the injury 151 we ended up carrying you off the field it was like a dog pile kind of thing and like everyone slid into you and it was ugly counterstrike global offensive professional and team splyce ingame leader arya arya hekmat doesnt quite remember the circumstances that ended his high school soccer career it wasnt until a casual conversation with a former teammate some years later that arya would be told the grizzly details getting hurt wasnt new to the upland california native arya played with the typical aches pains and bruises that come with competing at an elite level with one of the top high school and club level teams in the country having suffered sprained ankles knee ligament strains concussions and a severely broken nose not once did arya think of quitting it was all part of being an athlete however the injury sustained while on the bottom of the pile that day would affect the rest of his amateur athletic life an ultrasound image and mri would later confirm that arya had suffered severe nerve damage to his left leg that affected how much power he could generate while running or kicking the connective tissue and muscles connecting the groin to the leg had been torn so violently that surgery was the only option for the chance of playing at that elite level again doctors explained to arya there were no guarantees i didnt want the surgery arya decided i was told it would heal but wouldnt be as strong and since there was a chance the surgery wouldnt work i decided it wasnt worth it after deciding to forego the surgery arya took some time off to start the healing process during rehab he realized his leg would never be the same it was an overwhelming feeling it really hurt especially because i was a good asset to my team i felt like i was letting my teammates down so it really was detrimental to my mental health and everything arya began taking stock of his life in an attempt to fulfill his need to compete i was looking for an outlet to basically save myself because i was so competitive and so driven enter csgo i always casually played counterstrike and by doing so i realized like hey this games very competitive game on becoming a professional during his junior and senior years in high school arya started practicing honing his aiming and shooting skills while learning the details of every competition map in the counterstrike rotation holed up in his bedroom for fourtosix hours a day with a less than ideal internet connection speed arya practiced until he felt he would be able to compete in some local lan tournaments he struggled in his first competition but found some inspiration from a surprising source the first day i go to this lan center we play in this small little event just a pickup game pretty much and one of the guys there