Freakazoid (gamer) explained

Id:FREAKAZOiD
Ryan Abadir
Birth Date:25 November 1992
Nationality:American
Team:Mythic
Game:Counter-Strike 2
Role:Rifler
Career Start:2010
Career End:2020; 2022–present
Years1:2012
Team1:Team Dynamic
Years2:2012–2013
Team2:Frost Gaming
Years3:2013–2014
Team3:Homeless
Years4:2015–2016
Team4:Cloud9
Years5:2016–2018
Team5:Echo Fox
Years6:2018–2019
Team6:Swole Patrol
Years7:2019
Team7:Ghost Gaming
Years8:2019–2020
Years9:2020
Team9:Swole Patrol
Years10:2022–present
Team10:Mythic

Ryan Abadir (born November 25, 1992), better known as FREAKAZOiD, is an American professional Counter-Strike 2 player. He has played with teams such as Cloud9 and Echo Fox. Abadir was the last player under contract with Echo Fox, which ended in January 2018.[1] In May 2020, Abadir announced his retirement from CS:GO to pursue a career in Valorant.[2] He returned to professional Counter-Strike in January 2022 with the Mythic roster.[3]

Career

Counter-Strike

Abadir began his professional Counter-Strike career in 2010 with team Area 51 Gaming.[4] From 2010 to 2012, he competed with teams Swole Patrol and Netcode Illuminati.[5] In 2012, he signed with Team Dynamic.[6]

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Abadir transitioned to playing (CS:GO) with Team Dynamic in July 2012.[7]

Abadir joined Cloud9 on April 29, 2015, along with Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham.[8] On July 9–12 C9 played at ESWC 2015 and finished 2nd behind Natus Vincere.[9]

In February 2016 he was deducted a month's pay and attended an anti-bullying seminar after he was caught incorrectly treating Team Liquid player Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostylev during a FACEIT Pro League online match.[10]

Abadir was dropped from the C9 roster on April 13, 2016.[11] [12] [13] On April 26 he was announced as a stand in for Splyce in place of Abraham "abE" Fazli and got 7-8t at DreamHack Austin 2016.[14] [15] [16]

On May 31, 2016, Abadir joined Echo Fox, reuniting with former C9 teammate Sean "sgares" Gares.[17] [18]

Notes and References

  1. News: freakazoid no longer a part of Echo Fox. HLTV.org. 2018-03-15. en.
  2. News: Biazzi . Leonardo . May 10, 2020 . Freakazoid retires from CS:GO to pursue career in VALORANT . Dot Esports . May 6, 2021.
  3. Web site: January 28, 2022 . Fresh look . December 17, 2023 . X.
  4. News: Howard . Brandon . Freakazoid Signs With eUnited Ahead Of ESL One New York . May 6, 2021 . Hotspawn . September 24, 2019.
  5. News: Chen . Ethan . eUnited replace moose with freakazoid on CSGO roster . May 6, 2021 . Daily Esports . September 27, 2019.
  6. News: Team Dynamic picks up fREAKAZOiD . May 6, 2021 . SK Gaming . 2012 . May 6, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210506124626/https://www.sk-gaming.com/content/54905-team-dynamic-picks-up-freakazoid . dead .
  7. News: Lozano . Jurt . CS:GO pros freakazoid and Zellsis announce move to Valorant . May 6, 2012 . One Esports . May 12, 2020.
  8. Web site: Cloud9 add fREAKAZOiD and Skadoodle to CS:GO roster. Gonzales, Dennis. theScore esports. 2015-04-29. 2016-07-19. 2016-09-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20160918130806/http://www.thescoreesports.com/csgo/news/1479-cloud9-add-freakazoid-and-skadoodle-to-cs-go-roster. dead.
  9. Web site: FREAKAZ0ID on Cloud9's ESWC, the team's map pool and his bench press. Jacob Juillet, Paul Park. theScore esports. 2015-07-12. 2016-07-19. 2016-09-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20160918163239/http://www.thescoreesports.com/csgo/news/2920. dead.
  10. Web site: fREAKAZOiD entschuldigt sich bei s1mple nach Mobbing readmore.de. freaks4u.de. Freaks 4U Gaming GmbH. www.readmore.de. de. 2017-08-21.
  11. Web site: Freakazoid Dropped From Cloud9 Starting CSGO Roster. Dexerto. 2016-04-13. 2016-07-19. 2016-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20160721034225/http://www.dexerto.com/news/2016/04/13/adren-replaces-freakazoid-cloud9/. dead.
  12. Web site: Freakazoid no longer on Cloud9′s CS:GO roster. Walker, Dylan. esports.yahoo.com. 2016-04-13. 2016-07-19.
  13. Web site: Cloud9 remove fREAKAZOiD from its Counter-Strike roster. Leslie, Callum. The Daily Dot. 2016-04-13. 2016-07-19.
  14. Web site: fREAKAZOiD to stand in for Splyce at DreamHack Austin. Fischer, Annabelle. theScore esports. 2016-04-26. 2016-07-19. 2016-09-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20160918153451/http://www.thescoreesports.com/csgo/news/7515. dead.
  15. Web site: fREAKAZOiD at DreamHack Austin. Jacob Wolf. ESPN.com. 2016-05-07. 2016-07-19.
  16. Web site: Freakazoid to stand in for abe on Splyce at DreamHack Austin. Leslie, Callum. The Daily Dot. 2016-04-26. 2016-07-19.
  17. Web site: Echo Fox sign fREAKAZOID. Dozsa, Preston. theScore esports. 2016-05-31. 2016-07-19. 2016-08-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20160812120941/http://www.thescoreesports.com/csgo/news/8115-echo-fox-sign-freakazoid. dead.
  18. Web site: fREAKAZOiD Signed to Echo Fox. Dustin Steiner. PVP Live. 2016-07-19. 2016-08-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20160821014111/https://pvplive.net/c/echo-fox-adds-freakazoid. dead.