Disguised (esports)

On January 8, 2023, Internet personality Jeremy "Disguised Toast" Wang, announced a Valorant team under the name "Disguised".{{cite web |last1=Robertson |first1=Scott |date=8 January 2023 |title=Disguised Toast unveils Disguised roster on eve of NA VALORANT Challengers League open qualifier |url=https://dotesports.com/valorant/news/disguised-toast-unveils-disguised-roster-on-eve-of-na-valorant-challengers-league-open-qualifier |website=DotEsports}} The team included members of the former Knights team, with the addition of two players: Steel, formerly a player for 100 Thieves and T1, and Clear, a rookie player. Disguised entered the Valorant Game Changers scene in March 2023.{{Cite web |title=DSG signs Kyedae, QuaterJade, Sydeon in new all-female Valorant team |url=https://www.dexerto.com/esports/dsg-signs-kyedae-quaterjade-sydeon-in-new-all-female-valorant-team-2098165/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=Dexerto |date=27 March 2023 |language=en}}

Disguised branched into League of Legends in June 2023, competing in the North American Challengers League (NACL), and expanded to Apex Legends in August 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-24 |title=Disguised Toast enters LoL with NACL team as Riot overhauls league |url=https://www.dexerto.com/league-of-legends/disguised-toast-enters-lol-with-nacl-team-as-riot-overhauls-league-2155991/ |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Dexerto |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-01-13 |title=Disguised Toast drops NACL League of Legends team |url=https://esports.gg/news/league-of-legends/disguised-toast-drops-nacl-league-of-legends-team/ |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Esports.gg |language=en-US}} Disguised's League of Legends team won the organization its first trophy, securing first place in the summer split of the NACL.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-10 |title=DSG wins 2023 NACL Summer Split in debut year as Disguised Toast celebrates first major win |url=https://www.dexerto.com/league-of-legends/dsg-wins-2023-nacl-summer-split-in-debut-year-as-disguised-toast-celebrates-first-major-win-2243889/ |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Dexerto |language=en}} Disguised also entered Teamfight Tactics in October 2023 in advance of the TFT Vegas Open.{{Cite web |last=Younger |first=Warren |date=2023-10-08 |title=Disguised Toast Hunts for TFT Pro to Sign |url=https://esi.si.com/tft/disguised-toast-dsg-teamfight-tactics |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Esports Illustrated |language=en}}

Wang won the Esports Personality of the Year in 2023 primarily for his work with Disguised.{{Cite web |last=Gardner |first=Matt |title=Esports Awards 2023 Winners: Faker, Team Vitality, Riot Get Top Honors |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattgardner1/2023/12/01/esports-awards-2023-winners-t1-team-vitality-riot-take-top-honors/ |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

Disguised exited the Valorant Game Changers scene on December 20, 2023 in a [https://x.com/Disguised/status/1737654133073821903?lang=en tweet].

In May 2024, Disguised entered into the fighting game scene by signing PhiDX to compete in Tekken 8 and announced a partnership with Chipotle Mexican Grill.[https://x.com/Disguised/status/1788645189273387506 Tweet]

Initially having expressed interest in signing a Valorant team in a [https://twitter.com/DisguisedToast/status/1586911301640409089 tweet] on October 30, 2022, Wang officially announced his roster and the DSG branding on January 8, 2023. He signed three players from the former Knights core (XXiF, Exalt, and Genghsta) and their coach OCEAN. They were joined by Steel, former T1 and 100 Thieves in-game leader, and rookie player Clear.{{Cite web |last=Shrivastava |first=Aarnesh |date=2023-01-09 |title=Disguised Toast officially announces the roster for his professional Valorant esports team |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/valorant/news-disguised-toast-officially-announces-roster-professional-valorant-esports-team |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |language=en-us}} On January 13, 2023, Disguised qualified for the Valorant Challengers League: North America (VCL: NA) through the Open Qualifier event. However, after four matches of the first split of VCL: NA, Disguised released Exalt and chose to play with their substitute Riku for the remainder of the split.{{Cite web |last=Geddes |first=George |date=2023-03-10 |title=Disguised Toast's VALORANT team makes first roster change following blowout loss in Challengers |url=https://dotesports.com/valorant/news/disguised-toasts-valorant-team-roster-change-following-blowout-loss-in-challengers |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Dot Esports |language=en-US}}

On March 8, 2023, it was reported that the organization would be forming another Valorant team for the Game Changers Open Qualifier, Valorant's league for women and marginalized genders.{{Cite web |last=Ramun |first=Sadakshi Kalyan |title=Is Disguised Toast Starting a Valorant Game Changers Team? |url=https://afkgaming.com/esports/news/is-disguised-toast-starting-a-valorant-game-changers-team |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=AFK Gaming |date=8 March 2023 |language=en}} Disguised's Game Changers roster was officially announced on March 27, consisting of content creators Jodi "QuarterJade" Lee, Kyedae Shymko, Sydney "Sydeon" Parker, and Tenzin "tenzin" Dolkar, along with former Immortals player Lydia "tupperware" Wilson as in-game leader and Corey "Ruin" Hartog as coach. After failing to qualify for the main event, Wang jokingly "dropped" the team—in reality, the members never had a monetary contract with Disguised and the announcement was a parody of other esports teams' unceremonious firing of their players after failure to qualify.{{Cite web |title=Disguised Toast 'drops' pro Valorant team after Game Changers loss in giant esports troll |url=https://www.dexerto.com/valorant/disguised-toast-drops-pro-valorant-team-game-changers-loss-giant-esports-troll-2106057/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=Dexerto |date=6 April 2023 |language=en}}

After having failed to win a match in the Mid-Season Face-Off, Disguised signed Jaccob "yay" Whiteaker to their main roster for split two of VCL: NA.{{cite web |last1=Robertson |first1=Scott |date=10 April 2023 |title=No joke: yay finds his new VALORANT team for 2023, joins Disguised roster in Challengers |url=https://dotesports.com/valorant/news/breaking-yay-joins-disguised |website=DotEsports}} With multiple top international finishes and winner of The Game Awards Best Esports Athlete in 2022,{{Cite web |last=Awards |first=The Game |title=2022 {{!}} Rewind {{!}} The Game Awards |url=https://thegameawards.com/rewind/year-2022 |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=2022 {{!}} Rewind {{!}} The Game Awards |language=en}} yay's addition was seen as a promising sign for Disguised.{{Cite web |date=2023-04-10 |title=yay joins Disguised Toast's Valorant team after Cloud9 exit |url=https://www.dexerto.com/valorant/yay-joins-disguised-toasts-valorant-team-after-cloud9-exit-2109402/ |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Dexerto |language=en}} Regardless, Disguised's performance failed to improve, going on an 11-game losing streak and ultimately being relegated from VCL: North America. The roster was released shortly after.{{Cite web |title=Disguised Toast part ways with Valorant roster after NA Challengers League|url=https://www.oneesports.gg/valorant/disguised-toast-part-ways-roster-yay// |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=OneEsports|date=10 June 2023 |language=en}}

On July 10, 2023, Disguised signed a new Game Changers roster consisting of Katarina, Hannah "hannah" Reyes, Nathan "lazylion" Hoang, misu, and unstable.{{Cite web |last=Richman |first=Olivia |date=2023-07-11 |title=Disguised Toast Announces Yet Another VALORANT Team |url=https://esi.si.com/valorant/disguised-toast-dsg-esports-game-changer-roster-announcement |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Esports Illustrated |language=en}} They ultimately placed 6th/7th in the North American Game Changers playoffs, with Disguised later announcing their departure from the Game Changers space citing their loss to a team later disqualified for cheating as an example of the need for Riot Games to improve the Game Changers system.{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Mike |title=DSG Leaves 'Valorant' Game Changers After Losing To Cheaters |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikestubbs/2023/12/21/dsg-leaves-valorant-game-changers-after-losing-to-cheaters/ |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

Disguised rejoined the Valorant scene in 2024 in collaboration with Bleed Esports, as Bleed's affiliate team. In doing so, the organization changed regions from North America to Pacific for Valorant only. The roster consisted of Azrie "Riza" Adly, Tyler "Juicy" Aeria, Wong "JayH" Jia Heng, Bryce "bryce" Lee, and Wayne "wayne" Chang and competed in VCL Malaysia/Singapore Split 1.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-26 |title=DSG x Bleed Esports collab: Disguised Toast makes SEA return {{!}} ONE Esports |url=https://www.oneesports.gg/valorant/disguised-toast-dsg-x-bleed-collab/ |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=www.oneesports.gg |language=en-US}}

After placing third in split 1 of VCL Malaysia/Singapore 2024, the challengers league announced that they launched an investigation into JayH for potential match-fixing, and promptly placed him under suspension.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-30 |title= Riot Games provisionally suspends Disguised VALORANT player Jayh |url=https://esportsinsider.com/2024/04/disguised-player-jayh-suspended-riot |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Esports Insider |language=en-US}} Over a week later, Disguised released a [https://x.com/Disguised/status/1788409859207258193 tweet] announcing the departure of JayH, bryce, and Riza. JayH was later found innocent and his suspension was lifted.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-30 |title= JayH provisional suspension lifted, VCT MYSG issues official warning instead |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/valorant/news-jayh-provisional-suspension-lifted-vct-mysg-issues-official-warning-instead |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=sportskeeda |language=en-US}}

On May 17th, 2024, Disguised announced in a [https://x.com/Disguised/status/1791665094637891860 tweet] that they had signed Rodman "Vera" Yap, Tidus "STYRON" Goh, and grumble to compete on the roster for the second split. The team finished third in the group stage of split 2 of VCL Malaysia/Singapore 2024. In playoffs, the team finished first and secured a place in the VCT 2024: Ascension Pacific tournament that was be held in Indonesia in September. This gave them a chance to compete for a promotion into the tier 1 VCT Pacific League. The team did not win Ascension, losing to Boom Esports in the lower bracket and finishing tied for 5th place.

The team moved to the new VCL Southeast Asia league, as VCL Malaysia/Singapore ceased to exist on July 18, 2024. They finished split 3 as the winners, defeating Made in Thailand in the grand final. However, on January 14, 2025, Disguised announced their withdrawal from VCL Southeast Asia, citing South Korean streaming platform SOOP (formerly AfreecaTV)'s exclusive rights to the league forbidding them from doing costreams on Twitch or other platforms.{{cite news |title=Disguised exits Challengers SEA |url=https://www.vlr.gg/434196/disguised-exits-challengers-sea |access-date=February 18, 2025 |work=vlr.gg |date=January 14, 2025}}

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On June 1, 2023, Disguised announced the creation of a League of Legends team to compete in the North America Challengers League (NACL), the second tier of competition in North America. The roster consisted of three players from reigning NACL champions, Cloud9 Challengers: FakeGod, Tomio, and Zeyzal, along with Young from Golden Guardians Challengers, Meech from CLG Challengers, and coach Goldenglue. The team won the summer 2023 season of the North American Challenger League, but were released after securing the organization's first trophy to provide players with an opportunity to play in the first tier LCS league. Tomio, FakeGod, and Zeyzal were signed by the newly formed Shopify Rebellion, while Meech and Goldenglue left for 100 Thieves. Young was verbally signed by Golden Guardians to their LCS team, however the organization was disbanded in the 2023 offseason and ceased to exist in December 2023.

Disguised chose to remain in the NACL for 2024, signing a roster of Milan "Tenacity" Oleksij, Perry "Perry" Norman, Daniel "Minui" Mingshui, and Philippe "Poome" Lavoie-Giguere, along with the return of Youngho "Young" Choi from the previous year's roster.{{Cite web |last=Esguerra |first=Tyler |date=2024-01-12 |title=Familiar faces headline Disguised's new LoL roster for 2024 NACL Spring Split |url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/familiar-faces-headline-disguiseds-new-lol-roster-for-2024-nacl-spring-split |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Dot Esports |language=en-US}} The team had a disappointing split by finishing 7th in the regular season split and 4th in playoffs to end the spring season. For summer 2024, the team dropped Minui and picked up Frank "Tomo" Lam to replace him in the bot lane. Perry retired from professional play to pursue higher education. He was replaced by Johnny "Yukino" Dang in the Jungle role. Additionally, Head Coach Brandon "Inero" Smith left the team to take up the role of head coach of Immortals in the LCS. He was replaced by Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen. However, Tomo was signed mid-split by 100 Thieves as an emergency callup to their LCS team. {{Cite web |title=100 Thieves signs Tomo: Meech benched|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1efz7oj/100_thieves_signs_tomo_meech_benched/?onetap_auto=true&one_tap=true|date=2024-07-30}} This forced Tenacity to temporarily move to the Bot lane role and positional coach Brandon "Brandini" Chen to temporarily sub into the top lane role.

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On August 22, 2023, Disguised announced the signing of an Apex Legends team consisting of Ira "dooplex" Shepherd, Trenton "lou" Clements, and Adam "senoxe" Lau. They had formerly played together as an unsigned roster by the name "Dudes Night Out" and qualified for the Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) Championship in Birmingham.{{Cite web |last=Richman |first=Olivia |date=2023-08-22 |title=Disguised Toast Signs Apex Legends Team Competing in ALGS Championship |url=https://esi.si.com/apex-legends/disguised-toast-signs-apex-legends-team-algs |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Esports Illustrated |language=en}} After competing in the ALGS Championship and placing 33rd, the roster was released.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

For 2024, ALGS announced the expansion of their partnership program, with Disguised being one of the twelve teams added.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-30 |title=ALGS announces partnership program in Year 4 with Fnatic, Moist Esports, TSM and more |url=https://www.dexerto.com/apex-legends-esports/algs-announces-partnership-program-in-year-4-with-fnatic-moist-esports-tsm-and-more-2408006/ |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Dexerto |language=en}} On January 17, 2024, Disguised announced the signing of "The Dojo", fourth place finishers at the ALGS Championship. The roster consisted of Timothy "iiTzTimmy" An who remained signed to 100 Thieves as a content creator, Tyler "Dezignful" Gardner, and Alexander "Enemy" Rodriguez, along with head coach Deston "Bronzey" Nguyen.{{Cite web |last=Labilles |first=Justin-Ivan |date=2024-01-18 |title=Disguised aims for ALGS glory with iiTzTimmy by signing The Dojo |url=https://dotesports.com/apex-legends/news/disguised-aims-for-algs-glory-with-iitztimmy-by-signing-the-dojo |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Dot Esports |language=en-US}} The team placed 8th in the Split 1 Playoffs and qualified for the ALGS Championship 2024.

On June 11th, 2024, iiTzTimmy announced his departure from Disguised to join Moist Esports.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-11 |title=iiTzTimmy announces departure from Disguised in Apex Legends: Everything you need to know |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/news-iitztimmy-announces-departure-disguised-apex-legends-everything-need-know |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=sportskeeda |language=en}} The team eventually decided on Arturo "qzier" Hurtado to fill the empty slot and placed 26th at the 2024 Esports World Cup.

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Prior to the Teamfight Tactics Vegas Open, Disguised signed ten players, including Wang himself. During the event, Disguised added two players: Kevin "Prestivent" Zou and Joven "Broccóli" Thandi, with Broccóli placing third overall.{{Cite web |last=Stubbs |first=Mike |title=The TFT Vegas Open Is A Test Of 'Teamfight Tactics' Esports Potential |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikestubbs/2023/12/08/the-tft-vegas-open-is-a-test-of-teamfight-tactics-esports-potential/ |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Cropley |first=Steven |date=2023-12-10 |title=DisguisedToast happy with TFT Vegas Open: 'It's so surreal' |url=https://www.oneesports.gg/teamfight-tactics/disguisedtoast-tft-vegas-open/ |access-date=2024-01-26 |website=www.oneesports.gg |language=en-US}}

On May 9th, 2024, Disguised announced the signing of Tekken 8 player, PhiDX.

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