Kyle

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Kyle

Player Information

Name:

Kyle Freedman

Country:

United States

Status:

Active

Alternate IDs:

melonzz, Swindle, swindlezz, swindlemelonzz

Role(s):

Analyst
Caster

Signature Hero:

Approx. Total Earnings:

$156,967

Pro Circuit Rank:

#89 (45 points)

Links

History

2014-??-?? — 2014-08-27

stayGreen

2014-08-27 — 2018-03-16

compLexity Gaming

Kyle "melonzz" Freedman is an American former professional American Heroes of Newerth player who switched full time to Dota 2 in mid-2014. He is currently teamless.

Biography[edit]

Heroes of Newerth[edit]

Kyle "Swindlemelonzz" Freedman got his start in competitive gaming playing Heroes of Newerth. He primarily played for team stayGreen with his brother, Zfreek. Team stayGreen's roster started with Swindlemelonzz, Zfreek, Skyzoe, and Sender; they added Chessie and SlickZ when Skyzoe and Sender left. stayGreen went on to win a few more tournaments before it disbanded. Following his transition to Dota 2, he spent four years at Complexity Gaming before being controversially evicted from the team in early 2018.

Dota 2[edit]

Kyle started playing Dota 2 after coming back from his hiatus. He originally put down competitive gaming, but soon grew tired and realized playing Dota 2 was his dream as his former teammate ppd on Evil Geniuses placed third at The International 2014 the year before. He knew he had the skills to be the best so he charged into Dota 2. His brother zfreek put down offers from other teams to join his brother. Together, they went in to the scene and were picked up by Complexity Gaming with the roster of Moonmeander, Riser, Zfreek, Swindlemelonzz, and Limmp. The roster changed with Riser's injury, but the HoN vets proved to everyone that they were a force to be contended with when they 2-0'd the North American Rejects in the TI5 American Qualifiers. At The International 2015, he was featured in a player profile, in tandem with his brother, Zfreek and was placed 9-12th in the tournament. ^[1]

In 2016, he came fourth place in EPICENTER, beating fellow North American rivals, Evil Geniuses in the lower brackets.

On March 16th, 2018 Complexity Gaming announced the departure of Kyle, citing the published reason indicating "Personality conflicts within the team were too severe to continue". ^[2] He later found immediate success as an analyst with the English talent for several tournaments such as DAC 2018, EPICENTER 2018 and the Supermajor. ^[3] His efforts later awarded him an invite to The International 2018.

Trivia[edit]

He is the brother of former compLexity Gaming teammate Zfreek.
"Third place is like leftover Chinese." - Kyle "swindlemelonzz" Freedman, compLexity Gaming versus Shadows of the Past game two, Dota 2 Canada Cup Season 3.
As a winner of 5 consecutive major HoN LANs, his goal now is to win 2 Internationals.

Achievements[edit]

As Player
As Broadcast Talent
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Date	Placement	LP Tier	Tournament	Results	Prize
2017-10-152017-10-15	A33 - 4th	A2Major	StarLadder i-League Invitational Season 3	1 : 2	$30,000
2016-12-072016-12-07	A99 - 16th	A1Premier	The Boston Major 2016	0 : 2	$62,500
2016-06-182016-06-18	A55 - 6th	A1Premier	ESL One Frankfurt 2016	0 : 2	$12,582
2016-06-092016-06-09	A99 - 12th	A1Premier	The Manila Major 2016	0 : 2	$45,000
2016-05-142016-05-14	A44th	A1Premier	EPICENTER 2016	0 : 2	$30,000
2016-04-232016-04-23	A55 - 6th	A1Premier	ESL One Manila 2016	1 : 2	$12,500
2016-03-202016-03-20	A33 - 4th	A1Premier	Dota Pit League Season 4	0 : 2	$25,386
2016-03-052016-03-05	A55 - 6th	A1Premier	The Shanghai Major 2016	0 : 2	$202,500
2016-02-082016-02-08	A11st	A2Major	Dota 2 Canada Cup - Season 6	3 : 0	$24,458
2015-08-052015-08-05	A99 - 12th	A1Premier	The International 2015	1 : 2	$221,155
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Date	Tier		Position	Partner List
2018-10-28	A2Major	ESL One Hamburg 2018	Analyst	Fogged Kyle Purge
2018-10-14	A3Minor	Maincast Autumn Brawl	Commentator	Fogged GoDz KillerPigeon Kyle ODPixel Sheever lizZard
2018-10-07	A2Major	PVP Esports Championship	Commentator/Analyst	Capitalist Fogged GranDGrant Kyle ODPixel
2018-08-25	A1Premier	The International 2018	Commentator/Analyst	BSJ Black^ Blitz Capitalist Fogged Godz GrandGrant Kyle Luminous Lyrical March Nahaz ODPixel Purge TobiWan TrentPax WinteR syndereN
2018-07-29	A2Major	DOTA Summit 9	Panelist/Caster	BananaSlamJamma Blitz GranDGranT Kyle ODPixel XBOCT V1lat
2018-06-10	A1Premier	China Dota2 Supermajor	Analyst	AdmiralBulldog Black^ Kyle Nahaz SUNSfan
2018-05-20	A1Premier	MDL Changsha Major	EN Broadcaster	BananaSlamJamma BreakyCPK Chef Josh GoDz GrandGrant KotLGuy Kyle Lacoste Lyrical TrentPax Xyclopz
2018-05-12	A2Major	GESC: Thailand Dota2 Minor	Caster/Panelist	Capitalist Fogged GoDz Kyle Nahaz ODPixel Purge Scantzor
2018-05-06	A1Premier	EPICENTER XL	Analyst	Capitalist GoDz Kyle
2018-04-07	A1Premier	Dota 2 Asia Championships 2018	Analysts/Commentator	Blitz Capitalist Fogged KBBQ KotLGuy Kyle Lacoste ODPixel TobiWan WinteR
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