
Retired Rossi wins a CS LAN
Following Gods Reign's win at Skyesports Souvenir 2025, the prolific org announced their withdrawal from the Counter-Strike space and not long after, Rossi announced his retirement from competitive Counter-Strike. However, the Indian Counter-Strike veteran surfaced on X, looking for team to compete at the upcoming Skyesports Counter-Strike LAN in Chennai at CEGC 2025. Just as comeback speculations arose, Rossi shut them down clarifying that it will be a one-off stint and no permanent comeback was on the cards.
Still under the retirement banner, Rossi took part in DSD Premium Gaming's Counter-Strike LAN in Bengaluru. DSD CS2 LAN Legends was hosted in Bengaluru a couple of days back with a prize pool of ₹30,000 INR. Rossi took part in the event with a few friends of his who are familiar names in the local Counter-Strike scene on FACEIT.
With this team, Rossi managed to clear the single-elimination bo1 group stage followed by 2-0 wins in the bo3 semi-final and grand-final. "Retired, but still winning cups", Rossi posted on X referring to his DSD CS2 LAN Legends win. Rossi's competitive Counter-Strike path is still unclear at the moment and if at all there's something new brewing, it could surface at Skyesports' upcoming Counter-Strike LAN.
Rossi's team at DSD CS2 LAN Legends was:
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Rossi
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Lucia
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DiscountKiller
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Crush
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Extreme
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