FlipiN retires; Kairi joins x6tence

1-5-2013 18:33

The Spanish scene has been rocked by the news that x6tence veteran Antonio "FlipiN" Rivas has retired from gaming.

Rivas had returned to activity in late 2011 to put together a new lineup for x6tence, but found success very hard to come by in the last months of competitive CS: 1.6, as the team crashed out of GameGune in the group stage.

In September, x6tence switched to CS:GO in time for DreamHack Valencia, where they finished 3rd-4th, but since that tournament the team have only made headlines when they have changed players.

The final straw came in February, when the Spanish giants bowed out of the EPS league in the quarter-finals following a 2-0 defeat to OverGaming, who would go on to finish in second place.

FlipiN calls time on gaming career

Rivas has now decided to put an end to a career that reached its peak in 2006, when he won the Samsung European Championship, in CS:Source.

Other achievements in Rivas' career include winning GameGune in 2006 and finishing 5th-8th at WEG III and sixth at ESWC 2006.

"This was a decision that I had to make sooner or later," Rivas told x6tence's website. "I can safely say that eSports have given me almost everything, the same way that I gave my all for them, my team-mates and teams.

"However, my job and my projects make it impossible for me to give 100 per cent. I have always said that I would to what was best for the team, and I think this is the best for the team to be able to practice more hours.

"I have decided to become the manager of the CS:GO team, but I want to be a different kind of manager.

"I will keep working with the team and helping them with my experience as a player. I will do everything I can so that the players can play better."

To replace Rivas, x6tence turned to David "Kairi" de Miguel, who was last seen playing for the Karont3 side who won Copenhagen Games' B tournament last month.

After the event in the Danish capital, the team sought a new organisation to represent, but the failure to find one resulted in the players going their separate ways.

x6tence now have the following lineup:

Omar "arki" Chakkor
Victor "xikii" García
Hélder "coachi" Sancho
Jesús "oFF" Castillo García
David "Kairi" de Miguel

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sad :\ legendary player from spain :( gl coachi on finding a new player

2013-05-01 18:34

1 reply

kairi is the new player.

2013-05-01 19:31

gl FlipiN =)) you are cool cabron :PP I think loWel will join x6tence =DD he is very young and talented.. will see ;)

2013-05-01 18:37

gl hf, spanish legend

2013-05-01 18:40

nobody will miss him

2013-05-01 18:41

2 replies

pathetic idiot

2013-05-01 18:52

right

2013-05-01 22:00

Good to hear we will see him around the scene some more time :) GL

2013-05-01 18:42

he was a top5 aimer in europe at one point

2013-05-01 18:46

9 replies

at one point six :D

2013-05-01 19:00

5 replies

yeah, that's a good point you made :D

2013-05-01 19:12

4 replies

no, he made six.

2013-05-01 20:19

3 replies

i thought his one point was "six."

2013-05-01 20:48

it was a joke. :<

2013-05-01 20:49

mine too lol :)

2013-05-01 21:17

top5 might be pushing it :)

2013-05-01 22:08

as far as raw aim goes i actually think so :) but, who knows

2013-05-01 23:31

He was sick in hes prime.

2013-05-02 17:50

OMG biggest news of today :D But seriously gl FlipiN

2013-05-01 18:53

One of the best aimers in Europe alongside xhiroz

2013-05-01 18:56

How old was he ?

2013-05-01 19:06

flipin 0-14 vs nip @inf

2013-05-01 19:20

coachi didnt play with his name?

gl FlipiN, true legend

2013-05-01 19:30

MusambaN1

2013-05-01 19:44

FlipiN FTW

Goodluck :)!

2013-05-01 19:45

Goodluck at managing! Nais to see you sticking around!

2013-05-01 19:58

Good luck FlipiN :)

2013-05-01 20:11

2013-05-01 20:44

<3 Flip !

2013-05-01 21:38

who remember ? youtube.com/watch?v=6C6M76k_6Jk GL

2013-05-01 22:45

dejavu! gg wp, FlipiN figthing!!!

2013-05-01 23:15

FlipiN have retired a couple of times?

2013-05-01 23:43

6 replies

now two or three couple of times :P

2013-05-02 02:53

Annoying when ppl do that, biiiiiiiig announcement about it and then 3 months later comes back, just fucking leave the team for now and see what is up hahahah..

2013-05-02 17:06