This season of 1337.US has been one of the most exciting to date since the US entered the CSM scene back in Season 12. As we past the mid-way point, it’s time to take a look at each team within Americas premier CSM division and see who’s doing well and who isn’t! We’ll give you the stats and show you if they are truly living up to the teams potential! Let’s kick it off with a look at the first place team.

Team: Sexy Time • 67250
Manager: Pumaite
CSM Rank: 59 (2)
Team Age: 30
Team SP: 670
CL Bio: Sweden always produces some of the best players in CSM and this 29 year old is no exception. Coming in at 709 SP at age 29, Antonian “Boudica” Carlén calls the shots for Sexy Time.

Top Player Bio: 33 year old Søren “Zara Yaqob” Name from Denmark is the Ace on this squad. With 714 SP, this kingpin paves the way for the rest of his team to dominate 1337.

Team Synapse: Pumaite has made some recent wise player purchases, including his new CL who is still young in older player terms. Smart manager and showing his skill by leading 1337.

SyN’s Grade: B+

Team: tá tudo dominado • 67250
Manager: carbonex
CSM Rank: 62 (3)
Team Age: 29
Team SP: 664
CL Bio: Tommas “Danskjävlar!” Horne commands this squad and does a pretty damn good job.

Team Synapse: A younger team than Pumaites by a year, this team seems to an allright squad. Looks like carbonex just needs a tactical edge over his fellow teammate.

SyN’s Grade: B

Team: Teh Cool Kids
Manager: Reis
CSM Rank: 23 (1)
Team Age: 31
Team SP: 721
CL Bio: Lazar Yeremeev is the 31 year old leader for this team. The ace from the Netherlands comes in at a modest 669 SP for a 31 year old.

Top Player Bio: Top players Alric Warney from Spain and Anthon Lindvall from Sweden power this team to victory. Both players have 750+ SP and while they are a bit older, still have some life left in them.

Team Synapse: The highest SP team in USA.CSM, I really do expect more from this squad. Reis openly admits he needs to work on T side strats and that’s his major downfall.

SyN’s Grade: C-

Team: newbies. ωσηdeяℓaηd
Manager: doxy
CSM Rank: 759 (14)
Team Age: 22.2
Team SP: 517
CL Bio: 22 year old US born Josue “sublime” Gentry captains this team. Not only is he responsible for calling the plays for doxy, but he also earned a spot on the last National Team. Weighing in at 517 SP at age 22, sublime looks allright to this point.

Top Player Bio: David “corefighter” Benazry from Israel is the core (no pun intended) of this team. Coming in at 530 SP at age 22, he shows much promise for the future of this squad.

Team Synapse: doxy has done a pretty good job with his team up to this point, and while the SP may be just a bit low, it’s still very good for a US rebuild.

SyN’s Grade: B+

Team: futuяє » αzoιс
Manager: dirigo
CSM Rank: 594 (11)
Team Age: 22
Team SP: 530
CL Bio: Manos “dirigo” Paraskos from Greece calls the plays for azoic. The 22 year old CL has a modest 517 SP and has his team sitting pretty again in 5th place.

Top Player Bio: Agafon “surgam” Kovalev from Russia tops the charts at 530 SP.

Team Synapse: dirigo has the highest SP rebuild here in the states and does a fairly good job with his team. While doxy is very close and just slightly behind, dirigo still deserves a ton of credit for the job he has done.

SyN’s Grade: B+

Team: #Supreme • keYboaRd
Manager: Fake
CSM Rank: 395 (8)
Team Age: 26
Team SP: 571
CL Bio: 25 year old Spanish CL Huppert “Hunter” Rauschenbach is responsible for paving this team’s victory. With a modest 500 SP at age 25, he is somewhat well behind the SP curve for his age group.

Team Synapse: One of the first teams I’ve seen that bought younger players and seems to be trying to train them up while stay competitive in 1337, he is still well ahead of rebuilds in terms of SP and can’t seem to over-take them in game. Just goes to show you rebuild training is the best!

SyN’s Grade: B-

Team: єL* Avant-Garde
Manager: Marcin78
CSM Rank: 929 (21)
Team Age: ??
Team SP: ??
CL Bio: ??

Top Player Bio: ??

Team Synapse: Another team that wished to not respond, Marcin seems to have a pretty good grasp on CSM. Without knowing his team age and SP, I can’t make a full judgment but he has a much lower rank than other teams around him which would indicate that he is doing less with more.

SyN’s Grade: This is a rough grade but I would say B

Team: Jajajaja • 67250
Manager: Tris
CSM Rank: 113 (4)
Team Age: ??
Team SP: 630-660 (guess)
CL Bio: 30 year old Oliver “OneHittaQuitta” Mishali from Israel calls the plays for this team.

Top Player Bio: ??

Team Synapse: While I have no formal information for this team because my email went unanswered, it’s pretty easy to see from his national and international rank where exactly this team sits. With a powerful lineup like that, this team should be much better than it’s record would indicate. If Tris can get some strats down, he would defiantly be a force to be reckoned with in the US community

SyN’s Grade: D

Team: Rέмnаńτ
Manager: josh_rt
CSM Rank: 532 (9)
Team Age: ??
Team SP: ??
CL Bio: ??

Top Player Bio: ??

Team Synapse: Yet again, another team with missing information, josh has a highly ranked team. He did go inactive for a bit this season but seems to be back into the swing of things. We’ll see how well he does the rest of this season.

SyN’s Grade: D

Team: ßαłłєг ﻛŧαŧџۍ
Manager: R10T
CSM Rank: 543 (10)
Team Age: 26
Team SP:
CL Bio: Danish CL Freddy Prokosch leads this team in game and does so pretty well. The 26 year old CL has a low 530 SP.

Top Player Bio: 605 SP is this next players stats. He is the 27 year old Belgian player Gianluca Berger and he is the team leader in SP.

Team Synapse: A middle of the road team, I think that for the age, R10t could find better players on the TL. However, when you’re working on a budget, you get what you can get. All in all not too bad of a job, although I’d be willing to bet his strats do need some work.

SyN’s Grade: C-

Team: #Supreme • KillerMidgets
Manager: itzkid
CSM Rank: 975 (23)
Team Age: ??
Team SP: ??
CL Bio: ??

Top Player Bio: ??

Team Synapse: No Information.

SyN’s Grade: C-

Team: κ † gamer connected
Manager: csryan309
CSM Rank: 380 (7)
Team Age: ??
Team SP: ??
CL Bio: ??

Top Player Bio: ??

Team Synapse: No information again on this team, and by the looks of it, he hasn’t been all that successful within the league to date.

SyN’s Grade: D

Team: #Supreme¹ • Elev8®
Manager: n4rb
CSM Rank: 778 (15)
Team Age: 28
Team SP: 535
CL Bio: This US player has been with n4rb from the start of his CSM career. Damien “AntiTru$t” Kaufman is by far the worst CL in 1337 but he does have some good experience. At just 425 SP, this player should be ready to retir in just a few more seasons.

Top Player Bio: 26 year old Norwegian player Osvald “KillaKK” Aleksandersen is the top SP player for this team. His 608 SP at age 26 are still well below the normal for his age group.

Team Synapse: n4rb openly admits that he is behind the curve here in 1337. His strats haven’t been touched since his first season in CSM and he plans on working with those here in the future.

SyN’s Grade: D

Team: One Second Quicker
Manager: blankeh
CSM Rank: 145 (5)
Team Age: 33
Team SP: 625
CL Bio: 35 (yes I said 35) year old Hellmut “fumao!” Gade from Denmark leads this team into the playing field. While he may be older than dirt, he still packs a 605 SP punch.

Top Player Bio: The Danish connection continues on this team as 33 year old Vincens “Olmer” Bondo chimes in as the SP leader of this team. The superstar has a modest 750 SP and is one heck of a player.

Team Synapse: This team is OLD and CRUSTY but after talking to blankeh, he informed me that he had a summer of inactivity that lead to his teams current situation. His intentions for next season are simple though; buy a new team and dominate 1337.

SyN’s Grade: F

Team: Vinson's ESEA Allsta[r]s
Manager: franc0ph0bic
CSM Rank: 12803 (320)
Team Age: 14.6
Team SP: 170
CL Bio: Musti Barda from Israel calls the shots for this squad. At just 15 years old, this CL has a decent 175 SP.

Top Player Bio: French player Clarke Le Goff leads this team in the SP department, weighing in with 185. The 15 year old Frenchie should set the stage for many years to come.

Team Synapse: So far, this team looks very good. Keep an eye on this franchise in 5-6 seasons because it looks like they will be sitting pretty by then.

SyN’s Grade: B+

Team: futuяє » [R]esistance
Manager: welcome
CSM Rank: 18612 (403)
Team Age: 13.8
Team SP: 146.6
CL Bio: US born player Trenton Briggs is the CL for this rebuilding team. The 14 year old player is a tad low on the SP side of things at 139 but with some lancamps, welcome will get him current without a problem.

Top Player Bio: Triinu Truuvali is the 14 year old Estonian rookie sensation for welcome, hitting in at 155 SP. As long as welcome continues to train this player right, he should end up with a keeper.

Team Synapse: This team is just a little bit behind the curve as far as rebuilds go SP wise but that can easily be changed with hard lancamping over the next several seasons.

SyN’s Grade: C+

While a few teams elected to not give out information, most of this list is complete. No team received an A within 1337 and simply put, no team really has earned one yet. It’s pretty obvious to see though that dirigo and doxy and well on their way to earning top honors within the US CSM community. Look out oldies, the rebuilds are coming!