Report: Seized States That GuardiaN Does Not Want to Play CS:GO At All
It seems GuardiaN might be close to taking a break from CS:GO.
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Counter-Strike veteran, Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács, currently playing for Team Singularity, could be thinking of either taking a break from CS:GO or retirement, as per a statement made by his teammate Denis "seized" Kostin.
The 30-year-old had returned to competitive CS:GO in June 2021 after being away from the circuit for about 16 months, and now just half a year later there are speculations about him taking a back seat once again.
This statement from seized comes amidst ongoing rumors about GuradiaN leaving Singularity, as he was not spotted competing with the team in the first division of Prime League Season 3. Instead, 19-year-old Russian player Artyom "kise" Glebkin was seen playing alongside the Singularity lineup in his place.
GuardiaN might be thinking of taking a break from CS:GO according to his teammate seized
One of the most talented AWPers in the history of the game, GuardiaN could be taking a long hiatus from CS:GO. After his transfer from FaZe Clan to NAVI, both he and the Ukrainian organization were codependent on each other to come out of their slumps and achieve success. Unfortunately, in their four months together there was simply no growth and NAVI was forced to make a change by benching GuardiaN.
This resulted in him taking a backseat and thinking about his next move. However, when he felt ready to compete once again no organization was ready to buy him out of his contract with NAVI. This led to him being off the circuit for more than a year.
Finally, GuardiaN got an opportunity to show his skills with Team Singularity as he joined them in September 2021. But once again things have not gone well for him. Hence, in the team's recent outing at the first division of Prime League Season 3, GuardiaN was not spotted competing with the team, and his position was occupied by kise instead.
This was followed by his teammate and Singularity's shotcaller, seized, reportedly making the following statement
The Slovak (GuardiaN) on the bench? Well, I don't think it's right to answer this question before the announcement, but Ladislav doesn't want to play CS at all. At least not right now. He said that he would not play this year, but we all know that he will most probably never [play] again.Denis "seized" Kostin - Statement published by Arseniy "ceh9" Trynozhenko
Note: Above statement has been translated from Russian to English using DeepL Translator.
For now, no official statement regarding GuardiaN's departure has been released by Team Singularity or the player.
