FaZe Clan

 FaZe Sniping made its debut on YouTube on May 30th 2010. [5] The group was originally a Call of Duty clan that was created by Eric "CLipZ", Jeff "House Cat" and Ben "Resistance". The group earned an enviable reputation for their innovative trick shooting in the game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Their YouTube content exploded after Ted "Fakie" was a member of the clan was added to their group. This was the time when FaZe unveiled the most popular series on their channel, ILLCAMS. [8] FaZe Clan's focus on trickshotting and a personality/social-media approach led to FaZe Clan becoming one of the first popular YouTube video game channels, compared to other Call of Duty channels which were focused on winning tournaments. The channel surpassed one million subscribers in 2012 and started to expand into esports competitions. Teams that were that were under the FaZe name began competing in tournaments like the Call of Duty Championship and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships which were distinct from the group's YouTube content creators, which split the members of FaZe Clan into two mostly autonomous camps. FaZe Clan didn't have a organizational structure initially. However, the initial chief executive officer of FaZe Clan was Thomas "Temperrr" (a Brazilian who was an active member since the age of 16 years old. 9 Oliveira and COO Richard "Banks" Bengston created the first FaZe shared house in 2014, in Plainview, New York, in which they could integrate the lifestyle of their games into their content. In 2015, former social media company Hubrick was founded by Norwegian Entrepreneur Sebastian Guerts, decided to invest in the FaZe Clan. 9. Hubrick recruited former record executive Lee Trink to serve as the company's CEO. 9. FaZe Clan purchased European esports team G2 Esports’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive international roster in January 2016.[11They played under the FaZe Clan banner in the MLG 2016 Major Championship: Columbus.[12] The team placed second in ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018 and lost to the Cloud9. They are based in the US. Cloud9. In 2017, Bengston relocated to Los Angeles, starting a new home shared with YouTubers called the Clout House. 10 FaZe Clan were the runners up in ESL Pro League Season 6 in 2017,[14] and second runners up in ESL Pro League Season 7 and ESL One Cologne 2018. FaZe Clan were the champions of ELeague CS:GO Premier in 2017 with a prize of $500,000 cash.