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Maniac
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Maniac
Player Information
Name:
Mathieu Quiquerez
Nationality:
Born:
June 29, 1990 (age 33)
Status:
Years Active (Player):
2007 – 2018
Years Active (Coach):
2016
Years Active (Talent):
2015 – Present
Role:
Approx. Total Winnings:
$60,385
Links
History
2012-10-14 – 2013-01-05
2013-01-13 – 2013-08-20
2013-08-26 – 2013-11-07
2013-11-07 – 2013-11-24
2013-11-24 – 2014-01-20
2014-02-02 – 2014-09-03
2014-09-03 – 2015-09-23
2016-01-10 – 2016-06-05
Team EnVyUs (Coach)
2016-07-06 – 2016-07-28
2016-07-28 – 2016-08-17
2016-08-17 – 2016-10-12
2017-02-03 – 2018-05-09
Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez (born June 29, 1990) is a Swiss professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive broadcast analyst and a retired professional Global Offensive, Counter-Strike: Source and Counter-Strike player and coach.
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Placement | Tier | Type | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018-08-24 | 1st | B-Tier | Offline |  |  | ESL Meisterschaft: Summer 2018 |  | 2 : 1 |  | $13,950.78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-11-03 | 1st | B-Tier | Offline | |  | Esports World Convention 2017 - Paris Games Week |   | 2 : 0 |   | $29,123.95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-09-11 | 5th - 6th | S-Tier | Offline | |  | ESL ESEA Pro League Invitational |   | 0 : 2 |  | $12,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-04-19 | 3rd | S-Tier | Offline | |  | ESEA Season 18: Global Invite Division | | 0 : 2 | | $15,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-04-12 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline | |  | ESL Pro League Winter 2014/15 | | 1 : 2 |  | $7,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-04-06 | 1st | B-Tier | Offline | |  | Gamers Assembly 2015 | | 2 : 0 |   | $10,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-02-01 | 2nd | A-Tier | Offline | |   | Assembly Winter 2015 | | 0 : 2 |  | $7,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-09-26 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | DreamHack Invitational II | | 2 : 0 | | $10,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-08-17 | 3rd - 4th | S-Tier | Offline | |  | ESL One: Cologne 2014 | | 1 : 2 | | $22,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-07-19 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline | | | DreamHack Valencia 2014 | | 2 : 1 |   | $8,115 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2016-04-26 | 9th | S-Tier | Online | |  | ESL Pro League Season 3 - Europe |   | 7/15 | Grp. S. | $13,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-03-30 | 13th - 16th | S-Tier | Offline | |  | MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016 | | 8 - 16 |  | $8,750 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-03-17 | 5th - 8th | A-Tier | Offline | |  | Counter Pit League Season 2 - Finals | | 1 : 2 |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-03-03 | 11th - 12th | S-Tier | Offline | |  | Intel Extreme Masters X - World Championship | | 1/-/5 | Grp. S. | $3,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-02-20 | 5th | A-Tier | Offline | | | ESL Expo Barcelona | | 2/-/3 | Grp. S. | $6,122.60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-02-07 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | Global eSports Cup - Season 1 | | 3 : 0 |  | $80,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Position | Partner List | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023-08-20 | S-Tier |  | Gamers8 2023 | Analyst | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-08-06 | S-Tier |  | Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2023 | Analyst | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-05-21 | S-Tier |   | BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 | Analyst | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-02-12 | S-Tier | | Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2023 | Analyst | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-12-18 | S-Tier |  | BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 | Analyst | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-11-13 | S-Tier | | Intel Extreme Masters Rio Major 2022 | Analyst | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-07-17 | S-Tier | | Intel Extreme Masters XVII - Cologne | Analyst | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-05-22 | S-Tier |   | PGL Major Antwerp 2022 | Analyst | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-02-27 | S-Tier | | Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Katowice | Analyst | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021-11-07 | S-Tier |  | PGL Major Stockholm 2021 | Analyst | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| About achievementsBroadcasts from any Tournament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trivia[edit]
- Has a master's degree in Institutional and Organizational Psychology.
- Is trilingual with French, German, and English.
- Played with inverted mouse settings until February 2017.
Highlights[edit]
Interviews[edit]
2012-05-10 | 
« Interview with » Mathieu 'Maniac' Quiquerez by VeryGames at Insomnia45
- 2013-04-10 | Interview avec Maniac [Interview with Maniac] by hisk0sie of Millenium
- 2013-11-29 | Maniac Interview by Richard Lewis at DreamHack Winter 2013
- 2014-03-11 | Interview Maniac by Cnd of Team LDLC.com at ESL Major Series One Katowice 2014
- 2014-04-21 | Interview with LDLC.com - Mathieu Maniac Quiquerez by 2Face of highlightGG at Copenhagen Games 2014
- 2014-10-31 | Titan apEX and Maniac: "kennyS is the best CS: GO player in the world" by Jack Westerman of ESEA at Electronic Sports World Cup 2014
- 2014-10-31 | Maniac: "Our two AWP's went nuts" by rich of Fragbite at Electronic Sports World Cup 2014
- 2014-11-23 | Maniac: "I can't forgive KQLY" by MIRAA of HLTV
- 2015-01-31 | Maniac: "If you want to beat NiP you have to play the perfect game" by Fragbite at Assembly Winter 2015
- 2015-01-31 | Maniac: "Our peak will not be now" by Striker of HLTV at Assembly Winter 2015
- 2015-02-06 | Maniac: ”Our biggest rivals are Ninjas in Pyjamas” by Björn Ehrnberg of Aftonbladet Esport
- 2015-02-07 | Maniac: "ScreaM lacks many qualities" by MIRAA of HLTV
- 2015-02-15 | Maniac: "We were in a bad mindset" by Striker of HLTV at ESL One Katowice 2015 - LAN Qualifier
- 2015-06-13 | Maniac: "[F3] used the right cards" by Striker of HLTV at DreamHack Open Summer 2015
- 2015-06-27 | Maniac: "I want to take my revenge" by Striker of HLTV at Gfinity Masters Summer 1
- 2016-07-19 |
99on1: Interview mit Maniac [99on1: Interview with Maniac] by 99Damage 
2016-10-06 | Maniac: „Wir wollen natürlich auf ein Major“ [Maniac: "Of course we want to go to a Major"] by Mike Koch of Redbull
2016-10-20 | Pro-Gamer Maniac im Interview mit eSports.ch [Pro-Gamer Maniac in an interview with eSports.ch] by eSportsCH
- 2017-03-23 | Talk to Thorin: Maniac on Resurrecting his Career in LDLC (CS:GO) by Thorin
- 2017-10-22 | Maniac: "Just have to focus on the future" by tolkienfanatic of HLTV at DreamHack Open Denver 2017
- 2017-11-03 | Interview du joueur Maniac de la Team LDLC CSGO [Interview with Maniac, player of Team LDLC CSGO] by Millenium at Esports World Convention 2017 - Paris Games Week
- 2018-03-30 | Maniac on Team LDLC: A Good Way to Get Back in the Game by Hugo Nilsson Meier of Unikrn at Copenhagen Games 2018
- 2018-05-16 | Maniac "J'avais gentiment envie de faire autre chose" [Maniac "I kindly wanted to do something else"] by Cnd of 1pv
- 2021-03-16 | Maniac on his Career, Regrets, 6-man rosters and more by KarY of Esports Heaven
- 2021-11-06 | "s1mple Doesn't Have to Save NAVI Anymore!" SPUNJ + Maniac Interview of Dexerto at PGL Major Stockholm 2021
- 2022-05-19 | Maniac: "It's Now or NEVER for karrigan!" by MIRAA of Dexerto at PGL Major Antwerp 2022
Gallery[edit]
Maniac at PGL Major Antwerp 2022
Maniac at PGL Major Stockholm 2021
Maniac at Champions Cup Finals
Maniac at ESL One: Belo Horizonte 2018
Maniac coaching Team EnVyUs at MLG Columbus Major 2016
Maniac at DreamHack Open Tours 2015 with Titan
Maniac at ESL One: Cologne 2014 with Team LDLC.com
References[edit]