After robust performances for the reason that addition of Mareks “YEKINDAR” Galinskis and Daniel “molodoy” Golubenko, FURIA have received their first ever tier one Counter-Strike match at FISSURE Playground 2, beating The MongolZ 3-2 within the grand remaining.
Forward of the match kick beginning, we caught up with their star man Kaike “KSCERATO” Cerato to debate the way forward for Brazilian CS as groups proceed to observe in FURIA’s footsteps and recruit from abroad.
KSCERATO believes there’s nonetheless plenty of expertise in Brazil. Picture Credit score: PGL
Seizing alternatives
Previous to the signings of YEKINDAR and molodoy, FURIA have been mendacity dormant. Long gone stagnant, they have been incapable of placing collectively a lineup that had both the position steadiness or firepower to ensure that them to actually problem the highest groups. However all of them modified as their Japanese Europeans arrived.
“It’s about seizing alternatives. In case you are given one, it’s important to f**king take it,” KSCERATO advised Esports.web, “We signed molodoy as a result of he was proudly owning us in observe.”
A choice that confused virtually everybody when it was first introduced, it ushered in a brand new period for Brazilian groups. And the reward for branching out was instantaneous as FURIA reached the playoffs of the BLAST.television Austin Main. Even higher nonetheless, they have been joined by paiN Gaming, who themselves had moved away from Brazil with the signings of Franco “dgt” Garcia, a Uruguayan, and David “dav1deuS” Tapia Maldonado, a Chilean.
It’s a possibility that groups have seized earlier than. MIBR was as soon as residence to NA gamers Tarik “tarik” Celik and Jake “Stewie2k” Yip, Imperial’s AWPer is Argentinean, and in more moderen occasions, as MIBR look each at their very own previous and on the identical future FURIA sees, they’ve signed Aleksi “Qikert” Golubev and Klimenti “kl1m” Krivosheev, two Japanese Europeans.
“I don’t suppose will probably be the longer term for a very long time, however will probably be for now,” KSCERATO mentioned. “The Brazilian scene is fairly good, VRS made it a bit of arduous, however there are plenty of good gamers.”
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Success brings understanding
The present type of FURIA passes the attention check in each manner. They play a very good model of CS with a powerful steadiness between aggression and passivity. KSCERATO thinks it’s the perfect model of the lineup he’s been part of, which says so much contemplating he’s known as the organisation residence since 2018.
“We’re taking part in rather well,” he added. “Going worldwide modified plenty of issues. How we see the sport, how we talk throughout it, I’m liking it.”
With such passionate followers, although, earlier than the upturn in kind, it might have been arduous for them to simply accept a departure from the scene they really feel a lot nationwide delight over, however that wasn’t one thing KSCERATO was ever involved about.
“They perceive it, FalleN performed for Liquid earlier than and so they understood it then, and we had junior again in 2021. They’re used to it. They only wish to cheer for Brazilians, and it doesn’t matter who else is on our crew as a result of we’re Brazilian organizations nonetheless.”
