Alliance

**Alliance** is a gaming organisation founded by Team Razer and Alex Garfield in April 2013. Since its formation, the team has been a staple amongst the best European Dota 2 teams.

## Timeline

* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021

* April 12th - Alliance is revealed as the new team of former No Tidehunter players s4, AdmiralBulldog, Loda, Akke and EGM.
* May 13th - Alliance announces Monster Energy as a new sponsor of the team.
* May 26th - Alliance wins the G-1 Champions League Season 5 after beating LGD.cn 2-0 in the finals.
* June 16th - Alliance announces XMG as a new sponsor of the team.
* June 17th - Alliance wins DreamHack Summer 2013 after beating Quantic 2-1 in the finals.
* July 7th - Alliance wins StarLadder StarSeries Season 6 after beating iCCup 3-1 in the finals.
* August 11th - Alliance wins The International 2013 after beating Natus Vincere 3-2 in the finals.
* December 14th - Alliance wins Fragbite Masters 2013 after beating Fnatic.EU 2-1 in the finals.

- January 15th - Alliance wins Dota 2 Champions League Season 1 after beating Cloud9 (formerly Speed Gaming) 3-0 in the finals.

- September 3rd - Alliance announces the departure of s4 and EGM.

- January 7th - Team manager kellymilkies reveals the teams roster for the Dota 2 Asia Championships 2015, with Loda, Akke, the addition of tryout Mynuts, the return of EGM, and newcomer Pajkatt. AdmiralBulldog remains inactive.

- January 26th - Akke confirms the departure of Mynuts, and the addition of Niqua to the team. EGM would also be moving from the offlane to support.

- March 6th - 7ckngMad joins the team.

- April 28th - Niqua leaves, and AdmiralBulldog is seen playing with the team.

- May 2nd - It is officially announced that Bulldog returns to Alliance.

- August 17th - Pajkatt parts ways with the team.

- August 27th - s4 and Mynuts join the team.

- August 29th - Pablo (and kellymilkies, Player Manager) is confirmed as a substitute player for the upcoming Major season.

- December 3rd - MyNuts parts ways with the team.

- December 7th - EGM joins the team.

- August 28th - s4, AdmiralBulldog, and Akke leave the team.

- September 16th - Handsken, Limmp, and jonassomfan join the team.

- November 18th - AdmiralBulldog is welcomed back as an official streamer for Alliance.

- May 21st - Alliance parts way with EGM.

- May 23rd - Pablo joins the team.

- June 9th - Loda takes a break from competitive Dota while Alliance welcomes Era.

- August 18th - Alliance announces the departure of Limmp, jonassomfan and Handsken.

- August 31st - The remainder of the Alliance roster is released. Loda returns to rebuild and captain the team.

- November 29th - The new Alliance roster is revealed: MiCKe, Boxi, INsania, and Taiga join Loda, who makes his return to the active squad. Due to MiCKe's arm injury the team would remain inactive until the beginning of February 2018.

- June 3rd - qojqva joins the team, while Loda becomes the coach of Alliance.

- March 20th - miCKe takes a one-month break due to his previous arm injury. Greek carry Madara is announced as his temporary replacement.

- September 20th - The original TI3 roster will be performing together for Midas Mode 2.

- September 26th - The roster parts way with the organization.

- October 3rd - A new roster is announced consisting of Nikobaby, Limmp, 33, Handsken and Fata.

- March 31st - The team parts ways with 33 and Fata.

- April 1st - s4 returns.

- May 23rd - fng joins the team on loan from Gambit Esports.

- September 10th - fng officially joins the team.

- May 6th - ppd joins the team as coach on trial.

- June 16th - ppd reveals he is no longer with the organization.

## Achievements

### Awards

* GosuAwards 2013: Best team
* GosuAwards 2013: Community's choice: Best team
* GosuAwards 2013: Best roster transfer
* GosuAwards 2013: Community's choice: Best roster transfer
* onGamers Dota 2 Awards: Best team
* joinDOTA Awards 2013: Best team
* joinDOTA Awards 2013: Best play

## Gallery

* Loda, Akke, s4, EGM and AdmiralBulldog at The International 2013
* Alliance with the Aegis of Champions after winning The International 2013

## Highlight Videos

### 2013

* 2013-08-11 | *#TI3: Na'Vi vs Alliance final moments. Stage view + player booth. Epic.* by TrancezoOr at The International 2013
* 2013-05-07 | *No Tidehunter - Test of Times* by Alexander Nordmark

### 2014

* 2014-07-11 |  *TI4 Alliance Team Profile - English* by Valve at The International 2014

### 2016

* 2016-06-08 |  *Team Intro - Alliance* by PGL at The Manila Major 2016

## Interviews

### 2013

* 2013-08-11 |  *The International - Vinnarintervjun med Alliance* by Hellspawn of TV6 Sweden at The International 2013
* 2013-06-17 | *Winner interview with s4 and Akke* by GosuGamers.net at DreamHack Summer 2013

## References

1. ↑ Eric "*reinnnn*" Khor (2013-04-12). "Alliance picks up NTH and Naniwa". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
2. ↑ "Monster Energy Sponsors Alliance!". Alliance. 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2013-05-13.
3. ↑ "XMG Sponsors Alliance!". Alliance. 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
4. ↑ "Farewell to EGM, S4". Alliance. 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-09-03.
5. ↑ Kelly "*kellymilkies*" Ong (2015-08-18). "Roster for @theAllianceGG Dota Asian Championships". Twitter. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
6. ↑ Kelly "*kellymilkies*" Ong (2015-01-07). "Fans asking about @AdmiralBulldog". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
7. ↑ iamshockWave (2015-01-27). "MyNuts removed after EGM role swap". joinDOTA.
8. ↑ Ben "PineappleCake" Tan (2015-03-06). "7ckngmad leaves Summoners' Rift for Alliance". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
9. ↑ Niqua (29 April 2015). "I am indeed out of Alliance, was fun while it lasted.". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
10. ↑ "Statement from Loda". Alliance. 2015-05-02. Archived from the original on 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
11. ↑ "Pajkatt departs". Alliance. 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
12. ↑ "New lineup for @theAllianceGG". Twitter. 2015-08-27. Retrieved 2015-08-18.
13. ↑ "Nuts Departs from Alliance". Alliance. 2015-12-03. Archived from the original on 2016-09-02.
14. ↑ "EGM joins Alliance". Alliance. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
15. ↑ "Changes to the Dota 2 Roster". Alliance. 28 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-31. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
16. ↑ "A NEW BRAND. A NEW ROSTER.". Alliance. Archived from the original on 9 September 2016.
17. ↑ Alliance (2016-11-18). "Alliance is glad to officially welcome back Henrik "Admiral Bulldog" Ahnberg as an official streamer for Alliance". Facebook. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
18. ↑ "Alliance parts ways with EGM". Alliance. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
19. ↑ "Alliance welcomes PABLO to the Dota 2 team". Alliance. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
20. ↑ "Loda takes a break from competitive Dota". Alliance. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
21. ↑ "Changes to the Dota 2 Roster". Alliance. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
22. ↑ "Dota 2 - Looking Forward". Alliance. 2017-08-31.
23. ↑ "A New Legacy". Alliance. 2017-11-29.
24. ↑ "The Way Forward: Update on Micke". Alliance. 2018-01-26.
25. ↑ "A new generation". Alliance. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
26. ↑ theAllianceGG (2019-03-20). "An update about @mickeDOTA and our #Dota2 squad.". Twitter.
27. ↑ theAllianceGG (2019-03-20). "Welcome @MadaraDotA2 to the #ALLfam 🙌 Omar will be our stand-in for the upcoming Paris Major qualifiers.". Twitter.
28. ↑ Chelsea Jack (2019-09-20). "BETWAY Midas Mode 2.0 Team Announcement". hotspawn.com.
29. ↑ theAllianceGG (2019-09-26). "Changes to Alliance Dota 2 roster". facebook.
30. ↑ theAllianceGG (2019-10-03). "Alliance Dota 2 welcomes new roster". facebook.
31. ↑ Alliance (2020-03-31). "Thank you Fata and 33". thealliance.gg.
32. ↑ Alliance (2020-04-01). "[A] Legend Returns". thealliance.gg.
33. ↑ GambitEsports (2020-05-23). "Gambit Dota 2 line-up for #ESLOne Birmingham 2020 - Online". Twitter.
34. ↑ the-alliance (2020-09-10). "Alliance completes Dota 2 Roster". Facebook.
35. ↑ Alliance (2021-05-06). "ALLIANCE TRIALS HEAVY-HITTER NAME IN PPD AS THEIR DOTA 2 COACH". thealliance.gg.
36. ↑ Peterpandam (2021-06-16). "Looks like my time with @theAllianceGG has come to an end.". Twitter.

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