fRoD
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fRoD
Player Information
Name:
Daniel Montaner
Nationality:
Born:
August 13, 1986 (age 39)
Status:
Years Active (Player):
2003 – 2016
Years Active (Org):
2016 – 2017
Years Active (Coach):
2019 – 2020
Role:
Approx. Total Winnings:
$80,780
Links
History
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Source
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
| 200?-??-?? — 2004-??-?? | United5 |
| 2004-08-19 — 2007-06-11 | compLexity Gaming |
| 2008-12-14 — 2011-07-28 | Evil Geniuses |
| 201?-??-?? — 201?-??-?? | CheckSix Gaming |
Counter-Strike: Source
| 2007-06-11 — 2008-11-18 | Los Angeles Complexity |
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
| 201?-??-?? — 2013-??-?? | Denial Esports |
| 2013-??-?? — 2013-11-18 | United5 |
| 2015-12-19 — 2016-06-23 | compLexity Gaming |
| 2016-07-22 — 2017-11-?? | FaZe Clan(Manager) |
| 2019-01-27 — 2019-03-03 | SWOLE(Trial Coach) |
| 2019-03-03 — 2019-04-04 | Swole Patrol(Coach) |
| 2019-04-04 — 2019-08-29 | Lazarus(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 | Place | Tier | Type | G. | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-09-06 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline |  |  | MSI Beat IT! 2010 |  | 2 : 1 |  | $15,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009-12-13 | 1st | A-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 |   (Turmoil) | $10,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006-07-23 | 1st | A-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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extended list of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Place | Tier | Type | G. | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-17 | 4th | B-Tier | Online |  |  | Flashpoint Season 1: North American Qualifier |   (Swole ID) | 0 : 2 | (Orgless) | $1,250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-01-24 | 2nd | C-Tier | Online | |  | WINNERS League - Season 3: North America Invite Division |  | 0 : 2 |  | $3,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-11-19 | 13th - 16th | S-Tier | Offline | |  | ESL Pro League Season 10 - Americas | | 0/3 | Grp S. | $5,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-09-12 | 5th - 6th | Qualifier | Online | |  | DreamHack Masters Malmö 2019: North American Qualifier | | 1 : 2 |  | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-08-18 | 1st | Qualifier | Online | | | ESL Pro League Season 9 - Americas: NA Relegation |  | 3 : 1 |   | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-07-01 | 1st | C-Tier | Online | | | WINNERS League - Season 2: North America Invite Division | | 2 : 1 | (Identity) | $7,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-06-27 | 3rd - 4th | Qualifier | Online | |  | ESL One: New York 2019 - North American Qualifier | | 0 : 2 |  | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-05-11 | 3rd | Qualifier | Online | | | ESL One: Cologne 2019 - North American Qualifier | | 0 : 2 | | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-04-26 | 13th - 16th | S-Tier | Offline | | | ESL Pro League Season 9 - Americas | | 0/3 | Grp S. | $5,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-02-08 | 1st | Qualifier | Online | | | Intel Extreme Masters XIV - Sydney: North American Qualifier |  | 3 : 0 |  | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extended list of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 by HLTV. [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.