Greetings,

Today we're extremely proud to officially announce the title sponsorship of Team Ascension by Sloth E-Sports. In part with the sponsorship, Team Ascension has re-branded to Sloth E-Sports Club and will remain as such for the duration of the relationship.

Those familiar with the semi-pro/pro NA scene know that new support for the community has become increasingly rare over the years. If professional StarCraft is to continue, the infrastructure must exist for new talent to rise. By providing gear, travel assistance, and rewards to players just below the established elite, Sloth E-Sports is demonstrating a unique commitment to the sustainability of the scene. Needless to say, this is an incredible opportunity for players seeking to reach the top. On a broader scale, Sloth has proven itself to be devoted to grassroots organizations across multiple titles by sponsoring teams and LANs around the country, including recent SC2 events like Cheesadelphia 3 & 4.

As mentioned above, Sloth E-Sports Club will now be able to put more resources towards supporting players to regional events. This is especially beneficial with WCS DreamHack events all hosting open brackets. In addition to events, we're also working to create some neat incentive programs to help our players that are actively (or getting into) streaming.

Here are some statements from both management and players:

"As someone who has grown with this team since the day it was created, I'm so extremely happy to be apart of this next step in writing the team's history. Since the beginning in 2010 as Team .SCA and through all the highs and lows as Team Ascension, these have been the best years of my life so far. Being able to meet new people and support players towards achieving their goals is what drives me to keep going every day, and working with Stefan and Sloth is bringing that to the next level."

-Travis "AprilTerran" Yang, Co-Owner & General Manager

"Since I was a young slothling playing Quake, BroodWar, and 1.6 I have been a fan of Competitive PC Gaming. Luckily with our successes in the last year at Sloth E-Sports, the opportunity arose when I reached out to Travis Yang about a possible re-branding for Team Ascension. Their organization has valiantly stood the test of time during the ebbs and flows of the scene, and have some the best people I've met in the last year of travelling, sponsoring, and coordinating events. It humbles me to be able to help a group of passionate players, managers, and coaches who truly work everyday to improve.

It is my truest intention to help create an environment that will keep every member of our organization hungry for success. If Sloth E-Sports can help in even a half of percentage of growth for these players, my goal has been met. To E-Sports, To Starcraft, and to Sloth E-Sports Club."

-Stefan "smu" Oliveira, Co-Owner & Manager

“Team Ascension has been the only team I’ve ever felt comfortable calling “home,” and I am confident that this rebranding will only change things for the better. This is a roster that I am proud of and truly excited to progress alongside.”

-Jay “Raze” Whipple, eSloth Professional Captain

"I am happy to be part of the newly acquired Sloth E-Sports organization once again, the changes and improvements made with the acquisition have made me confident that returning to this organization is the right choice. I'm excited to be joining a strong roster of some of the most talented NA players and am looking forward to representing Sloth both in competition and on Twitch in 2017. Please follow and cheer for us and we won't let you down!"

-Nick "Pokebunny" Taber, eSloth Professional

Our Current SC2 Lineups

eSloth Professional

Max " (P)

Astrea" Angel (P)
Jackson " (Z)

Bioice" Wroblewski (Z)
Adam " (P)

Creature" Block (P)
Stephen " (Z)

GAMETIME" Ankawi (Z)
Nick " (T)

Kamker" McGregor (T)
Nick " (T)

Pokebunny" Taber (T)
Jay " (T)

Raze" Whipple (T) ♕
Robbie " (P)

Tesla" Plata (P)

eSloth Academy

Diego " (P)

Darkness" Garcés (P)
Paul " (T)

Dolan" Dolan (T)
Joshua "Early" Buchanan (P) ♕
Joseph " (T)

FuturE" Anthony (T)
Dustin "Jamileon" Hulse (P)
Braden "McMonroe" Wasson (Z)
Kevin " (P)

omgabanana" Yu (P)
Preston " (T)

TAGurPRGNANT" Tung (T)
Taylor " (T)

xKawaiian" Vinson (T)

Staff

Travis "AprilTerran" Yang - Co-Owner, General Manager
Stefan "smu" Oliveira - Co-Owner, Manager
Mark "Konviction" West - eSloth Professional Manager
Theodoros "Torkk" Kacavas - eSloth Academy Manager
Richie "VampyWorm" Grajek - Event Manager
Where you can find us:

Sloth E-Sports Club
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TNVSG

United States7 Posts

January 20 2017 23:54 GMT

Good stuff man keep it up this isn't an alt teamliquid account to pad the comments with non-sloth members to make our err uh your team look more legit

AprilTerran

United States56 Posts

January 20 2017 23:56 GMT

On January 21 2017 08:54 TNVSG wrote:
Good stuff man keep it up this isn't an alt teamliquid account to pad the comments with non-sloth members to make our err uh your team look more legit

Jamileon

United States63 Posts

January 20 2017 23:56 GMT

good stuff man keep it up!

lt9000

7 Posts

January 20 2017 23:59 GMT

I look fucking savage

lt9000

7 Posts

January 20 2017 23:59 GMT

I could hurt someone with that stare.

ReachTheSky

United States3294 Posts

January 21 2017 00:16 GMT

Love seeing new blood in the form of new teams enter the scene. Wish you all the luck and success. go Poke!

tili

United States1332 Posts

January 21 2017 00:19 GMT

Amazing to see some new sponsors and players

Hopefully they will get some good tourney play.

Heyoka

Katowice25012 Posts

January 21 2017 00:22 GMT

Looks nice

SNSeigifried

United States1640 Posts

January 21 2017 04:33 GMT

#10

Great organization you guys should seriously show your support :D!!!

Jett.Jack.Alvir

Canada2250 Posts

January 21 2017 04:55 GMT

#11

I respected Team Ascension during many years in SC2. I honestly never watched any of your members play, at least not sure if I did, but I knew about you guys.

Much respect, and GL as team Sloth!

verecunda

Korea (South)121 Posts

January 21 2017 05:41 GMT

#12

This is great!

DIRESTRAIT

Canada155 Posts

January 21 2017 05:47 GMT

#13

Looks fantastic

, great initiative.

JimmyJRaynor

Canada17791 Posts

January 21 2017 06:01 GMT

#14

On January 21 2017 08:54 TNVSG wrote:
Good stuff man keep it up this isn't an alt teamliquid account to pad the comments with non-sloth members to make our err uh your team look more legit

i have to admit that this is a fake alt account. i just made 8000 posts to cover it up and then after 8000+ posts got my chance to endorse this great team with this single post.

good luck guys!

BamBam

745 Posts

January 21 2017 06:03 GMT

#15

Most of everyone on this list looks like upstanding good players, except for pokebunny whose known to be bm and has yet to discover how to do anything aside from 2 basing every game, kinda dead weight but even cockroaches need homes. Good luck!

SNSeigifried

United States1640 Posts

January 21 2017 06:13 GMT

#16

On January 21 2017 15:03 BamBam wrote:
Most of everyone on this list looks like upstanding good players, except for pokebunny whose known to be bm and has yet to discover how to do anything aside from 2 basing every game, kinda dead weight but even cockroaches need homes. Good luck!

If i recall sir your very known for being bm

On December 14 2016 00:58 Pokebunny wrote:
Mostly cool guys and good opponents, though BamBam has been extremely rude to me on ladder on multiple occasions (including "it's too bad your mother didn't reach far enough with that coat hanger"). Good luck!

On December 14 2016 14:36 Jamileon wrote:
Mostly cool guys and good opponents, though BamBam has been extremely rude to me on ladder on multiple occasions (including "it's too bad your mother didn't reach far enough with that coat hanger"). Good luck!

On December 14 2016 17:59 Freeedom wrote:
good luck iGx ! Just some unsolicited advice, drop the toxic players, the negatives almost always outweigh the little positive exposure u get.!

If your gonna being negative about a someone joining a team you probably shouldn't post in the thread espically with stuff like this in other threads!!!

BamBam

745 Posts

January 21 2017 06:24 GMT

#17

Whoa now keyboard warrior, nothing I said was false, there are some really great people on this lineup. But if your so inclined, would you like me to start digging up bm from you on the awesome/confusing bm thread? All you did was copy pasta from another thread, one of whom was the bm person I mentioned, another who was salty from a 14/14 and another who i have no idea who they are, whom I assume was giving general life advice. Really all you're trying to do is derail this thread. Listen, not everything has to be about you ok?

insitelol

845 Posts

January 21 2017 07:11 GMT

#18

Robbie "Tesla" Plata (P)
- a wrong link i guess?

Ctone23

United States1841 Posts

January 21 2017 16:14 GMT

#19

Good luck!! Looking forward to seeing you guys competing at DreamHack Austin!

On January 21 2017 08:59 lt9000 wrote:
I could hurt someone with that stare.

You wat m8? + Show Spoiler +

ploguidice

United States233 Posts

January 21 2017 22:00 GMT

#20

Oh wow I think I recognize that venue :D. Seriously though congrats on the new move you guys are easily top three teams NA.

Sacrilege

United States199 Posts

January 21 2017 23:15 GMT

#21

I'm so happy for you guys! It's awesome to see an organization continue support the semi-pro scene. It's occurrences like these that keep the scene fostered and continue it's growth. Good luck Travis, and everyone on Acens- I mean Sloth eSports!