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Top 5 CS:GO Players Who Retired in 2020

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2020 wasn't easy for the professional esports scene

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Dickstacy

5. Oliver "DickStacy" Tierney

The Big Dick from down under is without a doubt the biggest personality loss Counter-Strike endured in 2020. On the other hand, in the event he's ever back, imagine the taglines: Return of the Big Dick, Big DickStacy: Reloaded, 2 Dick, 2 Stacy. Ah, the possibilities... (Image credit: ESL)

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4. Kirill "ANGE1" Karasiow

This one has a case for being the saddest departure of 2020. The man persevered for nearly a decade, including six years with one organization, in a very trigger-happy CIS region, always keeping his squad competitive. Now in his 30s, ANGE1 went for a late-career splash in Valorant. (Image credit: Starladder)

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3. Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom

One retirement that felt imminent once Valorant became a thing was that of Belgian headshot machine ScreaM. He was left without a proper organizational backing way back in the summer of 2018 and Riot's new FPS just gave ScreaM the ground upon which to announce a CS:GO retirement in an official manner. (Image credit: G2 Esports)

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2. Damian "daps" Steele

Daps is the ANGE1 of North America in a way: he's responsible for the discovery of some of the region's most prominent talent. Unlike his CIS colleague, the Canadian IGL could never keep his own spot on a roster and finally called out the bulls#$% by moving to a hopefully more stable environment in Valorant. (Image credit: Gen.G Esports)

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1. Nicholas "nitr0" Cannella

DickStacy may be the biggest loss of pure entertainment, but when we talk in-game influence, nitr0 is the one. The Yank IGLed the most successful NA team in the history of Counter-Strike. The cruel reality of the esport came after a dip in form in 2020 when Team Liquid released their longest-serving member. Nitr0 didn't sweat it. Valorant's always there to give a mistreated CS:GO legend shelter. (Image credit: nitr0)

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We'd hardly surprise you when we say that 2020 wasn't too kind to professional CS:GO. The numbers say so. A record for retired players in a year was set by a looong margin and we all know the reasons for that. The pandemic affected all types of businesses and pro CS:GO is exactly that at the end of the day – a business.

It just so happens that Valorant is a better business at the moment, especially for North American players. As you're about to see, a retired CS:GO player isn't the same as a retired esports player. We dug through the dozens of former Counter-Strike pros that retired over the last 12 months and came up with the top five, all of which continue to be active in a different game...

MORE CS:GO GALLERIES:

For more CS:GO and esports news, stick to EarlyGame. Check us out on Twitter and Facebook, and ring that bell on our YouTube channel!

We'd hardly surprise you when we say that 2020 wasn't too kind to professional CS:GO. The numbers say so. A record for retired players in a year was set by a looong margin and we all know the reasons for that. The pandemic affected all types of businesses and pro CS:GO is exactly that at the end of the day – a business.

It just so happens that Valorant is a better business at the moment, especially for North American players. As you're about to see, a retired CS:GO player isn't the same as a retired esports player. We dug through the dozens of former Counter-Strike pros that retired over the last 12 months and came up with the top five, all of which continue to be active in a different game...

MORE CS:GO GALLERIES:

For more CS:GO and esports news, stick to EarlyGame. Check us out on Twitter and Facebook, and ring that bell on our YouTube channel!

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