Torqued

Formerly known as 3DMAX!

The team was established with its core three members in December of 2010. After a successful run with Dynamic, Steel decided to part ways to create a team that would hone more potential than his past squad. Using the experience and knowledge that he gained from being the #1 team in North America and #2 in the world, he took on the task of leading a new team to the top ranks. With the acquisition of Dazed and Marlin from zomblerz, the team rapidly became a success in the North American scene. The squad made their debut at OG LAN 3.0 where they took home the first place prize. Their first ESEA season was a misfortunate tale as they were not allowed to add all five starters to the roster due to a technicality and were otherwise forced to play out the season with their manager. Their strength showed that season as just four of their players made the finals LAN with two regular season losses and two forfeit losses due to not being able to field 5. Marlin was still not allowed to join the roster for the LAN event, and the team decided to not be in attendance. Deciding to not attend the event, Dazed took a one season long ban from the league. This meant another season of sitting out for the team. OG LAN 4.0 came in between seasons and the squad took home another championship title. Having a strong desire to compete in the next ESEA season, Steel recruited neil and ryan to play in the place of Dazed and Marlin respectively and salvaged a bumpy start to the season. Marlin went inactive due to personal reasons. The team poured their efforts into achieving a first place finish and crowned themselves the #1 team in North America. Dazed was reinstated in the place of Marlin, and Neil was bumped to a starter. The next event for the team was ESWC 2011 in Paris, France. It was the the event of the year to crown the world's best. The team represented x6 and placed third behind the likes of VeryGames and CKRAS. Dazed was removed from the roster shortly afterwards due to conflicting personalities, philosophies towards the game, and attitude issues. To replace him, the team sought out another Ryan-esque player to fill the void. Sunman was acquired to help the team propel into the limelight yet again, but to no avail. The team took a disappointing third place finish at the next ESEA LAN behind Dynamic and Zomblerz. Having personal issues arise, Sunman was not able to commit to several events that were in the near future and a replacement had to be made. With the squad liking the dynamic they had with Dazed's role, they moved to acquire Moe who could play that role so that the team could go back to their ESWC status.