Yesterday, the former Chaos In-game leader, Anthnoy “vanity” Malaspina announced his retirement from CS:GO, after some weeks speculation. The American international has disclosed that he leaves CS:GO to pursue a career in Riot Gaming’s similar first-person shooter Valorant.

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“This won’t come as a surprise, but I’ll be transitioning to VALORANT full time.

CSGO changed my life and I’ll forever be grateful for the experience, but unfortunately, all good things come to an end. Thank you to all of the people I’ve had the chance to interact with throughout the years whether that be teammates/TOs/coaches/staff and most importantly the supporters.

With all of this being said I’m excited to have the opportunity to prove myself in a new environment and start the next chapter of my career.”

The former eUnited and Swole Patrol player have had a quite successful 2020 season with Eric “Xeppaa” Bach, Nathan “leaf” Orf and the rest of Chaos. vanity has led the promising NA team to strong victories at IEM Beijing NA and DreamHack Masters Winter NA, resulting in a remarkable #17 spot on HLTV’s world ranking.

The organization behind Chaos decided in early December to pull the plug on their CS:GO team, even though vanity and co. have shown an impressive and promising level of CS. Something, that meant that vanity and the rest of Chaos stood without a contract or team per. 01/01-2021.

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Chaos

Back in June, Chaos took upon MIBR in the regional qualifier of cs_summit 6 North America. A matchup which on paper looked like a rather common and uncomplicated fixture. However, the aftermath of the match caused a heavy debate and controversy between one entire region and one single NA org.

MIBR with legends as Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo, Epitacio “TACO” de Melo and Fernando “fer” Alvarenga on the roster, suffered a heavy defeat against Chaos, who at that time was ranked #39 on HLTV’s world ranking.

After the match, the entire Chaos was accused of cheating by a huge number of Brazilian supporters but also MIBR IGL FalleN and Alexandre “Gaules” Chiqueta who has millions of followers on his platforms. They believed that several clips from the match prove that Chaos and especially Nathan “leaf” Orf was using

“I got surprised by the clips. My opinion is there is something weird into that. I guess I didn't choose my words properly in English. Sorry about that”

Watch some of the alleged cheating clips here.

After the match, the entire Chaos roster received a lot of hate, slur and even death threats on their social media platforms, from angry and upset Brazilian supporters, who were certain that the North Americans just had deceived their beloved Brazilian legends team.  

In-game leader Anthony “vanity” Malaspina touched on the matter in a newly uploaded interview with the renowned esports reporter Richard Lewis on RivalryCSGO’s YouTube account.  In the interview, vanity lashes out on Gaules, a portion of the Brazilians fanbase, and especially FalleN.

“We beat them with our coach. You guys just lost to a coach – That’s all it is. No one needs to cheat against that team in 2020. They can’t accept the fact that people aren’t good enough, it’s just pathetic.”

vanity does not hold back when he expressed his thought about FalleN and his part in the case.

“it’s pathetic. steel (Joshua Nissan) and I both had interactions with FalleN on Twitter DM’s. Just grow up and get over it. You’re simply not as good as you once were. Except the fact”

Watch the entire interview with vanity here. (35:35 - 44:00 for vanity and his answer on the cheating accusations)

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MIBR

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.

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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 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 favorites going into the game and despite losing the first map they managed to turn the tables on the two next. The favorites left no doubt of who deserved the victory as they wrapped up the decider 16-6 on Nuke.

Anthony “vanity” Malaspina and Erick “Xeppaa” Back from Chaos finished on top of the scoreboard, leading the team to victory with 1.32, and 1.31 ratings.

Chaos will now advance further in the tournament and look forward to playing in the semi-finals of the division.

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