Pros retiring next year

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Ryandr

Which pros do you think will retire or at least not play next year and take a rest? In my opinion
Som and fns for sure retiring and returning back to streaming.
I think dep will retire too in next 2 years.(Less likely than laz)
Any geng or ex geng player after couple of year or next year will take break for military. Don't know if they have completed it except for karon.
Haodong retires to be the coach.
Ange1 if no achievements this year again. Won't be in a top team at least.
Jessivash if no international qualification this year again.

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I think Boaster very subtly hinted at it during one stream, but it didn't seem like he had his mind made up about it

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https://www.vlr.gg/416654/boaster-retirement

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Aayan

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mid season kinda crazy, no?

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elysxxm

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Boaster should retire imo, he’s had his impact what else does he need to prove, imagine if he and mini coached last year with a new Igl with real mechanics

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kotchan

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jessivash no explanation needed except if he win paris champs

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Ryandr

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I thought he already retired lol. Gonna include him too.

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kotchan

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we've been saying that since 2022 lol

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SAMPV6

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ardiis
yay

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Yay I can see sticking around if EG goes far this year

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Ryandr

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Ardiis for sure won't return back ig. Yay might still play another year of eg plays well.

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I don’t think s0m is retiring

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Ryandr

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I don't know if he changed his mind but I am pretty sure I saw some sort of clip where he said he will retire from eSports irrespective of nrg results. Also tbh I kinda understand why. He is big streamer and eSports can be very tiring too.

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Realfacts

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Very likely som retires actually but he might have been joking too.

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He wasn't joking. If he plays in t1 it's to play with FNS, and he already told he gonna retire at the end of the year

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zekken

re-signing only 1 year makes me worried but it is what it is

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SAMPV6

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he's like 16 and playing well he is not retiring anytime soon

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scof

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hes 18 iirc and already graduated highschool, hes openly said in interviews that he’d be willing to retire and go to college

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1243

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he was trolling in that one interview, i don't know why people think this
zekken is known for trolling

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MrBlooBloom

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Zekken has been known for trolling but he sometimes say serious things, and we know it is possible that he goes back to college after this year. Also why do you think SEN is investing so much in Reduxx?

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1243

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zekken isn't retiring, he makes constant sub goals about retiring
he is always trolling

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MrBlooBloom

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You don't know how a man's mind works (also consider the second part of my message)

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MrBlooBloom

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Btw his mom said smth abt it if I recall

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this is just a myth going one, it's like how lies escalate

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MrBlooBloom

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Sure. All I can tell is that he has pbb not decided yet but he is considering it, that is a known fact

continue thread →

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1243

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reduxx isn't meant to replace zekken, or anyone until we have problems
reduxx is kinda like a backup

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MrBlooBloom

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Why would you get a 17 yo fresh out of tier2 and you'd invest a lot of money to make him the best possible if he's only supposed to be a 6th. Like come on it makes no sense. Also it means there is no 6th until he turns 18

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MrBlooBloom

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Btw, you want a 6th to be able to flex, which he clearly can't do

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1243

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yesh he might be replacing someone else who underperforms or retires next year or the year after that

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cameran

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true but who knows lol theres a slight chance but prolly overreaction from me

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Galactc

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Ange1 is never retiring he's just goated at making mid teams people will want him

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Aayan

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I think NAVI get the award for the most creative announcement roster video this season
It's literally about them breaking Ange1 out of the retirement home 😭😭
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEednlG_ASU

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That's 2 years in a row honestly the ardiss one was so good as well

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Munchkin already hinted he might have do military in next few year, similar case with sayaplayer.
Haodong still only 22, just because he left EDG doesn't mean he'll retire, will probably stick around with abo/after.
Jessievash probably stick around till end of 2026, till next round of partnership teams selection in 2027.
Can see Art retiring (again) to become coach, he's 1 of 4 DFM player under 1 year contract.

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Which other pro players haven't done their military service?

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Warlordwibz

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most korean pro that age below 25 most likely haven't done their military service. XETA and Bazzi doing theirs rn pre sure.

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Ryandr

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What about texture and meteor? Both 25

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Warlordwibz

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Meteor has contract till 2026, so I'd assume him and texture would stick around till end of 1st VCT partnership.
With riot 2nd partnership team selection end of 2026, that might affect their decision since every player will be out of contract by then.

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Ryandr

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Do you know if they have done their military service tho?

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Warlordwibz

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they haven't.

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cyk

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Not sure if he done military service, T3xture

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fns said multiple times that he is retiring after this year to give space to young talent

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shrike-

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if s0m retires i will actually be inconsolable

such a talented player who can never reach his true potential because of the environment he’s in