What’s up guys, my name is Colin McNeil
for theScore esports.
You know, talk in sports culture is often
dominated by the concept of dynasty.
The Los Angeles Lakers, the New York Yankees,
the New England Patriots.
But esports have dynasties of their own.
That’s right guys, this week on Versus,
we took one dynasty from each of the “big
three” esports, put them together 
to see if we could come up with the ultimate
esports dynasty.
Now, for those that need a refresher, a dynasty
is a team that has dominated their esport
for a extended period of time and helped define
an era.
Being a dynasty is so much more than just
having a hot streak for a few months -- it’s
a demonstrated dominance and an intangible
presence in the scene.
Hey guys before you hit the comment section
to tell us why your favourite esport team
is the ultimate dynasty, watch the video all
the way through, consider our criteria, and
tell me at the end if you still feel the same
way.
Now, let’s get on with it starting with
League of Legends and perhaps the easiest
dynasty to pick on this list, SK Telecom T1.
When it comes to League of Legends, no team
has displayed the amount of pure dominant
international play as SK Telecom T1.
Sure we do have regional dynasties, like Team
SoloMid in North America and G2 in the EU
LCS, but the combination of domestic and international
success makes SKT an easy candidate for dynasty
status.
Look at the numbers.
SKT are three-time world champions with two
of their international title wins coming back
to back.
And, up until 2017, they had won every World
Championship they had attended.
And let’s not forget, they also won the
unofficial ‘Triple Crown’ of IEM, MSI
and the League of Legends World Championship.
SKT brought the world the most viewed League
of Legends play of all time.
Faker’s Zed outplay.
 
(Casting)
Unmatched is that core roster of Bengi, Bang,
Wolf, and of course Unkillable Demon King
himself, Faker.
If you guys were paying attention to Counter-Strike
between 2013 and 2016, there’s no doubt
you saw our next dynasty at their peak, I’m
talking, of course, about Fnatic in CS:GO.
Now CS:GO is not as clear cut as League.
Ninjas in Pyjamas for example is absolutely
worthy of the dynasty conversation.
They had an amazing eight months at the start
of CS:GO back in 2012 and 2013, even going
87-0 on LAN.
But winning only one Valve Major just doesn’t
stack up to the three that Fnatic won, including
the two back-to-back wins.
(Thorin)
A feat, by the way, that has never been repeated,
before or since.
The Fnatic dynasty era begins in 2013, when
Fnatic picked up the now iconic Swedish core
of JW, flusha, and pronax.
Their era ended with the departure of KRIMZ,
JW and Flusha in August of 2016.
Over these three years, Fnatic landed in the
top-four in five out of the nine majors they
competed in.
Adding on another 14 top-four finishes in
18 premiers, makes a pretty damn good case
for this team as a dynasty.
This was the team that brought the CS:GO community
the Olofboost, unbelievable flicks, and well,
straight up vac-worthy wall bangs.
The dominance, and consistency of this team
is truly what makes them a CS:GO dynasty.
Now guys, here is where things get a little
more debateable.
OG, Secret, Newbee all of these teams are
in the discussion for dynasties, but we settled
on Na’Vi.
Natus Vincere is Latin for born to win.
And oh boy did they live up to their name
in the early days of Dota 2, with that rock
solid core of Dendi, Xboct, and Puppey.
(Tobi Wan)
Na`Vi was the first team to ever lift the
Aegis of Champions after winning TI 1.
They would go on to place second at the next
two Internationals.
(Puppey)
While their success fizzled out in recent
years, let’s not forget that Na`Vi has competed
in six out of the seven TI’s that have ever
been held.
The team also came first in nine of the first
13 premier events they attended.
And let’s not forget, this is the squad
that brought the Dota 2 world one of the biggest
outplays EVER.
It’s simply known as “The Play”.
Okay guys that’s it from us.
Don’t forget to vote in the top right hand
corner of this video to let us know which
of the three is the ultimate esports dynasty.
Now this is also the part of that show that
I usually I tell you “don’t forget to
tune in next week to find out who won” but
this is actually it for Versus.
I want to say, I’ve had a ton of fun working
on this show, I really appreciate everyone
who viewed, everyone who voted, everyone who
liked and commented, subscribed.
And stay tuned in the coming weeks for more
content.
