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FormaL
FormaL CDL 2021
Background Information
NameMatthew Piper
Country of Birth
United States
BirthdayDecember 19, 1994 (age 29)
Residency
NA
North America
Competitive
RolePlayer
Previous Role(s)
Main AR


Slayer
InputController
PlatformPC
Prev PlatformsPlayStation 4
Xbox 360
PSN IDMatthewPiper-
Social Media & Links
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Matthew "FormaL" Piper is a retired Call of Duty esports player, previously a player for OpTic Chicago. He is a 2017 World Champion, 2017 World Championship MVP and X Games gold medalist. Bookending his Call of Duty career, FormaL made a name for himself in Halo.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:Yes|No
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TeamStartEnd
NA
Primallogo stdPrimal≈Nov 2013≈2013-11-??Nov 20132013-11-27[1]≈10d
ejel
NA
Team FeaRlogo stdTeam FeaRNov 20132013-11-29[4]Jan 20142014-01-07[2]1mo 8d
ejel
NA
Team Kaliberlogo stdTeam KaliberJan 20142014-01-09[5]Mar 20142014-03-312mo 22d
ejel
NA
FaZe Blacklogo stdFaZe BlackApr 20142014-04-05[6]Jun 20142014-06-232mo 18d
ejel
NA
Team Envylogo stdTeam EnvyJun 20142014-06-25Nov 20142014-11-014mo 6d
ejel
NA
OpTic Gaminglogo stdOpTic GamingNov 20142014-11-06[10]May 20182018-05-06[7]3yr 6mo
ejel
NA
Luminosity Gaminglogo stdLuminosity GamingMay 20182018-05-06[13]Oct 20192019-10-24[11]1yr 5mo
ejel
CDL
Chicago Huntsmenlogo stdCHI HuntsmenOct 20192019-10-24[15]Nov 20202020-11-11[14]1yr 18d
ejel
CDL
OpTic Chicagologo stdOpTic CHINov 20202020-11-11[17]Aug 20212021-08-28[16]9mo 17d
ejel
TeamStartEnd
NA
Primallogo stdPrimal≈Nov 2013≈2013-11-??Nov 20132013-11-27[1]≈10d
ejel
NA
Team FeaRlogo stdTeam FeaRNov 20132013-11-29[4]Jan 20142014-01-07[2]1mo 8d
ejel
NA
Team Kaliberlogo stdTeam KaliberJan 20142014-01-09[5]Mar 20142014-03-312mo 22d
ejel
NA
FaZe Blacklogo stdFaZe BlackApr 20142014-04-05[6]Jun 20142014-06-232mo 18d
ejel
NA
Team Envylogo stdTeam EnvyJun 20142014-06-25Nov 20142014-11-014mo 6d
ejel
NA
OpTic Gaminglogo stdOpTic GamingNov 20142014-11-06[10]May 20182018-05-06[7]3yr 6mo
ejel
NA
Luminosity Gaminglogo stdLuminosity GamingMay 20182018-05-06[13]Oct 20192019-10-24[11]1yr 5mo
ejel
CDL
Chicago Huntsmenlogo stdCHI HuntsmenOct 20192019-10-24[15]Nov 20202020-11-11[14]1yr 18d
ejel
CDL
OpTic Chicagologo stdOpTic CHINov 20202020-11-11[17]Aug 20212021-08-28[16]9mo 17d
ejel

News

  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
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Primallogo stdPRINovember (approx.), Ace, Enable, FormaL, and SnakeBite join.
Diesel (Coach) joins as substitute.
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Primallogo stdPRINovember 27, FormaL leaves.[1]
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Team FeaRlogo stdFeaRNovember 29, FormaL joins.[4]
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Team FeaRlogo stdFeaRJanuary 7, CMPLX and FormaL leave.[2][3]
NA
Team Kaliberlogo stdtKJanuary 9, FormaL joins.[5]
NA
Team Kaliberlogo stdtKMarch 31, FormaL and Theory leave.
NA
FaZe Blacklogo stdFZ.BApril 5, Censor, FormaL, ProoFy, and Saints join.[6]
NA
FaZe Blacklogo stdFZ.BJune 23, Censor, Dedo, FormaL, and Saints leave.
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Team Envylogo stdENVYJune 25, Formal and JKap join. StuDyy leaves.
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Team Envylogo stdENVYNovember 1, JKap and NAMELESS rejoin. FormaL leaves.
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OpTic Gaminglogo stdOGNovember 6, FormaL joins. Clayster and ProoFy leave.[10]
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August 13, FormaL is awarded the Call of Duty World League Championship 2017 MVP.
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Luminosity Gaminglogo stdLGMay 6, FormaL joins. Octane leaves.[13]
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OpTic Gaminglogo stdOGMay 6, Methodz and Octane join. FormaL and Karma leave.[7][8][9]
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Luminosity Gaminglogo stdLGOctober 24, Brack, FormaL, John, and
Gunless leave.[11][12]
CDL
Chicago Huntsmenlogo stdCHIOctober 24, Arcitys, Envoy, FormaL, Gunless, and Scump join.[15]
CDL
Chicago Huntsmenlogo stdCHISeptember 9, Envoy, FormaL, Scump, and
General's contracts are extended.[18]
CDL
Chicago Huntsmenlogo stdCHISeptember 14, Dashy joins. Envoy, FormaL, Scump, and
Sender (Coach) will remain with the team for 2021.[19][20][21]
CDL
Chicago Huntsmenlogo stdCHINovember 11, Dashy, Envoy, FormaL, Scump,
General,
MBoZe, Sender (Head Coach), HECZ (CEO), and MaNiaC (Streamer) leave.[14]
CDL
OpTic Chicagologo stdCHINovember 11, Dashy, Envoy, FormaL, Scump, Sender (Head Coach), and HECZ (CEO) join.
General joins as substitute.
[17]
CDL
OpTic Chicagologo stdCHIAugust 28, FormaL retires.[16]

Biography[]

The End of an Era and the Search for a New eSport[]

Formal began his competitive gaming career in the Halo franchise. After rising to fame as a Halo professional, he began to look elsewhere to continue his electronic sports endeavors. Following Halo's fall from the Major League Gaming Pro Circuit, Formal noticed the rising popularity and competition in Call of Duty. Like many other Halo players looking to find another game to go pro in, Formal decided to try his hand at the world's most popular first-person shooter.

Ghosts[]

However, unlike many of his peers, he was successful. He first joined Primal in his Call of Duty career, and went on to place 17th with them at the MLG Fall Championship 2013 while competing in Call of Duty: Ghosts. Shortly after, he was recruited by one of the most storied franchises in competitive Call of Duty, Team FeaR.

After staying with Team FeaR for a relatively short period of time, FormaL joined Team Kaliber and competed with them at the Call of Duty Championship 2014, but following a disappointing event in which they finished 13th-16th. FormaL left to join the newly formed FaZe Black squad. The team which consisted of ProoFy, Saints, and Censor. With the addition of FormaL, this new team was seen by many as a "god squad", one that would be able to finally overcome compLexity Gaming. However, the team never achieved any real success.

After many team changes following MLG Anaheim 2014, FormaL decided to take his raw slaying ability to Team EnVyUs. The team of MerK, NAMELESS, JKap and FormaL immediately made an impact at their first event together, Gfinity 3 in London. The team had a fantastic event, sweeping Epsilon eSports 3-0 in the Grand Final, taking home $30,000 in prize money. This event cemented FormaL in the history books, as he became the first professional gamer to win a major LAN event in both Call of Duty and Halo. FormaL and Team EnVyUs looked to take this form back into the US at UMG Dallas and they did just this, finishing second to a very in form Denial whom had looked strong all tournament long. FormaL himself was involved in a small amount of roster controversy following Karma leaving Evil Geniuses. He was widely considered as the favorite to fill Karma's spot at Evil Geniuses and was even linked with OpTic Gaming but in the end stayed with Team EnVyUs and won the MLG CoD League Season 3 Playoffs.

Advanced Warfare[]

Heading into Advanced Warfare, FormaL left Team EnVyUs, and joined OpTic Gaming, together with Crimsix, to complete the roster of NaDeSHoT, Scump, Crimsix and FormaL. FormaL and OpTic Gaming came into MLG Columbus 2014 with the number one overall seeding having won both the 5K and 10K tournaments, they placed 2nd after losing two best of 5 matches against FaZe Clan consisting of Censor, SlasheR, ACHES, and Apathy in the grand finals.

After a disappointing loss in the last event, OpTic Gaming headed into UMG Orlando 2015, again with the 1st seed. They made it difficult for themselves, after losing both Pool Play matches on Friday 3-0 against Stunner Gaming and Team Revenge. With the help from the other teams in the Pool, OpTic Gaming advanced to the Winners Bracket after winning their last two matches. From there they advanced to the Grand Final and placed 1st after beating Stunner Gaming 3-1.

After storming through the MLG Pro League CoD AW Season 1 Regular Season with a 38-6 record, the OpTic boys entered the playoffs with the number 1 seed. They stormed though the event taking down Rise Nation, Aware Gaming.NA, and Team Kaliber in a closely contested 5 game series and Denial eSports in the grand final to take home the Championship and $30,000.

Just two weeks later, the team took home another event win at the Call of Duty Championship NA Regional Finals 2015 as they only lost one map throughout the entire weekend, going an impressive 18-1 in map count. They defeated top team such as Team Kaliber, Team EnVyUs, FaZe Red and finally Denial eSports in the grand final, defeating Denial 3-0 in the final for the second straight event. This left them with the number one seed for the upcoming Call of Duty Championship 2015 and having won the past three events, they were the heavy favorites to take home the main prize.

At the main event at the end of March, OpTic were placed in Group A along with Vitality X, Team Orbit and NxG Rapid. It was regular business for the team in group play as they finished 3-0 in the group. As the tournament rolled onto Day 2 and Bracket Play, OpTic were drawn against rivals Denial eSports in the first round of the Winners Bracket. They were slow out of the gate as they fell 3-1 to Denial. They matched up against Below Zero in Loser's Round 1 where they defeated them 3-0. They then moved onto Strictly Business in Loser's Round 2 where they won 3-1. However, the team faced another road block as they matched up against FaZe Red who defeated OpTic 3-0, eliminating the tournament favorites. OpTic placed 7th taking home $35,000.

Trivia[]

  • FormaL began his esports career as a Halo competitor, who had won 7 events in three different Halo games.
  • FormaL has won major tournaments in Halo: Reach, Halo 4, Halo 2: Anniversary, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare.
  • FormaL won three events with three different teams across three different games in a two month period.
  • FormaL was the first competitive FPS player to win a major LAN event in both Call of Duty and Halo. He earned this distinction on August 3, 2014, when he won Gfinity 3 as a member of Team Envy.
  • FormaL was the MLG Pro League 2015 Season 1 Record Breaking Player of the Season. He was also on the All CoD League-First Team.
  • FormaL and his current teammate Scump are nicknamed the "T2P" duo, which stands for "time to pound".
  • FormaL has 22 Major championship wins.
  • FormaL was one of six players to be a part of the OpTic Gaming dynasty; winning a total of 18 tournaments with/during this dynasty.
  • FormaL won the CDL 2020 Duo of the Year (Scump) award.

Achievements[]

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

Minimum place
Tournament tier
FormaL Tournament Results
GameDatePlPrizeEventTeamDisplayRoster
2022-11-075 - 6 BoomTV x Team Summertime ProSim Invitational 2Logo stdLEGI LEGIQN •  Owakening •  Scope •  UnRationaL •  FormaL
2021-12-012 100 Thieves Call of Duty Legends ShowmatchLogo stdNADE Nadeshot •  Clayster •  FormaL •  Rambo
2021-11-197 - 8 RØKKR Battle of ChampionsLogo stdFORM FormaL •  Attach •  MajorManiak •  Vivid
2021-11-1760 World Series of Warzone Season 1 NA SoloYoloLogo stdFORM FormaL
2021-11-1757 World Series of Warzone Season 1 NA DuosLogo stdTEEP TeeP •  FormaL
2021-10-112 Team Summertime Elgato Black Ops III ShowmatchLogo stdELGA FormaL •  Envoy •  Temp •  Classic
2021-10-0813 OpTic Chicago 100K Warzone InvitationalScumplogo stdSCMP Scump •  FormaL •  Karma
2021-08-225 - 6$ 75,000$ 75,000$ 75,000 Call of Duty League Championship 2021OpTic Chicagologo stdCHI Scump •  FormaL •  Envoy •  Dashy Sender
2021-08-184 Call of Duty League 2021 SeasonOpTic Chicagologo stdCHI Scump •  FormaL •  Envoy •  Dashy General Sender
2021-08-013$ 80,000$ 80,000$ 80,000 Call of Duty League 2021 - Stage 5 MajorOpTic Chicagologo stdCHI Scump •  FormaL •  Envoy •  Dashy Sender
Total Prize:USD 155,000

Media[]

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  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021

Post-Match Interviews

DateTournamentMatchLink
2021-07-31Call of Duty League 2021 - Stage 5 Major
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2021-07-11Call of Duty League 2021 - Stage 5
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2021-06-19Call of Duty League 2021 - Stage 4 Major
CHIOpTic Chicagologo std
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Seattle Surgelogo stdSEA
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2021-05-28Call of Duty League 2021 - Stage 4
CHIOpTic Chicagologo std
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Minnesota RØKKRlogo stdMIN
Link
2020-07-12Call of Duty League 2020 Week 11 - New York
CHIChicago Huntsmenlogo std
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Atlanta FaZelogo stdATL
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2020-07-10Call of Duty League 2020 Week 11 - New York
LDNLondon Royal Ravenslogo std
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Chicago Huntsmenlogo stdCHI
Link
2020-02-08Call of Duty League 2020 Week 2 - London
CHIChicago Huntsmenlogo std
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Los Angeles Guerrillaslogo stdLAG
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2016-04-02CWL Pro Division 2016 NA Stage 1 Playoffs
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