Counter-Strike? I won’t do it again. Unless… obviously… I want to do it again.
nitr0 has re-retired, it seems. Having quit the game to go try out VALORANT, he came back to try his hand at winning at Counter-Strike again.
Surprise! It’s not that easy.
Okay, we’re being mean. nitr0 came back after retiring for VALORANT and wasn’t quite as good as he was before, but he was really good before.
He’s won almost everything there is to win, except the Major, and even though his return wasn’t as heralded as he may have hoped, it shouldn’t muddy the waters on an excellent career.
But he was pretty rubbish since coming back. He had that VALORANT aim - anyone who tried it out and came back to CS knows exactly what we’re talking about. Seemingly he’s been more and more cucked out of his leading roles, too, making him essentially useless.
The one thing that was keeping him relevant was that he was the only NA IGL who wasn’t… stanislaw, and then he wasn’t even that.
A slow, sad end to an otherwise sparkling career, and a reminder of just how doomed NA is.
Seriously. Who can even replace him within the region? Do Team Liquid have to stop being an NA team soon?
After IEM Dallas, Liquid will consist of:
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