Erick "aspas" Santos, star duelist player for LOUD LOUD Brazil Unranked dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira , has announced his free agency due to his contract with LOUD expiring. He further mentioned he speaks Portuguese and English in a video he shared on Twitter/X, opening the doors to an international signing.
LOUD had signed aspas 18 months ago, and he took the scene by storm. He was a critical factor in LOUD's 2022 successes, including a second-place finish at Masters Reykjavik 2022 and hoisting the Champions 2022 trophy.
2023 saw LOUD find some success by qualifying for every international event, though they would fail to win a second trophy this year. After a close-run second place finish at VCT LOCK//IN, they dominated the Americas league to qualify for both Masters Tokyo and Champions 2023. At Tokyo, they were eliminated early in the playoffs after losses to Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Unranked Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le and EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Unranked S1Mon Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋) ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) , netting a top-8 placement.
LOUD had a major redemption arc at Champions, to take down FNATIC FNATIC Europe Unranked Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder twice and eliminate them from the event. They would place third overall after losing to Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Unranked mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov and Evil Geniuses.
LOUD is now: