Splyce

Overview

Tournament Results

Schedule History

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Splyce
Team Information
Org Location	United States
Region	NA North America
Sponsor	Turtle Wax Foot Locker Corsair Twitch Scuf Gaming Mountain Dew Turtle Beach
Affiliated Team(s)	Toronto Ultra
History
Created COD Division: 2015-12-02 Disbanded COD Division: 2019-10-24 Org: 2019-11-29
Social Media & Links
Current Roster

Splyce is a former American esports organization. Their parent company, OverActive Media, owns the Toronto Ultra.

History

Black Ops III

On December 2, 2015 Follow eSports re-branded to Splyce and acquired Joshh, Reedy, Dominate and Bance. At the 2016 EU CWL Stage 1 Pro Division Qualifying Invitational Tournament, the team lost to Millenium but defeated Team Orbit UK and FAB Games eSports to qualify for 2016 EU CWL Stage 1 Regular Season. Dominate and Reedy were swapped out for Hawqeh and Vortex before the stage began and worked out as Splyce finished the regular season in 4th Place with a 12-6 record. At 2016 EU CWL Stage 1 Playoffs, the team defeated exceL eSports and upset the number one seeded team, Team Infused, before falling to Millenium again. Not being satisfied with 2nd Place, Splyce dropped Hawqeh and Vortex and picked up Joee and Rated. The benefits of this move were immediate as Splyce was able to defeat American teams FaZe Clan and Rise Nation in quick fashion at ESWC 2016 before falling to OpTic Gaming in the grand finals.

After ESWC, they placed 1st in four events, one of which was Gfinity Summer Masters 2016. Their notable online event wins include the CWL Challenge Division tournaments One and Two for Stage 2, and the first MLG Pro Points Series. They also finished 3rd in the 2016 EU CWL Stage 2 Regular Season which gave the team enough Championship Points to qualify for the 2016 Call of Duty World League Championship. At the event, Splyce finished their group with a 3-0 record and advanced to WBR2 before falling to FAB Games eSports. In the Losers Bracket, Splyce defeated Team Kaliber, Faze Clan, and Rise Nation, got revenge against FAB Games eSports, and then quickly dispatched Team eLevate. This set them up against Team EnVyUs in the Grand Finals. Splyce took map one but proceeded to lose the next three to end the event in 2nd Place.

Infinite Warfare

Despite finishing 2nd Place at the biggest Call of Duty event of all time, the team needed a change due to internal conflicts. Joshh left the team only to join back with Jurd and MadCat from Millenium while Rated and Joee left to join Orbit eSport EU. This new roster travelled to compete at the 2017 CWL Las Vegas Open, for their first event in the new Infinite Warfare Season. The team performed well considering it was their first event together, finishing pool play 2nd to move on to the winners bracket, where they would face FaZe in round 1. FaZe proved too strong however, winning 3-1 to send Splyce into losers round 3, where they lost again to Evil Geniuses in a heartbreaking series, 2 maps to 3.

After a solid performance, but a disappointing 9-12th finish, Splyce returned to the en to compete in the online MLG GameBattles 2K tournaments. They proved themselves to be the top EU team at the time, winning two consecutively. However they were unable to replicate this at the next event, 2017 CWL London Invitational, where they finished 2nd, losing out to their former teammates Joee and Rated of Orbit eSport EU. Splyce continued to perform strongly overseas however, and at the next two events - 2017 CWL Atlanta Open, 2017 CWL Paris Open - finished 7-8th and 5-6th respectively, beating out top NA opposition. However, they remained unable to break into the top 4, and this lead to the shock decision of dropping original member Joshh. The team decided to recruit Zer0 from Orbit eSport EU, following the teams disbandment after their disappointing 13-16th finish at the Atlanta Open. Joshh ultimately joined Epsilon eSports, who themselves had made a shock decision to drop Desire to make room. The roster change seemed somewhat vindicated after Splyce managed 4th place at CWL Dallas, which ensured them in the top 4 global teams in pro point standings, meaning they would avoid OpTic Gaming, FaZe Clan and eUnited in their group at Stage 1 of the CWL Global Pro League. However, at the next event, CWL Birmingham, the new look Splyce roster would meet their match in the EU scene. Despite making their way somewhat comfortably to the grand finals, they came up against Epsilon, and notably, their former teammate and captain, Joshh. Although Splyce had beaten them previously in the tournament, it was Epsilon who cruised to victory in the grudge match final. As they had come from the losers bracket, Epsilon were required to win two best of 5 series, with Splyce only needing to win one to take the Championship. Epsilon, to many spectator's surprise, won both series 3-0 back to back, and knocked their rivals into 2nd place. This left Splyce, despite their supposed dominance in the EU scene, still searching for a first event win in Infinite Warfare.

The weekend following the Birmingham event, Splyce flew out to Columbus to compete in the red group at the 2017 CWL Global Pro League Stage 1. Splyce shared the group with the 5th overall seed Team EnVyUs, the top APAC team Mindfreak, and Cloud 9, to compete in week 1. They began the weekend up against Team EnVyUs, and looked the better team, winning the match 3-1. They won the remainder of their matches over the weekend against Cloud 9 and Mindfreak, but so did EnVy, which meant the final match between the two would decide who would top the group. However, EnVy would have to win the match 3-0 to do so, in order to better the map count of Splyce. EnVy surprised many to do just that, winning the Hardpoint and Search and Destroy narrowly, before completing the clean sweep in a more comfortable Uplink. This resigned Splyce to 2nd place in the group, and left them a much harder task awaiting them at the play-offs.

Trivia

• Splyce's European roster of Bance, Joshh, Joee, and Rated were the first and still is the only European team to reach the grand final of a Call of Duty Championship at the 2016 Call of Duty World League Championship.
• Splyce's European roster of Bance, Jurd, MadCat, and Zer0 was the first European team to win a Major tournament on North American soil in seven years (TCM-Gaming) by winning the 2017 CWL Global Pro League Stage 1 playoffs.

Timeline

• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019

• December 2, ⁠⁠Follow eSports renames to ⁠⁠Splyce. Bance, Dominate, Joshh, Reedy, and Swizz (Manager) join.
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• December (approx.), Dominate leaves.
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• January 5, Vortex joins.
  Reedy moves to substitute.
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• January 11, Hawqeh joins.
  Reedy leaves.
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• April 15, Joee and Rated join. Hawqeh and Vortex leave.
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• September 14, Joshh leaves.
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• September 18, Jurd and MadCat join. Joshh rejoins. Joee and Rated leave.
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• February 9, Team is sponsored by Delaware North.
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• February 27, Zer0 joins. Joshh becomes inactive.
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• March 7, Joshh leaves.
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• September 6, Zer0 leaves.
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• September 19, Tommey joins.
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• February 5, FeLo joins as temporary substitute for Week 3 of CWL Pro League 2018 Stage 1, replacing Jurd.
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• February 9, FeLo (temporary substitute) leaves.
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• April 28, Tommey becomes restricted free agent.
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• May 7, Tommey leaves.
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• May 11, Joshh rejoins.
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• June 1, MarkyB (Coach) joins.
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• June 27, Swizz (Manager) leaves.
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• August 23, MadCat leaves.
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• August 24 (approx.), Joshh leaves.
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• August 31, Bance becomes restricted free agent.
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• September 13, Bance leaves.
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• October 2, Accuracy joins.
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• October 3, Loony joins.
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• October 4, AquA and Temp join.
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• January 27,
  Happy joins as substitute.
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• April 22,
  Nolson joins as substitute.
  Happy leaves.
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• June 3, Nolson moves to starting roster.
  Accuracy moves to substitute.
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• June 6,
  Accuracy leaves.
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• June 19, Nolson leaves.
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• June 20, Huke is loaned from Team Envy.
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• June 21,
  Defrag joins as substitute.
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• July 21,
  Defrag leaves as substitute at end of CWL Pro League 2019.
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• August 21, Huke's loan from Team Envy ends.
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• August 26, MarkyB (Coach) leaves.
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• August 27, Temp becomes restricted free agent.
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• August 29, AquA becomes restricted free agent.
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• September 3, Loony becomes restricted free agent.
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• September 26, Temp leaves.
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• September 28, Jurd leaves.
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• October 24, Loony leaves.
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• October 31, AquA leaves.
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• November 29, Organization rebrands to ⁠⁠MAD Lions E.C..
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Player Roster

Former

Players are shown for the entire duration of their tenure on the team, with the role and substitute/trainee status they had upon their departure.

Dates:Approx|Exact

		Player	Name	Role	Joined	Left	Next Team
NA		AquA	Ulysses Silva	Player	Oct 20182018-10-04	Oct 20192019-10-31	⁠⁠LAG
NA		Loony	Daniel Loza	Player	Oct 20182018-10-03	Oct 20192019-10-24	⁠⁠TOR
EU		Jurd	Jordan Crowley	Player	Sep 20162016-09-18	Sep 20192019-09-28	⁠⁠LDN
NA		Temp	Donovan Laroda	Player	Oct 20182018-10-04 AquA and Temp join.	Sep 20192019-09-26 Temp leaves.	⁠⁠NY
NA		Huke	Cuyler Garland	Player (+) (–) On Loan	Jun 20192019-06-20 Huke is loaned from Team Envy.	Aug 20192019-08-21 Huke's loan from Team Envy ends.	⁠⁠DAL
EU		Defrag	Adam Mathews	Substitute	Jun 20192019-06-21	Jul 20192019-07-21	⁠⁠RR.A
EU		Nolson	Nick Nolson	Substitute	Apr 20192019-04-22	Jun 20192019-06-19	⁠⁠UNIT
NA		Accuracy	Lamar Abedi	Substitute	Oct 20182018-10-02 Accuracy joins.	Jun 20192019-06-06 Accuracy leaves.	⁠⁠EG
NA		Happy	Nick Suda	Substitute	Jan 20192019-01-27	Apr 20192019-04-22	⁠⁠EG
EU		Bance	Ben Bance	Player	Dec 20152015-12-02 Bance, Dominate, Joshh, Reedy, and Swizz (Manager) join.	Sep 20182018-09-13 Bance leaves.	⁠⁠RED
EU		Joshh	Joshua-Lee Sheppard	Player	May 20182018-05-11 Joshh rejoins.	≈Aug 2018≈2018-08-24 Joshh leaves.	⁠⁠LP
EU		MadCat	Dylan Daly	Player	Sep 20162016-09-18 Jurd and MadCat join. Joshh rejoins. Joee and Rated leave.	Aug 20182018-08-23 MadCat leaves.	⁠⁠LP
NA		Tommey	Thomas Trewren	Player	Sep 20172017-09-19 Tommey joins.	May 20182018-05-07 Tommey leaves.	⁠⁠VIT
NA		FeLo	Tyler Johnson	Player (+) (–) Temp Sub	Feb 20182018-02-05 FeLo joins as temporary substitute for Week 3 of CWL Pro League 2018 Stage 1, replacing Jurd.	Feb 20182018-02-09 FeLo (temporary substitute) leaves.	⁠⁠eU
NA		Zer0	Trei Morris	Player	Feb 20172017-02-27	Sep 20172017-09-06	⁠⁠RED
EU		Joshh	Joshua-Lee Sheppard	Player	Sep 20162016-09-18	Mar 20172017-03-07	⁠⁠EPSI
EU		Joee	Joseph Pinnington	Player	Apr 20162016-04-15	Sep 20162016-09-18	⁠⁠ORB
NA		Rated	Rhys Price	Player	Apr 20162016-04-15	Sep 20162016-09-18	⁠⁠ORB
EU		Joshh	Joshua-Lee Sheppard	Player	Dec 20152015-12-02 Bance, Dominate, Joshh, Reedy, and Swizz (Manager) join.	Sep 20162016-09-14 Joshh leaves.	⁠⁠SPY
EU		Hawqeh	Billy Harris	Player	Jan 20162016-01-11	Apr 20162016-04-15	⁠⁠EXRT
EU		Vortex	Stephen Allan	Player	Jan 20162016-01-05	Apr 20162016-04-15	⁠⁠EXRT
EU		Reedy	Jordan Reed	Substitute	Dec 20152015-12-02 Bance, Dominate, Joshh, Reedy, and Swizz (Manager) join.	Jan 20162016-01-11 Hawqeh joins. Reedy leaves.	⁠⁠EPSI
EU		Dominate	James Batz	Player	Dec 20152015-12-02	Dec 20152015-12-07	⁠⁠WySix

Organization

Active

C	ID	Name	Position
	lazerchicken	Marty Strenczewilk	Owner
	Novo	Kyle McKitrick	General Manager
	jae	Jaesun Won	NA Player Management & Partner Relations
	JD_2020	Josh Olin	Marketing Director
	Gunny	Patrick Sauer	Sr. Manager, Performance Systems
	Str3tch	Jonathan Strenczewilk	Sr. Manager, Player Operations

Former

C	ID	Name	Position	Next Team
	MarkyB	Mark Bryceland	80Coach	⁠⁠Toronto Ultra
	Swizz	Michael Butterworth	Team Manager	⁠⁠Team Reciprocity

Team Achievements

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Minimum place
Premier Only Major Only Minor Only Tournament tier

Splyce Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros)
Game	Date	Pl	Prize	Event	Roster
	2019-08-18	13 - 16	$ 25,000$ 25,000$ 25,000	Call of Duty World League Championship 2019	Jurd •  Loony •  AquA •  Temp •  Huke •  MarkyB
	2019-07-21	7 - 8	$ 18,750$ 18,750$ 18,750	CWL Pro League 2019 Playoffs	Jurd •  Loony •  AquA •  Temp •  Huke •  MarkyB
	2019-07-05	5 - 6	$ 71,875$ 71,875$ 71,875	CWL Pro League 2019	Jurd •  Loony •  AquA •  Temp •  Huke •  MarkyB
	2019-06-16	7 - 8	$ 7,500$ 7,500$ 7,500	CWL Anaheim 2019	Jurd •  Loony •  AquA •  Temp •  Nolson •  MarkyB
	2019-05-05	9 - 12		CWL London 2019	Jurd •  Accuracy •  Loony •  AquA •  Temp •  MarkyB
	2019-03-17	2	$ 80,000$ 80,000$ 80,000	CWL Fort Worth 2019	Jurd •  Accuracy •  Loony •  AquA •  Temp •  MarkyB
	2019-02-22	3 - 4	$ 1,000$ 1,000$ 1,000	CWL Blackout After Dark 2019-02-22	AquA •  Temp
	2019-01-28	3		CheckMate Gaming ProDown 2019-01-27	Jurd •  Accuracy •  Loony •  AquA •  Temp •  MarkyB
	2019-01-13	9 - 12		CheckMate Gaming ProDown 2019-01-12	Jurd •  NAMELESS •  Loony •  AquA •  Temp •  MarkyB
	2019-01-06	7 - 8		CheckMate Gaming ProDown 2019-01-06	Jurd •  Accuracy •  Loony •  AquA •  Temp •  MarkyB
Total Prize:USD 204,125

Media

• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019

• December 2, New LCS franchise Follow eSports rebrands to Splyce, picks up Call of Duty team by , and on The Daily Dot
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• September 4, Splyce post-finals Press Conference with , and on GAMURS
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• September 4, Bancing with the Stars: Splyce into Top 3 at CoD XP 2016 by , and on Dexerto
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• September 5, Call of Duty XP - Splyce Press Conference with gamereactorTV on YouTube
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• September 5, Call of Duty XP: Brits Splyce make history by reaching final but lose 3-1 to Americans Team EnVyUs who bag $800,000 by , and on The Sun
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• September 26, COD XP 2016 "The Path Begins" - Stepping Stones by Splyce on YouTube
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• October 3, COD XP 2016 "Pushing through Defeat" - Stepping Stones by Splyce on YouTube
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• December 8, Splyce: Still the top team in Europe by MLG on YouTube
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• March 22, The Beginning: Shotzzy (Splyce Halo) by Splyce on YouTube
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• August 21, Splyce Life: CWL Champs by Splyce on YouTube
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• November 27, Thirst For Life - Jurd with Splyce on YouTube
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• February 22, Tunn talks Heretics, 100 Thieves, Splyce, & more after Week 1 of Division B | The Esports Dispatch by LandO on UMG Gaming
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• March 1, Chance talks 100 Thieves, Heretics, Splyce, & more after Week 2 of Division B | The Esports Dispatch by LandO on UMG Gaming
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• April 18, Best grand finals in Call of Duty esports history by Jacob Hale on Ginx
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• May 8, [AMA] Marty Strenczewilk, SVP of Performance and Co-Founder at Splyce with r/CoDCompetive on Reddit
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• July 28, Splyce: PlayStation Profiles by CWL on YouTube
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• August 11, 32 on 32: Splyce ft MarkyB - Pool H Predictions Call of Duty World Champs by IHOLDSHIFT on YouTube
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• September 22, Parent company OverActive Media to shut down Splyce brand as part of restructuring by Richard Lewis on Dexerto
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• September 22, OverActive Media to shut down Rochester's Splyce office by Jacob Wolf on ESPN
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Gallery

Logos

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  Splyce's First Logo (Dec 2015 - Dec 2017)

Rosters

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  Splyce's Roster at CWL Pro League 2019
  LtR: Loony, Accuracy, AquA, Temp and Jurd.

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  Splyce's Roster at CWL Anaheim 2019
  LtR: Nolson, Loony, AquA, Temp and Jurd.

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  Splyce's Roster at CWL PL Playoffs 2019
  LtR: Jurd, Loony, AquA, Temp and Huke.