Shade

{{Player infobox | alias = Shade | image = shade.jpg | fullname = Dante Funari | age = | country = United States | formats = 6v6 | class = Medic | currentteam = | previousteams = froyotech, Leviathan Gaming, iT | achievements =

• ESEA Season 20 Invite 3rd Place
• [[Insomnia55] 1st Place
• ESEA Season 19 Invite 1st Place
• ESEA Season 18 Invite 1st Place
• ESEA Season 17 Invite 1st Place
• Insomnia52 1st Place
• ESEA Season 16 Invite 1st Place
• Insomnia49 3rd Place
• ESEA Season 14 Invite 1st Place
• ESEA Season 13 Invite 1st Place
• ESEA Season 12 Invite 2nd Place
• Insomnia46 2nd Place
• ESEA Season 11 Invite 1st Place

| steam = sdot_ | youtube = shadetf2 | twitch = shade | otherlinks = ESEA Profile }} Dante "Shade" Funari is a competitive TF2 player who played Medic for invite TF2 Teams. Shade has been widely regarded as one of the best medics in the history of Team Fortress 2, and has been playing with b4nny for all of his TF2 career. Shade made his most notable performances as Medic were for teams such as High Rollers Gaming and froyotech, hardly ever losing a season of ESEA-Invite.

TF2

Beybladers

Shade's known TF2 career started on an ancient team that competed in ESEA-O the Beyblayders. Shade played Soldier for the team and brought great success to season, their first season of ESEA-O. The team ended the regular season (12-4-0), and placed 2nd in playoffs. The team outplayed other names such as xensity, Vector Gaming, and High Rollers Gaming (not the Invite one)

Don't Trip/the “tyrone” teams

Shade took a brief break from competing in ESEA, and was later picked up, as Medic by upcoming ESEA-I (Invite) team, Don’t Trip. Shade played the first match for Don’t Trip in the second week, and scored 4-0 against Mighty Ducks, a team consisting of both invite legends seanbud and Decimate. By the end of the season, Don’t Trip placed first in ESEA-I (Invite) playoffs, and finished the regular season (12-4-0). The team’s tight cohesion in the combo of b4nny, tyrone, and shade, became a key factor in their success, and one of the most powerful combos of their time. The team took many different sponsorships, such as Quantic Gaming, Leviathan Gaming, iT. The team went through numerous flank classes, from blaze on Scout to Dave_AC on Soldier.

High Rollers Gaming/the “b4nny” teams

After season 12, b4nny, Shade, and cyzer left the team, forming bp, signed by their sponsor, High Rollers Gaming. They cherry-picked the best talent they could find, getting Taggerung from The Chess Club and Shrugger from Pinball Wizards, as well as lansky from GOIN HEAVY. The team went 16-0 in the regular season before being noticed by High Rollers Gaming and getting sponsored by them for lan. The team was completely dominant except in i49. The team lost against the only european teams, broder and Epsilon E-Sports. Shortly after iT decided to sponsor this team, shade was unable to commit to a team and left. Although iT went undefeated in the regular season, they took second in one of the closest finals against Classic Mixup.

froyotech

With the return of shade, b4nny created a new team under the name of froyotech. The team picked up invite legends including clockwork and Ruwin on Scout, blaze on Soldier, and dummy on Demoman. The team later decided to cut Ruwin, put b4nny on Scout and bring in former pocket of High Rollers Gaming, lansky. The team asserted their raw dominance from season 16 to 19, winning every ESEA-I (Invite) final within this period. He also went with the team to the largest international tournaments of TF2, [[Insomnia55, taking first place in a rather dominant style. In Season 20 playoffs, froyotech experienced issues with their teammates during gameplay and was eliminated when they lost in a best of three against Ascent and Team Solo Uber. Shortly after this, the team decided to part ways and disband. b4nny and clockwork currently remain along with what remains of Strawberry Mangoes. Although Shade’s place has been taken by ninjanick, he has made it clear that he had intention of rejoining the team, through various tweets from the @froyotech account.

Trivia

• Shade currently streams TF2 frequently check out his stream at twitch.tv/shade
• Shade has achieved first place in every ESEA-I (Invite) Lan he has participated in since ESEA-I Season 13.