Dalton "envious" Key is a retired eSports player and owner of Vindicated Gaming, who retired in 2014 after over 15 years of competitive eSports experience as a player, manager, and a owner. Starting his CS career early on in 1999 with the release of Counter Strike 1.0, and playing continuously through the release of Counter Strike, CS: Condition Zero, CS: Source, and CS: Global Offensive. Between Counter Strike and Counter Strike: Source, "envious" competed in 14 seasons professionally with 3 playoff appearances and a best finish of 4th place; retiring before ever getting a chance at a Championship.

Dalton "envious" is also the owner of Vindicated Gaming (ViN) ; a international competitive gaming organization with teams competing in Counter Strike, Counter Strike: Source, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Team Fortress 2, Call of Duty, and League of Legends. Vindicated started off as a Counter Strike team competing in CAL Invite & CEVO Professional, where envious led the team to multiple successful seasons. In 2006 they added a professional Counter Strike: Source team, followed by a Call of Duty team later that year. By 2008 they had brought on professional Team Fortress 2 and League of Legends teams; and also expanded into the European market with the addition of a professional Counter Strike and Counter Strike: Source team in Europe. The growth of the organization led envious into stepping down as a full time player, allowing him to focus on management of the organizations multiple teams. During his time as a manager, the organization made multiple playoff runs; but unfortunately Vindicated closed its doors in 2016.

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