FaZe Clan

  FaZe Sniping was first seen on YouTube on May 30th 2010. The group was originally a Call of Duty clan that was created by Eric "CLipZ", Jeff "House Cat", Emann (now called "Timid"), and Ben "Resistance". They earned a name for their innovative trick-shooting skills in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Their YouTube content went viral after Ted "Fakie” joined the clan. FaZe's most popular series, ILLCAMS, was revealed on their channel around that time. [8] FaZe Clan's focus on trickshotting and a personality/social-media approach led to FaZe Clan becoming one of the first popular YouTube video game channels, compared to other Call of Duty channels which were focused on winning tournaments. In 2012 the channel was home to one million subscribers, and the clan began branching out into Esports competitions. FaZe Clan members began participating in tournaments such as the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championships as well as the Call of Duty Championship. These were distinct from the clan's YouTube content creators. The result was a split of FaZe Clan into two distinct factions. In the beginning, FaZe Clan did not have a corporate structure however the original CEO was Brazilian Thomas "Temperrr" Oliveira, who was a member of FaZe since he was just 16 years old. 9 Oliveira and COO Richard "Banks" Bengston created the first FaZe shared home in 2014 in Plainview, New York, in which they could integrate the lifestyle of their members into their gaming content