Counter Strike 1.6 and CS:GO legend Wiktor “TaZ” Wojtas has introduced his retirement from the aggressive CS on March 31.
The 36-year-old veteran posted on his social media accounts an image of him in a shirt with “that’s all of us” written on it, whereas additionally including within the caption that he ends his profession in CS. “I retire. See you round,” TaZ rapidly said.
Few Counter-Strike gamers have had such a wealthy profession as TaZ. The Pole performed within the aggressive scene because the starting of the twenty first century, with groups like SpHeRe again in 2001 and Aristocracy in 2003 serving as his dwelling throughout his early years. He grew to become one of the crucial well-known CS gamers throughout his time with ESC Gaming and Virtus Professional, with whom he gained quite a few trophies, together with EMS One: Katowice 2014, his first and solely CS:GO Main.
TaZ was additionally part of Golden 5, a gaggle of Polish gamers who dominated the CS 1.6 scene for just a few years. Filip “NEO” Kubski and Łukasz “LUq” Wnęk had been among the gamers who created the squad with Wojtas.
The information of TaZ’s retirement comes shortly after he and NEO announced the shutdown of their esports organization and CS:GO team, HONORIS, which ceased to function on March 29. Each gamers said that the org lacked the funds to proceed working, and each of them usually needed to pay for various bills out of their pockets.
TaZ will certainly stay a CS legend. He and the remainder of Virtus Professional roster had been the strongest Polish staff within the CS:GO scene because it started in 2012 till early 2018 when TaZ was benched. The lineup, which additionally consisted of different Polish veterans like Jarosław “pashaBiceps” Jarząbkowski and Janusz “Snax” Pogorzelski, triumphed in a number of vital tournaments, like ELEAGUE Season 1 or DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017.
Within the eyes of many, TaZ was a key particular person in laying the foundations for the Counter-Strike scene, and his affect on its progress is seen as priceless.
