User:Hcs takedown/Takedown

Takedown
Background Information
Name	Chandler Walrath
Country of Birth	United States
Birthday	November 30, 1999 (age 24)
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Cutting Edge
Social Media & Links
Team History
Aug 2016 - Sep 2016  ⁠⁠Elemental GoonZ Jan 2017 - Jan 2017  ⁠⁠Silent Grind Feb 2018 - Mar 2017  ⁠⁠Premium July 2018 - July 2018  ⁠⁠Lucent eSports Dec 2018 - May 2020  ⁠⁠Silent Grind May 2020 - July 2020  ⁠⁠Velocity eSports July 2020 - Present  ⁠⁠Cutting Edge

Chandler "Takedown" Walrath is an American player for Cutting Edge Esports known for his time on Velocity eSports and Silent Grind.

Austin

Takedown broke out into competitive Halo on competing in the RTX 2016 FFA on July 3rd. The grand finals consisted of Rammyy at 91 Kills, and an unbelievable 3 way tie in points for 2nd between Jared at 88 Kills, MuNoZ at 84 Kills, and Takedown at 82 Kills follow by Mist Ninjutsu and Leo.

Chattanooga

Takedown attended his first 4v4 event on Elemental GoonZ consisting of himself, Just Improve, McBob101, and Phayzd. All of his teammates had been playing the game no more than 2-3 months since the game had been out a year or so. They looked to impress players and spectators alike at 2050 Chattanooga. They played against the likes of Pnda Gaming and Hype & Positivity for top 16 but came up short in an insanely close game 5 series. They'd go home with a 17th-24th placing respectively.

Las Vegas

Takedown made his way to the ME Las Vegas 2017 qualifier alongside his duo Sleepoligy and attending their first event with rising AMs Simba and Padawin. Premium made a lot of noise at the event knocking out 4 teams including Takedown's former team Elemental GoonZ 3-0. In an intense game 5 Takedown and his team were narrowly short of upsetting top AM team Starboys led by Common. This was largely influenced by the stellar performance of Starboys' brand new pickup Slinky having a huge series. Takedown would then be subjected to the likes of Here 4 Fun, a roster consisted of mostly pros including King Nick, Claim, and a recently out of retirement FlamesworD and Hunter Jjx. Every game was close, but unfortunately Here 4 Fun would come out on top 3-1, ending Premium's run at 21st-24th for the event. Takedown made it to the quarter finals for the FFA.

New Orleans

Takedown attended his next event repicking up his successful duo EL HALO ELITE as well as Queso and Painfulness. After breezing through round 1, Takedown got his rematch 2 years after the haunting 2 kill game 5 versus the team that stole top 16 at Chattanooga. Lucent eSports would demolish 3-0 moving onto GB ladder team Zero Chill Gaming led by FFA champion GoldStarBR and his duo GuitarHeroDude. Lucent managed to upset sweep the series 3-0. Their next round would resulted in a loss versus Ryders led by Dallay in a close series. After a hard fought battle Lucent would be knocked out by EdaxPro consisting of top 12 players such as ROB THE TURTLE, Brainstorm, Manny, and Daffs. Lucent would finish top 28 but Takedown would preform much better individually in the free for all placing top 12 knocking out players such as ROB THE TURTLE, JR2, PiLEZ, DarkMatter, and beating 3rd place grand finalist/teammate Queso in the early rounds.

Austin

Takedown started off MCC Halo 3 by defeating Goofy and Galaxy in his hometown for the HCS Invitational 2019/FFA/Qualifier qualifying for the grand finals at HCS Invitational 2019/FFA where he defeated Stress and TiZoXiN finishing 6th for $125. It was also at this event where Team Reciprocity, among other pro players and teams vouched giving Takedown semi professional status as a player.

Dallas

Takedown continued teaming with Paradigm in winter series from February to March placing top 16 and eventually top 4 in UGC Winter Series 2019/Week 4. After Paradigm took a hiatus, Takedown began teaming with Avian and together placed top 16 and top 12 in various qualifiers. They would both competed in the DreamHack Dallas 2019/FFA facing off against each other. Takedown defeated Avian as well as Dragonite in tournament play finishing top 16. On feature stations, Takedown won $75 in bets alongside In Reality, Iconn Z, and JoeyClutch defeating players Wiley Coyote, Titan, and Avian.

Halo 2 Anniversary

For Halo 2 Anniversary, Takedown joined his first professional organization Velocity eSports and placed top 16 alongside ConspiracY, Nightfury, and Busta.

Halo 5: Guardians

Going back to Halo 5, Takedown joined his second professional organization representing Cutting Edge Esports. Takedown soon placed top 12 alongside Sleepoligy and Dream. After the first tourney, Takedown formed a brand new team alongside Magna Cerebrum and Her First Time placing his first top 8 in a 64 team tourney. For the 4th qualifier Her First Time was replaced by Dream and they once again placed top 8 upsetting Domey, Stillmatic, Floppie, and Mop2Clutch.

Trivia

• Takedown has teamed with or competed alongside at events with veteran professionals Bound, Danoxide, Blaze, Burton, Rammyy, Neptune, Shele, Envore, SuperCC, Taulek, Kaiss, BoamX, DRUK, Stress, and WinntuR.
• Takedown has defeated numerous pros in tournament play such as Goofy, SoulSnipe, ROB THE TURTLE, Kaiss, Nebula, Stress, and Domey.
• Takedown has been vouched as a semi professional Halo player by professional and amateur players alike.
• Takedown has won $590 competing in Halo 3.
• Takedown has coached pro teams eRa Eternity, Crowd Pleasers, and GosuCrew.
• Takedown is a 5X major FFA finalist.
• Takedown is the current 5X Austin, TX Microsoft Store Champion winning over $245.
• Takedown has placed Top 16 in tournament play across 3 different Halo titles.
• Takedown is known to get very passionate and loud at events.
• Takedown wears recognizable authentic vintage U.T. Basketball warm-ups at least once every event.
• Takedown was known for having one of the highest game played total hours in Halo 5: Guardians.

Team and Tournament History

Team Competition

Game	End Date	Event	Place	Team Prize	Team	Teammates (Coach)
	September 6, 2020	Esports Arena/$1000 4v4 Variant/2020-09-06	A77 - 8	-	⁠⁠Cutting Edge eSports	Dream • Magna Cerebrum • Savieer
	August 23, 2020	Esports Arena/$1000 4v4 Variant/2020-08-23	A77 - 8	-	⁠⁠Cutting Edge eSports	Her First Time • Magna Cerebrum • Requiem 5E
	August 17, 2020	Esports Arena/$1000 4v4 Variant/2020-08-17	A99 - 11	-	⁠⁠Cutting Edge eSports	Sleepoligy • Dream • Fireboy
	June 20, 2020	FACEIT/MCC Open Series 3	B7< 16	-	⁠⁠Velocity eSports	ConspiracY • Nightfury • Busta
	July 27, 2019	FACEIT Ignite: Halo_European Legendary/North America Qualifier	A99 - 12	-	⁠⁠Silent Grind	Touchy • Avian • Karmea
	July 20, 2019	FACEIT Ignite: Halo_European Open/North America Qualifier	A55 - 14	-	⁠⁠Silent Grind	Gunfire • Merkag3 • Renzo
	April 6, 2019	DreamHack Dallas 2019/Qualifier 1	B7< 16	-	⁠⁠Silent Grind	Avian • UltraStinct • Khanology
	March 1, 2019	UGC Winter Series 2019/Week 4	A44	-	⁠⁠Silent Grind	Gonna • Paradigm • Anion
	February 23, 2019	UGC Winter Series 2019/Week 3	B7< 16	-	⁠⁠Silent Grind	Paradigm • TUSICK • Neyland
	February 17, 2019	UGC Winter Series 2019/Week 2	B7< 16	-	⁠⁠Silent Grind	Daffy • BobettaFetta • MVP
	January 4, 2019	UGC Halo Classic/Warm Up Tournament	A33 - 4	-	⁠⁠Silent Grind	Whiskers Purrs • Her First Time • Van Helsing
	December 15, 2018	UGC Halo Classic/Qualifier 2	B7< 16	-	⁠⁠Silent Grind	Daffy • Moocher • Deaton
	July 13, 2018	MLG New Orleans 2018	C525 - 28	-	⁠⁠Lucent eSports	EL HALO ELITE • Queso • Painfulness
	March 5, 2017	ME Las Vegas 2017	C121 - 24	-	⁠⁠Premium	Sleepoligy • Simba • Padawin
	January 14, 2017	Halo World Championship 2017/North America/Seeding Cup	B7< 16	-	⁠⁠Silent Grind	Indirect • TzzurR • EL HALO ELITE
	September 4, 2016	2050 Chattanooga	B717 - 24	-	⁠⁠Elemental GoonZ	Just Improve • McBob101 • Phayzd

FFA Tournament History

Game	Event	Place	Prize	LAN/Online
	DreamHack Dallas 2019/FFA	B7> 16	-	LAN
	HCS Invitational 2019/FFA	A66	$125	LAN
	HCS Invitational 2019/FFA/Qualifier	A11	-	LAN
	MLG New Orleans 2018/FFA	B212	-	LAN
	ME Las Vegas 2017	C222	-	LAN
	RTX 2016/FFA	A44	-	LAN