Just months after being unbanned, DaZeD quits competitive CS: GO

After fighting the ban for almost two years, it looks like iBUYPOWER’s former player Sam “DaZeD” Marine has decided to step back from competitive CS:GO, just three months after being unbanned by tournament organizers ESL and DreamHack.

DaZeD was one of four iBUYPOWER players who were banned for matchfixing in 2015. After the ban was lifted, DaZeD has since played with ESEA Premier team Gx, and now he’s leaving it. The player cited the lost skill in the two years since he last competed, and a lack of drive to practice and compete. He’ll be replaced on the roster by Shawn “witmer” Taylor, who is a player that DaZeD called “the gatekeeper of Premier” because of his impressive performances.

“I think [Gx will] be better off without me,” the former in-game leader said in a YouTube video. “My heart was never really in [competing].”

Swag and AZK are the last two former iBP players on the Gx roster. Gx’s roster for the remainder of season 26 of the Mountain Dew League now consists of witmer, Braxton “swag” Pierce, Kevin “AZK” Lariviere, Michael “dapr” Gulino, and Matt “Pollo” Wilson.

DaZeD will be returning to being a full-time content creator on YouTube and Twitch, resuming the career path he started while banned from competing.