Zeyzal

Zeyzal
Zeyzal
Background Information
Name	Tristan Stidam
Country of Birth	; United States
Birthday	July 7, 1999 (age 22)
Residency	NANorth America
Competitive
Role	; Support
Soloqueue IDs	ZeyzalS (NA), wcngc1807 (KR), SKTG2Svenskeren (EUW)
Social Media & Links

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠Noble Truth	≈Apr 2014≈2014-04-??	≈Nov 2014≈2014-11-??	≈7mo 14d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Serpentis eSports	≈Nov 2015≈2015-11-03	≈Dec 2015≈2015-12-13	≈1mo 10d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Zenith Esports	Jan 20162016-01-05	Apr 20162016-04-04	2mo 30d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Cloud9	Jul 20162016-07-13	Dec 20162016-12-08^[1]	4mo 26d ejel
NA	⁠⁠eUnited	Dec 20162016-12-08^[4]	Nov 20172017-11-22^[2]	11mo 14d ejel
NA	⁠⁠C9 Academy	Dec 20172017-12-18^[6]	Jul 20182018-07-12	6mo 25d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Cloud9	Jun 20182018-06-13^[9]	Nov 20192019-11-20^[7]	1yr 5mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Evil Geniuses	Nov 20192019-11-20^[11]	Nov 20202020-11-17^[10]	1yr 27d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Not Academy Team	Jan 20212021-01-06^[14]	Jan 20212021-01-14^[13]	8d ejel
NA	⁠⁠SolaFide Esports	Jan 20212021-01-14^[16]	Mar 20212021-03-18^[15]	2mo 4d ejel

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠Noble Truth	≈Apr 2014≈2014-04-??	Nov 20142014-11-01	≈7mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Noble Truth	Nov 20142014-11-01	Nov 20142014-11-14	13d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Noble Truth	Nov 20142014-11-14	≈Nov 2014≈2014-11-??	≈1d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Serpentis eSports	≈Nov 2015≈2015-11-03	≈Dec 2015≈2015-12-12	≈1mo 9d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Serpentis eSports	≈Dec 2015≈2015-12-12	≈Dec 2015≈2015-12-13	≈1d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Zenith Esports	Jan 20162016-01-05	Apr 20162016-04-04	2mo 30d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Cloud9	Jul 20162016-07-13	Dec 20162016-12-08^[1]	4mo 26d ejel
NA	⁠⁠eUnited	Dec 20162016-12-08^[4]	Nov 20172017-11-22^[2]	11mo 14d ejel
NA	⁠⁠C9 Academy	Dec 20172017-12-18^[6]	Jul 20182018-07-12	6mo 25d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Cloud9	Jun 20182018-06-13^[9]	Nov 20192019-11-20^[7]	1yr 5mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Evil Geniuses	Nov 20192019-11-20^[11]	Nov 20202020-11-17^[10]	1yr 27d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Not Academy Team	Jan 20212021-01-06^[14]	Jan 20212021-01-14^[13]	8d ejel
NA	⁠⁠SolaFide Esports	Jan 20212021-01-14^[16]	Mar 20212021-03-18^[15]	2mo 4d ejel

News

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2020
2021

NA	⁠⁠NTR	April (approx.), ⁠⁠Noble Truth is formed. Zeyzal, Contractz, Leonard, Nocturnal, and Tonington join. e
NA	⁠⁠NTR	November 1, Dardoch joins. Contractz (Jungle to Top) and Zeyzal (Top to Bot) change positions. Nocturnal moves to substitute. e
NA	⁠⁠NTR	November 14, Razelock and Ralara join. Tonington (Support to Top) changes position. Nocturnal moves to starting roster. Contractz, Dardoch, and Zeyzal move to substitutes. e
NA	⁠⁠NTR	November (approx.), Team is disbanded. Tonington, Razelock, Leonard, Nocturnal, Ralara, Contractz, Dardoch, and Zeyzal leave. e

NA	⁠⁠SES	November 3 (approx.), ShorterACE, Shk, and Zeyzal join. Pet Me joins as substitute. Enmadaio leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠SES	December 12 (approx.), eryf joins. Zeyzal (Support to Jungle) changes position. e
NA	⁠⁠SES	December 13 (approx.), Allorim, Zeyzal, Damonte, Shk, and eryf leave. e

NA	⁠⁠ZEN	January 5, Yami, Andybendy, and Zeyzal join. iMysterious and Arcsecond rejoin. Indivisible rejoins as substitute. e
NA	⁠⁠ZEN	April 4, Zeyzal leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠C9	July 13, Thinkcard and Zeyzal join as substitutes. Balls, Hai, and Altec leave. e
NA	⁠⁠C9	December 8, Zeyzal leaves.^[1] e
NA	⁠⁠EUN	December 8, Licorice, Gilius, Fox, Deftly, and Zeyzal join. bobqinXD joins as substitute.^[4]^[5] e

NA	⁠⁠EUN	November 22, Licorice and Zeyzal leave.^[2]^[3] e
NA	⁠⁠C9.A	December 18, Shiro, Wiggily, Goldenglue, Keith, and Zeyzal join.^[6] e

NA	⁠⁠C9	June 13, Goldenglue, Keith, and Zeyzal join from academy roster.^[9] e
NA	⁠⁠C9.A	July 12, Sneaky and Zeyzal leave for main roster. e

NA	⁠⁠C9	January 5, Zeyzal's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.^[17] e
NA	⁠⁠C9	July 3, Licorice, Blaber, Svenskeren, Sneaky, and Zeyzal's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.^[18] e
NA	⁠⁠C9	November 20, Zeyzal leaves.^[7]^[8] e
NA	⁠⁠EG	November 20, Zeyzal joins.^[11]^[12] e
NA	⁠⁠EG	December 19, Zeyzal's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2022.^[19] e

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⁠EG

November 17,
Zeyzal leaves.^[10]

e

NA	⁠⁠NAT	January 6, Dhokla, Winston, Tuesday, Apollo, Zeyzal, and xSojin (Coach) join.^[14] e
NA	⁠⁠NAT	January 14, Dhokla, Winston, Tuesday, Apollo, Zeyzal, and xSojin (Coach) leave.^[13] e
NA	⁠⁠SF	January 14, Dhokla, Winston, Tuesday, Apollo, Zeyzal, xSojin (Coach), Jido (Analyst), and Influx (Manager) join.^[16] e
NA	⁠⁠SF	February 12, Dhokla, Winston, and Zeyzal's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 1 November 2021. Apollo's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 10 October 2021.^[20] e
NA	⁠⁠SF	March 18, ⁠⁠SolaFide Esports is disbanded. Dhokla, Winston, Tuesday, Apollo, Zeyzal, xSojin (Coach), Jido (Analyst), and Influx (Team Director) leave.^[15] e

Biography[]

Zeyzal was signed and played for Cloud9 Academy for NA Academy 2018 Spring. C9A placed second in the regular season and third/fourth in the NA Academy 2018 Spring Playoffs.

C9 started the 2018 Summer Season by promoting Goldenglue, Keith, and Zeyzal to the LCS roster. By Week 5 C9 were in tenth place. After bringing back Jensen and Sneaky to the main roster as well as subbing in Blaber for the rest of the summer season, Cloud9 surged and made it to second place and secured a playoff bye by the end of the regular season. In the playoffs, Cloud9 defeated Team SoloMid 3-2 in the Semifinals and lost 0-3 to Team Liquid in the Finals. They moved onto the Regional Qualifier and won 3-0 over TSM to make worlds.

At the 2018 World Championship, Cloud9 once again had to make it through the Play-In stage. They went 4-0 in the Play-In group stage, and beat Gambit Esports 3-2 to advance to the Main Event. Cloud 9 were seeded into Group B, dubbed the "Group of Death", with Team Vitality, Royal Never Give Up, and Gen.G. Cloud9 defied expectations and made it out of the group in second place with a 4-3 record after losing the first place tiebreaker to RNG.

In the Quarterfinals, C9 made history and defeated Afreeca Freecs 3-0, making it the first time since the Season One World Championship that a North American team had made semifinals. In the Semifinals, C9 lost 0-3 to Fnatic.

Trivia[]

Well-known for his massive, unruly beard once he became the starter for Cloud9, which was frequently cut to on broadcast during champion select. After Bjergsen began to sport a beard in 2019, the two were often compared.
- This earned him the nickname "胡子辅助" in China, which translates to "Beard Support"^[21]
Considered a good shotcaller and in-game strategist.

Tournament Results[]

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Zeyzal Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2021-03-03	2	Unified Grand Prix 2021 Spring	0 : 3⁠⁠NO	⁠⁠SF	Dhokla, Winston, Tuesday, Apollo, Zeyzal, xSojin
2021-02-21	3	Challengers Uprising Season 2 Playoffs	W : FF⁠⁠EG.P	⁠⁠SF	Dhokla, Winston, Tuesday, Apollo, Zeyzal, xSojin
2021-02-15	1	Challengers Uprising Season 2	3 - 0⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠SF	Dhokla, Winston, Tuesday, Apollo, Zeyzal, xSojin
2021-02-02	5 - 8	BIG League Season 4 Playoffs	1 : 2⁠⁠BRG	⁠⁠SF	Dhokla, Winston, Tuesday, Apollo, Zeyzal, xSojin
2021-02-01	2	BIG League Season 4 - Group D	4 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠SF	Dhokla, Winston, Tuesday, Apollo, Zeyzal, xSojin
2021-01-24	1	RCL 2021 Winter Playoffs	3 : 2⁠⁠EG.P	⁠⁠SF	Dhokla, Winston, Tuesday, Apollo, Zeyzal, xSojin
2021-01-19	6	RCL 2021 Winter	4 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠SF	Dhokla, Winston, Tuesday, Apollo, Zeyzal, xSojin
2021-01-09	1	Challengers Uprising New Years Showdown	3 : 1⁠⁠C9.Am	⁠⁠NAT	Dhokla, Winston, Tuesday, Apollo, Zeyzal, xSojin
2020-08-22	5 - 6	LCS 2020 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠C9	⁠⁠EG	Huni, Svenskeren, Goldenglue, Bang, Zeyzal, Irean, Artemis
2020-08-09	6	LCS 2020 Summer	8 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠EG	Kumo, Huni, Svenskeren, Jiizuke, Goldenglue, Bang, Zeyzal, Irean, Artemis

Media[]

2018
2019
2020

September 19, Zeyzal and Travis FINALLY FIGURE OUT how NA can WIN WORLDS with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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October 4, Cloud9's Zeyzal: We can reliably beat top teams when we try our best by Tyler Erzberger on ESPN
e
October 6, C9 Zeyzal: "I came in a bit unexpecting how well Gambit played and how poorly we played at the same time." with Byungho "Haao" Kim and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
e
October 22, Zeyzal on how Cloud9's fate pivoted during a single night of scrims with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
November 2, Learning to Lead by , and on The Player's Lobby
e
November 26, C9 Zeyzal: "We will have Nisqy and Goldenglue sharing the starting spot... I'm excited about potential new strategy we've opened up." with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
e

February 2, C9 Zeyzal: “Jensen’s like, ‘guys I think we need more vision’. Well, Jensen we’ve got 5 wards on the map, we can’t get anymore. He’s like, ‘oh ok. Can someone hover for me then’? You’ll do it cause it’s Jensen. Nisqy is more self-sufficient.” with Izento on Esports Heaven
e
February 14, League of Legends: The Fantastic Four of LCS Week Three by Thomas Baker on The Game Haus
e
February 19, C9 Zeyzal: "C9 players are willing to do 'dumb plays', and it promotes creativity and proactivity." with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
e
February 25, Zeyzal believes C9 can overtake TL to become #1 in LCS with , and on Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
March 1, C9 Zeyzal: “I think a champion, at max, should be flexed to two roles. That’s a limit that should be somewhat intended because if you have a champion that is blatantly so strong that can be played in 4 or 5 roles, then obviously the champion is too strong, it doesn’t fit every role, it’s just broken” with Izento on Esports Heaven
e
June 8, Zeyzal: "My personality has shifted a lot more toward acting like Sneaky" with Brian Chang on Upcomer
e
June 11, Zeyzal explains how Jack pretends Cloud9 is a summer camp during aggressive walks with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
June 18, Cloud9 Zeyzal: "My personality has shifted a lot more toward acting like Sneaky" with Brian Chang on Upcomer
e
June 26, Sneaky and Zeyzal on NA's Proview advantage and shared Patreon accounts with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
July 9, Zeyzal dishes on 2-0 weekend in the LCS, his birthday, league darkhorses and more with Tyler Erzberger on ESPN Esports
e
July 19, C9 Zeyzal on Cloud9's atmosphere: "...If we die, we all die together." with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
e
August 19, Zeyzal talks Cloud9's crazy match against CLG to make finals with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
October 15, Zeyzal reveals why Cloud9 chose Blaber to face off against G2 with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e

January 23, Zeyzal and Sven on why they joined EG: 'I didn't want to stay on C9 anymore after what happened' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
January 29, Zeyzal says Evil Geniuses won’t be using the Academy team as much, is “scarred from the Cloud9 10-man roster” by Tyler Esguerra on Dot Esports
e
February 18, Zeyzal talks about Evil Geniuses’ growing pains with Jiizuke’s playstyle and having a less vocal ADC by Tyler Esguerra & Henrique DaMour on Dot Esports
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February 21, Zeyzal: 'I'm not convinced Yuumi can ever be in a good spot' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
March 12, Zeyzal reveals why a lot of players in NA prefer to play safe with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
April 4, Zeyzal: 'TSM has the best match-up out of all them against us, but we're better than all 3 of them' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
April 10, EG Zeyzal: "I tried to get Svenskeren to grow a beard, maybe I could convince Jiizuke..." with Nick Geracie & Parkes Ousley on Inven Global
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June 10, Zeyzal explains what Evil Geniuses's plan is for Huni why LCS teams may play worse out the gate with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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June 13, Zeyzal on Evil Geniuses' 2-0 week 1; Huni & Deftly's contributions to the LCS roster with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
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July 8, Zeyzal explains exactly what challenges Cloud9 has waiting for them on the international stage with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e

Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2020-03-01	LCS 2020 Spring	GG vs EG	Link
2019-03-24	LCS 2019 Spring	C9 vs FLY	Link
2019-02-18	LCS 2019 Spring	OPT vs C9	Link
2018-09-01	NA LCS 2018 Summer Playoffs	C9 vs TSM	Link
2018-08-11	NA LCS 2018 Summer	C9 vs GG
2018-07-29	NA LCS 2018 Summer	C9 vs FOX	Link
2018-06-24	NA LCS 2018 Summer	GG vs C9	Link