MeetYourMakers

MeetYourMakers, (abbreviated "MYM"), is a professional gaming organization based out of Leipzig, Germany. It was founded in March 2001 by Mark Peter "Mercy" Fries, primarily as a Counter-Strike team. However, MeetYourMakers disbanded in 2009 but was re-founded later that year.

History
The original MeetYourMakers team was most famous for their Warcraft III division, from which MeetYourMakers claimed to be the highest paid Warcraft III team around the globe along with maintaining the top two teams in the world from November 27, 2005 on. with several sources confirming this and indicated that star player Jang Jae Ho was making $108,000 USD on a yearly basis in salary terms alone. The impressive records for MeetYourMakers garnered the respect and invitation from G7 Teams, which allowed them to become a member from August 8, 2006 to its dissolution in 2009.

In individual competitions the team was notoriously known for three highly-talented players: Jang Jae Ho who was ranked #3 in international competition, along with being #1 in Korean competition since his first major win in 2003, Jae Wook Noh who was ranked #10 in international competition and #5 in Korean competition throughout history with his first major win dating back to 2005 and Manuel Schenkhuizen, who was rated the #1 top Warcraft III player in the World back in 2006. These were the rankings held upon the bankruptcy of ESNation and the dissolution of MeetYourMakers on March 19, 2009. By the end of the original organization, MeetYourMakers held prize teams for Warcraft III, Counter-Strike, StarCraft and Defense of the Ancients.

On August 19, 2009, it was announced that MeetYourMakers had created a new team of staff and would be returning to the electronic sports scene with new teams. On September 10, a new Warcraft III team was revealed, followed by a Counter-Strike team on September 20 and a DotA team on October 4, respectively. On March 30, 2010, MeetYourMakers announced its withdrawal from the Warcraft III scene, with two of its key players, Sung Sik "ReMinD" Kim and Pedro "LucifroN" Moreno Duran, Rustan "Mighty Kulangot" Ramirrez leaving for separate reasons. However, their one remaining player, Ben "DeMusliM" Baker, remained with the organization to be the first to represent MeetYourMakers in StarCraft II. On April 27, 2010, MYM formally announced the full addition of the StarCraft II squad, including the well-known player and commentator, Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski.

To kick off the year of 2011, MYM created a new Call of Duty 4 squad. On January 16, 2011, MYM announced the additions of three new StarCraft II players, including Christoph "Mondragon" Semke, Daniel "XlorD" Spenst, as well as Kim "SaSe" Hammar, leaving Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski, the only remaining member of their original lineup on ice until his contract would expire. On February 17, MYM announced that their Russian Counter-Strike roster would be transferring to another organization. On 28 August 2011, with the conclusion of DotA 2 International, MYM's DotA team dissolved and the players will go their separate ways. On 11 September 2011, MYM announced that the new MYM DotA roster will include the players from Scythe-Gaming, as well as Malaysian superstar YamateH.

Current Roster

 * Lim Han Yong "hyhy" Benedict
 * Daryl "iceiceice" Koh Pei Xiang
 * Royston Chee Jin "Roy" Sheng
 * Joshua Tan Jun "ToFu" Liang
 * Wong Xing "xy-" Lei
 * Wei Poong "YamateH" Ng

Notable Achievements

 * Dreamhack Winter 2007 – 1st place
 * Dreamhack Winter 2008 – 4th place
 * Dreamhack Summer 2009 – 2nd place
 * Netparty Fyn (LAN) – 1st place
 * Gamescom 2009 - 2nd place
 * MYM Pride #10 – 4th place
 * MYM Pride #11 – 3rd place
 * Garena ENADC #2 – 3rd place
 * Dota-League Masters – 4th place
 * DTS-CUP 2009 -2nd place
 * DotaClub Pro Series – 3rd place
 * Dota Pride Tournament – 1st place
 * ESL Major Series season IV – 1st place
 * ESL Major Series season V – 1st place
 * European Dota Championship Pro League – 2nd place
 * Pick League XI – 1st place
 * Pick League XII – 1st place
 * Farm 4 Fame 3 – 2nd place
 * Farm 4 Fame 7 – 2nd place
 * Farm 4 Fame 8 – 3rd place
 * Farm 4 Fame 9 – 1st place
 * Farm4Fame Series – 4th place
 * Farm4Fame 2.1 – 1st Place
 * Farm4Fame 2.1 – 2nd Place
 * ESWC 2010 - 3rd Place
 * RGC - 3rd Place
 * gamescom 2011 - 4th place

Editorial
While MYM describes the players and teams, myMYM.com describes the website which focuses on eSports coverage, tournaments, content and community for certain games such as Counter-Strike, Warcraft 3, FIFA, DotA and League of Legends. Editors and staff have been sent around the globe to cover events ranging from USA to China.

During its peak myMYM was known as one of the most important content pages for Warcraft 3, Starcraft, and DotA related news, articles and video productions.

Later on myMYM got nominated two times in a row for the eSports Award in 2007 and 2008 which was given away by the ESL. Next to that Warcraft 3 editor Frank 'Mirhi' Fields got nominated two times in a row for best eSports Journalist in 2008 and 2009 while Marcus 'Wind' Ho was nominated in 2007. Jonas 'The1Crow' Gebhardt was nominated in 2009 for eSports Photo of the year and subsequently won the award.