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fRoD

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    Person Information
    Name:
    Daniel Montaner
    Birth:
    August 13, 1986 (1986-08-13) (age 34)
    Nationality:
    United States United States
    Status:
    Retired
    Years Active (Player):
    2003 – 2016
    Years Active (Org):
    2016 – 2017
    Years Active (Coach):
    2019 – 2020
    Roles:
    Coach
    AWPer
    Approx. Total Winnings:
    $75,025
    Links
    History
    Counter-Strike
    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
    2019-08-29 – 2020-02-05
    Swole Patrol (Coach)
    2020-02-05 – 2020-03-16

    Daniel "fRoD" Montaner (born August 13, 1986) is a retired American professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive coach, manager, and former player as well as a former professional Counter-Strike 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

    Gear and Settings[edit]

    Mouse Settings (list of)
    Advanced
    MouseeDPIDPIPolling RateSensitivityZoomRaw Input
    SteelSeries
    Sensei    		8004001000 Hz20.77On
    No date of last update specified!
    Mouse Settings (list of) (calculate)
    Simple
    MouseCurvatureCircumferenceMouse SetupSensitivityZoomRaw.
    SteelSeries
    Sensei    		1056 MPI
    0.693 deg/mm    		20.5 in/rev
    52 cm/rev    		400 DPI
    @ 1000 Hz    		20.77On
    No date of last update specified!
    Hardware
    Mouse Mousepad
    SteelSeries Sensei SteelSeries QcK
    Monitor In-game resolution
    BenQ XL2420T 1920×1080
    Keyboard Headset
    SteelSeries 7G SteelSeries Siberia
    No date of last update specified!
    Crosshair Settings (list of)
    Style Size Thickness Sniper Gap Outline Dot Color Alpha
    4 4 1 -1 Yes (thickness 1) No (0) 255
    No date of last update specified!
    Click "Expand" for a code to copy and paste into your console.
    cl_crosshairalpha 255; cl_crosshaircolor ; cl_crosshairdot 0; cl_crosshairgap -1; cl_crosshairsize 4; cl_crosshairstyle 4; cl_crosshairusealpha 1; cl_crosshairthickness ; cl_crosshair_sniper_width 1; cl_crosshair_outlinethickness 1; cl_crosshair_drawoutline 1;

    Achievements[edit]

    • As Player
    • As Coach
    • Show All
    Date Placement Tier Type Tournament Team Result Prize
    2010-09-06 A11st A2A-Tier Offline MSI BEAT IT finals 2 : 1 $15,000
    2009-12-13 A11st A1S-Tier Offline IEM IV American Championship Finals 2 : 0 $15,000
    2009-09-12 A11st A2A-Tier Offline GameGune Mexico 2009 2 : 0 $17,986.74
    2007-12-09 A11st A2A-Tier Offline CGS 2007 Individual Tournament 10 - 6 $25,000
    2007-09-30 A11st A2A-Tier Offline DigitalLife 2007 16 - 4 $10,000
    2006-07-23 A11st A1S-Tier Offline Championship Gaming Invitational 2006 10 - 5 $50,000
    2006-07-09 A11st A1S-Tier Offline CPL Summer 2006 2 : 0 $40,000
    2006-05-03 A22nd A1S-Tier Offline WEG Masters 2006 0 : 2 $20,000
    2006-03-26 A11st A2A-Tier Offline GGL/ClanBase Trans-Atlantic Showdown 2 : 1 $17,500
    2005-07-10 A11st A1S-Tier Offline ESWC 2005 16 - 6 $40,000
    About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament
    Date Placement Tier Type Tournament Team Result Prize
    2020-02-17 A44th A3B-Tier Online Flashpoint Season 1: North American Qualifier 0 : 2 $1,250
    2020-01-24 A22nd A4C-Tier Online WINNERS League - Season 3: North America Invite Division 0 : 2 $3,000
    2019-10-10 B4B713th - 16th A1S-Tier Offline ESL Pro League Season 10 - Americas 0/3 Grp. S. $5,000
    2019-09-10 A1A41st - 4th A5Qualifier Online DreamHack Masters Malmö 2019: North American Open Qualifier 16 - 10 $0
    2019-08-18 A11st A5Qualifier Online ESL Pro League Season 9 - Americas: NA Relegation 3 : 1 $0
    2019-08-04 A3A43rd - 4th A3B-Tier Online Mythic Cup #4 0 : 2 $0
    2019-07-13 A1A21st - 2nd A5Qualifier Online MSI Gaming Arena 2019 - North American Open Qualifier #1 16 - 9 $0
    2019-07-01 A11st A4C-Tier Online WINNERS League - Season 2: North America Invite Division 2 : 1 $7,000
    2019-06-14 A1A41st - 4th A5Qualifier Online Americas Minor Championship - Berlin 2019: North American Closed Qualifier 2 : 1 $0
    2019-04-18 B4B713th - 16th A1S-Tier Offline ESL Pro League Season 9 - Americas 0/3 Grp. S. $5,000
    About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament

    Trivia[edit]

    • He was nominated for 'eSports Player of the Year' 2005, as well as 'North American player of the Decade' 2000-2010.
    • Was voted 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 longtime teammate Warden got married in November 2015, fRoD served as one of his groomsmen along with Storm. [2]

    Highlights[edit]

    Interviews[edit]

    • 2008
    • 2015
    • Show All

    Gallery[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ↑ https://www.hltv.org/news/5914/top-20-players-of-2010-frod-14
    2. ↑ aMies (2015-11-06). "Congratulations to Warden!". compLexity Gaming.
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