gaming, first agreed upon after helping to organize multiple Smash events across the summer of 2019. The first event was held on August 27th, 2019.
- Underground Pro Clubs Cup :
An annual FIFA Pro Clubs online tournament held by Underground Gaming, first announced on March 15th, 2020 in terms with the vision of persuading people to stay at home with COVID-19 that happened that same year.
Sponsorships & Partners[edit]
- Q8 Collecitbles: A toy and collectibles online businesses, first announced on June 2 2019 by both parties on social media platforms [22][23]. Following sponsoring Events and organizing along the team.
References[edit]
- ↑ https://play.eslgaming.com/team/15205157/
- ↑ "Underground Gaming Launch Instagram". Instagram.com. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ "Tekken Tournament Instagram". Instagram.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ "Announce Award". Twitter.com. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjXIWDU5IRv0DhCBJbL4Cng?view_as=subscriber
- ↑ "@nd logo". Underground Gaming Youtube. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ↑ "@nd logo". Underground Gaming Youtube. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ↑ https://challonge.com/n6s0b4m6/standings
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B9cstmWhQiQ/?igshid=1v2y84ar58n8i
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B92XN-9hcgC/
- ↑ "Summer League Winner". Challonge.com. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B8LoUmCnsGJ/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B8LoUmCnsGJ/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B68DVvMHFT7/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B_-k7yAn8Qx/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B-FIe_IHwq1/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B-xk8WDhXyT/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CAYzy8HBsqv/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz0eWONFmjM/
- ↑ "Runner-up CCK". Underground Gaming. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ↑ "Runner-up CCK". Comic Con Kuwait. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ↑ "Q8 Collectibles announcement". Q8 Collectibles. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ↑ "Underground Gaming Announcement". Instagram.com. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
External links[edit]
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