Marco ‘Snappi’ Pfeiffer is a 27-year-old esports player who was born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark. He plays Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for his team Heroic as the in-game leader, calling the shots while also supporting his team in the rifling position. His strong gaming background has given him the ability to handle the secondary sniper role when the need arises.
Aside from gaming, Pfeiffer loves to travel to different countries with his teammates competing in major matches, taking the opportunity to see the sights. Back home, he takes pleasure in team building activites refreshing his mind from the usual daily routine.
Where it all began:
Marco began to develop an interest in video games like Counter-Strike 1.6, where he played for the fun of it. Over a few months of practice, he realized his gaming potential and aspired to be one of the top CS gamers. His competitive career started in 2008, competing for Playzone and eventually for other teams such as Ravens, TCM-Gaming, Anexis Esports and many more.
Having a strong background in Counter-Strike 1.6 has given Pfeiffer a smooth transition into Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in 2012, the same year that the esports game was released. In 2012, Marco started competing professionally with gaming squads like Copenhagen Wolves, unu.AiN and Team X.
The Team:
Heroic is a Danish esports company that was created in August 2016, founded by the former SK Gaming players. The association supports one unit that specialises and competes in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The latest roster changes have seen new gamers, niko, JUGi and es3tag join to play alongside professional cyber athletes like MODDII and Snappi, their captain.
Competition Participation:
The Heroic players have participated in recent esports events like DreamHack Winter 2017, ECS Season 4 – Europe and World Cyber Arena 2017, ESL Pro League Season 6, Eleague CSGO 2017 and ESG Tour Mykonos 2017. The latest qualifying matches that Heroic have played include the LOOT.BET Cup, WESG 2017 Denmark qualifier, EPICENTER 2017 and DH Masters Malmo.
Snappi has the gaming experience going head to head with top CSGO teams like Mousesports, Natus Vincere, Gambit, Hellraisers, Fragsters, EXtatus, Dignitas, Binary Dragons, Red Reserve among many CS units. No matter the results good or bad, Snappi has improved on his mistakes and learnt many different Counter-Strike Strategies to help his team win rounds.
Winnings:
The highest winnings so far for Snappi was the International Gaming League 2016 – Grand Finals while competing for Heroic. The Major CS: GO tournament saw Marco and his CS squad beat VG.CyberZen with an unbeatable record of 3-1. The heroic players took the Championship title to proudly claim their reward of $43K.
The second great win for Pfeiffer and Heroic was at the Eleague CS: GO Premier 2017. The CS squad may have lost to top team North in the Quarterfinals with a record 0-2 to finish in eighth place, winning a prize of $35K.
Another achievement was while playing for Team X at the Pro Gamer League 2016 – Summer event. The CS squad played their best but lost to Epsilon Esports in the final tournament. The unit finished in second place to claim their reward of $30K.
