Nitr0 returns to CSGO and Team Liquid after Valorant stint Helena Kristiansson\/ESLTeam Liquid have confirmed the return of Nick \u2018nitr0\u2019 Cannella to their CS:GO squad after he spent over a year competing in Valorant. The 26-year-old is the final piece of Liquid\u2019s puzzle for 2022 and the third signing during the offseason, following in the footsteps of Josh \u2018oSee\u2019 Ohm and Richard \u2018shox\u2019 Papillon, brought in from Extra Salt and Vitality, respectively. Nitr0 retired from CS:GO in August 2020 to pursue a career in Valorant. He signed with 100 Thieves, joining a star-studded roster that included his former Liquid teammate Spencer \u2018Hiko\u2019 Martin. After a promising initial period, during which 100 Thieves won First Strike North America, the team lost some steam and saw Sentinels take over as the strongest side in the region. They finished 3rd-4th at the VCT Stage 3 Masters in Berlin but, crucially, missed out on a spot at Valorant Champions after placing third in the last-chance qualifier. Before the end of the year, 100 Thieves announced that nitr0 had been transferred to another organization. In the farewell post, they praised how the player had \u201chelped to create a winning culture and lifted us to championship heights.\u201d As we continue to reshape our VALORANT roster for the future, we are announcing the transfer of @nitr0 from 100 Thieves. Nick helped to create a winning culture and lifted us to championship heights. We’d like to wish him the best in his next chapter. pic.twitter.com\/8XUN8tYrEq \u2014 100 Thieves VALORANT (@100T_VAL) December 7, 2021 Returning to Liquid In a Reddit post on December 10, nitr0 revealed that he decided to return to CS after watching some matches. \u201cIt reignited my passion for the game,\u201d he wrote. It\u2019s likely that nitr0 was referring to PGL Major Stockholm, which smashed CS:GO\u2019s viewership record and was the fourth most-watched esports event of 2021. Read more: NIP target djL as new CSGO coach – On Liquid, nitr0 will reunite with Jonathan \u2018EliGE\u2019 Jablonowski, Keith \u2018NAF\u2019 Markovic, and head coach Eric \u2018adreN\u2019 Hoag. The quartet was part of the team that enjoyed a dominant run in 2019, winning a series of international events and the Intel Grand Slam Season 2 title inside 63 days \u2013 which prompted ESL to change the rules and increase the difficulty of the challenge. Liquid will hope that nitr0\u2019s return will vault the team back into title contention after a difficult year. They won only one tournament in 2021, cs_summit 8, and were generally lackluster despite the high-profile signing of two-time Major champion Gabriel \u2018FalleN\u2019 Toledo. As the season came to an end, Liquid announced that FalleN, Jake \u2018Stewie2K\u2019 Yip, and Michael \u2018Grim\u2019 Wince had been placed on the inactive roster. The Brazilian confirmed on January 14 that he will be part of the Brazilian \u2018Last Dance\u2019 project, a new team that has been linked with Imperial, while the North American pair are expected to join Evil Geniuses and the new Complexity roster, respectively. Team Liquid CS:GO roster Jonathan \u2018EliGE\u2019 Jablonowski – Keith \u2018NAF\u2019 Markovic – Josh \u2018oSee\u2019 Ohm – Richard \u2018shox\u2019 Papillon – Nick \u2018nitr0\u2019 Cannella – Eric \u2018adreN\u2019 Hoag (coach) –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nitr0 returns to CSGO and Team Liquid after Valorant stint Helena Kristiansson\/ESLTeam Liquid have confirmed the return of Nick \u2018nitr0\u2019 Cannella to their CS:GO squad after he spent over a year competing in Valorant. The 26-year-old is the final piece of Liquid\u2019s puzzle for 2022 and the third signing during the offseason, following in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}