froyotech
froyotech is an American Team Fortress 2 organization.
Froyotech are often considered to be one of the most successful team in competitive TF2 history, winning five International LAN events and a grand total of 11 ESEA-Invite Championships. froyotech are also the first and only team to break the $100,000 mark in tournament earnings.
History[edit]
Foundation and early dominance (2014-2015)[edit]
This North American team was formed in early 2014 with a lineup of b4nny, clockwork, blaze, Lansky, dummy and shade. The team was created in an effort to dethrone the european and world champions Epsilon eSports at the upcoming international i52 tournament. Results immediately showed with wins in CEVO Season 4 Main and a perfect 16-0 record in ESEA Season 16 Invite on course to the their first Invite Championship. Demoman dummy was swapped out for duwatna from Street Hoops eSports as he couldn't attend the upcoming i52 event in England. froyotech won the tournament, defeating a weakened Epsilon eSports in the Grand Final (5-1, 5-0). Further wins would follow suit including the CEVO Season 5 Pro Finals, the GXL Invitational 2014, two further ESEA-Invite titles in Season's 17 and 18 before Lansky retired after the Season 18 LAN finals. He was swapped out for Ash on Scout with b4nny switching to the empty Pocket Soldier role. The teams performance continued despite this change with a fourth consecutive Invite title in Season 19 and winning i55.
Reformation and continued success (2015-Present)[edit]
Controversy soon gripped the team during the Season 20 playoff match between froyotech and Team SoloUber. Ash left the team mid-game over internal issues [1] which forced the team to use Seymour for the rest of the match. The team subsequently lost the series placing them 3rd overall for the Season. After this incident the roster scattered, forcing b4nny to reform the team with a new roster of Decimate, clockwork, corsa, paddie and Freestate. However Decimate was forced to leave due to a lack of availability forcing b4nny on Scout with corsa on roamer. corsa was shortly swapped out for experienced Invite Medic ninjanick with Freestate switching from Medic to Scout [2]. Despite the changes, the team slowly returned to their winning ways, winning Season 21 and defeating reigning champions RONIN with a lower-bracket sweep. More roster changes would soon follow in order to prepare for the international i58 with long time rival Soldier TLR joining along with new Medic phorofor. The changes proved good within the North American scene, with victory in Season 22, defeating RONIN once again. However at Insomnia itself, the team finished a disappointing 3rd, convincingly beaten by European teams Crowns eSports Club and Full Tilt. This prompted desperate roster changes with blaze and Shade returning to the roster and promising Demoman Habib replacing Muma.
This new-look team dominated the North American TF2 scene however declined to try and reclaim their Insomnia title at Insomnia 61, with team-captain b4nny opting to join the newly formed European mix-team SVIFT for the tournament. With numerous roster changes between seasons froyotech won an extra six straight ESEA-Invite titles, two Rewind events (the Rewind 2017 Invitational and Rewind II) and Insomnia 63.
Timeline[edit]
- January 25th - froyotech forms. [3]
- January 28th - Decimate becomes the substitute.[8]
- February 22nd - corsa and Decimate leave. ninjanick joins.[9]
- May 3rd - clockwork retires. blaze joins.[10]
- July 7th - TLR comes out of retirement to stand in for blaze, due to blaze not being able to attend Insomnia 58.[11]
- September 7th - Muma, TLR and phorofor leave. blaze, Hassassin and shade join.[12]
- December 11th - shade leaves the roster and is replaced by Nursey.[13]
- January 26th - paddie leaves the team.[14]
- January 30th - arekk joins the team.[15]
- April 28th - Freestate retires.[16]
- May 10th - Nursey leaves froyotech for EVL Gaming.[17] Shade returns to the roster to fill in as Medic.[18]
- May 17th - garbuglio joins the team.[19]
- June 23rd - garbuglio leaves due to froyotech electing to not attend i61. botmode joins to replace him.[20]
- September 26th - botmode retires to pursue opportunities in Quake Champions and is replaced by sighguy.[21]
- December 30th - sighguy departs the team and is replaced by yomps.[22]
Player Roster[edit]
Active[edit]
| Active Squad | ||||
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| ID | Name | Role | Join Date | |
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b4nny 
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Grant Vincent | Scout | 2014-01-25 [3] |
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arekk | Alex Uth | Scout | 2017-01-30 [15] |
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blaze | Tyler Brown | Roaming Soldier | 2016-09-07 [12] |
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aim | Pocket Soldier | 2018-09-02[24] | |
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habib | Hasan Sayed | Demoman | 2016-09-07 [12] |
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Nursey | Jenny Tempalski | Medic | 2018-09-02[24] |
Former[edit]
| Former Players | ||||||
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| ID | Name | Role | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |
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yomps | Justin Swilpa | Pocket Soldier | 2017-12-30 [22] | 2018-08-30[23] |  FROYO BLACK
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shade | Medic | 2017-05-10 [18] | 2018-08-30 [23] | FROYO BLACK
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sighguy | Pocket Soldier | 2017-09-26 [21] | 2017-12-30 [22] |  Running with Scizors
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botmode | Ian DeMartinis | Pocket Soldier | 2017-06-23 [20] | 2017-09-26 [21] |  SVIFT NA
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garbuglio | Pocket Soldier | 2017-05-17 [19] | 2017-06-23 [20] | SVIFT NA
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Freestate | Daniel Lins | Scout | 2015-12-07 [7] | 2017-04-28 [16] | Retired
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Nursey | Jenny Tempalski | Medic | 2016-12-11 [13] | 2017-05-10 [17] |  EVL Gaming
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paddie | Michael Simonetta | Pocket Soldier | 2015-12-07 [7] | 2017-01-26[14] | EVL Gaming
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Muma | Austin Wilmot | Demoman | 2015-12-07 [7] | 2016-09-07 [12] | Retired
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phorofor | Nicholas Johnson | Medic | 2016-06-?? | 2016-09-07 [12] | Jamal E-Sports
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| Temporary stand-ins | ||||||||
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| ID | Name | Replacing | ID | Name | Tournament(s) | |||
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cookiejake | Connor McEwen |  |
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Shade | Insomnia 63 | ||
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garbuglio | |
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blaze | Tyler Brown | Insomnia 63 | ||
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TLR | Tyler Morgan | |
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blaze | Tyler Brown | ESEA Season 22: Invite Division Insomnia 58 | |
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garbuglio |
ESU Community Rumble | ||||||
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paddie  |
Michael Simonetta | ESU Community Rumble | |||||
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bear  |
Elliot Tower | ESU Community Rumble | |||||
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Seymour | Bryan Seymour | |
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ash | Carter Paccione | ESEA Season 20 Invite Playoffs | |
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Ninjanick | Nicholas Poulos | |
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Shade | GXL LAN 2015 | ||
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marmaduke | |
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blaze | Tyler Brown | GXL LAN 2015 | ||
| Former Players | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Role | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |
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ninjanick | Nicholas Poulos | Medic | 2016-02-22 [9] | 2016-06-?? |  Street Hoops eSports
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clockwork | Matthew Dias | Scout | 2016-01-28 [8] | 2016-05-03 [10] | Retired
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corsa | Scout | 2015-12-07 [7] | 2016-02-22 [9] | EVL Gaming
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Decimate | Christian Lomeli | Scout | 2015-12-23 [25] | 2016-01-28 | Retired
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| Insomnia55 Squad | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Name | Role | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |
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ash | Carter Paccione | Scout | 2015-06-?? | 2015-11-24 [4] | Street Hoops eSports
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clockwork | Matthew Dias | Scout | 2014-01-25 [3] | - |  froyotech
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blaze | Tyler Brown | Roaming Soldier | 2014-01-25 [3] | - | froyotech
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b4nny
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Grant Vincent | Pocket Soldier | 2014-01-25 [3] | - | froyotech
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duwatna | Steve Taylor | Demoman | 2014-07-?? | 2015-11-24 [5] | Street Hoops eSports
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Shade | Medic | 2014-01-25 [3] | 2015-11-24 [6] | FROYO BLACK
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| Former Players | ||||||
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| ID | Name | Role | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |
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lansky | Dave Polansky | Pocket Soldier | 2014-01-?? | 2015-06-?? | Retired
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serv0 | Pocket Soldier | 2015-06-?? | 2015-06-?? | Retired
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dummy | Tim Olson | Demoman | 2014-01-25 [3] | 2014-07-?? | Retired
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Ruwin | Sven Zobler | Pocket Soldier | 2014-01-25 [3] | 2014-03-?? | Retired
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Organization[edit]
Active[edit]
| Organization | ||||||
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| ID | Name | Position | Join Date | |||
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Shade | Brand Manager | ||||
Gallery[edit]
Rosters[edit]
froyotech Lineup for ESEA Season 18
froyotech's roster for ESEA Season 18: b4nny, Lansky, Clockwork, Duwatna, shade, and blaze.
froyotech Lineup for ESEA Season 16
froyotech's roster for ESEA Season 16: Lansky, blaze, Clockwork, dummy, b4nny, and shade.
Logos[edit]
Alternate logo
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Placement | Tier | Tournament | Results | Prize | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-26 | 1st | Premier |  |
Insomnia 63 | 3 : 2 | 
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$5,138.02 |
| 2018-04-19 | 1st | Major |  |
ESEA Season 27: North America Invite Division | 2 : 0 |
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$5,600 |
| 2018-02-18 | 1st | Premier |  |
Esports Arena Rewind II | 3 : 0 |
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$7,919.3 |
| 2017-01-22 | 1st | Premier | |
Rewind 2017 Invitational | 3 : 2 |
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$4,104.25 |
| 2015-08-30 | 1st | Premier | |
Insomnia 55 | 3 : 1 | 
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$7,387.92 |
| 2015-07-19 | 1st | Major | |
ESEA Season 19: North America Invite Division | 2 : 0 |
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$6,360 |
| 2015-04-19 | 1st | Major | |
ESEA Season 18: North America Invite Division | 2 : 0 | 
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$6,360 |
| 2014-12-07 | 1st | Major | |
ESEA Season 17: North America Invite Division | 2 : 0 |
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$6,360 |
| 2014-08-24 | 1st | Premier | |
Insomnia 52 | 2 : 0 | 
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$4,135.19 |
| 2014-06-29 | 1st | Major | |
ESEA Season 16: North America Invite Division | 2 : 1 | 
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$6,360 |
| About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament | |||||||
References[edit]
- ↑ http://www.teamfortress.tv/30088/ash-leaves-froyotech
- ↑ http://www.teamfortress.tv/31841/corsa-out-ninjanick-in-for-froyotech
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 cyzer (2014-01-25). "iT Dead; b4nny to Join clockwork".
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 tsc (2015-11-24). "ash leaves froyotech".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 tsc (2015-11-24). "froyotech loses duwatna".
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 tsc (2015-11-24). "froyotech disbands".
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 tsc (2015-12-07). "b4nny flavors froyotech with Strawberry Mangoes".
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 tsc (2016-01-28). "Decimate steps down from froyotech".
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 tsc (2016-02-22). "corsa out, ninjanick in for froyotech".
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 tsc (2016-05-03). "clockwork retires, blaze returns to froyotech".
- ↑ tsc (2016-08-26). "Insomnia58 viewer's guide".
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 tsc (2016-09-07). "froyotech adjusts roster after Insomnia58".
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Snivy (2017-01-05). "Esports Arena Rewind announced".
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 rowpieces (2017-01-26). "paddie leaves froyotech".
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Koncept (2017-02-01). "froyotech picks up arekk".
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Koncept (2017-04-30). "Freestate leaves froyotech, retires from TF2".
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Smin (2017-05-10). "Nursey leaves froyotech, joins EVL Gaming".
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 b4nny (2017-05-10). "Welcome back @shadetf2".
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 b4nny (2017-05-17). "Tonight we finalized the froyotech roster for S25".
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Koncept (2017-06-23). "froyotech swaps out garbuglio for botmode".
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 b4nny (2017-09-26). "As @idbotmode moves on to pursue @Quake...".
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 b4nny (2017-12-30). "Welcome @zombyomps to the @froyotech squad!".
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 shade (2018-08-30). "shade and yomps leaves".
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Recurse (2018-09-02). "froyotech ascends with aim, Nursey".
- ↑ tsc (2015-12-23). "froyotech picks up Decimate".
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