peacemaker wants new team to head home
Luis "peacemaker" Tadeu has big plans for his new team, LOS + oNe, according to an interview given to our sister website, Dust2 Brasil, on February 4th. In the interview, peacemaker talked openly about his ambitions and plans for Pedro "Maluk3" Campos and co., stressing that one of his main goals is to have LOS + oNe return to Brazil after more than five years in North America.
The key reason for taking LOS + oNe out of North America, according to peacemaker, is his view that the team has "stagnated for a long time" and won't be able to continue evolving if they stay in the region:
"I want something well aligned with what I said about NA. I feel that the team has stagnated for a long time, there are players with potential, others who need to improve individually, but it's a team that I don't see evolving if they continue in that same footprint of staying in the United States for the time they stay."
One of the main causes for this stagnation according to peacemaker is the lack of quality scrim and practice opportunities in North America, a much-discussed topic in the region. He argues that without the presence of Liquid and FURIA in the North America, teams are ultimately limited in who they practice against before having to play against inferior teams.
peacemaker also noted in the interview that arranging bootcamps for teams in NA is generally more difficult due to structural and financial constraints, something that could be alleviated if the team were to return to Brazil. Overall, the only upside peacemaker said to having a team like LOS + oNe remain in North America is an easier path to qualifying to events like ESL Pro League, however he noted this "does not justify keeping a team in the region."
While LOS + oNe returning to Brazil may be the best outcome for peacemaker and his troops, the departure of the team would be a heavy blow to NA. Following their arrival in North America, they have proven themselves as a consistent top team at the semi-pro level and were the first émigré team to come to the region. Their departure may also may spark a reevaluation by Brazilian teams of staying in North America, with paiN taking some time away from NA last year due to visas while MIBR's coach, Bruno "BIT" Lima, has previously talked about how difficult it is to manage being an NA-based team with international commitments.
