Flipside Tactics

Flipside Tactics, FlipSid3 Tactics

Divisions	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, CrossFire, Rainbow Six Siege, Rocket League, and fighting games
Location	United States (HQ) Ukraine (CS:GO) Europe (Rocket League)
Partners	Sennheiser BenQ Twitch GFUEL
Website	http://www.flipsidetactics.com

FlipSid3 Tactics (or Flipside Tactics and abbreviated as F3) is an American e-Sports organization with teams competing in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Halo, fighting games, StarCraft II, Rocket League, Dota 2, and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege.^[1] (former) Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle Ricky Lumpkin is a co-owner of the team.^[2] The CSGO team is currently based in Ukraine.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Roster

Counter-Strike

In Counter-Strike: Global Offensive They have previously hosted three Swedish Squads, as well as a South African "academy". They currently host a Ukrainian team.

Roster

Tournament results

Bold denotes a CS:GO Major

• 9–12th — DreamHack Winter 2014
• 13–16th — ESL One Katowice 2015
• 9–12th — ESL One Cologne 2015
• 13–16th — DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 (B1ad3, bondik, markeloff, WorldEdit, DavCost)
• 13–16th — MLG Major Championship: Columbus
• 5-8th — ESL One Cologne 2016
• 15-16th — ELEAGUE Major 2017 "OpTic see off FlipSid3 in Atlanta". </ref>

Dota 2

Flipside picked up a new Dota 2 squad on May 23, 2016.^[3]

Rocket League

In 2015, Flipside acquired the roster from the team Teamy Weamy. On August 7, 2016, Flipside lost to iBUYPOWER Cosmic in the very first Rocket League Championship Series finals, placing second. Shortly after Michael "M1k3Rules" Costello left the team and was subsequently replaced by Marius "gReazymeister" Ranheim from Northern Gaming. On December 4, 2016, Flipside defeated Mockit Aces to win the Rocket League Championship Series for Season 2.

Tournament results (major)

• 2nd — Rocket League Championship Series Season 1 Final
• 1st — Rocket League Championship Series Season 2 Final
• 5th — Rocket League Championship Series Season 3 Final

The three current starters are;

Markydooda - the captain of the team. Hailing from Scotland, Mark "Markydooda" Exton is renounced for his capable ground play and his strong leadership. He has helped F3 become the pressure focus speed powerhouse that it is today on account of his relentless refusal to release pressure on his opponents regardless of boost situations. The team's play style is heavy focussed on winning races to the ball, and much of that play style has Marky to thank as its pioneer.

Marky was one of the pioneers of the EU dribbling style. During the early months of Rocket League, Marky was an imperious 1v1 player on account of his brutal dribbling ability and his refusal to release ball pressure or allow space for his opponent when defending. More recently however, he is less overbearing over the ones scene, but is still considered one of the top ones players in the world.

kuxir97 - known for his unparalleled mechanical skill, Francesco "Kuxir97" Cinquemani has been at the top of the eSport since its inception. The long time teammate of Markydooda has a play style heavily reliant on power shots. One of the most capable in the air and considered the top defender in the game, Kuxir's calculated and slow-paced play style is something that has garnered him infamy.

Upon the beginning of Rocket League, Kux pseudo-invented the backboard rebound shot and the wall shot. He was revered for his inhuman ability to take shots of the wall into the backboard and follow after the ball to rebound it into the net. His aerial game was unparalleled in 3v3 and his defending unbreakable in 1v1s. Despite always struggling to beat the unparalleled offensive ability of Markydooda, Kuxir and his imaculate defending and mind boggling goal keeping is now one of the most feared ones players.

gReazymeister - despite being a poo 1v1 player, gReazy was considered one of the top players in EU back when he played for Northern Gaming. After M1k3Rules left F3, Marky and Kuxir struggled to find a third to replace him. However, after Marky jokingly offered the spot to his good friend and respected peer, Marius "gReazymeister" Ranheim, over a steam message one day, gReazy decided to leave NG and joined FlipSid3; abandoning his old NG teammates, Remkoe and Maestro.

Known for his unequaled speed both on the ground and in the air, gReazy was a perfect pick to replace the infamously fast M1k3Rules. Contrary to what is often the case when a new roster is formed, gReazy instantly managed to synergise with Kux and Marky and F3 became a feared team. After not much time, FlipSid3 were considered the peerlessly best team in world, now that their old rivals, Northern Gaming had now lost their best player. gReazy helped bring FlipSid3 their first RLCS World Championship win, at the RLCS2.

Fighting games

The Flipside Tactics FGC team was founded in August 2015 by Chris "NinjaCW" Harris. NinjaCW died on October 9, 2016.^[4][5] He would be replaced by Matthew "Glitch" Testini as the new FGC manager on October 28, 2016.^[6]

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