In a room surrounded by professionals, DhTekKz’s amateur status kept him under the radar.

His parents accompanied him and cheered him on throughout the tournament, but only in the later rounds did he have a coach, when professional Roma pro Sam “Roma Poacher” Carmody volunteered to help after his own exit from the tournament. He chose the crest of Exeter City Football Club, to represent his hometown on the global stage. Many brought coaches with them who barked orders in headsets and brought out notebooks at halftime to go over tactics.ĭhTekKz wasn’t signed to a professional club, and he didn’t come to Barcelona with a coach in tow. His squad often bore the jerseys of his favorite team, Liverpool Football Club. Some changed their gamer tags to include the gaming organizations to which they were signed. Some (and their FUT squads) bore the jerseys of real-life club sponsors. Many of the FIFA players in Barcelona had all the marks of a professional. But those heavyweights, along with many others, were left in the wake of possibly the greatest narrative in competitive FIFA history.

Players like last year’s FIFA 17 Ultimate Team Championship Series winner Corentin “Vitality Rocky” Chevrey and top Xbox One seed Michael “MegaBit” Bittner. When the FUT Champions Cup Barcelona last weekend started the FIFA 18 Global Series Road to the FIFA eWorld Cup, many of the biggest names in FIFA competitive gaming were present.

One by One, Tournament Favorites Fall Short But by Sunday evening, DhTekKz would be a legend.

He had less than 1,000 Twitter followers when the weekend began. The 16-year-old from Exeter was ranked 55th on the Xbox One leaderboards based on his November 2017 Weekend League results, meaning that he barely squeaked into the tournament at all. How DhTekKz Won the EA SPORTS FIFA 18 Global Series FUT Champions CupįIFA 23 FIFA 22 FIFA 21 FIFA 20 FIFA 19 FIFA Mobile HyperMotion 2 New Features FIFA News The Pitch Notes Email Updates Forum How to Report Players About Positive Play COMPETITIVE FIFA FIFA 23 FIFA 22 FIFA 21 FIFA 20 FIFA 19 FIFA Mobile HyperMotion 2 New Features FIFA News The Pitch Notes Email Updates Forum How to Report Players About Positive Play COMPETITIVE FIFA How DhTekKz Won the EA SPORTS FIFA 18 Global Series FUT Champions Cupĭonovan “DhTekKz” Hunt was a name that few people knew a week ago.

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