![]() Few of his fans know that Shroud started streaming back in 2011, though for the whole year his channel has only one viewer – himself. Shroud moved to Orange County, California and decided to start streaming such popular games as PUBG (“PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds”), “Apex Legends”, “Fortnite”, and more. He said: “I just want to relax, sit here, and game”. He later admitted that he just felt that it was the time for him to go, since the PUBG was coming out and he enjoyed the game very much, also that he felt he was losing the passion to compete. He messaged Jack (the owner of Cloud9) and told him he would love to be their guys’ backup, but he wanted to see where his full-time stream took him. Within half a year Shroud decided to retire from professional gaming, hoping to find new opportunities outside Cloud9. ![]() Alongside his long-time teammate Jordan “n0thing” Gilbert, Shroud was benched and then replaced by William “RUSH” Wierzba in August 2017. Shroud stayed in Cloud9 for several months more, attending the Americas Minor Championship in Kraków in 2017, being the first there. Later, Shroud made a comeback, hitting the fist lines in DreamHack Open Bucharest 2016, winning $20,000 as a solo player, and ESL Pro League Season 4, where his team won an impressive sum of $200,000. The beginning of 2016 was not that kind to Shroud, since he lost two tournaments in the Premier tier, holding low positions in the finals of Esports Championship Series Season 1 and ELEAGUE Season 1, though the prizes his team won even at low ranks were impressive: $65,000 and $50,000 respectively. He finished the gaming year of 2015 with another win on iBUYPOWER Cup, getting $65,000. Thus, he was the first in ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1 (North America) in 2015, when his group won $18,000 then he was the runner-up in the global finals of ESL ESEA Pro League Season 1, getting $60,000 as a prize. They saw how stellar his aim was, how pinpoint and precise he was”. ![]() They liked his decision making, they liked his positioning, and said: “Ok, if we can develop this guy, if we give him more experience frags will come”. A famous eSports analyst and commentator, and also a former professional CS player – Jason “OnFireMoses” O’Toole once shared his thoughts: “Cloud 9 looked at Shroud and they saw potential. Shroud failed to show his best form in his first major tournament, ESL One Cologne in 2014, holding the place between the 5th and the 8th line, but soon he caught the wave, and started winning contests. When CompLexity Gaming acquired Cloud9 team, Shroud signed a contract with Cloud9 and became a permanent player there on 1 August 2014. Being acquired by CompLexity Gaming, he replaced another gamer, Todd “Anger” Williams, since Shroud was way better in his gaming technics, being famous for his clutching and lurking abilities and for his weapon accuracy. He kept on improving his gaming skills and was soon noticed by CompLexity Gaming, a respected professional eSports organization founded in 2003 in the US, which competes in “CS:GO”, “Call of Duty”, “Hearthstone”, etc. He was good at such games as “Call of Duty: Black Ops 4”,“Apex Legends”, and “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive”, and his skills granted him a place in the eSports team Exertus, before he joined another team, Manajuma. Shroud started his career early, being a 20-year-old guy who dreamt of a professional gamer’s life. Living in Mississauga, Shroud attended high school from which he matriculated in 2012 – there are no details about the name of the school he studied in, and nothing is known about his college, if he attended one, but since his career started early, he probably didn’t graduate any college or university, devoting all his time to professional gaming. There’s no information on his siblings either, or other relatives. Nothing in particular is known about his mother – Shroud hasn’t revealed her name, age or occupation. He took little Michael onto his lap and showed him how he played and even let his son do whatever he liked with the computer or the game he was playing. When a child, he lived with his father who built computers obsessively, and introduced Shroud to the games, firstly to “Counter Strike” just because his father adored this game. Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek was born on 2 June 1994, in Mississauga, Ontario Canada, coming from a family of Polish descent.
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