shade

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Shade competing at Insomnia55. Credit to Austin "Tagg" Wade.
Player Information
Name:
Dante Funari
Country:
Status:
Inactive
Years Active:
2012 - 2016
Role:
Links
teamfortress.tv User Page ESEA Player Page
Website Steam Profile Twitch Stream YouTube Channel Twitter
Achievements
First Place ESEA-I Season 11 ESEA-I Season 13 ESEA-I Season 14 ESEA-I Season 16 Insomnia52 ESEA-I Season 17 ESEA-I Season 18 ESEA-I Season 19 Insomnia55

Second Place ESEA-O Season 9 Insomnia46 ESEA-I Season 12 TeamFortress.TV Zowie Invitational ESEA-I Season 15

Third Place/Semifinalist(s) Insomnia49 ESEA-I Season 20
First Place ESEA Invite Season 13, ESEA Invite Season 14, ESEA Invite Season 16, Insomnia52, ESEA Invite Season 17, ESEA Invite Season 18, ESEA Invite Season 19, Insomnia55, ESEA Invite Season 23, ESEA Invite Season 25
Second Place Insomnia46, ESEA Invite Season 12
Third Place/Semifinalist(s) Insomnia49, ESEA Invite Season 20, ESEA Invite Season 22
History
2013 - 2014
2014 - 2016

Dante "shade" Funari is a competitive TF2 player who played Medic for various invite TF2 Teams. Shade has been widely regarded as one of the best medics in the history of Team Fortress 2, and has been mostly playing with b4nny for all of his TF2 career. Shade's most notable performances as Medic were for teams such as High Rollers Gaming and froyotech, which hardly ever lost a season of ESEA-I. His ability to 'milk' ubers and shoot crossbows with stunning accuracy and consistency vastly changed his team's performance overall.

Team History

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 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 to be confused with the ESEA-I and i49 competitors of the same name).

Don't Trip; The “tyrone” Teams

Shade took a short break from competing in ESEA, and was later picked up as Medic by upcoming ESEA-I (Invite) team Don’t Trip, or most commonly known as Leviathan Gaming. 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. In Insomnia46, both Classic Mixup and Leviathan Gaming asserted their dominance against the European teams. The team took on many different sponsorships, such as Quantic Gaming, Leviathan Gaming, and iT. The team also went through numerous flank classes, from blaze on Scout to Dave_AC on Soldier.

High Rollers Gaming; The “b4nny” Teams

After ESEA 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, picking up Tagg 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 took up sponsorship for this team, Shade was unable to commit to a team and left. After various roster changes, iT went undefeated in the regular season, however they took second in one of the closest ESEA 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 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 his twitter 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.
  • Shade is one of the few competitive players who still use the default hud, including its renounced red damage markers

References