Freeze (gamer)
Aleš Kněžínek, better known by his in-game name Freeze, is a Czech professional League of Legends player who is the AD Carry for ad hoc gaming. He has also played for Renegades, H2k-Gaming, Copenhagen Wolves, and Ninjas in Pyjamas. He was the first Czech national to play in the LCS.
Freeze | |
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Aleš Kněžížek | |
Personal information | |
Born | July 6, 1994 |
Hometown | Brno |
Nationality | Czech |
Nickname(s) | JustFreezeMe |
Career information | |
Status | Active |
League | Prime League Pro Division |
Current team | ad hoc gaming |
Role | AD Carry |
Career history | |
Sep. 2012 – Jan. 2013 | eXtatus |
Feb. 2013 – Mar. 2013 | Esport4Life |
Mar. 2013 – May 2013 | Samurai in Jeans |
May 2013 – Jun. 2013 | Heimerdinger's Colossi |
Jun. 2013 – Oct. 2014 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
Nov. 2014 – Nov. 2015 | Copenhagen Wolves |
Jan. 2016 – May 2016 | Renegades |
May 2016 – Dec. 2016 | H2k-Gaming |
Dec. 2016 – Aug. 2017 | Tempo Storm |
Oct. 2017 – Feb. 2018 | Inside Games |
May 2018 – Sep. 2018 | Royal Bandits |
Jan. 2019 – May 2019 | Splyce Vipers |
May 2019 – Jan. 2020 | MAD Lions E.C. |
Jan. 2020 – present | ad hoc gaming |
Career
With Ninjas in Pyjamas, Freeze Began his LCS career beginning in the summer split of season 3. By the end of the split, the team finished the regular season in 5th place, making it to the playoffs, where they finished 6th overall. This, unfortunately, lead Ninjas in Pyjamas to be relegated to the challenger series, where Freeze would stay for all of season 4, before later leaving the disbanding NiP. Freeze was then picked up by the Copenhagen Wolves before beginning the season 5 spring split, where he and the team finished 6th. In the summer split of season 5, the Copenhagen Wolves were much less successful, finishing in last place, 10th, forcing them to be auto-relegated.[1] And once Freeze's contract expired and he announced his free agency on November 1, 2015.[2] He was picked up by North American team Renegades on January 6,[3][4] where he is currently playing the season 6 spring split.[5] Renagades finished 8th in the LCS, and Freeze left the team after the disappointing finish.
He joined H2k on May 8, 2016, ahead of the EU LCS Summer 2016 split, replacing FORG1VEN at AD Carry as the latter was conscripted into the Greek Army.[6][7][8][9] However, FORG1VEN later had his military service commuted, and transferred to Origen.
On July 27, 2016 H2k announced that Freeze would step away from the roster due to persistent tendonitis.[10] The team stated that FORG1VEN would take his place on the starting roster.[11] Signed by Tempo Storm in December 2016.[12][13]
Tournament results
2013
Date | Event | Placement | Final game |
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2013-06-01 | SCAN & NVIDIA EUW Invitational | 1 | Heimerdinger's Colossi 3 : 0 Eternity Gaming |
2013-04-25 | SoloMid EU Invitational 4 | 1 | Samurai in Jeans 2 : 0 AT Gaming |
2013-04-09 | SoloMid EU Invitational 3 | 2 | Samurai in Jeans 1 : 2 MeetYourMakers |
2014
Date | Event | Placement | Final game |
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2014-08-07 | 2014 EU Challenger Summer Series Playoffs | 4 | Ninjas in Pyjamas 0 : 3 Unicorns Of Love |
2014-06-16 | DreamHack Summer 2014 | 1 | Ninjas in Pyjamas 2 : 0 Reason Gaming |
2014-05-19 | Solomid EU Tournament Circuit/Invitational 6 | 1 | Ninjas in Pyjamas 3 : 0 Gamers2 |
2014-05-07 | Solomid EU Tournament Circuit/Invitational 5 | 1 | Rest In Pepperonis 3 : 1 Gamers2 |
2014-04-19 | Copenhagen Games 2014 | 1 | Ninjas in Pyjamas 2 : 0 Cloud9 Eclipse |
2014-04-11 | 2014 EU Challenger Series Playoffs | 2 | Ninjas in Pyjamas 1 : 3 Cloud9 Eclipse |
2014-02-02 | FACEIT Challenger Invitational | 1 | Ninjas in Pyjamas 2 : 0 SK Gaming Prime |
Ninjas in Pyjamas
- 1st — DreamHack Summer 2014 (17 June 2014)
Copenhagen Wolves
- 6th — 2015 Spring EU LCS
- 10th — 2015 Summer EU LCS
Renagades
- 8th — 2016 Spring NA LCS
H2k-Gaming
- 4th — 2016 Summer EU LCS
References
- "Freeze planning TSM tryout, has been approached by multiple LCS sides". 28 October 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- "Freeze announces free agency". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- "Renegades pick up Freeze". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- "Freeze to start against CLG on Sunday". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- Marshall, Cass. "Professional League Is a Marathon and a Sprint". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- "H2K signs Freeze". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- "Big Greek Shoes: H2K take a chance on Freeze". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- "Freeze joins H2k". 8 May 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- "Freeze: 'If [people] will compare me to FORG1VEN...I can show them I'm better than him'". Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- "Freeze in doubt for EU LCS finale due to wrist injury". 27 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- "FORG1VEN to start for H2k-Gaming in LCS week nine". 29 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- http://wwg.com/esports/2016/12/04/tempo-storm-sign-freeze-and-hatrixx/
- http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/18202497/2016-league-legends-freeze-hatrixx-sign-tempo-storm