Mike "shroud" Grzesiek released a statement earlier today formalizing his retirement from competitive Counter-Strike and announcing an end of cooperation with Cloud9.

The Canadian player was a part of Cloud9 since 2014, coming over to the organization when they acquired the former Complexity lineup, and had his LAN debut at the ESL One Cologne 2014 Major.

Mike "⁠shroud⁠" Grzesiek was also a member of the squad during Cloud9's memorable 2015 summer run, as well as when they won the ESL Pro League Season 4 Finals a year later.

shroud hung up his mouse

shroud took a step back from Cloud9's active lineup mid-way through last year, after the PGL Krakow 2017 Major, as William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba and Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik came in to replace him and Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert. Since then, shroud was as a streamer for the organization, but that cooperation has officially come to an end today.

In his statement, shroud also ruled out a return to competitive Counter-Strike in the future, officially announcing his retirement from the game.