eXcellence Gaming

Overview

Tournament Results

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eXcellence Gaming
Team Information
Org Location	United States
Region	NA North America
Sponsor	Polk Audio GFUEL Tomahawk Shades TeamSpeak eSports Apparel Prokits
History
Created May, 2014
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eXcellence Gaming is an American esports organization that originally specialized in Call of Duty but now has spread into other games.

Halo History

Halo 2: Anniversary

eXcellence's first foray into Halo came on August 24, 2015, when they announced their debut roster of Justin "iGotUrPistola" Deese, Michael "StrongSide" Cavanaugh, Aaron "Ace" Elam and Eric "Snipedown" Wrona. This roster attended the PAX Prime Showdown 2014, where they finished 1st. Following this tournament, the roster disbanded.

On November 23, eXcellence Gaming announced its intended Halo roster for HCS Season 1 - Corey "Bonfire" Howard, Brian "ShosTak" Shostak, Chris "Thing1" and "Sano". Shortly after, they announced former pro player Tim "Xtrem1st" Golden as their coach. On December 5, Thing1 was released, and shortly after, the organization announced the signing of "Exhale". Less than two weeks later, Exhale and Bonfire were both released, and on January 5, the organization announced the signing of Thomas "BuilderBbody" Horton and Michael "NineBlade" Johnson. Sano left during this period at an unspecified time, and was replaced by "Magna" for the next three HCS Cups. Between February 3 and 8th, the eXcellence roster fell apart and disbanded as the organization's sister team eX Black became the primary roster.

At the beginning of HCS Season 2, eX Black dropped the side title from its name and began competing under the primary banner with the roster of Coby "Cobys2Fast" Yamauchi, Egan "Wolfmayyne" Woolf, Kevin "UnLegit" Smith and Alex "SwiftKill" Ramirez. Prior to Iron Games Atlanta 2015 - eXcellence made a last minute roster change, replacing Wolfmayyne with Tyler "Spartan" Ganza. With Spartan, the team finished in the top 12. Shortly after, Spartan and Swift Kill were replaced by Bradley "iTz So Frosty" Bergstrom and Visal "eL ToWn" Mohanan. The new roster had a string of strong performances in HCS Cups, finishing below the top 8 only once. At HCS Indianapolis 2015, they finished in the top 12 and qualified for the HCS Season 2 Finals as the 8th seed. At the finals, they finished in 7th - 8th place.

Halo 5: Guardians

During the off-season, the roster disbanded and Coby was left as the only member from the HCS Season 2 roster. On October 15, eXcellence announced its new roster of Coby, Cpt Anarchy, Sargoth and LifeStyle. On November 23, the roster fell apart as Anarchy, Sargoth and LifeStyle were released.

Timeline

• 2015
• 2014

• January 5, NineBlade and BuilderBbody join.
• Sano leaves. Magna joins.
• January 11, 17th - 32nd place in HCS Cup #3.
• January 25, 9th - 16th place in HCS Cup #4.
• February 1, 17th - 32nd place in HCS Cup #5.
  
• February 3, eX Black is formed.
• February 4, Shostak is released.
• Magna, NineBlade and BuilderBbody leave. Team disbands.
• April, eX Black becomes eXcellence Gaming. Coby, SwiftKill, UnLegit and Wolfmayyne join.
• April 12, 17th - 32nd place in HCS Preseason Cup #2.
• June 28, 9th - 12th place at HCS Indianapolis.
• July 12, 5th - 8th place in HCS Open Cup.
• July 26, 7th - 8th place at HCS Season 2 Finals.
• August 22, UnLegit and iTz So Frosty leave.
• eL ToWn leaves.
• October 15, Cpt Anarchy, Sargoth and LifeStyle join.
• November 23, Cpt Anarchy, LifeStyle and Sargoth are released.

• August 24, Snip3down, iGotUrPistola, Ace and StrongSide join.
• September 1, 1st place at PAX Prime Showdown 2014.
• Snip3down, iGotUrPistola, Ace and StrongSide leave.
• November 23, Bonfire, Shostak, Thing1 and Sano join.
• December 2, Xtrem1st joins as coach.
• December 5, Thing1 is released.
• December 7, 17th - 32nd in HCS Cup #1 with Exhale acting as fourth.
• December 8, Exhale joins.
• December 20, Exhale and Bonfire are released.
• December 21, 17th - 32nd place in HCS Cup #2 with AcE and TyleReigN acting as third and fourth.

Player Roster

Active

	ID	Name	Position
	Coby	Coby Yamauchi

Former

	ID	Name	Next Team
	Sargoth	Casey Current		⁠⁠Legendary
	Cpt Anarchy	Carlos Morales		None
	LifeStyle	Garrett Miller		⁠⁠Legendary
	eL ToWn	Visal Mohanan		⁠⁠Team Allegiance
	iTz So Frosty	Bradley Bergstrom		⁠⁠Elevate
	UnLegit	Kevin Smith		⁠⁠Elevate
	Swift Kill	Alex Ramirez		⁠⁠iSolation eSports
	Spartan	Tyler Ganza		⁠⁠Team Liquid
	Wolfmayyne	Egan Woolf	{{{4}}}	None
	NineBlade	Michael Lee Johnson	{{{4}}}	None
	BuilderBbody	Thomas Horton	{{{4}}}	None
	Magna		{{{4}}}	None
	ShosTak	Brian Shostak	{{{4}}}	None
	Sano		{{{4}}}	None
	Exhale		{{{4}}}	None
	Bonfire	Corey Howard		None
	Thing1	Chris Saavedra	{{{4}}}	⁠⁠VexX Gaming
	Snip3down	Eric Wrona		⁠⁠OpTic Gaming
	Strongside	Michael Cavanaugh		⁠⁠OpTic Gaming
	Ace	Aaron Elam		⁠⁠OpTic Gaming
	iGotUrPistola	Justin Deese		⁠⁠OpTic Gaming

Organization

Active

	ID	Name	Position
	JVen	Jon Venable	{{{1}}}
	Anguish	Brandon Morgan	{{{1}}}

Tournament History

HCS

End Date	Game	Place	Prize	HCS Points	Event	Players (Coach)
July 26, 2015		A77 - 8	$3,000	-	HCS Season 2 Finals	Coby • UnLegit • eL ToWn • iTz So Frosty
June 28, 2015		A99 - 12	-	30	HCS Indianapolis	Coby • UnLegit • eL ToWn • iTz So Frosty
April 19, 2015		A99 - 12	-	30	Iron Games Atlanta 2015	Coby • UnLegit • Spartan • Swift Kill
February 22, 2015		A99 - 12	-	150	Gamers For Giving 2015	Coby • UnLegit • Wolfmayyne • Swift Kill

Other

End Date	Game	Place	Prize	Event	Players (Coach)
September 1, 2014		A11	$5,000	PAX Prime Showdown 2014	Ace • iGotUrPistola • Snip3down • Strongside

External Links

• Official Site