5POWER quartet join R-Stars; Savage retires

20-11-2019 12:30

Four members of 5POWER have officially joined R-Stars, while Bin "⁠Savage⁠" Liu has opted to retire from professional Counter-Strike.

Lei "⁠bottle⁠" Mao, Peng "⁠xiaosaGe⁠" Song, Wei "⁠shuadapai⁠" Wang and Lifan "⁠Viva⁠" Ran have all transferred to the R-Stars organisation, known for their competitive PUBG presence. Chinese veteran Savage, who was also part of 5POWER, has made the decision to retire, with Zhen "⁠HZ⁠" Huang, formerly of TYLOO, CyberZen and OneThree, taking the last spot in the starting line-up.

Savage concludes a long career in competitive Counter-Strike that goes back to 1.6, in which he notably represented wNv Teamwork and TYLOO. After initially refusing to play CS:GO, he embraced the game in 2014 and went on to play for teams like CyberZen, ViCi and Panda before joining 5POWER, with whom he would attend the most recent Asia Minor.

Savage calls time on his extensive career

In a post on social network Weibo, Savage thanked all those who accompanied him throughout his career and revealed his plans to focus on streaming.

R-Stars will be taking part in the Chinese qualifier for the Champions Cup, kicking off on Friday, with one spot at the $300,000 tournament in Malta on the line.

The brand new R-Stars roster is:

China Lei "⁠bottle⁠" Mao
China Peng "⁠xiaosaGe⁠" Song
China Wei "⁠shuadapai⁠" Wang
China Lifan "⁠Viva⁠" Ran
China Zhen "⁠HZ⁠" Huang

China Bin 'Savage' Liu
Bin 'Savage' Liu
Age:
30
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
823
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.64
China Peng 'xiaosaGe' Song
Peng 'xiaosaGe' Song
Age:
29
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
624
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.70
China Zhen 'HZ' Huang
Zhen 'HZ' Huang
Age:
29
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.06
Maps played:
450
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.67
China Wei 'shuadapai' Wang
Wei 'shuadapai' Wang
Age:
29
Team:
R-Stars
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
504
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.66
China Lei 'bottle' Mao
Lei 'bottle' Mao
Age:
25
Team:
R-Stars
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
593
KPR:
0.74
DPR:
0.68
China Lifan 'Viva' Ran
Lifan 'Viva' Ran
Age:
19
Team:
R-Stars
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
331
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.64
#1
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Australia Leftistt
rip
2019-11-20 12:32
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3 replies
#27
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Israel SOEZ4NIK0
Good bye Asian legend
2019-11-20 13:15
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2 replies
#49
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Germany |x^2|
Rip
2019-11-20 16:14
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1 reply
#59
Tonnes | 
Denmark karriganMastermind
Asian CS legend. He improved the asian CS scene a lot
2019-11-20 22:03
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#2
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
nEGRo | 
Sweden frontex
cool
2019-11-20 12:32
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#3
forsaken | 
China 7259yrret
Legend 🐤🐦
2019-11-20 12:33
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#4
JA | 
Poland tobiii
Goodbye Savage :(
2019-11-20 12:33
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#5
Edward | 
Europe MottoMottoOfHltv
Gf
2019-11-20 12:34
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#6
malta | 
Malta IM_NOT_GETTING_COVID19
legend gg
2019-11-20 12:34
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#7
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China NonMeltIce
goodbye legend
2019-11-20 12:34
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#8
Qikert | 
China cherryy
Savage escaping the mafia good for him
2019-11-20 12:34
0
#9
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China Tiananmen_1989_64
savage legend GL!
2019-11-20 12:35
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#10
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China serdim
Legend
2019-11-20 12:35
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#11
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
REAL | 
Spain deBurrows
1.6 Savage will be remembered.
2019-11-20 12:36
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#13
way2sexy | 
Ukraine 123qwe123HIBDO
No team with HZ will ever succeed Sad for savage though:(
2019-11-20 12:38
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#14
sasha | 
China XDream3142
rip f
2019-11-20 12:38
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#15
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Bulgaria vectralsoul
See ya Savage... was a beast back in 1.6 and was still good in GO... for sure one of the top10 asian CS players of all time.,, GGWP
2019-11-20 12:39
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#16
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Argentina Chief02
Gl boi
2019-11-20 12:40
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#17
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Netherlands itsm
Savage legend! True veteran of the game
2019-11-20 12:41
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#18
Luxembourg losingbettor
Savage absolute match fixing legend under Cyberzen.
2019-11-20 12:41
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4 replies
#19
alexsomfan | 
Asia free_forsaken_ffs
name checks out
2019-11-20 12:44
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1 reply
#21
Luxembourg losingbettor
twitter.com/Rhyspal/status/1030385576187..
2019-11-20 12:50
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#40
HEHE | 
Korea Dragonpa1nx
Lost 0.89$ mr.ruski?
2019-11-20 14:06
0
#54
Olivia | 
France LeDiplomate
Name checks out
2019-11-20 17:40
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#20
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Germany BIG_DESTROYED_MIBR
LMAO he looks like 20 but is actually 30 wtf
2019-11-20 12:46
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#23
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Albania jamefun1
haha, one of the best throwers and matchfix players gone, what the great news. goodbye garbage ^_^
2019-11-20 12:53
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#24
Romania Pooknezeu
Old player, good awper in the Chinese scene, good luck in the future!
2019-11-20 12:57
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1 reply
#45
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China KensonS
he will focus on streaming in the future.
2019-11-20 15:29
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#25
Faceit level 10  | 
Denmark valt3rr
jks can now finally change his name to savage!!!!!
2019-11-20 13:00
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#26
nitr0 | 
Turkey liquid_dodging_onlines
jks likes it
2019-11-20 13:02
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#28
kennyS | 
France jackz_best_deagle
Legend
2019-11-20 13:16
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#29
syrsoN | 
Germany PeKay
Matchfixer bb
2019-11-20 13:19
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#31
Ukraine liarcsgoCNCS
this team is a joke w out Savage
2019-11-20 13:30
0
#32
Bulgaria starazagora
All time top3 chinese cs player
2019-11-20 13:35
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#33
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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France StickyRice
Congrats savage
2019-11-20 13:37
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#34
Australia |bruh|
bruh isn't this pretty much the 5-power lineup also the panda gaming line up? why does this squad keep breaking up or changing would be even closer if savage was in
2019-11-20 13:38
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#35
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Norway k3ron
Brutal. Savage. REKT.
2019-11-20 13:38
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#36
nEGRo | 
Denmark limsaitama
mafia boss HZ back in business
2019-11-20 13:41
0
#37
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Poland ruhoks
Bin Liuden
2019-11-20 13:56
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#38
China CoastFF
legend since cs1.6, good luck
2019-11-20 14:03
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#39
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China verticalnegi
respect
2019-11-20 14:05
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#41
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China zycart
A legend in 1.6, a legend matchfixer in go
2019-11-20 14:08
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1 reply
#57
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Bulgaria AboveYall
+1
2019-11-20 20:28
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#42
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China Thalia
bye legend, best wish.
2019-11-20 14:14
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#43
United States ryth99
Bye matchfix ling lung. Nice to see old matchfixer retire. New ling lungs come on up and match fix letz go
2019-11-20 14:49
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1 reply
#52
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Canada stay_drinkwaterandstuff_my_guy
no u
2019-11-20 17:34
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#46
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Taiwan iloviz
gl Savage 1.6 legend, the king of asia
2019-11-20 15:38
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#47
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Austria aurimasu
Really good player in 1.6. best of luck to him
2019-11-20 15:38
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#48
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
India rohansamal
An amazing player. <3 Savage
2019-11-20 15:57
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#50
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Netherlands voldemort_did_nothing_wrong
who and what team?
2019-11-20 17:04
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#51
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Hungary StraYzie
Savage was one of the better older players Sad to see him retire Good luck F
2019-11-20 17:32
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#53
f0rest | 
Iceland ashyra
Enjoy your life Savage! <3
2019-11-20 17:39
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#55
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
freddieb | 
Sweden carvin
isnt china north korea? wtf
2019-11-20 18:01
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#56
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Japan jitz
Thank you, Legend .
2019-11-20 18:11
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#58
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
ropz | 
Latvia `DinGo
Gl in future Savage, one of the best China cs players for sure
2019-11-20 21:19
0
#60
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
XeqtR | 
Hong Kong s1mple_4_baits_dev1ce_0
Legend :c
2019-11-20 23:14
0
#61
NiKo | 
Philippines NiKozerain_BGods
F for Savage. All the best in the future, Legend.
2019-11-21 00:10
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#63
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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Germany HLTV Minister
Legend
2019-11-21 06:28
1
#64
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Russia aferaTV
Good Luck
2019-11-22 01:45
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