Erick "aspas"
Santos has parted ways with
LOUD
LOUD
Brazil
Rank #2
dgzin
Douglas Silva
v1nny
Vínicius Gonçalves
pANcada
Bryan Luna
tuyz
Arthur Andrade
cauanzin
Cauan Pereira
after over a year with the organization.
Initially donning the green jersey in February of 2022, aspas and the rest of LOUD tore down the competition in Brazil and easily qualified for Masters: Reykjavik, where the team placed second after a close matchup against
OpTic Gaming
OpTic Gaming
Inactive
. Despite bombing out of Masters: Copenhagen without a single win, LOUD proved that their brief fall from glory at Denmark was nothing more than a momentary fumble as they delivered Brazil its first international trophy by taking down OpTic in a poetic rematch at Istanbul's Champions.
With a perfect end to their first year together as a roster, aspas, Felipe "Less"
de Loyola Basso and Matias "saadhak"
Delipetro opted to remain as a team ahead of LOCK//IN, while Cauan "cauanzin"
Pereira and Arthur "tuyz"
Andrade were onboarded. Despite the roster changes, LOUD remained vigilant on their home ground and, to the roar of the Brazilian crowd, advanced to the grand finals of LOCK//IN, where they fell to
FNATIC
FNATIC
Europe
Rank #4
crashies
Austin Roberts
Boaster
Jake Howlett
kaajak
Kajetan Haremski
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
Alfajer
Emir Ali Beder
after a heartbreaking five-map series.
Inching ever closer to Masters: Tokyo, LOUD dominated the Americas League and booked a ticket to Japan to prepare for their matchups. Despite skipping the group stage entirely, the Brazilian superteam lost both matches against
Evil Geniuses
Evil Geniuses
North America
Rank #21
Derrek
Derrek Ha
NaturE
Nicholas Garrison
supamen
Phat Le
icy
Jacob Lange
yay
Jaccob Whiteaker
and
EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming
China
Rank #1
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)
, forcing them to wait until Champions to exact revenge.
After a shaky performance in Group D's nightmare matchups, LOUD booked their ticket to playoffs by sending two of EMEA's representatives –
Team Liquid
Team Liquid
Europe
Rank #10
paTiTek
Patryk Fabrowski
kamyk
Maks Rychlewski
nAts
Ayaz Akhmetshin
Keiko
Georgio Sanassy
kamo
Kamil Frąckowiak
and
Natus Vincere
Natus Vincere
Europe
Rank #17
ANGE1
Kyrylo Karasov
Shao
Andrey Kiprsky
Ruxic
Uğur Güç
hiro
Emirhan Kat
koalanoob
Gianfranco Potestio
– on a flight home from Los Angeles.
Although the team was sent to the lower bracket after a loss to grand finalists
Paper Rex
Paper Rex
Asia-Pacific
Rank #5
mindfreak
Aaron Leonhart
Jinggg
Wang Jing Jie
f0rsakeN
Jason Susanto
d4v41
Khalish Rusyaidee
something
Ilya Petrov
, Brazil's pride refused to go down without a fight, subsequently eliminating EDward Gaming and FNATIC to meet Evil Geniuses in the lower final. However, LOUD fans were once again met with heartbreak after a failed reverse sweep resulted in North America's victory on home ground.
His season ended, aspas later announced that he was actively seeking new opportunities outside of LOUD when his contract expired, hinting at an international signing by stating he spoke both English and Portuguese.
Without their star duelist,
LOUD
LOUD
Brazil
Rank #2
dgzin
Douglas Silva
v1nny
Vínicius Gonçalves
pANcada
Bryan Luna
tuyz
Arthur Andrade
cauanzin
Cauan Pereira
's roster now consists of: