Team:Moist Esports
| Moist Esports | |
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| Location | Tampa, United States 
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| Owners | Charles White Jr. (Cr1TiKaL) Matt Phillips (SuperSpicyMatt) Danny Palmer Ludwig Anders Ahgren (Ludwig) Nick Allen |
| Other games | Apex Legends Brawlhalla GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- Rocket League VALORANT |
Moist Esports (Moist) was an esports organization ran by popular Twitch streamer and YouTuber Cr1TiKaL and co-owned by fellow streamer and YouTuber Ludwig. The team was created on August 11th, 2021 and was originally intended to fund Kola's campaign for Smash Ultimate Summit 3.[1] However, due to the popularity of Cr1TiKaL and the recruitment of other popular top players such as moky and Light, Moist Esports quickly became one of the most recognizable teams in the Smash scene.
On January 25th, 2023, Ludwig joined as a co-owner and later established his branch of the team, Moist Moguls (MxM), with the team signing Zain on April 6th, 2023 and moky joining the branch afterwards. This branch was dissolved on September 30th of the same year after Ludwig merged the team with Valorant team Shopify Rebellion, while the team's signed players were absorbed into the main team. Moist Esports eventually merged with Shopify Rebellion on January 17th, 2025, with the majority of Moist's Smash roster joining the new team. Cr1TiKaL cited the expensive cost of running an esports team and complications with their Apex Legends team's visas (which Cr1TiKaL and his lawyers surmised the organization's name featuring "moist" was one of the major reasons) as the reasons for the merger.[2]
Former Smashers[edit]
| ID | Name | Game | Main(s) | Join Date | Leave Date | |
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Maister[3] | Enrique Hernández Solís | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2022-04-14 | 2022-10-09 |
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Kola | Kolawole Aideyan | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2021-08-11 | 2025-01-17 |
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Aaron | Aaron Wilhite | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2021-08-22 | 2025-01-17 |
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moky* | Kurtis Pratt | Super Smash Bros. Melee | 
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2021-09-02 | 2025-01-17 |
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Goblin | Alexis Stennett | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate |
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2021-09-13 | 2025-01-17 |
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Light | Paris Ramirez Garcia | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 
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2021-09-15 | 2025-01-17 |
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Zain* | Zain Naghmi | Super Smash Bros. Melee | 
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2023-04-06 | 2025-01-17 |
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Joshman | Joshua Lyras | Super Smash Bros. Melee |
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2023-12-15 | 2025-01-17 |
*Also competed under the "Moist Mogul" branch.
Other Famous Players[edit]
Julian Harris (Hotashi) Guilty Gear Strive top player and EVO 2021 Champion.- Zack Bielamowicz (Boomie) Brawlhalla top player and World Championship 2vs2 2017, 2019 and 2020 Champion.
- Dillon Rizzo (Rizzo) Rocket League former top player, RLCS Season 9 - North America Champion, and current content creator.
References[edit]
- ^ Kola in Smash Ultimate Summit 3.
- ^ I Can Finally Talk This.
- ^ Although he represented the team, Maister wasn't an official member of Moist Esports and remained a free agent until joining Luminosity Gaming
