Ruben "RUBINO" Villarroel spoke out about his decision to leave North's starting lineup, explaining how he had lost his motivation to compete in a Twitlonger Wednesday.

RUBINO was replaced on North's starting lineup by FaZe's Philip "aizy" Aistrup on Feb. 8.

"It was of course really nice to actually start to be a contender, getting to quarters, semis and win a really big event, but i always felt something was missing... And it was my will and motivation, to get even better, fix my mistakes and so on, the constant traveling, constant practice when you got home was not as easy as it was before, and i didn't feel motivated enough to do it as much as my teammates," he wrote.

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In the Twitlonger, RUBINO talked about how he's been concerned with his level of play for a long time, taking an extended break during the team's offseason in the summer. North's IGL Mathias "MSL" Lauridsen recounted in an interview with theScore esports how RUBINO approached the team at the ELEAGUE Major explaining how he needed a break.

"Its clearly that i have not been on my 100% for a long time, i took a break after our break in summer, basically because everything just went black and i couldn't focus, i was really sad all the time and couldn't think positive, about my play, about everything (i have always been really hard on myself)," he wrote.

On aizy, RUBINO said he's very pleased with the ex-FaZe player taking his spot and he hopes the team will do even better with him around.

"Im glad they got aizy, clearly a more skilled player than me, danish and been playing under msl's leadership before, I'm confident they will be even better now, and hopefully it will happen," RUBINO said. "I did this because i felt it was the fair thing to do for my team, instead of holding us to not improve, i wanted my team to improve, and i think they got the last tool they needed to be even a better contender."

He also expressed frustration with community criticisms of his decision, saying that if he truly wanted to remain on the team he would have.

"Im actually getting annoyed that people always mean i did the wrong thing since i went from a really good contract with good salary and blabla, so money is everything and you should forget your family and everyone you love?" RUBINO wrote. "Thats not in my head at least! And as i said i didn't feel like having motivation and will to be on the team."

Sasha Erfanian is a news editor for theScore esports. Follow him on Twitter, it'll be great for his self-esteem.