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Brandon "'''Seagull'''" Larned was an [[:Category:American Players|American]] competitive Team Fortress 2 player who mained [[Roaming Soldier]] and [[Demoman]].
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Seagull is well known for playing on teams such as [[The Experiment]], [[Fully Torqued]] and most notably [[Classic Mixup]]. He is regarded by many as one of the best Roaming Soldiers to have ever played the game and has participated in numerous [[ESEA-Invite]] LANs as well as [[i52]].
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== Career ==
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=== Early Career ===
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Seagull's first full season was in Season 2 Open (Invite wasnt a Division until Season 3) when he competed with [[iDemise-]] finishing the Season third with the team. He then switched to [[Blight Gaming]] for three Seasons winning Season 3 and finishing 3rd and 2nd respectively with the team for the following Seasons. After a break he returned to play for [[The Experiment]] in Season 10 finishing Second with the team. He had some brief spells with [[GOIN HEAVY]] and [[Fully Torqued]] (achieving 3rd in Season 13 with the latter) before joining the team that would ultimately define his career.
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=== The Mixup Era ===
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Before the start of ESEA Invite Season 14 Seagull was acquired by Season 13 Runners-up Classic Mixup to play Demoman for the team. They subsequently finished 2nd to reigning champions [[High Rollers Gaming]]. Seagull switched to Roamer for Season 15 and started asserting his dominance on the role amazing the community with his coordination and aggression of his bombs. Mixup went into LAN as the second seed and with Seagull ending up beating [[iT]] in an astonishing display to with both Grand Final best-of-threes for Seagull's second Invite title. In Season 16 his biggest rivals were now the soon to be legendary [[froyotech]] who proved too strong for his team getting narrowly beaten in the Grand Final. His next major tournament was at [[i52]] which was the first time Seagull had played at a European LAN. Although impressing many at the event his team could only manage third losing to [[Epsilon eSports]] in a nail-biting Golden-Cap finish in the Lower-Bracket final. Seagull ended up playing one more season for Mixup in Season 17, finishing third again before he eventually quit the game.
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== Tournament history ==
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{{PlayerTournamentHistory/header  |Global LANs}}
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== Results ==
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{{Main|Seagull/Results}}
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==Trivia==
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*Seagull was a top player in Half-Life 2: Deathmatch before picking up TF2.
  
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* {{ExternalMediaLink  |date=2016-12-24  |link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EDMQbWpc7k|title=In-Depth TF2: Seagull's Roamer |by={{Player link|uksc|nuze}} |of=  |event=  |event-link= |language= |translation= }}
  
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Brandon "Seagull" Larned was an American 6v6 player who is most known for skill and gamesense on Roamer. He is most known as a former Roamer for [[Classic Mixup]]. After achieving 3rd Place at [[i52]] for the team Seagull eventually quit TF2 and is now enjoying a successful career in Overwatch where he is one of the most recognised players in the game for his Genji play.
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Latest revision as of 21:07, 12 April 2020

United States Seagull
Seagull.jpg
Seagull at ESEA Season 16 LAN
Player Information
Name Brandon Larned
Born July 23, 1992 ( 1992 -07-23) (age 32)
Nationality United States United States
Status Inactive (2009 - 2014)
Mains Roaming Soldier Roaming Soldier
Demoman Demoman
Career Winnings $3,200
Other Aliases A_Seagull
Achievements[see all]
Third Place 3rd
Classic Mixup Icon.png
Team History
2009 - 2010
Blight
2011 - 2012
The Experiment Icon.png
2012 - 2013
2013 - 2014
Classic Mixup Icon.png
Links
Esports Earnings Page ESEA Player Page Logs.tf Page Twitch Stream YouTube Channel Twitter

Brandon "Seagull" Larned was an American competitive Team Fortress 2 player who mained Roaming Soldier and Demoman.

Seagull is well known for playing on teams such as The Experiment, Fully Torqued and most notably Classic Mixup. He is regarded by many as one of the best Roaming Soldiers to have ever played the game and has participated in numerous ESEA-Invite LANs as well as i52.

Career[edit]

Early Career[edit]

Seagull's first full season was in Season 2 Open (Invite wasnt a Division until Season 3) when he competed with iDemise- finishing the Season third with the team. He then switched to Blight Gaming for three Seasons winning Season 3 and finishing 3rd and 2nd respectively with the team for the following Seasons. After a break he returned to play for The Experiment in Season 10 finishing Second with the team. He had some brief spells with GOIN HEAVY and Fully Torqued (achieving 3rd in Season 13 with the latter) before joining the team that would ultimately define his career.

The Mixup Era[edit]

Before the start of ESEA Invite Season 14 Seagull was acquired by Season 13 Runners-up Classic Mixup to play Demoman for the team. They subsequently finished 2nd to reigning champions High Rollers Gaming. Seagull switched to Roamer for Season 15 and started asserting his dominance on the role amazing the community with his coordination and aggression of his bombs. Mixup went into LAN as the second seed and with Seagull ending up beating iT in an astonishing display to with both Grand Final best-of-threes for Seagull's second Invite title. In Season 16 his biggest rivals were now the soon to be legendary froyotech who proved too strong for his team getting narrowly beaten in the Grand Final. His next major tournament was at i52 which was the first time Seagull had played at a European LAN. Although impressing many at the event his team could only manage third losing to Epsilon eSports in a nail-biting Golden-Cap finish in the Lower-Bracket final. Seagull ended up playing one more season for Mixup in Season 17, finishing third again before he eventually quit the game.

Tournament history[edit]

Year Team CL Tournament Place Prize
Global LANs
2014 Classic mixup Roaming Soldier Insomnia_Gaming_Festival i52 3rd $200

Results[edit]

Main article: Seagull/Results

Trivia[edit]

  • Seagull was a top player in Half-Life 2: Deathmatch before picking up TF2.

Media[edit]

Videos[edit]


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