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fRoD
Player Information
Name:
Daniel Montaner
Nationality:
Born:
August 13, 1986 (age 36)
Status:
Years Active (Player):
2003 – 2016
Years Active (Org):
2016 – 2017
Years Active (Coach):
2019 – 2020
Role:
Approx. Total Winnings:
$79,025
Links
History
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
200?-??-?? – 200?-??-??
200?-??-?? – 2007-06-11
2008-12-14 – 2011-07-28
201?-??-?? – 201?-??-??
Counter-Strike: Source
2007-06-11 – 2008-11-18
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
201?-??-?? – 2013-??-??
2013-??-?? – 2013-11-18
2015-12-19 – 2016-06-23
2016-07-22 – 2017-11-??
FaZe Clan (Manager)
2019-01-27 – 2019-03-03
Swole Patrol (Trial Coach)
2019-03-03 – 2019-04-04
Swole Patrol (Coach)
2019-04-04 – 2019-08-29
Lazarus Esports (Coach)
2019-08-29 – 2020-02-05
Swole Patrol (Coach)
2020-02-05 – 2020-03-16
Swole Identity (Coach)
Daniel "fRoD" Montaner (born August 13, 1986) is a retired American professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Counter-Strike coach, manager and player who is most known for his time in Complexity Gaming and Evil Geniuses. In 2016, fRoD made a short lasting transition to Overwatch where he represented FaZe Clan, later becoming their esports manager for a year before returning to Counter-Strike to coach Swole Patrol. On May 7, 2020, he retired and switched to VALORANT after getting signed by T1 as their head coach.
Professional Career[edit]
- See also: fRoD's Professional Career
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Placement | Tier | Type | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2010-09-06 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline |  |  | MSI BEAT IT finals |  | 2 : 1 |  | $15,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009-12-13 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | IEM IV American Championship Finals | | 2 : 0 |  | $15,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009-09-12 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline | |  | GameGune Mexico 2009 | | 2 : 0 |  | $17,986.74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-12-09 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline |  |  | CGS 2007 Individual Tournament |  | 10 - 6 |  | $25,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-09-30 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline | |  | DigitalLife 2007 | | 16 - 4 |   | $10,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-07-23 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | | | Championship Gaming Invitational 2006 | | 10 - 5 |  | $50,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-07-09 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | CPL Summer 2006 | | 2 : 0 |  | $40,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-05-03 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline | |  | WEG Masters 2006 | | 0 : 2 |  | $20,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-03-26 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline | |  | GGL/ClanBase Trans-Atlantic Showdown | | 2 : 1 |  | $17,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-07-10 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | ESWC 2005 | | 16 - 6 |   | $40,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Placement | Tier | Type | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020-02-17 | 4th | B-Tier | Online |  |  | Flashpoint Season 1: North American Qualifier |   | 0 : 2 | | $1,250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-01-24 | 2nd | C-Tier | Online | |  | WINNERS League - Season 3: North America Invite Division |  | 0 : 2 |  | $3,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-10-10 | 13th - 16th | S-Tier | Offline | |  | ESL Pro League Season 10 - Americas | | 0/3 | Grp. S. | $5,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-09-10 | 1st - 4th | Qualifier | Online | |  | DreamHack Masters Malmö 2019: North American Open Qualifier | | 16 - 10 |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-08-04 | 3rd - 4th | B-Tier | Online | |  | Mythic Cup #4 |  | 0 : 2 |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-07-01 | 1st | C-Tier | Online | | | WINNERS League - Season 2: North America Invite Division | | 2 : 1 | | $7,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-04-18 | 13th - 16th | S-Tier | Offline | | | ESL Pro League Season 9 - Americas | | 0/3 | Grp. S. | $5,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-03-09 | 1st - 4th | Qualifier | Online | |  | DreamHack Open Rio de Janeiro 2019: North American Open Qualifier | | 16 - 13 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-02-08 | 1st | Qualifier | Online | | | Intel Extreme Masters XIV - Sydney: North American Qualifier |  | 3 : 0 |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-02-03 | 1st - 2nd | Qualifier | Online | | | Intel Extreme Masters XIV - Sydney: North American Open Qualifier #2 | | 2 : 0 |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trivia[edit]
- He was nominated for 'eSports Player of the Year' 2005, as well as for the 'North American Player of the Decade' for 2000 - 2010.
- Was ranked the 14th best player of 2010. [1]
- He previously worked at a bank during his hiatus after leaving United5 before re-joining compLexity Gaming from late 2013 to late 2015.
- When his longtime teammate Warden got married in November 2015, fRoD served as one of his groomsmen along with Storm. [2]
Highlights[edit]
Interviews[edit]
- 2008-12-10 | ESEA Top 100 - fRoD by steel of ESEA
- 2015-12-08 | 'Reflections' with fRoD by Thorin
Gallery[edit]
fRoD at IEM New York 2011 with CheckSix Gaming
fRoD at Intel Extreme Masters IV with Evil Geniuses
fRoD at CPL Summer 2006 with compLexity Gaming
References[edit]
- ↑ Tgwri1s (2011-01-07). "Top 20 players of 2010: fRoD (14)". HLTV.
- ↑ aMies (2015-11-06). "Congratulations to Warden!". compLexity Gaming.