Rickeh announces retirement

3-3-2023 21:15

The former Renegades and Complexity player decided to hang up his mouse after recently getting removed from an unannounced team.

Ricardo "⁠Rickeh⁠" Mulholland has announced that he has decided to retire in a Twitlonger post headlined 'Time to hang the ol' mouse up.'

Rickeh puts an end to his playing career

In early February, the 31-year-old revealed that he had quit his job so that he could commit to a new team only to be removed from that roster "out of nowhere." At the time, Rickeh stated he was looking for a new team ready to fill any role, before announcing his retirement a month later.

Rickeh most recently plied his trade in Aftershock and ORDER but was better known for his time in the earlier years of CS:GO. He first came onto the international scene in 2015 with Immunity and got to play at two Majors that year. In 2016 he made the move to the United States after joining the Renegades roster featuring the likes of Justin "⁠jks⁠" Savage and Aaron "⁠AZR⁠" Ward.

The AWPer went on to represent a multitude of North American rosters from 2017-2019, including CLG, Rogue, and Complexity, most notably placing second at DreamHack Open Austin in 2018 and qualifying for three consecutive Majors towards the end of his American stint — FACEIT Major 2018, IEM Katowice 2019, and StarLadder Major 2019.

He was still playing? Lol

2023-03-03 21:15

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kkkkk

2023-03-03 22:00

My thoughts when i read the title. He was never thát amazing right?

2023-03-04 00:37

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He was decent, nothing flashy but got the job done. Probably would still be a servicable awper in AU

2023-03-04 01:54

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he couldve done well really anywhere outside of T1. He was reliable just should never be the focus of the team.

2023-03-04 07:26

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yeah he always reminded me of nitr0 when he was awping, not the star, doesnt need to be the star, just does the job and does it to a high enough standard that he will never be a detriment.

2023-03-04 08:47

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I'd say he'd be closer to Skadoodle. Nitro awped out of necessity and didn't pick it up nearly as much as other awpers. Ska was more of a supportive element while awping. more akin to what rickeh provides

2023-03-05 19:02

he was never that amazing but sometimes he would pull out plays that just ruined the other teams whole game plan

2023-03-04 06:00

goat

2023-03-03 21:16

2023-03-03 21:29

+AZR -Rickeh Australian shuffle

AZR in Sprout already bro

2023-03-03 21:46

Yeah that's what I was refering too. One coming back from retirement, the other one going into retirement.

2023-03-03 21:54

hope he continues to pursue his dreams. GOAT

2023-03-03 21:17

This is why you dont pursue the esports dream without getting that degree

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stupid thing to say....u can only be esports pro at young age while any retard can get any degree even at 60 year old

2023-03-03 21:20

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but what retarded company would hire 60 year old graduates to fill well paid positions lol

2023-03-03 21:38

You made too much sense for him

2023-03-04 00:38

ur German, hier ist das standard lol

2023-03-04 07:54

or you can do both like Maniac and Karrigan

2023-03-03 21:39

Well, maybe that worked like 10 years ago but good luck getting a degree whilst being a professional player and having to commit 8-10 hours a day to grinding.

2023-03-03 21:45

True, there's literally no way that's happening unless you can still play at a high level on 2 hours of sleep lol.

2023-03-03 21:55

Whole thread of people who think a degree is the key to success post CS 💀

2023-03-03 22:22

2023-03-04 00:24

Well Maniac never achieved the highs Karrigan has, neither did Gob B, who also has a degree.

2023-03-03 23:31

what will degree change if you have no experience? will you hire 30yo with degree or 23yo with degree, both no exp?

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You cant get a degree without doing any internship

2023-03-03 21:42

intership 1 month? depends on country tbh

2023-03-03 21:44

Who spoke about a month lol, 3-6 months the first two internships, then you've got your foot inside, work and study at the same time while graduating

2023-03-03 21:48

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not possible if you are a pro

2023-03-03 21:50

Tell that to karrigan

2023-03-03 21:56

i doubt he did 3-6 months intership

2023-03-03 22:24

Man måste inte alls gå internshipi Skandinavien alltså VA??? jag gick rakt från sista tenta till fastjobb. Klara alla tentor och examnensarbete så är du fri. Pratar du om YH eller.

2023-03-04 08:51

what? yes you can

2023-03-04 02:32

23rd year old because he is cheaper

2023-03-03 21:53

Exactly, which makes Rickeh’s case even harder

2023-03-04 00:23

A lot of workplaces would, yeah. It depends a lot on the market and individual person seeking the position. My workplace, for example, would rather hire a slightly older person with less experience than a young person with more, even for a trainee position. Why? Because we are dealing with big, important clients, and we need a person to be able to mind himself when we are too busy to nurture him.

2023-03-04 07:35

+1 People are retarded if they think 30 yo is old. And workers move around a lot. There's not any negatives in having someone from 40 to 50 instead of someone from 25 to 35. Except the older person probably won't be gone half a year when they have kids.

2023-03-05 08:45

Been seeing him stream a lot on twitch. He’s been grinding. Feel bad for him.

another professional stand-in respect

2023-03-03 21:18

Shame

2023-03-03 21:19

rip goat

2023-03-03 21:22

REST WELL GOAT!

F pro player with same name as me :(

he shouldn't have been picked up by coL, but anyways, sad to see

2023-03-03 21:23

Rick eh 30?

Maddening... I remember rickeh used to be crazy with the AWP going against the old Kinguin lineup. Best of luck, rickeh. :)

2023-03-03 21:24

A lot of newfags in this thread

2023-03-03 21:27

Rick I know you see this when the next stream?

EU players have it lucky, look at all washed up pro's who should have retired but still play....

2023-03-03 21:31

+1 honestly lol The fact the vp guys are still getting paid is NUTS

2023-03-03 22:45

Wdym Taz is the only player still contracted and that is still debatable cuz he owns honoris

2023-03-03 23:55

Farewell soldier!

2023-03-03 21:32

he was still playing?

Sad to see, good luck rickeh

2023-03-03 21:41

anyone know which team? sucks to be removed like that

encore

2023-03-04 01:47

sad story good luck in rl rickeh

In terms of AU he's a really good player. Sad that he doesn't have options tbh.

He can transition to ESL lmpact.

2023-03-04 00:03

What is ESL lmpact? Some kind of tier3 stuff?

2023-03-04 00:15

women's league

2023-03-04 07:01

rip legend cs will never be the same

good luck in life

2023-03-03 22:12

Legend

2023-03-03 22:38

Welcome to Valorant

2023-03-03 22:43

Ggwp

2023-03-03 23:26

I thought back in the day he would be the next big thing, sad how it turned out.

He was a well rounded player in clg. after that his talent was questionable

2023-03-03 23:43

gg king

2023-03-03 23:51

2023-03-04 00:35

legend , I usually dont care about AU CS but this guy 100% goat awper

RIP legend, thank you for your service in CLG

2023-03-04 00:59

Legend. Never did have much luck finding a stable team, unlucky with this latest one. All the best mate, cheers.

2023-03-04 01:14

conspiracy theorist

2023-03-04 02:15

2023-03-04 02:36

damn the guy is still so good doesnt make a wrong decision in pugs

2023-03-04 08:41

Unlucky men((, looks like he got fucked over

2023-03-04 10:35

For a 31 year old he was still really good, I'm kinda sad he is gone, I think a lot of those younger teams could use a veteran like him, and he def. still had the skill to compete at the very least in TOP Australian team. Feels bad, GL in life Rickeh!

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