DaZeD assembles ESEA MDL team

9-9-2017 17:13

Former iBUYPOWER member Sam "DaZeD" Marine has revealed his team for the next season of ESEA MDL.

Sam "⁠DaZeD⁠" Marine will reunite with former iBP teammates Braxton "⁠swag⁠" Pierce and Keven "⁠AZK⁠" Lariviere, with Michael "⁠dapr⁠" Gulino, formerly of Denial, and Matt "⁠Pollo⁠" Wilson, who has played for teams like Eanix and RONIN in the past, rounding out the roster.

DaZeD reunites with swag and AZK

In a VLOG, DaZeD stated that the new ESEA MDL season will be treated as a "learning experience" for the ex-iBP trio as they try to "get up to speed" after being out of the competitive circuit for so long.

"Let's see what happens this season, let's see where we end up at and how fast we progress," he said.

"Let's see if we even want to have the motivation to keep playing and to grind like we used to."

The 27-year-old also revealed that, despite talks with potential investors, the team decided not to follow that path yet - an option that could be revisited "in a couple of months".

The announcement comes just days after DreamHack revealed that all indefinite lifetime bans issued prior to February 2015 would be lifted, which, in DaZeD's opinion, "changes a lot". DreamHack became the second tournament organiser to implement the suggestions of the Esports Integrity Coalition (ESIC) after ESL had done the same earlier in the Summer.

The team will compete in ESEA MDL as GX, with the roster looking as follows:

Sam "⁠DaZeD⁠" Marine
Braxton "⁠swag⁠" Pierce
Keven "⁠AZK⁠" Lariviere
Michael "⁠dapr⁠" Gulino
Matt "⁠Pollo⁠" Wilson

Nice

2017-09-09 17:13

33 replies

tier 5

2017-09-09 17:13

26 replies

says the die hard tabsen fan watching his team burn to german trash ashes

2017-09-09 17:14

23 replies

azk he is the north american player but the titan he is the french stars.

2017-09-09 17:15

12 replies

dazed not pro max tier 5 team

2017-09-09 17:39

10 replies

and monkey speaking pls go back to your favela and eat bananas

2017-09-09 18:41

This team was made to be t3 or less, they can't go to bigger events. The point is to reck other t3 t4 teams.

2017-09-09 18:42

8 replies

t3 or less for like 6-8 months, because they can and will go t2-t1 with time, they're good enough to do it.

2017-09-09 18:58

7 replies

I'm not sure about Pollo and dapr, but we are definitely gonna see some very nice highlights out of swag at least, and maybe DaZeD and AZK as well.

2017-09-09 19:20

1 reply

yes, maybe in the future ppl will be able to play with them(if they sacrifice majors, ofc)

2017-09-09 20:15

they can, but will it matter? They can't participate on a major or some other big tournaments

2017-09-09 19:28

4 replies

why major so important? cuz of the money? they play 2 dreamhacks and 1 ESL and they get almost 2x major prize money(not counting stickers.)

2017-09-09 20:14

3 replies

not money. Reputation in general

2017-09-09 20:27

2 replies

only plebs cares the most abt majors dude

2017-09-09 21:35

1 reply

+1 All having your matches streamed in game does is let the casuals know your name. Everyone else already watches the ESL and DH tourneys

2017-09-10 06:08

dezd

2017-09-09 17:49

why u heff to be mad?

2017-09-09 17:15

1 reply

iz only a game :'(

2017-09-09 17:45

+1 LOL

2017-09-09 17:15

too savage mate :D

2017-09-09 17:16

1 reply

:DDDDDD

2017-09-09 17:18

NEW IBP 2017

2017-09-09 17:18

LMAO

2017-09-09 17:18

Jesus dude

2017-09-09 17:36

Swiss scene 404

2017-09-09 18:31

nt solek

2017-09-09 19:06

more like tier 8

2017-09-09 21:18

Salty that BiG can't even win LULquid Hahahah

2017-09-10 09:15

POGCHAMP YO BOY DAZED IS BACK

2017-09-09 17:14

1 reply

free revenue for his YT channel

2017-09-09 17:48

They just watched his new video haha Good luck Dazed :D

2017-09-09 17:14

EZ for new IBP 2017

2017-09-09 17:14

azk he is the north american player but the titan he is the french stars

2017-09-09 17:44

1 reply

azk he is the north american player but the titan he is the french stars

2017-09-10 01:16

Cool

2017-09-09 17:13

wow

2017-09-09 17:13

Tier 7, wont win anything

2017-09-09 17:14

8 replies

Better than any finnish team lul

2017-09-09 17:23

7 replies

Havu tier6, this tier7

2017-09-09 17:24

6 replies

Lol havu have 0 chance against top 20 teams is that simple bro

2017-09-09 17:27

2 replies

I didnt say that they did, do you think tier 6 means top 20?

2017-09-09 17:28

1 reply

He is a fox fan, what do you expect?

2017-09-09 17:48

Ez for Ence

2017-09-09 17:37

This team would shit on any team from Finland

2017-09-09 21:24

1 reply

Äxdee hahaha

2017-09-20 08:07

No more C9 Swag ;( glad to see AZK back in CS tho

2017-09-09 17:14

OMG... OK IT'S HAPPENING EVERYBODY STAY CALM EVERYBODY STAY CALM STAY FUCKING CALM

2017-09-09 17:16

17 replies

lol?

2017-09-09 17:19

lol?

2017-09-09 17:31

Overhyped stupid kid

2017-09-09 17:32

4 replies

Clingy piece of garbage

2017-09-09 17:35

2 replies

Your fanboy comment "OMG IT'S HAPPENING" is very cringe, since this team will not achieve anything more than tier3. Such a waste of talent for swag and DaZeD... There were so much other possibilities, and they just chose the worst

2017-09-09 23:28

1 reply

I'm not saying they will, just feeling excited for my boy brax and Dazed

2017-09-09 23:30

fan of g2, so baguette lul

2017-09-09 21:22

lol? Whats happening? The members of a team who achieved nothing,made a new team?

2017-09-09 17:34

6 replies

They were once the top team in NA what you on about mate.

2017-09-09 17:55

5 replies

One of the top teams in NA,at a time,when NA had 2 good teams and no brazilian teams or international squads or aussie teams. Literally 2 good teams. What did they achieve internationally? In tournaments outside NA ? They won ESEA events in NA,which no one wanted to attend (no one wanted to go to USA at that time,to attend events). ESEA league winners didnt attend the esea finals....Almost every time it was teams like vp,nip,mouz,navi etc going.

2017-09-09 18:00

3 replies

Well of course compared to now it wasn't much as back then CSGO wasn't as big as it is now.

2017-09-09 18:02

2 replies

Well,they still did not do good in any international event,or majors. They attended quite a lot of them. Only place they played well was faceit league finals or something where they reached the finals...didnt win it..

2017-09-09 18:03

1 reply

they won ESEA LAN S15 & 16

2017-09-09 21:25

That's not any kind of a great achievment

2017-09-09 19:18

lol another team of pugplayers

2017-09-09 17:36

Cringe

2017-09-09 17:36

????

2017-09-10 05:52

Next NA dream team??

2017-09-09 17:13

1 reply

2017-09-10 07:28

Good for ya boi big iron

2017-09-09 17:13

4 replies

2017-09-09 17:37

Nice name xD

2017-09-09 17:50

2 replies

Bad team :d

2017-09-09 17:59

1 reply

2017-09-09 17:59

cool

2017-09-09 17:13

OMG FINALLY

2017-09-09 17:13

IBP IS BACK BOIS

2017-09-09 17:14

7 replies

Nope, as t7 team maybe

2017-09-09 17:16

6 replies

How?

2017-09-09 17:50

Well as DaZed said this is a learning experience for them to get up to speed, and when they do they'll probably match C9 and Liquid.

2017-09-09 17:56

4 replies

dazed... delusional

2017-09-09 19:02

2 replies

Why would I be delusional? You might want to have arguments next time instead of just randomly commenting about nothing.

2017-09-11 09:05

1 reply

not you dazed will, you are saying what he is saying therefore making him not you delusional, they will never be liquid tier nor C9 as possibly swag is the only player who could come close and even then is overhyped as it is

2017-09-11 18:30

They will never be as good as Liquid or C9

2017-09-10 18:09

2ez4Dazed

2017-09-09 17:14

Not a bad roster tbh

2017-09-09 17:14

pogchamp

2017-09-09 17:14

LUL

2017-09-09 17:14

my nibba

2017-09-09 17:14

LETS GO youtube.com/watch?v=m6F2VZTPDec

2017-09-09 17:14

GoDazed

2017-09-09 17:14

TORILLE

2017-09-09 17:14

sweet

2017-09-09 17:14

gl to ol'dazed

2017-09-09 17:14

Ban them again, thanks.

2017-09-09 17:14

swag, what is your name?

2017-09-09 17:14

2 replies

BRAAAXTON

2017-09-09 17:15

BRAXTOOOOOOOOOOOOON HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

2017-09-09 17:16

hype

2017-09-09 17:14

BRAX IS FREE

2017-09-09 17:14

It's happening

2017-09-09 17:14

azk he is the north american player but the titan he is the french stars

2017-09-09 17:15

AYYY

2017-09-09 17:14

so ez for swag

2017-09-09 17:14

Lol ez

2017-09-09 17:14

gooooooooood luck guys!!! in b4 swag carry

2017-09-09 17:14

Another bad NA team

2017-09-09 17:14

YEAH BOIIIII

2017-09-09 17:14

Yeeeeeees

2017-09-09 17:14

+steel +Skadoodle (c9 soon kick him)

2017-09-09 17:14

azk he is the north american player but the titan he is the french stars

2017-09-09 17:14

4 replies

ahaha, it's been a while :D

2017-09-09 17:31

3 replies

And i missed titan so much

2017-09-09 17:58

2 replies

I miss the whole VeryGames - NiP era :(

2017-09-09 19:21

1 reply

FeelsBadMan

2017-09-09 19:21

-pollo +hiko pls

2017-09-09 17:14

lol nice!

2017-09-09 17:15

this is pretty exciting

2017-09-09 17:15

hahaha they won't do shit. Dazed talking about big names and that's what he ended up with. Taking that long for a delusion, but it's ok. Now those fanboys will finally see how overrated he really is.

2017-09-09 17:15

2 replies

+1k

2017-09-09 21:50

+2k because he's overrated like stewie

2017-09-10 03:18

Who

2017-09-09 17:15

#2 best team in the world incoming because g2 is first ofc #G2ARMY KENNYSGOD

2017-09-09 17:15

what????? AZK is not playing Overwatch for Liquid??

2017-09-09 17:16

5 replies

he wants to play cs:go again

2017-09-09 17:17

there is no money in overwatch.

2017-09-09 17:35

Overwatch is the worst game in the world lmfao, no one plays it professionally. It's not worth the time and thee's no money involved.

2017-09-09 18:27

No. AZK he is the north american player but the titan he is the french stars

2017-09-09 20:28

1 reply

nice englando my finnish friend

2017-09-10 06:08

About time it is announced, but I don't know who the hell Pollo is. I also really wished they had to earn this spot by going through at the very least Open instead of gifting them an MDL spot, which many others struggle to even get to.

2017-09-09 17:19

1 reply

u kids are dissapoint me. asking "who is pollo" when he literally carries his ex-team RUSH to pro league

2017-09-09 17:40

Friends dapr and pollo...fuckin hell

2017-09-09 17:16

let's see

2017-09-09 17:16

Honestly fuck steel, let's go team

2017-09-09 17:17

coming back to the scene after almost 4 years, hope he makes NA great for once :D

2017-09-09 17:17

where is steel? wtf

2017-09-09 17:17

5 replies

not there, thx god ^^

2017-09-09 17:22

3 replies

why?:(

2017-09-09 17:22

2 replies

Dazed said that the 3 of them didn't want to play with him

2017-09-09 17:25

1 reply

hahahahahahaha

2017-09-09 17:26

steel and dazed don't like each other

2017-09-09 17:47

Won't achieve anything great

2017-09-09 17:17

maybe top 50 team

2017-09-09 17:17

Tier 100

2017-09-09 17:18

Someone can explain why they are starting from the MDL already and not Open ???

2017-09-09 17:18

6 replies

most likely due to past accomplishments and name recognition. I don't think it's right they're just gifted a spot. They should earn it like everyone else.

2017-09-09 17:20

3 replies

2017-09-09 18:19

1 reply

SK didn't have to earn heir spot through open. just like this team it woulda been pointless

2017-09-09 21:44

"Earn" it, they wouldn't have to earn shit. They would never lose in open-main even without practice lol. Literally just a waste of time. Besides they put RNG and SK straight into pro league when they decided to play in NA

2017-09-09 21:43

$$$ my friend. Viewership. Swag, AZK, DaZeD... They bring in viewers with the hype surrounding them, these leagues want as much $$$ as possible; of course they're going to get a spot.

2017-09-09 17:32

1 reply

Well.. Indeed.. And considering the fact that ESEA works with some invitations of Open teams. Make sense invite a team that didn't even disputed the open yet but have a lot of well known players.

2017-09-09 18:20

lul mdl league lul

2017-09-09 17:19

Omgggg, ez top5

2017-09-09 17:21

Tier 100.

2017-09-09 17:21

Why dapr though. Pollo is really good but dapr ehhh

2017-09-09 17:21

3 replies

Dapr isn't a bad player I guess. He carried Denial pretty hard in last months. I know that it's nowhere close to top tier but he had a solid performance even against Immortals. In my opinion he might be a rising star so it's good for him that he has a chance to prove his abilities.

2017-09-09 17:26

Dapr is more proven than Pollo? ...

2017-09-10 07:31

I see, my bad then. I don't really follow these players but I've heard more about pollo than dapr but let's see what they can do under DaZeD's leadership.

2017-09-11 13:27

swagod

2017-09-09 17:21

TIER 1

2017-09-09 17:21

good luck!

2017-09-09 17:23

cya on csgo lounge

2017-09-09 17:23

PogChamp

2017-09-09 17:23

too much pressure to succeed = FAILURE

2017-09-09 17:23

I'd be hyped if I would've been 14 years old and from NA.

2017-09-09 17:24

1 reply

That would make them 9 years old during ESWC 2012 nt iBP fans are old enough to remember when Hiko was relevant

2017-09-09 17:30

who the hell is pollo?

2017-09-09 17:25

lul maybe 10th best NA team

2017-09-09 17:28

Sick team LOL

2017-09-09 17:29

GL Mr. Marine

2017-09-09 17:30

Who ''tis drape polo?

2017-09-09 17:33

azk he is the north american player but the titan he is the french stars

2017-09-09 17:34

ez for pollo, very underrated player haven't seen much of dapr though, GLL!!

2017-09-09 17:37

A former cloud9 player can definitely deliver some goodies in the NA scene. Swag is still not a superstar player yet so don't be too hopeful that he's ready to enter the international scene. And always great to see new teams entering the competition.

2017-09-09 17:37

tier 100

2017-09-09 17:37

This team will possibly throw and tier 3 is the best they can manage to get (not likely). Would not be surprised if IBP takes them LUL.

2017-09-09 17:38

2017-09-09 17:39

What about steel?

2017-09-09 17:39

3 replies

steel and dazed don't like each other

2017-09-09 17:48

1 reply

dazed doesnt like steel, i dont think steel dislikes dazed though but after what dazed said steel probably upsetti

2017-09-10 01:17

clips.twitch.tv/AggressiveSnappyFungusBr..

2017-09-09 17:49

let's hope they're not going to throw their first match

2017-09-09 17:40

Bad team but good start

2017-09-09 17:40

smal dick looks big on pic na

2017-09-09 17:42

Finally they got a team xD

2017-09-09 17:44

azk he is the north american player but the titan he is the french stars

2017-09-09 17:45

finally omg :p

2017-09-09 17:46

THEY ARE FINALLY BACK.TIME TO MAKE THE NA SCENE GREAT AGAIN!

2017-09-09 17:48

Tier 10, disband after 2 weeks and dazed gets hearth attack for losing to tier 15 na teams.

2017-09-09 17:53

Good pick , pollo and dapr holy shit..

2017-09-09 17:54

Nice, I genuinely wish'em all the best!

2017-09-09 17:55

ITS YA BOI D A Z E D

2017-09-09 17:56

ez 4 pollo

2017-09-09 17:57

Why have dapr, azk and pollo? The first 2 are complete shit and pollo is just unknown lmao

2017-09-09 17:59

azk he is the north american player but the titan he is the french stars.

2017-09-09 18:00

its ya boiiii

2017-09-09 18:02

plz 2 more better players, go go brax and dazed

2017-09-09 18:08

EZ FOR NA CS

2017-09-09 18:10

tier 7

2017-09-09 18:12

How much do they take in cash for win?

2017-09-09 18:13

FUCK YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH DAZED AZK SWAG IN MY HEART!!!! LETS GO SAM !!!!

2017-09-09 18:24

save my skin

2017-09-09 18:24

HEY WHATS UP GUYS, ITS YA BOY DAZED

2017-09-09 18:25

Yessss finaly ^^

2017-09-09 18:27

why didnt they pick n0thing? it would be awsome

2017-09-09 18:29

tier 4 in NA top KEK

2017-09-09 18:31

Let's see

2017-09-09 18:31

What a gross team

2017-09-09 18:32

dapr & Pollo LMAO barely top 10 NA

2017-09-09 18:36

dapr and pollo are placeholders LUL

2017-09-09 18:38

lol he said he only wanted to play with players from c9 optic and liquid HAHA

2017-09-09 18:53

2 replies

Yea he wanted to, just like any would but he didn't so that's just HAHAHAHA??

2017-09-09 18:56

1 reply

ye bro he is so high of him self saying his team will be in top 5 in no time bla bla bla cocky sam

2017-09-09 19:04

another shit tier NA team woo

2017-09-09 18:55

why the fuck fucking dapr?

2017-09-09 18:56

rofl no chance my friend no one cares

2017-09-09 19:03

Good luck boys! We smart, we loyal, we friendly, we are from BRAZIL! Kreygasm

2017-09-09 19:08

Wait, so you guys are saying this is a tier 4 team when dazed is the igl?? Have you ever seen what happens when people actually listen to dazed? If they manage to play a lan this year they will rekt any tier 2 team soon

2017-09-09 19:09

+nothing +shroud

2017-09-09 19:11

hahAA

2017-09-09 19:12

tier 3 max

2017-09-09 19:19

NA T1

2017-09-09 19:22

inb4 another scamming ban :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

2017-09-09 19:25

2 replies

Are you actually 12?

2017-09-11 10:18

1 reply

double that plus some. are you autisticly challenged?

2017-09-11 20:44

You can guess how i feel about this.....

2017-09-09 19:34

thank mr matchfixers

2017-09-09 19:35

AZK the french star is bak :O

2017-09-09 19:35

AZK HE IS THE NORTH AMERICAN PLAYER BUT THE TITAN HE IS THE FRENCH STARS

2017-09-09 19:41

shame for esea

2017-09-09 20:27

That lineup looks so shit hf not qualifying for anything.

2017-09-09 20:33

Michael "dapr" Gulino Matt "Pollo" Wilson who the fuck

2017-09-09 20:42

1 reply

Pollo is decent in ranks and dapr has good aim,but dapr and swag in same team,so much toxicity

2017-09-09 23:48

You idiots dapr and Polo, they'll just cut you when they get the chance and take your roster, morons!!!

2017-09-09 20:49

3 replies

i would play a season with those guys its great experience

2017-09-09 20:59

1 reply

Russian brain

2017-09-09 21:05

what

2017-09-09 23:30

o yeeeaaaa

2017-09-09 20:55

Well it will be entertaining to seem them play! Hope we get a good caster :D

2017-09-09 21:08

LUL , who the fuck is dapr and pollo?

2017-09-09 21:24

1 reply

dapr is budget daps

2017-09-10 01:15

I'm so hyped and I hope ex-iBP will do well but who the hell are the other two guys???

2017-09-09 21:32

bruh, get ska and steel back again

2017-09-09 22:10

huh... waited for this roster announcement for so long and we get this

2017-09-09 22:21

YEET

2017-09-09 22:22

Dazed and steel should really try to overcome the troubles with each other. pollo and dapr barely get the cut on rank s. Might as well get bogdan as coach.

2017-09-09 22:27

dazed bringing new blood

2017-09-09 22:52

why not Cx

2017-09-09 23:45

lmfao dapr and swag,lmfao lmfao roster change inc after 1st game

2017-09-09 23:47

lul

2017-09-09 23:56

dapr and pollo lmfaoooo teams dead before it even plays 1st match

2017-09-10 00:43

I really hope theese guys go far. Too bad it took this long, but maybe they ca be competitive again.

2017-09-10 00:49

the astralis era is over

2017-09-10 01:34

my boy dazed is back in biznitz

2017-09-10 07:42

Two unknowns.. yuicks...

2017-09-10 09:18

azk he is the north american player but the titan he is the french stars.

2017-09-10 09:34

my name is azk from team dynamic

2017-09-10 09:37

hey look, its NA flipsid3, so much hype but nothing happens

2017-09-10 10:24

2 replies

The only hype for Flipsid3 is that Electronic leaves

2017-09-11 09:12

1 reply

negative winrate, negative kdr = flipside their only hope is forming completely new team

2017-09-11 12:14

LUUUUL

2017-09-10 11:59

azk he is the north american player but the titan he is the french stars.

2017-09-10 16:34

lets go bois

2017-09-10 20:11

Fuck this piece of shit thrower

2017-09-10 21:39

Doesn't pollo mean chicken?

2017-09-11 10:17

1 reply

It does, i thought he was mexican

2017-09-11 20:48

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