ShahZaM

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ShahZaM
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Khan in 2017
Current team
Team G2 Esports
RoleIn-game Leader
Game Valorant
Personal information
NameShahzeb Khan
Born (1993-10-08) October 8, 1993 (age 30)
NationalityPakistani-American
Career information
Games Counter-Strike
Valorant
Team history
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive:
2014 Denial eSports
2014–2015 Cloud9
2015 Tempo Storm
2015Sponsorless
2015Conquest
2016 OpTic Gaming
2016 Echo Fox
2016–2017 Team SoloMid
2017–2018 Misfits Gaming
2018 OpTic Gaming
2018–2019 compLexity Gaming
Valorant:
2020–2022 Sentinels
2022–present G2 Esports

Shahzeb Khan (born October 8, 1993), [1] better known as ShahZaM, is an American professional Valorant player for G2 Esports. [2] He was a former CS:GO professional player before announcing that he would be officially making the switch to Riot Games' Valorant . He would find most of his success in Valorant as he went on to win their first international LAN tournament in Reykjavík, Iceland.

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Early life and career history

Khan grew up in Maryland. [3] On December 15, 2014, he joined Cloud9. [4]

Khan was central in uncovering the iBuyPower and NetcodeGuides match fixing scandal, after he issued a statement confirming that the match at issue had been thrown. [5] [6] [7] [8]

On April 13, 2016, he was released from OpTic Gaming. [9]

On May 19, 2016 Echo Fox replaced AWPer Mohamad "m0E" Assad (who was promoted to general manager), picking up ShahZaM as his replacement. [10]

On December 15, 2016, ShahZaM and Sgares joined Team SoloMid. [11]

On January 17, 2017, ShahZaM and the rest of the Team SoloMid roster were acquired by Misfits Gaming. [12]

On February 7, 2018, ShahZaM joined OpTic Gaming. [13]

On April 27, 2018, ShahZaM joined compLexity Gaming as an AWPer. [14]

On October 28, 2019, ShahZaM was removed from the active roster of compLexity Gaming. The announcement was made in the wake of Complexity's poor performance during the months prior, including their early elimination from the StarSeries Berlin Major. ShahZaM later communicated on his Twitch stream that the team had struggled in large part due to the relative inexperience of many of the team's members, which included the then 16 year old Owen "oBo" Schlatter. ShahZaM expressed frustration with not being able to focus on his primary role of AWPing due to constantly having to perform in-game duties that on a more experienced roster would have been able to take on. [15]

On November 26, 2019, ShahZaM announced his free-agency via Twitter, bringing an official end to his time with CompLexity Gaming. ShahZaM also mentioned his eagerness to find a new team as quickly as possible. [16]

On April 28, 2020, ShahZaM signed with Sentinels, officially making the switch over to Valorant. [17]

On October 6, 2022, ShahZaM was informed live on his Twitch stream that he would not be offered a renewed contract with Sentinels when his current contract expires at the end of the year. [18]

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyCategoryResultRef.
2023 The Streamer Awards Best Valorant StreamerNominated [19]

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.prosettings.com/shahzam-csgo/
  2. ↑ "ShahZaM and dapr have joined G2 Esports | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  3. ↑ https://www.twitter.com/shahzamk/status/578965335866548225?s=46
  4. ↑ "Cloud9 add ShahZaM; Hiko out". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  5. ↑ "ex-iBP Unbanned from ESEA League; Updated cheating rules developed". ESEA. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  6. ↑ Grayson, Nathan. "Pro Teams Implicated In Huge Counter-Strike Match Fixing Scandal". Kotaku. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  7. ↑ "Valve bans seven CS:GO pro players from tournament KOS OMAK 3ALA KOS OM OMAR TROLLAT HIDDEN NESWAN HIDDEN play for match fixing". pcgamer. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  8. ↑ "New evidence of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive match fixing". pcgamer. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
  9. ↑ "OpTic bring in mixwell, ShahZaM out". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  10. ↑ "ShahZam Officially Joins Echo Fox Roster". Echo Fox. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  11. ↑ "TSM brings seangares and ShahZam to the fold ahead of 2017". Dot Esports. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  12. ↑ "Misfits acquires TSM's former CS:GO roster". Dot Esports. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  13. ↑ "OpTic CS:GO 2018". OpTic Gaming. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  14. ↑ "compLexity Welcomes Stanislaw and ShahZaM". compLexity Gaming. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  15. ↑ "CSGO: COMPLEXITY RELEASE DEPHH, SHAHZAM BENCHED". compLexity Gaming. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  16. ↑ "SHAHZAM ANNOUNCES FREE AGENCY" . Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  17. ↑ Ocal, Arda (April 28, 2020). "Sentinels announce four-member VALORANT roster including Sinatraa". ESPN. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Valorant star ShahZaM claims he found out Sentinels dropped him through leaks". Dexerto. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  19. ↑ Polhamus, Blaine (20 February 2023). "All 2023 Streamer Awards nominees". Dot Esports. Gamurs.
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