/gamergate/

/gamergate/ is one of the founding 16 teams of the Infinity Cup, and stands as one of the worst teams in Cup history. Despite this, it managed to spawn two offshoot teams, only one of which ever played in an official game.

History
In spite of being a founding sixteen member and playing only four matches in a seven month span, the history of team /gamergate/ has had virtually no uplifting moments. Although the team managed to settle as /gamergate/ despite the GGHQ-GGR split earlier in 2015, and Vivian James opened the team's history with the fastest goal in Infinity Cup history (against /sp/, no less!), the team struggled to be relevant in virtually all facets of virtual divegrass.

Infinity Cup I (Summer 2015)
/gamergate/ were drawn into Infinity Cup I as a #3 seed thanks to random.org, putting them in a match with the #14 seed /sp/. Although obviously, /sp/ was the favorite going in, /gamergate/ was hardly a non-contender, something which was quickly proven when a blackface Vivian James opened her and her team's season with the fastest goal in Infinity Cup history (1m 42s). However, this electric opening quickly fell by the wayside as a Bumble Pepe shot in the 18th minute equalized the match for /sp/. In the second half, /sp/ temporarily pulled ahead of /gamergate/ in the 56th minute, but a second Vivian James goal brought it back to a tie game just two minutes later in the 58th minute. Both teams continued to have scoring opportunities for the rest of the half (including several would-be goals that were saved by /sp/ keeper Janitor and /gamergate/ keeper Uncle /pol/), but none found their way into the back of the net, bringing the game to extra time. When neither team could even get a shot on the net for either half, the game came to penalties.

Both teams converted their first three shots, bringing it to 3-3 in penalties. However, a lazy kick by Le Respectful Nodding Man was easily saved by Janitor, opening the door for /sp/. Just like Le Respectful Nodding Man, though, Bumble Pepe's shot was saved, keeping penalties knotted at 3. Usher, /gamergate/'s next kick-taker, subsequently skied one well over the bar, this time opening the door for /sp/ to win it all. With everything on the line, Sepp Blatter drilled his shot down the center as Uncle /pol/ dived left, and /sp/ took the win 4-3 in penalties, eliminating /gamergate/.

Infinity Cup II (Winter 2015)
In spite of the loss to /sp/ which eliminated them, /gamergate/ entered the Winter Cup in much the same way it had gone into the Summer Cup. Unusually, however, they were drawn into group H along with /sp/, which resulted in the two teams meeting in their opening game for the second cup in a row. This time, however, /gamergate/ quickly fell behind 1-0 after Wade Davis slotted a beautiful ball beyond the keeper's reach off of a throw in. /sp/ never looked back after the early Wade goal, as /gamergate/ failed to capitalize on any of its opportunities. A late 71st minute goal by Wew solidified /sp/'s victory, and /gamergate/ began its second cup run having been humiliated 2-0 by /sp/.

Still, there remained two games to play against cup newcomers /kind/ and /n/, and /gamergate/ hadn't been effectively eliminated already as /pone/ had in their 6-0 loss to /leftypol/ early that day. Thus, /gamergate/ remained somewhat optimistic. However, the fun was not to last. Another 5th minute goal in the match against /kind/ put /gamergate/ behind early for a second time. A /gamergate/ equalizer by Usher in the 32nd minute gave the team a fleeting hope that a draw or win might still be in the cards, but a late goal in stoppage time by Tender Hugging put /gamergate/ back down 2-1, and /kind/ stormed ahead to an eventual 3-1 victory, leaving /gamergate/ 0-0-2.

Although by this point not technically out of contention, the hope for /gamergate/ was virtually gone. In order to even advance, /gamergate/ required five goals against /n/, when in their prior two matches, they had just one. The end result was predictable -- /gamergate/ scored no goals in the match -- and, although the team held /n/ scoreless for the first half, in the 49th an Otorobot goal essentially sealed /gamergate/'s fate. A late 90+ minute goal by Donald Trump finished /gamergate/ off, completing the 0-0-3 record, and leaving /gamergate/ as the only multi-cup team to lose every match it has ever played.

Post Infinity Cup II
Being one of the least cared about teams in the entire cup, even by its home board(s), /gamergate/ unsurprisingly came out of Infinity Cup II with no particular game plan for the future, and no intentions of switching up its closely knit team. In the lead-up to Infinity Cup III, however, this "plan" has unraveled massively, putting the team's future in doubt. After splinter board /ggrevolt/ was contacted as a potential expansion (or replacement team) for the cup, a well rounded team was put together for the board, resulting in the emergence of team /ggrevolt/. Not long afterwards, one of /gamergatehq/'s board volunteers also put together a /gamergatehq/ team, effectively completing the GamerGate split. Barring the falling through of team /gamergatehq/, it seems unlikely that /gamergate/ will play another match in the Infinity Cup.

Quotes
"Vivian James, already with the ball, she's got this in... VIVIAN JAMES WITH A GOAL!! IT'S ALREADY IN!!"


 * Vivian James sets the original Infinity Cup fastest goal record of 1 minute, 42 seconds.

"Here we go, Usher, Usher, AND HE FLOATS IT!! USHER FLOATS IT TO THE CROWD!!"


 * The fateful missed penalty kick by Usher, which allows /sp/ to take it all.

Roster
Main Article: /gamergate/ Roster.

Match history
Note: Results list /gamergate/'s goal total first