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Matt Leto Zyos Status Inactive Date of birth December 1, 1983 Hometown Allen, Texas Country of origin United States Games Halo:CE and Halo 2 Matt Leto (born 1983-12-02 in Allen, Texas), pseudonym "Zyos", is a former professional player of the first-person shooter video game Halo: Combat Evolved and Halo 2.
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Matthew Leto was born 1 December 1983 in Allen, Texas. Leto acquired the pseudonym Zyos after seeing a hacker with a similar name. In 2002 Matt was kicked out of Allen High School for hacking into teachers gradebooks and changing grades. In 2003, Leto was recruited to play professionally for Major League Gaming (MLG) at the age of 19. Mike Sepso, the CEO and co-founder of MLG says: "He's the face of our league." In the year of 2005, Leto accumulated earnings of more than $80,000 through a combination of tournament winnings and endorsement deals. Leto quit gaming professionally after his former team, XiT Woundz, failed to place top 4 during the second event of the 2006 season.
2006
Team XiT Woundz
2005
Halo 2 Event Championship 4v4 Championship FFA Teammates Washington D.C. ? San Francisco ? Houston ? Orlando ? St. Louis ? Philadelphia Team Str8 Rippin -- Team Str8 Rippin Las Vegas Team Str8 Rippin --♠ Team Str8 Rippin Nashville ? ? ? Seattle ? ? ? LA Western CC ? ? ? Atlanta Eastern CC Team Str8 Rippin -- Team Str8 Rippin Chicago Central CC Team Str8 Rippin -- Team Str8 Rippin NY National Championships ? ? ? 2004
Halo: CE Event Championship FFA Championship 4v4 Teammates New York ? 1st Darkman, Alex, Shizz Philadelphia ? ? Dallas ? ? Chicago 1st 1st Gintron, KillerN, Walshy Atlanta ? 1st Gintron, KillerN, Walshy Seattle ? ? San Francisco ? 2nd Slim, Tsquared Los Angeles ? 2nd Boston ? ? NY National Championships 1st 2nd Team Dirty Jackalopes Halo: PC Event Championship 5v5 Team Teammates CPL Extreme World Championship 2004 - Dallas 2nd cooked Gamers - [cG] butler, D1ESEL, synide, Q-TIP, rapture External links
- An interview with Zyos from IGN
- An article on Zyos from GameSpot
- An article on gaming that features Zyos from The New York Times
- Disinformation :: The Halo Challenge
- halo player (Matt Leto) biography
- The Halo Challenge from the Houston Press
- cooked Gamers his HALO PC team
Categories:- American electronic sports players
- Halo (series)
- 1983 births
- Living people
- American computer specialist stubs
- Video game specialist stubs
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