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 #3 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 #22 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 #22 paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak and Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #20 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 #3 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: