Storm Ventures

Storm Ventures
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Location	United States
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Created	2005
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Disbanded	2012
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Storm Ventures (SV) is a former professional Halo team, active during the 2005 and 2006 MLG seasons. It experienced a brief revival in 2012. Its most notable lineup consisted of Brett "Naded" Leonard, Brian "Legit" Rizzo, Ryan "Ramby" Mendez and Raymond "Poon" Soto.

History

Halo 2

Storm Ventures burst onto the scene at MLG Philadelphia 2005 with a founding lineup of Ryan "Ramby" Mendez, Raymond "Poon" Soto, Sam "Samurai650" Suyeyasu and "MurfMan". They finished with a top 12 placing. SV returned at MLG Seattle with a revised lineup, having replaced Poon with Michael "Strongside" Cavanaugh. They finished 2nd at this event, though the competition was limited in comparison to most MLG events. SV's next event was MLG Los Angeles, with StrongSide replaced by Chris "TheSPFXmaN" Brubaker. They again finished in the top 12. Storm Ventures would not exist for the rest of the 2005 season, as Samurai would spend the remainder on XiT Woundz, MurfMan would attend an event on The Best Killers, and Ramby would sit out the final events of the season.

Storm Ventures returned for the first event of the 2006 season - MLG New York, with a new lineup. Ramby recruited original member Poon, Brian "Legit" Rizzo and a new face to the MLG scene, Brett "Naded" Leonard. At their first event, SV would fight out of the open bracket and place 5th as the 18th seed. They showed that this placing wasn't a fluke in Dallas, repeating it at the event. SV were met with unfortunate circumstances in Anaheim, faced against the 3rd seeded Carbon early in the Losers' Bracket. SV were defeated 3-2 by Carbon and took an uncharacteristic top 16 placing. They battled back in Chicago however, defeating Carbon twice and taking the juggernaut Final Boss team to 10 games in the finals en route to a 2nd place finish. They were brought back down to earth in Orlando, placing 6th again after losing to Final Boss and XiT Woundz. At the New York Playoffs, SV were again limited to 6th place, after losing to a revised Carbon lineup and being eliminated again by XiT Woundz. The season ended on a sour note for SV, as they failed to win a match on the MLG Las Vegas National Championship bracket and took 7th place.

In the 2007 season, the members of Storm Ventures would go their separate ways. Legit and Naded were recruited by top team Str8 Rippin, while Ramby would go on to form Redemption with other veteran players. Naded and Legit would eventually reunite with Ramby on team Perfect Storm.

Halo: Reach

Naded resurrected the Storm Ventures name (as simply SV) for the MLG Winter Championship 2012, recruiting three star FFA players as his teammates: Emanuel Hoaxer Lovejoy, Tony Kampy Kampy and "Titomatic". SV placed 13-16th at the event.

Player Roster

Former

	ID	Name	Next Team
	Naded	Brett Leonard	Triggers Down
	Hoaxer	Emanuel Lovejoy	None
	Kampy		None
	Titomatic		None
	Legit	Brian Rizzo	Str8 Rippin
	Ramby	Ryan Mendez	Redemption
	Poon	Raymond Soto	None
	TheSPFXmaN	Chris Brubaker	None
	Samurai650	Sam Suyeyasu	XiT Woundz
	MurfMan		The Best Killers
	StrongSide	Michael Cavanaugh	Team EG

Tournament History

End Date	Game	Place	Prize	Event	Players (Coach)
March 25, 2012		B313 - 16th		MLG Winter Championship 2012	Naded • Hoaxer • Kampy • Titomatic
November 19, 2006		A77th		MLG Las Vegas Championships 2006	Ramby • Legit • Naded • Poon
October 15, 2006		A66th		MLG New York Playoffs 2006	Ramby • Legit • Naded • Poon
August 27, 2006		A66th		MLG Orlando 2006	Ramby • Legit • Naded • Poon
July 23, 2006		A22nd		MLG Chicago 2006	Ramby • Legit • Naded • Poon
June 25, 2006		B616th		MLG Anaheim 2006	Ramby • Legit • Naded • Poon
May 21, 2006		A55th		MLG Dallas 2006	Ramby • Legit • Naded • Poon
April 23, 2006		A66th		MLG New York 2006	Ramby • Legit • Naded • Poon
October 16, 2005		A99 - 12th		MLG Los Angeles 2005	MurfMan • Ramby • Samurai650 • TheSPFXmaN
September 11, 2005		A22nd		MLG Seattle 2005	MurfMan • Ramby • Samurai650 • StrongSide
July 31, 2005		A99 - 12th		MLG Philadelphia 2005	MurfMan • Ramby • Poon • Samurai650

Media

Articles

• The Calm Before the Storm – Nationals Preview – Storm Ventures - majorleaguegaming.com - 11/13/06
• Storm Ventures Short Circuit The Pro Tour - majorleaguegaming.com - 08/10/06
• Storm Ventures Profile - majorleaguegaming.com - 09/23/05