{"id":23621,"date":"2022-09-07T03:17:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T07:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=23621"},"modified":"2022-09-07T03:17:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T07:17:30","slug":"moist-esports-sign-team-burger-squad-for-algs-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/moist-esports-sign-team-burger-squad-for-algs-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Moist Esports sign Team Burger squad for ALGS 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2028Moist Esports have taken a leap into <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/apex-legends\/\" title=\"Apex Legends betting\">Apex Legends<\/a> and will be represented by the recently acquired Australian free agent roster Team Burger.<\/p>\n<p>According to the American esports franchise&#8217;s announcement, Team Burger will fly the flag for Moist in next year&#8217;s Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS). \u2028<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WE ARE READY TO MAKE SOME WAVES <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayApexEsports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PlayApexEsports<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>MEET YOUR CHAMPIONS:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jaro_tv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jaro_tv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wxltzy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Wxltzy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ItsEmtee_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ItsEmtee_<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>WELCOME THE BOYS TO THE TEAM! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StayMoist?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StayMoist<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Moist Esports (@MoistEsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoistEsports\/status\/1567215348142821381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The squad previously dazzled the esports community during the 2022 ALGS LAN events. Team Burger became even more popular online after the Split 2 Playoffs held in Stockholm, Sweden, and the ALGS Championship in Raleigh, North Carolina.\u2028 \u2028<\/p>\n<p>The Australian franchise&#8217;s impressive performances in both tournaments increased their fan base and popularity. They finished in ninth place in the Split 2 Playoffs and then in 17th place during the ALGS Championship.\u2028 <\/p>\n<p>\u2028Team Burger were able to accomplish both feats without any organization backing them and with roots in the APAC South region. The region was widely seen as having a lower competition level prior to the 2022 LANs.\u2028<\/p>\n<p>The Moist Esports brand was created by a famous Youtuber and Twitch streamer, Charles &#8220;Cr1TiKaL&#8221; White Jr, in August 2021, with Kolawole &#8220;Kola&#8221; Aideyan as the first player in the lineup. Regardless of the franchise being relatively new compared to the top esports organizations, the team has made a name for themselves in the esports community with several major tournament wins.\u2028 <\/p>\n<p>\u2028They notably sponsored players who participated in games such as Guilty Gear Strive, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The Smash Con Fall Fest, as well as MomoCon 2022, were both won by the team\u2019s top player, Paris &#8220;Light&#8221; Ramirez Garcia.\u2028 \u2028Kola also won the CEO Smash Ultimate tournament in 2021. <\/p>\n<p>Moist Esports previously branched out into Rocket League from FGC and, from the looks of it, intend to diversify even more.\u2028 \u2028Moist have signed on popular rosters and players on several occasions, so the recent move to acquire Team Burger &#8211; consisting of Joshua &#8220;Jaro&#8221; Green, Matthew &#8220;Emtee&#8221; Trengrove, and Ben &#8220;Wxltzy&#8221; Walton &#8211; is no surprise.<br \/>\n\u2028<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MOIST ESPORTS HAS OFFICIALLY ENTERED APEX LEGENDS SIGNING FORMER TEAM BURGER <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T4LtKbIoZo\">pic.twitter.com\/T4LtKbIoZo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeSucky\/status\/1567215782576422917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u2028They did not have much of a presence away from their region until they participated in the Split 2 Playoffs. After the tournament, Team Burger amassed a fandom that passed their borders as a result of their unusual name as well as their performance. The squad became even more popular after the ALGS Championship, where they called themselves &#8220;the Burger Brigade&#8221;.\u2028 \u2028<\/p>\n<p>In support of Team Burger, the squad\u2019s fans went on to produce custom merchandise such as jerseys and socks branded with the Team Burger logo for the team. Now they have the support of a similarly popular esports organization for the 2023 ALGS competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u2028<a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2028Moist Esports have taken a leap into Apex Legends and will be represented by the recently acquired Australian free agent roster Team Burger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":23622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[681,4,2348,2590],"class_list":["post-23621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-apex-legends","tag-featured","tag-moist-esports","tag-team-burger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23621"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23623,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23621\/revisions\/23623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}