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.[2] In May 2020, Abadir announced his retirement from CS:GO to pursue a career in Valorant.[1] He returned to professional Counter-Strike in January 2022 with the Mythic roster.[3]
| FREAKAZOiD | |
|---|---|
 Abadir at IEM San Jose 2015 | |
| Current team | |
| Team | Mythic |
| Role | Rifler |
| Game | Counter-Strike 2 |
| Personal information | |
| Name | Ryan Abadir |
| Born | November 25, 1992[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Career information | |
| Games | |
| Playing career | 2010–2020; 2022–present |
| Team history | |
| 2012 | Team Dynamic |
| 2012–2013 | Frost Gaming |
| 2013–2014 | Homeless |
| 2015–2016 | Cloud9 |
| 2016–2018 | Echo Fox |
| 2018–2019 | Swole Patrol |
| 2019 | Ghost Gaming |
| 2019–2020 | eUnited |
| 2020 | Swole Patrol |
| 2022–present | Mythic |
Career edit
Counter-Strike edit
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 edit
Abadir transitioned to playing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (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]
References edit
- ^ a b Biazzi, Leonardo (May 10, 2020). "Freakazoid retires from CS:GO to pursue career in VALORANT". Dot Esports. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ "freakazoid no longer a part of Echo Fox". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
- ^ "Fresh look". X. January 28, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ^ Howard, Brandon (September 24, 2019). "Freakazoid Signs With eUnited Ahead Of ESL One New York". Hotspawn. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ Chen, Ethan (September 27, 2019). "eUnited replace moose with freakazoid on CSGO roster". Daily Esports. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ "Team Dynamic picks up fREAKAZOiD". SK Gaming. 2012. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ Lozano, Jurt (May 12, 2020). "CS:GO pros freakazoid and Zellsis announce move to Valorant". One Esports. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
- ^ Gonzales, Dennis (2015-04-29). "Cloud9 add fREAKAZOiD and Skadoodle to CS:GO roster". theScore esports. Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
- ^ Jacob Juillet, Paul Park (2015-07-12). "FREAKAZ0ID on Cloud9's ESWC, the team's map pool and his bench press". theScore esports. Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
- ^ freaks4u.de, Freaks 4U Gaming GmbH. "fREAKAZOiD entschuldigt sich bei s1mple nach Mobbing | readmore.de". www.readmore.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-08-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Freakazoid Dropped From Cloud9 Starting CSGO Roster". Dexerto. 2016-04-13. Archived from the original on 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
- ^ Walker, Dylan (2016-04-13). "Freakazoid no longer on Cloud9′s CS:GO roster". esports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
- ^ Leslie, Callum (2016-04-13). "Cloud9 remove fREAKAZOiD from its Counter-Strike roster". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
- ^ Fischer, Annabelle (2016-04-26). "fREAKAZOiD to stand in for Splyce at DreamHack Austin". theScore esports. Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
- ^ Jacob Wolf (2016-05-07). "fREAKAZOiD at DreamHack Austin". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
- ^ Leslie, Callum (2016-04-26). "Freakazoid to stand in for abe on Splyce at DreamHack Austin". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
- ^ Dozsa, Preston (2016-05-31). "Echo Fox sign fREAKAZOID". theScore esports. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
- ^ Dustin Steiner. "fREAKAZOiD Signed to Echo Fox". PVP Live. Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-07-19.