Fnatic

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Team Information
Location:	Europe
Managers:	Harry "hxd" Wiggett
Team Captain:	Lauri "CyanideFI" Happonen
Website:	FNATIC.com
Sponsor:	MSI SteelSeries SLAPPA Eizo Bouncer4You FSHost DXRACER Origami Sound Twitch
Youtube:	Fnatic
Facebook:	Fnatic
Twitter:	fnatic
Number of Players:	5
History
Created:	March 14, 2011(2011-03-14)
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Fnatic is a professional eSports organization consisting of players from around the world across a variety of games. On March 14th, 2011, Fnatic entered the League of Legends scene with the acquisition of myRevenge. Fnatic is one of the strongest European teams since the early days of competitive League of Legends, having been the champion of the Riot Season 1 Championship.

History

Acquisition of myRevenge

Fnatic’s first venture into the League of Legends scene began on March 14th, 2011, when they acquired the roster from myRevenge consisting of WetDreaM, xPeke, LamiaZealot, Shushei, CyanideFI, Mellisan, and MagicFingers.

In May of 2011, WetDreaM left Fnatic to form AbsoluteLegends.

Season 1

Fnatic were one of the eight teams to qualify for the Riot Season 1 Championship, which was held from June 18th to June 20th of 2011. Fnatic placed third in the Group Stage by going 1-2, narrowly escaping elimination by defeating Team Pacific. Their losses came from against All authority and Epik Gamer. Fnatic would see more success in the playoffs largely due to xPeke, who had finally arrived after missing the first day due to a delayed flight. They would power through and defeat Counter Logic Gaming 2-0 in the relegation round, Epik Gamer 2-0 in the semi-finals, and drop against All authority in the finals of the winner’s bracket, propelling Fnatic to the grand finals. Fnatic faced against All authority again, pulling out a 2-1 victory to be crowned the League of Legends Season 1 champions.

Pre-Season 2

Two months later, Fnatic would place third at the IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne. Seeded into Group B, Fnatic would place second with a 2-1 record, defeating SK Gaming and Frag Executors, while falling to Counter Logic Gaming. However, FnaticRC would fall to Team Solomid 2-1 in the semifinals, relegating Fnatic to play against Millenium for third place, where Fnatic was able to come out on top with a 2-1 victory.

The next event that Fnatic would participate in would be the IEM Season VI - Global Challenge New York. Here, Fnatic would show a dominant performance, going 3-0 and taking first in the group stage by defeating Counter Logic Gaming, Dignitas, and Team Solomid. In the playoffs, Fnatic would sweep team Sypher 2-0 in the semi finals and SK Gaming 2-0 in the grand finals, taking home first from the event.

Season 2

On January 19th, 2012, MagicFinger left Fnatic due to the dissatisfaction with only being a substitute player.

The next major event Fnatic competed in would be the IEM Season VI - World Championship in March. Unfortunately, Fnatic couldn't emulate their success at previous IEM events, and placed fifth and be eliminated in the group stage. Fnatic took wins against Millenium and Dignitas, while falling to Team ALTERNATE, against All authority, and Counter Logic Gaming Prime.

Two weeks later, Fnatic placed second at the SK Trophy March. Fnatic started strong by defeating LowLandLions 1-0 in the round of 16, TCM Gaming 2-0 in the quarterfinals, and Millenium 2-0, advancing them to the finals. Fnatic lost to Natus Vincere 2-0 in the grand finals, taking second place.

From March 21st to May 19th, FnaticRC was invited to compete in Korea at Azubu The Champions Spring 2012. They were placed in the so-called "Group of Death," Group D. FnaticRC's first game wwas against StarTale where the Korean playstyle caught FnaticRC completely off-guard. They were dominated after a relatively calm first 25 minutes of the game. Two days later, FnaticRC saw themselves competing to stay in the tournament. FnaticRC took a match and lost a match to make it 1-1, and they needed a win to advance. StarTale would be in their way, who had lost to MiG Blaze. Lauri "Cyanide" Happonen secured FnaticRC an early game advantage, helping them and prevail over the Korean powerhouse. This earned them a spot in the quarter finals, where they played against Team OP. Despite their motivation, FnaticRC was not able to win a single game from them and got knocked out of the tournament after losing 0 - 2.

Fnatic then participated in the RaidCall PLAY Cup 1 on April 3rd, 2012. Fnatic took second at the event, falling to Counter Logic Gaming EU in the grand finals. Fnatic most notably defeated SK Gaming and Absolute Legends in the tournament.

On May 23rd, 2012, Pheilox joined Fnatic as their sixth player, replacing Mellisan at offline and online events while Mellisan finish his studies.

With Pheilox, Fnatic placed second at the RaidCall PLAY Cup 2. Fnatic defeated TCM Gaming in the semifinals to advance to the finals, where they fell to Team Acer.PL.

On June 4th and 5th Fnatic's roster would undergo some notable changes, with long time top laner Shushei being evicted from the team due to his inability to perform up to standards. A day after the announcement of Shushei's departure, Fnatic announced Shushei's replacement, former aAa top laner sOAZ. A month after the the roster change, long time support player Mellisan departed Fnatic due to his educational commitments.

Having Pheilox and sOAZ as their new support and top laner, FnaticRC would head to 2012 MLG Pro Circuit/Spring from June 8th to the 10th. FnaticRC advanced to Round 2 after a BYE in the first round, where they easily stomped 4Not 2-0. In the next round they faced Epik Gamer (known at the time as TSM EVO) and won 2-1. FnaticRC then squared off against Team SoloMid. They could not withstand TSM's aggressive playstyle, dropping 0-2 and falling to the loser's bracket. They then played against Team Dynamic (now Good Game University). Despite taking game 1 very easily, FnaticRC dropped the next 2 games, losing 1 - 2 and getting knocked out of the tournament. FnaticRC placed 5th - 6th.

With MLG Spring over, FnaticRC turned their focus to DreamHack Summer 2012, which took place between June 16th and the 19th. Assigned to Group A, FnaticRC defeated PAH and Millenium while losing to Curse Gaming EU, achieving the second spot of the group with a 2-1 overall score. Moving to the semi-finals, FnaticRC battled against the famous Counter Logic Gaming EU. They were forced to settle for a 3rd place match after falling 0-2. FnaticRC once again played against Curse Gaming EU, but ended up taking 4th place after going 1-2.

FnaticRC's next big event was the Season Two European Regional Finals, the goal being to get a spot in the top 3 to qualify for the Season 2 World Championship. The top 8 teams of Europe in the competition, Fnatic would first go against Curse Gaming EU in the quarter finals. Though recent events predicted a win for Curse Gaming EU, FnaticRC proved to be a strong team by winning the match 2-0. They faced Moscow 5 in the semi-finals for the first time in an offline event. Moscow 5 won game 1 after some intense play. FnaticRC battled back and won game 2 very convincingly to become one of the few teams to take a game from Moscow 5 in the tournament. Unfortunatley, FnaticRC couldn't replicate their game 2 success and were sent to the 3rd place match. With their trip to the World Championship at stake, FnaticRC gave it their all against Counter Logic Gaming EU. The team commanded by Henrik "[Froggen]]" Hansen would prove to be too much. With their AD Carry Peter "Yellowpete" Wüppen carrying them, FnaticRC was defeated 0-2 and failed to qualify for the Season 2 World Championship.

FnaticRC would continued to train and attend events. Campus Gaming Party: Berlin would be their next stop, spanning August 21st through 25th. With no big teams on the tournament, FnaticRC went 3-0 (6-0 overall) in their group by defeating Eclypsia.Luna, SK Gaming (who were attending with some subs), and Tt Dragons, taking all matches with 2-0 scores. In the semi-finals, they played against mousesports, winning 2 - 0. Meet Your Makers was no match for FnaticRC in the finals, as they took the BO5 with a 3-0 score and achieved 1st place.

It was after this that AD Carry Manuel "LamiaZealot" Mildenberger would announce his retirement from eSports to pursue his studies and life in Taiwan.

Pre-Season 3

From November 1st until the 4th, FnaticRC attended ASUS Republic of Gamers - Paris Games Week 2012. One of the requirements to participate was to have 3 French players. FnaticRC sent a team consisting of sOAZ, hyrqBot, xPeke, YellOwStaR and nRated after LamiaZealot retired and CyanideFI left to deal with his highschool studies. FnaticRC went go 2-1 in the group stages, losing to Eclypsia by forfeit for arriving late. However, they went undefeated by beating GSU Gaming 2-0 in the winner's bracket semi-final, 2-0 against Eclypsia in the winner bracket's final, and 2-0 against GSU Gaming in the tournament's grand final.

On November 22nd, FnaticRC participated in DreamHack Winter 2012. They progressed quickly through the group stage, going 3-0 over Copenhagen Wolves, Curse Gaming EU, and The Mighty Midgets. After taking a decisive 2-0 against Sju Sjösjuka Sjömän in the semifinals, Fnatic advanced to face CLG EU in the finals. Despite dropping the first game, the team was able to pull out the match two games to one and take home first place.

On November 25th, FnaticRC announced that they would be participating IGN ProLeague Season 5 because Team Alternate and Eclypsia would be unable to attend the event.

On November 30th to December 2nd, Fnatic participated in IGN ProLeague Season 5. They placed second in their group, defeating Team Dynamic and Azubu Blaze, dropping a game only to Team WE. This would ensure that they advanced to the winners bracket, where they would face Season 2 World Champions Taipei Assassins and emerge victorious with a 2-0 victory. Fnatic went on to face CLG Prime in the winner bracket semifinals in a 2-1 comeback series. They then lost 1-2 to Team WE, dropping them into the loser bracket finals against their previous opponents, the Taipei Assassins. History would repeat itself as Fnatic beat the Taipei Assassins 2-0 to advance to the Grand Finals one game down, coming from the losers bracket. They lost the best of five series 1-3 to Team WE, taking home second place.

Starting December 8th and ending the next day, FnaticRC participated in THOR Open 2012 in Stockholm, Sweden. A single group with 5 teams was formed (given that 3 teams cancelled their participation) and FnaticRC would sweep the groupstage 4 - 0. Going to the semi-finals, they would prevail over mousesports 2 - 0. Moving on to the final, they would also 2 - 0 Copenhagen Wolves and take 1st place while going undefeated.

From December 14th to December 16th, FnaticRC took a shot at qualifying for IEM World Championship during IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Cologne. Facing the newly formed Korean team SK Telecom T1, Millenium and mousesports in Group A, FnaticRC went 3-0 in group stage. They faced CJ Entus in the semi-finals, losing the first game but winning the next two to move on. In the finals, Fnatic once again faced SK Telecom T1 in a group stage rematch. Their series would be decided by a third match after both teams took a win. In the end, SK Telecom T1 won the third game, with Fnatic placing second overall.

Throughout late 2012, the Swedish player Martin "Rekkles" Larsson played for Fnatic as their AD Carry. However, on December 24th it was announced that he would not be able to play with Fnatic during Riot's Season 3 Qualifiers and Championship Series due to being underage. Fnatic stated that he would start a second Fnatic team, Fnatic Academy.

On January 14th, FnaticRC announced that their AD Carry would now be ex-SK Gaming Yellowstar. This would also be a reunion for sOAZ and nRated with their former Against All Authority teammate.

On January 18th, IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice kicked off where Fnatic was placed in group B along with Azubu Frost, SK Gaming and Absolute Legends. Fnatic advanced through the group with second, going 2-1 with victories over both SK Gaming and Absolute Legends, but losing their match against Azubu Frost. In the semifinals Fnatic took on the other Korean team in attendance, Azubu Blaze. Although Blaze won the first game, Fnatic was able to take the best of three series to a third game with a win in game two. Despite their best effort, Fnatic was unable to win the third game and finished in a shared 3rd-4th place for the event.

Season 3

On January 25th, Fnatic played in the Season 3 Offline Qualifiers. In Group A, they would have to face off against Anexis eSports, GIANTS! Gaming, and Team ALTERNATE. After winning their first match against Anexis, Fnatic advanced to the group's Winners Match where they would lose against GIANTS! Gaming. With a 1-1 score, Fnatic faced elimination and would play in the final game of the group against Team ALTERNATE. After a victory over ALTERNATE, Fnatic advanced to the bracket stage of the offline qualifiers where they played against Meet Your Makers. Fnatic took a 2-0 victory over the Polish team and qualified for the Season 3 Championship Series.

On February 9th, the Championship Series kicked off with Fnatic playing matches against both SK Gaming and GIANTS! Gaming. Fnatic won both of their day one matches, putting them in first place with a 2-0 record. Fnatic would eventually take first place in the Spring Split of the European LCS, with a record of 22-6. They would then take first place in the LCS Spring Playoffs, going 3-2 against Gambit Gaming

Timeline

2011

• March 14, FnaticMSI recruits roster from myRevenge. WetDreaM, xPeke, LamiaZealot, Shushei, CyanideFI, Mellisan, and MagicFingers join
• May, WetDreaM leaves
• June 20, 1st Place Riot Season 1 Championship
• August 21, 3rd Place IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Cologne
• October 16, 1st Place IEM Season VI - Global Challenge New York

2012

• January 19, MagicFingers leaves
• March 10, 9th-10th Place IEM Season VI - World Championship
• March 24, 2nd Place in the SK Trophy March
• April 5, 2nd Place in the RaidCall PLAY Cup 1
• April 27th, 5th - 8th Place in Azubu The Champions Spring 2012.
• May 23rd, Pheilox joins as the sixth player, Mellisan becomes inactive.
• May 31st, 2nd Place in the RaidCall PLAY Cup 2
• June 4th, Shushei leaves.
• June 5th, sOAZ joins.
• June 10th, 5th - 6th Place , 2012 MLG Pro Circuit/Spring
• July 11th, Mellisan leaves.
• June 19th, 4th Place at DreamHack Summer 2012
• August 5th, Pheilox leaves.
• August 12th, nRated joins.
• August 19th, 4th Place Season Two Regional Finals
• August 25th, 1st Place Campus Gaming Party: Berlin
• September 16th, Lamia retires.
• September 22nd, 1st Place in the Fight for Pride Promo.
• November 4th, 1st Place in the ASUS Republic of Gamers - Paris Games Week 2012.
• November, Rekkles joins.
• November 23rd, 1st Place in the DreamHack Winter 2012
• December 2nd, 2nd Place in the IGN ProLeague Season 5
• December 9th, 1st Place THOR Open 2012
• December 16th, 2nd Place in the IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Cologne
• December 26th, Rekkles leaves and joins Fnatic.Beta.

2013

• January 14th, YellOwStar joins.
• January 20th, 3rd-4th Place in the IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice
• March 9th, 9-10th Place in the IEM Season VII - World Championship
• April 28th, 1st Place in the LCS Europe Season 3 Spring Playoffs

Player Roster

Active

	ID	Name	Role
	sOAZ	Paul Boyer	Top
	CyanideFI	Lauri Happonen	Jungle
	xPeke	Enrique Cedeño	AP
	YellOwStaR	Bora Kim	AD
	nRated	Christoph Seitz	Support

Former

	ID	Name	Role	Next Team
	Rekkles	Martin Larsson	AD	Fnatic.Beta
	LamiaZealot	Manuel Mildenberger	AD	Team Ozone Taiwan
	Pheilox	Patrick Walpuski	Support	mousesports
	Mellisan	Peter Meisrimel	Support	Retired
	Shushei	Maciej Ratuszniak	Top	EloHell
	MagicFingers	Max Drysse	Sub	None
	WetDreaM	Tim Buysse	Jungle	SK Gaming

Temporary Subs

	ID	Name	Role	Replacing	Tournament
	wewillfailer	Bram de Winter	Top	xPeke	Riot Season 1 Championship

Organization

	ID	Name	Position
	hxd	Harry Wiggett	Team Manager

Team Achievements

In Premier Tournaments
Date		Place	Event	Result		Winnings
2013-04-28		A11st	LCS Europe Season 3 Spring Playoffs	3 : 2	Gambit Gaming	$ 50,000
2013-03-06		A99 - 10th	IEM Season VII - World Championship	1 : 4	Group Stage (W/L)	$ 5,700
2013-01-20		A43 - 4th	IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice	1 : 2	Azubu Blaze	$ 4,500
2012-12-16		A22nd	IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Cologne	1 : 2	SK Telecom T1	$ 8,500
2012-12-02		A22nd	IPL 5	1 : 3	Team WE	$ 20,000
2012-11-23		A11st	DreamHack Winter 2012	2 : 1	CLG Europe	$ 18,500
2012-08-19		A44th	Season Two Regional Finals	0 : 2	CLG Europe	$ 15,000
2012-06-18		A44th	DreamHack Summer 2012	1 : 2	Team Curse Europe	$ 7,500
2012-06-10		A55 - 6th	MLG 2012 - Spring Championship	1 : 2	Team Dynamic
2012-04-27		A55 - 8th	Azubu The Champions Spring 2012	0 : 2	Team OP	$ 3,900
2012-03-10		A99 - 10th	IEM VI - World Championship	2 : 3	Group Stage (W/L)	$ 2,100
2011-10-16		A11st	IEM VI - New York	2 : 0	SK Gaming	$ 12,000
2011-08-21		A33rd	IEM VI - Cologne	2 : 1	Millenium	$ 3,400
2011-06-20		A11st	Riot Season 1 Championship	2 : 1	against All authority	$ 50,000

In Major Tournaments
Date	Place	Event	Result		Winnings
2012-12-09	A11st	THOR Open 2012	2 : 0	Copenhagen Wolves	$ 10,500
2012-11-04	A11st	Paris Games Week 2012 as Fnatic MIX	2 : 0	GSU Gaming	$ 6,000
2012-10-26	A77 - 8th	Tales of the Lane	2 : 2	Group Stage (W/L)
2012-10-02	A11st	ESL Major Series Season X	2 : 0	Team Eloblade	€ 2,500
2012-08-25	A11st	Campus Gaming Party: Berlin	3 : 0	MeetYourMakers	$ 10,000

Complete results in Minor, Monthly and Weekly Tournaments

Highlight Videos

• Lamia's pentakill with Ashe at IEM Hannover
• xPeke smashes SK Gaming down: The greatest move ever! (IEM Katowice)

Interviews

2011

• August 2nd, 2011 - League of Legends: Q&A with Champions: FNaticMSI with RTS Guru
• September 19th, 2011 - FnaticMSI Interview - LolReplays.org (video) with LoLReplays
• Late 2011 - Riot Games Interviews Fnatic MSI Part I with Riot
• Late 2011 - Riot Games Interviews Fnatic MSI Part II with Riot

2012

• November 25th, 2012 - Team Fnatic - AMA with Reddit
  • AMA Answers Video
• December 9th, 2012 - THOR: LoL team after taking 1st place (video) with Fnatic

2013

• February 10th, 2013 - Fnatic LoL AMA Answers (video) with Fnatic
• February 20th, 2013 - Fnatic LoL AMA: Take #2 (video) with Fnatic

See Also

• Teams

External Links

• Fnatic in 2012: LoL in Review fnatic.com
• Fnatic Team Profile on lolesports.com