SlasheR and his team won the group finishing 3-0 series count, and 9-3 map count. At MLG Orlando Open 2016, the final event before champs, the team finished 2nd to OpTic Gaming.ĮnVyUs were placed in Group G with fellow NA team Cloud 9, EU squad Team Vitality and the Australian arm of Orbit - Team Orbit ANZ. Despite another slow start, finishing 7-8th at MLG Anaheim Open 2016, the team began to improve and found consistency, coming 1st in both the 2016 NA CWL Stage 2 Regular Season (although this was only due to OpTic Gaming forfeiting 4 series due to CWL rulings and suspensions), and the 2016 NA CWL Stage 2 Playoffs. Consequently, John and, SlasheR’s previous teammate in FaZe, Apathy, were both picked up by Team EnVyUs, to replace ACHES and TeePee, for the rest of the Black Ops 3 season. These results resulted in TeePee and his long-time partner ACHES being dropped, after finishing 5th in the 2016 NA CWL Stage 1 Regular Season. They team failed to place higher than 5-8th at any LAN tournaments. This roster, despite its talent, started the season poorly. ![]() He was recruited by Team EnVyUs, joining veteran pros JKap, TeePee and ACHES. The Black Ops 3 season was to be SlasheR’s most successful thus far. Despite not winning an event with Denial, SlasheR finished the season as a standout player in Advanced Warfare, and was a hot prospect heading into Black Ops 3. 2015 and the MLG World Finals 2015, and 3rd at UMG Dallas 2015. Unfortunately, he failed to win an event with the team, placing 2nd at both UMG Washington D.C. SlasheR then left to join Denial, where he would remain for the rest of the AW season. The team attended the MLG Pro League Season 2 Playoffs, where again they placed 2nd, earning SlasheR an X Games Silver Medal. This team competed at 2 events together, and the conclusion of the MLG Pro League Season 2 Regular Season, where they finished in 2nd place. Following the dissolution of FaZe Red and FaZe Black, SlasheR and Enable were retained for FaZe Clan and were joined by ZooMaa and Huke. This new FaZe roster attended the Call of Duty Championship 2015 (now playing under FaZe Red, and placed well in 3rd, beating out strong opposition such as OpTic Gaming and EnVyUs, before ultimately losing 3-1 to Team Revenge in the loser’s finals. However, after a poor 13-16th finish at UMG Orlando 2015, Apathy and Censor left to join Team JusTus, and were replaced on FaZe by Parasite and Enable. ![]() On his first top team, SlasheR did not disappoint, winning his first event with the squad MLG Columbus. FaZe recruited him to their roster to replace Karma, who had moved to OpTic Nation. This event, and SlasheR's strong individual performances throughout, gained him significant interest from a number of top teams. SlasheR, now teaming with seasoned pro's Chino, Sender and previous teammate Miyagi, finished 2nd at the MLG CoD League Season 3 Playoffs under Noble eSports. This was SlasheR's first taste of competitive Call of Duty, and the beginning of a prosperous career.Īt the beginning of the Advanced Warfare (AW) season, SlaheR moved around a few teams, and performed well individually at several LAN events, including a 3rd place finish at UGC Niagara 2014 with VexX Gaming, netting SlasheR's first cash prize from a major LAN tournament. He was playing on relatively unknown teams - Ignite and MRKN Clan. SlasheR only competed at two major events during the Black Ops 2 season ( MLG Spring Championship 2013 and UMG Dallas 2013, placing 17-20th at both events. He was motivated to embark on competitive Call of Duty after realizing he could travel and win money while playing video games at high level. SlasheR started playing video games at the age of four, first playing the Nintendo 64.
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