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One of the founding members of NRG Esports’ Valorant<\/a> roster, Damian “daps” Steele, is stepping down from the team and retiring from professional play. The team took to Twitter to make the announcement.<\/p>\n

Daps explained the reasoning behind his retirement in a Twitter post<\/a> stating, “It’s been no secret to the people around me that I just don’t enjoy playing anymore which was the main reason to my choice.”<\/p>\n

\"E3n39moXEAY1f2e.jpg:large\" <\/a> NRG on Twitter<\/span> .@daps has decided to step down from the NRG VALORANT roster and will be retiring from professional play. Thank you for everything you’ve accomplished with the #NRGFAM, we’ve had some amazing moments, thank you for the memories. pic.twitter.com\/us96ssscg4— NRG (@NRGgg) June 11, 2021<\/span> NRG<\/span> Twitter<\/span> <\/a><\/div>\n

Daps joined NRG Esports in October 2020 as the team’s first professional Valorant player. He was later joined by Sam “s0m” Oh, Daniel “eeiu” Vucenovic, Yannick “KOLER” Blanchette, and Ryan “Shanks” Ngo; forming NRG Esports initial Valorant roster.<\/p>\n

\"Valorant_masters_berlin\"(Picture: Riot Games)<\/span><\/p>\n

In his time as the squads in-game leader, NRG Esports managed to score a first place finish at the Nerd Street Gamers December Monthly, 5-6th place at VCT Stage 1: Challengers 3, 3rd place at VCT Stage 2: Challengers 2, and a 5-6th place finish at VCT Stage 2: Challengers Finals. <\/p>\n

NRG Esports are now:<\/p>\n

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    Sam “s0m” Oh<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Daniel “eeiu” Vucenovic<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Bradley “ANDROID” Fodor<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Ian “tex” Botsch<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Damian “daps” Steele (Inactive)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Josh “JoshRT” Lee (Head Coach)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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