Tainted Minds

Overview

Tournament Results

Schedule History

Team has disbanded.
Tainted Minds
Team Information
Org Location	Australia
Region	AP Asia Pacific
Sponsor	Turtle Beach Zowie BenQ Lenovo Legion by Lenovo Scuf Gaming KontrolFreek ZQRacing
Social Media & Links

Tainted Minds is a multi-game esports organization based in Australia that currently has teams in Call of Duty, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends, and H1Z1.

Timeline

• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019

• November 18, Chilean, Damage, Eminence, and Fate join.
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• February 9, KontrolFreek sponsors the team.
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• March 24, Lenovo sponsors the team.
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• April 6, Plantronics sponsors the team.
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• May 11, Fate leaves.
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• May 13, Beastn joins.
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• July 18, Fate rejoins. Eminence leaves.
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• August 7, Excite, Guydra, and Killerpie join. Eminence rejoins. Beastn, Chilean, Damage, and Fate leave.
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• October 18, Excite leaves.
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• January 11, Team signs roster of ⁠⁠ex-Orbit ANZ. Damage, Denz, Nimble, and Zeuss join. Eminence, Guydra, and Killerpie leave.
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• May 7, Zeuss retires.
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• May 11, Skrzm and Swifty join.
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• May 19, Denz leaves.
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• May 28, Skrzm leaves.
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• June 3, Excite rejoins.
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• November 6, Excite leaves.
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• November 8, Swiftazor joins.
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• June 29, Turtle Beach sponsors the team.
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• October 11, Setzyy and macka (Coach) join.
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• December 20, Swifty leaves.
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• December 30, Zepa joins.
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• February 18, Damage, macka, Nimble, Setzyy, and Zepa leave. Swiftazor retires.
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Player Roster

Former

C	ID	Name	Role	Next Team	Joined	Left
	Nimble	Giancarlo Vagnini	64SMG Slayer	⁠⁠Vertex Gaming	2017-01-112017-01-11	2019-02-182019-02-18
	Damage	Hayden Handakas	77Flex	⁠⁠Vertex Gaming	2017-01-112017-01-11	2019-02-182019-02-18
	Swiftazor	Kainen Kini	11Player	⁠⁠Retired	2017-11-082017-11-08	2019-02-182019-02-18
	Setzyy	Jayden Hewitt	11Player	⁠⁠Mindfreak	2018-10-112018-10-11	2019-02-182019-02-18
	Zepa	Mark Zepackic	11Player	⁠⁠Vertex Gaming	2018-12-302018-12-30	2019-02-182019-02-18
	Swifty	Daniel Hickey	11Player	⁠⁠Mindfreak	2017-05-112017-05-11	2018-12-202018-12-20
	Excite	Cody Rugolo	64SMG Slayer	⁠⁠Taboo	2017-06-032017-06-03	2017-11-062017-11-06
	Skrzm	Jack Richards	62AR Slayer	⁠⁠OracleESC	2017-05-112017-05-11	2017-05-282017-05-28
	Denz	Denholm Taylor	64SMG Slayer	⁠⁠Mindfreak	2017-01-112017-01-11	2017-05-192017-05-19
	Zeuss	Rene Corporal	77Flex	⁠⁠Retired	2017-01-112017-01-11	2017-05-072017-05-07
	Guydra	Guy Worthington	72Main AR	⁠⁠Empyre eSports	2016-08-072016-08-07	2017-01-112017-01-11
	Killerpie	Ryan Wallath	77Flex	⁠⁠VerySoon	2016-08-072016-08-07	2017-01-112017-01-11
	Eminence	Reef Galloway	61Slayer	⁠⁠VerySoon	2016-08-072016-08-07	2017-01-112017-01-11
	Excite	Cody Rugolo	64SMG Slayer	⁠⁠Chiefs Esports Club	2016-08-072016-08-07	2016-10-182016-10-18
	Fate	Jake Fitzpatrick	77Flex	⁠⁠T1 Dotters	2016-07-182016-07-18	2016-08-072016-08-07
	Beastn	Jai Boone	61Slayer	⁠⁠T1 Dotters	2016-05-132016-05-13	2016-08-072016-08-07
	Chilean	Billie-Jacob Parra	77Flex	⁠⁠T1 Dotters	2015-11-182015-11-18	2016-08-072016-08-07
	Damage	Hayden Handakas	77Flex	⁠⁠ex-Orbit ANZ	2015-11-182015-11-18	2016-08-072016-08-07
	Eminence	Reef Galloway	61Slayer	⁠⁠Champs Squad	2015-11-182015-11-18	2016-07-182016-07-18
	Fate	Jake Fitzpatrick	77Flex	⁠⁠Apotheon Esports	2015-11-182015-11-18	2016-05-112016-05-11

Organization

Current

C	ID	Name	Position
	DSav	Nick Bobir	Founder & CEO
	Boylez	Brandte Boyles	Chief Operations Officer
	Pagie	Alex Page	Team Manager

Former

C	ID	Name	Position	Next Team
	macka	James Mckenzie	80Coach	None

Team Achievements

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

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Tainted Minds Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros)
Game	Date	Pl	Prize	Event	Roster
	2019-02-10	3 - 4		MLG GameBattles 1000 Series AP 2019-02-10	Nimble •  Damage •  Zepa •  Excite •  Immense •  macka
	2019-02-03	2	$ 80$ 80$ 80	CyberGamer Challenger Division 2019 Season 1 Qualifier 2	Damage •  Nimble •  Zepa •  Zeuss •  Immense •  macka
	2019-01-20	17 - 20		CWL Pro League 2019 Qualifier	Nimble •  Damage •  Swiftazor •  Setzyy •  Zepa •  macka
	2019-01-13	9 - 12		CheckMate Gaming ProDown 2019-01-12	Nimble •  Damage •  Swiftaz0r •  Setzyy •  Zepa •  macka
	2019-01-06	2		MLG GameBattles 2000 Series AP 2019-01-06	Damage •  Nimble •  Swiftazor •  Setzyy •  Zepa
	2018-12-16	3 - 4		MLG GameBattles 2000 Series AP 2018-12-16	Damage •  Nimble •  Swifty •  Swiftazor •  Setzyy
	2018-12-09	21 - 24		CWL Las Vegas Open 2019	Damage •  Nimble •  Swifty •  Swiftazor •  Setzyy
	2018-12-06	5 - 6		CWL Las Vegas Open 2019 Play-In	Damage •  Nimble •  Swifty •  Swiftazor •  Setzyy
	2018-12-02	2		MLG GameBattles 2000 Series AP 2018-12-02	Damage •  Nimble •  Swifty •  Swiftazor •  Setzyy
	2018-11-18	1	$ 500$ 500$ 500	MLG GameBattles 2000 Series AP 2018-11-18	Damage •  Nimble •  Swifty •  Swiftazor •  Setzyy
Total Prize:USD 500 • AUD 80

Media

Gallery

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  Tainted Minds' Roster at CWL PLQ 2019.
  LtR: Zepa, Setzyy, Nimble, Swiftazor, and Damage.

Articles

• 2017

• February 9, Tainted Minds confirms MLG Atlanta attendance by Agus on Respawn Ninja

Interviews

• 2016

• April 29, Tainted Minds - Call of Duty® World League Presented by PlayStation 4 - by Call of Duty

Videos

• 2018

• April 10, Behind the Minds: CWL Atlanta - youtube.com
• May 11, Behind The Minds | COD GPL Relegation - youtube.com