INTZ part ways with team

18-2-2020 17:49

INTZ and their CS:GO team have decided to go their separate ways, coach Alessandro "⁠Apoka⁠" Marcucci has announced.

In a video posted on Twitter, the Brazilian coach thanked INTZ for their support and explained that the team received an offer from "a different project" after announcing at the end of 2019 that they were open to the idea of joining a new organisation.

The announcement came just minutes after ESL revealed that the team would be playing in the next edition of the Pro League as BOOM Esports, confirming a previous report from ESPN Esports Brasil linking the Brazilians with a move to the Indonesian organisation, who are mostly known for their Dota 2 squad.

chelo & co are poised to join BOOM Esports

According to the same report, the team turned to MIBR benched player João "⁠felps⁠" Vasconcellos to fill their vacancy following xand's departure. The former SK player has been assessing his options since his TeamOne loan was terminated after just one month with the squad.

Formerly known as NoTag, the Brazilian team spent 15 months in INTZ's ranks, taking the organisation to their first-ever Major last year, when they qualified for the StarLadder Major via the Minor Play-In. Gustavo "⁠yel⁠" Knittel's troops went 0-3 in the New Challengers Stage in what turned out to be Vito "⁠kNgV-⁠" Giuseppe's final tournament for INTZ before joining MIBR.

After being relegated from ESL Pro League in Season 9, the team reclaimed a spot in the prestigious tournament the following season after winning the ESEA MDL division, beating North American side Riot Squad in a five-map final.

INTZ had the following squad:

Gustavo "⁠yel⁠" Knittel
Ricardo "⁠boltz⁠" Prass
Marcelo "⁠chelo⁠" Cespedes
Bruno "⁠shz⁠" Martinelli

Alessandro "⁠Apoka⁠" Marcucci (coach)

epl inc

2020-02-18 17:49

5 replies

boltz getting kicked once again

2020-02-18 17:54

4 replies

any brazilian team right now should +yel right now

2020-02-18 20:27

3 replies

+boltz*

2020-02-19 02:43

2 replies

What?

2020-02-19 10:56

1 reply

2020-02-19 22:27

Rip

sad

9 replies

why? they already found a new org.

2020-02-18 21:15

8 replies

what org? "The malacabados" ?

2020-02-18 21:27

7 replies

Boom esports from Indonesia

2020-02-18 21:40

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2020-02-18 21:47

R u sure bro? Im from Indonesia actually and i didnt saw any post about this

2020-02-19 04:44

sudah ada di forum2 komunitas indo bro

2020-02-19 05:00

Jangan cuma follow akun2 mobel aja atuh abang

2020-02-19 06:08

I do not follow their Instagram,fb or whatever. I just read csgo news on Hltv

2020-02-19 06:18

Gotchu, just do Reddit then if u r like to follow the scene (all the latest news, rumors, highlights are there)

2020-02-19 07:14

@MIBR grab shz or chelo for free

2020-02-18 17:50

31 replies

who they gonna replace then?

2020-02-18 18:06

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I'd put felps replacing meyern

2020-02-18 18:13

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idk man meyern is not the problem. The core of the team itself is the problem

2020-02-18 18:15

unfortunately you're right... :(

2020-02-18 18:21

2020-02-18 20:21

Maybe coldzera with all of his toxicity was right about how to approach the game.

2020-02-18 21:28

2020-02-19 15:45

LMAO, no. Why are you Brazilians like this? "Replace meyern replace meyern replace meyern" like stop lol. Meyern is NOT the problem in MIBR. kNg and FalleN is.

2020-02-18 18:25

Missing prime Fallen, we will never see another awp like him...so boring to watch the teams nowadays. Honestly, I don't feel the top 5 are so good like everyone was in 2016 and 2017

2020-02-18 21:29

meistr0 is the hltv problem

2020-02-18 23:19

Agree! kng is the worst

2020-02-19 03:54

Yeah. People blame Meyern when clearly MIBRs biggest problem is kNgV and FalleN lol.

2020-02-19 03:55

Agree with kNgV being the problem in the team Without him FalleN could pick his MainAwp role and replace with a better player (kng = shit atm)

2020-02-19 12:37

0 iq and flag checks out.

2020-02-19 04:48

0 respect name checks out

taco

2020-02-18 18:16

Well, kNg should be replaced. -kNg +Chelo would be a good upgrade.

Gabriel "TwoFaced" Toileto

2020-02-18 20:52

For free? They’re already signed with BOOM lol

2020-02-18 19:39

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Idk. Who is BOOM anyways lol.

2020-02-18 19:40

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2020-02-18 19:46

Thats not what i asked. I asked what org BOOM is, sounds like such a nonamer org lol.

2020-02-18 19:47

indonesian dota org, liquipedia.net/dota2/BOOM_Esports

2020-02-18 20:04

hltv.org/team/7733/boom So this must be their CS team? But different logo.

2020-02-18 20:05

Its their older logo, they rebranded and changed to the new one on liquipedia. Theyre current csgo roster consists of Xccurate’s little brother

2020-02-18 23:55

Now the Indonesian roster is gone xD Before aka 4 hours ago, they had 4 Indonesian guys, now its 5 empty slots :P

2020-02-18 23:59

Yeah Indonesian scene isn't good,so they brought Brazilian player for q better future

2020-02-19 04:57

Actually they already disband their ID csgo roster before the major, so u can see their ex-Roster are on filling in some mixed team on Major SEA closed qualifiers

2020-02-19 06:11

BOOM is an Indonesian organization. The organization is pretty big in Asia which is why most people might not of ever heard of BOOM before.

+1, one of the biggest SEA org

2020-02-19 06:12

Chelo is gud but shz no

2020-02-18 23:11

lol wut

Finally

BOOM line up

sadly for BR CS

Why?

INTZ was cool. bye

Boom 4 EPL

2020-02-18 17:51

BOOM BR lul

Team has been nothing since kng left

They are improving tbh, you can't expect results immediately when ur best player left. But they are playing as a team now. They won't achieve titles but they can maybe upset or be a top20 team with time.

2020-02-18 17:57

They should get felps as well

2020-02-18 18:07

They were actually starting to get good results. Yel was primary awping again, boltz was playing good cs etc. I'm still suspicious about yel being the IGL, but there are few options in the BR market :(

2020-02-18 18:09

Kscerato art kng steel and boltz are probably the best br players

2020-02-18 18:19

Felps>>>> steel

2020-02-18 22:38

coldzera?

2020-02-19 00:34

KEKW

Lol br

new org name BOOM

2020-02-18 19:44

+FER then they will become no.1 in Brazil

2020-02-18 17:52

thanks ESL nice leak

They better than 90% of NA teams Hello orgs, hire them!

2020-02-18 17:56

Sharks probably will hire Chelo or boltz

Expected

2020-02-18 18:00

Who

Boom

2020-02-18 18:01

can DC take 1 map off CPH?

2020-02-18 18:03

i think if they get they get a good veto one map isn't out of the picture for DC but in order to win their play needs to be near perfect

2020-02-18 18:05

An american being a fan of a nonamer team xd i respect that just very interesting why

cry is free

what?? unexpected

2020-02-18 18:04

BOOM

Good for T1 -pesadelo -prt +chelo +boltz trk boltz chelo b4rtiN Maluk3

??? They’re not disbanding, they just signed with another organization. PD: trk,maluke and bartin level is not even near shz,yel and felps lol

2020-02-18 19:42

???? trk is a good player trk >> shz

2020-02-19 04:34

Did you even saw the last matches of trk and shz? While shz improve his level, trk did the opposite. You’re living in the past mate, at the moment shz is a better player.

2020-02-19 04:59