Symbolic

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Symbolic
Background Information
Name	Kory Arruda
Country of Birth	United States
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Team Liquid
Social Media & Links
Team History
Nov 2014 - Aug 2015 Jul 2016 - Aug 2016  ⁠⁠Cloud9 Jan 2016 - Jul 2016  ⁠⁠Renegades Aug 2016 - Present  ⁠⁠Team Liquid

Kory "Symbolic" Arruda is the current coach and manager of Team Liquid. He is a veteran coach, also known for his time with teams such as Cloud9 and Renegades.

Biography

Halo 2: Anniversary

Symbolic emerged as a major league coach in late 2014, when he joined the Cloud9 squad alongside Ninja, Hysteria and Victory X. The team had high standards for coaching, having previously enlisted the services of the veteran Towey at the ESL MCC Launch Invitational. Utilizing Symbolic for all of HCS Season 1, the team solidified itself as a top 4 contender, with tgree fourth place finishes including the Finals. Symbolic remained on the team for HCS Season 2 as Ninja was replaced by the legendary iGotUrPistola. Symbolic coached his team to a personal best 3rd place finish at Iron Games Atlanta 2015, but this was followed up by a 6th place finish at HCS Indianapolis 2015. At the culminating event of H2A, the HCS Season 2 Finals, Symbolic and his team took another 4th place finish.

Halo 5: Guardians

Through the pre-Halo 5 rostermania, Symbolic stuck with Victory X, eventually reuniting with Ninja and bringing in Spartan and newcomer StelluR. The new team was signed by the Renegades organization and first competed at the X Games Aspen 2016 invitational, taking 4th place. With their sights set on qualifying for Halo World Championship 2016, Renegades qualified for the NA Regional Finals, where they finished in the top 8, just good enough to qualify. At Worlds, Renegades very nearly defeated Team Allegiance to clinch a top 4 finish, but Allegiance completed a heartbreaking comeback to steal the series, sending Renegades home with a top 8 finish.

Going into the Summer Pro League qualifiers, Renegades made roster changes, replacing StelluR and Spartan with Commonly and Penguin. The new team successfully qualified for Pro League with a top 2 finish in their group at the Summer Qualifier. Renegades had an up and down season, ultimately narrowly finishing 4th and qualifying for the Season Finals. Prior to the event, the roster left the Renegades organization and was acquired by Cloud9. Unable to win any series at the event, Cloud9 took 4th at the Summer Finals.

During the offseason, Symbolic stuck with Commonly and Penguin, forming a new roster alongside Spartan and Rayne and joining the Team Liquid organization. Over the course of the Fall Season, Symbolic saw his strongest results as a coach yet, with a 3rd place finish at HCS Orange County 2016, a very near event win at HCS Las Vegas 2016 and a 3rd place finish at the Season Finals.

Liquid placed 2nd again at the first event of HaloWC 2017 season - UGC St. Louis 2017, their highest placing at an event with both OpTic and EnVyUs in attendance.

Team and Tournament History

Coach

Game	End Date	Event	Place	Team Prize	Team	Teammates (Coach)
	January 22, 2016	UGC St. Louis 2017	A22	$10,000	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Penguin • Rayne • Eco • StelluR
	December 11, 2016	HCS Pro League - Fall 2016 Finals	A33	$25,000	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Spartan • Penguin • Rayne • Commonly
	November 20, 2016	HCS Las Vegas 2016	A22	$6,000	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Spartan • Penguin • Rayne • Commonly
	October 9, 2016	HCS Orange County 2016	A33	$3,500	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Spartan • Penguin • Rayne • Commonly
	July 31, 2016	HCS Pro League - Summer 2016 Finals	A44	$25,000	⁠⁠Cloud9	Ninja • Victory X • Commonly • Penguin
	May 8, 2016	HCS Pro League - Summer 2016 Qualifier - Group A	A22	I1Q	⁠⁠Renegades	Ninja • Victory X • Commonly • Penguin
	March 20, 2016	Halo World Championship 2016	A55 - 8	$75,000	⁠⁠Renegades	Ninja • Victory X • Spartan • StelluR
	February 21, 2016	HWC NA Regional Finals 2016	A55 - 8	$2,500	⁠⁠Renegades	Ninja • Victory X • Spartan • StelluR
	January 30, 2016	X Games Aspen 2016	A44	-	⁠⁠Renegades	Ninja • Victory X • Spartan • StelluR
	July 26, 2015	HCS Season 2 Finals	A44	$12,000	⁠⁠Cloud9	Victory X • FearItSelf • iGotUrPistola • Hysteria
	June 28, 2015	HCS Indianapolis 2015	A66	$2,500	⁠⁠Cloud9	Victory X • FearItSelf • iGotUrPistola • Hysteria
	April 19, 2015	Iron Games Atlanta 2015	A33	$4,000	⁠⁠Cloud9	Victory X • FearItSelf • iGotUrPistola • Hysteria
	March 8, 2015	HCS Season 1 Finals	A44	$8,000	⁠⁠Cloud9	Victory X • FearItSelf • Hysteria • Ninja
	February 22, 2015	Gamers For Giving 2015	A44	-	⁠⁠Cloud9	Victory X • FearItSelf • Hysteria • Ninja
	January 4, 2015	UGC St. Louis 2015	A55	$550	⁠⁠Cloud9	Victory X • FearItSelf • Hysteria • Ninja
	December 14, 2014	Iron Games Columbus 2014	A44	$1,000	⁠⁠Cloud9	Victory X • FearItSelf • Hysteria • Ninja