in november 2012, fnatic announced that they picked up a "shootmania storm" team. the team recruited kévin "strenx" baéza, a former member of their previous "quake" team, as well as two new players, maikel "lekaim" peeters and jean pierre "jiepie" janssen. the trio won numerous small cups, and the shootmania launch party, where they won $30,000. in december, christoffer "luxxiz" losell joined the team after the departure of lekaim.