flickz announces retirement

Chiefs member Sam "⁠flickz⁠" Jones has decided to retire from competitive CS:GO, according to the Australian player on Twitter.

During the past eight days, Chiefs won three domestic LAN events in three different cities in the Oceanic region: qualified for WESG 2018 World Finals over ORDER; claimed the LPL Pro ANZ Invitational title over Tainted Minds; and rounding it out with a best-of-three win over Grayhound at the ESL Australia & NZ Championship Season 7 Finals on Sunday.

The sudden news comes as a huge blow for Chiefs, who were starting to pick up the pieces after their 5-8th placement at eXTREMESLAND 2018 Asia Finals and the recent roster shuffle in the region with every major team affected.

flickz steps down from competitive CS:GO

The 28-year-old cited that "at some stage I knew I would have to give up gaming as my work for the family business has been steadily increasing" as he tried to balance full-time work and professional CS:GO for the past two years.

flickz kicked off his career under the Grinny Bankers tag in late 2016 with current teammate Matthew "⁠Texta⁠" O'Rourke, but made his first breakthrough after Dark Sided signed his team in early 2017, where they qualified for the inaugural season of ZEN League Asia-Pacific and ESEA Season 24 MDL Global Challenge.

For the remainder of 2017, he represented Athletico's colours at ROG Masters APAC Finals in the Philippines and a couple of CGPL events. flickz replaced Peter "⁠pecks⁠" Nguyen in March, where he went on to compete at the prestigious IEM Sydney event. Before hanging up his mouse, he had six LAN event wins under his belt with the Chiefs brand.

Chiefs' current roster is as follows:

Australia Matthew "⁠Texta⁠" O'Rourke
Australia Mohammed "⁠MoeycQ⁠" Tizani
Australia Jesse "⁠InfrequeNt⁠" Barker
Australia Tyler "⁠tucks⁠" Reilly (stand-in)

Australia Iyengaran "⁠IyeN⁠" Raju (benched)

Australia Mohammed 'MoeycQ' Tizani
Mohammed 'MoeycQ' Tizani
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
407
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.67
Australia Sam 'flickz' Jones
Sam 'flickz' Jones
Age:
28
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
449
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.66
Australia Matthew 'Texta' O'Rourke
Matthew 'Texta' O'Rourke
Age:
17
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.15
Maps played:
443
KPR:
0.81
DPR:
0.69
Australia Iyengaran 'IyeN' Raju
Iyengaran 'IyeN' Raju
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.06
Maps played:
320
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.70
Australia Peter 'pecks' Nguyen
Peter 'pecks' Nguyen
Age:
21
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
358
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.65
Australia Tyler 'tucks' Reilly
Tyler 'tucks' Reilly
Age:
22
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
502
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.65
Australia Jesse 'InfrequeNt' Barker
Jesse 'InfrequeNt' Barker
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
438
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.65
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Bulgaria kr9ptonn
oh no
2018-11-12 12:03
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MrFuckYou | 
Poland Gratissss
Gg
2018-11-12 12:03
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#5
NiKo | 
Armenia cGev
No more flickz of the wrist.
2018-11-12 12:03
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Unfortunate
2018-11-12 12:03
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sad moment for au cs
2018-11-12 12:04
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legend in the scene... sad to see him go but he did just win 2 titles
2018-11-12 12:04
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Sayonara.
2018-11-12 12:04
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#24
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kyxsan | 
United Kingdom martinsokle
28 looks like my nan
2018-11-12 12:04
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2 replies
#46
jks | 
Australia Dadecum
LMFAO
2018-11-12 12:09
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#51
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Finland Olter
Your nan sexy
2018-11-12 12:10
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#25
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Hong Kong naaw5
why tho
2018-11-12 12:04
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#26
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United Kingdom LooseHS
oh no another LE player retires
2018-11-12 12:05
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VP take notes
2018-11-12 12:06
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#33
sjokz | 
Brazil fuNNa
see ya in 10 years flickz
2018-11-12 12:06
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2 years later I'm back!
2018-11-12 12:07
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sad:(
2018-11-12 12:08
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#53
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ropz | 
Latvia `DinGo
rip
2018-11-12 12:10
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#58
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Germany ConAction
uff that sucks a lot
2018-11-12 12:16
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#59
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Germany Flachzange
Chiefs roster has no chill :D
2018-11-12 12:16
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Spain redsp
xD omegalul
2018-11-12 12:34
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#74
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Finland lasarus
This ain't it chief..
2018-11-12 12:46
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he rekted gayhound and all of a sudden he decided to leave lol
2018-11-12 12:47
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Russia hanzjosha
always sad to see someone retrie =(
2018-11-12 12:55
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3 replies
+1
2018-11-12 13:15
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+1
2018-11-12 13:34
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#173
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Czech Republic lucasCSGO
+1
2018-11-12 18:29
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He retired to become a real cheif
2018-11-12 13:01
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Gg :(
2018-11-12 13:14
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Iyen come back?
2018-11-12 13:29
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#95
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Europe dactylele
ez for Lyen
2018-11-12 13:33
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good hes fucking SHIT and always has been
2018-11-12 13:41
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3 replies
#103
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World nt_Roma
no wtf he is good player
2018-11-12 13:48
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2 replies
hXAXAAXAXAXA <3 russia
2018-11-12 13:50
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1 reply
#109
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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World nt_Roma
I've seen your plays (if you are real chelleos ofc) and you better than flickz 4sure but not good enough to say so much shit kiddo
2018-11-12 13:51
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#104
Faceit level 4  | 
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African Union mikecool
Gg'z flicks, its been fun mate.
2018-11-12 13:48
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#113
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Yugoslavia RaketHopp
F
2018-11-12 13:54
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#120
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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United Kingdom craZy_y0
rip un-in-game leader
2018-11-12 14:02
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#125
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Russia ftqez
F
2018-11-12 14:13
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#136
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Poland BAN_ANIME
f
2018-11-12 14:54
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go leave after taking my money fucking greyhound
2018-11-12 15:51
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#157
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FASHR | 
Belgium b0mbert
28 xD time to get a real job yO
2018-11-12 16:14
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3 replies
If you had the ability to read he had to stop because work priority > gaming. This is why europeans are stupid. End of discussion
2018-11-12 16:31
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2 replies
#175
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FASHR | 
Belgium b0mbert
why would i read the article about a nonamer /_ nerdo
2018-11-12 18:44
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1 reply
#180
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North America Speirz
Belgium scene summed up
2018-11-12 19:45
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Call the care police
2018-11-12 16:21
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Australia imLi0N
got to focus on full time grinny banking.
2018-11-12 17:01
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GG for the last time.
2018-11-12 17:02
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ok cool
2018-11-12 17:09
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MrFuckYou | 
United States lybrel
sucks for the HLTV intern that has to delete all the owl noises in this thread
2018-11-12 19:32
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#179
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Finland Al_Aziz
Goodbye player of the week most clutches.
2018-11-12 19:35
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PLAYER OF THE WEEK Australia flickz 12 Most clutches F
2018-11-12 22:09
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rip
2018-11-12 22:17
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coldzera | 
Brazil Collee
Wait who?
2018-11-13 07:13
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+1 was a good 1.6 player too, remember him in mIRC iPGN
2018-11-14 11:11
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