Disguised (esports)

Disguised (abbreviated DSG) is an esports organization founded in 2023 by Canadian streamer Jeremy "Disguised Toast" Wang. The organization currently fields active teams in Valorant, League Of Legends, Apex Legends, and Tekken 8 with plans to compete in Teamfight Tactics in 2024.

History
On January 8, 2023, Internet personality Jeremy "Disguised Toast" Wang, announced a Valorant team under the name "Disguised". 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.

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. Disguised's League of Legends team won the organization its first trophy, securing first place in the summer split of the NACL. Disguised also entered Teamfight Tactics in October 2023 in advance of the TFT Vegas Open.

Wang won the Esports Personality of the Year in 2023 primarily for his work with Disguised.

Valorant
Initially having expressed interest in signing a Valorant team in a 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. 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.

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. 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.

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. With multiple top international finishes and winner of The Game Awards Best Esports Athlete in 2022, yay's addition was seen as a promising sign for Disguised. 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.

On July 10, 2023, Disguised signed a new Game Changers roster consisting of Katarina, Hannah "hannah" Reyes, Nathan "lazylion" Hoang, misu, and unstable. 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.

Disguised rejoined the Valorant scene in 2024 in collaboration with Bleed Esports, where former player yay plays, as Bleed's affiliate team. The new roster consists of Azrie "Riza" Adly, Tyler "Juicy" Aeria, Wong "JayH" Jia Heng, Bryce "bryce" Lee, and Wayne "wayne" Chang and will compete in VCL Malaysia/Singapore.

League Of Legends
On June 1, 2023, Disguised announced the creation of a League of Legends team to compete in the North America Challengers League (NACL). The roster consisted of three players from reigning NACL champions, Cloud9 Challengers: FakeGod, Tomio, and Zeyzal, along with Young from Golden Guardians, Meech from NRG 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 franchised LCS league.

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.

Apex Legends
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. After competing in the ALGS Championship and placing 33rd, the roster was released.

For 2024, ALGS announced the expansion of their partnership program, with Disguised being one of the twelve teams added. On January 17, 2024, Disguised announced the signing of "The Dojo", fourth place finishers at the ALGS Championship. This new roster consists of Timothy "iiTzTimmy" An who remains signed to 100 Thieves as a content creator, Tyler "Dezignful" Gardner, and Alexander "Enemy" Rodriguez, along with head coach Deston "Bronzey" Nguyen.

Teamfight Tactics
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.

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