Giants to build new roster around fox for 2020

19-12-2019 21:46

Giants will undergo a major overhaul of their squad, with only Ricardo "⁠fox⁠" Pacheco remaining on the roster, the organisation's owner, José Ramón Díaz, has confirmed.

The announcement came after a report from Fraglider revealed a split in the Giants camp, with Christopher "⁠MUTiRiS⁠" Fernandes, Ricardo "⁠roman⁠" Oliveira, Omar "⁠arki⁠" Chakkor and coach Ricardo "⁠AIm⁠" Almeida forming one of the factions.

The quartet are on the lookout for a new organisation to represent in 2020 after Giants decided against renewing their contracts. The Spanish organisation have tasked fox with the responsibility of building a new roster and will also part ways with Claudio "⁠Cunha⁠" Cunha, who had joined the team at the same time as arki.

fox will build Giants' new team

In a Twitter post, AIm confirmed that the search for a new organisation is underway and revealed that his team is complete. According to Fraglider, the OFFSET duo of Tiago "⁠JUST⁠" Moura and Renato "⁠stadodo⁠" Gonçalves will be brought in to complete the roster.

HLTV.org knows that Giants are considering the possibility of looking outside of the Iberian peninsula for talent. fox has competed in several international teams in the past, including Kinguin, G2, FaZe and dignitas.

Giants attended the BLAST Pro Series stop in Madrid earlier in the year, beating NiP and pushing ENCE and Cloud9 to their limit. Last month, the team won Master League Portugal IV and GameGune 21, but they ended the year on a sour note after finishing in fourth place at the Polish Esport League Autumn 2019 Finals.

FOX GOD!

2019-12-19 21:46

28 replies

build team around 40yo nice joke.... can't they pick up a latam team... much more talent here...

2019-12-19 21:50

22 replies

vou?

2019-12-19 21:51

1 reply

Let's build a Juggernaut

2019-12-20 10:20

you are a GOD

2019-12-19 22:00

It's the same to build a team with FalleN, actually

worst thing is they benched rmn and mutiris, 2 of the best iberian players + aim top 2 iberian coach...... for this washed up 35 y/o 0.80 rating player !!! this is sick. They could have signed SOKER and DeathZz to build a solid MDL team.

2019-12-19 22:04

6 replies

Actually it is good. Now rmn,mut and arki are joining with just and stadodo and maybe play for offset. They were just wasting time staying with fox

2019-12-19 22:18

5 replies

hope so

2019-12-19 22:21

Not happening buddy. They should all just go play minecraft. Organizations in Iberia can't form teams to perform at high tiers and we all know it. They just keep shuffling players again and again like mibr. It's a complete waste of time. Highest they could reach was that blast. And it was a fluke.

2019-12-19 23:04

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fluke? 16-4 vs NiP, 2x 14-16 against Cloud9 and ENCE. If they won those 14-16 maps they would play the final against Astralis

2019-12-20 01:03

That's one tournament, did they do anything relevant on the top international scene? No. Fluke and waste of time.

2019-12-20 22:52

wizards used to be a solid team

2019-12-20 04:32

PT CS....

8 replies

UK cs... really wanna go that way?

2019-12-19 23:03

+666 :D

2019-12-20 11:04

ooof, but +1 though.

2019-12-20 16:28

int a = 1 a++

2019-12-21 10:53

Mantuu , smooja , thomas > whole PT scene...

2019-12-21 22:54

2 replies

3players are not a scene but keep on trying

2019-12-21 22:58

3 tier11 teams are no scene either.

2019-12-21 22:59

We both know pt cs and UK cs are both shit. Go away brexit.

2019-12-19 23:05

brn fks fox fluyr balero ez win

2019-12-20 13:27

betten than a team with 5 monkey

2019-12-23 02:28

bot*

respect him wtf

Meinungen zu EG?

2019-12-19 21:54

Expected performance after SG nerf. Told you and everyone else on twitter... before i was banned ofc

2019-12-19 21:55

33 yo talent

13 replies

one for the future, hahaha

2019-12-19 21:57

LUL

2019-12-20 04:20

ahhahaha

2019-12-20 08:39

ahhahah ez

2019-12-19 23:20

2019-12-19 23:36

I agree that fox is not a really good player but why all the hate on age. A lot of players are still good in their thirthees

2019-12-20 13:45

7 replies

mmmmm not

2019-12-20 17:41

F0rest?

2019-12-20 17:54

agree on forest but not as you wrote "a lot of players"

2019-12-20 18:02

Ok well, I will rewrite it. -I wish that orgs would and the players themselves would have a bit more confidence and trust in themselves to keep playing past the 30-year-old mark.

2019-12-20 19:53

the thing is that he was good ones in the time, but he has not been playing well for the last year, year and a half....i meen for that tier. The only reason hes still on the team is for marketing.

2019-12-20 21:14

joking or serious? f0rest hasn't won a tournament in over 2 years

2019-12-22 15:58

And? He is still a really good player and top frags regularly on NIP and is still a beast. You don´t have to win tournaments to be a good player!

2019-12-22 18:02

hes 33 and still going wtf damn gl

waste of time

2019-12-19 21:47

4 replies

2019-12-19 23:06

Like ez for augence tho

FUN4ENCE

2019-12-19 23:32

allu bot

2019-12-21 00:29

Dead team already

building team around 50yo grandpa lmao

yeah lol

2019-12-19 22:02

ahahahahahaha

Grandpa of a 3yo son LUL... And Fox only know how to do 2 things... Play CS and Motocross... What else would he do to earn money?

2019-12-20 02:09

Stop hating on age. It is not a factor with a lot of players.

2019-12-20 13:46

Usually you build around young talent....

jsut tell me 1 team of any sport in the world who did that stupid thing ?

2019-12-21 03:57

Literally every team in every sport that has had to rebuild.

2019-12-21 11:50

no what about cristiano ronaldo

2019-12-21 10:54

Obviously when you have a top 3 player in a sport you can build around them for a couple years, but please tell me fox is a top player in our esport

2019-12-21 11:51

disband in 2 months

Fox is finished and they want to build around him, good luck with that

This team is a joke xD

2019-12-19 21:49

bro, respect!!

2019-12-19 22:03

xdddd

pog?

Disband in 3 months max

Mixwell

mixwell

hope not.... fox really is done for quite some time even in T2 CS.

2019-12-20 10:17

What is this tweet? This is an international website. Please write your comment in English.

2019-12-19 21:52

google translate))

holy shit i thought it was a tipical hltv answer, but then its the admin actually copy pasting the comment in english lmao

2019-12-19 23:37

MIRAA will be fired HLTV confirmed

2019-12-20 01:18

Nah, just 3 days ban.

2019-12-20 04:24

Building a roster around fox in 2020 OMEGALUL

HAAHHAHAHHAHAHAH HASH HAHSH HASHAHAHAHAHAH

uff.. you almosted give me earth attack i think a fox vac

2019-12-19 21:53

Fox Snax Michu Stomp Dycha

even worse than previous vp

xd stomp > snatchie in terms of consistency.

doesn't matter even if they had s1mple

2019-12-19 22:25

fox in 2020 LUL

Best glock dropper in the scene

F OMEGALUL X

I bet HS is on this roster

maybe

FOX LUCAS1 FELPS ALEX +1

2019-12-19 21:58

2019-12-20 00:17

2019-12-21 10:55

whatyearisthis.jpg

2019-12-19 22:01

2014/15

33 years on his back and looking to build a new team? What the F? For how long will he avoid having a regular job?

Do you know what car he has? What house he has? His company? Dude doesn't need to work at all lmfao

2019-12-19 22:13

Oh I'm sure he has earned enough to retire and leave the rest of his decades extremely well. Cmon

Oh no, he has. Got a brand of his own and years of winning most likely 5 digits salaries

2019-12-19 22:37

FOX is a biggest joke in cs go history idk most overhyped player ever

honestly I think he would make a pretty decent entry rifler. too bad he got sucked into awping and doesn't have a great IGL to micro manage him

2019-12-19 22:10

2019-12-20 01:05

mixwell be like

HS, Scream, mixwell? who else?...

Around fox ?!?! LOL I think Giants Manager don't even know what is CSGO. Weird news

He just wants fox so he can keep selling Giants shirts to PT kids. He might be washed up but brings a lot from a marketing perspective.

Well actually that's a good point

2019-12-19 22:26

Omegalul

2019-12-19 22:05

finally the biggest problem and set-back was kicked

2019-12-19 22:07

2019-12-19 22:08

from tier 5 to tier 21, gj giants

Fox was the problem and this lineup is going to be pure shit

2019-12-19 22:14

100% true, this is a marketing move more than anything else

2019-12-19 22:38

rmn and mut kicked fox and their org PogU

fox HS ScreaM Nivera And some igl

Fox Get rigth Hs Mixwell Biyal

2019-12-21 16:20

-byali +xizt -HS +ScreaM

2019-12-21 16:26

But would scream leave the GL? Xizt I don't think so, because firberg is out to soo full Sweden team with Get rigth, firberg, xitz?

2019-12-21 16:30

screaM free agent now GTR is fox friend and maybe invite xizt (ex nip player) for igl role

2019-12-21 16:39

Offset have to find 2 new players (possibly Cunha idk). Fox forms some international team under Giants. So rmn, mutiris, statodo, just and arki to form a new team under a new org. Dont have much faith for any of these teams now... Maybe this last one will do good without fox?

2019-12-19 22:16

Maybe ZELIN and Zlynx/Cunha to OFFSET. -arki +NOPEJ with full pt roster.

2019-12-19 22:20

fox was a problem for some time now, we all know that.

2019-12-19 23:29

Mutt rmn stadodo just cunha Kreygasm This lineup will be a solid t3 team

2019-12-19 22:19

its not cunha its arki

we still dont know about him

2019-12-19 23:31

we do its at fraglider

aim didn't confirmed that he would go with them... but you know i still expect to see a full pt team at the top...

2019-12-19 23:38

yea i would like to see a pt instead of arki but i think this is how its gonna be: looking for org | mut rmn stadodo just arki coach: aim Giants | fox+4

2019-12-19 23:40

OFFSET:RMN MUTIRIS JUST ARKI STADODO GIANTS: fox HS scream Rubino +1

Ez for top 3 awp!

2019-12-19 22:23

Fox is so overrated

2019-12-19 22:24

"Around fox" like he is good? Trash player

2019-12-19 22:28

YEAH LIKE WTF

2019-12-19 22:33

fox retire already

2019-12-19 22:30

foxj>world old times

2019-12-19 22:32

Or just build a new roster without Fox lol.

2019-12-19 22:39

drop glock mens

This guy still plays, damn

2019-12-19 22:42

fox lucas1 destiny felps ableJ

2019-12-19 22:43

Fox + trace (yes pls), mixwell (yes pls) and 2 more, like FA HS, Rubino, Scream, Snax, Michu and so much more talent we have without team or lower team than that can be build around Fox. Very hyped to know if Giants would pick good talent. About mutiris and others, will be a very better team with Stadodo and Just i'm sure. More alike each other in the aproach to the game and coach aim, so i think they made the best decision to all, tbh. Fox compete with guys of his level that can afford his agressive style, and mutiris and co. will perform a lot better for sure with guys that play the more strategic well played cs. I'm very hyped with this roster with mutiris, rmn, arki, just and stadodo, where stadodo can be IGL or caller alongside mutiris too. Very hyped with this decision, hope Giants can pick great players too and make a great EU team or brazilian team with Fox.

2019-12-19 23:30

Fox Mixwell Soker Horvy +1

2019-12-19 22:46

n queres por mais awp's na line?

Setup double awp

2019-12-20 00:12

fox-awp mix-awp horvy-awp

2019-12-20 00:13

Horvy não é AWP

2019-12-20 08:48

Fox Mixwell rubino hs Scream

2019-12-19 22:51

They should sign mixwell

2019-12-19 22:53

This is what happens when you hire a paleontologist instead of a psychologist

lol haha

2019-12-19 23:21

i think we are bros

2019-12-21 10:58

I am bros with every man of culture

2019-12-21 11:24

oh i see

2019-12-21 13:23

Around fox... around fuckin fox 33 yrs old btw PD: leave mixwell alone, he deserves better than this (I would rather see him back on Riders than in this shit team)

2019-12-19 23:09

LOL. Here we go again. Why are there orgs still believing in this guy?

2019-12-19 23:08

godfox never dies lmao

marketing.

2019-12-19 23:44

-fox -scream (fox will try to get him for sure) -mixwell (ez spanish guy for spanish org) -hs (maybe?) -Insert IGL here

Tempo Storm all over again and worse than ever

what were you expecting? LUL But if fox manages this correctly and has a decent igl from the beggining they might do something.

never hs again LOL

2019-12-19 23:58

The passion that fox has for CS, 20 years playing

2019-12-19 23:13

i dont understand this... fox is good every now and then but lacks consistency...he wont heve luck with internacional team, and the only thing tha cross my mind for the reason he wanted to part ways with the rest of the team is to give them a chance to upgrade their roster... Giants are just a dumb org

well its good for us, at least we can still see fox playing. but i agree, betting on him its stupid today but fuck giants, damn they spanish so who cars

2019-12-19 23:35

fox u grandpa retire already lol

2019-12-19 23:46

respect the 33yo talent bro

2019-12-19 23:53

Disbanded already

2019-12-19 23:55

Fox Felps Lucas1 Mixwell Horvy/Soker

2019-12-20 00:43

who cares about this 40y old guy ? Ofc promoted news as always :) if its anything else not from different country nobody gonna cares or post ...

2019-12-20 00:54

well gl fox

2019-12-20 01:16

fox .. the worst player in the team. mut rmn zelin 3 monsters with great potential.. Good luck rmn and mut ♥

2019-12-20 01:17

zelin monster lmao !! from those 3 only roman is an actual good player and overall consistent.

2019-12-20 15:05

start watching counter strike :)

2019-12-21 13:18

Really hope one day mut and rmn get the chance that they always deserved and never got... And really hope this new OFFSET line up can make some damage! edit: i feel like pr should be in that OFFSET line up... He's the youngest of them all, a promise for the future for sure!

2019-12-20 01:42

He's not that bad, but we was the worst of the core. They should have rebuild the team around rmn

2019-12-20 01:44

lmao fox is so overrated actually, ofc he was so good but I don't think he has even 50% of his old level... and they kick aim lmao

2019-12-20 01:59

#100followers

2019-12-20 02:39

Nt san francisco

2019-12-20 02:40

wtf is this? why would giants keep fox? he is bad and old. he was the worst in the squad and they keep him xD good luck with that. also fox leaving his homies behind what a buzta, no respect

2019-12-20 03:36

its business.. but yes, he leave the homies.. cmon fox! -.-

2019-12-20 11:54

Uff.. You almosted give me earth attack, I think a fox vac.

2019-12-20 07:15

fox rmn obj stadodo +1

2019-12-20 07:30

not saying that fox is the best player atm, but for the people saying that his bad and the worst on his team, well just check the last 5 matchs and the ones VS decent teams, who was top performance?? fox allways fox... all the others superstars bellow him... he can´t be the best but when the thing get's real he doesn't mess... remember he can be 33yrs old and still be the only pt player on major... nobody can take it from him, and untill one more steps up, he will allways be the best portuguese player ever, facts are facts. about an international/iberian team it's already late for him but gl in the future.

2019-12-20 08:35

Is unemployment really that bad in Portugal or people are just plain lazy?

2019-12-20 09:14

unemployment isnt a problem. low salaries are the problem.

2019-12-20 11:06

youtube.com/watch?v=hT-W2Bemf0U

2019-12-20 10:23

LMAOA HRHAEAHHAHAHE

2019-12-20 14:52

i immediately loled when seeing this title

2019-12-20 10:45

Do they actually think that fox is still playing like he was on os prime? It is pretty obvious that he is washed up Better make the international washed team Fox GetRight Scream Neo Need another washed player

2019-12-20 10:58

nice team for sell T-shirts TIER999999

2019-12-20 11:16

Perfect comment

2019-12-20 23:21

Giants decision is purely business. fox makes more money for them with merch than all the other 4 in the team together, so when they decided to kick fox, ofc the org had to stop them because IT'S BUSINESS.

2019-12-20 11:08

they could hire him as streamer...

2019-12-20 11:21

i dont think so, he is really bad at streaming. its like he is online whenever he wants and suddenly he just finishes a game and closes his stream without saying a word and this is just an example of how bad streamer he is.

2019-12-20 11:26

When he streams he doesn't pay attention to donations you know he doesn't do all that "thank you so much for the money bla bla bla..." he's more like to stream just because he is/was the best player in potrugal and people want to watch him playing. Basically he streams to (for much stupid it sounds) making a favour to the Pt CS community

2019-12-21 04:06

build team around 40yo with 0.7 rating in tier6 promising scene

2019-12-20 11:19

Should be better if stadodo and JUST go play with mutt rmn and arki.. -.-' stadodo is awper, just like fox!

2019-12-20 11:50

I'd like to see obj with them actually. He's been so good lately, stadodo was more of a secondary awp in offset and igl which mut also can do just as good or better.

2019-12-20 18:20

Keep the worst player on the team, well done giants

2019-12-20 13:51

Best team fox could get is: -fox (awp) -mixwell (awp x2?) -scream (entry) -lucas1(supp) -neo (igl) This could be an ez T2 team but probably won't happen.

2019-12-20 14:13

But scream will leave Gl?

2019-12-21 16:25

-Mixwell -Deathzz -Soker -RMN -Mutiris Pls

2019-12-20 14:46

2019-12-20 14:57

nop :P

I mean, since Mixwell is looking for a new challenge id say: Fox Mixwell Mutiris +2

2019-12-20 15:07

mutiris said in stream that he wont play with fox

2019-12-20 15:08

Fox and mut don't like each other anymore

2019-12-20 16:49

There's actually a lot of quality free agents right now, im looking forward to this international team. I hope fox can deliver something good and not half-assed shit like tempo storm.

2019-12-20 15:11

release fox 33 y/o...

2019-12-20 16:15

some ppl are in full denial about their skills XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

2019-12-20 16:18

fox jr seized happy bntet

2019-12-20 16:54

fox dosia fox shoowtime gruby

2019-12-20 22:47

fox won't succeed. in other hand: stadodo, mut, roman, just, obj might cause some troubles. best option would be for them all to join OFFSET org. Zlynx would be a nice help for them aswell.

2019-12-20 18:52