Biography

Dan “apEX” Madesclair is one of the most experienced players in the professional Counter-Strike competitive scene. Dan began his rise to the top of CS in the days of Counter-Strike: Source. We present the path apEX took to become an esports player.

Career start and Counter-Strike: Source.
Like most esports players, apEX started his career long before he joined a professional club. From early childhood, the player was interested in computer games, which later helped him build a highly successful career.

The first version of the game for apEX was Counter-Strike: Source. ApEX played it from 2009 to 2012. At that time, he managed to work for groups such as: Gamed! De, Beta, UNTAGGED, Dreamrar, Redface, Team Sypher, Hf.MOTHER, 3DMAX, Team LDLC.com and VeryGames. The player achieved the most notorious results with the VeryGames team. Dan and his teammates won almost all prestigious CS: Source tournaments. They became several champions of PxL LAN # 33, CEVO European Skirmish 2012, Multiplay Insomnia 45, EMS: – Season X – Finals and others.

With the advent of the new version of the game, apEX ended his career as a Counter-Strike: Source player and began his career as a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player.

Counter Strike Global Offensive
The first club in the new version of the game for apEX was the Anexis eSports team. He played for Anexis apEX for only one month, after which he moved to Epsilon eSports, where he didn’t stay for long either.

In September 2009, the player moved to PRIME CLAN, but left the squad a month later. Dan continues to search for himself in the professional scene, remembering his past successes and wanting to repeat them in a new game for himself.

In October 2012, the player joins the team eXtensive! There apEX spends 3 months participating in small championships. This clearly does not suit the player and he leaves the team in January 2013. In the same month he joins the former CS: Source organization – Team LDLC.com. The player spends 7 months there and left the team after not very successful performance.

The next home for apEX was the clan Mystic Club. The player spent 4 months there, after which he returned to LDLC. The second comeback was quite successful.

In March 2014, apEX and the team finished 5th-8th at ESL Major Series One Katowice 2014 and after another 5 months they finished 3rd-4th at ESL One: Cologne 2014, losing to the best NiP team at that time. These results led apEX to a new organization – Titan eSports.

Titan eSports and the turning point
The French player moved to Titan eSports and continued to perform well. Although this did not affect the results. In Titan, apEX could not reach the top. The best result of the performance for this organization can be called 3-4 place at DreamHack Open Summer 2015 and Gfinity Spring Masters 2.

Dan played for Titan from September 2014 to July 2015. In summer 2015 apEX left the team and became a member of Team EnVyUs.

Team EnVyUs
The move to EnVyUs marked the beginning of a new career path for apEX. Almost immediately after joining, the player wins the Intel Extreme Masters – Season X – gamescom. In August 2015, apEX and his teammates finished second at ESL One: Cologne 2015, losing to the best team at the time, Fnatic. However, the defeat only boosted the team’s morale.

In September 2015, apEX and the team won DreamHack Open London 2015 and Gfinity Champion of Champions. In the same month, the team finished second in the Counter Pit League and a month later, apEX won the 2015 World Championship with the French national team.

In November 2015, apEX wins the most prestigious tournament of its career. EnVyUs defeated NaVi in the final of DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca 2015 to become the World Champion.

After winning the World Championship, the results deteriorated. Dan and his team tried to return to the ranks, but failed in three consecutive major tournaments. In February 2017, apEX leaves EnVyUs.

In February 2017, he becomes a G2 Esports player. With G2 Esports, the player is at a high level and wins major championships. With his teammates, apEX took first place at ESL Pro League – Season 5 – Finals and first place at DreamHack Masters Malmo 2017.

In October 2018, apEX continues.

Vitality and personal achievements
Dan becomes a Team Vitality player in October 2018. The first phase is difficult for the team, but already in 2019 the team starts to perform at a reasonable level. In June 2019, apEX and teammates become the champion of Esports Championship Series – Season 7 – Finals. Six months later e

CS:GO

CS:GO Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO for short) is a computer game from the genre of online tactical shooters. It was developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment and is the fourth part of the Counter-Strike series. The game was released on August 21, 2012 for Windows, Linux, macOS, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. A release for the PlayStation 3 in Europe failed to materialize for unknown reasons. Global Offensive achieved a Metascore of 83 points. Since September 14, 2017, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has also been available in China via the Perfect World client. In December 2018, the game was switched to a free-to-play model, which drew criticism.