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It is with a very heavy heart that we announce Diego “Quas” Ruiz's suspension from Team Liquid. This decision was made after an incident occurred this week at the Team Liquid HQ in Los Angeles. We are reviewing all the details surrounding the event before making a final decision. Steve Arhancet, the owner of the team, is personally engaged and working closely with with Diego and his family. While we understand the desire for transparency, we value Diego’s privacy and we will be releasing further information as appropriate.
From Quas:
"To all my fans,
I know this is sad to hear, but this was the better decision moving forward with my life and growing up. I hope that TL finds a suitable replacement and performs as well as I know they can this season. I am very grateful to Team Liquid for giving me the biggest opportunity of my life and for letting me be a part of esports. I wish everyone the best."
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Updates from Quas
In the past 3 days of my life, I have begun to share and open up with others in ways I'd never done before, in ways which I didn't even think were possible. I have begun to empathize with others, feeling their fear, their pain, their doubts, and connecting with them. With this realization, I want to keep on sharing and opening up with others for the rest of my life, and hopefully I can help others free themselves from the grip of this resentment and rage." Translation by Zato-1
Quas Retires
The last couple of weeks have been pivotal for my self-development. I started taking responsibility over my depression and frustrations about my personal development thus far in my life. You could call it growing up, whatever it is, it has given me more control of what I want to do moving forward. Unfortunately, this process has not been easy and I’ve done it in nonconstructive, aggressive and inappropriate ways that led to behaviors that resulted in my suspension from Team Liquid.
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Having just turned 24 I've thought out my options; I’ve decided to retire from professional gaming and in turn pursue other passions in my life; to also get myself out of the comfort zone I’ve become accustomed to. As far as my future – I’m still figuring out the details but for now I'm looking to pursue a medical career.
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Article is weird, says it isn't final but obviously they wouldn't want to publish something like this unless they were really sure. maybe they have to say that for a legal reason or something but it bothers me as a reader.
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I don't know if there's a specific person's responsibility I'm usurping by posting this and if I am please feel free to post under an official headline. I didn't see any threads going up and this is kinda a huge deal (especially given the site) that I'd like to discuss.
Honestly for me this is plain shocking. To lose one of the best top laners in the NA region so suddenly is going to really create a mad scramble from any team that doesn't have their roster locked. I'm honestly also really curious who Liquid can get with their import limit reached as Quas really was the standout player on the team and always performed well
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On November 29 2015 18:03 Slusher wrote:
Article is weird, says it isn't final but obviously they wouldn't want to publish something like this unless they were really sure. maybe they have to say that for a legal reason or something but it bothers me as a reader.
Yeah also Quas's comment doesn't match up with a temporary suspension either and makes it sound like he's either retiring or looking at greener pastures.
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Bearded Elder29904 Posts
Dunno which good top laner TL can now get...
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On November 29 2015 18:07 739 wrote:
Dunno which good top laner TL can now get...
I dunno either but they better have a plan if they want to be ready for IEM. With this sorta out of left field announcement it wouldn't surprise me if they dropped the tournament and let a team like NRG go in their stead.
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yea the timing is pretty bad especially with all the purchased teams, I can't imagine even if a top as good as quas with NA residency existed that they would be a free agent still.
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Bearded Elder29904 Posts
On November 29 2015 18:11 Airheart wrote:Show nested quote +On November 29 2015 18:07 739 wrote:
Dunno which good top laner TL can now get... I dunno either but they better have a plan if they want to be ready for IEM. With this sorta out of left field announcement it wouldn't surprise me if they dropped the tournament and let a team like NRG go in their stead.
At this point I'm pretty sure they won't attend IEM. Steve already mentioned that he's not sure, because of 'safety' reasons.
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On November 29 2015 18:12 Slusher wrote:
yea the timing is pretty bad especially with all the purchased teams, I can't imagine even if a top as good as quas with NA residency existed that they would be a free agent still.
None do without development.
From Steve's statement I think he did something illegal that affects his green card status. From Quas himself I'm guessing he is 100% done with TL, possibly with NA LCS altogether. Although it does say it happened at the TL HQ, maybe eloboosting?
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On November 29 2015 18:18 bbc23 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 29 2015 18:12 Slusher wrote:
yea the timing is pretty bad especially with all the purchased teams, I can't imagine even if a top as good as quas with NA residency existed that they would be a free agent still. None do without development. From Steve's statement I think he did something illegal that affects his green card status. From Quas himself I'm guessing he is 100% done with TL, possibly with NA LCS altogether. Although it does say it happened at the TL HQ, maybe eloboosting?
Don't think you'd suspend a player for ELO boosting - just fine him and keep it in house. Think this will be like the BlurredLimes situation, we'll never get a real answer as to what happens, but it was something 'serious'.
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Bearded Elder29904 Posts
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Mid life epiphany or high as a kite...
Weird rambling post, though it's hard to know with google translations.
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Really sudden and not a whole lot of information. Imaginations will probably run wild for a bit. However whatever he decides to do next, I hope he finds happiness.
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From the Facebook post and what you can read between the lines it sounds like he is severely depressed and/or tried to kill himself.
Hope he is alright
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This statement almost makes CLGs look good.
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This is gonna be devastating for TL. There are a couple of decent NA tops but no one can currently match Quas. I wonder what happened with my Quas, I was one of his big fans dating back to the challenger days, hope he ends up alright and able to compete if that's something he still wants to do.
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Australia18228 Posts
2x Liquid`Cris gonna be confusing for the Heroes fans
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On November 29 2015 22:06 Inflicted wrote:
2x Liquid`Cris gonna be confusing for the Heroes fans
They should have signed Bunnyfufu too.
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United Kingdom50293 Posts
TL should just move Fenix back to top. Bring back Jin Air Miso's legendary top lane play.
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EPT
