FormaL

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FormaL
Background Information
Name	Matt Piper
Country of Birth	United States
Birthday	December 19, 1994 (age 26)
Residency	NA North America
Competitive
Role	Player
Social Media & Links
Team History
??? 2009 - ??? 2010  ⁠⁠Various Teams ??? 2011 - ??? 2011  ⁠⁠Soul ??? 2011 - ??? 2011 2014 - 2014  ⁠⁠Believe the Hype ??? 2011 - ??? 2011 2012 - 2012  ⁠⁠Dynasty ??? 2012 - ??? 2012 2012 - 2013  ⁠⁠Ambush ??? 2012 - ??? 2012  ⁠⁠Avengers ??? 2014 - ??? 2014  ⁠⁠Reign 812

Matthew "FormaL" Piper is a retired player most well known for his time on teams such as Ambush and Believe the Hype.

Since retiring from Halo, FormaL has become a successful Call of Duty player. He currently plays in the Call of Duty League with the Chicago Huntsmen. For information on his CoD career, visit his COD Esports Gamepedia page.

Biography

Matthew Piper was born on December 19, 1994. He is from southern California.

Halo 3

Formal began his Halo career at MLG Anaheim 2009, as a member of Chilled Reality alongside AoW, Frogan and Shyre. They placed 30th. Formal's next event was MLG Columbus 2010 as a member of The A-Team with HaloKnight. They placed outside the top 32. Formal's last documented Halo 3 event was MLG Raleigh 2010, where he again placed outside of the top 32 as a member of Far From Home alongside Aptix, Gregor and MuNoZ.

Halo: Reach

Formal first made a name for himself in Halo: Reach by placing 5th at MLG Dallas 2011. His team, Soul, included Blaze, Brake and Ryanoob. Ryanoob was replaced with Goofy for Columbus, where Formal and Soul took 6th place. Formal and Blaze then left Soul to join Believe the Hype alongside Maniac and Ryanoob. BtH took 5th place in Anaheim. Blaze and Ryanoob then left BtH to join Infamous, and were replaced by Destin and Reliable. The new squad placed 3rd in Raleigh. Formal and Destin then left BtH to join Dynasty alongside Heinz and TiZoXiC. On Dynasty, Formal finally found success, winning his first event in Orlando. Unfortunately, Dynasty did not perform as well at the Providence National Championships, taking 5th place.

In 2012, Formal and Heinz left Dynasty to form Ambush with APG and Cloud. The new squad placed 3rd at the MLG Winter Championship 2012. After MLG dropped Halo, Formal and APG joined team Avengers with Clutch and Lethul and placed 3rd at AGL 1. The 2011 Dynasty lineup then reformed for AGL 2, where Formal again placed 3rd.

Halo 4

In late 2012, Formal and Heinz reformed Ambush again, this time with APG and Snip3down. The new squad took 2nd at the MLG Fall Championship 2012. The Ambush squad stuck together for AGL 3 Chicago where they placed 1st. APG was then replaced with iGotUrPistola, and the new squad proceeded to dominate the competition, winning three straight events (AGL 5, AGL 7, UMG Chicago) before placing 4th at AGL 8. They then attended AGL 9 with Enable in place of Snip3down and won the event.

In 2014, Formal and Heinz formed Reign 812 with APG and Lethul, and the squad placed 3rd at RTX 2014.

Halo 2: Annivesary

Formal, APG and Lethul started off H2A by joining Believe the Hype. This squad took 1st place at the ESL MCC Launch Invitational. Formal retired from Halo after this to fully pursue a Call of Duty career.

Trivia

• Formal is the first player to win a major event in both Halo and Call of Duty. He earned this distinction on August 3, 2014 when he won Gfinity 3 as a member of Team EnVyUs.

Team and Tournament History

Team Competitions

Game	End Date	Event	Place	Team Prize	Team	Teammates (Coach)
	November 9, 2014	ESL MCC Launch Invitational	A11	$20,000	⁠⁠Believe the Hype	aPG • LethuL • MaNiaC
	July 6, 2014	RTX 2014	A33	$500	⁠⁠Reign 812	Heinz • aPG • LethuL
	August 11, 2013	AGL 9 Atlanta	A11	-	⁠⁠Ambush	Heinz • iGotUrPistola • Enable
	July 21, 2013	AGL 8 Knoxville	A44	-	⁠⁠Ambush	Heinz • Snip3down • iGotUrPistola
	June 23, 2013	UMG Chicago 2013	A11	$7,500	⁠⁠Ambush	Heinz • Snip3down • iGotUrPistola
	June 9, 2013	AGL 7 Knoxville	A11	$10,000	⁠⁠Ambush	Heinz • Snip3down • iGotUrPistola
	April 14, 2013	AGL 5 Nashville	A11	$5,000	⁠⁠Ambush	Heinz • Snip3down • iGotUrPistola
	January 27, 2013	AGL 3 Chicago	A11	$4,500	⁠⁠Ambush	Heinz • aPG • Snip3down
	November 4, 2012	MLG Fall Championship 2012	A22	$10,000	⁠⁠Ambush	Heinz • aPG • Snip3down
	October 7, 2012	AGL 2 Columbus	A33	-	⁠⁠Dynasty	Destin • Heinz • TiZoXiC
	August 5, 2012	AGL 1 Chicago	A33	-	⁠⁠Avengers	aPG • Cloud • LethuL
	March 25, 2012	MLG Winter Championship 2012	A33	$8,000	⁠⁠Ambush	Heinz • aPG • Cloud
	November 20, 2011	MLG Providence Championships 2011	A55	$20,000	⁠⁠Dynasty	Destin • TiZoXiC • Heinz
	October 16, 2011	MLG Orlando 2011	A11	$20,000	⁠⁠Dynasty	Destin • TiZoXiC • Heinz
	August 28, 2011	MLG Raleigh 2011	A33	$8,000	⁠⁠Believe the Hype	MaNiaC • Destin • Reliable
	July 31, 2011	MLG Anaheim 2011	A55	$4,000	⁠⁠Believe the Hype	Blaze • RyaNoob • MaNiaC
	June 5, 2011	MLG Columbus 2011	A66	$2,800	⁠⁠Soul	Blaze • Brake • Goofy
	April 3, 2011	MLG Dallas 2011	A55	$4,000	⁠⁠Soul	Blaze • Brake • RyaNoob
	August 29, 2010	MLG Raleigh 2010	D3< 32	-	⁠⁠Far From Home	Aptix • Gregor • MuNoZ
	June 6, 2010	MLG Columbus 2010	D3< 32	-	⁠⁠The A-Team	HaloKnight • ? • ?
	November 8, 2009	MLG Anaheim 2009	D030	-	⁠⁠Chilled Reality	AoW • Frogan • Shyre

External Links

• FormaL's COD Esports Wiki Page cod-esports.gamepedia.com