Cyber ​​teams logos. Team logo in CS GO: focusing on the best

Every esports team wants to stand out. And for that, she needs a unique logo. Even if now the team is small and weak, years later it will grow and start going to competitions and tournaments.

And then you need a unique logo that will simultaneously reflect the spirit and character of the participants, the main idea and other aspects of eSports. But how to make a CS GO team logo? Whom to look up to and what to consider when creating? It's very simple, and we'll tell you!

Why do you need a team logo in CS GO

The unique emblem of the team performs several tasks at once for esportsmen who decide to advance in the field of CS GO:

1. Show opponents that you are strong team, and you should be considered;
2. To rally the players, to give them identity and unity in uniform;
3. Reflect the name and make it memorable (remember the logo Natus Vincere or Cloud 9);
4. To give the team professionalism - after all, people who know for sure that they do not want to deviate from the path of eSports acquire their own logos.

Don't neglect your own logo. It must be really high quality and unique. Only then will the emblem become memorable and characterize the team in CS GO from the positive side.

How to create your own logo

The logo for the team is a thing that you can’t just sit down and paint in 10-15 minutes. It needs to be carefully and seriously thought about. Moreover, it is desirable not only for team members, but also for their manager (if, of course, he already exists).

Things to consider when creating a CS GO team logo:

1. Specificity. Name, team spirit. For example, if a wolf appears in the name, it is worth somehow beating it on the emblem;
2. Colors. It is worth considering the psychology of colors and their compatibility;
3. Meaning. What should the logo say to potential opponents or fans? What is your team and how can it attract?

These points should not be taken lightly. After all, the perception of the team by opponents and supporters will depend on the CS GO Logo. And in general psychological condition players - after all, if one of the participants does not like the emblem, he will be dissatisfied. And this makes it difficult to fully give all the best in the matches.

Official logos of professional teams in CS GO

To find inspiration before creating your own logo, it is best to pay attention to the symbols of professional bands. After all, they have already gone the way of becoming - their names and logos are known to almost everyone.

What is so memorable about them? What makes each one stand out from the others? And what elements can you draw from these pictures for yourself?

For example, Na'Vi did a great job with the team name on the emblem. And Virtus.pro were able to express their spirit in the image of a polar bear. And Astralis has all the logo - a bright and beautiful abstraction, which at the same time is remembered and distinguishes them from others.

Of course, the symbol of the CS GO team can be changed. But when it is already known to many people, popular, it is useless to do a complete rebranding. Some fans will drop out, not wanting to get used to the changes. Even among professionals, they have not changed much since the days of the CCC and even COP 1.6. Therefore, already at the stage of a city or district team, it is better to make a high-quality logo than to suffer later with its change.

And again, some interesting statistics. Today, there are at least two dozen disciplines in esports, many of them host tournaments with huge prizes, each has its own leaders and outsiders.
But which team is the best? How to determine this, because many, even multi-gaming teams, have lineups that are completely different disciplines?

I confess honestly, I see only one evaluation criterion and this MONEY! It's probably sad, but most things in this material world are measured in money, so let's measure the teams in money, there are more that there are no other exact methods anyway.

10th PLACE — Virtus.PRO

In tenth place is the Russian grand esports team Virtus.pro. During their existence, the Bears have earned almost $ 5 million, to be more precise, then $4 800 000 . Team line-ups took part in 282 tournaments. Most of the prize money was brought to the team by the golden Polish five in CS:GO - more than 2 million dollars.

Doters, despite the high prize money in the industry, lagged behind the Kaesers, although not by much, and brought in $1,954,000.

9 PLACE — Team Liquid
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The ninth place is occupied by one of the oldest teams founded back in 1998, which is probably the most authoritative portal in the field of strategies. Initially, the team focused on StarCraft, which is probably why, unlike the 10th place in our rating, StarCrafters collected as much as $1,191,000, but still they couldn’t get around DotA players who collected $2,122,000. an order of magnitude larger, although the achievements of Dota 2 and Starcraft II lineups are not comparable.

In total, the team for almost 20 years of its existence managed to earn $4 836 000 . Team players from 12 different disciplines have taken part in more than 900 tournaments. It is gratifying that among the best players team can be noted and our compatriot s1mple.

8 PLACE - LGD
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This young, against the background of its predecessors, Chinese team broke into the top ten only thanks to its DoTA2 roster. Despite the fact that the team included players from such games as LoL, Overwatch and CS:GO, they all won no more than 8% of the team's prize money. A 92% off $5 354 000 doters won. Among the most significant victories is the 3rd place at TI 2015. Unlike previous teams, LGD can be considered a national team, because in most cases Chinese players and squads played for them.

7th PLACE – VICI GAMING
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The seventh position is occupied by another Chinese team. In many ways, it is the twin brother of LGD, because it was DoTA2 that brought success to this team and a place in our rating, this team can also be considered mono-national, and the amounts of money earned are very similar. The VG DotA roster earned $4,695,000, which is more than 81% of all the money earned by the team. In total, the Chinese team during its existence took part in only 135 tournaments and earned $5 787 000 .

6 PLACE — Natus Vincere
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In sixth place is the team that has the most fans among the readers of our site (sometimes it seems that there are even more haters)

Born to Win during its existence had squads in 10 disciplines. Until now, 4 disciplines have been preserved. It's great that NaVi can't be called a one-game team. Of course, here, too, DotA players earned the most money, but the Kaesers were not far behind. Despite the fact that the team is a real hodgepodge of players from all over the world, the largest amount of money is still the largest - more than 50% of the team was brought by Ukrainians, Russian legionnaires brought about 19% of the profit.

In total, since its foundation, the team has earned $6 273 000 , and Dendi has become a real goose that lays golden eggs for her - he accounts for $ 727,000. This player is also remarkable in that he never left the team and remained faithful to her in the most difficult times.

Unfortunately, the team's most financial achievements are a thing of the distant past - this is a victory at TI 2011, which brought $1,000,000, second place at TI2012, second place at TI2013, 5th place at TI2014. IN last years Dota roster did not win money tournaments.

The CS roster showed better results last year and won ESL ONE NY, and also finished second in the MLG Major Championship: Columbus. In total, the caesers earned $1,263,000 for the tag.

5th PLACE - T1 SK Telecom
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I can bet that many of our readers do not even know what kind of team this is. And this is the most legendary team in LoL, the only three-time world champions. However, its roots go much deeper. For many years, SK Telecom T1 has been the leader of the Korean Starcraft and Starcraft II scene. This team can be called exclusively Korean. The players who played for this team won the most money and titles in Starcraft. From $6 971 000 of prize money, almost two million were won by strategists, but, of course, LoL rosters were able to overtake them due to larger prize pools. The leader of the team in terms of earned dollars is the legendary player in the Faker LoL community - the idol of millions!

4th PLACE — fnatic
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This is a record-breaking team in terms of the number of squads in different disciplines. During its existence, players in 19 disciplines managed to play under the orange logo! This team can probably be called the most balanced, because under its wing there were strong lineups in the three main disciplines of today's eSports: DoTA2, LoL and CS:GO

Total team players won $7 193 000 , of which the Doters won the most — $2,417,000, the CS:GO roster is in second place — $1,945,000, the LoL roster is third — $897,000, but the main feature of the team will forever remain the legendary CS 1.6 roster, which in ancient times , when the prize money was many times less, he managed to collect almost a million dollars in cash!

The roster ceased to exist in 2012, having won 7 first places in various major tournaments before that, but the main thing is that fnatic has always been a thunderstorm of the CS 1.6 scene and remains so to this day, passing the baton to CS:GO

3rd PLACE — newbee
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Another Chinese team breaks into the top three only thanks to DoTA2. Yes, the team has rosters for other games, but who has heard of them? Only a little over 3% of the prize money was won by LoL, HoTS, Overwatc and HS rosters, the rest was won by DoTA2 players.

The team took part in only 83 tournaments, but earned $7 350 000 - excellent efficiency! Players received the lion's share of this money after winning TI2014, when they received more than $5,000,000. Today the team continues to play at a decent level. Although newbee disappointed their fans at TI2016, where they took only 9th to 12th place, they managed to earn almost $1.5 million in a year - not a bad result.

2 PLACE - WINGS
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Unrealistic Wings Gaming victoriously enter the second place. This is a special team in a number of ways!

These guys played only 20 tournaments that were taken into account in the world rankings.
- This is the only team for which foreign players did not play at all - only the Chinese
- This team only had rosters for two DoTA2 and CS:GO games
- 99.94% of the money won was won by DotA players.

In fact, we have a team of the same composition of one game, even more - one tournament. It's simple - in 2016 they won TI2016 and took $9,139,000 in prize money. Against this background, the rest of the team's winnings can not even be taken into account. Overall, the team won $9 695 000 , which is only half a million more than the prize won at last year's Main Event.

1st place - Evil Geniuses
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In this ranking, Evil Geniuses lead by a huge margin. The cost of this separation is a huge amount of work. During its existence, the team's players have taken part in more than 600 tournaments and won prize money in the amount of more than $15 000 000

Of course, DoTA2 made the greatest contribution to the team's treasury - 88% of the astronomical amount of prize money was won by dot-players who became winners in the set international tournaments and those who managed to distinguish themselves already in 2017, having won the Dota Pit League Season 5.

Among the most profitable achievements of the roster, we can note the 3rd place at The International in 2016, the first place at TI 2015, the victory at DAC 2015 and the 3rd place at TI 2014. In total, the doters won more than 13.5 million dollars for the tag!

Oddly enough, but the second largest amount for the tag was won by Starcrafters. Strategists won almost $800,000 a few years before the roster was dissolved. At one time, EG bought Twich and not for nothing. It is often said on the sidelines that this team is the most expensive on the market, it is she who gets the biggest contracts and the explanation for this is not only success, but also the fact that she has a huge fan base all over the world and especially in the USA.

Results:
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As you can see, there are two teams from the CIS region in the TOP-10 - not the worst result.
- The rating is most affected by DoTA2. It affects more than all other disciplines combined. Hit the jackpot Win TI - and you're in the top.
- CS:GO is a game where you can make money - this is proved by the example of NaVi, VP and fnatic
- The Chinese dominate esports. See how many tournaments they have played and how many they have won. 4 teams in the TOP-10 is not an accident - it is a calculation. People know how to choose goals correctly, systematically go to them and achieve them, without exchanging over trifles.
- The first place was taken by a team that combines the best management, optimal location and work not only with DoTA2, but also with other areas. Americans rule the world?

"Computer games are evil!" - shouts Malakhov in the next broadcast "Let them talk." Meanwhile, 15-year-old Said Samael Hassan leads his team to victory in a Dota 2 tournament with prize fund at $ 18 million. And then he buys a house in America, transports his entire family there and never turns on the TV again. Said well done, be like Said!

Fortunately, since 2015, Russia's attitude towards eSports has changed markedly. Now every gifted gamer can study eSports at IT departments, and the word "gamer" is increasingly associated with dollar millionaires.

The world community is even negotiating to include eSports in the disciplines Olympic Games. I think Zeus would appreciate :)

Now, marketing in esports has become as important as in classical ones, because the perception of the team as a whole can depend on the club's identity. Don't believe? We will prove!

Let's remember together the formation of the brands of the legendary esports teams using the examples of the 5 most successful cases.

The Ukrainian multigaming club NA`VI is the clearest example of how important competent branding is in the professional world of eSports. In 2009, a company of talented players united into a team, taking the race from the famous film Avatar as the name of the team. It sounded like fun until the guys won the Arbalet Cup Asia 2010 tournament and "everything went too far."

The team brought worldwide popularity to its club in a year. And until Cameron with copyright appeared on the horizon, it was decided to hold a competition for the best. It was won by the Portuguese Bruno "hArt1k" Estevens, who proposed to rename the club to "Natus Vincere" ("Born to win" in Latin), while leaving the "Na` VI" clan tag.

The new name for the esports team has saved it from lawsuits without breaking the hearts of the fans. Checkmate, marketers!

The Alliance (No Tidehunter) open esports as a business

Sometimes a team of enthusiasts who do not attach much importance to games become the leading esports team under their own label. A prime example of this is The Alliance. Until 2013, a group of friends from Sweden played just for fun. The name of the team was chosen in the same way - in honor of the dislike for the Dota 2 character of the same name. But this is not accurate.

Nevertheless, in the same 2013, the team played so selflessly that it attracted the attention of serious investors - the American Evil Geniuses. Under their strict leadership, the team received a new name, which helped create a brand of a world-class esports team.

P.S. Despite their dislike for watermelon, the team adopted green as their signature color. What is it for...

Virtus Pro is the most formidable logo of an esports team

Virtus Pro is the first Russian esports team. And, probably, the only team in the world whose logo can be used to guess its origin. The very case when designers chose the most recognizable stereotype and breathed incredible energy into it. Just look at this angry beast - is everyone on their team like that?

VP pushed the visual aesthetic to the limit by creating a striking polar bear logo for the second roster of the Virtus Pro Polar team.

You can create a logo for the team in COLORO by contacting our managers.

Team Liquid and the most caring form

It would seem, why do cybersportsmen need sports uniform? However, they play a lot and sweat a lot. During the LAN finals, they have to spend more than eight hours in the arena. Nervous tension, spotlights, stuffiness - all this can cause discomfort and interfere with concentration. In this case, the best option is knitted fabric. It is from jersey that the new Team Liquid game uniform, which was introduced in 2016, is made.

The Team Liquid logo is located on the right, and the sponsor's emblem appeared near the heart. The player's nickname is on the back of the jersey. helped the team stand out from the competition, raise corporate spirit, and make the game as comfortable as possible.