FormaL

Overview

Tournament Results

FormaL
Background Information
Name	Matt Piper
Country of Birth	United States
Birthday	December 19, 1994 (age 30)
Residency	NA North America
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠OpTic Gaming
Role	Player
Input	Controller
Social Media & Links

Matt "FormaL" Piper is a Halo esports player, currently a player for OpTic Gaming. During his Halo retirement from 2013-2021, FormaL became a successful Call of Duty player including multiple years on the OpTic Gaming dynasty.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team		Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠Soul		≈Apr 2011≈2011-04-??	≈Jun 2011≈2011-06-??	≈2mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Believe the Hype		≈Jul 2011≈2011-07-??	≈Sep 2011≈2011-09-??	≈2mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dynasty		≈Sep 2011≈2011-09-??	≈Feb 2012≈2012-02-??	≈5mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Ambush		≈Mar 2012≈2012-03-??	≈Aug 2013≈2013-08-??	≈1yr 5mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dynasty		≈Apr 2012≈2012-04-??	Oct 20122012-10-??	≈6mo 14d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Believe the Hype		≈Oct 2014≈2014-10-??	≈Dec 2014≈2014-12-??	≈2mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠OpTic Gaming		Aug 20212021-08-28	Feb 20222022-02-18	5mo 21d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Inconceivable		Nov 20212021-11-17	Nov 20212021-11-19	2d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Sentinels		Dec 20212021-12-12	Jan 20222022-01-28	1mo 16d	Temp Sub ejel
NA	⁠⁠OpTic Gaming		Feb 20222022-02-18	Present	3yr 4mo	ej

	Team		Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠Soul		≈Apr 2011≈2011-04-??	≈Jun 2011≈2011-06-??	≈2mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Believe the Hype		≈Jul 2011≈2011-07-??	≈Sep 2011≈2011-09-??	≈2mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dynasty		≈Sep 2011≈2011-09-??	≈Feb 2012≈2012-02-??	≈5mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Ambush		≈Mar 2012≈2012-03-??	≈Aug 2013≈2013-08-??	≈1yr 5mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dynasty		≈Apr 2012≈2012-04-??	Oct 20122012-10-??	≈6mo 14d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Believe the Hype		≈Oct 2014≈2014-10-??	≈Dec 2014≈2014-12-??	≈2mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠OpTic Gaming		Aug 20212021-08-28	Feb 20222022-02-18	5mo 21d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Inconceivable		Nov 20212021-11-17	Nov 20212021-11-19	2d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Sentinels		Dec 20212021-12-12	Jan 20222022-01-28	1mo 16d	Temp Sub ejel
NA	⁠⁠OpTic Gaming		Feb 20222022-02-18	Present	3yr 4mo	ej

News

• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2021
• 2022

NA	⁠⁠Soul	April (approx.), Blaze, Brake, FormaL, and RyaNoob join. e
NA	⁠⁠Soul	June (approx.), Blaze, Brake, FormaL, and Goofy leave. e
NA	⁠⁠BtH	July (approx.), Blaze, FormaL, and RyaNoob join. Cloud, Clutch, and Neighbor leave. e
NA	⁠⁠Dyn	September (approx.), Destin and FormaL join. Cloud and Snip3down leave. e
NA	⁠⁠BtH	September (approx.), Cloud and Snip3down join. Destin and FormaL leave. e

NA	⁠⁠Dyn	February (approx.), Dersky and LethuL join. FormaL and Heinz leave. e
NA	⁠⁠AMB	March (approx.), APG, Cloud, FormaL, and Heinz join. e
NA	⁠⁠Dyn	April (approx.), FormaL and Heinz join. Dersky and LethuL leave. e
NA	⁠⁠Dyn	October, AcE, Dersky, and Reliable join. FormaL, Heinz, and TiZoXiC leave. e

NA

⁠⁠AMB

August (approx.), Enable, FormaL, Heinz, and iGotUrPistola leave. e

NA	⁠⁠BtH	October (approx.), aPG, FormaL, LethuL, and MaNiaC join. e
NA	⁠⁠BtH	December (approx.), Legit joins. FormaL leaves. e

NA	⁠⁠OG	August 28, FormaL (Content Creator) joins. e
NA	⁠⁠F/A	November 17, FormaL comes out of retirement. e
NA	⁠⁠ICE	November 17, FormaL joins. e
NA	⁠⁠ICE	November 19, Snip3down joins. FormaL leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠SEN	December 12, FormaL joins as temporary substitute for HCS Raleigh 2021, replacing Royal2. Royal2 becomes inactive. e

NA	⁠⁠SEN	January 28, FormaL (temporary substitute) leaves. Royal2 becomes active. e
NA	⁠⁠OG	February 18, FormaL (Content Creator to Player) changes position. iGotUrPistola moves to substitute. e

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.

Achievements

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Minimum place
Premier Only Major Only Minor Only Tournament tier

FormaL Tournament Results
	Date	Pl	Prize	Event		Roster
	2024-10-06	2	$220,000$ 220,000$220,000	Halo World Championship 2024	⁠⁠OG	Deadzone •  FormaL •  Lucid •  Trippy •  Lunchbox
	2024-09-08	2	$60,000$ 60,000$60,000	HCS Major Salt Lake City 2024	⁠⁠OG	Deadzone •  FormaL •  Lucid •  Trippy •  Lunchbox
	2024-07-28	2	$60,000$ 60,000$60,000	HCS Major Atlanta 2024	⁠⁠OG	deadzone •  FormaL •  Lucid •  Trippy •  Lunchbox
	2024-06-02	2	$60,000$ 60,000$60,000	HCS Major London 2024	⁠⁠OG	Deadzone •  FormaL •  Lucid •  Trippy •  Lunchbox
	2024-03-17	2	$60,000$ 60,000$60,000	HCS Major Arlington 2024	⁠⁠OG	Deadzone •  Formal •  Lucid •  Trippy •  Lunchbox
	2023-11-16	3	$4,000$ 4,000$4,000	BoomTV Halo Infinite Community Gauntlet	⁠⁠OG	Lucid •  TriPPPeY •  FormaL •  Lunchbox
	2023-10-15	2	$220,000$ 220,000$220,000	Halo World Championship 2023	⁠⁠OG	aPG •  Formal •  Lucid •  Trippey •  Lunchbox
	2023-09-03	1	$100,000$ 100,000$100,000	HCS Major Fort Worth 2023	⁠⁠OG	aPG •  FormaL •  Lucid •  Trippy •  Lunchbox
	2023-08-06	4	$10,000$ 10,000$10,000	HCS Global Invitational Salt Lake City 2023	⁠⁠OG	aPG •  Formal •  Lucid •  Trippey •  Lunchbox
	2023-07-02	5 - 6	$8,000$ 8,000$8,000	HCS Major Arlington 2023	⁠⁠OG	aPG •  Formal •  Lucid •  Trippey •  Lunchbox
Total Prize:USD 802,000

Media

• 2021
• 2022

• December 12, A brief look into FormaL's Halo Career by Mike Schnitzer on Forerunner
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• December 17, The Official OpTic Halo Pre-Show (ft. Scump, FormaL, Lucid, MaNiaC) by OpTic Gaming on YouTube
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• February 11, The Official Optic Halo Preshow (HCS Anaheim) by OpTic Nation on YouTube
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• February 11, Formal Returns to Fight Against Optic | HCS Raleigh by OpTic Gaming on YouTube
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2022-09-24	HCS Major Orlando 2022	OG⁠⁠ vs ⁠⁠OXG
2022-04-29	HCS Major Kansas City 2022	OG⁠⁠ vs ⁠⁠FaZe	Link
2021-12-19	HCS Kickoff Major Raleigh 2021	OG⁠⁠ vs ⁠⁠SEN	Link

Gallery

Images

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  FormaL
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  OPTI FormaL
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  OG FormaL, Kansas City 2022
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  OG FormaL, Orlando 2022
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  OG FormaL
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  OG FormaL, HCS Arlington 2025

Rosters

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  OpTic Gaming, HCS Arlington 2025, Left to Right: FormaL, Renegade, Lqgend, Bound

Redirects

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• Formal
• Formul