freddieb announces retirement

3-8-2020 17:21

Fredrik "⁠freddieb⁠" Buö has announced he will take a step back from Counter-Strike to pursue higher education.

freddieb appeared on the scene in 2016, when he and Joakim "⁠disco doplan⁠" Gidetun were added to CG immediately after the first Europe Minor. The team was then picked up by Epsilon, and freddieb was part of the rosters that went on to win two events in China that year, Pro Gamer League Summer 2016 and the WCA 2016 Finals.

When his time in Epsilon ended, freddieb was signed by GODSENT, with whom he qualified for the WESG 2017 World Finals and won the QI Invitational in Serbia. He then moved on to Red Reserve and Ancient, reaching the DreamHack Open Summer 2019 grand final with the latter.

freddieb puts an end to his career four years after joining Epsilon

freddieb then joined GamerLegion's Swedish roster in November. That same month they played the WePlay! Forge of Masters Season 2 Finals, which they ended in 3-4th place, freddieb's last LAN before the team disbanded in March.

The 26-year-old has now announced that he will no longer pursue a career in Counter-Strike, instead choosing to focus on attending university, which he will start to do in two weeks. "I'm so glad and thankful to have met so many awesome persons, played for some cool orgs and been able to travel around the world playing and winning some nice events!" freddieb said in his farewell tweet, "I didn’t get to that Major I was aiming for, so hopefully I can get it in Computer Science instead," the tweet concluded.

sad

2020-08-03 17:22

4 replies

Hes just gona go to valorant

2020-08-03 17:38

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He literally said university :/

2020-08-03 19:09

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It's very sad, it's evident that no matter how much he tried, he couldn't reach the major :(

2020-08-04 16:57

Just get used to it, people read the first 3 words, its very hard to read more than that without getting bored for them

2020-08-05 04:35

Glhf

RIP =(

Valorant strikes again

2020-08-03 17:23

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>Valorant >university blind retard?

2020-08-03 17:24

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He'll go to Valorant after that

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Valorant won't be relevant when his finished. He will go back to csgo or work

2020-08-03 17:44

2020-08-03 18:34

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Idiot baiter.

2020-08-03 22:42

Yeah sure a good idea to go to valorant after 5y while you have a masters degree lmao

2020-08-03 17:53

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he is too bed for csgo

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Not really if he really would give it a shot he could be in some half decent na top 5 team

2020-08-03 19:53

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?????????????? braindead ?

2020-08-03 19:54

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? Actual content

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he doesnt even have the level for MDL ffs

2020-08-03 19:55

Let's be real. Mythic with legit garbage players does well in NA MDL.

2020-08-03 22:07

yeah that's even worse

2020-08-03 22:22

Every na mdl team would be improved by him joining

2020-08-04 13:32

2020-08-04 14:08

>Master degree in t1 country >Playing cs

2020-08-03 19:32

"t1 country" 2/8

2020-08-03 22:39

well they kinda are

2020-08-05 06:54

it's best not to reply back. It's an idiot and if you couldn't tell, it's in his name.

2020-08-05 06:53

Gotta have a career if ya wanna retire tho

"I guess it's time to finally announce my retirement from competitive CSGO as I’m starting university in 2 weeks."

2020-08-03 18:15

Learn to read maybe?

2020-08-04 04:17

Valorant inc

is valorant even a thing in eu?

2020-08-03 18:02

i mean, gotta start somewhere xd

2020-08-03 18:13

sad news :( great player

Good decision IMO

OH NO

followed cs for quite a while but dont really remember this guy at all

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then you didn't follow cs

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2020-08-04 17:00

damn

2020-08-03 17:25

good luck!

2020-08-03 17:27

starting university at 26? lul

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Better than never anyway, wise choice.

2020-08-03 17:29

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If you wanna get indoctrinated

2020-08-03 17:37

indoctrinated with what? you wont get indoctrinated if you enter stem field, just social studies, literature, history etc.

2020-08-03 17:56

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All (most) teachers and so called professors are lefties, they will force that bias on you in many ways whether you like it or not.

2020-08-03 18:20

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there's no way they can indoctrinate you in those fields lol. yeah, they might have opinions of lefties and will make snarky comments towards trump or something, but that doesn't mean u will change your mind

2020-08-03 18:45

The (real) influencers

2020-08-03 19:02

((( ))) ??? triple brackets???

2020-08-03 19:52

Why do you think most countries forbid this in highschools but allow it in universities? If you can get that easily manipulated at that age i would say somethings is not right with you.

yea my econ teacher will tell me all white men are bad lmao

2020-08-03 20:02

Yeah I'm sure the professor will force leftist views on students while they learn postfix notation

2020-08-04 10:59

Maybe you should stop being a retard and take everything for granted from professours, lmao.

2020-08-04 14:41

That is very low IQ of you.. it won't hit me as I am aware, it is about the drone people who are actually stupid enough to let a little brainwash get to them, the 9-17 people who care only about ice-cream and movies.

2020-08-04 14:44

Not a thing in my country :^)

2020-08-04 14:57

what's wrong? you apparently can't be a free man without someone like you questioning his decisons. man had different priorities

You'll be surprised. A lot of people go about this age. Guessing you've never been to university?

maybe in the EU, not here

2020-08-03 17:34

im 27 and i started at 24. Started to living on my own when i was 19 and worked for almost 5 years to get the money for 5 years of private college I wanted cuz it has more benefits ( mostly connections). Some people i study with have 30+ years.

2020-08-03 18:03

pretty much every European university student I've met was between 24-29 outside of some french ppl. A lot of Germans and swiss people I met opted to go to trade school before college, because jobs requiring trade school are more common than in the states. A lot of Scandinavians I met rly took advantage of the fact that the state and their parents wouldn't let them go homeless and die if they were unemployed and traveling for a year or two after high school.

2020-08-03 18:40

I like how you said that they took advantage of that but we all know we would do it if we could.

2020-08-03 19:59

Funny you say that people Scandinavians take advantage of it like it's such a bad thing to do. Burnout is a real thing and going to work for a year to learn how the real world is and what heavy labor is, is meaningful. If anything that is a lesson that motivates people when they go back to university to take it serious so that they don't have to end up with that kind of work in the future.

2020-08-03 23:10

I don't think being able to take time to make good decisions about your future or gain new perspectives on industry is a bad thing, I don't think anybody thinks that. I'm just salty about being poor and financially independent since 18.

2020-08-03 23:53

My bad then, your comment made it seem like taking a off year was a bad thing to do.

2020-08-04 00:23

and ?

???????????????????????? Wdym

most stupid comment today, congrats

2020-08-03 17:39

Never been to a uni lmao? Everyone isnt fucking 18, not even close

im 24 soon 25 starting in two weeks as well

2020-08-03 17:57

The guy made 100K and got salary, so he didn't need college. I do think he is makingthe right choice.

2020-08-03 18:11

Sad! He was a pretty decent player.

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2020-08-03 17:35

wtf starting uni at 26???

That's normal. I know people from different countries, who go to uni even at 30 yo. Sometimes we try some stuff like being a pro in CS, but then, when we know it's not going to work well, it is time to go study and get a better paid job.

I've had a few classmates who started working after high school and only go to uni after a few years

2020-08-03 21:37

Was a good player, gonna be hard to do that computer science after spending so many hours gaming, personally it would be a killer for me to spend more time on pc and especially not competing

Thank god retired, I've never seen anyone worse than him playing cs

2020-08-03 17:43

Good choice, Uni > CS GO

2020-08-03 17:45

NPC

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2020-08-03 17:47

GL man! youtube.com/watch?v=JY_4DkrLAOQ&

2020-08-03 17:55

Good luck with life

GL HF at uni

2020-08-03 17:58

about a time.

2020-08-03 17:59

Its about a 20:00 a time.

2020-08-03 19:56

good luck

2020-08-03 18:00

Great decision. A pro turning to an actual education and pursue a more secure future. Gl man

2020-08-03 18:05

A "pro" turning to an actual education and pursue a more "secure" "future". nt

2020-08-03 18:32

0/8 100K estimated winnings + salary sounds pretty pro to me.

2020-08-03 20:12

100K "estimated" winnings + "salary" sounds like wasted future for me

2020-08-06 09:48

he got 100K + salary for hobby what did you achieve?

2020-08-06 18:10

Dominated HLTV comment section for 2 years Survived a bee sting Once drank 2 liters of Coca-Cola in one sit Achieved GLOBAL ELITE rank in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive multiplayer game after 12k playing hours

2020-08-06 20:46

oh shit 2L of cola in one sittting.

2020-08-07 18:18

Name checks out. No interest in discussing with a child like yourself.

2020-08-04 14:10

You just did though?

Whatever you want man

2020-08-06 18:15

gg bro. got to live two awesome lives. one at are regular job and another a decent pro ^O^

2020-08-03 18:08

Props to him for doing the smart choice. This career would never be a long term thing. Gl to him in his life

2020-08-03 18:09

GL man , hope you reach your goals in life.

Best of luck in your future endeavours, freddieb. Computer science is a noble profession. :) Thank you for the awesome memories you have given us, freddieb. Have a good day.

2020-08-03 18:19

Great decision, best of luck. Many more should consider his path

2020-08-03 18:24

freddiewho? Kappa,he was good player rip

2020-08-03 18:26

RIP

2020-08-03 18:29

Good decision, he'll be great in future

2020-08-03 18:44

Computer science...? What a waste. Could of went to Valorant and had a better life.

2020-08-03 18:47

Starting university at 26 y/o?

2020-08-03 18:50

Why not? I wouldnt consider it unusual.

2020-08-03 19:04

That's very very very uncommon in Belgium or Greece. Actually, if you already made studies before, the uni doesn't receive found for you so they might refuse you directly.

2020-08-03 20:16

Sad to hear that, it does not sound very supporting for higher educations. In Austria you get a full scholarship (€870/month) if you have worked 4 years full time before studying. There are some reglementations to it (start BSc before 30, MSc before 35, cant change major twice, etc.) but its a great finanical support package.

2020-08-04 05:27

In Belgium, if you fail one year of a master degree, you can't have money from state till you found your first job and keep it for at least one year and an half. If you worked before studying, you lose this money cuz you need to apply for job to deserve the money (one exception, if you take course in a field where we lack workers). So leaving work for study is a huge sacrifice cuz you won't have money and have trouble afterward if you don't get a job quickly. As you said, pretty sad but the government is making it harder every year for 10yo.

2020-08-04 07:55

I cant speak to how it is in other countries but in the USA that's normal. I didn't start going to school for my bachelor's until I was almost 30

2020-08-03 23:26

uh ok

respect for making a good decision gl

2020-08-03 19:07

Oh no! Anyway..

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2020-08-03 19:16

You know what, good for him!

2020-08-03 19:38

Sad news for swedish cs fans, or cs fans in general. But starting university is good news. Good luck! Thanks for all the great games we got to view!

2020-08-03 19:50

Unexpected

Good decision It's better to make university than playing He then has 20 or more years to do something

inb4 this dude keeps playing you can still play cs in uni hellooo

Not if your goal is to play in a CSGO major...

2020-08-03 23:22

??? who says so?? karrigan was pro during his uni years hellooo many pros done it

2020-08-04 01:28

I like this option better then trying to go streaming

2020-08-03 20:17

He wasn't to bad, but he was weak. I think he made good decision.

2020-08-03 20:28

Hey at least University > Valorant GL freddie

2020-08-03 20:41

expected

2020-08-03 21:02

good luck at university fredrik!

2020-08-03 21:11

RIP good luck

2020-08-03 21:23

he was kinda bad anyway

2020-08-03 21:31

GL king

2020-08-03 22:15

Good decision freddieb. I wish you good luck. :)

Wisedecisionb Best of luck! Hope to see u return one day. Fabulous player

2020-08-03 22:41

legend <3

2020-08-03 23:00

Good decision, gl man!

2020-08-03 23:38

Jesus frickin christ!!! What's wrong with yall? Typing sad, who, valorant, comments in here. Did you read the beautiful article? Do you even care? freddieb had a pretty cool cs life, let's be honest. He played computer games for a living, got to travel all over this cool planet earth AND had fun with his friends while he was doing it. Pretty f*ckin cool if you ask me. And now he looks further in life and made a mature decision to attend university. And did you even noticed how cool he finished his final statement on Twitter? "Obviously I didn’t get to that major I was aiming for, so hopefully I can get it in Computer Science instead ;) CS is still in his heart!

2020-08-04 00:45