Maikelele

Maikelele
Mikail Bill
Status Active
Date of birth (1991-05-03) May 3, 1991
Nationality Swedish-Turkish[1]
Current team None
Games Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Professional career
November 2014 – March 2015 Ninjas in Pyjamas
May 2015 – September 2015 Team Kinguin
October 2015 – January 2016 G2 Esports
January 2016 – April 2016 FaZe Clan

Mikail Bill, (born 3 May 1991) better known by his in-game name, Maikelele, is a Swedish-Turkish professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player who most recently played as a rifler and AWPer for FaZe Clan. He has also played for G2 Esports, Team Kinguin, LGB eSports, Ninjas in Pyjamas, mousesports, UnWanted, ESG!, SK Gaming, and Team Property.

Career

Maikelele, then known as "Eksem", began his competitive career in Counter-Strike in 2010 on the team Begrip Gaming.[2] Eksem would first gain prominence in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive when he joined LGB eSports in August 2013.[3] LGB eSports qualified for the first CS:GO Major, DreamHack Winter 2013, through the online qualifiers.[4] The team ended up placing 5-8th.[5] LGB eSports parted ways with Eksem on February 2, 2014.[6]

On March 27, 2014, Eksem joined SK Gaming.[7] SK Gaming went on to qualify for DreamHack Summer 2014 where they placed 5–8th, losing to HellRaisers in the quaterfinals.[8] SK Gaming dropped the roster on May 6.[9] Eksem and the rest of ex-SK Gaming went on to form the team "ESG!". It was on ESG! where Eksem changed his alias to Maikelele.[2] The team was picked up by Heat eSports for Gfinity G3 and ultimately disbanded on August 12, 2014.[10]

Maikelele briefly joined UnWanted on August 22, 2014 alongside fellow ESG! member Alexander "SKYTTEN" Carlsson.[11] Maikelele left the team on September 16, 2014, citing attitude issues.[12] Maikelele acted as a stand-in for Mousesports during the ESWC 2014 qualifiers and ended up qualifying for the main event.[13]

On November 4, 2014 he replaced Robin "Fifflaren" Johansson on Ninjas in Pyjamas.[14] They finished 2nd at DreamHack Winter 2014. NiP then finished second at Winter X Games XVIII. The team announced they were holding tryouts to replace Maikelele in February 2015 and he officially left the team on March 18.[15] Maikelele briefly joined LGB eSports' Norwegian lineup on March 18, 2015.[16]

Team Kinguin picked up an international Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team on May 5 which consisted of Maikelele, rain, fox, ScreaM, and SKYTTEN.[17]

In August 2015 Team Kinguin dropped their Counter-Strike: Global Offensive team because of corporate restructuring and the team was picked up by Gamers2, now known as G2 Esports.[18] The team notably made it to the semi-finals of DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015.

On January 20, 2016 it was announced that FaZe Clan had picked up G2's Counter-Strike team for an unknown amount of money.[19] In April, FaZe placed 9-12th at MLG Major Championship: Columbus. On April 3, 2016 Maikelele announced on Twitter that he was leaving FaZe Clan.[20][21]

Tournament results

References

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdu1lNRMGeo
  2. 1 2 "Player Profile: The life of Maikelele". G2 Esports. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Kovanen, Tomi. "The story of LGB eSports". HLTV. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Schedule, groups and more casters!". DreamHack. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Milicevic, Toni. "fnatic win DreamHack Winter 2013". HLTV. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Kovanen, Tomi. "LGB add twist and cype". HLTV. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Wynne, Jared. "SK Gaming goes back to roots, picks up a 'Counter-Strike' team". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  8. ↑ Abdullaev, Rahim. "NiP wins Dreamhack Summer 2014 CS:GO". GreatFrag. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  9. ↑ Mira, Luis. "SK release CS:GO team". HLTV. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  10. ↑ Moseley, Allen. "ESG! disbands, will continue to participate in Starladder". Gosu Gamers. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  11. ↑ Allen, Moseley. "Former ESG! players create new team UnWanted". Gosu Gamers. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  12. ↑ Mira, Luis. "Maikelele leaves UnWanted". HLTV. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  13. ↑ Luke, Matt. "mouz, 3DMAX, and GPLAY to Qualify for ESWC 2014". Gosu Gamers. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  14. ↑ Lingle, Samuel (November 4, 2014). "Maikelele is the new Ninja in Pyjamas". The Daily Dot.
  15. ↑ Wynne, Jared (February 13, 2015). "NiP hasn't dropped Maikelele, but it's holding tryouts to replace him". The Daily Dot. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  16. ↑ Park, Paul. "Maikelele joins LGB eSports". theScore esports. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  17. ↑ "Team Kinguin CS:GO is here!". Kinguin. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  18. ↑ Lewis, Richard (August 12, 2015). "Kinguin pulls back from esports sponsorships amid corporate restructuring". The Daily Dot.
  19. ↑ "G2's Counter-Strike team acquired by FaZe Clan". G2 Esports. January 20, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  20. ↑ https://twitter.com/FaZeMaikelele/status/716459912017141760
  21. ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/maikelele-leaves-faze-clan-mlg-columbus/

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