National Pride: The Israelis who did it in e-sports

All the players who grew up here in Israel, play in the Diaspora and have achieved achievements in the top leagues of FIFA, Counter Strike, Overwatch, Dota 2 and League of Legends around the world

Yoav Agent

20/05/2022

Friday, May 20, 2022, 20:25

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Just this evening he had another major opening event at Counter Strike: Global Offensive, one of the biggest e-sports events of the year.

This is the highlight of the season, a large and prestigious competition run in collaboration with the game's developer, Valve.

The majors this year mark many things: the uncompromising growth of the veteran game as a sport, the return to mega-events in stadiums after the tough Corona period, and, for the first time, an Israeli competitive player in the playoffs as part of the ENCE team - one of the most prominent e-sports teams.

Tonight, the player

started leading his team against the world top in Major in Antwerp, Belgium.

Whether he raises the trophy or not, the illegal immigration itself is a historic achievement in the game.

So before the whole action begins, let's recall the beautiful moments and achievements of the Israeli competitive gamers we've had over the years.

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Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi (Photo: Official Website, ESL)

Yossi 'Rubinaldo' Rubin - FIFA

Yossi 'Rubinaldo' Rubin (Photo: Courtesy of the photographers, RuBiNaLDo Facebook page)

Veterans of the competitive players in the country.

Yossi Rubin was one of the first to play and be signed abroad. He was active as a competitive player, mainly between the years 1998-2010. 2005-2006 and also took second place in the Clanbase Eurocup XIII Europe.

Rubinaldo won many titles in Israel and around the world, including fifth place in the IESF World Championship for the first time the tournament took place (the 13th edition took place in 2021 in Israel and aired on the gaming channel, 66 on HOT). Yossi broke through abroad that the industry was still underground and much less popular than today.

His achievements may not have translated into huge awards.

But they have inspired an entire generation of FIFA players, and competitive players in the country to succeed.

Mark 'Adonminus' Introduced - Starcraft 2

Mark injured along with the release of the game Starcraft 2. This was a special time in Israel.

With the release of the game and the establishment of the 'Zergling' community (name of a basic unit in the game).

The game looks like one of the most competitive games in Israel.

With tournaments, international qualifiers, broadcast commentators.

Israel was a hotbed for great players (Osho, Zenobis, Complain and more and more).

But one of them stood out more than the rest - Mark.

Mark was in high school when the game came out, and very quickly reached the highest rankings.

Shortly after graduating from high school, he embarked on a career as a full-time player, qualifying for advanced stages at WCS, the official world championship in acting.

Unlike many others from the period and the game that has faded in the meantime, Mark is still considered an active player.

Mark 'Adonminus' Will Be Influenced (Photo: Official Website, Millennium)

Tel 'FLY' Isaac - DOTA 2

The most successful Israeli competitive gamer of all time.

Tal injured as a player in the interesting period between the decline of DOTA 1 (the DOTA ALLSTARS map in Warcraft 3), and DOTA 2. An interesting period in which many games emerged that competed for the inheritance.

Among them the successful League of Legends, but also games that did not survive the test of time like Heroes of Newerth, which is considered a duplicate of Dota.

There, in fact, Tal began his competitive journey as captain of the FNATIC team, one of the strongest e-sports organizations in the world.

Along with him N0tail, who is also known today as one of the mythological actors.

The two switched from HON to DOTA 2 when the game came out, and Tal left for TEAM Secret.

In 2015 the two reunited to form OG, a new e-sports organization (which today plays in its counter-strike team Shahar ‘Flamez’ Shushan).

The team soon proved to be the strongest in the world and the only one to date to win four majors (from DOTA, a format similar to Counter Strike).

In 2018 Tal left OG and joined Evil Geniuses which are also considered a leading organization and until the beginning of 2022 played there.

Tal did not retire, but is currently on a break of several months until he finds his place (according to an interview conducted with him for ONE ESPORTS last March).

And takes advantage of this time to deepen and activate the global community.

It can be found right now appearing as a talent on ESL ONE STOCKHOLM's commentary desk that will end on May 22nd.

His notable achievements and victories include FRANKFURT MAJOR 2015, THE KIEV MAJOR 2017, THE BOSTON MAJOR 2016, ESL ONE FRANKFURT 2016, MANILA MAJOR 2016 and third place at The International 2018 Championship, and according to the Liquipedia website his personal winnings are estimated at over a million dollars over the years.

Tel 'FLY' Isaac (Photo: Official Website, Evil Geniuses)

Ram 'Brokenshard' Jamal - League of Legends

Ram Jamal is one of the most prominent figures in the League of Legends.

In 2013, with the establishment of the LCS EU, the European League in the game, Ram joined the Dragonborns team under the leadership of SHUSHEI, the MVP and winner of the first World Championship in the game.

together.

The team qualified through the open qualifiers for LCS EU and marked the first and only time to date that an Israeli player has played in this factory.

After several upheavals and personal reasons, Ram moved from the Jungle role in the team to be the coach, and from there left the organization at the end of 2013. Ram moved to almost all the major organizations in the game including Complexity, SK Gaming, Coppenhagen Wolves, G2, SK, H2K DIGNITAS, and more.

As of the end of 2015 Ram has fully moved to the role of coach, coaching many teams in the world leagues.

From 2018 until today he is the coach of the leading club SK GAMING in LoL that plays in LEC, the top European league in the game.

Ram 'Brokenshard' Jamal (Photo: Official Website, SK Gaming)

Roi 'Feldman' Feldman - FIFA

Roi Feldman is one of the most prominent players to leave Israel.

The Israeli star in FIFA who was already marked at the age of 17 as a huge promise in the world of

FIFA.

His in ASTRALIS, the legendary organization from Denmark in 2019, and returned to play in Israel in the Israeli NOM organization in 2012. Feldman continues to train and progress and not a species that avoids concluding that we will hear a lot more about him and see world titles later.

Roi Feldman - The new hope in FIFA? (Photo: Official website, NOM eSports)

Additional mentions

Shahar 'Flamez' Shoshan

- an Israeli counter-strike player who plays for OG today.

OG did not qualify for the major but will play in the BLAST SPRING FINALS which will be broadcast in June on the gaming channel).

Dawn is considered a big promise in the counter-strike scene.

- an Israeli CSGO player who plays for ENDPOINT (where he also played FLAMEZ before moving to OG), Guy NERTZ is considered a player with high individual ability, he has a lot of eyes on him now with the start of his international journey.

- Israeli competitive Overwatch player, when he played for the Israeli national team in 2017, then was signed by the Philadelphia Fusion team in the Overwatch League, the senior league in the game.

The team took second place in the league in its first season.

- Another Israeli Dota 2 player playing in the TUNDRA Esports team, among the achievements are seventh place in the International World Championship in the game, victory in ESL ONE FALL 2021, and second place in ESL ONE BIRMINGHAM 2018.

Josh 'EQO' Corona (Photo: Screenshot, Overwatch League)

The era of 'MagicaL' Vardanian

- a rising Israeli Ukrainian Dota 2 player, among his achievements is a victory in Weplay Reshuffle Madness 2019. Third place in ESL ONE MUMBAI 2019 and second place in MEGAFON WINTER CLASH.

- two Israeli players who teamed up with three Swedish players to create Team Plantronics.

The team won the Dreamhack Open 2016.

- Daniel is one of the few coaches who left Israel in the counter strike, and coaches the American ATK team.

ATK sometimes plays in the biggest leagues and rises in the rankings from year to year.

Daniel also served as a broadcaster at the 2021 Israel E-Sports Championship produced on the gaming channel.

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