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apEX
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apEX 
Personal Information
Name:
Dan Madesclaire
Born:
February 22, 1993
Nationality:
Status:
Years Active (Player):
2009 – Present
Team:
Roles:
Approx. Total Winnings:
$890,345
Alternate IDs:
apx
Games:
Links
History
Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2009-03-15 – 2009-05-09
2009-07-22 – 2009-10-02
2009-09-11 – 2009-11-24
2010-01-10 – 2010-02-05
2010-03-05 – 2010-08-23
2010-09-02 – 2011-02-06
2011-02-10 – 2011-02-14
2011-02-14 – 2011-04-28
2011-05-31 – 2011-06-07
2011-06-07 – 2011-10-29
2012-01-04 – 2012-08-04
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012-08-19 – 2012-09-06
2012-09-06 – 2012-09-18
2012-09-18 – 2012-10-11
2012-10-11 – 2013-01-05
2013-01-13 – 2013-08-20
2013-08-23 – 2014-02-02
2014-02-02 – 2014-09-03
2014-09-03 – 2015-07-20
2015-07-20 – 2017-02-03
2017-02-03 – 2018-06-04
2018-06-04 – 2018-10-08
G2 Esports (Inactive)
2018-10-08 – 2021-02-09
2021-02-09 – 2021-02-18
Team Vitality (Inactive)
2021-02-18 – Present
Dan "apEX" Madesclaire (born February 22, 1993) is a French professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and a former professional Counter-Strike: Source player who currently plays for Team Vitality.
Gear and Settings[edit]
| Mouse Settings [1] (list of)
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| Mouse | eDPI | DPI | Polling Rate | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw Input | ||||||
| ZOWIE EC1-A | 640 | 400 | 1000 Hz | 1.6 | 1 | On | ||||||
| Last updated on 2021-01-06 (293 days ago). | ||||||||||||
| Mouse Settings [1] (list of) (calculate)
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| Mouse | Curvature | Circumference | Mouse Setup | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw. | ||||||
| ZOWIE EC1-A | 845 MPI 0.554 deg/mm | 25.6 in/rev 64.9 cm/rev | 400 DPI @ 1000 Hz | 1.6 | 1 | On | ||||||
| Last updated on 2021-01-06 (293 days ago). | ||||||||||||
| Hardware [2] |
|---|
| Mouse | Mousepad | ||
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ZOWIE EC1-A |  |
CORSAIR MM200 |
| Monitor | Refresh rate | In-game resolution | Scaling | |
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ZOWIE XL2546 | 240 Hz | 1024×768 | Stretched |
| Keyboard | Headset | |||||||||||
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CORSAIR K70 | |
CORSAIR HS60 PRO | |||||||||
| Last updated on 2021-01-06 (293 days ago). | ||||||||||||
| Crosshair Settings [3] (list of) | |||||||||||
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| Style | Size | Thickness | Sniper | Gap | Outline | Dot | Color | Alpha | |||
4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -2 | No | Yes (1) | Light blue (4) | 200 | |||
| Last updated on 2021-01-06 (293 days ago) | |||||||||||
| Click "Expand" for sharecode and console commands to copy and paste. | |
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| Sharecode | CSGO-Cn8CK-nMhno-f3QH5-kVjKc-AioUE |
| Commands | cl_crosshairalpha 200; cl_crosshaircolor 4; cl_crosshairdot 1; cl_crosshairgap -2; cl_crosshairsize 2; cl_crosshairstyle 4; cl_crosshairusealpha 1; cl_crosshairthickness 0; cl_crosshair_sniper_width 1; cl_crosshair_outlinethickness 0; cl_crosshair_drawoutline 0; |
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Placement | Tier | Type | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020-12-13 | 1st | S-Tier | Online | 
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BLAST Premier: Fall 2020 | 
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2 : 1 | 
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$225,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-12-22 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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EPICENTER 2019 | 
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2 : 1 | 
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$250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-06-09 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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Esports Championship Series Season 7 - Finals |
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2 : 0 | 
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$225,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-09-03 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017 | 
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2 : 0 | 
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$100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-06-04 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESL Pro League Season 5 - Finals |
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3 : 1 |
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$225,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-01-15 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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World Electronic Sports Games 2016 | 
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2 : 0 | 
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$800,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-02-07 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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Global eSports Cup - Season 1 |
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3 : 0 | 
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$80,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-11-01 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 |
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2 : 0 | 
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$100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-09-27 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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Gfinity Champion of Champions |
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3 : 2 | 
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$50,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-08-08 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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Intel Extreme Masters Season X - gamescom |
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8/-/1 | Grp. S. | $45,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trivia[edit]
- Was voted the French breakout Counter-Strike: Source player of 2010 by VaKarM. [4]
- Was voted the 15th best player of 2014 by HLTV. [5]
- Was voted the 18th best player of 2015 by HLTV. [6]
- He is one of the only players to have changed teams with every "French Shuffle", moving to Titan in the first, Team EnVyUs in the second, G2 Esports in the third and finally Team Vitality in the fourth.
Highlights[edit]
- 2021-08-18 | apEX vs. Bad News Bears by FILQ of HLTV at ESL Pro League Season 14
Interviews[edit]
2013-07-19 | 
apEX: "Byl to skvělý výlet!" [apEX: "It was a great trip!"] by huhy at Prague Challenge
2015-03-11 | apEX: "LGB might surprise us all!" by Striker of HLTV- 2015-10-29 | apEX: "I want revenge against fnatic" by Striker of HLTV at DreamHack Cluj-Napoca
- 2015-10-31 | NBK and apEX: "Everyone feels good in the team" by Jack Westerman of ESEA at DreamHack Cluj-Napoca
- 2016-02-07 | apEX: "learned to play against them" by LucasAM of HLTV at Game Show Global eSports Cup Season 1
- 2017-01-22 | apEX: "It was hard after jdm's 1v5" by Striker of HLTV at ELEAGUE Major 2017
- 2017-05-10 | 'Reflections' with apEX by Thorin
- 2017-06-29 | apEX: "Immortals outplayed our rotations on our CT side" by Striker of HLTV at PGL 2017 Krakow Main Qualifier
- 2019-02-13 | apEX: "It feels like we have pressure on ourselves because it's a Major" by Striker of HLTV at IEM XIII WC
- 2019-06-09 | apEX: "We have revenge to take against Furia" by Aleksei.L of HLTV at ECS S7 Finals
- 2019-07-19 | apEX: "I understand the people trash-talking us, I just hope they try to understand us because we didn't want to do anything bad" by Striker of HLTV at IEM XIV Chicago
- 2019-08-28 | apEX: "I used to be the second caller, now there are too many voices in the team sometimes" by Professeur of HLTV at StarLadder Major 2019
- 2019-10-06 | apEX: "Shox is not a bad guy, I never hated him, I just had a problem with him as the captain" by Striker of HLTV at DH Masters Malmö 2019
- 2019-11-09 | apEX: "Counter-Strike has become really random because of the krieg, that's why the scene is so inconsistent" by LucasAM of HLTV at IEM Beijing 2019
Gallery[edit]
apEX at IEM Katowice 2020 with Team Vitality
apEX at EPICENTER 2019 with Team Vitality
apEX at DreamHack Open Atlanta 2018 with Team Vitality
apEX at StarLadder & i-League StarSeries Season 4 with G2 Esports
apEX at ESL Expo Barcelona with Team EnVyUs
apEX at ESL One: Cologne 2015 with Team EnVyUs
apEX at DreamHack Open Tours 2015 with Titan
apEX at ESL One: Cologne 2014 with Team LDLC.com
apEX at ESWC 2013 with Clan-Mystik
apEX at EMS One Summer 2013 Finals with Team LDLC.com
References[edit]
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