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Name | Peirce Hillman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country of Birth | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birthday | November 24, 1997 (age 26) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography[]
Black Ops III[]
After becoming known as a standout player in online tournaments, Gunless joined his first professional organization, Pnda Gaming, a few months into the Call of Duty: Black Ops III season. Playing alongside other upcoming players from the Advanced Warfare season, JuJu, Pemby and HumanJesus, the team placed moderately well at a number of events, including a top 16 finish at UMG South Carolina.
Infinite Warfare[]
Despite not managing any outstanding placements during Black Ops III, Gunless' talent had not gone unnoticed, and for the Infinite Warfare season, he joined The Gosu Crew, a new organization in Call of Duty esports. Now playing alongside DraMa and twins Arcitys and Prestinni, the team surprised many in the initial online CWL 2K tournament, eliminating both reigning world champions Team Envy, and Rise Nation. The team also qualified for the Las Vegas Open through the online qualifiers. In Vegas, the team surprised once more, beating FaZe in the group stages, and making a losers bracket run, before a defeat to Enigma6 eliminated them in 9-12th. However, this was a higher placing than had been anticipated for the team, and Gunless had been the standout player.
An opportunity arose with another recently formed organization, eUnited, who's team disappointed at the Vegas event, placing top 24. Retaining captain SiLLY, the team recruited the trio of Arcitys, Prestinni and Gunless from The Gosu Crew and the team quickly gelled, winning their first 2K tournament together, shocking other competitive teams and fans. Fans doubted that the team's online performance would translate to offline tournaments however. But in one of the most notable underdog victories in competitive Call of Duty history, eUnited performed incredibly at the next event, CWL Atlanta. Beginning in groups, they swept their pool play opponents, finishing with a 4-0 record, dropping only 2 maps throughout. Once more, Gunless was the top performer, however the slaying provided by Prestinni and Arcitys also contributed. eUnited continued their run, taking out Splyce, FaZe and Envy on their way to the grand finals. There, they matched up with OpTic Gaming, who were the pre-tournament favorites. Despite being swept 0-3 in the first best of 5, eUnited showed great composure, they won the second best of five 3-2. Gunless was awarded MVP for the tournament. At around this time a number of professional players thought of Gunless as the best player in Infinite Warfare.
Next for the team was trip to Europe for CWL Paris, however the team failed to replicate their Atlanta performance overseas, as they were forced to play through the open bracket, and were eliminated by Splyce. However, back on North American soil, the team looked back to their best, once more reaching the grand final of CWL Dallas. Once more coming up against OpTic, they were unable to overcome them, despite Gunless performing outstandingly individually. As eUnited had come from the losers bracket however, they were forced to beat OpTic Gaming twice and were unable to do so, falling in the game 5 in the second series.
Entering the stage 1 of the CWL Global Pro League, the team had high ambitions of winning the $500,000 playoffs, but close losses to Enigma6 in the first round, and subsequently Luminosity, meant the team would face a disappointing and unexpected 5-6th finish.
Despite not winning Dallas or Stage 1, Gunless performances had thus far been the highlight of the IW season, and teams who had had a poor start to the year were keen to prize him away from eUnited. Rumors circled around Team Envy and Luminosity, but most frequently for FaZe. Gunless initially posted a Twitlonger[44] to claim that he had requested a move, but eUnited had denied it, as they felt they would not be able to receive a player of equal value in return, and as such had placed a $200,000 buy out clause on Gunless' contract. Throughout the conflict, Gunless chose to bench himself from the team, and refused to practice or play with the team at upcoming events, forcing eUnited to draft in Swarley as a substitute. In an interview, long time teammate Prestinni said that he "no longer liked Gunless" and that there was no way to solve the situation.[45] After a number of weeks of escalating rumors an agreement was reached between FaZe and eUnited, to trade Clayster for Gunless who joined Attach, ZooMaa and Enable as FaZe looked to put together a team capable to win the organization's first major event in a number of years.
The new FaZe roster began to practice together ahead of both Stage 2 of the Global Pro League, and the 2017 Call of Duty World League Championship, which boasted $700,000 and $1,500,000 in prizing respectively. Despite a strong showing the group stage of Stage 2, the team failed to make a run at the playoffs, finishing 5-6th, eliminated by OpTic. At the World Championship, the team managed the same placing, again after a strong showing in groups. They were beaten comfortably by OpTic 3-0, and then subsequently by Rise Nation, in a heartbreaking game 5. Regardless, the 5-6th placing ended a highly successful season for Gunless overall, in which he won over $70,000 in tournament prize winnings. It is regarded as one of the fastest rise's of a player in professional Call of Duty, throughout a single season.
World War II[]
Due to the ultimately disappointing placing's while on the FaZe roster, Gunless and the team parted ways. It was announced shortly before the release of the game that Gunless would be joining Echo Fox, alongside a number of high profile players - Saints from Luminosity, Faccento from Rise Nation and Assault from Cloud9. Although all regarded as top players, the team had a difficult start to the season, as they struggled in the opening online CWL 2K tournaments. Successive top 32 finishes in these online tournaments left the team in a dire situation for Pro Points, which would be necassary to qualify for pool play at the first event of the season, CWL Dallas.
The team attended the event and were forced to fight through the open bracket. However, they overcame the challenge, managing to run through all the amateur teams they faced. Once there, the team proved that they were more than at the level of pool play competition, finishing 2nd in their group, and moving on to the winners bracket. Despite falling to eventual champions Team Kaliber in their winners round 1 match, they continued their run in the losers bracket, until it was cut short by Splyce. Their 5-6th placing however was a still a marked achievement as a team coming from open bracket.
Following the event, the roster at the time of Next Threat disbanded, as Methodz wanted to explore his options. Methodz was one of the standout players at the time, and was a hot commodity for teams. Rise Nation were keen to shake up their roster, and wanted Methodz and one other player. The decision was made by Rise to trade AquA for Gunless, and as FeLo left to join compLexity, Methodz joined.
At the upcoming CWL New Orleans, the new Rise team performed exceedingly well, as they made a losers bracket run after being beaten in winners once more by eventual winners tK. Rise firstly eliminated Splyce and then Gunless' former team Echo Fox. After the conclusion of the Echo Fox match, Gunless stood up and shouted across at his former teammates, audibly taunting them for the decision to drop him. Rise managed one further victory over Red Reserve EU, before they were eliminated in 3rd place by runners-up Luminosity. The placing was Gunless' highest since his 2nd place finish with eUnited at CWL Dallas, almost a year prior.
Trivia[]
- Gunless was the MVP at the CWL Atlanta Open 2017 and SEAttle Open 2018.
- Gunless was a 2018 CWL Pro League All-Star.
Achievements[]
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Media[]
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- March 11, CWL Atlanta - Gunless Interview with , and on Gamereactor Esports
- March 11, eUnited's Gunless Interview - #CWLDallas Open with Major League Gaming on YouTube
- March 15, Gunless is 100% the reason why Rise is so good! | MLG Hot Mic by CWL on YouTube
- March 17, "I Want To Play OpTic Gaming In The Final" - Gunless Interview - MLG CWL Dallas Open 2017 with Dexerto on YouTube
- March 17, Gunless Runs Thru Cloud9 - #CWLDallas Open by CWL on YouTube
- May 4, CWL Global Pro League's "Hot Mic" talk show - Week 3 - Group Yellow with Call of Duty World League on YouTube
- May 31, Scuf Gaming Team of the Week (5/28-6/3) by Call of Duty World League on YouTube
- July 4, The First FaZe Gunless Interview “I’m saddened it took a roster change for people to start to care again” with , and on Dexerto
- July 12, Scuf Gaming CWL Global Pro League Stage 2 Group Blue Team of the Week by Call of Duty World League on YouTube
- September 12, TOP 10 Gunless Moments in Infinite Warfare by Dexerto on YouTube
- December 29, eSports: CWL Player Gunless Interview with Chris Joslin on Electric Bento
- January 14, "WHAT'S UP" Rise Nation Winning REACTION + Gunless Interview at CWL NOLA MLG New Orleans 2018 with Dexerto on YouTube
- February 22, Scuf Team of The Week: CWL Pro League | Division A | Week 5 by Call of Duty World League on YouTube
- March 2, Gunless Explains Why Team Kaliber Are Still the Best Going Into CWL Atlanta with , and on Dexerto
- March 11, Rise Nation’s Methodz and Gunless After Winning CWL Atlanta with DBLTAP Call of Duty on YouTube
- July 10, She's perfection, Gunless on the Pre-Anaheim Pokimane Juice with Call of Duty World League on YouTube
- July 20, Gunless, Alexx, Arcitys & Methodz | SCUF Team of the Week by Call of Duty World League on YouTube
- March 18, Gunless gushes over winning, being crowned MVP at CWL Fort Worth with Adam Fitch on Ginx
- March 19, CWL Fort Worth | Team of the Week by Call of Duty World League on YouTube
- March 29, SCUF Team of the Week | Pro League Week 5 by Call of Duty World League on YouTube
- April 9, Yerr are the WorldGaming Call of Duty champs by Dino Medalla on Daily Esports
- May 23, Luminosity benches Gunless heading into CWL Pro League match against OpTic Gaming by Justin Binkowski on Dot Esports
- June 20, Gunless and Assault join Team Envy’s Call of Duty lineup by Justin Binkowski on Dot Esports
- June 25, ACHES explains why Envy CoD switched Huke for Gunless by Calum Patterson on Dexerto
- September 25, TOP 10 Most Watched Twitch Clips from the Black Ops 4 SEAson by Dexerto on YouTube
- October 10, TOP 10 Black Ops 4 SND Pro Clutches by Dexerto on YouTube
- October 24, THE FINAL GOODBYE by NRG Esports on YouTube
- October 24, Chicago’s Call of Duty franchise introduces lineup featuring Scump and FormaL by Justin Binkowski on Dot Esports
- October 25, Is Chicago NRG the scariest roster we've ever seen? | The Esports Dispatch by LandO on YouTube
- November 8, Meet Gunless Huntsmen | Chicago COD Player Series by NRG Esports on YouTube
- January 10, Chicago Huntsmen Prepare for War | The Campaign Episode 1 by Call of Duty League on YouTube
- January 14, Exclusive Look at Logo Reveal to Players by NRG Esports on Vimeo
- January 15, Where’s Formal? | The Campaign Episode 2 by Call of Duty League on YouTube
- January 17, The Clock is Ticking | The Campaign Episode 3 by Call of Duty League on YouTube
- January 20, Ready For Launch | The Campaign Episode 4 by Call of Duty League on YouTube
- January 24, The Chicago Huntsmen Are Trying To Become The ‘Call Of Duty’ League’s Wu-Tang Clan by Martin Rickman on Uproxx
- January 25, The Fight Begins | The Campaign Episode 5 by Call of Duty League on YouTube
- February 6, The Hunt (Episode 1) | Addressing the Optic and Empire "Rivalries" by NRG Esports on YouTube
- February 9, After all the "SH*T talk" it's "FUN" to beat Dallas : Gunless with Dexerto on YouTube
- February 11, Top 5 Plays Presented by PS4 | London Home Series by Call of Duty League on YouTube
- February 20, Home of the Raven| The Hunt EP 2 by NRG Esports on YouTube
- February 20, Who to watch in the Call of Duty League Atlanta Faze Home Series by ESPN on YouTube
- February 22, Gunless: Toronto's Dream Killer by Call of Duty League on YouTube
- March 5, Fear the Deep | The Hunt EP 3 by NRG Esports on YouTube
- April 25, GUNLESS | The Huntsmen Issue | The Eavesdrop Podcast Ep. 58\ by H3CZ on YouTube
- May 5, Gunless BENCHED - Huntsmen Didn't Tell Him?! | Chino for JKap Confirmed! by TacticalRab on YouTube
- May 8, Gunless Benched by Chicago Huntsmen? | Off The Break by LandO on YouTube
- May 19, Where is Gunless going? | Off The Break by LandO on YouTube
- May 22, Gunless to OGLA RUMORED?!.. Seattle Home Series PREDICTIONS! || CoD Competitive by TacticalRab on YouTube
- June 12, The Codcast #33 - Gunless by NAMELESS on YouTube
- June 17, The Gunless Curse: Why a Call of Duty Enigma Just Can't Stay On Top by Dexerto on YouTube
- July 9, Why Gunless Is The Best CoD Pro Censor Has Ever Played by Dexerto on YouTube
- August 5, Gunless HINTS at Reuniting on Rise Nation's 2021 Franchise?!.. by TacticalRab on YouTube
- September 7, GodRx DROPPED, Gunless on the Move?!.. Rostermania Chaos Continues by TacticalRab on YouTube
- September 12, Did Gunless SKETCH on Seattle for OGLA?!.. Rostermania Rumors by TacticalRab on YouTube
- September 14, Gunless HEATED as CDL "Forget" Him in Huntsmen's Post-Season Awards?!.. by TacticalRab on YouTube
- October 9, Envoy, Scump & Gunless CLUTCH UP As Prestinni Sets KILL RECORD — Top 5 @Huntsmen Plays of 2020 by Call of Duty League on YouTube
- October 16, "They saved me from a hellhole" | Rostermania — @Seattle Surge Ft. Gunless, Octane & Prestinni by Call of Duty League on YouTube
- November 3, The Gunless Question: Will ANOTHER Team Fall Apart?!.. by TacticalRab on YouTube
- November 28, Gunless Subbed OUT by Seattle?!.. Smokes BANNED from Cold War by TacticalRab on YouTube
- January 1, OpTic 2020: A Year in Review by OpTic Chicago on YouTube
- January 1, Seattle STRUGGLING in Scrims?!.. Can't Be WORSE Than CDL 2020, Right? by TacticalRab on YouTube
- January 22, 7 players to watch during 2021’s CDL Kickoff Classic by Theo Salaun on Dexerto
- January 24, iLLeY Rips New York Apart!!! | Top 10 Plays | CDL Kickoff 2021 | Day 1 by BreakingPoint on YouTube
- February 4, WarZone Tournament, Kit Reveal AND MORE! by Seattle Surge on YouTube
- February 8, Team Preview: Seattle Surge Looking for Chemistry, Confidence with Retooled Roster by COD League on Call of Duty League
- February 22, 240hz PEIRCE & SUPER WEEK MATCHUPS | Surge Debrief Ep. 8 by Seattle Surge on YouTube
- March 30, Turning the Tide: Ep. 2 | Stage II Hardpoint by Seattle Surge on YouTube
- March 31, aBeZy DOMINATES as Standy Has BEST Debut Series EVER?! | SCUF Team of the Week — Stage II Week 2 by Call of Duty League on YouTube
- April 2, Player Intel | Ep. 3: Gunless by Seattle Surge on YouTube
- April 19, How to Play like a PRO Flex?! | Role Call: Flex Edition — Ft. Priestahh, Gunless & Silly by Call of Duty League on YouTube
- April 27, King Scump Secures the ACE as Bance SHUTS DOWN the Empire?! | Top 5 Plays — London Home Series by Call of Duty League on YouTube
- May 5, Turning the Tide: Ep. 4 | Gunless SnD 1v3 by Seattle Surge on YouTube
- August 3, Attach Seals GREATEST Comeback in CoD HISTORY as Scump Clutches AGAIN! | Top 5 Plays — Stage V Major by Call of Duty League on YouTube
- September 6, The New Los Angeles Guerrillas Roster by LA Guerrillas on YouTube
- September 9, Gunless CALLS OUT LAZY Former Teams, SCARED of FaZe?!. Scump v Nade by TacticalRab on YouTube
- September 29, Gunless & Asim Talk RIVALRY w/ LA Thieves and CDL Rostermania CHAOS! | Breaking Point Podcast #36 by Breaking Point on YouTube
- October 7, Bringing In The BIG GUNS | Rostermania — @LAGuerrillas Ft. Gunless, Huke, Asim, & SlasheR by Call of Duty League on YouTube
- March 28, The KING Can't Miss | Top 5 Plays Major II Week 3 by Call of Duty League on YouTube
Post-Match Interviews
Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
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2022-05-22 | Call of Duty League 2022 - Major 3 Qualifiers | Link | |
2021-06-17 | Call of Duty League 2021 - Stage 4 Major | Link | |
2019-03-27 | CWL Pro League 2019 | Link | |
2019-02-13 | CWL Pro League 2019 | Link |
Gallery[]
Gunless at COD Champs 2018
Gunless at CWL Vegas 2019
External links[]
Redirects[]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 FLAREorg's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 GosuCrew 2016-12-22 roster update twitter.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 MLG Vegas roster announcement twitter.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Clayster Joins twitter.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Prestinni, Arcitys and Gunless Join twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Echo Fox's Post facebook.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 FaZe Clan Roster News: Gunless facebook.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Rise Nation's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Echo Fox Signs Saints, Faccento, Gunless, and Assault to Call of Duty Roster echofox.gg
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Welcome an absolute unit, @i2Gunless to the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 team. twitter.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Rise Nation's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 THE FINAL GOODBYE youtube.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Meet your fam | Toronto Ultra ROSTER youtube.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Welcome an absolute unit, @i2Gunless to the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 team. twitter.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 THE FINAL GOODBYE youtube.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Team Envy's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Gunless' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 THE FINAL GOODBYE youtube.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Seattle Surge's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Seattle Surge's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 LA Guerillas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Alex Rubens' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 LA Guerrillas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Iron Blood's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 The Greatest Ever's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 The Greatest Ever's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 The Greatest Ever's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 Breaking Point's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 New York Subliners' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 TheRotation's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 Lore Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 TheRotation's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 CDCintel's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 Minnesota ROKKR's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 Minnesota ROKKR's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 Minnesota ROKKR's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 Luminosity's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 Envy's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 THE FINAL GOODBYE youtube.com
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 Chicago Huntsmen bench Gunless, promote General to starting roster dotesports.com
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 LA Gurrillas's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 LA Guerrillas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 LA Guerrillas' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Gunless Twitlonger on eU Contract - dexerto.com
- ↑ Prestinni Interview on relationship with Gunless - dexerto.com