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daps steps down from NRG, retires from professional play

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June 11, 2021

NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #4 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold have announced Damian "daps" Steele has stepped down from the team's active roster as the in-game-leader retires from professional play.

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@NRGgg

.@daps has decided to step down from the NRG VALORANT roster and will be retiring from professional play. Thank you for everything you've accomplished with the #NRGFAM, we've had some amazing moments, thank you for the memories.

"It's been no secret to the people around me that I just don't enjoy playing anymore," daps stated in a tweet following the announcement, citing his lack of enjoyment as his main reason for retiring.

Moving over from Gen.G's CS:GO roster, daps was one of the first two members to join NRG's Valorant roster in early October, alongside Chet "Chet" Singh. The Canadian captain spearheaded the team's numerous shifts as the organization cycled through multiple players, with the current roster sitting within the top 12 in North America.

NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #4 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold are now:

Daniel "eeiu" Vucenovic
Sam "s0m" Oh
Bradley "ANDROID" Fodor
Ian "tex" Botsch
Damian "daps" Steele (Inactive)
Josh "JoshRT" Lee (Head coach)

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But why?

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Retiring?

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he is tired of play valorant. He said it in the tweet

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hydro

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tired of playing. Not specifically valorant

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gaming in general, not Valorant

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another boomer down

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stanislaw is coming

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I can relate to this cycle

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monkeybabybobo

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Stop I have ptsd

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raka_gg

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Tarik *

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HackNaija

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sadge i wanted him to succeed

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NRG should get someone from EG like Aleksandar or Temperature

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he replace the igl or to replace someone else

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To replace daps, and have anyone in that roster IGL. Fuck they could even get brax or azk and have them IGL

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rip

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NRG aproto

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NRG Wedid? The dream finally coming true for him?

Edit: i foresaw this signing

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would be nice but they need a solid igl

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thank you for your career.

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NRG Stanislaw

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maldoror

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I CALLED IT GO TO MY POST
https://i.imgur.com/QUMFiTU.png

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didnt kick him tho

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feelsbad

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tarik incoming

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pls no....

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hekzy

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He should go back to CS and play for fun, raise some talent like papa odeag. It was clear from the start he never enjoyed this game.

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He should find a real job rather than comeback to a dying game in NA like CS lmao

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lol the part about CS dying in NA is right, but the part about real job is wrong. Esports is a real job.

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hekzy

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I meant non-professionally. It was clear he loved CSGO a lot, finding and raising talent and so on.

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Larry

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Lol the game isn’t even dying in NA. The name checkouts though.

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Expected, only switched because of paycheck, lack of motivation, always complain about the game, about time....

#21

FIreFistOM

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Now Niranjan2004 would be like NRG Dicey?

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wonder will more and more ex-csgo pro will just retire/go back to CSGO afterwards (if NA scene comes back a bit after LAN). Especially once it's getting more clear which are the top 8 team. I suspect the pros outside top 8-16 teams will just move on to something else

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big sadge

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ideekae

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ive heard that joshrt did some great talent scouting back in CS (ex. found asuna early on), so i trust NRG can actually make some solid improvements

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ok

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Sad :( I like all the nrg guys

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Bout time, gl daps in ur next adventure

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I go take a nap for 1 hour and a team drops a player

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NRG did not drop Daps; Daps stepped down from the roster because he was tired of professional play.

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NRG Stanislaw incoming

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Larry

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Hey it’s someone who has been around long enough to know!

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Larry

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I will laugh if they replace Daps with Stanislaw

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Larry

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Hey it’s someone who has been around long enough to know!

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RIP daps, nrg gonna struggle without him

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( ´•̥̥̥ω•̥̥̥` )

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Aceu will comeback...

#46

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daps retires -> tarik comes in as replacement -> tex gets banned for matchfixing -> stanislaw comes over from cs -> the cycle is complete

All good.

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it blows my mind tex and shanks are still allowed to play

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100% stainslaw

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