Team zEx

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Team zEx
Year founded: 2000
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Team zEx, was an international electronic sports club with players that competed in Counter-Strike 1.6 and Counter-Strike: Source competitions, and formerly fielded teams in Call of Duty and Quake. Formed in 2000, zEx quickly established a name for itself in the gaming community via hard work and determination and was being operated by the club's managing director, Naveen "insomn1a" Gavini. Team zEx was consisted of some of the world's most talented players, which led them to become one of the more well known professional gaming teams. Team zEx's corporate sponsors ranged from Kingston, Sennheiser Communications and Pure Voice Communications. On June 12th 2007, Team zEx was selected by former member Brian "destrukt" Flander with the 40th pick in the Championship Gaming Series draft as the taxi team for the Chicago Chimera.

"Team zEx" officially shut down in September 2007, retiring the zEx brand and releasing the remaining Counter-Strike members. Many former Team zEx members are still competing at the highest of levels in eSports.


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[edit] Notable Achievements

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[edit] Quake IV

Year Location Competition Standings
2005 Dallas, Texas Cyberathlete Professional League Ninth
2006 Denver, Colorado Everlan Seventh
2006 Louisville, Kentucky World Series of Video Games Second
2006 Dallas, Texas QuakeCon Fifth

[edit] Call of Duty

Year Competition Standings
2004 Cyberathlete Amateur League Second

[edit] Call of Duty 2

Year Competition Standings
2005 Cyberathlete Amateur League Second
2005 CyberEvolution Fourth

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