Brazilian Counter-Strike has a rich and successful history in CS:GO, with the big South American country and its teams having won multiple Major titles and produced several superstar players in Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo, Marcelo “coldzera” David and Epitacio “TACO” de Melo over the years.

But who is set to fill out the void and take over when the above-mentioned legends retire?

TACO, 00Nation’s in-game leader and captain, has his answer straight.

The other day ESL also managed to speak with dumau himself for an [link:{"url":"https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1609837762?t=12h23m10s","isNewTab":true,"text":"interview"}], where they asked him whether he believes he’s the next big thing in CS:GO.

- I work very hard to reach these goals with our team and my personal goals. I feel it and believe that. If someone says they don’t believe that, I don’t care. I will keep doing my job and my work, and someday I will reach these goals, dumau said. 

TACO, dumau, and the rest of 00Nation are currently fighting for a spot at the upcoming Major, which is set to take place on their home turf in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the Americas RMR tournament, 00Nation is only one win away from qualifying as they are placed in the 2-1 bracket before today's crucial matchup against Complexity. You can find today's schedule in the article down below. 

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The future of competitive Counter-Strike is looking bright – very bright. The increased focus and huge investment in talent and academy teams throughout the entire CS:GO circuit in recent times has made it much easier to not only discover the new up-and-coming players, but it has also made it much easier to climb the ranks as a youngster.  

In this article, we’ve taken a look at the best performing teenagers in top-tier CS:GO by listing the 10 highest-rated under-20 players in 2022 so far. And it comes with little surprise that NAVI's Valeriy 'b1t' Vakhovskiy is to be found at the very top, with the promising Ukrainian having made a lightning entry onto the scene after his debut last year. His former NAVI Junior teammate Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov is doing his best to catch up with him as the AWPer is placed right behind him.

1. {cflag:RU} m0nesy (G2) | 1.12 rating / 70.8 ADR / 1.10 Impact rating

2. {cflag:UA} b1t (NAVI) | 1.11 rating / 75.4 ADR / 1.11 Impact rating

3. {cflag:IL} flameZ (OG) | 1.11 rating / 77.5 ADR / 1.17 Impact rating

4. {cflag:RU} Patsi (Spirit) | 1.09 rating / 82.2 / 1.25 Impact rating

5. {cflag:RO} lauNX (Sprout) | 1.09 rating / 79.2 ADR / 1.17 Impact rating

6. {cflag:BR} dumau (00Nation) | 1.09 rating / 78.4 ADR / 1.09 ADR

7. {cflag:RU} fame (Outsiders) | 1.07 rating 73.5 ADR / 1.05 Impact rating

8. {cflag:DK} jabbi (Heroic) | 1.06 rating / 75.7 ADR / 1.08 Impact rating

9. {cflag:LT} bymas (MOUZ) | 1.04 rating / 71.9 ADR / 0.92 Impact rating

10. {cflag:DK} Zyphon (Sprout) | 1.03 rating / 72.5 ADR | 0.97 Impact rating

(Stats are from Top 30 matches - Minimum 30 maps played)

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The Norwegian Organization 00NATION announced its new roster for the rest of the 2022 season last night on Twitter.

Eduardo "⁠dumau⁠" Wolkmer, Bruno "⁠latto⁠" Rebelatto, and Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo are the new fresh faces on the roster, who looks to turn a disaster 2022 around with an almost complete overhaul of their old team. Only Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David and Santino "⁠try⁠" Rigal are remaining with the latter also being rumored away during the process.

The deal sees TACO and coldzera reunited after four years apart from each other. The two players were part of the SK Gaming and Luminosity rosters that won two Majors back in 2016.

With the acquisition of the core of the GODSENT roster, 00NATION has taken over their spot at ESL Challenger Valencia that starts today and also their IEM Cologne Play-in spot, where the team will face Astralis on Tuesday.

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00NATION is interested in signing the GODSENT roster and their coaching staff, according to a report by [link:{"url":"https://www.dust2.com.br/noticias/29093/00nation-mira-quarteto-e-comissao-da-godsent","isNewTab":true,"text":"dust2.br"}]. The reported move would not only result in TACO reuniting with coldzera but also dumau, latto, and b4rtiN, alongside coaches chucky and AlaNDieg0R. The changes would result in vsm, ⁠try⁠, and malbsMd being moved to the bench, making the active roster full of Brazilians.

The drastic changes were supposed to happen due to 00NATION's disappointment in missing PGL Major Antwerp. The first change came in May as the team benched ⁠leo_drk⁠. According to Dust2.br, 00NATION has not made an official bid for the players yet. At the same time, the future of HEN1, which currently plays for GODSENT, has not yet been decided.

{cflag:BR} Marcelo "⁠coldzera⁠" David

{cflag:BR} Olavo "⁠chucky⁠" Napoleão (coach)

{cflag:BR} Alan "⁠AlaNDieg0R⁠" Riveros (assistant coach)

{cflag:GT} Mario "⁠malbsMd⁠" Samayoa (bench)

{cflag:AR} Santino "⁠try⁠" Rigal (bench)

{cflag:BR} Vinicius "⁠vsm⁠" Moreira (bench)

{cflag:BR} Leonardo "⁠leo_drk⁠" Oliveira (bench)

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The Brazilians from GODSENT has grabbed their first notable title since they were acquired by the big Swedish organisation at the beginning of this year, as they managed to seal the victory at DreamHack Open September NA.

Epitacio “TACO” de Melo and his troops took home the win after a marathon Grand Final against Extra Salt, which spanned over 7 hours. The Bo5 decider went all the way to the fifth match and also presented two thrilling overtime maps on Vertigo and Dust2.

GODSENT vs Extra Salt 3-2 | DreamHack Open September NA

16-6 (Ancient) | {cflag:BR} felps – 1.91 Rating / 29-12 K-D / 121.1 ADR

8-16 (Nuke) | {cflag:ZA} Sonic – 1.53 Rating / 21-12 K-D / 99.3 ADR

19-17 (Vertigo) | {cflag:US} oSee – 1.84 Rating / 44-20 K-D / 120.0 ADR

14-16 (Inferno) | {cflag:ZA} Sonic – 1.65 Rating / 31-17 K-D / 120.6 ADR

22-20 (Dust2) | {cflag:BR} dumau – 1.80 Rating / 46-20 K-D / 119.2 ADR

MVP: {cflag:BR} Eduardo ”dumau” Wolkmer – 1.32 Rating / 131-93 K-D / 87.1 ADR

In the South American edition of DreamHack Open September, it was also a Brazilian roster who ended out as the victors, owing to Shark’s impressive showing in the Grand Final against 9z. The fully Brazilian team took the victory, despite 9z having a 1-0 map advantage going into the match.

Sharks vs 9z 3-2 | DreamHack Open September SA

0-1   (9z begin the match with a 1-0 map advantage due to coming from the upper bracket)

16-14 (Ancient) | {cflag:BR} pancc – 1.45 Rating / 27-18 K-D / 93.0 ADR

13-16 (Nuke) | {cflag:BR} BIT – 1.59 Rating / 28-17 K-D / 104.7 ADR

16-14 (Inferno) | {cflag:BR} zevy – 1.41 Rating / 27-14 K-D / 83.2 ADR

16-11 (Mirage) | {cflag:AR} try – 1.58 Rating / 29-17 K-D / 93.9 ADR

MVP: {cflag:BR} Lucas “Lucaozy” Neves – 1.25 Rating / 92-75 K-D / 89.1 ADR

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The last two Quarter-Finalist has been found after GODSENT and Endpoint made it throught the 1st round of the playoff stage at Snow Sweet Snow.

Endpoint won after two times 16-11 against Sangal. Shahar 'flameZ' Shushan and Joey 'CRUC1AL' Steusel both ended the match with +15 in K/D.

The GODSENT team had to go through three maps to advance against the Polish team Izako Boars. The Brazilian roster won Dust2 in convincing fashion, while they lost their own map pick on Nuke leaving Overpass as the decider. Here Eduardo 'dumau' Wolkmer and the rest of the GODSENT roster ran over their opponents to secure the Quarter-Final ticket.

GODSENT - Izako Boars 2-1 (16-10, 14-16, 16-5)

The results from the 1st round of playoffs leads to this bracket:

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GODSENT has after their shock debut against Lyngby Vikings shown a very high standard of Counter-Strike, with the new Brazilian roster taking back-to-back wins at the ongoing Snow Sweet Snow 1.

Today it was the Poles from PACT’s turn to get crushed by Epitacio “TACO” de Melo and his troops, through two strong performances on Dust2 (16-9) and Inferno (16-6). The star players were once again the promising duo of Eduardo "dumau" Wolkmer Bruno "b4rtiN" Câmara. The two youngsters helped GODSENT reach a strong 2-1 record at the event, setting them at 7th overall.  

GODSENT – PACT (2-0) | Snow Sweet Snow 1

16-9 (Dust2) | dumau – 1.99 Rating / 31-12 K-D / 120.8 ADR

16-6 (Inferno) | b4rtin – 1.76 Rating / 23-11 K-D / 98.5 ADR

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The young prospect, dumau are no longer a member of Yeah, the Brazilian organization announced on Wednesday. The 17-year-old had been a part of the roster since January 2020 and helped the team to win ESEA Advanced Season 35 NA in December.

“We thank dumau for his professionalism, dedication, and companionship throughout 2020,” the organization wrote in an official statement on their website.

The talented 17-year-old has been linked with the project that is being assembled by former MIBR manager and coach dead.

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According to Jarek “Dekay” Lewis and DBLTAP.com, the former MIBR coach Ricardo “dead” Sinigaglia and inactive player Epitacio “TACO” de Melo in the works of creating a new Brazilian CS:GO team. The players joining the roster is besides TACO former MIBR player Joao “felps” Vasconcellos and the two youngsters “Eduardo “dumau” Wolkmer and Bruno “latto” Rebelatto.

dead is currently banned due to his activity in the “Coaching bug scandal” and will therefore stand as team manager. It’s unclear whether the Brazilian coach changes into a coaching role when his 6.5-month ban is endured.

You can read the whole report on the following link.

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