Tainted Minds

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

Overview

Tournament Results

Schedule History

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.

History

Timeline

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019

November 18, Chilean, Damage, Eminence, and Fate join.^[1]
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February 9, KontrolFreek sponsors the team.^[2]
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March 24, Lenovo sponsors the team.^[3]
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April 6, Plantronics sponsors the team.^[4]
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May 11, Fate leaves.^[5]
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May 13, Beastn joins.^[6]
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July 18, Fate rejoins. Eminence leaves.^[7]
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August 7, Excite, Guydra, and Killerpie join. Eminence rejoins. Beastn, Chilean, Damage, and Fate leave.^[8]
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October 18, Excite leaves.^[9]
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January 11, Team signs roster of ⁠⁠ex-Orbit ANZ. Damage, Denz, Nimble, and Zeuss join. Eminence, Guydra, and Killerpie leave.^[10]
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May 7, Zeuss retires.^[11]
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May 11, Skrzm and Swifty join.^[12]
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May 19, Denz leaves.^[13]
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May 28, Skrzm leaves.
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June 3, Excite rejoins.^[14]
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November 6, Excite leaves.^[15]
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November 8, Swiftazor joins.^[16]
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June 29, Turtle Beach sponsors the team.^[17]
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October 11, Setzyy and macka (Coach) join.^[18]
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December 20, Swifty leaves.^[19]
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December 30, Zepa joins.^[20]
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February 18, Damage, macka, Nimble, Setzyy, and Zepa leave.^[21] Swiftazor retires.
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Player Roster

Active

Former

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

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.

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

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

External Links

References

↑ Tainted Minds' Tweet twitter.com
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↑ COD ROSTER CHANGE 13/05/16 taintedminds.org
↑ COD ROSTER UPDATE 18/07/16 taintedminds.org
↑ COD ROSTER ACQUISITION 07/08/16 taintedminds.org
↑ Excite's Twitlonger twitlonger.com
↑ TAINTED MINDS PRESENTS: CALL OF DUTY 2017 taintedminds.org
↑ Zeuss Retires twitlonger.com
↑ Tainted Minds' Tweet twitter.com
↑ Denz joins Mindfreak dexerto.com
↑ Tainted Minds' Tweet twitter.com
↑ Excite's Twitlonger twitlonger.com
↑ Tainted Minds' Tweet twitter.com
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↑ Tainted Minds' Tweet twitter.com
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[News/2015-11-15_ref_4-1] Tainted Minds' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2016-02-07_ref_2-2] Tainted Minds' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2016-03-20_ref_7-3] Tainted Minds' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2016-04-03_ref_11-4] Tainted Minds' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2016-05-08_ref_2-5] Tainted Minds' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2016-05-08_ref_9-6] COD ROSTER CHANGE 13/05/16 taintedminds.org

[News/2016-07-17_ref_3-7] COD ROSTER UPDATE 18/07/16 taintedminds.org

[News/2016-08-07_ref_1-8] COD ROSTER ACQUISITION 07/08/16 taintedminds.org

[News/2016-10-16_ref_1-9] Excite's Twitlonger twitlonger.com

[News/2017-01-08_ref_9-10] TAINTED MINDS PRESENTS: CALL OF DUTY 2017 taintedminds.org

[News/2017-05-07_ref_1-11] Zeuss Retires twitlonger.com

[News/2017-05-07_ref_8-12] Tainted Minds' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2017-05-14_ref_8-13] Denz joins Mindfreak dexerto.com

[News/2017-05-28_ref_17-14] Tainted Minds' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2017-11-05_ref_1-15] Excite's Twitlonger twitlonger.com

[News/2017-11-05_ref_5-16] Tainted Minds' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2018-06-24_ref_6-17] Tainted Minds' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2018-10-07_ref_22-18] Tainted Minds' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2018-12-16_ref_14-19] Tainted Minds' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2018-12-30_ref_3-20] Tainted Minds' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2019-02-17_ref_10-21] Tainted Minds' Tweet twitter.com

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