Official: ALEX leaves Vitality

4/3/2020 - 20:05

Vitality have officially confirmed the departure of Alex "⁠ALEX⁠" McMeekin on Twitter.

The news confirms Tuesday's report by 1pv.fr, which first revealed that the British player was about to leave Vitality after becoming weary as a result of the relentless travel schedule.

In a separate statement, the in-game leader shared that the team was away from home for 36 weeks last year, which they were hoping to bring down to 22 weeks for 2020. However, with the introduction of BLAST Premier and the ESL Pro Tour, in both of which Vitality are partnered teams, meant that their wish would not come true.

ALEX withdrew himself from the team

As a result, ALEX has left Vitality effective immediately despite offering the team to stay until they find a suitable replacement, with his future in the scene currently being unclear. According to the aforementioned report, the Frenchmen have in LDLC's Ali "⁠hAdji⁠" Haïnouss their top candidate for ALEX's replacement.

The 24-year-old had been part of the organization for over a year after replacing their original in-game leader, Vincent "⁠Happy⁠" Schopenhauer, at the end of 2018. He helped the French side burst onto the top-tier scene in the first half of 2019, when they won cs_summit 4 and ECS Season 7 Finals and placed second at ESL One Cologne, and pick up another runner-up finish and a title at DreamHack Masters Malmö and EPICENTER in the latter half.

The huge blow in the loss of the in-game leader comes at a time when Vitality had already started off the year on the wrong foot with two consecutive bottom-half exits at BLAST Premier and at IEM Katowice. Their next appearance will be in ESL Pro League Season 11, which is set to start on March 16 with the first two groups, while the last two will kick off on March 26, although the distribution hasn't been announced yet.

"Last year we travelled 36 weeks of the year and by July I was struggling to keep up with the intense travelling schedule, coming into this year we wanted to cut that down to 22 weeks (an extra 2.5 months at home)," ALEX said in a Twitlonger statement.

"However the accelerated professionalization of the CS:GO scene, through ESL pro tour & Blast Premier arrivals, changed the ecosystem and we could no longer get down to anywhere near the amount of weeks discussed earlier. That being said, the only logical course of action for me after the year that had just passed was to withdraw myself from the team before becoming too tired to put the necessary work in."

ALEX's departure leaves Vitality with the following quartet in the active lineup:

Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire
Cédric "⁠RpK⁠" Guipouy
Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut
Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon

Rémy "⁠XTQZZZ⁠" Quoniam (coach)

Rip

2020-03-04 20:05

19 replies

What an unusual excuse to leave a team... That basically sets to everybody that he doesnt want to be a professional player anymore, at 24. It seems weird to me. There must be something else behind this decision...

2020-03-04 21:14

18 replies

If you dont enjoy what you are doing. you whould not be doing it? if its work school or cs. if you dont want to do it. find something else

2020-03-04 21:20

6 replies

actually if i need to choose between having the chance of making myself a good life even after my job carreer with the more money i made in a job i may dislike and a job i like i wouldnt take the job i like especially not after being safe in the first job with more oppertunities honestly... and i have the situation for myself actually so i kinda know what im talking about

2020-03-04 21:29

5 replies

So u would prefer to be misrable for the next 5-10 years for a salary that wont last the rst of your life?

2020-03-04 21:41

3 replies

what u think alex got for an education ... sorry i dont think he will earn sth just a bit comparable to vitality lol ... and i see this even when i only earn 1k more in my job than i would in my dream job

2020-03-04 22:15

2 replies

Never said he would. But you dont make enough money on cs so you got enough for your entire life. So basicly if he dosent enjoy to play/travel that much.. then he has alot of time to find a job he likes.

2020-03-04 23:00

But money is not everything u need at all....mb he wants to settle down, found a family....u dont need loads of money to be happy +If he choses to retire/ step back a bit he could still work as an analyst or even as an igl for lower tier teams that offer him a good salary and dont attend that many events. A cs pros life isbnot everyones life...u gotta sacrifice a lot but most ppl only look at the fact that they make good money and play their favourite game all day

2020-03-05 07:22

And you are the generic retard that complains about working 40 years at a job they hate and dies unhappy. You have no idea what you are talking about you just pretend you are ok with being miserable.

2020-03-04 21:51

Yeah, this is exactly what it feels like. The dude was playing so good, clutching and leading his team to gr8 results as an IGL, making French CS look nice again. Some untold social issues could be the reason he left. You have to think about it as a few times ago, NBK was kicked without no proper reason ! It has to be a chemistry problem.

2020-03-04 21:25

playing so good? clutching and leading his team to gr8 results? French cs looking good? When?

2020-03-04 21:44

hltv.org/events/4411/ecs-season-7-finals hltv.org/events/4443/starladder-major-be.. hltv.org/events/4281/esl-one-cologne-201.. Need more?

2020-03-04 22:34

lol ecs finals with shit teams and asstralis who didnt give a shit about it... 5-8th at starladder is not a good showing...lost to avangar, and got 2-0'd by ence. decent showing at esl cologne but obvious fluke...

2020-03-04 23:50

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Compare french cs 2018 with 2019....bells ringing americano?

2020-03-05 07:23

This was all zywoo mens

2020-03-05 03:35

i also thnk so, its the same if the pro dancer who was doing that for 10 years said hmm i do not really like dancing

2020-03-04 21:42

I worked in fly in fly out construction job on a 4 and 1 roster for 2 years straight. 10 weeks at home in a year, money was great but I wanted to quit on so many occasions that money wasn't didn't matter anymore. I see where he's coming from home and family are essential .

2020-03-04 21:43

2020-03-05 07:24

Makes lot of sense... but I still cant believe 100%. Building a life where you can live by playing a game you love, earning a real good money, being recognized worldwide, having the chance to make your name unforgettable in the scene.. Of course there is the negative side of all of that, the fact of being away from home for such a long time, but you won't (probably) have a career that will last more than 10 years in this "crazy schedule". You can take that. Lets see if something comes out in the next few weeks.

2020-03-05 15:13

I agree on that sentiment that its a once in a life time opportunity. But just not for him maybe, you either have it or you don't.

2020-03-06 11:16

Expected

RIP my favorite active player and second favorite player of all time... I followed his ascent from Melty Esport Club onwards, and it was amazing watching him grow into (imo) one of the top IGLs in CS:GO. We'll miss you ALEX <3

2020-03-05 12:02

Good for him

wow sad news

lmao rip vitality

2020-03-04 20:07

RIP zywoo

RIP UK only mantuu left

12 replies

God Smooya ?!?!

2020-03-04 20:52

11 replies

he's wasting his time in a tier 4 na team

2020-03-04 21:15

10 replies

2020-03-04 21:17

thats the thing , guy deserves better

2020-03-04 21:31

8 replies

2020-03-04 21:55

Who smooya? No he doesn’t deserve any better than what he has and honestly he doesn’t even deserve that.

2020-03-04 22:19

but y

He just doesn’t have the mind strength for top tier, he tilts super fast and is toxic as fuck. Honestly I’m surprised he even got picked up by anyone after big, his mental state was gone. Who knows maybe he’s getting better, he has some skill don’t get me wrong it’s just everything else is hella lacking. Just having aim won’t get you threw top tier cs, you got to have personality, mental strength and a team that likes to be around you. Every team he’s been on he’s like the black sheep, maybe it’s different on chaos right now

2020-03-05 02:40

4 replies

Story of simple tbh...just that his Skill ceiling is higher

2020-03-05 07:25

Yea way higher only reason he got a second chance and he made good with it and I’m glad. Dude is a fucking beast

2020-03-05 13:45

i get what you are saying , but his interview upon joining Chaos hinted towards him getting a better attitude at the game and who knows , he might get on the straight line for the sake of his career. I personally believe the guy is actually a great awper but i do agree that not having a positive mindset would get you anywhere.

2020-03-05 11:19

I honestly hope it works out for him, I don’t wish any illwill against him or anyone. I like to see everyone succeed honestly, just hope he stays on a good path and gets a second chance. He’s just gunna have to earn it work super hard and keep his nose to the grind stone

2020-03-05 13:47

Sad, good Luck in ur life :D

2020-03-04 20:06

RIP UK

KeKW disband vitality

Alex is racist

Good

Sad. I hope he doesn't regret this in the future

Nice post info XD

probably has rich parents lol

22 replies

Dude is rich himself at this point

21 replies

Who knew travel was so bad that someone would throw away such a life changing opportunity because its so stressful.

2020-03-04 20:49

20 replies

Sounds a lot more like laziness than stress. But I mean, if you're well off and it's interfering with your personal life (Mb doesn't see gf as much or something?) then no point in doing something you'd rather not.

2020-03-04 20:58

that isnt laziness i dont know many jobs that make you leave home for a little less 4/5 of the year imagine playing like that for 2-3 years what life do you have left outside of (work) because thats how pros treat it 7-8 hrs a day playing and working on your game yes it is a great job i would love being in his shoes but maybe he just misses life before when he wasn't traveling the world all year i bet that life is pretty hectic

A lot of people travel for work, in fact the higher your pay the more relative it becomes. Putting aside the fact he has his dream job which most people do not, it sounds like he just doesn't want to put in the work. Traveling is part of his job, the pay off is playing a video game, seeing the world, as well working out of home when he isn't travelling. He comes off overly privileged complaining he doesn't spend enough time at home, when in reality these are 1 week long trips once a month. It's not like he is forced to leave home 4-5 months straight at a time. He doesn't have his own children whom he would be missing time with. It's a clear cut case of not wanting to put in the work. Hence laziness.

2020-03-04 22:52

At this point, it's not complains anymore, he made is decision, so it's just a piece of explanation. And you're not in ALEX's shoes, so what you're talking about is irrelevant. No one knows all reasons which pushed him to quite CS pro scene except himself. Make such a decision, at his level and that early in his carrer which was on the right path, shows more courage than lazyness imo. Stop being a toxic judgmental prick men((.

2020-03-05 00:04

I'm basing my opinion from his direct quote. He admits that he isn't willing to do the work. Whatever the reasons might be, he himself stated that as the main cause. Get his balls out of your mouth, it's not a good look.

2020-03-05 01:08

Expected.

2020-03-05 03:45

Dont believe everything in the internet🤦‍♂️

2020-03-05 07:28

not everyone travels for work, only if you are working with a international company. Another thing you said is , its not like they're gone for 4-5 months at a time but they are 36/52 weeks of the year they are traveling to compete or out from home. This all being said Alex can play his same csgo from behind his desk at home so whatever his decision is with the future i think we should all respect that.

2020-03-05 14:26

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I already said, if that's not what he wants to do and isn't in need of financial support then he shouldn't bother with doing what makes him unhappy. But I absolutely do not have to respect that, nor does anyone else (99% of this community would love to be in his shoes). So if you choose to respect laziness and privilege that's your prerogative, but you along with the other commenters replying to me shouldn't be telling people how to feel and what to respect.

2020-03-05 18:57

im saying respect his decision because (you're) not in his shoes and dont know what options he has who knows maybe hes not done with csgo for forever things happen in peoples life who knows what personal reasons it was from but dont just say he is lazy because it could be 100 things so calm down bro hahaha

2020-03-05 19:07

Never told you how to feel, I'm telling you not to judge. People's life are more complex than a simple statement.

2020-03-05 20:15

"Stop being a toxic judgmental prick men((." "i think we should all respect that." Direct quotes from both of you either telling me how to feel or telling me what to do. Thanks Dr. Phil the hypocrite

2020-03-05 20:24

You're obviously good at quoting people, I give you that but again, how can you judge someone's decisions/actions when you barely know a quarter of the truth?

2020-03-06 00:09

You should be capable of answering that yourself, since you see it fit to tell others how to feel and act based off a few comments. Is the irony shining through? Everyone is entitled to make their own opinion. I'm basing mine off the information provided directly from ALEX himself. The thesis of your argument is based on pure speculation, without any information at all. The scenarios you laid out are possible, but the scenario I laid out is possible as well. The difference being is that the guy admits that his job has too much travel, hence he is not willing to do the work. What is the basis of your opinion other than pure imagination? This is honestly a waste of time on my part, you make things up to suite your narrative, then when proven wrong with direct quotes you change the subject. You've both been hypocrites the entire time yet fail to see it. Just because you want your opinion to be true, doesn't make someone else's wrong. You need to learn to be objective, and take things at face value. Have a good one.

2020-03-06 00:28

Of course you can make your opinion and express it, but anyone else can react to what you said and tell you you might be wrong. "The thesis of your argument is based on pure speculation, without any information at all." that is a nice thing to say but what are you specifically talking about? What thesis, what argument? You're scenario could be possible that's for sure, but you said "It's a clear cut case of not wanting to put in the work. Hence laziness." a comment where you didn't leave any space for doubts letting people think your scenario was the only one plausible. On the other hand I said it "shows more courage than lazyness imo". You can notice I used the acronym "imo" to stress that's my personnal opinion and that I may be wrong because I don't know all the facts that led Alex to make such a decision. It doesn't matter to me to be right or wrong because I don't know enough to pretend to be right unlike you. I'm not changing subject, I still think your comment was judgemental and will keep asking you the same question until you dare to answer. How can you judge someone's decisions/actions when you barely know a quarter of the truth? "You need to learn to be objective, and take things at face value" that's probably the only interesting thing you said in this very long argument. You should start following your own advice and stop accusing people of being hypocrite. Is the irony shining through?

2020-03-06 01:15

Watch at S1mple pro since 16. he has his brother around him but already said he dumped many GF cuz they were in the way for his csgo career. He makes only one time in a year 1 week holidays. It pays off for him in terms of money. I guess he gets the most money as a single player in csgo. With AMD , Nike etc as sponsorship. At the end of his career, he is for sure a millionaire. But for his life outside of csgo not much. eSports means sacrfices when you will stay at top. Kuro in Dota already won 6 Million € and still Dota is his life. Maybe because he doesn't know what to do without it. Thats the thing with people that work really hard. You make sacrifices a lot. But to give up after not being really great successfull is lazyiness or he got a better job...

2020-03-04 23:43

Maybe ALEX has to deal with a burn out or sees it coming. Maybe he's disgusted of the pro scene. Maybe he's tired of travelling or maybe he's tired of shox/apex performances. Maybe he wants to study to avoid to become a braindead CS pro player like s1mple or maybe he's lazy. Maybe he's working for the MI6 now. Maybe he's more of a sendentary than a nomad. Maybe he wants to become a film director or a carpenter. Maybe his gf is pregnant or maybe he's just scared of the coronavirus. Maybe he thinks he has enough savings to do something more interesting of his life than playing a video game. Maybe...

2020-03-05 00:37

I totally understand if he wants to quit. But I wonder how he got so good and so successful without a passion for cs.

2020-03-05 09:36

What tells you he didn't/doesn't have a passion for CS?

2020-03-05 17:34

I can totally understand alex....if its not what he wants to do with his life he should quit....why do ppl complain so much.... at least he made a decision instead of staying in the scene for more years doing sth he doesnt enjoy and ofc performing worse and worse cause of that....

2020-03-05 07:31

Vitality top 30 inc.

R.I.P Vitality

+Smithzz or Ex6tenz just for fun as adding Sunny or staying in VP like Qikert did.

Brexit is real...

expected

2020-03-04 20:08

Bye, wont miss that toxic retard

wow

Alex saved himself. Now save zywoo

actually kinda worried for zywoo now lmao, like where the fuck is he supposed to go now

2020-03-05 15:10

Mentally weak pussy

Actually he is alpha Chad as fuck, doing what he wants even tho everyone expected/wanted him to continue.

2020-03-04 20:55

Nah. Ending career for a pussy ,beta male

2020-03-05 04:37

No point in arguinf with someone like u i guess....mb some day u will understand his decision...

2020-03-05 07:32

why you texted me that bullshit?

2020-03-06 02:57

If youd be smart ud know man

2020-03-07 10:37

Yeah ,right

2020-03-07 19:55

> not spending 4/5 of the year with your GF > "mentally weak pussy" lmao 9 year old detected

Don't start a pro gamer career if you're scared to be far from mama too often. He should have just stayed in his bedroom and play Faceit like the fucking weeb he is

2020-03-04 22:28

Are you raging because he "betrayed" Vitality?? Typical 9 year old deluded fan, go back to watch Gotaga play Fortnite reatrd.

2020-03-04 22:37

Lmao no, it's the exact opposite. I'm a grown up who knows what it's like to work, including abroad, and earn his money. How many people work abroad, far from home, for a muuuuuch lower salary to be able to provide for their family and make their children's future better ? I've been working in Irak these past few years, in the oil and gas industry, with people from all over the world who could see their children 5 days a years and were working their ass off in the worst environment because life's not always easy. So seeing a 24 years old saying "it's really unacceptable to be far from my girlfriend 50% of the time, traveling the world, doing the job I dreamt about, for 30k€ a month, i'm going back to mama" makes me laugh. I don' t give a single fuck about Vitality so calm down kiddo, go play LoL if you're a fanboy.

2020-03-05 10:41

working in middle east LUL

2020-03-05 15:12

You Americans a biggest pussy ,not surprised about your comment. Fuck everything ,you just want pussy

2020-03-05 04:36

rip

Save ZywOo. Good move from ALEX.

You mean like they saved Willy? , Zywoo is too fat to make that jump like Willy did in the movie Free Willy, Willy is a whale, zywoo just look like a whale youtu.be/vIzQyskCEPs

2020-03-04 20:28

like wtf.

2020-03-04 20:40

2020-03-04 20:46

What the actual fuck

2020-03-04 21:03

2020-03-04 21:11

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

2020-03-06 00:10

+kqly

2020-03-04 20:09

Vitality to minors and MDL

+scream

2020-03-06 11:53

UK CS SO BAAADDDD, BACK TO TIER 8 ALL OF YOU, smooya decent tho

just join EG instead of Stanislaw

+1, upgrade

2020-03-04 20:48

Peekers Advantage when? I know youre his alt account

2020-03-04 20:50

shhhhhh

2020-03-04 22:22

"bruh"

2020-03-04 20:22

sad :( best of luck ALEX

2020-03-04 20:10

Sad...GGWP GL further.

0iq never will get on a good team again

damn i'm sad... I wish him the best <3

2020-03-04 20:11

rip vitality

Vitality can't win anything without ALEX lmao

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They literally won something before he came but you forgot it like you forgot your team didn't make playoffs for 11 months

2020-03-04 20:18

They didnt win any tournaments before Alex, not sure what you are on about

They won dreamhack open atlanta with happy, checking would have been quicker than posting your reply btw

2020-03-04 20:36

Dreamhack open OMEGALUL

2020-03-04 20:53

Cringe

2020-03-04 21:28

hahaha, actual lvl for fake top1

2020-03-05 01:25

DHO so relevant that HLTV didnt even put a badge on teams profile KEKW

2020-03-05 04:54

You know what the meaning of "anything" is ,right?

2020-03-05 10:06

Yes, a DHO doesn't fall under that category.

2020-03-05 19:50

i dont think you understand what anything means. a pile of shit can fall under that category. study english

2020-03-05 22:31

I've studied English enough. Im just saying that a DHO in a top tier means nothing. Look at North, they occasionally have won a DHO, but they suck against tier 1 and even tier 2 teams.

2020-03-06 05:06

well clearly you didnt study hard enough

2020-03-06 06:57

Ok mens, whatever you say

2020-03-06 08:26

you mix alex and zywoo ; lmao, they only win when zywoo carry, it dosen t matetr who is in the team , you could be there as well

Zywoo might be good... But he can't carry a team of without a bit lf help. And they will never get a better igl than ALEX

2020-03-04 22:16

Remember the last time you put all 5 superstars in one team? Yeah, Faze remembers.

2020-03-04 23:57

Hahhahahahah pussy

2020-03-04 20:12

"coming into this year we wanted to cut that down to 22 weeks (an extra 2.5 months at home)," what a fucking lazy asshole LOL, hope he never gets into a tier1 team ever again

Imagine being exhausted from travelling and playing video games for a living ahahaha

2020-03-04 20:23

Maybe try the lifestyle before judging?? Or maybe you have no talent so just don't talk.

2020-03-04 22:39

+1 haha so true, maybe that's why astralis was best team for so long - a lot of pros behave like amateurs and crying about jet lags/busy schedules etc.

2020-03-04 20:31

I mean unless you live that lifestyle I don't think you can judge. Granted though, that stepping down from the team wasn't his best decision. He could have just benched himself for the time being like Dennis did on NIP until he was ready to come back. I could totally understand how flying all around the world and playing csgo in high pressure environments could be exhausting mentally. At the same time though this is his job and if he's not commited to doing it he should either find a different game, or go down another career path

2020-03-04 20:43

?? astralis literally stopped turning up to tournaments because they were travelling too much

2020-03-05 01:44

Lmao have you ever been a pro traveling 80% of the year? How can you judge then?

2020-03-04 22:40

Sad!

ez 4 the best igl shox +smithzz incomming

2020-03-04 20:13

RIP Vitality

2020-03-04 20:14

woah

PepeHands

What ecosystem is he talking about

hahahahahahahhaahaha

Notice how he doesn't mention Nbk in his tweetlonger

2020-03-04 20:15

will be very suprised if they massively improve by kicking one player, the core of rpk, apex and shox is incredibly weak.

2020-03-04 20:16

Who kicked who

2020-03-04 20:33

They wanted to kick zywoo's fat ass and they did but the kicker lost his leg, the leg got stucked in zywoo's ass so they had to cut it off,his ass is now digesting the leg, very sad story :'(

2020-03-04 21:06

haha so funny

2020-03-04 21:38

God roster : f0rest, Zywoo, S1mple, Niko, electronic.

-niko +ropz

niko<ropz<NiKo

2020-03-04 22:30

ropz < Niko ? i dont think so, ropz more disciplined and smart player

2020-03-05 01:27

Niko >>>>>>>>>>> ropz

2020-03-05 08:01

Zywoo, s1mple, elec, flusha & brollan

no IGL 0iq roster

flusha my friend

2020-03-05 12:59

RIP

majer when?

Good luck with shox igl vitality!

2020-03-04 20:20

It's a sarcasm or what

2020-03-04 20:27

rekt

2020-03-04 20:21

bodyy pls

rip :(

KEKW

french ppl are racists, kicking a british guy kekw maybe ALEX will go to smooya team

2020-03-04 20:24

Kicking NBK seems like a dumb move now that ALEX cannot handle the tournament schedule. Nice move screwing over French CS lol

F :/ GL ALEX

ALEX good but not best. JW best

JW bestest

2020-03-04 22:41

He won't have any opportunity to be relevant in csgo ever again, 0IQ

OMG SHOX IGL IS COMMING RIP VITALITY SOMEONE SAVE ZYWOO PLZ

2020-03-04 20:26

what fuck

UK CS ?

hello, it's shox, your favourite IGL here!

now invite ScreaM

This is so anti climactic,the team might just blow up with this

Join Endpoint and go full brittish

Finally!!!

bb salty englishman)))

2020-03-04 20:29

rip...brexit

No respect for this decision.

RIP, was the 2nd most consistent player in Vitality, its all downhill from here on now

Better be ScreaM

2020-03-04 20:30

so whats the real reason? is it cause his gf misses him too much or what

zywoo shox jeyn fearoth +igl maybe davidp 1 star, 2 youngsters, 1 veteran

2020-03-04 20:32

Vitality is probably dead Zywoo will end up leaving They'll bench the other 3, probably keep XTQZZZ since he's a good coach and come back with a new international team Hopefully ALEX will replace Mightymax on Endpoint, that's definitely a less busy schedule and there are some good players on that team, he could do well with them.

weak

FaZe Zywoo -Coldzera full EU

2020-03-04 20:35

Vitality is dead

something smell fishy !!! i think it's not the real reason

Poor Alex(

cry baby holy fuck

Get Davidp, he was doing good in Heretics before getting snaked by kio & co.

2020-03-04 20:37

Hmm Yeh lets bench our IGL so we can get more firepower sounds good top20

2020-03-04 20:38

Read the articles instead of saying crap.

2020-03-04 22:09

Isn't this the guy that got salty after losing to coL and also salty after Liquid's dominant run and just hoping that the player break would wreck them?

2020-03-04 20:39

hard gamer life omegagigaLUL

- pro cs go player - less travel pick one Also, why would ALEX go play for Endpoint for a shit salary and basically no winnings since the team will never achieve anything?

2020-03-04 20:42

Fix online cs for free money instead of trying hard

2020-03-05 13:32

You drunk bro? What are you even talking about?

2020-03-05 13:42

WHat should say mechanics from Formula 1 for example, which they work 20 hours per for the car and constructing garage, and have 21 races per year, travel all the world and rest only august and for christmas. And they get like 5000 - 6000 $ per month.

2020-03-04 20:41

rip Vitality

rip zywoo

+happy or neo

2020-03-04 20:44

F, RIP

f zywoo

2020-03-04 20:45

Who came !

Respect him for prioritizing himself/his family. However, if he wants to return to CS then he will have to remain in low tier local teams

zywoo + international team incoming after majors Mark my words

2020-03-04 20:47

Totally nothing to do with SOX the most toxic player in French CS joining the team.

money isn't everything, but it's still a shame

Why didn’t he just stay for a couple of years and then lived the rest of his live with a big bank account and limitless of free time

Coz toxic banquettes kicked him

2020-03-04 21:45

Incoming ScreaM #SuperSayian 😂

E vertet shqipe

2020-03-04 21:02

now get a normal job with low salary and cry again.....homesick? ok, but u are getting paid so much dude...can't understand.

2020-03-04 20:51

No one cares

2020-03-04 20:54

NICE DISBAND AND ZYWOO TO FAZE

2020-03-04 20:57

in other words: hes having a burn out.

In other words; he’s a cuck

So sad, but this is just a game. Gl Alex. Keep your head up keep your heart strong. Peace.

2020-03-04 20:59

DOes this guy know that "normal" people work 11 months a year ? good luck tho

Usually you come back home the night after your worK

2020-03-04 21:05

Usually you don't get paid even a third of what hes getting paid

2020-03-05 13:01

Some people prefer stability and be with his love ones than more and more money.

2020-03-05 13:51

0 IQ back to british minimum wage KEKW

super sad

2020-03-04 21:01

Rip Vitality

Ultimate cuck if because of gf

Sad

It’s all coming up Happy

2020-03-04 21:09

Wow unexpected Vitality tier 3 incoming

2020-03-04 21:10

2020-03-04 21:13

Fazeup

Help me, G2-Kenobi. You're my only hope...

they need to kick sedEX now

2020-03-04 21:16

Respect but I feel like this is a waste of opportunity. But we don't know how much pressure his brain & body had to endure so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. GL :) Hoping Davidp will join them, since he proved he is a good IGL.

2020-03-04 21:19

wtf

Great IGL! I hope him only the best a best for the future.

2020-03-04 21:21

Finally

2020-03-04 21:23

Goto Faze

low mentality, this just like said he doesn't want to be top tier CS team.

2020-03-04 21:24

vitality top 30 confirmed

2020-03-04 21:26

OG.NBK- -> Vitality.NBK- Vitality.NBK- -> NBK- Vitality.shox -> shox happy -> Vitality.happy Sixer -> Vitality.Sixer shox -> OG.shox OG.Aleksib -> ENCE.Aleksib ENCE.suNny -> OG.suNny

What

2020-03-05 00:40

+screaM

hadji have trouble fragging vs tier 3 plz not hadji even if he can do decent.. vitality need someone like zywoo or at least decent to frag for apex and shox, look at navi.. without firepower they did nothing .. vitality is like navi with zeus and edward... bring young talents insteed.. experience is overated in cs go.. it s just about clicking headshot and game sense look at zywoo

2020-03-04 21:35

Highlight from his twitlonger: "I would like to thank Dan, Cédric, Richard, Mathieu, manager Matthieu, assistant coach Mathieu, and my brother Mathieu.

:DDDDDDD

2020-03-04 22:29

Mathieu Péché and assistant coach idk who he is, but logic.

2020-03-04 22:45

Also fuck that Mathieu guy and NBK

2020-03-05 07:56

toxic shox confirmed

Unreal. So somehow shox is gonna be IGLING again..? He wormed himself up to igl again apparently. I liked shox, but this is total BS. Dude needs to look in a mirror

He knows hes sexy already.

2020-03-04 22:57

Vitality is tier 2 from this moment. Alex was the only one bright spot in this garbage team. I wish good luck to Alex. Hope u will find your team bro

Second worst roster move in 2019 /2020

2020-03-04 21:48

now kick RPK a.k.a RUIM PRA KARALHO

2020-03-04 21:56

bring shoxy back

2020-03-04 21:57

ALEX 200iq dodging corona, all those airports, crowds and travel all other pros gonna get it lol

2020-03-04 22:02

Pffff, typical brit, too delicate to travel? small girl, go cry alex

2020-03-04 22:04

expected from brit

2020-03-04 22:06

brexit

A much needed change but awkward timing, I'm to see how this pans out for Vitality.

I guess the honeymoon is over.

2020-03-04 22:21

Whyyyyyyyy 😢😢😢

2020-03-04 22:24

Shox destroys yet another team

2020-03-04 22:25

Shox has nothing to do in this.

2020-03-04 22:38

What a pussy LMAO Deserves to go back to tier 3

2020-03-04 22:35

He offered to stay until a replacement was found but, they said nah gtfo.. goddamn that’s cold

No, they asked if he could stay until the replacement is found, HE didn't want to do it.

2020-03-05 09:45

uk cs dead

so...they want hAdji instead of screaM? or can shox backstab apex to bring in screaM??

2020-03-04 22:46

mibr ALEX

2020-03-04 22:48

Those saying he is a crying bitch, have you ever lived the lifestyle of a professional player, with all the travel, pressure and hate from you retards try harding faceit level 7 thinking you will one day go pro?? He obviously burned out last year and would rather end his career than endanger his health. Most respectable decision ever to put a cross on the high salary and backup of an org. Now he can probably make a living out of streaming. GL HF IN LIFE ALEX!!!

2020-03-04 22:49

+infinite

2020-03-04 23:02

best comm)

2020-03-04 23:14

+9999 but they wouldnt read this. Because they are retarded

2020-03-06 02:54

Anybody who's talking shit now never HAD to travel abroad for longer periods of time. It's draining. Sure, you see the world and shit, he probably earned a shit load of cash. But it's challenging and money's not everything. Family, friends... just being at home. Money's not worth fucking up you mental health if it's too draining for you. But kids will understand one day.

2020-03-04 22:50

A Bot has left the game...

2020-03-04 22:51

but 5 bots from bibr still can't left

2020-03-05 01:34

I'm overwhelmed by people saying he's lazy and a bitch for not wanting to travel that much. They haven't got a fucking clue how the lifestyle is. Hope ALEX carries on playing in a team that doesn't want to travel all the time... He's a beast.

2020-03-04 22:53

WHAT? Ok i understand his reasoning but thats still unexpected

2020-03-04 22:55

Welcome ScreaM

2020-03-04 22:56

Don't believe the publicity, truth is he's avoiding Corona virus

Must be the worst to be so much with 4 baguettes. Alex will find another team soon!

On answer to this is for teams to have a roster of 6 players. This would have the additional benefit of covering illnesses or other unavailability. Downsides of course such as changing in-team dynamics depending who was playing. Also prize money gets diluted.

2020-03-04 23:03

Before you guys judge him, have you considered there is more to the story? Maybe he was tired of travelling that much while not seeing any improvement from players such as apex and shox, who makes so many basic mistakes it actually hurts to watch their games.

2020-03-04 23:04

Happy was never IGL

2020-03-04 23:13

Alex: Let me go home, I miss my mother.

2020-03-04 23:20

And just like that, UK scene ceases to exist

2020-03-04 23:25

Burn out...

2020-03-04 23:30

Bring back happy

2020-03-04 23:34

best wishes in life after cs, sorry for toxic :(

2020-03-04 23:39

imagine apex as a igl ? the guy with zero timing, zero game sense, and who make low iq play, if it s true he get igl , i wanna see that

2020-03-04 23:44

Happy will take care of the team and make it a top 1 contender vs Navi

2020-03-04 23:46

happy is not the solution, even if he bring maybe more firepower than apex and shox

2020-03-04 23:48

most of you guys never leave the house and are trying to talk shit LOL never mind knowing what its like to travel all year, in and out of hotels, away from friends and girlfriend and practice 6+ hours a day. More and more teams are cutting down tournaments to avoid this

2020-03-04 23:55

amen

2020-03-05 00:02

Zywoo and Alex should be in an international roster together now

2020-03-05 00:11

OMEGALUL FRENCH CS IS GONNA GO BACK DOWN FOR ANOTHER 2 YEARS

2020-03-05 00:12

France needs new superteam Zywoo kennyS shox Jackz Amanek

2020-03-05 00:33

Shox Superteam Pick one

2020-03-05 15:23

S H OMEGALUL X

2020-03-06 02:55

Many people forgot about devoduvek in Misfits and was actually a really good player along with amanek and now they take tier5 player hadji, c'monn

Weird

2020-03-05 00:44

2020-03-05 01:19

-Alex +Scream +Headshot machine +top-1 spot

2020-03-05 01:58

does that mean he wanna retire?

2020-03-05 02:30

Inb4 shox says he will IGL again

2020-03-05 02:49

SHOX pushing out the IGL yet again lol

2020-03-05 03:21

shox igl again?

2020-03-05 03:25

alex pussy

2020-03-05 04:03

ahahaha, zywho?

2020-03-05 04:34

It's your turn ZywOo, save yourself.

NBK come back lul

2020-03-05 04:40

happy will back

Shox the team destroyer striked again

2020-03-05 05:06

2020-03-05 05:07

SmithZz incoming?

2020-03-05 05:39

Disband

2020-03-05 06:09

-papiloma plz

2020-03-05 06:28

2020-03-05 06:48

EZ4NAVI

Hullo on kon4enoe

2020-03-05 08:16

ALEX found out zywoo was cheating, so he left, i heard.

2020-03-05 10:15

Finally Vitality will become a full French squad in my opinion Alex is overrated IGL doing all the work zywoo and Shox's return to IGL is not a tragedy.

2020-03-05 10:19

Maybe he's scared of Corona, you know they travel alot and meet all kind of people's

2020-03-05 10:30

WELCOME BACK MANIAC

2020-03-05 11:29

bring another washed up guy to vitality FREE ZYWOO PLZ

2020-03-05 11:35

HAPPY PLEASE!! If only for the deagle ace!

2020-03-05 11:44