shroud

Michael "shroud" Grzesiek (born June 2, 1994) is a retired Canadian professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player of Polish descent. He is from Toronto, Ontario, but has since relocated to Orange County, California, in the United States. He is currently a full-time streamer.

Professional Career[edit]

Michael has been playing since the launch of Global Offensive. He rose to prominence through the popularity of his stream, in which he was displaying his talent in-game. After his time in Manajuma', he was acquired by compLexity Gaming as a stand-in, replacing Todd "anger" Williams. Upon compLexity being acquired by Cloud9 on August 1st, 2014, he was signed as a permanent player. He was the second longest standing member of the team alongside Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert until they were both benched and replaced by William "RUSH" Wierzba and Tarik "tarik" Celik in August of 2017. It was announced that he stepped down from the lineup, as he wanted to become a backup player and full-time streamer for Cloud9, although at this point he had already decided to retire from the game. In April of 2018, he had officially announced his retirement from playing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive professionally. ^[1] In addition to this, he decided to leave Cloud9 to explore new opportunities.

Gear and Settings[edit]

Mouse Settings ^[2] (list of) Advanced
Mouse	eDPI	DPI	Polling Rate	Sensitivity	Zoom	Raw Input
Logitech G Pro Wireless	1080	450	1000 Hz	2.4	1	On
Last updated on 2020-08-16 (65 days ago).

Mouse Settings ^[2] (list of) (calculate) Simple
Mouse	Curvature	Circumference	Mouse Setup	Sensitivity	Zoom	Raw.
Logitech G Pro Wireless	1426 MPI 0.935 deg/mm	15.2 in/rev 38.5 cm/rev	450 DPI @ 1000 Hz	2.4	1	On
Last updated on 2020-08-16 (65 days ago).

Hardware ^[2]

Mouse		Mousepad
	Logitech G Pro (Shroud Edition)		Logitech G840 (Shroud Edition)

Monitor		Refresh rate	In-game resolution
	ZOWIE by BenQ XL2540	240 Hz	1920×1080

Keyboard		Headset
	Logitech G Pro X (Shroud Edition)		Logitech G Pro X (Shroud Edition)
Last updated on 2020-08-16 (65 days ago).

Achievements[edit]

Date	Placement	Tier	Type		Result		Prize
2017-07-09	A22nd	A1S-Tier	Offline	ESL One: Cologne 2017	0 : 3		$40,000
2017-06-25	A3A43rd - 4th	A1S-Tier	Offline	Esports Championship Series Season 3 - Finals	0 : 2		$65,000
2017-06-11	A11st	A2A-Tier	Offline	Americas Minor Championship - Kraków 2017	2 : 1		$30,000
2016-10-30	A11st	A1S-Tier	Offline	ESL Pro League Season 4 - Finals	2 : 1		$200,000
2016-09-18	A22nd	A1S-Tier	Offline	DreamHack Open Bucharest 2016	0 : 2		$20,000
2016-07-21	A5A85th - 8th	A1S-Tier	Offline	ELEAGUE Season 1	1 : 2		$50,000
2016-06-25	A5A65th - 6th	A1S-Tier	Offline	Esports Championship Series Season 1 - Finals	0 : 2		$65,000
2015-11-15	A11st	A1S-Tier	Offline	iBUYPOWER Cup	2 : 1		$65,000
2015-07-05	A22nd	A1S-Tier	Offline	ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 - Finals	1 : 3		$60,000
2015-06-22	A11st	A1S-Tier	Online	ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 - North America	19/3	Grp. S.	$18,000
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Trivia[edit]

Is one of the most popular players who actively streams, regularly pulling in more than 40,000 viewers.
His original alias was "eclipse," but later when the name was taken he changed to "shroud" as it was the first synonym of "eclipse" he could find. This is why his former name on Twitch was mEclipse.
He was chosen to be in the "All Star" MLG Columbus match for the American side.