XNolan

xNolan is a player in the Minor Tier who is currently a member of the  Imperium of Man. He is also an admin of Counter Strike Confederation and a former GM.

As an admin, xNolan is in charge of numbers and MMR calculations.

## Team History

Team History
  Imperium of Man | Player

## Career

### Season 1

*In Season 1, xNolan joined the league alongside his friend JackCsgo69, after hearing the announcement in the RSC discord. He started his CSC career as a player and General Manager for the  Gladiators, where he was kept onto his major team: the  Spartans. The final roster consisted of himself, JackCsgo69, Wooziful, yetiF, and Coreybirdo.*

*On the first match day of the season, xNolan's team was required to forfeit against the  Dragonfish due to a lack of available players on the team. However, the two teams still decided to play a game that day. Inferno was played, and In round 8 of the game, xNolan was left in a 1v3 clutch against opponents MasterRoshi1, VIPVeral, and SpenceTV. xNolan ran through Arches and peeked into Moto to find SpenceTV for the kill. He then struggles to pick up the AWP, but when he does, he peeks into Moto again. xNolan then jumps and fires a shot at VIPVeral, who is in Pit, only to kill MasterRoshi1, who is in Apartments. Nolan then re-peeks into Moto and tries for a noscope onto VIPVeral, which misses, but then scopes in and gets the kill, winning the 1v3. This moment is widely regarded as Nolan Bond, because of Nolan's 0/0/7 stat line when the play occurred. To date, it is the most recognizable play in CSC history.*

*The team went 3-7 and was kicked out of the playoffs in the Quarterfinals against the  Outlaws.* *During the offseason* *of Season 1, xNolan was demoted to Minor.* *He also ran for admin, but placed last in the voting with 83 votes, losing to VIPVeral.*

### Season 2

*Season 2 marked the first time the Minor tier was added to the league, and xNolan's franchise featured only a team in this tier. He was kept by the  Spartans in the 7th round of the draft, and the final roster consisted of himself, JackCsgo69, TheKoDy, tihSlluB, and FireKiN. This team was projected to be one of the strongest teams coming out of the draft, with strong players like tihSlluB, TheKoDy, and FireKiN being valuable assets to their teams. The team finished 5-5, which was 3rd in the tier, and made the quarterfinals against the  Samurai. After a 2-1 series win, the team went into the semifinals against the  Desperados with a full head of steam. However, the team lost the series 1-2 and was relegated from the playoffs.*

*During the offseason of Season 2, xNolan ran for admin. However, he again placed last with 74 votes, and was beat out by DraxxS and Splatmonkey14.*

### Season 3

*In Season 3, xNolan was looking to keep the momentum going from his previous playoff team, and after only losing JackCsgo69 to retirement and TheKoDy to tier promotion, xNolan had a core squad of players to draft around. xNolan was kept in the Season 3 Minor draft in the 5th round by his own franchise: the  Gladiators. The roster coming out of preseason consisted of himself, Tuso, FireKiN, onetwocombo, and Aero. However, onetwocombo was cut and replaced with Bojack near the beginning of the season. After this change, the team looked to be a strong contender to make it through the minor tier.*

*In the middle of the season,  Spartans member Tuso was permanently banned from FACEIT for cheating. The result was a controversy in the league about whether or not he should be banned from playing, which would go on to be called "Triple Strikes." The decision was to place him on IR until the end of the season, where he would be banned from the league if his account was not successfully unbanned by FACEIT staff. This proved to be a devastating blow to the team, as Tuso was the highest-rated player in the tier. A combination of this event, plus many of the other members of the  Spartans having other engagements, the team forfeit the rest of their games throughout the season, and finished 2-7.*

*In the offseason of Season 3, xNolan once again ran for admin, but he did not place last. Instead, he finished 2nd with 80 votes, but lost the election to raptor.*

### Season 4

*Season 4* *was xNolan's chance to rebuild with a new team, after losing all but himself and Aero to retirement. He went through the draft as a keeper pick in the 4th round to the*  *Spartans. The start-of-season roster consisted of himself, Aero, rex, Infeno, and P0L1K. Later in the season, rex was cut and replaced by pistachio. Additionally, P0L1K was traded in exchange for Kovora. After losing their first game with the new squad against the winless  Pancakes, the team picked up enough stride to finish 3-7. In the quarterfinals, the team won against the*  *Excavators 2-0, but eventually lost to the*  *Valhalla 0-2 in the semifinals.*

*During the offseason, xNolan ran for admin once again. This time, however, he won a spot as an admin after receiving 79 votes and placing 2nd in the election. On 03/29/2021, xNolan was officially promoted to admin of CSC.*

### Season 5

*In Season 5, xNolan received a Major team for the first time since Season 1, when it was the only tier. His new Major team, named the*  *Barbarians, and his Minor team, the  Spartans, received the 8th pick in the draft. xNolan was kept in the 5th round of the Minor draft, and the roster going into the season consisted of himself, P0L1K, Kovora, CashMoe, and Norman. Later in the season, CashMoe and Norman would be cut in exchange for willyflynn and KrispyKreme. The  Spartans finished the season 6-5, but lost to the*  *Babylon 2-0 in the quarterfinals. As for the Major team, the roster going into the season consisted of Fixxzle, ma1ntain, junioritis, whopperz-, and Fullcap. At the end of the season, only junioritis and Fullcap would remain on the roster, as the others were replaced by lufe, Awsome, and JoKlean. The team finished 2-9, which was last in their division, and lost 0-2 to the*  *Bassoons in the playoffs.*

*In the offseason of Season 5, xNolan stepped down as the GM of the  Gladiators, and the franchise was replaced by the  Natural Disasters.*

### Season 6

*In Season 6, xNolan was drafted in the 3rd round of the Minor draft by the*  *Guardsmen, marking the first time he had ever been drafted by another team. He made it through the preseason and onto the final roster, which consisted of himself, Thermidor, crudestpack, Nexus, and guro. That season, xNolan stood out as a star player for the team and a deadly lurker. The team finished the season 5-8, which placed them 3rd in the division and was enough to make the playoffs. However, the team fell to the*  *Assassins in a 1-2 series loss. At the end of the season, xNolan received all-star honors, marking the first time he had ever received an accolade in his entire CSC career.*

In the offseason of Season 6, xNolan was put up for re-election as an admin. He ran on the platform of better management and automation for numbers and MMR, and also promised more transparency amongst admins. He received 371 votes, which placed him 2nd in the voting, and he retained his spot as an admin of CSC.

## Trivia

* In Season 4, xNolan had a headshot percentage of 14%, which was the lowest that season.
* He was the 11th person to join the Discord server, and has a CSC ID of 3.
* In Season 6, xNolan became the first player to get 2 aces in a game, and also tied for the first player to ever achieve 3 aces in a season (alongside TriiKzzz).
* xNolan has not missed a single game during the season that his teams played, excluding forfeits, with 59. This is considered to be the longest-standing iron-man run in the league.
* xNolan currently holds a record for the most amount of self-bans, with 1.

### Personal

* His favorite pizza topping is chicken.
* His favorite team was the Season 2  Spartans, and his favorite player was JackCsgo69.
* He picked his name because all of his friends had the letter x in front of their name, so he made his username xNolan.
* He also plays Escape from Tarkov, and is excited for Battlefield 2042. Notably, xNolan also plays League of Legends, where he has won clash tournaments while playing alongside different players in CSC.
* In a game of Scategories that he played with his mother, xNolan's family agreed that a hot dog was not a sandwich.
* He has been to Rome, which might have been inspiration behind his franchise, the  Gladiators.

## Media

Nolan BondThe Nolan Bond play, featuring xNolan's perspective and MasterRoshi1's perspective.