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Crimsix
Background Information
NameIan Porter
Country of Birth
United States
BirthdayMay 29, 1993 (age 32)
Residency
NA
North America
Competitive
TeamOpTic Gaming
RolePlayer
Previous Role(s)
Flex


AR Slayer


SMG Slayer


Slayer
InputController
Competitive IDsC6, EKLiP5E
PSN IDCrimsix
XBL GamertagOpTic Crimsix 6
Social Media & Links

Ian "Crimsix" Porter is a retired Call of Duty esports player, currently a content creator for OpTic Gaming. He is a 2014, 2017, and 2020 World Champion, 2020 World Championship MVP and X Games gold medalist. He is the winningest player in Call of Duty history with 38 Major tournament wins. For information on his Halo career, visit his Halo Esports Gamepedia page. He was previously known as EKLiP5E and C6.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:Yes|No
Dates:Approx|Exact
TeamStartEnd
NA
Crowned Victorious??? 2008≈2008-??-??[2]??? 2008≈2008-??-??[1]≈5mo 14d
ejel
NA
Evil??? 2009≈2009-??-????? 2009≈2009-??-??≈4mo
ejel
NA
Quantic Gaming≈Nov 2012≈2012-11-??≈Dec 2012≈2012-12-10≈1mo 9d
ejel
NA
compLexityDec 20122012-12-12[3]May 20142014-05-061yr 4mo
ejel
NA
Evil GeniusesMay 20142014-05-06[6]Nov 20142014-11-14[5]6mo 8d
ejel
NA
OpTic GamingNov 20142014-11-14[8]Oct 20192019-10-18[7]4yr 11mo
ejel
CDL
DAL EmpireOct 20192019-10-18[10]Oct 20212021-10-22[9]2yr 4d
ejel
CDL
NY SublinersOct 20212021-10-22[12]Aug 20222022-08-14[11]9mo 23d
ejel
NA
FaZe Clan
Feb 20232023-02-07[14]Nov 20242024-11-11[13]1yr 9mo
ejel
NA
OpTic Gaming
Dec 20242024-12-04[15]Present10mo 30d
ej
TeamStartEnd
NA
Crowned Victorious??? 2008≈2008-??-??[2]??? 2008≈2008-??-??[1]≈5mo 14d
ejel
NA
Evil??? 2009≈2009-??-????? 2009≈2009-??-??≈4mo
ejel
NA
Quantic Gaming≈Nov 2012≈2012-11-??≈Dec 2012≈2012-12-10≈1mo 9d
ejel
NA
compLexityDec 20122012-12-12[3]May 20142014-05-061yr 4mo
ejel
NA
Evil GeniusesMay 20142014-05-06[6]Nov 20142014-11-14[5]6mo 8d
ejel
NA
OpTic GamingNov 20142014-11-14[8]Oct 20192019-10-18[7]4yr 11mo
ejel
CDL
DAL EmpireOct 20192019-10-18[10]Oct 20212021-10-22[9]2yr 4d
ejel
CDL
NY SublinersOct 20212021-10-22[12]Aug 20222022-08-14[11]9mo 23d
ejel
NA
FaZe Clan
Feb 20232023-02-07[14]Nov 20242024-11-11[13]1yr 9mo
ejel
NA
OpTic Gaming
Dec 20242024-12-04[15]Present10mo 30d
ej

News

  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2014
  • 2016
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
  • 2024
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cV2008 (approx.), Clayster and EKLiP5E join.[2]
NA
cV2008 (approx.), Clayster and EKLiP5E leave.[1]
NA
Evil2009 (approx.), EKLiP5E joins.
NA
Evil2009 (approx.), EKLiP5E leaves.
NA
F/A2011 (approx.), EKLiP5E renames to Crimsix.
NA
QTCNovember (approx.), ACHES, Crimsix, FEARS, and TeePee join.
NA
QTCDecember 10 (approx.), ACHES, Crimsix, FEARS, and TeePee leave.
NA
coLDecember 12, ACHES, Crimsix, FEARS, and TeePee join.[3][4]
NA
coLMay 6, ACHES, Crimsix, Karma, and TeePee leave.
NA
EGMay 6, Team signs former compLexity Gaming roster. ACHES, Crimsix, Karma, and TeePee join.[6]
NA
OGNovember 14, Crimsix joins.[8]
NA
EGNovember 14, Team disbands. ACHES, Crimsix, Dedo, Karma, and TeePee leave.[5]
NA
July 2, Crimsix and Karma are suspended for one CWL Pro Division match for Disruptive Behavior and insults towards league officials.[16]
NA
OGSeptember 9, Crimsix becomes restricted free agent.[17]
NA
OGOctober 18, Crimsix leaves.[7]
CDL
DALOctober 18, Crimsix joins.[10]
CDL
DALJanuary 24, Crimsix renames to C6.
CDL
August 30, C6 is awarded the Call of Duty League Championship 2020 MVP.
CDL
DALSeptember 4, C6, Huke, iLLeY, and Shotzzy will remain with the team for 2021.[18]
CDL
DALSeptember 9, C6, Clayster, Huke, iLLeY, and Shotzzy's contracts are extended.[19]
CDL
DALAugust 27, C6 and Vivid become restricted free agents.[20][21]
CDL
DALSeptember 1, C6, iLLeY, Shotzzy, and Vivid's contracts are extended.[22]
CDL
DALOctober 22, C6 leaves.[9]
CDL
NYOctober 22, C6 joins.[12]
CDL
NYJanuary 22, C6 renames to Crimsix.
CDL
NYAugust 14, PaulEhx becomes restricted free agent. Crimsix leaves.[11]
NA
F/ASeptember 16, Crimsix retires.[23]
NA
FaZeFebruary 7, Crimsix (Content Creator) joins.[14]
NA
FaZeNovember 11, Crimsix (Content Creator) leaves.[13]
NA
OGDecember 4, Crimsix (Content Creator) joins.[15]

Biography

Beginnings

In 2008, Ian started to recognize the better developed players competing at Major League Gaming (MLG) events across the country, and he personally started to play more competitively through GameBattles. With the release of Halo: Reach, he went back into the Halo series and was able to secure a 4th place finish at MLG Columbus. He continued the season with a couple more great placings. In 2012, Halo: Reach was dropped from the Major League Gaming Pro Circuit with the addition of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, so Ian himself decided to once again change games and try out Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. He was immediately successful, winning Machinima Frag Cup IV with compLexity Gaming, and continued the season by placing 4th at MLG Winter Championship 2013, becoming the first ever professional gamer in both Halo and Call of Duty.

Black Ops II

Crimsix, together with compLexity Gaming, dominated the second half of the 2013 Call of Duty: Black Ops II season winning almost every event, both national and international. They took down Impact at the MLG Spring Championship 2013 in dominating fashion.

Two weeks later, they traveled to the UK to take part in Gfinity London 2013. Again, they proved to be too strong for all other teams as they walked away with another 1st place finish.

At the beginning of September, they placed 2nd in the MLG PAX Prime Invitational 2013 after losing to UNiTE Gaming in the Grand Final. They didn't let this faze them though as they won the last four event of Black Ops II, UMG Atlanta 2013, Gfinity 2, MLG Fall Invitational 2013 and ESWC 2013 in clinical fashion.

Ghosts

The team continued their dominance into the new game as they won MLG Fall Championship 2013. After the event, they released Clayster citing team issues. They added Karma to the roster and continued as if nothing had changed. The team placed first at UMG Philadelphia 2014, taking home $20,000.

After going through online qualifiers, compLexity qualified for the Call of Duty Championship 2014: US Regional Final. The team was knocked into the Lower Bracket early by a strong Strictly Business team. They made a Lower Bracket run, making it to the Grand Final, but they again fell short to Strictly Business.

The team entered the Call of Duty Championship 2014 with the #2 seed. They faced VexX Revenge, Team Orbit and AllStars in Group B. They swept the group 3-0, only losing one map in the process. They faced strong EU team TCM-Gaming in Winner's Round 1 and were too strong for them, defeating them 3-0. They moved on to face Xfinity Gaming in Winner's Round 2 and yet again, proved to be too strong for their opponents, defeating them 3-0. In the Winner's Semi-Finals, they faced a FaZe Clan team that looked very strong. Although FaZe managed to take a map from coL, coL overpowered them 3-1. In the Winners Bracket Final, the faced OpTic Gaming in a match that many predicted for the Grand Final. compLexity managed to pull through 3-2 but made it difficult for themselves after they recovered from a second half, 18 point deficit in Game 4 to take it to a deciding Game 5, which they won 6-0 including a 11-0 game from Crimsix. They advanced to the Grand Final to face Team EnVyUs. compLexity put on a clinical showing as they completely outplayed EnVyUs to defeat them 3-0 and take home the $400,000 first place prize.

Two weeks later, the team traveled to PAX East in Boston to take part in the MLG CoD League Season 1 Playoffs. They got revenge on Strictly Business, beating them in Grand Final to become Season 1 champions. At the beginning of May, Crimsix and the team participated in UGC Niagara 2014. The event was far from smooth for the team as they were knocked into the Losers Bracket early by an amateur team. They then were nearly knocked out of the event as they went to a Round 11 in Game 5, but Crimsix and the team managed to clutch the game. They went on a massive run through the Losers Bracket all the way to the final, where they faced Team EnVyUs. Coming from the Lower Bracket, coL needed to win two best of 5 series'. They managed to win the event by beating EnVyUs 6-0 in map count.

Advanced Warfare

Moving into Advanced Warfare it was clear that the most dominant Call of Duty: Ghosts team, Evil Geniuses were going to be splitting up. After winning ESWC 2014, the roster were eventually released from their contracts and rumors began circulating that Crimsix would join OpTic Gaming. ProoFy and Clayster were released and replaced by himself and FormaL. They started the new game well and were ranked 1st going into the MLG Columbus Open 2014 and finished with a 2nd place finish at the event.

Going into 2015, OpTic were looking to improve on their 2nd place finish at MLG Columbus. The first event of the new year was UMG Orlando 2015. The team had a poor showing on the opening day, failing to win a single map. They managed to get things under control and dominated Saturday and Sunday of the event to take home 1st place.

After MLG Columbus, the team participated in Season 1 of the MLG Pro League. They finished the season in 1st place with a record of 38-6. The team had two individual streaks of 12 wins and 17 wins. The LAN playoffs took place in Columbus, OH from February 20–22. With the #1 overall seed, the team played #8 seed Rise Nation on the opening day. The team did not have a repeat of the previous two events, as they defeated 3-0. They moved on to face Aware.NA on Saturday in Winner's Round 2.

Trivia

  • Crimsix was the first person in the world to earn the title: "Major League Gaming Pro Player", in both Halo & Call of Duty.
  • Crimsix was one of six players to be a part of the compLexity/Evil Geniuses dynasty; winning a total of 14 events with/during this dynasty.
  • Crimsix was one of six players to be a part of the OpTic Gaming dynasty; winning a total of 18 tournaments with/during this dynasty.
  • Crimsix is the winningest player in Call of Duty history with 38 Major championship wins.
  • Crimsix has been the winningest player in Call of Duty history since May, 2015.
  • Crimsix is the only player in Call of Duty who has won 5 back to back ESWC Championships.
  • Crimsix won the last major LAN championship in Black Ops 2, Ghosts, Advanced Warfare, Infinite Warfare, and Modern Warfare .
  • Crimsix' gamertag is derived from his old gamertag, Criminal, combined with his number from sports, six.
  • Crimsix is tied with Dashy and Seany for the most kills in a single 4v4 Search and Destroy match at a major championship with 20 versus FaZe Clan at MLG Anaheim 2014.
  • Crimsix batted fourth when he played baseball and was known as "Porterhouse".
  • Crimsix was on the MLG Pro League 2015 Season 1 All CoD League-First Team.
  • He changed his in-game ID going into the Call of Duty League 2020 Season from Crimsix to C6.
  • Crimsix and Clayster become the first console esports players to win over $1 Million in prize money.
  • According to Clayster, Crimsix changed his name to C6 in 2020 so his nametag was harder to see through things like smoke and bushes in game.

Achievements

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Minimum place
Tournament tier
Crimsix Tournament Results
GameDatePlPrizeEventTeamDisplayRoster
2025-10-223$ 3,000 Heczquarters 20K InvitationalPHEN Crimsix •  Clayster •  HyDra •  Parasite
2025-08-152 OpTic Legacy Week 2025 - Day 5 (Legacy)OG Scump •  FormaL •  Crimsix •  Karma
2025-08-142 OpTic Legacy Week 2025 - Day 4 (BO2)CRIM Crimsix •  Scump •  Huke •  Dashy
2025-08-112 OpTic Legacy Week 2025 - Day 1 (AW)SCMP Scump •  Shotzzy •  MBoZe •  Crimsix
2024-11-127 - 8 $10000 Gunfight InvitationalSUMM summit1g •  Crimsix
2024-11-074 Team Summertime ProSim Invitational 4MIKE Mike P •  Crimsix •  aBeZy •  MuTeX •  Pamaj
2024-11-012$ 4,000$ 4,000$ 4,000 The Flank BO6 Invitational #2CLNX CleanX •  Insight •  Crimsix •  Scrap
2024-05-302 Founding Fathers LAN: BO2 Search and DestroyFaZe ZooMaa •  Swagg •  Crimsix •  Adapt
2023-11-1512 - 19 Cut Throat CupCRIM Crimsix •  Dashy •  Blazt
2023-10-011$ 10,000$ 10,000$ 10,000 OpTic Legacy MatchOL Scump •  Karma •  Crimsix •  MBoZe
Total Prize:USD 14,000

Awards and Accolades

Game Date Event Award
2020-08-30 Call of Duty League Championship 2020 Grand Finals MVP
2013-10-13 Gfinity 2 Event MVP

Media

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  • 2024

Post-Match Interviews

  • 2016
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  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
DateTournamentMatchLink
2016-08-05MLG Orlando Open 2016
LG
vs
OG
Link
2016-08-07MLG Orlando Open 2016
OG
vs
ELV
Link
DateTournamentMatchLink
2017-05-27CWL Global Pro League 2017 Stage 1 Playoffs
ENVY
vs
OG
Link
2017-07-29CWL Global Pro League 2017 Stage 2 Playoffs
FaZe
vs
OG
Link
DateTournamentMatchLink
2019-04-02CWL Pro League 2019
OG
vs
DNL
Link
2019-05-04CWL London 2019
OG
vs
FaZe
Link
2019-05-22CWL Pro League 2019
MID
vs
OG
Link
2019-06-15CWL Anaheim 2019
OG
vs
EG
Link
2019-08-18Call of Duty World League Championship 2019
REC
vs
OG
Link
DateTournamentMatchLink
2023-10-01OpTic Legacy Match
OL
vs
TEX
Link

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