Zero Announces CSGO Retirement

The previous HellRaisers member revealed that he determined to finish his skilled profession after dropping curiosity within the recreation

Patrik “⁠Zero⁠” Žúdel has introduced his retirement from the skilled Counter-Strike scene on Twitter. The 24-year-old defined that he doesn’t really feel motivated to maintain on enjoying within the aggressive circuit, and has thus determined to step away from the sport indefinitely. 

“I’ve misplaced curiosity in competing and consequently, I’m not pushed to enhance my abilities in CS,” Zero Tweeted. “I’m not excited about pursuing one thing solely for cash.”

I’ve determined to retire.

I am grateful for the unimaginable 10-year journey in esports. It is wonderful to replicate on the distinctive experiences that got here from competing in such a ravishing sport. I really feel privileged to have the ability to retire on the age of 24 and look again on the good… https://t.co/5MPJWvnKPy

— Patrik Žúdel (@PatrikZero) March 20, 2023

Why Zero retired

Zero additionally briefly mentioned his post-gaming plans. He mentioned he needs to discover new avenues of curiosity and put aside a while for “self examine”. 

Regardless that he referred to as it a day, Zero revealed that he would fondly reminisce about his 10-year-long profession. He’s grateful for the chance of pursuing gaming professionally, however it’s now time for him to maneuver on. 

Zero is legendary for his HellRaisers stint between 2016 and 2017. At HellRaisers, he had Kirill “⁠ANGE1⁠” Karasio, Tomáš “⁠oskar⁠” Šťastný, and Martin “⁠STYKO⁠” Styk as his teammates. 

Zero made his ELEAGUE MAJOR debut with the Ukrainian outfit and took part in lots of different main qualifiers. He was a part of the HellRaisers group that received the Copenhagen Video games in 2016. He was additionally a HellRaisers member once they completed second on the DreamHack Open Excursions a yr later. 

Zero had most not too long ago performed for SINNERS. He had joined the Czech aspect as Adam “⁠NEOFRAG⁠” Zouhar’s substitute after the latter left for OG. Earlier than that, he spent two years with GamersLegion between 2020 and 2022. The Slovakian left SINNERS final month, citing private causes.