nitr0
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nitr0
Player Information
Name:
Nicholas Cannella
Nationality:
Born:
August 16, 1995 (age 30)
Status:
Years Active (Player):
2014 – 2020
2022 – 2023
2024 – Present
2022 – 2023
2024 – Present
Roles:
Team:
Approx. Total Winnings:
$1,085,224
Links
History
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Counter-Strike 2
| 2014-04-08 — 2014-10-16 | Area 51 Gaming |
| 2014-10-16 — 2014-11-07 | Denial eSports |
| 2014-11-07 — 2014-12-14 | Team iBUYPOWER |
| 2014-12-16 — 2014-12-16 | Torqued |
| 2014-12-16 — 2015-01-08 | Denial eSports |
| 2015-01-08 — 2015-01-13 | Chill Guys |
| 2015-01-13 — 2020-08-01 | Team Liquid |
| 2020-08-01 — 2020-08-14 | Team Liquid(Inactive) |
| 2022-01-15 — 2023-06-04 | Team Liquid |
| 2023-06-04 — 2024-01-04 | Team Liquid(Inactive) |
Counter-Strike 2
| 2024-07-04 — Present | NRG |
Nicholas "nitr0" Cannella (born August 16, 1995) is an American professional Counter-Strike 2 player and a former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player. He initially retired on August 14, 2020 to pursue a career in VALORANT after being signed by 100 Thieves, but came back to the game following Team Liquid's restructuring in late 2021. [1][2] He announced his second retirement as a player on May 27, 2023 before returning to VALORANT with M80 on January 4, 2024. [3][4] Nicholas returned to Counter-Strike once again on July 4, 2024 upon joining NRG. [5]
Gear and Settings
[edit]| Mouse Settings [6] (list of)
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| Mouse | eDPI | DPI | Polling Rate | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw Input | ||||||
| Logitech G PRO Wireless | 740 | 400 | 500 Hz | 1.85 | 1 | On | ||||||
| Updated as of 2020-04-13 (2127 days ago) | ||||||||||||
| Mouse Settings [6] (list of) (calculate)
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| Mouse | Curvature | Circumference | Mouse Setup | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw. | ||||||
| Logitech G PRO Wireless | 977 MPI 0.641 deg/mm | 22.1 in/rev 56.2 cm/rev | 400 DPI @ 500 Hz | 1.85 | 1 | On | ||||||
| Updated as of 2020-04-13 (2127 days ago) | ||||||||||||
| Hardware[7] (list of) |
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Logitech G PRO Wireless |  |
ZOWIE G-SR |
| Monitor | Refresh rate | In-game resolution | Scaling | |
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Alienware AW2518H | 240 Hz | 1024×768 | Black Bars |
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Razer BlackWidow Lite |  |
HyperX Cloud II |
| Last updated on 2020-02-25 (2175 days ago). |
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| Crosshair Settings [8] (list of) | |||||||||||
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| Style | Size | Thickness | Sniper | Gap | Outline | Dot | Color | Alpha | |||
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -3 | Yes (thickness 0.5) | No (0) | Custom (5) | 255 | |||
| Updated as of 2022-04-13 (1397 days ago) | |||||||||||
| Click "Expand" for sharecode and console commands to copy and paste. | |
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| Sharecode | CSGO-QZBWH-FDWcz-qtjct-Kk6HR-BdmbN |
| Commands | cl_crosshairalpha 255; cl_crosshaircolor 5; cl_crosshaircolor_r 255; cl_crosshaircolor_g 255; cl_crosshaircolor_b 255; cl_crosshairdot 0; cl_crosshairgap -3; cl_crosshairsize 3; cl_crosshairstyle 4; cl_crosshairusealpha 1; cl_crosshairthickness 0; cl_crosshair_sniper_width 1; cl_crosshair_outlinethickness 0.5; cl_crosshair_drawoutline 1; |
Achievements
[edit]| Date | Place | Tier | Type | G. | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2022-12-18 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline |  |  | BLAST Premier: World Final 2022 |   | 0 : 2 |   | $250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-07-21 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | Intel Extreme Masters XIV - Chicago |   | 3 : 0 |  | $125,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-07-14 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline | |  | BLAST Pro Series: Los Angeles 2019 | | 2 : 0 |   | $125,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-07-07 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | ESL One: Cologne 2019 | | 3 : 1 |  | $125,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-07-07 | 1st | Points | Offline | |  | Intel Grand Slam Season 2 | | custom | Grp S. | $1,000,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-06-23 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | ESL Pro League Season 9 - Finals | | 3 : 1 | | $250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-06-02 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | DreamHack Masters Dallas 2019 | | 2 : 1 | | $100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-05-05 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | | | Intel Extreme Masters XIV - Sydney | | 3 : 2 |  | $100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-07-29 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline | |  | ELEAGUE Premier 2018 | | 0 : 2 |  | $200,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-07-10 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline | |  | ESL One: Cologne 2016 |  | 0 : 2 |   | $150,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extended list of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trivia
[edit]- Has the Latin phrase Veni, vidi, vici ("I came; I saw; I conquered") tattooed on his right arm.
Highlights
[edit]- 2016-04-14 | nitr0 vs. TyLoo by proutounz of HLTV at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016
- 2018-01-22 | nitr0 vs. G2 by djuhana of HLTV at ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018
- 2019-07-14 | nitr0 vs. NRG by proutounz of HLTV at BLAST Pro Series: Los Angeles 2019
Interviews
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2015-01-12 | Nick "nitr0" Cannella: "[…] byłem bardzo blisko porzucenia CS:GO…" [Nick "nitr0" Cannella: "[...] I was very close to abandoning CS:GO..."] by a.wake of IzakTV- 2015-10-03 | Nitr0 - PGL Season 1 LAN Finals : "We had a very slow start" by PGL at PGL CS:GO Championship Series: Season 1
- 2015-11-14 | Liquid: "We can do good on LAN" by stich of HLTV at iBUYPOWER Cup
- 2016-07-08 | nitr0: "Super confident on Cobble" by Striker of HLTV at ESL One: Cologne 2016
- 2018-01-16 | nitr0: "We already surpassed our goal making top 16" by Striker of HLTV at ELEAGUE Major: Boston 2018
- 2018-02-23 | nitr0: "[Inferno] comes down to using your utility to the fullest" by Professeur of HLTV at StarLadder & i-League StarSeries Season 4
- 2018-06-09 | nitr0: "The whole team underestimated NRG; we're ready for them this time" by Yossarian of HLTV at ECS Season 5 - Finals
- 2018-06-19 | nitr0: "I want to focus on getting our map pool back" by LucasAM of HLTV at ESL One: Belo Horizonte 2018
- 2018-09-13 | nitr0: "I'm hoping we get Astralis, we can definitely put up a good show and a good fight" by Striker of HLTV at FACEIT Major: London 2018
- 2019-05-03 | nitr0: "Our biggest problem right now is the finals, I don't think it really matters who it is against" by Professeur of HLTV at IEM Sydney 2019
- 2019-07-03 | nitr0: "The Intel Grand Slam is a big thing, but we are not trying to add any extra pressure" by Professeur of HLTV at ESL One: Cologne 2019
2019-10-01 | nitr0: "Astralis are always a step ahead when we play them" by LucasAM of HLTV at ESL One: New York 2019- 2019-11-29 | nitr0: "It feels like we are gaining our confidence back" by Professeur of HLTV at ECS Season 8 - Finals
- 2022-01-15 | Nitr0, of ‘Valorant’ and ‘Counter-Strike’ fame, is ready to win again by Mikhail Klimentov of The Washington Post
- 2022-02-05 | Liquid nitr0 Interview: 'I like to call Counter--Strike Home' by Rob4 of Betway
- 2022-04-12 | nitr0: "everyone’s five years younger than me and I'm like damn, makes me feel kind of old" by Dafydd of Dust2.us at PGL Major Antwerp 2022: American RMR
- 2022-05-10 | nitr0: "Tomorrow, it's a Major, it's the biggest tournament, the better team's gonna win" by Ryan Friend of Dust2.us at PGL Major Antwerp 2022
- 2022-05-11 | nitr0 om att slå ut sina landsmän: "Det suger verkligen" [nitr0 on beating out his fellow countrymen: "It really sucks"] by Hallonkraem of Fragbite at PGL Major Antwerp 2022
- 2022-05-12 | nitr0: "I'm not scared of the word 'Astralis,' I was scared of the players, now I'm not scared at all" by Nohte of HLTV at PGL Major Antwerp 2022
- 2022-07-08 | nitr0: "EliGE's always wanted another aggressive rifler so we got YEKINDAR" by Slevo of Dust2.us at IEM Cologne 2022
- 2022-07-16 | nitr0 hyllar EliGE: "Han var tvungen att lära sig en helt annan spelstil" [nitr0 praises EliGE: "He had to learn a completely different style of play"] by Hallonkraem of Fragbite at IEM Cologne 2022
Gallery
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nitr0 at ESL Pro League Season 17 with Team Liquid
nitr0 at PGL Major Antwerp 2022 with Team Liquid
nitr0 at ESL Pro League Season 10: Finals with Team Liquid
nitr0 at IEM Sydney 2019 with Team Liquid
nitr0 at StarLadder & i-League StarSeries Season 4 with Team Liquid
nitr0 at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 with Team Liquid
nitr0 at DreamHack Open Stockholm 2015 with Team Liquid
nitr0 at MLG X Games Aspen Invitational with Team Liquid
References
[edit]- ↑ 100 Thieves (2020-08-14). "Welcome @nitr0 to 100 Thieves VALORANT".
- ↑ Team Liquid (2022-01-15). "Welcome back, @nitr0".
- ↑ nitr0 (2023-05-27). "My next chapter!".
- ↑ M80 (2024-01-04). "M80 VALORANT is back".
- ↑ M80 (2024-07-04). "Every team needs a captain".
- ↑ nitr0's Nightbot
- ↑ nitr0 at IEM Katowice 2020
- ↑ "Liquid vs. Evil Geniuses at PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Americas RMR". HLTV. 2022-04-13.
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