{"id":35671,"date":"2024-05-02T19:27:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T23:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=35671"},"modified":"2024-05-02T19:27:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T23:27:07","slug":"perkz-decides-to-take-break-from-competitive-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/perkz-decides-to-take-break-from-competitive-play\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Perkz&#8221; decides to take break from competitive play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luka \u201cPerkz\u201d Perkovi\u0107, one of the most decorated <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/\" title=\"League of Legends betting guide\">League of Legends<\/a> players in Europe, has decided to take a break from competitive play.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement comes after Perkz&#8217;s absence from the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/lec\/\" title=\"LEC betting guide\">LEC<\/a> during the 2024 Spring Split, where he was benched from Team Heretics&#8217; main roster.<\/p>\n<p>In a message shared on his social media accounts, Perkz revealed his intentions to focus on his future endeavours.<\/p>\n<p>He admitted that while his main drive in competitive gaming was to qualify for international events like the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/mid-season-invitational\/\" title=\"MSI betting guide\">Mid-Season Invitational<\/a> or LoL Worlds, he didn&#8217;t enjoy the process of striving toward those goals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd1a hi<br \/>decided to take a break from competing<br \/>realized i played to reach msi or worlds and compete internationally and didn&#39;t really enjoy the road on the way<br \/>Taking a few months off will make me see if I want to move on or not <\/p>\n<p>love you all and (cu again) \ud83e\udef6<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Luka (@Perkz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Perkz\/status\/1785981439059837028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Reports indicated that Perkz&#8217;s benching from Team Heretics stemmed from alleged conflicts within the team, including a quarrel between Perkz and his team manager.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview, Alvar \u201cAraneae\u201d Mart\u00edn Ale\u00f1ar, director at Team Heretics, commented on Perkz\u2019s performance, acknowledging both his shortcomings and his contributions to team morale.<\/p>\n<p>Perkz\u2019s hiatus marks a significant moment in his career, prompting reflection on his past achievements and future endeavours.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unlikely fans will see him compete before 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Perkz intends to spend his break streaming both League of Legends and <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/valorant\/\" title=\"VALORANT betting guide\">VALORANT<\/a>, finding enjoyment in the process of learning something new.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luka \u201cPerkz\u201d Perkovi\u0107, one of the most decorated League of Legends players in Europe, has decided to take a break from competitive play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":35672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[24,3552,520,3610,2422],"class_list":["post-35671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-league-of-legends","tag-league-of-legends-emea-championship","tag-lec","tag-luka-perkz-perkovic","tag-team-heretics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35671"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35676,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35671\/revisions\/35676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}