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Team zEx
Year founded: 2000
The Team zEx Logo

Team zEx, was an international electronic sports club with players that competed in Counter-Strike 1.6 and Counter-Strike: Source competitions, and formerly fielded teams in Call of Duty and Quake. Formed in 2000, zEx quickly established a name for itself in the gaming community via hard work and determination and was being operated by the club's managing director, Naveen "insomn1a" Gavini. Team zEx was consisted of some of the world's most talented players, which led them to become one of the more well known professional gaming teams. Team zEx's corporate sponsors ranged from Kingston, Sennheiser Communications and Pure Voice Communications. On June 12th 2007, Team zEx was selected by former member Brian "destrukt" Flander with the 40th pick in the Championship Gaming Series draft as the taxi team for the Chicago Chimera.

"Team zEx" officially shut down in September 2007, retiring the zEx brand and releasing the remaining Counter-Strike members. Many former Team zEx members are still competing at the highest of levels in eSports.

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Final Roster

Counter-Strike / Counter-Strike: Source Active Roster
Name Alias Join Date Notes
image:usa.gif Brian Flander destrukt September 1, 2005 Captain
image:usa.gif Aran Curbelo i0nz February 8, 2005 Starting Player
image:usa.gif Erik Stromberg da bears November 7, 2004 Starting Player
image:usa.gif Justin Summy sunman November 3, 2000 Starting Player
image:usa.gif Dan Allen skaveNger May 22nd, 2006 Starting Player

Etymology

The founding members of Team zEx had lots of fun playing Counter-Strike and were looking for a name for their competitive team. They came up with the name "zebra Extreme" and they decided to incorporate this as their team name. This has since been changed and the team had refered to itself as Team zEx, stating that this is their name, and not an abbreviation for the original name. As a token to history and the founding members, the team logo has zebra stripes in the center of the crest.


Notable Former Players

Counter-Strike

Counter-Strike: Source

Name Alias Join Date Release Date Notes
image:usa.gif Josh Sievers Dominator January 13, 2007 May 01, 2007 Transferred to Dallas Venom[1]
image:usa.gif Anthony Coriale m4gic September 9, 2006 March 7, 2007 Retired
image:usa.gif Kevin Wang aZn March 25, 2006 January 13, 2007 Transferred to Dallas Venom[2]
image:usa.gif Brian Flander destrukt May 14, 2004 November 02, 2006 Transferred to Chicago Chimera[3]
image:usa.gif Andrew Rector rector December 21, 2003 January 13, 2007 Transferred to 3D.NY
image:canada.gif Alex Doubov Revenge 2002-03 2003-04 Retired
image:usa.gif Matthew Cobb LeKtriK February 8, 2003 August 30, 2003 Retired
image:usa.gif Sam Hickey hiCKEEEEY September, 2003 January, 2007 Retired
image:usa.gif Dan Aimetti aimetti October 30, 2003 September 01, 2005 Retired
image:usa.gif Kevin Lawler HolyMan January 25, 2005 December 01, 2005 Transferred to Pure E-Sports
image:usa.gif Johnny Quach boms April 21, 2003 July 03, 2003 Retired
image:usa.gif Derek Clark Titus November 3, 2000 September 01, 2005 Retired
image:usa.gif Salvatore Garrozzo volcano November 3, 2000 February 24, 2004 Transferred to 3D.NY
image:canada.gif Griffin Benger shaGuar November 3, 2000 August 30, 2003 Transferred to Chicago Chimera
Name Alias Join Date Release Date Notes
image:sweden.gif David Olander olander June 7, 2006 September 14, 2006 Transferred to Berlin Allianz
image:sweden.gif Fredrik Nilsson vizzion June 7, 2006 September 14, 2006 Transferred to Stockholm Magnetik
image:sweden.gif Jonas Nordqvist nordQvist June 7, 2006 September 14, 2006 Transferred to Berlin Allianz
image:sweden.gif Joacim Kroon majk June 7, 2006 September 14, 2006 Transferred to Berlin Allianz
image:sweden.gif Robin Johansson Fifflaren June 7, 2006 September 14, 2006 Transferred to Berlin Allianz

Call of Duty 2

Name Alias Join Date Release Date Notes
image:usa.gif Laurent Keoula warmach1ne March 16, 2004 May 22, 2004 Transferred to San Francisco Optx
image:usa.gif Brian Kettler StøkeD[bS] February, 2005 2005 Transferred to Team unforgiven
image:usa.gif Adam Chadwick PROPH February, 2005 April, 2005 Inactive
image:usa.gif Alex Truesdale paragon February, 2005 2005 Transferred to Team eMg
image:usa.gif Joe Lopez wreckT February, 2005 2005 Transferred to ENErvate Gaming
image:usa.gif Britton Whitfield exact February, 2005 2005 Transferred to Team eMg

Notable Achievements

Counter-Strike

Year Competition Standings
2002 Cyberathlete Professional League Sixth
2003 Lantactics First
2003 Electronic Sports World Cup Second
2005 Cyberathlete Professional League Second
2005 World e-Sports Games Qualifier First
2005 World e-Sports Games Ninth
2006 SLKS #9 First
2006 Assembly Lan 06 Second
2006 World Cyber Games US Finals Third
2007 World Series of Video Games All Star Festival Second

Quake IV

Year Location Competition Standings
2005 Dallas, Texas Cyberathlete Professional League Ninth
2006 Denver, Colorado Everlan Seventh
2006 Louisville, Kentucky World Series of Video Games Second
2006 Dallas, Texas QuakeCon Fifth

Call of Duty

Year Competition Standings
2004 Cyberathlete Amateur League Second

Call of Duty 2

Year Competition Standings
2005 Cyberathlete Amateur League Second
2005 CyberEvolution Fourth

External links

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