Team Envy
Mike Rufail Zachary "Eley" Stauffe
2015-02-01
Team Envy (formerly known as Team EnVyUs, often abbreviated to Envy, EnVy or nV) is an American eSports organization founded in 2007 who used to be mainly known for their competitive Call of Duty background. They were also known as the "Boys in Blue".
History[edit]
On February 1st, 2015, the French Squad of LDLC, Vincent "Happy" Cervoni, Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt, Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux, Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey and Richard "shox" Papillon left their organization to sign with Team EnVyUs, a North American organization mostly known for its ‘’”Call of Duty”’’ team.
After winning the MLG X-Games Aspen invitational, then signing with the new organization, the team continued to prove that they were among the best in the world, most of the time staying right behind Fnatic, the best team in CS:GO’s history, in world rankings across the community.
In February, EnVyUs participated in the Inferno Online Pantamera Challenge, where they managed to find a 3rd place finish after losing to Fnatic 2-1 in the consolation final. Just over a month later, the team travelled to Katowice, Poland to attend CS:GO’s 5th major, ESL One: Katowice 2015. After placing first in their group, they faced Natus Vincere in the quarterfinals and won the series reasonably comfortably, with score-lines ending at 16-12, 14-16 and 16-3. They then went on to face the Ninjas in Pyjamas, and weren’t quite prepared for what GeT_RiGhT’s squad had awaiting for them, and lost the Bo3 series 0-2. Even despite this, losing in the semifinals to a team who were top 4 at the time was nothing to be ashamed of, and EnVy left Poland with a top 4 placing.
It wasn’t long until EnVy had once again found their form, winning titles at Gfinity Spring Masters 1 and the StarLadder StarSeries XII LAN final, with both tournaments seeing EnVy destroy NiP in Best of 5 series, 3-1 and 3-0, respectively. At StarSeries, they proved that they were still a top team and still worthy of fear, winning Best of 3s against TSM, Natus Vincere, and NiP before reaching the final.
These victories were short-lived, however, as EnVyUs began a slow, roller-coaster-esque decline after winning the StarSeries XII final. This period saw EnVy fail to reach the top 4 of offline events for the first time in 2015, placing 5th-6th at Gfinity Masters Spring 2 and Fragbite Masters Season 4. On the seemingly lone upswing of this lineup’s decline, they won the Gfinity Masters Summer 1 after placing top in their group, followed by a close Best of 3 victory against Team Dignitas, and another blowout Bo5 final against NiP, where the Swedish side failed to acquire more than 10 rounds in any of the 3 maps played against France’s best team.
In July, after 2 more disappointing placements in events (5-6th at ESL ESEA Season 1 Finals, and Top 4 in ESWC 2015 after losing to Cloud9) internal problems with the roster finally were made known to the world, and soon after, a second “French Shuffle” occurred where EnVyUs would trade their Star Player, shox, and support player, SmithZz, to Titan, while the former signed Titan’s own Kenny "kennyS" Schrub and Dan "apEX" Madesclaire.
The community originally held the consensus that the new EnVy lineup would be worse than the original one, and that at best they could be a top 4-6 level team. However, the world was left slightly in shock as EnVy came out swinging at their first offline event with their new roster, the IEM Gamescom event in Cologne. The tournament ended with EnVy destroying TSM over 3 maps and claiming the title, seemingly without breaking a sweat.
The real test for the new EnVyUs lineup was yet to come, as the world’s elite gathered at Cologne 2 weeks later to play in the ESL One: Cologne 2015 Tournament, CS:GO’s 6th major and the 2nd held in the German city. Nay-sayers of the new lineup were quickly silenced as EnVy placed 1st in their group and made an incredibly impressive run to the finals, winning Best of 3s against Natus Vincere and TSM, before losing 0-2 in the final to Fnatic. Even if the end of the tournament was disappointing for the French side, they had already proved that they were a world-class team, less than a month after changing their roster.
Since their finals run at Cologne, EnVyUs have won 2 more titles at Dreamhack Open London 2015 and the Gfinity Champion of Champions, boasting a Bo3 win against TSM and Bo5 victories against an on-fire Virtus.Pro and Fnatic.
Those last results put Team EnVyUs as favorites for the last major of 2015 Dreamhack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015, which they won while top teams Fnatic, Virtus.pro and TSM were all eliminated in quarterfinals.
Post-Cluj-Napoca, their results would stagnate and would eventually lead to Mathieu "Maniac" Quiquerez' acquisition as a coach and kioShiMa's departure, being replaced by Team LDLC.com White player, Timothée "DEVIL" Démolon. Shortly after, they would attend the next major, MLG Columbus 2016 with this lineup but their journey would fall very short. The French team would fall to Counter Logic Gaming and then Gambit Gaming, resulting in a group stage exit also resulting in Happy not making it to playoffs for the first time. The journey would fall even further as their results later weren't very optimal and they would also face another group stage exit at the next major, ESL One: Cologne 2016 with losses against Team Liquid and mousesports.
After both of the 2016 majors concluded, EnVyUs decided to replace their weakest performer DEVIL for Christophe "SIXER" Xia, formerly of Millenium and DEVIL was traded to SIXER's old team as a result. Their results still remained fairly the same and they would also succumb another group stage exit at ELEAGUE Atlanta 2017 being eliminated by kioShiMa's new team, FaZe Clan. After this, the third “French Shuffle” began, NBK-, kennyS and apEX would all be transferred to fellow team G2 Esports with EnVyUs acquiring Cédric "RpK" Guipouy, Alexandre "xms" Forté and David "devoduvek" Dobrosavljevic as well as Damien "maLeK" Marcel as their coach, before finalising their roster by replacing the latter with Belgian player Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom. Considering that G2 Esports had acquired EnVy's former trio, this team would be considered a much worse team and their results also showed for it including losing their major qualifier spot and being unable to retain it. This would see Happy miss his first major in addition, but it wouldn't be too long before he returned at ELEAGUE Boston 2018 with the first 24 team major although the French side would place themselves in the bottom 8.
Going into 2018, Team Envy decided to make some serious changes, firstly benching xms and reacquiring kioShiMa whom was benched on FaZe Clan, and later swapping SIXER for their academy player, Ali "hAdji" Haïnouss. Following disappointing results and enduring management issues, Envy released all of their CS:GO players from their primary and academy roster. Following the release of their French players, Team Envy announced that they will not be completely exiting the scene and will be shifting their focus over to North America.[1]
Timeline[edit]
Player Roster[edit]
Active[edit]
| Active Squad | |||||
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| ID | Name | Join Date | |||
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Drone | Taylor Johnson | 2018-09-27 [20] | ||
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reltuC | Steven Cutler | 2018-09-27 [20] | ||
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Nifty | Noah Francis | 2018-09-27 [20] | ||
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jdm64 | Josh Marzano | 2018-09-27 [20] | ||
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Eley (Coach) | Zachary Stauffer | 2018-09-27 [20] | ||
| Inactive Players | |||||
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| ID | Name | Join Date | Inactive Date | ||
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SEMPHIS  |
Kory Friesen | 2018-09-27 [20] | 2018-10-30 [22] | |
Former[edit]
| Former Players | ||||||
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| ID | Name | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||
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karrigan (Loan)  |
Finn Andersen | 2018-12-31 [23] | 2019-02-07 [25] | ||
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Pollo (Stand-in) | Matt Wilson | 2018-10-30 [22] | 2018-12-31 [22] | Old Guys Club
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 2015-2018 French Squad
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| ID | Name | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | ||
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Happy 
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Vincent Cervoni | 2015-02-01 [2] | 2018-06-20 [1] |  Team Vitality
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RpK | Cédric Guipouy | 2017-02-04 [12] | 2018-06-20 [1] | Team Vitality
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ScreaM | Adil Benrlitom | 2017-02-21 [14] | 2018-06-20 [1] |  Fnatic (Stand-in)
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kioShiMa | Fabien Fiey | 2018-02-03 [16] | 2018-06-20 [1] |  Cloud9
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hAdji | Ali Haïnouss | 2018-02-06 [17] | 2018-06-20 [1] |  The Imperial
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| Former Players | ||||||
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| ID | Name | Join Date |
Inactive Date | Leave Date | New Team | |
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xms | Alexandre Forté | 2017-02-04 [12] | 2018-02-07 [16] | 2018-06-20 [1] | Retired
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maLeK (Coach) | Damien Marcel | 2017-02-04 [12] | 2018-05-07 [19] |  3DMAX (Uncontracted Coach)
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SIXER | Christophe Xia | 2016-10-05 [9] | 2018-02-06 [17] | 2018-02-13 [18] |  EnVyUs Academy
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devoduvek | David Dobrosavljevic | 2017-02-04 [12] | 2017-02-08 [13] | 2017-04-14 [15] |  Misfits Gaming
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kennyS | Kenny Schrub | 2015-07-20 [3] | 2017-02-03 [11] |  G2 Esports
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apEX | Dan Madesclaire | 2015-07-20 [3] | 2017-02-03 [11] | G2 Esports
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NBK | Nathan Schmitt | 2015-02-01 [2] | 2017-02-03 [11] | G2 Esports
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DEVIL | Timothée Démolon | 2016-03-08 [5] | 2016-10-05 [9] |  Millenium
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Maniac (Coach) | Mathieu Quiquerez | 2016-01-10 [4] | 2016-06-05 [8] |  Unity
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kioShiMa | Fabien Fiey | 2015-02-01 [2] | 2016-04-10 [5] [7] |  FaZe Clan
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SmithZz | Edouard Dubourdeaux | 2015-02-01 [2] | 2015-07-20 [3] |  Titan
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shox | Richard Papillon | 2015-02-01 [2] | 2015-07-20 [3] | Titan
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| Temporary stand-ins | ||||||||
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| ID | Name | Replacing | ID | Name | Tournament(s) | |||
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SIXER |
Christophe Xia |  |
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ScreaM | Adil Benrlitom | WESG 2017 | |
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kioShiMa |
Fabien Fiey | |
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ScreaM | Adil Benrlitom | WESG 2017 France and Monaco WESG 2017 Europe Finals | |
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maLeK |
Damien Marcel | |
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RpK | Cédric Guipouy | ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 - New Challengers Stage (Round 4 Low Matches) | |
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ScreaM | Adil Benrlitom | |
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xms | Alexandre Forté | IEM Season XI World Championship - EU Closed Qualifier | |
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ScreaM | Adil Benrlitom | |
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devoduvek | David Dobrosavljevic | IEM Season XI World Championship - EU Closed Qualifier | |
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SIXER  |
Christophe Xia | |
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NBK- | Nathan Schmitt | SL i-League Season 2 Finals | |
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SIXER |
Christophe Xia | |
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DEVIL | Timothée Démolon | ESL Pro League Season 4 | |
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YOUNS  |
Younes Ait-lalla | |
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kennyS | Kenny Schrub | FACEIT League 2015 Stage 3 | |
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ScreaM  |
Adil Benrlitom | |
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kioShiMa | Fabien Fiey | FACEIT League 2015[26] | |
Organization[edit]
Active[edit]
| Organization | ||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | |||
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Hastr0 | Mike Rufail | Founder | |||
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TmarTn | Trevor Martin | Co-Owner | |||
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Loop | Adam Bahriz | Streamer | |||
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tailored | Taylor Broomall | Analyst | 2018-09-27 [20] | ||
Former[edit]
| Former Organization | ||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Organization | |
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Next | Jordan Savelli | Manager | 2015 | 2018-10-13 [21] | |
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enkay J | Niclas Krumhorn | Analyst | 2016-06-13 | 2017-02-03 [11] |  G2 Esports
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Team Achievements[edit]
| Date | Placement | Tier | Tournament | Results | Prize | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-23 | 1st | Major |
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DreamHack Open Atlanta 2017 | 2 : 1 | 
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$50,000 |
| 2017-01-15 | 1st | Premier |
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World Electronic Sports Games 2016 | 2 : 0 | 
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$800,000 |
| 2016-09-25 | 1st | Major |
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Gfinity CS:GO Invitational | 3 : 0 | 
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$50,000 |
| 2016-02-07 | 1st | Premier |
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Global eSports Cup - Season 1 | 3 : 0 | 
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$80,000 |
| 2015-11-01 | 1st | Premier |
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DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 | 2 : 0 | 
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$100,000 |
| 2015-09-27 | 1st | Premier |
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Gfinity Champion of Champions | 3 : 2 | 
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$50,000 |
| 2015-08-23 | 2nd | Premier |
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ESL One: Cologne 2015 | 0 : 2 |
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$50,000 |
| 2015-08-08 | 1st | Premier |
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Intel Extreme Masters Season X - gamescom | 8/-/1 | Grp. S. | $45,500 |
| 2015-06-28 | 1st | Premier |
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Gfinity Masters Summer 1 | 3 : 0 | 
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$40,000 |
| 2015-03-22 | 1st | Premier |
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Gfinity Spring Masters 1 | 3 : 1 |
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$25,000 |
| About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament | |||||||
Trivia[edit]
- Team EnVyUs is the first official CS:GO team to have a player stand in for a player, to later on have the player who is stood in for stand in for that player. That being ScreaM standing in for kioShiMa, then kioShiMa standing in for ScreaM.
- devoduvek was originally set to play for Team EnVyUs in their 2017 lineup after the third French shuffle, but was benched 4 days after being signed to later be replaced by ScreaM.
- This situation was later brought to light on November 16th 2018 by devoduvek. Team EnVyUs at first acquired RpK, ScreaM and devoduvek though the Belgian was also trying out for FaZe Clan at the time. Due to ScreaM's addition not being certain, the other two players and xms' additions were announced. Following ScreaM's decision not to join FaZe Clan, EnVyUs decided whether to remove devoduvek or xms for ScreaM and the former was benched as a result, with ScreaM's addition being announced at a later date.[27]
Gallery[edit]
Rosters[edit]
Logos[edit]
Alternate logo
Highlight videos[edit]
Interviews[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Team Envy release their CS:GO rosters". Team Envy. 2018-06-20.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "LDLC lose CS:GO team". HLTV.org. 2015-02-01.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Titan, EnVyUs swap players HLTV.org
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2016-01-10). "Maniac joins EnVyUs as coach". HLTV.org.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "DEVIL replaces kioShiMa in EnVyUs CS:GO lineup". Team EnVyUs. 2016-03-08.
- ↑ Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey (2016-03-08). "This is the end of an adventure".
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Titan, kioShiMa joins up with FaZe HLTV.org
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Milan "Striker" Švejda (2016-06-05). "Maniac leaves nV, plans to play". HLTV.org.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Sixer To Start For EnVy". Team EnVyUs. 2016-10-05.
- ↑ Skypper (2016-10-05). "Sixer et DEVIL, échange entre M et EnVy " [Sixer and DEVIL, exchange between [M] and Envy] (in French). Millenium.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Milan "Striker" Švejda (2017-02-03). "G2 announce new lineup". HLTV.org.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 "Changes to EnVy CS:GO". Team EnVyUs. 2017-02-04.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Weird feeling, wish it didn't happen. But well, let's move forward!". devoduvek. 2017-02-08.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "We're making it official". Team EnVyUs. 2017-02-21.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Misfits CSGO Roster Change (+devoduvek & AmaNEk)". Misfits. 2017-04-14. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "Changes to Envy CS:GO". Team Envy. 2018-02-03.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 "Effective today, we are promoting hAdji to the Envy CS:GO starting lineup from the Envy Academy roster.". Team EnVyUs. 2018-02-06.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Luis "MIRAA" Mira (2018-02-13). "SIXER joins EnVyUs Academy". HLTV.org.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Team Envy CS:GO Releases Head Coach Damien “maLek” Marcel". Team Envy. 2018-05-07.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 20.6 20.7 "Welcome the New Envy CSGO!". Team Envy. 2018-09-27.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Next (2018-02-03). "After 3 years and 10 months, it's time for me to leave Envy.".
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 bleghfarec (2018-10-30). "Envy orders up Pollo as a stand-in". Dust2.us.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Team Envy (2018-12-31). "@karriganCSGO will be competing with us at the Americas Minor on loan from @FaZeClan.".
- ↑ "We're excited to be competing at the @IEM Sydney closed qualifiers next week! #EnvyCS will be fielding the same roster from the Minor with @karriganCSGO still on loan.". Envy. 2019-01-30.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Out of Sydney qualifier and that means my loan with @Envy is over.". karrigan. 2019-02-07.
- ↑ "ScreaM steps in for EnVyUs". HLTV. 2015-04-13.
- ↑ Dom Phillips. "devoduvek: "ScreaM went to try out for FaZe, then wanted his spot back on [EnVyUs""]. ESN Esports.
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