Brazil have never escaped a group stage in the history of vct, the only times they have made it to playoffs were in both Iceland tournaments where Loud and Vikings respectively were auto-seeded into knockouts. Tomorrow, brazil's superteam Loud, after an underwhelming defeat to latam rivals Kru, will face Masters 1 winners optic, who also were defeated by lan debutants Guild. In a rematch of the finals, will Loud intact revenge or will this pattern repeat itself for the region?