Jacky "EternalEnvy" Mao has left Team Secret's roster, according to the latest update on the Dota 2 roster-tracking website.

Team Secret's disappointing performance in The International 6 saw them finish 13th-16th, after a 0-1 loss to LGD in the first round of the Lower Bracket.

Known anime lover EternalEnvy has been a fan favorite carry player since he broke into the competitive scene with No Tidehunter — the team that would go on to become Alliance and win TI3, but not before kicking Envy to add EGM.

That didn’t stop Envy, who moved on to join Kaipi. The roster at the time contained many of today’s all-star players (and a streamer), Johan “pieliedie” Åström, Artour “Arteezy” Babaev, WehSing “SingSing” Yuen and Pittner “bOne7” Armand. Arteezy moved on after TI3 had ended (Kaipi did not attend), but the rest of the Kaipi roster was signed to Rattlesnake (a Chinese org) along with Kurtis “Aui_2000” Ling, who had been a frequent stand-in for the team at the time.

The name Rattlesnake.int didn’t last long, but was replaced by a name that will go down in history — Speed Gaming. Just two months after the roster was signed, they were set to compete in MLG Columbus, but bOne7 was unable to attend and Arteezy was sent in his stead.

Speed Gaming’s story at MLG Columbus is one of the greatest in Dota 2’s history. The team lost all three of their games on Day 1 after an extremely rough time enroute to the tournament and very little sleep, and things were looking dire. Somehow, the team got their act together and won all five of their games that next day. They didn’t drop a game in the playoffs until they met the legendary Chinese squad Team DK (fresh off a 5th-6th place finish at TI3), and they beat DK 2-1 in the final, winning the tournament. It was an awe inspiring run that cemented the team and players as some of the most beloved in the Dota 2 scene.

EternalEnvy’s team stayed together through yet another team change when the five players were signed by Cloud9, and remained a team until SingSing’s departure in August 2014 following their 5th-6th place finish at The International 4. Both Envy and bOne7 stayed together on C9 while other players came and went. The team’s final collapse came after a disappointing 9th-12th place finish at TI5.

During C9’s final TI run, Envy played with Johan “n0tail” Sundstein, Rasmus “Misery” Filipsen and Adrian “FATA-” Trinks, all three of whom played at TI6 on OG, Digital Chaos and Team Liquid respectively.

Envy’s time on Team Secret has lasted just under a full year, spanning from his addition to the roster in the pre-Frankfurt Major roster shuffle (Aug. 22, 2015) to today. The team has been through plenty of highs and lows in the time, from first place finishes at the Nanyang Dota 2 Championships in November 2015 and The Shanghai Major, to 13th-16th at The Manila Major and the same at TI6.

Envy is well known for being outspoken on the internet. Although not seen recently, he frequently posted blogs assessing the quality of LAN events based on a variety of factors visible only to the players. Even his break into the pro scene started with a blog post on LiquidDota announcing that he was planning on dropping out of Engineering Science at the University of Toronto to play Dota 2 professionally. His post was mostly met with mainly derision and words of caution, but he persevered and became the artist we know today.

Neither EternalEnvy nor Team Secret have commented on where he plans to go next.

Annabelle "Abelle" Fischer is a writer for theScore esports with a love for Dota 2, birds and cheese. You can follow her on Twitter.