Former American Counter Strike 2 (CS2) and Valorant player Vanity officially announce retirement and will return to school life..

Former American Counter Strike 2 (CS2) and Valorant player, Vanity, has announced his shock retirement through his personal official X (Twitter) account on Sunday.

Vanity wrote in a tweet: "I have decided not to pursue the path of a professional e-sports player. After the series of events in the Cloud9 (C9) team in 2023, my thoughts have always been like this."

"At first, I thought I just didn't like the competition format of Valorant, or I was discouraged by what happened."

"But after trying to play Counter Strike for a few months, I feel that I am no longer suitable for this stage of my e-sports career, and it is time to put an end to this experience."

"I will return to school to complete my degree part-time, while doing live streaming full-time for six months. If I don't like live streaming after six months, or feel that this path cannot be sustained, I will return to school and complete my studies full-time. . "

"I will always be grateful to everyone I have the opportunity to compete and communicate with, to the teams that choose to support me, and to the organizers of the events. The opportunity to travel the world with my best friends is something I will remember for the rest of my life. "

"Finally, I want to sincerely thank everyone who has watched my games, whether you support me or hate me, you have made e-sports a unique experience. It has been an incredible experience to be able to devote myself to the field of esports for the past six years. "

About Vanity

Anthony Malaspina, 26 years old, commonly known as Vanity, was born in the United States on December 4, 1998.

Vanity has been a professional Counter Strike e-sports player since 2016, mainly playing the role as a AWP-er and In-Game Leader.

As a CS player, Vanity has played for the predecessor of Danish powerhouse Tricked, Singularity, and the former American powerhouse Chaos Esports Club.

During this period, he won the Intel Extreme Masters Beijing S15 North American Qualifiers and DreamHack Masters Winter 2020 North American Qualifiers with the latter.

In January 2021, with the dissolution of Chaos Esports Club, Vanity announced that he would switch tracks and become a Valorant professional e-sports player, mainly playing the as In-Game Leader.

In his short Valorant e-sports player career of only 4 years, Vanity was a member of Cloud9 (C9).

During this spell, he won the TEN Valorant Global Invitational 2023 with the team, and also reached the top 6 of the Valorant Masters Reykjavik 2021 and the top 8 of the Valorant Champions 2021 with the team.