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===lost in translation/Exertus eSports/eLevate/Ascent/RONIN/the "Ma3la" teams===
For [[ESEA-I Season 15]], Ma3la committed to a different North American team. The team was originally named "lost in translation", however they took up different sponsors such as eLevate and RONIN gg. Playing with other players of great talent, such as [[alfa]], smaka, [[Bdonski]], Sezco, and Decimate, this team was expected to develop into a strong playoff contender. The team saw excellent performance from the season, placing third in the regular season (12-4-0), and placing third also in playoffs, right under the powerhouse team, iT. In season 16, both Classic Mixup and [[froyotech]] took the top two spots for playoffs. However, newer upcoming invite team [[Street Hoops eSports]] stole third place from Ma3la's team, which was then sponsored by Exertus eSports.
In [[ESEA-I Season 17]], the team took a surprising second place right under [[froyotech]], knocking out Classic Mixup from playoffs, which led to the disbanding of the legendary Classic Mixup. Ma3la's team, now called eLevate, went undefeated in the regular season. The next season was more shaky for Ma3la and his team, taking fourth in playoffs after numerous roster changes. Ma3la's team, Ascent, went (11-5-0), but took second again, right under [[froyotech]]. The big debate of [[ESEA-I (Invite)]] soon became all about the classic matchup, Ascent vs. [[froyotech]]. The team introduced a deadly [[Soldier]] duo, rando and Ma3la. Together with both Soldier's incredible DM ability and rando's shotgun-pocket ability. In season 19 playoffs, Ascent knocked [[froyotech]] to the lower bracket finals. However, [[froyotech]] came back from the lower brackets in a match against Team SoloUber and took two consecutive wins against Team SoloUber and Ascent, stealing first from Ma3la again. However in season 20, similar happened, except the playoff contenders, Team SoloUber took one of their first playoff wins against [[froyotech]], eliminating them from playoffs for the first time in the team's existence. Ma3la and his team went on to win the [[ESEA-I Season 20]] grand finals in a decisive match against Team SoloUber. The team secured second in the two following seasons, failing to defeat [[froyotech]]'s new roster.