Maikelele Explained

Id:Maikelele
Mikail Bill
Birth Date:3 May 1991
Nationality:Swedish[1]
Role:Rifler and AWPer
Career Start:2010
Years1:2010
Team1:Begrip Gaming
Years2:2010
Team2:icsu
Years3:2010
Team3:wCrea
Years4:2010
Team4:icsu
Years5:2011
Team5:FroZeN HeLLGuardZ
Years6:2011
Team6:decerto
Years7:2011
Team7:3DMAX
Years8:2012
Team8:Cheese Steaks
Years9:2012
Team9:CAI
Years10:2012
Team10:Volt Gaming
Years11:2013
Team11:Team Refuse
Years12:2013–2014
Team12:LGB eSports
Years13:2014
Team13:Team Property
Years14:2014
Team14:SK Gaming
Years15:2014
Team15:ESG!
Years16:2014
Team16:UnWanted
Years17:2014
Team17:mousesports
Years18:2014–2015
Team18:Ninjas in Pyjamas
Years19:2015
Team19:LGB eSports
Years20:2015
Team20:Team Kinguin
Years21:2015–2016
Team21:G2 Esports
Years22:2016
Team22:FaZe Clan
Years23:2016
Team23:mixbanan
Years24:2016
Team24:Ninjas in Pyjamas
Years25:2016–2017
Team25:qwerty
Years26:2017
Team26:Team Dignitas
Years27:2017
Team27:Red Reserve
Years28:2018
Team28:Enyoy
Years29:2018
Team29:Digital Chaos
Years30:2018–2019
Team30:NoChance
Years31:2019
Team31:SMASH Esports
Years32:2019–2020
Team32:GODSENT

Mikail Bill (born 3 May 1991),[2] better known as Maikelele, is a Swedish retired professional player . He has played in teams like qwerty, G2 Esports, Team Kinguin, LGB eSports, Ninjas in Pyjamas, mousesports, UnWanted, ESG!, FaZe Clan, SK Gaming, Team Property, Red Reserve, Digital Chaos and GODSENT.

Career

Maikelele, then known as "Eksem", started playing Counter-Strike professionally in 2010 for Begrip Gaming.[3]

2013/2014

He would first gain prominence in when he joined LGB eSports in August 2013.[4] LGB eSports qualified for the first CS:GO Major, DreamHack Winter 2013, through the online qualifiers.[5] The team ended up placing 5-8th.[6] LGB eSports parted ways with Eksem on 2 February 2014.[7]

On 27 March 2014, Eksem joined SK Gaming.[8] SK Gaming went on to qualify for DreamHack Summer 2014 where they placed 5–8th, losing to HellRaisers in the quarterfinals.[9] SK Gaming dropped the roster on 6 May.[10] Eksem and the rest of ex-SK Gaming went on to form the team "ESG!". It was on ESG! where Eksem changed his alias to Maikelele. The team was picked up by Heat eSports for Gfinity G3 and ultimately disbanded on 12 August 2014.[11] Maikelele briefly joined UnWanted on 22 August 2014 alongside fellow ESG! member Alexander "SKYTTEN" Carlsson.[12] Maikelele left the team on 16 September 2014, citing attitude issues.[13] Maikelele acted as a stand-in for Mousesports during the ESWC 2014 qualifiers and ended up qualifying for the main event.[14]

On 4 November 2014 he replaced Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson on Ninjas in Pyjamas.[15] They finished 2nd at DreamHack Winter 2014.

2015/2016

NiP then finished second at MLG X Games Aspen Invitational. The team announced they were holding tryouts to replace Maikelele in February 2015 and he officially left the team on 18 March.[16] Maikelele briefly joined LGB eSports' Norwegian lineup on 18 March 2015.[17]

Team Kinguin picked up an international Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team on 5 May which consisted of Maikelele, rain, fox, ScreaM, and SKYTTEN.[18]

In August 2015 Team Kinguin dropped their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team because of corporate restructuring and the team was picked up by Gamers2, now known as G2 Esports.[19] The team made it to the semi-finals of DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015.

On 20 January 2016 it was announced that FaZe Clan had picked up G2's Counter-Strike team for an unknown amount of money.[20] In April, FaZe placed 9-12th at . On 3 April 2016 Maikelele announced on Twitter that he was leaving FaZe Clan.[21] [22]

On 24 July, after over three months of being without a team, Maikelele announced that he is planning to create a new CS:GO team and also return to the AWPer position.[23]

Maikelele returned as a stand-in for Ninjas in Pyjamas for SL i-League StarSeries Season 2. Ninjas in Pyjamas won the tournament on 11 September 2016 after beating G2 Esports in the finals.[24]

2017-present

In 2017 Maikelele formed a short lived team known as qwerty with Swedish teammates atter, wenton, slap and the Bosnian player and former Ninjas in Pyjamas coach pita.[25]

In March, Maikelele was signed by Dignitas in a European mix team.[26] After only 1 month, Maikelele was removed and he joined Red Reserve and made grand final at DreamHack Open Valencia where Swedish squad ended second after being defeated by Ninjas in Pyjamas.[27]

On 1 September 2017, Red Reserve organization and the players parted ways after internal problems within the team.[28] Maikelele left the team and took a step back from competitive gaming. In January 2018, Maikelele returned to competitive gaming with Team Enyoy, teaming up with Markus "pronax" Wallsten, Jacob "pyth" Mourujärvi, Mattias "benny" Rosback, and Aleksandar "jayzaR" Zarkovic.

On 7 May 2018, Team Enyoy signed long-term contracts with Digital Chaos whom decided to venture into .[29] On October 19, 2018, Maikelele and pronax left Digital Chaos because of unsuccessful online tournaments and because they wished to build an international team, something the organisation did not agree with.[30]

On 21 October 2018, Maikelele joined LeftOut for play the Europe Minor Open Qualifier for IEM Katowice 2019.[31] LeftOut would eventually become NoChance, and they came 5th-6th in the European Minor for the . In September 2019, NoChance were signed by a new e-sports organisation, SMASH.[32]

On 13 November 2019, Maikelele's team was released by SMASH e-sports.[33] The day after, they were signed by GODSENT,[34] and they won WePlay! Forge of Masters Season 2[35] only 3 days after. Following that win, he came back to HLTV's top 30[36] after being absent from it for a long time. He and his team made to the top 20 of the same ranking on 10 February 2019.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: - YouTube. YouTube. 31 March 2016. 2 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202022130/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdu1lNRMGeo. live.
  2. 727407495782739969. maikelele. 25th Birthday today - A very big thanks to all my fans, friends and family. A birthday present… https://instagram.com/p/BE8Afvkscqj/. Maikel Bill.
  3. Web site: Player Profile: The life of Maikelele . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160415145051/http://www.g2esports.com/player-profile-maikelele/ . 15 April 2016 . G2 Esports . 4 April 2016.
  4. Web site: Kovanen. Tomi. The story of LGB eSports. HLTV. 4 April 2016. 11 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160611094042/http://www.hltv.org/news/12288-the-story-of-lgb-esports. live.
  5. Web site: Schedule, groups and more casters!. DreamHack. 4 April 2016. 2 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202000704/http://www.dreamhack.se/dhw13/2013/11/21/schedule-groups-and-more-casters/. live.
  6. Web site: Milicevic. Toni. fnatic win DreamHack Winter 2013. HLTV. 4 April 2016. 21 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150621170647/http://www.hltv.org/news/11814-fnatic-win-dreamhack-winter-2013. live.
  7. Web site: Kovanen. Tomi. LGB add twist and cype. HLTV. 4 April 2016. 23 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160323061442/http://www.hltv.org/news/12039-lgb-add-twist-and-cype. live.
  8. Web site: Wynne. Jared. SK Gaming goes back to roots, picks up a 'Counter-Strike' team. The Daily Dot. dead. 4 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160418144616/http://www.dailydot.com/esports/sk-gaming-counter-strike-team-property/. 18 April 2016.
  9. Web site: Abdullaev. Rahim. NiP wins Dreamhack Summer 2014 CS:GO. GreatFrag. 4 April 2016. 22 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160422231458/http://old.greatfrag.com/newscs/2876-nip-wins-dreamhack-summer-2014-cs-go.html. live.
  10. Web site: Mira. Luis. SK release CS:GO team. HLTV. 4 April 2016. 11 August 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150811124224/http://www.hltv.org/news/12749-sk-release-csgo-team. live.
  11. Web site: Moseley. Allen. ESG! disbands, will continue to participate in Starladder. Gosu Gamers. 12 August 2014. 4 April 2016. 16 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160416163916/http://www.gosugamers.net/counterstrike/news/28354-esg-disbands-will-continue-to-participate-in-starladder. live.
  12. Web site: Allen. Moseley. Former ESG! players create new team UnWanted. Gosu Gamers. 22 August 2014. 4 April 2016. 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305104123/http://www.gosugamers.net/counterstrike/news/28408-former-esg-players-create-new-team-unwanted. live.
  13. Web site: Mira. Luis. Maikelele leaves UnWanted. HLTV. 4 April 2016. 24 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160324220035/http://www.hltv.org/news/13227-maikelele-leaves-unwanted. live.
  14. Web site: Luke. Matt. mouz, 3DMAX, and GPLAY to Qualify for ESWC 2014. Gosu Gamers. 6 October 2014. 4 April 2016. 16 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160416114932/http://www.gosugamers.net/counterstrike/news/28743-mouz-3dmax-and-gplay-to-qualify-for-eswc-2014. live.
  15. Web site: Maikelele is the new Ninja in Pyjamas. Samuel. Lingle. The Daily Dot. 4 November 2014. 14 December 2015. 22 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222112806/http://www.dailydot.com/esports/ninjas-in-pyjamas-adds-maikelele/. live.
  16. Web site: NiP hasn't dropped Maikelele, but it's holding tryouts to replace him. Jared. Wynne. The Daily Dot. 13 February 2015. 13 February 2015. 22 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222143008/http://www.dailydot.com/esports/counter-strike-nip-maikelele/. live.
  17. Web site: Park. Paul. Maikelele joins LGB eSports. theScore esports. 4 April 2016. 26 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160426034637/http://www.thescoreesports.com/csgo/news/798. live.
  18. Web site: Team Kinguin CS:GO is here!. Kinguin. 6 April 2016. 14 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160414095849/http://www.kinguin.net/blog/team-kinguin-csgo-is-here. live.
  19. Web site: Kinguin pulls back from esports sponsorships amid corporate restructuring. Richard. Lewis. 12 August 2015. The Daily Dot. 14 December 2015. 22 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222123919/http://www.dailydot.com/esports/kinguin-restructuring/. live.
  20. Web site: G2's Counter-Strike team acquired by FaZe Clan. G2 Esports. 20 January 2016. 20 January 2016. 22 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160122212150/http://www.g2esports.com/g2-csgo-team-acquired-by-faze. dead.
  21. maikelele. Maikel Bill. 716459912017141760. 3 April 2016. This might come as a chock but I'll not continue with @FaZeClan - will release a statement about it when I'm home from USA..
  22. Web site: Maikelele to leave FaZe Clan following disappointing Columbus major . www.dailydot.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160407150002/http://www.dailydot.com/esports/maikelele-leaves-faze-clan-mlg-columbus . 2016-04-07.
  23. Web site: Maikelele announces plans to start his own CS:GO team, return to AWP position The Daily Dot . www.dailydot.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160731045647/http://www.dailydot.com/esports/maikelele-return-pro-counter-strike/ . 2016-07-31.
  24. Web site: Švejda. Milan. NiP win StarSeries Season 2 Finals. HLTV.org. 12 September 2016. 16 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160916070227/http://www.hltv.org/news/18660-nip-win-starseries-season-2-finals. live.
  25. News: Maikelele, pita form qwerty. HLTV.org. 18 January 2017. 7 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170107004829/http://www.hltv.org/news/19544-maikelele-pita-form-qwerty. live.
  26. Web site: Burazin . Zvonimir "Professeur" . dignitas unveil new roster . HLTV . 9 September 2019 . 13 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190713072234/https://www.hltv.org/news/20024/dignitas-unveil-new-roster . live .
  27. Web site: Nordmark . Sam . Maikelele and pita reportedly cut from Dignitas . HLTV . 3 May 2017 . 9 September 2019 . 15 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210615204100/https://dotesports.com/news/dignitas-csgo-roster-changes-14441 . live .
  28. Web site: Burazin . Zvonimir "Professeur" . Red Reserve and team part ways; Maikelele out . HLTV . 9 September 2019 . 27 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200427074443/https://www.hltv.org/news/21357/red-reserve-and-team-part-ways-maikelele-out . live .
  29. Web site: Aznar Miles . Lucas "LucasAM' . Digital Chaos sign Enyoy . HLTV . 9 September 2019 . 26 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200426173813/https://www.hltv.org/news/23528/digital-chaos-sign-enyoy . live .
  30. Web site: Bektaş . Bünyamin "BenjaCS" . Chaos release pronax, Maikelele . HLTV . 9 September 2019 . 27 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200427032452/https://www.hltv.org/news/25127/chaos-release-pronax-maikelele . live .
  31. Web site: Mira . Luis "MIRAA" . LeftOut trio reunite for Europe Minor qualifier . HLTV . 9 September 2019 . 26 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191226140915/https://www.hltv.org/news/25144/leftout-trio-reunite-for-europe-minor-qualifier . live .
  32. Web site: L. . Aleksei . NoChance sign with SMASH Esports . HLTV . 9 September 2019 . 10 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190910200305/https://www.hltv.org/news/27784/nochance-sign-with-smash-esports . live .
  33. Web site: Burazin . Zvonimir "Professeur" . SMASH part ways with CS:GO team . HLTV . 11 February 2020 . 23 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200223014307/https://www.hltv.org/news/28384/smash-part-ways-with-csgo-team . live .
  34. Web site: Burazin . Zvonimir "Professeur" . GODSENT sign ex-SMASH roster . HLTV . 11 February 2020 . 23 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200223011918/https://www.hltv.org/news/28374/godsent-sign-ex-smash-roster . live .
  35. Web site: WePlay! Forge of Masters Season 2 . HLTV . 11 February 2020 . 23 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200223002329/https://www.hltv.org/events/5013/weplay-forge-of-masters-season-2-finals . live .
  36. Web site: HLTV rankings . 11 February 2020 . 6 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160506171914/http://www.hltv.org/ranking/teams . live .

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