Official: TACO & zews transfer to MIBR, Stewie2K joins Liquid

21-12-2018 20:01

MIBR have announced that they have acquired Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo and Wilton "⁠zews⁠" Prado from Liquid, with Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip traded to the North American roster.

The move sees TACO and zews reunite with their former SK and Luminosity teammates, Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo, Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga, and Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David, who shared the same tag with the player from late 2015 to early 2018 and from late 2015 to mid 2016 with the coach.

Moving the other way is Stewie2K, who was transferred from Cloud9 to SK as a replacement for TACO in March before joining the MIBR organization with the rest of the team nearly three months later.

TACO and zews rejoin their former teammates

In almost nine months with the squad, the 20-year-old struggled to have the same level of impact as when he had been part of Cloud9, averaging a 1.04 rating across 18 LAN tournaments played.

The team as a whole was also unable to reach the same heights as in 2016 and 2017, as they only won a trio of smaller events while having mixed results at the biggest tournaments of 2018, which saw them stay out of the top-three of the rankings.

"I’m disappointed to see this journey come to an end because I don't feel that we received a sufficient amount of time to truly reach our potential. We had some hurdles we fought through, as it is expected that every individual on an International lineup need that extra time find their composure, synergy, and flow." Stewie2K said in a Twitlonger statement.

"However, it seems like we weren’t able to power through the psychological challenge we had. And despite the recent month of confidence and some convincing results, it's no secret that we still have our problems. I believe these guys have a championship mindset but they have won so much that they have forgotten how to lose. I wish we’ve received some more time after ending the year with decent results and tackling all the problems together instead of running away from it. I’m aware of what I signed up for and will be moving on with no hard feelings."

Although the announcement did not include a comment regarding the future of Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik, it is expected he will not be a part of the lineup for 2019. João "⁠felps⁠" Vasconcellos, who played with the remaining quartet for the majority of 2017 and won five international tournaments with them, is currently the leading candidate for his replacement.

There is also no news about the future of Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović, who coached the squad for nearly five months after what was initially supposed to be a deal only until the FACEIT Major.

MIBR currently have:

Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo
Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga
Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David
Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo
Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik

Wilton "⁠zews⁠" Prado (coach)

Meanwhile, after six runner-up finishes at big events and two titles from cs_summit 2 and SuperNova CS:GO Malta in 2018, Liquid will enter 2019 with the following roster:

Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella
Jonathan "⁠EliGE⁠" Jablonowski
Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken
Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic
Jake "⁠Stewie2K⁠" Yip

In a video announcement, Liquid's founder and co-CEO, Victor "Nazgul" Goossens, stated that the organization is reviewing a number of options to fill the coaching role. The full video can be seen below:

Damn cool move

2018-12-21 20:01

57 replies

Yep for every other team

2018-12-21 20:03

Wild.

2018-12-21 20:16

Terrible move, now you can’t support either team. MIBR since well MIBR! And Liquid since they have mega douche Stewie2K. Sad, at least before Liquid was a respectable team.

2018-12-21 20:21

52 replies

Lol ur so dumb its insane

2018-12-21 20:22

24 replies

Because I don’t support jerk players? Ok!

2018-12-21 20:28

23 replies

No, because you confuse your personal emotions with objective reality of team sports.

2018-12-21 20:47

20 replies

2018-12-21 21:17

Yes, I don’t like immature toxic jerk players, be a gentleman and graceful when winning. It’s really not that hard!

2018-12-21 21:53

17 replies

Well, Stewie2k isn't toxic at all. You're just jeolous that he's better than you and is going places. When stewie was igl for C9 with shroud and nothing. He was selfless. Well since you are a retard. Selfless means putting other people in front of him. If you think that is toxic. Idk what's wrong with you.

2018-12-22 00:32

14 replies

Being selfish and being toxic aren't the same things at all

2018-12-22 10:18

11 replies

selfless. SELFLESS. YOU BLIND?

2018-12-22 11:29

10 replies

WHY YOU COMING FAST!/!??1

2018-12-22 12:46

2 replies

Coming fast isnt good. So I should go to the doctor

2018-12-22 12:48

1 reply

omfg the joke just hit me . ***************KRUWARuawurqauw*****

2018-12-22 12:53

Read again.

2018-12-22 13:24

6 replies

Read mine Again. Selfish and Selfless is completly different.

2018-12-22 13:49

5 replies

Read yours and then mine again and maybe you'll understand my point

2018-12-22 16:25

4 replies

2018-12-23 01:47

3 replies

Toxicity is when u fuck other people's mind blaming them etc

2018-12-23 06:12

Yes u never said it I mean that the dude can be not toxic and selfish at the same time

2018-12-23 06:11

So by making people get more frags have more fun is toxic? Idk whats toxic anymore tbh

2018-12-23 08:14

+31341

2018-12-22 15:22

"You are just jealous", is not an argument and it doesn't prove you right. I will never understand why you kids think it's an valid argument...

2018-12-23 10:24

gentleman LUL *tips fedora*

2018-12-22 05:47

Lol +1

2018-12-22 10:52

2018-12-21 23:02

Stewie is as much of a jerk as Simple used to be, just more passive aggressively

2018-12-22 18:25

He may be a jerk, but he proved himself in the IGL role. He was described as selfless and I think he can bring a lot to TL if he is put in a responsible position and if he isn't given time to conflict with the team.

2018-12-22 20:07

retarded lol

2018-12-21 20:25

16 replies

I don’t like jerk players, bigger question why you do? I assume you love douche Konfig as well?

15 replies

i don't like douche, but you said that's a terrible move, it isn't. first of all mibr with taco won 2 major and you said "mibr since well mibr!" indeed you should know. stewie is ok, being a douche doesn't mean anything in this game, i would like to remember you that niko tilt and flame alot but he's still top2. don't be arrogant.

2018-12-21 20:31

2018-12-21 20:45

It’s a terrible move for the reason I stated, that now I can support either team, MIBR was dead to me anyway, but the former Liquid squad seemed like a nice chill bunch of guys. I’m not saying douche players can’t be good, but I don’t like to support their teams. I prefer gentlemen players like Forest or device. Don’t be a sore winner, be gracious! But I guess it’s just me getting to old for the screaming immature kids of CSGO :-P

2018-12-21 21:51

12 replies

who gives a fuck about which team you like now or not? and its a good move for mibr especially as the communication will get better now. and your point of retardism its hard to think youre not trolling

2018-12-21 22:18

8 replies

Reading comprehension at HLTV is getting worse by the day. I still haven’t said a word about if the moves are good or not from a professional standpoint. All I’m saying is that for me it ruined a team I could cheer for when they add mega jerk Stewie2K. The move that matter btw is zews, he is the difference maker here.

2018-12-21 22:38

7 replies

yeah but who gives a fuck about your feeling about a team lol. btw i hate garlic

2018-12-21 22:39

With that logic, why even visit a forum? For the great insightful threads? Please! All you get is ppls feelings about things. Sad to hear, garlic is really good imo.

2018-12-21 22:42

well i come here to talk about the moves rather than about what a random person i do not know/care about feels like about certain attitudes of players. this conversation is a waste of time and im not gonna answer to anything you answer to this comment. have a good day never the less

2018-12-21 22:46

But it makes no sense though, why would you care If a person you don’t know think a player move is good or bad? And considering that is what 99% of the comments are about, I find it rather amusing that it bothers you this much that one guy is not just reapating the same thing everyone else is, but rather looks at a different aspect. But sure, good move for MIBR, 99% of that is zews. Bad move for liquid as again zews was so important and Stewie2K will ruin team moral if they start struggling in a game. Since they have no zews to calm them down.

2018-12-21 23:00

nah, other liquid players are douches

2018-12-22 08:40

Neckbeard gentelman nice guy. Stfu you don't know shit and post complete nonesense. Nobody cares that now you dont like liquid because stewie is not a gentleman lol. You're so cringy it hurts.

2018-12-22 10:58

+1 This guys just spreads his hate towards a player he assumes is not a "gentleman". WTF is wrong with this idiot? "Gentleman", how about he pulls the stick out of his butt and becomes a gentleman himself. As if you gotta be a "gentleman" to play CS. LUL

2018-12-23 01:00

Who cares if you don't cheer for team with douche on roster, should I care? Just don't cheer them but don't say terrible move only because you don't like it. #484 he told you exactly what everyone would answer at your comment.

2018-12-22 04:04

When has Stewie2k ever been toxic or a "douche" as you say? Please highlight just one scenario, just one. To me, it sounds like you just hate him because of crap you heard which is usually wrong. The kid is not only a great player, but every one of his teammates can acknowledge how good of a person he is. So lets hear one scenario where he was a douche?

2018-12-22 05:42

Did you miss the latest MiBR tournaments ? Not checking his mates/coaches after matches, and making triggered faces/arguing during or just after matches..? You'd have to be blind to not notice it as it happened several times those two last monthes, which made me post way before the roster moves were rumored that this LU had lived long enough and was done, maybe even before the major...

2018-12-22 22:55

well i don't see things subjectively like you, so i think it's cool. oh you must be fun at parties i guess

2018-12-22 11:02

Everyone sees thing subjectively, the fact that you have Fallen as favorite player is a subjective opinion for one.

2018-12-22 11:05

not quite. though i adore fallen that much, i could still accept the fact that he's had a bad run in 2018 because i see him objectively through his stats and how he plays as an individual and a team player throughout the year. that classic argument of yours that you're trying to win is ridiculous where you think stewie as if you know him so well irl. i've never said anything about fallen or anyone in the scene being a bad person because i don't even know them at all. i only see them through matches and interviews, that's all. i do see some of them subjectively. that's why i feel sorry for s1mple for carrying navi all the time, or karrigan who's got benced off of faze because they think he's useless now and zeus who's always being flamed because of navi's inconsistent ever since he's back from gambit. even though it's solely their fault, i don't have any rights to judge them because i'm not on the same level as them. i'm not gonna be that kid that's like "ay. karrigan is a cunt. please kick him !" i mean do you have any clue how a team at the level of faze operate ? or do you even play on the same level as they do ? cs fanbase is slowly turning into some kind of childish football-like fanbase that consists of mostly barcelona and madrid fans barking at each other as if they know every single thing in football and worshipping their so-called idols like jesus. and yes i see that through my SuBJeCtiVe pov

2018-12-22 11:30

Of course I don’t know them, just as you don’t know Fallen but still have made up your mind that he is a guy that you “adore”. It’s all based on interviews and social media. And the same way you have decided that Fallen is a good guy from this, I feel it’s just as much my right to think that some players act like jerks based on the same. If ppl act like jerks in every interview they make, and flame on social media being poor winners and poor losers. Why it is such a bad thing if I base my opinion of them on the image they send out themselves? If no one can have a single opinion about a pro player unless they can play at the same level themselves then we might as well just close all forums, since then no one could comment on anything.

2018-12-22 12:24

agree

2018-12-22 11:08

"now you can’t support either team" ppl can and will lol

2018-12-23 06:30

Of course, other ppl don’t seem to care as much if the players in the team they support are immature whiny jerks.

2018-12-23 12:28

The Liquid lineup before was not “respectable”, they were the worst Liquid/NA lineup of all time WHY ARE PEOPLE SO DUMB HAHAH SO MANY BIASED LIQUID FANBOYS CRYING HAHAHA

2018-12-23 18:08

I didn’t care for Liquid before, I just didn’t have a reason to wish them to lose, now I do. This was arguably one of the most successful lineups an NA team has ever had. How was it the worst? Who is the biased one here?

2018-12-23 19:51

cloud9 with tarik, stewie, rush, ska, and autimatic is literally better than any varation of Liquid ever LMAO They could actually compete and beat T1 teams, unlike Liquid which can’t consistantly beat any top 10 team in any form. sad.

2018-12-24 00:18

youtube.com/watch?v=ebYSqkUFi2Q

2018-12-21 21:42

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

2018-12-23 10:58

finally

taco +1

2018-12-22 09:24

King

Nice

RIP LIQUID

I doubt they'll get much worse, although possibly less consistent MIBR definitely gets the better end of the deal

2018-12-21 21:26

RIP

2018-12-22 18:54

well

Finally

2018-12-21 20:02

2018-12-21 21:43

great move

Yaikz

yikes

2018-12-21 20:56

so what worst moveS this year (all roster changes)

2018-12-21 22:53

static.hltv.org/images/bigflags/30x20/DE..

2018-12-22 14:28

? which was worse and what does that have to do w/ my flag?

2018-12-22 21:32

germany trying say shit about one of the best lineups from cs history GERMANY CS OMEGALUL

2018-12-22 22:17

mhh let me tell u that mibr won like one single event this year and u want me to repect their lineup changes? They as u said had one of the best rosters in history but now they simple dont even fit in top 5 anymore

2018-12-23 12:07

at least they won many tier 1 titles, already BUG...

2018-12-23 15:14

I wasn't commenting on u or ur team just on their decisions considering their roster. agree or fuck off and stop refusing to discuss a topic apart from this. (Strohmann argument (google shall help u if u don't know))

2018-12-23 16:35

really great move.. taco will brin brazil noobs back to map

2018-12-22 09:28

Tf?

already knew it

well that was expected

Wow

So mibr finally have an all Brazilian roster. Noice

They still have tarik

Although apparently he's on the chopping block

2018-12-21 20:05

No they have felps

2018-12-21 20:06

Not announced yet so nope

2018-12-21 20:08

Fer announced in a tweet

2018-12-21 21:20

Do you have a link for that? Danke danke

2018-12-22 05:02

twitter.com/fer/status/10761949717435924.. Felps has a store called just W

2018-12-22 22:08

felps practically announced by fer on his tweet twitter.com/fer/status/10761949717435924.. W= JustW= felps

Almost. They're looking for Felps to be the 5th player.

I think that felps is going to replace Fer first because fer has his operation and after that tarik gets benched for Fer

2018-12-21 20:15

he already went through it

2018-12-21 21:44

He still has to recover

2018-12-21 22:20

GOOD LUCK ASTRALIS

BR scene back to Top #1 again

now mibr is br?

Still Tarik in the roster but his time in mibr is ticking down, he will be replaced as well so mibr will get BR only roster

I can see through your pun, Boi (lol)

2018-12-21 20:43

+felps confirmed

2018-12-21 22:49

Can't wait mibr to fail once again

equal all spanish teams

2018-12-21 20:04

there's a high chance that liquid might fail as well. thats a lot of firepower, which might backfire

nt word.exe

Said a Spanish guy lol

13 replies

Fucking no sceners

no fnx no major

2018-12-21 20:40

9 replies

c9, no stewie no major

2018-12-21 22:19

Good luck,mibr. Do not be so toxic,monkey. Navi will win next major btw

2018-12-21 22:58

"Do not be so toxic,monkey." ..... I don't even know how to answer an animal's thought like this....

2018-12-21 23:20

Try making some weird cow noises like his mother does, it might work..

2018-12-22 00:31

Lol

2018-12-22 14:34

kys,monkey

2018-12-24 00:05

You've answered,monkey

2018-12-24 00:06

>Navi >Win a major >pick one

2018-12-22 20:43

-Kane -Zeus -Edward +Johnta +Angel +Adren Ez major

2018-12-24 00:03

Dude be kind, they have MusambaN1 the Legend, who cares about the scene.

2018-12-21 23:01

Lmao

2018-12-22 00:29

coL.tarik?

FaZe Tarik

Faze ChrisJ confirmed

2018-12-21 22:50

nt prokda

2018-12-21 23:39

Look at tweet from ChrisJ 15.12.

2018-12-22 10:05

nothing new..

Wellp.. GG.

EXCPECTED

Expect the unexpected

QRUSH TO NAVI

2018-12-21 21:45

reported

2018-12-21 21:46

expected

Damn

YES

portugal

honestly think both teams will be better with this change more chances to get the cheaters out of top1

MiBR will be better. Liquid wont.

18 replies

Make room for HLTV pro over here.

stewie>taco but now we have zews

2018-12-21 20:39

No LoL. TACO is one of the best support players.

not, stewie >>TACO

2018-12-21 21:08

Stewie2k is so overrated. Also TACO is so much underrated. I know that u cant understand that stats arent everything, but pls atleast try.

2018-12-21 21:09

taco is so bad in everything

2018-12-21 21:11

I know that u cant understand that stats arent everything, but pls atleast try.

2018-12-21 21:12

stewie: more kills, assists, smoke criminal, best entry, best awp, best pistol TACO: best 2 sugar cane cold pls. kkkkkkk

2018-12-21 21:14

I know that u cant understand that KILLS arent everything, but pls atleast try.

2018-12-21 21:15

yeah but mibr with stewie and tarik = a professional team with taco and felps or fnx = family who play csgo

True, but it doesnt mean that they will be bad.

they will are

English pls.

2018-12-21 22:03

with zews, they go

Stewie is a beast, I think he will shine again in a full NA team but losing zews will hurt them, yeah

2018-12-21 21:06

#237

I agree with you, but since that wasn't working a change might be good

2018-12-21 21:22

lul, I expected nothing less from HLTV.

MIBR are also cheating, noob

Wot?

2018-12-21 20:33

2018-12-21 20:32

nice

MIBR top1 2019 lets go boys

liquid tier 3 now lol

GL TO BOTH TEAMS

Finally.

OH NEI RIP LIQUID

now kick tarik and add kng, dont bring felps please

Kng has visa issues, I think he can't join to mibr

Kng really? Hahah you really want them to become a tier 5 team

2018-12-21 20:09

He's the best player in Brazil.

2018-12-21 21:30

Iiiiiiihhhhhhh noooo waaaaayyyyyy gsyahagagagaggs tacoGOD

TACO @H@H@H@H@H@H@H@ OMG, HE IS FKING TRASH, BOTTOMFRAGGER

Entry killer...

2018-12-23 12:41

PUUUP

OMG

Oof RIP Liquid

MIBR TOP 1 2019

2018-12-22 21:24

Expected

Woooooo

What I'm feeling is happiness.

o cholera

very sad to see zews and taco leave. I hope liquid won't fall off without zews

Chag Pomp

English please! monikerS

my god... just imagine Stewie in liquid.. would be good af tho and MIBR... hope they are gonna be back on top soon with a full brazilian roster

MIBR < TEAM LIQUID

MIBR < TEAM LIQUID < ASTRALIS

2018-12-22 15:59

2018-12-22 16:03

TACO BACK TO BEING BAITED AND GETTING .80 RATING AJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA

I feel sorry for taco

Yeah but maybe he can win something that way ;-)

+1 taco finally got +1 rating on liquid

2018-12-21 20:10

2 majors, dude

2018-12-21 20:34

That was 3 years ago players change some get better or worse This mibr will not be as good as sk The only one keeping his form is cold

2018-12-21 20:42

Lets see...

2018-12-21 20:44

turok alone hahaha

Liquid top 1

Fallen ruining NA scene, start from C9, now liquid

2018-12-22 05:28

+1 but tbh, he would pick kng/fnx and kscerato

2018-12-23 12:44

expected AF

brazil

All these roster changes and my boy auti still stuck in C9 :(

He was asked to join sk with stewie, but he refused. I think it would work, very sad didn't happen.

2018-12-21 20:36

Hmm true FeelsBadMan

Yeah but look how it turned out mibr sucked all year

They struggled a lot with boltz, I believe auti would make a good pair with stewie and they would get out of the slump earlier. It doesnt matter anymore, but it would have been a really good addition IMO

Well, C9 sucked even more tho

2018-12-21 21:00

If NOAH don't fack with kngV aquisition, would be better (into felps place). GL anyway. 2019 we will beat Astrulus.

lul

expected indeed

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Finally. TACOLD and god coach zews is back. gı MIBR! go godzera!

2018-12-23 02:30

SNAK0

Damn!!!!!

2018-12-21 20:07

2018-12-21 21:47

Expected but dammit I didn't want it

tarik the American in MIBR lul

Finally zews is back! Hope the best for this lineup, now se just have to wait for Felps announcement

wtf are they doing swaping players every month no wonder nobody can beat astralis .... GG

2018-12-21 21:24

2018-12-21 22:05

Every month? It was 9 months with this Mibr project.

Gl Liquid, I hope Tarik signs for FaZe tbh

Faze Tarik

EZ 4 VACO

MiBR will do nothing, Stew will be better for Liquid. I hope that Tarik to FaZe

amazing!

nice move

-Nitr0 +Tarik XD

Expected the inesperado

Loool

cool

obvious ,now only felps left.

Now mibr are better But liquid with Stewie not so good :(

Liquid should have gone with autimatic or tarik instead.

esperado

lmao what a shitshow

ez taco

EZ Intel Grandslam S2

2018-12-21 20:11

1 MIBR 2 LIQUID 3 FURIA 20 ASTRALIS

Lklkkkkkkkkkkkkkjjjj

2018-12-21 20:37

In your wet dreams.

2018-12-21 20:46

I'm just kidding

2018-12-21 20:48

BOTaco again NOOOOOOOOOOOO

Next day: MIBR confirm felps transfer

2018-12-21 21:48

2018-12-21 20:12

MIBR TOP1 CRY IS FREE

the dream come true

+1 but my full dream is with fnx

2018-12-21 23:03

Tarik hello?

2018-12-21 20:13

And just like that Liquid became unlikeable, sigh...

I don't support them at all but at least MIBR have realised that the BR/NA experiment would never succeed. Stewie was poor (I think he's a bit overrated) and Tarik didn't help him become better. Interesting to see how TL will do without a support player, given how that went with Snax and Mouz this year.

2018-12-21 20:14

-Nitr0 +Tarik God team

+11111111111

2018-12-21 20:17

tarik is a trash nitro better than him

KICK BO74CO xD

rip, Liquid will never beat astralis

Who's gonna coach Liquid?

Peacemaker available, I think YNk will continue as analyst

2018-12-21 20:18

Doubt he would like to be in second plan here.

2018-12-21 20:58

Dont sure you got it, not Liquid Analyst. ESL,DREAMHACK,EPICENTER etc analyst

2018-12-21 22:17

Ah, right, it makes sense. But it was dubious anyway, haha

2018-12-22 00:36

2018-12-21 21:49

wow nice

BOTACO

Ez major

YNk to TL?

Ynk to faze ?

2018-12-21 22:37

>I don't feel that we received a sufficient amount of time to truly reach our potential. Lmao how many months do you need

What a nice Christmas gift liquid gave me. No more -14 kd and 0.85 rating taco

2018-12-21 21:01

Lmao Dude that name plz fuck off and stop trolling me

2018-12-21 21:03

SIDE OF BEEF 2020 LETS MAKE IT HAPPEN #YouCantRoastThisBeef

2018-12-22 17:58

+1 "support" players GIGALUL

2018-12-21 22:10

EZ 4 BRASIL

Baitzera is alive again HAHAHAH cry is free

2018-12-21 20:19

Ok now kick elige and get Tarik

-nitro +tarik i think it would be better

actually expected

back JAMEZ^ as coach or adreN :)

2018-12-21 20:20

Adren

So liquid was about to beat astras ass and they fuckup their lu??? This swap favours mibr bigtime. Rip lulquid now 😂😂😂😂😂

TOP 1

Tarik abandoned twice by the same teammate LUL

LUL whatchu expect from snake2k?

2018-12-23 09:27

-taco+taco-taco+taco -felps+felps-felps+felps -boltz+boltz-boltz+boltz Mibr tier2 again

Pretty obvious that Stewie2K was willing to put more effort into this lineup.

2018-12-21 20:23

That has nothing to do with my comment but ok i guess

2018-12-22 02:45

i like stewie <3 , bad :(

2018-12-22 02:58

Good for Liquid...

2018-12-21 20:24

truth be told .... what a thigh that the liquid stayed too ....

say what

I think they will get very strong too with stew in the team

2019-01-08 16:28

EZ LIQUID TOP 1

No zews, no second place! Stew>>>Taco but stew<<zews + taco

This is a great move for both teams! Stewie2k will be a better fit with Liquid. Taco will feel more comfortable back with his guys again. +1 for MiBR +1 for Liquid

his guys?^^ They`ve sold him and we all knew it was a fault. No Taco, no baits for cold.

They were like a family when you look into how they were together. Trading him away was crap. Just watch, a little bit of time back together and they'll be nuts again.

taco has not been kicked

Let's go!

rip tarik, no good team left for him, back to T2 xD

2018-12-21 20:26

Eh? coL? Literally core is ex-OpTic

The potential on this Liquid lineup is high. Let's see if they can become cohesive and how soon.

2018-12-21 20:29

why taco

turok

TL tier3 NAF to faze BlessRNG

Good for both teams really.

I think so too, Liquid may get that 5% extra they need as communication gets better and maybe even the fire power too. MIBR definitely need to speak portuguese that's gonna benefit them immensely.. Let's see how it goes, if both teams get better it's certainly a lesson learned that mixing languages is not really ideal.

2018-12-21 21:50

Okay?

2018-12-21 22:01

This is maybe the best NA lineup ever and theyve WAY MORE potential that this MIBR lineup, so Young players which didnt even reach their peak yet while Fallenand fer start to get old and be washed up, I give the edge to Liquid On short therm AND long therm

MIBR line up went from trash to trash LUL

NA Liquid? I'm a fucking Liquid fan again boys. Glad to have the flair after 2 years. #GOLIQUID

2018-12-21 20:35

Little bit worrying depending on what coach they get. Adren might be nice though

It was one event so who knows how they will do without him in multiple events but there was an event where zews could not attend. They still did their work and went to the finals.

I though you were the biggest Liquid hater.

Now Liquid are an NA team

2018-12-22 17:55

Did you really hate TACO and Zews that much?

2018-12-22 18:02

Hate is a strong word. I'm still pissed off by Liquid 2016 where no one gave credit to the NA players in the roster. Also still salty at all the times people said NA was carried by EU. I wanted a team who could be successful without a possibility of that at all. That's why I was a 2017 Liquid fan, and a 2018 C9 fan, and 2018 eUnited fan (and Swole Patrol fan)

2018-12-22 18:03

Tbh, qhen s1mple was on the team, it was onky elige and s1mple carrying the team when hikos performance dropped off.

2018-12-22 18:13

Yeah but it was like EliGE wasn't even there for them. They didn't talk about him at all. It was annoying. And god forbid some foreign player has a good game for an NA team. So I decided to shit talk any NA team that has a non NA player on the team. And that is my motto forever.

2018-12-22 18:19

Bruv Just fuck off from this flair

2018-12-22 04:58

Whats your beef kid? North America has a top team again. After so many months

just remove this flair hater

2018-12-22 18:16

Negative. Wherever NA goes, I go. If Liquid kick Stewie and sign a BR player/EU player, the flair is gone.

2018-12-22 18:17

plastic fan

Save it for someone who cares. Feel grateful that Denmark has a scene that is respectable

stewie is trash

As good as Taco.

2018-12-21 20:38

yeah

2018-12-21 20:41

yeah but they literally traded off one of the best coaches in CSGO for nothing.

Taco and zews wanted to go back

2018-12-22 05:15

The only worrying thing for me is the loss of Zews as coach. They need someone with a comparably good mind. Not many out there. I know there's rumors of Adren as coach, and he's good at breaking things down and formulating strategies, but the second part that's good about Zews (motivation), I'm not sure Adren has or not.

valens?

Valens is a possibility but there are already reports of adreN joining as coach.

Agree. AdreN is such a mind in CS:GO, probably just as rich as zews in that sense, but zews from the little I can watch has major impact in the players' mindsets as well. He's a true coach in terms of getting the players' heads completely turned to the game and to the win.

2018-12-21 21:18

MIBR wins, Liquid loses

POGGERS

mibr l kscerato

rip liquid

loooool

GGWP Liquid, you fucked up hard.

Liquid didnt want to make the move... taco and zews wanted ro keave

Ez mibr top #1 2019

I have high hopes about the new Liquid roster - on paper they now look unstoppable. As for MiBR - they have yet to develop proper strats. Their play style stuck in 2017 while the game has evolved significantly.

its felps not tarik

let's go

amazing line up by liquid, omg

Amazing lineup would have been if they bought Brehze or Ethan. Even tarik wouldnt be as awful as stewie2k.

Bro stewie have such a good firepower It will be good to liquid

2018-12-21 20:51

stewie is amazing man... so much better than taco.

At some things

2018-12-22 05:14

2018-12-21 21:04

Os gringo já tao chorando aqui na Hltv kkkk

LIQUID will fall down exponentially now RIP NA SCENE :)

i dont think this move is enough to make mibr a real contender for tournament wins, but i hope it is. i really liked sk's style of cs.

2018-12-21 20:49

- tarik + felps when? all brazileiro team > MIBR with tarik

Thats good

2018-12-21 20:53

Poor tarik. Where to go? NRG?

Great move for MIBR but Liquid has been destroyed tbh

Help coldzera to regain his rightful spot with Taco around.

ezzzz Tacold

2018-12-21 21:02

ez coldzera top 1 2019

hahah Tacold = Coldzera top1 confirmed

coldzera got his baiter again

2018-12-21 20:54

RIP ASTRALIS

2018-12-21 20:55

+1000000000

Inbefore taco gets kicked again

TACO not gonna get kicked but people will quickly find out, like with mouz and STYKO, he won't bring them back to their glory days

2018-12-22 17:57

I don't think cold will be #1 player again simply because of the fact that there's player with 2 baits not just 1 in the scene

who

All of Na'Vi baits for s1mple, maybe apart from electronic.

2018-12-21 21:16

liquid rambo

2018-12-21 20:57

Get rid of taco and take in felps and gg ez

ez top 1 for Liquid next year

They will be bad anyways coz no fnx no major

niceeee lets go

2018-12-21 20:59

runMibr

Vacoooo Zelaaooo

mibr champions all 2019

uhuuuuuuuuuulllllll

expected ! <3

Jesus

TACOLD = Coldzera top1 ezzzz 2019

2018-12-21 21:05

-tarik +kscerato

yNK? hello? what will happen to him?

2018-12-21 21:07

Sk era back in 2k19 bois

Now drop nitro and get karrigan and we have a godlike squad.

Valens inc.?

2018-12-21 21:10

worst shuffle since -zeus from gambit,such a retarted move to let ur only support player and top3 coach in the world just leave to mibr with getting overrated stew.and even with taco and felps mibr will be a bad team imo,this try to return for old roster is like simmilar try of fnatic in 2017 to backup for old roster and we know what happened then.hope they will finally realise that they have no potential left for this lineup core and disband after second major this year

0/8

flag checks out btw

Strange you say this, you are commenting on a Brazilian topic, on a Brazilian team, 2 major champion, and your country has no scene. How many inhabitants does your country have? Who knows him, other than the neighboring countries? what is your country's placement in world GDP? check your flag and be ashamed of it!

2018-12-21 21:21

am i told smth bout my country achives in cs? i just said that i cannot see that lineup working just because of lineup core, and u really shouldnt trashtalk bout my country just because of opinion of one random huy from hltv XD

expected from estonia

2018-12-21 21:23

expected from triggered brazilian who dont really see how things actually works and trying to proov that his country better than mine just cause of cs achives and how hltv users reacting on news, i think the guy that should be ashemed is you /closed

2018-12-21 21:32

2018-12-22 06:43

TARIK DO CEU

Liquid numba one now

HUUUUUUUUUUGE mistake for Liquid, getting that overrated trash2k

2018-12-21 21:13

GO MIBR

rip liquid goodbye top 3

Wc to top2

Astralis better prepare your asses

#RIPLIQUID

jeez people taco did nothing on liquid nothing at all they stayed the same with him and he is waaay worse than stewie definetly an upgrade from taco.

Baitzera is back. Also stewie could bring the winner's mindset that Liquid needs.

REST IN PEACE ASStralis

2018-12-21 21:25

hope mibr and liquid became better because of their rosters' changes

2018-12-21 21:34

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO mibr top1 2019 confirmed

at least they don't play like pussies

hopefully now they can pounce on bugstralis

2018-12-21 21:54

and abuse bugs

+95783567

2018-12-21 21:35

Tarik to SK with xantares to build the Turkish superteam

2018-12-21 21:28

Tarik doesn't speak Turkish not to mention that Tarik won't likely join a T2/3 team.

He deserves to join a t3 team tho

Yes and?

2018-12-21 22:13

His other option is coL

2018-12-21 21:59

this actually might benefit both teams

2018-12-21 21:33

stewie in liquid lel xD

gl MIBR and Liquid

2018-12-21 21:37

2018-12-21 21:52

Good luck to both teams. I hope they can make some history next year.

2018-12-21 21:40

Major incoming!

Weeeee

ynk unemployed PepeHands

LETS GOOO

liquid good team TOP 1 IN 2019?

2018-12-25 12:52

+boltz -felps

POG

tarik XDDDD

MiBR is missing the fifth brazilian player and they have less than two weeks to sort it out. Hm.

-nitr0 +tarik tarik goes IGL,we all saw how good he was when he was igling for c9.

2018-12-21 22:00

-1

2018-12-25 12:51

lol

WTF

i think liquid can beat astralis with this shift

2018-12-21 21:55

Liquid beat MIBR cause TACO and zews knows his tactics xd

2018-12-21 22:02

FINALLY MIBR IS BR AND TOP 1 NOW WITH ZEWS COLD FELPS FER FALLEN AND TACO

Stewie2K is a pimp don’t get me wrong but liquid fucked up here.

2018-12-21 22:07

Liquid gonna lose their #2 status now. Stewie overrated.

2018-12-21 22:08

ok so liquid top1 now

I feel sad about Tarik :(

2018-12-21 22:15

Feel sad for liquid, but I hope coldzera finds joy on playing CS again, now that he reunites with TACO.

the GOAT core are back

2018-12-21 22:25

no fnx.........

2018-12-21 22:54

...no problems

2018-12-22 01:24

2018-12-21 22:27

2018-12-21 22:44

So zews will become coach again. Every body forget YNK. What happened to him? Or did i missed something?

Same.

He was under a contract of "loan" he didnt have a full time contract

Probably gonna be back on the analyst desk to expose Gabriel "TwoFaced" Toledo.

2018-12-22 00:27

draft5.gg/noticia/taco-e-zews-sao-anunci..

2018-12-21 22:30

BOTACO and BOTARIK #rip

Could have been a decent team with kscerato instead of felps. Oh well at least the brazillians wont have the gringo excuse anymore.

lmaooooooooooooooooooooo most two-faced cs nation ever

2018-12-21 22:59

Brazil or USA?

2018-12-22 00:26

both i guess two faced toledos + snakes from usa

2018-12-22 13:02

5º Player: Felps 1-FalleN 2-coldzera 3-fer 4-TACO 5-felps

2018-12-21 23:04

2018-12-21 23:16

😭😭😭😭😭 I miss you already :(

2018-12-21 23:11

-tarik when???

2018-12-21 23:18

So.. Stewie is about to destroy a third american team?

2018-12-21 23:22

YOU ARE LEAVING US TO DREAM!!! MIBR TOP 1 ♥♥

2018-12-21 23:30

Liquid won't achieve 2nd place anymore after this

2018-12-21 23:33

+1 theyll achieve 1st place

This liquid roster looks fkn STACKED

2018-12-21 23:50

RIP BEST NA TEAM OF ALL TIME

2018-12-21 23:53

This liquid roster needs a permanent awper, no need of makeshift. Because zews had a plan for not using a permanent awper, if Liquid stick to nitr0 full time awping, then it will be good. This roster can do wonders, need to see how all there egos and co-ordination works.

2018-12-21 23:57

taco, biggest dog in history of dogs

2018-12-22 00:05

Fallen fck three teams THIS year and even can't get #2

2018-12-22 00:13

RIP MIUSA

2018-12-22 00:42

RIP turok

2018-12-22 00:50

Yes hope he rip

2018-12-22 01:10

Dear God...Liquid look really scary on paper now

2018-12-22 01:09

so was mibr

2018-12-22 02:52

no they didnt. that was a failure from the start

2018-12-22 03:20

The disappointment in 2019 when Astralis absolutely destroy this lineup in every major lmao Even the AU scene is better than BR scene now.

2018-12-22 01:14

So much potential fragging power on the Liquid side now, hope Stewie doesnt struggle here

2018-12-22 01:39

LOL TRASH FAZE FANBOY HAHAHAHA

2018-12-22 03:44

Actually I'm a fan of a lot of teams too like Na'Vi, Liquid and C9

2018-12-22 06:39

2018-12-22 17:22

Twistzz and Stewie2k gonna be best duo of all time

2018-12-22 01:41

Team destroyer targets third team ...

2018-12-22 01:51

Liquid with 5 potential star players, oof someones gonna get hit in his stats

2018-12-22 02:03

+1 Liquid is my new favorite team

2018-12-22 11:54

LETS MAKE MIBR BR TEAM AGAIN

2018-12-22 02:06

this has been the worst deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever

2018-12-22 02:07

styko level swap

2018-12-22 02:20

WHY?!?!?! WHY LIQUID!??!?! you destroyed a good team...ffs why did you take that stupid snake...he will leave you if doesn't like it...

2018-12-22 02:29

taco was the problem 4Head

2018-12-22 02:37

Finally, We can say them real brazil squad... except tarik

2018-12-22 02:44

What the hell are Liquid thinking?

2018-12-22 03:03

Looks like tarik got fucked by stewie lmao

-nitr0 +watermelon brain tarik Ez major for Liquid aka NA super team

2018-12-22 03:24

Nice move...but they ll not

2018-12-22 15:05

they figured it out that coldzera was needing a bait to keep his level

2018-12-22 03:35

2018-12-22 08:06

#somosmibr

2018-12-22 04:31

So they will continue to speak eng in a 4 BR players lineup? ok

2018-12-22 04:36

They will be 5 brazilians... tarik benched...

2018-12-22 05:58

I'd rather to keep stewie in the lineup

2018-12-22 04:37

Poor tarik left in jungle alone with apes ;(

2018-12-22 05:07

Hahahaha

2018-12-22 14:36

2018-12-22 05:52

LMAO

2018-12-22 06:55

Made in Brazil with a little american taste w

2018-12-22 07:02

FaZe.tarik

2018-12-22 07:33

world peace

2018-12-22 07:54

LOL Liquid

tarik in mibr

2018-12-22 09:51

YNK is coming back to expert panel BrokeBack

2018-12-22 10:20

Cool move

2018-12-22 10:37

GL StewieSK in Liquid

2018-12-22 10:57

- daps + tarik

2018-12-22 11:06

the actual loss here is zews. they replaced taco with stewie, and to my eyes thats a good move

2018-12-22 11:11

2018-12-22 11:16

2018-12-22 11:21

RIP TARIK LUL

2018-12-22 12:02

ZEWS= GUARDIOLA THE OF CS

2018-12-22 13:17

GUARDIOLA "THE OF CS" LMAAAAO n1

2018-12-22 14:27

jajajajajaj lranja

2018-12-22 18:01

Mibr masters of trades lol

2018-12-22 14:35

what about tarik?

2018-12-22 15:23

bert kreischer is back!

2018-12-22 15:57

SK(MIBR) PLS COMEBACK

2018-12-22 16:34

hell.yeah

2018-12-22 17:53

R.I.P. NA mibr roster and Team Liquid mibr finally decide to make sense, next thing you know, tarik will get kicked for boltz, steel or fnx

2018-12-22 20:56

2018-12-23 06:44

Im a fan of this move, clearly these teams arent going to beat astralis in there current rosters so changing it up could create a chance to dethrone astralis

2018-12-23 06:55

I wish TACO stayed with Liquid, he was playing better and MiBR is now a trainwreck.

2018-12-23 16:06

Waiting for the 5th player...

2018-12-27 16:25