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
- News: freakazoid no longer a part of Echo Fox. HLTV.org. 2018-03-15. en.
- News: Biazzi . Leonardo . May 10, 2020 . Freakazoid retires from CS:GO to pursue career in VALORANT . Dot Esports . May 6, 2021.
- Web site: January 28, 2022 . Fresh look . December 17, 2023 . X.
- News: Howard . Brandon . Freakazoid Signs With eUnited Ahead Of ESL One New York . May 6, 2021 . Hotspawn . September 24, 2019.
- News: Chen . Ethan . eUnited replace moose with freakazoid on CSGO roster . May 6, 2021 . Daily Esports . September 27, 2019.
- 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 .
- News: Lozano . Jurt . CS:GO pros freakazoid and Zellsis announce move to Valorant . May 6, 2012 . One Esports . May 12, 2020.
- 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.
- 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.
- Web site: fREAKAZOiD entschuldigt sich bei s1mple nach Mobbing readmore.de. freaks4u.de. Freaks 4U Gaming GmbH. www.readmore.de. de. 2017-08-21.
- 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.
- Web site: Freakazoid no longer on Cloud9′s CS:GO roster. Walker, Dylan. esports.yahoo.com. 2016-04-13. 2016-07-19.
- Web site: Cloud9 remove fREAKAZOiD from its Counter-Strike roster. Leslie, Callum. The Daily Dot. 2016-04-13. 2016-07-19.
- 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.
- Web site: fREAKAZOiD at DreamHack Austin. Jacob Wolf. ESPN.com. 2016-05-07. 2016-07-19.
- Web site: Freakazoid to stand in for abe on Splyce at DreamHack Austin. Leslie, Callum. The Daily Dot. 2016-04-26. 2016-07-19.
- 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.
- 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.