Ryan Abadir (born November 25, 1992), better known asFREAKAZOiD, is an American professionalCounter-Strike 2 player. He has played with teams such asCloud9 andEcho Fox. Abadir was the last player under contract with Echo Fox, which ended in January 2018.[2] In May 2020, Abadir announced his retirement fromCS:GO to pursue a career inValorant.[1] He returned to professionalCounter-Strike in January 2022 with the Mythic roster.[3]
Abadir began his professionalCounter-Strike career in 2010 with team Area 51 Gaming.[4] From 2010 to 2012, he competed with teams Swole Patrol and Netcode Illuminati.[5] In 2012, he signed with Team Dynamic.[6]
Abadir joined Cloud9 on April 29, 2015, along with Tyler "Skadoodle" Latham.[8] On July 9–12 C9 played atESWC 2015 and finished 2nd behindNatus Vincere.[9]
In February 2016 he was deducted a month's pay and attended ananti-bullying seminar after he was caught incorrectly treatingTeam Liquid player Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostylev during a FACEIT Pro League online match.[10]
Abadir was dropped from the C9 roster on April 13, 2016.[11][12][13] On April 26 he was announced as a stand in forSplyce in place of Abraham "abE" Fazli and got 7-8t at DreamHack Austin 2016.[14][15][16]
