Nathan "leaf" Orf, a star that currently belongs to Valorant but made his name known throughout a crazy journey in the professional Counter-Strike scene. At the young age of only 15 "leaf" began his journey in becoming one of the hottest names in Counter-Strike. After various stays at smaller teams, almost always outperforming his teammates, the organization called Chaos picked him up - and he didn't disappoint. 

After helping his team win crazy upsets against the likes of MIBR his name quickly become known to the Counter-Strike community. However not always in a positive way. "leaf" was an aggressive player with extremely impressive individual capabilities which caused many of the opposing teams' fans to accuse him of cheating. The accusations and threats that "leaf" received were fortunately fought against by many pros and experts of the Counter-Strike scene, making sure that "leaf" wouldn't have to stand alone in the battle. 

Despite the threats "leaf" didn't succumb to the pressure of the many fans accusing him of cheating and he made sure to keep annihilating his opponents. Unfortunately, the young North American prodigy had to put his Counter-Strike career on hold after the global pandemic forced Chaos to retire from Counter-Strike. Without a team to compete with "leaf" made the transition to Valorant where he now plays for Cloud9's Valorant roster. 

To learn more about the crazy journey from being a young talented player to becoming an accused cheater, fighting back, and ultimately earning superstar status, you can watch the following video about the story of Nathan "leaf" Orf: 

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Nathan "leaf" Orf, a star that currently belongs to Valorant but made his name known throughout a crazy journey in the professional Counter-Strike scene. At the young age of only 15 "leaf" began his journey in becoming one of the hottest names in Counter-Strike. After various stays at smaller teams, almost always outperforming his teammates, the organization called Chaos picked him up - and he didn't disappoint.

After helping his team win crazy upsets against the likes of MIBR his name quickly become known to the Counter-Strike community. However not always in a positive way. "leaf" was an aggressive player with extremely impressive individual capabilities which caused many of the opposing teams' fans to accuse him of cheating. The accusations and threats that "leaf" received were fortunately fought against by many pros and experts of the Counter-Strike scene, making sure that "leaf" wouldn't have to stand alone in the battle.

Despite the threats "leaf" didn't succumb to the pressure of the many fans accusing him of cheating and he made sure to keep annihilating his opponents. Unfortunately, the young North American prodigy had to put his Counter-Strike career on hold after the global pandemic forced Chaos to retire from Counter-Strike. Without a team to compete with "leaf" made the transition to Valorant where he now plays for Cloud9's Valorant roster.

To learn more about the crazy journey from being a young talented player to becoming an accused cheater, fighting back, and ultimately earning superstar status, you can watch the following video about the story of Nathan "leaf" Orf:

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On Tuesday, the news feed featured two high-profile NA CS:GO players being announced as members of VALORANT sides for two NA organizations. koosta will continue to play under the Gen.G banner, marking an end to a seven-year-long career in CS, while leaf has been officially announced as a member of Cloud9 Blue. The pair join a growing list of NA players who have made their switch to the Riot Games’ shooter since its release.

17-year-old leaf racked up an impressive trophy haul during his time with Chaos and impressed the CS scene in the process with ability and gamesense that are seemingly beyond his years. Throughout 2020, he averaged a 1.14 rating featuring wins at DreamHack Masters Winter 2020 and IEM Beijing-Haidian.

koosta played in one Major, reaching the group stage of ESL One Cologne back in 2016 with CLG and most recently averaged a 1.19 rating in ESL One: Cologne 2020 NA, a 1.08 rating in ESL Pro League Season 12, and a 1.03 rating in Flashpoint 2.

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It should have been a festive moment, with laughter and joy. It’s the winner interview, Chaos has just won the North American division of DreamHack Masters Winter, the biggest trophy in their short but exciting lifetime. However, the moment and the interview didn’t feel like a celebration as it typically would when a team just had secured back to back championships. On the contrary, it felt more like a farewell party, as it was the last time, we would see this roster.

Last week, it was announced that the organization behind Chaos, has decided to release their CS:GO roster of Nathan “leaf” Orf, Edgar “MarKE” Maldonado, Anthony “vanity” Malaspina, Erick “Xeppaa” Bach and Jonathan “Jonji” Carey.

Read more. “NA organization confirms CS:GO exit”

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The roster of Chaos gave their perception of the situation in the aforementioned interview with the analyst desk at DH Masters. Chaos coach Matthew Elmore explains how NA organizations and sponsors aren’t answering their calls and IGL vanity continues by saying “There is no interest in Counter-Strike at the moment”.

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They looked like a team which have lost all faith in finding a new organization or sponsors, and as vanity says “we have proven us time and time again”.

The Chaos roster gets the chance to make the fairy tale ending when they attend the IEM Global Challenge later this month. The prominent tournament will be Chaos’ last tournament as a team, where the NA team stand as a clear underdog going into the event.

See what vanity and company have to say about attending IEM Global Challenge.

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The North American squad put up a strong performance in the grand final to secure their second tournament victory and defeating the Brazilian-side from TeamOne 3-2 on Train (16-9), Overpass (16-2), and on the decider Vertigo (16-10).

Even though the Chaos organization announced that it prepares to release their roster and exit CS:GO, the roster has managed to get back-to-back tournament victories as they also defeated Triumph in the grand final of IEM Beijing-Haidian

Nathan “leaf” Orf finished on top of the scoreboard overall as he managed to put up an excellent showing, being the top player of the series with a rating of 1.33, 98.9 ADR, and a 104-87 score. The 17-year-old American and the rest of his team leaves the tournament with the title and $35.000 in earnings.

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The winner of IEM Beijing NA and the current #18 best team in the world according to HLTV’s world ranking, leaves professional CS:GO. Chaos Esports Club has announced the release of its CS:GO roster by of the end of this year.

The North American organization writes in a press release that the consequences of Covid-19 have been too damaging and “put pressure on our organization's ability to support our rosters and the incredible players behind them.”

This current Chaos roster has presented fine results in their lifetime with the victory at IEM Beijing-Haidian NA as the biggest yet. Xeppaa, vanity, leaf, Jonji and MarKE will get the possibility to make the perfect escape in their last tournament under the Chaos badge at IEM Global Challenge, starting December the 15th.

Watch Chaos secure their biggest win at IEM Beijing.

Chaos were big favorites going into the match against Rebirth and they managed to prove why they are the best team in the match-up with a 2-0 victory on Mirage (16-10) and Overpass (19-16).

Jonathan “Jonji” Carey had an incredible game and finished on top of the scoreboards with an overall rating of 1.53, 102.4 ADR, and a 58-41 score. Despite the loss, Rebirth’s Rahul “curry” Nemani made an impressive performance by killing the enemies 33 times on Overpass, which unfortunately wasn’t enough to push his team to the last step in overtime.

Chaos will play in the semi-finals of DreamHack Masters Winter NA on Saturday at 20:00 (CEST). Their opponent has not yet been decided.

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Nathan “leaf” Orf has been instrumental for Chaos the last couple of months, not looking like the young and unexperienced player that he is. The young American can also take big credit for the surprising Grand Final spot he and the rest of Chaos managed to take away from the heavy favourites in Evil Geniuses.

In yesterday’s matchup against EG, leaf turned into a killing machine, killing the entire EG squad in one impressive round.

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The talented rifler could be force to look after a new team in the near future, due to the rumours about Chaos Esports Club leaving the Counter-Strike scene. 

You can read the full article "Chaos Esports Club exploring CS:GO exit" here.

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The first map of the series took place on New England Whalers' territory Dust2. However, it was Chaos to have the strongest performance over on Dust2. It was youngster Nathan "Leaf" Orf, who is only 16 years old, that stole the show. With 25 kills he saw himself top-fragging the server, despite his lack of experience. The pressure from Chaos was too much for New England Whalers to handle, and the North American roster of Chaos secured themselves a map win on Dust2 with a 16-10 victory. 

This, of course, meant a second map. The battle continued on Chaos' map pick Nuke. With momentum carrying over from Dust2 Chaos rolled over their opponents and with a halftime score of 11-4 New England Whalers would have to muster up a crazy comeback to make the series competitive. The comeback, however, never happened and once again it was 16-year-old "Leaf" to carry his team to victory, this time with 27 kills to his name. A 16-8 victory on Nuke cemented Chaos' first win of the event with a 2-0 series win against New England Whalers.

New England Whalers

The two NA rosters started their battle on the legendary map Dust2. A map that historically has been home to many North American teams. Despite being New England Whalers map pick, Chaos seemed more than ready for the matchup. With a halftime score of 9-6 favoring Chaos, they were confident carrying over to the second half. The pressure from Chaos carried on and ultimately they took map one with a 16-10 victory on Dust2. 

The star of the show was the amazing prospect in Nathan "Leaf" Orf. Being only 16 years old he is the youngest player of the tournament. However, his lack of experience didn't seem to matter at all as he found himself at the top of the leaderboard with an impressive 25 kills. 

Will Leaf and Chaos carry on their winnings ways, or will New England Whalers force a third and final map? We head to Nuke to find out.   

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