Photo courtesy of WinteR's Facebook Page

 

MUFC captain WinteR confirms during a stream of his that he is indeed leaving the competitive DOTA scene. Citing personal reasons, WinteR also talks about how he'll still remain active in the scene as a caster or continue streaming gameplay. However, it looks like we won't be seeing WinteR again in tournaments.

Starting out with Orange, WinteR's first notable achievements in the DOTA 2 competitive scene was during 2011 with Malaysia based tournaments. He soon grew recognition in international tournaments the following year. After a brief time with team Apple Banana Cucumber early 2013, WinteR was next part of MUFC that lead all the way to them playing in the biggest DOTA 2 tournament in the world, The International 2013. Before all the competitive video gamig scene though, he was foremost a competitive chess player.

Below is a screencap of WinteR's actual words when he confirms his retirement.

 

 

Source: WinteR has confirmed retirement from competitive dota.