by Jeremy Waxman on Aug 12, 2015
Nicolas "Gleeb" Haddad has a long and winding road in the League of Legends competitive scene. He began to become known from his time on the Challenger team Cloud9 Tempest, which would go on to produce other pro players such as Kez and Altec. It was from there that he was swept into the LCS scene, as Team SoloMid anointed him their starting Support player after the depature of Alex "Xpecial" Chu.
While expectations were high, the move never really worked out for either Gleeb or TSM. However, it did show that Haddad was an LCS-caliber player when things were going well, and other teams noticed. He was picked up by Team Fusion, a Challenger squad that had the seemingly realistic goal of making it into the LCS. In a more comfortable environment, it seemed that would be Gleeb's way of getting back to the top level of competition in North America. However, Fusion failed to qualify for the LCS on two different occasions, eventually causing the team to be dissolved.
From there, Winterfox picked him up as a substitute, which allowed Gleeb one more chance in the spotlight. He didn't play poorly, but he never really had a shot at remaining in the lineup, as the team was simply waiting for Jang "Imagine" Hyeonsu to be able to play. Since leaving Winterfox in May, we haven't heard much from Gleeb, but today, he has announced his retirement.
"Hello everybody, I know it's been a while since my last post and I apologize for that but I wanted to give everyone a quick update on what I'll be doing in the future. Although I've really enjoyed my time playing in the LCS/CS, I've decided to focus on school going forward and I'll be starting up college in the fall semester. It was an amazing experience and I'm really happy to have gotten the opportunity to play League professionally. I also wanted to thank everyone who supported me while I was playing and wish good luck to my former teammates."