7:01pm Feb 17th 15

[font=novocento]Third time's the charm[/font]

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[font=Novocento] Integral Nation's Vilesyder: Journey to LA! [/font]

Although he may not be the most familiar face on an international basis, Kyle "Vilesyder" Colyer is one of the most well recognized players in the history of Australian Call of Duty. Despite being a top tier player who always flaunted an impeccable level of game sense, intelligence and skill, Vilesyder quickly became more renowned for his missed opportunities and final placements. After an arduous three year journey, and a surprising team change, Vilesyder finally earned his spot at the Call of Duty World Championships for 2015.Captaining the team that would quickly become labelled the "Third Place Curse" team, Cruelty Incarnate, better known in the recent years as AVANT-Garde, Vilesyder's road to LA was nothing less than rocky; placing third in both the years prior, along with multiple ACLPro Circuit LAN events, Vilesyder's history was riddled with hardship. However, an unexpected roster change would quickly open up a world of opportunity for the battle-scarred veteran.While he might not have known it at the time, being added to the Vanquish (later to be known as Integral Nation) roster following his sudden departure from AVANT-Garde was unrecognisably the best thing for Vilesyder going into the future. Throughout the online qualifiers, Integral Nation managed to scrape through, which then lead to a hefty public opinion which voted against them placing well at the regional finals, let alone reaching the top three qualifying positions; this could be taken as somewhat understandable however, given that they would be facing off against the most talented players across the Asia-Pacific region.Nevertheless, an almost unidentifiable Integral Nation squad would be the one competing at the Asia-Pacific regional finals, revamped and ready to showcase their new found ability to the regional and their competitors.The regional LAN finals had commenced, and in round one, Integral Nation were pitted against their rivals, TRIDENT, in what was deemed to be one of the biggest matches of the tournaments, and the fan favourite coming out of round one. Having a slow start, Integral Nation bent a knee in the Hardpoint on Detroit, losing quite a bit of momentum moving forward. The match changed quickly though, as Integral Nation swiftly took charge of the series, showing some new-found strength in their Search and Destroy variant, along with their general respawn mastery, throwing TRIDENT into the Losers Bracket of the competition.Meeting tournament favourites in round two of the competition, Plantronics.Mindfreak, Vilesyder and his teammates quickly followed suit to their wrath, being dealt a clean sweep by the region's forerunners. However, they then now met AVANT-Garde in the Losers Bracket, emotions running high on stage as words were thrown back and forth following key moments.While AVANT-Garde were among the favourites to qualify out of the APAC finalists, they were still no match for a highly motivated Integral Nation squad; led by a fired up captain, Bundo (), Integral Nation yet again quickly took control of another series, eliminating Vilesyder's former teammates and ending their qualification hopes.Only one team remained between Integral Nation and their LA qualification ticket, and they were the dark-horse coming out of New Zealand, eXcess.iGnitionZ. Coming off a dominant three to zero victory against TRIDENT, defeating the New Zealand representatives was clearly going to be no easy feat. Once again, Integral Nation's strong objective minds, particularly Vilesyder, wrecked havoc throughout games one and two, closing out convincing wins on both. However, while the taste of victory was strong on the mouth, eXcess.iGnitionZ were not planning on going down without a fight, quickly bouncing back on the Uplink and Capture the Flag variants, leaving a single map to decide who would be representing the region at the world finals of the million dollar championship in Los Angeles.With the final map to be decided on iGnitionZ's best map, Search and Destroy on Terrace, the battle begun as an uphill battle for Integral Nation, and after only dropping one round, Integral Nation blew everyone away, securing six consecutive rounds to take a dominating victory, securing their place among eXile5.T1 and Plantronics.Mindfreak to represent the region overseas at the Call of Duty Championship.Qualifying for the Call of Duty Championships was a long time coming for the former xEViLxOuTSiDeR, who fell just short at every turn, but upon finding a new home among an equally driven group of individuals, what Vilesyder had envisioned the years prior quickly became a reality.You can keep up to date with Vilesyder and Integral Nation via their associated social media below: