Freakazoid (gamer)

This article is about the esports player. For the animated series, see Freakazoid! For other uses, see freakazoid (disambiguation).

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	(1992-11-25) November 25, 1992 (age 32)[1]
Nationality	American
Career information
Games	Counter-Strike Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Counter-Strike 2
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

Counter-Strike

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

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

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4. Howard, Brandon (September 24, 2019). "Freakazoid Signs With eUnited Ahead Of ESL One New York". Hotspawn. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
5. Chen, Ethan (September 27, 2019). "eUnited replace moose with freakazoid on CSGO roster". Daily Esports. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
6. "Team Dynamic picks up fREAKAZOiD". SK Gaming. 2012. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
7. Lozano, Jurt (May 12, 2020). "CS:GO pros freakazoid and Zellsis announce move to Valorant". One Esports. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
8. 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.
9. 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.
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11. "Freakazoid Dropped From Cloud9 Starting CSGO Roster". Dexerto. 2016-04-13. Archived from the original on 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
12. Walker, Dylan (2016-04-13). "Freakazoid no longer on Cloud9′s CS:GO roster". esports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
13. Leslie, Callum (2016-04-13). "Cloud9 remove fREAKAZOiD from its Counter-Strike roster". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
14. 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.
15. Jacob Wolf (2016-05-07). "fREAKAZOiD at DreamHack Austin". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
16. Leslie, Callum (2016-04-26). "Freakazoid to stand in for abe on Splyce at DreamHack Austin". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
17. Dozsa, Preston (2016-05-31). "Echo Fox sign fREAKAZOID". theScore esports. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
18. Dustin Steiner. "fREAKAZOiD Signed to Echo Fox". PVP Live. Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-07-19.