Fnatic

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[e][h]Fnatic

Team Information

Location:

 United Kingdom
 Australia

Manager:

Elroy "Noname" Pinto

Approx. Total Winnings:

$19,768

Player earnings:

$230,371

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Achievements

Solo Achievements

 

History

Created:

2010-04-02

Disbanded:

2015-04-03

Fnatic is a gaming organization originating in Australia and the UK, with registered offices in Australia, the UK and the Netherlands. The Fnatic team was founded by Sam Mathews with help from Joris Van Laerhoven and Anne Mathews. The organization is widely known for a variety of teams, most particularly in having one of the most successful Counter-Strike 1.6 teams in the world. Fnatic's main offices are in London.

Despite being mainly concentrated on Team FPS and Duel eSport titles in the past, Fnatic recruited a strong Asian Brood War team in 2008, with players such as Sen, JayStar, Never and F91 - the team which later became DuskBin. Fnatic enjoyed two fruitful spells with Warcraft III. Their European team held players such as Satiini and RotterdaM, while their later Korean team included FoCuS and Shy.

In anticipation of the release of StarCraft II, Fnatic organized a Rookie Draft, with the aim of discovering StarCraft talent for their new squad. Over 300 players from all around the world fought in the FnaticMSI Rookie Draft for the chance to become a FnaticMSI player, with four players from the top 16 in the tournament taking up places with the competitive gaming behemoth. Fenix, TT1, KawaiiRice and funkay were awarded the spots in Fnatic's new team, but eventually another two top players from the tournament, Krr and Praetor were recruited. With Xeris as their manager, Fnatic continued building up their squad after SC2's release, recruiting bigger names such as Sen, IefNaij and LucifroN.

On June 24, 2011, FnaticMSI signed Korean player Rain. Although not the first time a Korean professional gamer has joined a foreign team, this is the first time that someone as notable as the GSL 3 runner-up has. Rain would be living in the U.S. to practice and participate in tournaments. Fnatic also created a Korean Academy team. After the departure of Xeris as manager, as well as most of their western squad, Fnatic continued building their Korean lineup, most notably, with the Warcraft III legend, Moon, and in March 2012, Fnatic opened a South Korean team house, from where their new team would be based, and well placed to participate in the GSL and GSTL.

Despite mixed results in Korea, in January 2013, Fnatic announced the closure of their operations in South Korea, including letting go of their South Korean players, and closure of the gaming house, and that they would be shifting focus back to Europe, after the huge investment of around $250,000 proved to be unsustainable. Over in Europe, they would be represented by several well known players, such as NightEnD, Naama and SaSe.

Whilst retaining a strong base of professional players, Fnatic's General Manager and StarCraft II Team Manager, Elroy 'Noname' Pinto continued to acquire and develop young and talented European and North American players such as Harstem, Miniraser and Zanster the most successful of which would eventually be promoted to the professional roster. Fnatic ensured that all their players remained in the limelight by creating content particularly through their own dedicated caster, Pughy to host events such as the Fnatic Showmatch and the SteelSeries King of the Hill.

Timeline

• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
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• April 3, Fnatic disbands. Harstem joins Invasion eSport, and souL is left teamless.

• February 4, SaSe and NightEnD leave Fnatic.
• February 18, Avast becomes a sponsor.
• April 11, Fnatic partners up with the Azubu streaming service.
• April 26, Naama retires from SC2, whilst Miniraser and Zanster are promoted to the professional division, and Harstem is made team captain.
• May 27, hellokitty retires from SC2.
• July 15, souL joins the academy.
• August 11, Zanster and Ignite both leave the team.
• November 4, Neeb leaves the team.
• November 20, Miniraser announces that he is leaving the team.

• January 16, Fnatic issue a press release announcing the closure of the Korean gaming house and a shift of focus to Europe, with the possibility of opening a new house in Europe. Luvsic, is also released from the team.
• February 11, Fnatic parts ways with aLive and Oz after shutting down of their gaming facility in Seoul and the closure of Fnatic's Korean SC2 operations.
• February 12, Pink and Zanster join the academy.
• March 3, SaSe joins Fnatic.
• March 19, Miniraser joins the Fnatic Academy from Western Wolves.
• May 28, hellokitty joins the Fnatic Academy.
• December 27, Neeb joins the Fnatic Academy.

• January 12, Fnatic restarts its Korean Academy, releasing August, Skit and Porigo, and recruiting DeParture and SoN.
• January 17, Moon joins the team.
• January 19, Brood War legend IefNaij retires from competitive StarCraft II, whilst the Spanish 2v2 duo of IeZaeL and eXeCuToR also depart from Fnatic with the latter retiring, and the former looking for a new partner.
• January 31, After some controversy, Fnatic officially sign aLive and make Hwanni Fnatic's Korean General Manager.
• February 19, Fnatic sign Ares to their Korean Academy.
• March 19, former Samsung KHAN player, ByuL joins the Korean Academy.
• March 19, Fnatic opens a team house in Korea.
• April 15, SoN retires from progaming because of personal issues and subsequently leaves Fnatic.
• May 6, Fnatic signs Oz from FXO.
• June 11, Translator Brian "DoubleD" Choi leaves Fnatic.
• June 28, Luvsic officially joins Fnatic after sightings of him unofficially bearing the Fnatic team tag.
• July 1, Kevin "Harstem" de Koning joins Fnatic and is now part of their Academy.
• July 15, ToD and Fnatic part ways.
• July 17, Naama joins Fnatic.
• September 30, Hwanni, the Korean coach, departs from Fnatic to continue his work with MLG and Evil Geniuses as a consultant.
• November 6, Rain retires from professional StarCraft II.
• November 13, ByuL and Ares leave Fnatic.
• December 11, Moon leaves Fnatic.
• December 12, Harstem and Luvsic are promoted from Academy to Professional.
• December 21, TwitchTV becomes a sponsor.

• February 25, Fnatic officially announces the departure of LucifroN.
• April 30, Fnatic is invited to participate in the Evil Geniuses Master's Cup Series V.
• May 8, Fnatic sign NightEnD.
• May 20, Fnatic parts ways with Gretorp.
• June 25, Fnatic signs Rain.
• August 14, Fnatic parts ways with Sen.
• August 23, Fnatic parts ways with Fenix.
• September 10, Fnatic sign ToD.
• September 16, Fnatic signs the 2v2 pair of Team Wizards, IeZaeL and eXeCuToR.
• September 18, Fnatic starts a Korean Academy team and recruits three players to their roster: August, Skit and Porigo.
• November 1, Fnatic and TT1 part ways on amicable terms.
• December 23, Fnatic announces the departure of StarCraft II manager Duran "Xeris" Parsi.
• December 30, Fnatic parts ways with KawaiiRice.

• April 2, the Fnatic StarCraft II Team is formed, with the top four from the FnaticMSI Rookie Draft being picked: Fenix, funkay, TT1 and KawaiiRice.
• April 9, Fnatic add Krr and Praetor.
• May 21, Fnatic acquires Gretorp.
• May 28, Fnatic sign Moutas.
• July 25, Fnatic drop Praetor due to communications and activity issues.
• August 12, Fnatic sign LucifroN.
• August 18, Fnatic sign IefNaij.
• September 1, Fnatic sign Sen.
• September 10, Fnatic release Krr and Moutas.
• October 22, funkay leaves Fnatic and joins Team LDLC.com.

Roster

Notable Former Players

Full list of player transfers and former players here.

Former Squad
ID		Name		Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
aLive		(Han Lee Seok) Han Lee Seok		Join Date:  2012-01-30	Leave Date:  2013-02-10	Evil Geniuses
ByuL		(Han Ji Won) Han Ji Won		Join Date:  2012-03-18	Leave Date:  2012-11-12	Incredible Miracle
Fenix		(Jian Carlo Morayra Alejo) Jian Carlo Morayra Alejo		Join Date:  2010-04-01	Leave Date:  2011-08-22	Incredible Miracle
Harstem		(Kevin de Koning) Kevin de Koning		Join Date:  2012-07-01	Leave Date:  2015-04-02	Invasion eSport
hellokitty		(Zifeng Wang) Zifeng Wang		Join Date:  2013-05-27	Leave Date:  2014-05-26	Retired
Ignite		(Alexander Cvitanich Haugsted) Alexander Cvitanich Haugsted		Join Date:  2013-02-11	Leave Date:  2014-08-10	Redbloods
KawaiiRice		(Lok-Yin Kwong) Lok-Yin Kwong		Join Date:  2010-04-01	Leave Date:  2011-12-29	LighT eSports
Rain		(Park Seo Yong) Park Seo Yong		Join Date:  2011-06-24	Leave Date:  2012-11-05	Retired
Miniraser		(Viktor Malmberg) Viktor Malmberg		Join Date:  2013-03-18	Leave Date:  2014-11-19	Imaginary Gaming
Moon		(Jang Jae Ho) Jang Jae Ho		Join Date:  2012-01-16	Leave Date:  2012-12-10	Retired
Naama		(Santeri Lahtinen) Santeri Lahtinen		Join Date:  2012-07-16	Leave Date:  2014-04-25	Retired
Neeb		(Alex Sunderhaft) Alex Sunderhaft		Join Date:  2013-12-26	Leave Date:  2014-11-03	Ting
NightEnD		(Silviu Lazar) Silviu Lazar		Join Date:  2011-05-07	Leave Date:  2014-02-03	NewRoSoft
Oz		(Kim Hak Soo) Kim Hak Soo		Join Date:  2012-05-05	Leave Date:  2013-02-10	Evil Geniuses
SaSe		(Kim Hammar) Kim Hammar		Join Date:  2013-03-02	Leave Date:  2014-02-03
Sen		(Chia Cheng Yang) Chia Cheng Yang		Join Date:  2010-08-31	Leave Date:  2011-08-13	Gama Bears
souL		(Piotr Walukiewicz) Piotr Walukiewicz		Join Date:  2014-07-14	Leave Date:  2015-04-02	BrawL eSports
ToD		(Yoan Merlo) Yoan Merlo		Join Date:  2011-09-09	Leave Date:  2012-07-15	ROOT Gaming
TT1		(Payam Toghyan) Payam Toghyan		Join Date:  2010-04-01	Leave Date:  2011-10-31	mTw
Zanster		(Anton Dahlström) Anton Dahlström		Join Date:  2013-02-11	Leave Date:  2014-08-10	Team Property

Organization

Staff at time of Disbandment
ID		Name		Join Date	Leave Date	New Team
Sam		(Sam Mathews) Sam Mathews	Role:  (Managing Director)	Join Date:	Leave Date:
Annaky		(Anne Mathews) Anne Mathews	Role:  (Finance Director)	Join Date:	Leave Date:
Kboy		(Neil Kirk) Neil Kirk	Role:  (Business & Logistics Manager)	Join Date:	Leave Date:
Noname		(Elroy Pinto) Elroy Pinto	Role:  (General Manager)	Join Date:	Leave Date:
cArn		(Patrik Sattermon) Patrik Sattermon	Role:  (Chief Gaming Officer)	Join Date:	Leave Date:
StreeT		(Danijel Remus) Danijel Remus	Role:  (General Manager, Dota2 & PLAY/BEAT IT Manager)	Join Date:	Leave Date:
Matt		(Matthew Gillott) Matthew Gillott	Role:  (General & Marketing Manager)	Join Date:	Leave Date:
bkerr		(Brian Kerr) Brian Kerr	Role:  (Business Development Manager)	Join Date:	Leave Date:
Lexx		(Alexander Zavoloka) Alexander Zavoloka	Role:  (Editor in Chief)	Join Date:	Leave Date:

Team Achievements

Date	Place	Tier	Tournament		Result		Prize
2013-11-08	2nd	Minor		The Gathering 2013 Team Battle	1 : 3		$400.43
2013-10-04	3rd	Minor		RaidCall ESL Euro Series Summer 2013	3 : 1		$1,362.40
2012-12-08	5th - 6th	Premier		2012 Global Starcraft II Team League Season 3	0-2	Grp S.	$1,848.43
2012-07-28	5th - 8th	Premier		2012 Global StarCraft II Team League Season 2	1-2	Grp S.	$1,756.93
2012-07-01	2nd	Major		Evil Geniuses Master's Cup Series League VII	2 : 3		$3,000
2012-06-03	7th	Premier		Korean StarCraft II League 2012 Season 1: Group Stage	2-5	Grp S.	$400
2011-09-22	3rd	Major		Evil Geniuses Master's Cup Series League VI	0 : 3		$2,000
2011-06-30	1st	Minor		Crota's Team Tournament S1	3 : 2		$2,000
2011-03-20	1st	Premier		GosuCoaching Premiere League Season 1	3 : 2		$7,000
2010-12-31	2nd	Minor		SGL Season 1	3 : 4		-
Extended list of results

Awards

Date	Tier	Tournament		Award	Prize
No recorded results found.

Highlight Videos

• Fnatic : What is eSports ?

Interviews

2014

• 2014-04-20 |  Interview with Harstem and Miniraser after I51 by Darko ‘Mighty’ Ikonic of [[Fnatic|Fnatic]] at Insomnia51

Statistics

Earnings Statistics

Team Medal Statistics

Tier						Total
Premier	1	0	0	0	0	1
Major	0	1	1	0	0	2
Minor	1	2	1	0	0	4
Total	2	3	2	0	0	7

1v1 Medal Statistics

Tier						Total
Premier	2	1	2	3	3	11
Major	4	5	3	2	1	15
Minor	16	20	11	9	1	57
Basic	63	35	3	0	0	101
Total	85	61	19	14	5	184

Note: This table shows the medals won by players
in 1v1 events while on the team.