KaBuM merge with ProGaming.TD

6-11-2014 03:12

KaBuM veteran Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo has announced that his team have merged with ProGaming.TD.

The Brazilian team were last weekend in action at the ESWC Finals, in Paris, where they finished fifth of their group with four defeats and a solitary victory against Platinium-Servers.

Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo took to Facebook to reveal that, upon returning home, the team received an offer to merge the financial resources of both KaBuM and TeamTD, which would allow them to attend one international event every three months.

Three roster changes for KaBuM

After careful consideration, FalleN came to the conclusion that the offer was too good to pass up and recruited three players from ProGaming.TD, Lucas "⁠steel⁠" Lopes, Caio "⁠zqkS⁠" Fonseca and Ricardo "Boltz" Prass.

These three new players will be stepping into the shoes of Henrique "⁠HEN1⁠" Teles, Lucas "⁠LUCAS1⁠" Teles and Lincoln "⁠fnx⁠" Lau with immediate effect.

"This ESWC showed that we still lack a lot of organisation, commitment and experience at international events for us to be champions abroad," Toledo wrote on Facebook.

"It showed me that even though you give the team everything that is in your power, that may not be enough to have full commitment from your team-mates.

"I am saying this because our practices could have been better. It is true that practicing in Brazil is not as good as practicing abroad, but if that is not possible then you have to do the best with what you have.

"I have said many times that fnx is one of the best players I have seen, but despite the fact that he is so good when committed, it is hard to motivate him. So we decided not to play with him for the next competitions.

"It seemed easy, picking up a player to replace fnx and pick up where we left off, but an opportunity arose. This is one of the toughest decisions one can make when you are playing alongside people you really care about.

"But this is our job, and somtimes we have to let people we care about go to move on. I work every day with the dream of putting our country at the top of eSports, and that is what motivates me and gives me the safety to make hard decisions like this one."

From now on, the team will be called KaBuM.TD, with their lineup now looking as follows:

Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo
Fernando "⁠fer⁠" Alvarenga
Lucas "⁠steel⁠" Lopes
Caio "⁠zqkS⁠" Fonseca
Ricardo "⁠boltz⁠" Prass

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lol

2014-11-06 03:13

3 replies

one steel down, thousand steel up

2014-11-06 03:18

2 replies

2014-11-06 04:49

steelega ***

2014-11-06 06:11

iBP.steel to kabum hltv confirmed

5 replies

no this other steel youtube.com/watch?v=0ZPxgpE_USA

2014-11-06 05:33

4 replies

you don't say

2014-11-06 14:48

srsly????!??!?!?!?

2014-11-06 18:02

1/7 no one can be this dumb

2014-11-06 21:59

nice bait

2014-11-08 21:52

aaahh there is steel...okay

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gr8 b8 m8 8/8

2014-11-06 03:15

who?

NICEEE, gl kabum.TD

ProGamingTargetDownKaBuMGamesAcademy.Fallen

#razer #benq #TODOSPELOCSGO

heuheuheueh

2014-11-06 03:21

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

2014-11-06 12:00

ProGamingTargetDownKaBuMGamesAcademy|FalleN.NTC Razer

2014-11-06 21:33

I'm glad to see instead of failing once in a year, brazilians will be able to fail more often.

2014-11-06 03:16

yep, just like mibr times... oh wait... =O

2014-11-06 03:23

why u hate brazilians teams every fucking time

2014-11-06 03:31

Coz he has a sri lankan flag and nothing better to do. Kidding mate, but here in casual servers Sri Lankans flame a lot and try to abuse using Indian expletives.

2014-11-06 06:29

I wonder what's next.

Im sad for hen and lucas... They basicly have no chance in getting to a major ever again.. i cri evwytiem

2014-11-06 03:19

KaBuM.TD = fer, fallen, zqk, steel and boltz INTZ/mibr = nak, bit1, btt, cogu and fnx or spacca brazilian scene GO FIRE!

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spacca? never

2014-11-06 03:29

He commented that would be on the team

2014-11-06 03:37

INTZ/mibr = nak,btt,cogu,hen1 and fnx or spacca or lucas

2014-11-06 04:43

wait a minute, go fire where :D? certainly not europe

2014-11-06 22:01

why does everyone keep forgetting urb?

2014-11-06 22:44

Woooooo! BrazilHype!!()()

2014-11-06 03:20

no rkz :< sad

zqk + fer ? :O nice

2014-11-06 03:22

steel is nuts too, possibly best rifler br

2014-11-06 05:35

fer is better atm

2014-11-06 12:05

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL nice for brazilians :D

goKaBuM

a lot of people crucifying FalleN but i'm with him the team is better so GOGOGO VQV!!

2014-11-06 03:24

steel found a new team fast. good for him!

dat bait..

2014-11-06 03:26

finally.

2014-11-06 03:25

rly strong line up

hen1*alligator xD was the best in this lineup at ESWC

2014-11-06 03:28

+hen -b0ltz

steel is so fast. kappa

kappa

2014-11-06 03:32

go kabum.td

this is very good move, just wait and see

2014-11-06 03:30

boltz?who is he?is he good?

2014-11-06 03:34

good player

2014-11-06 03:35

Great ak/colt, one of the best of Brazil

2014-11-06 03:36

Best team ...

Brazilian Steel stronk player.

2014-11-06 03:45

he is good af

2014-11-06 05:01

For you foreigners who do not know very well what happened! Before they went to France, the fallen created a website asking for donations to goals, and the "whole" community that helped it was around 44K Reais (+/- $ 20K) for us (fans) thought they were going to follow through with the team after ESWC and the only international event would help them gain more experience! This is the second time the fallen is something, in 2013 he entered into an organization that welcomed very well and then tried to expel own team captain. Today the event is repeated, fallen was influenced by money and eventually expelling the two most charismatic team Lucas and Hen, who for several nights streams were doing to raise money to travel to France. Not only do I like many Brazilians are against what he did and find a real coup, and hope that his team pick in all leagues next! Sorry for bad english :/

2014-11-06 03:56

wow, nice efforts from Brazilian community, good job. sad that you've been disappointed now.

Stop crying pls

2014-11-06 12:11

ahh so steel left iBP for this... Im suprised tho he changed his name and nationality... whatever, goodluck steel in new team! :)

2014-11-06 04:08

and also his color

2014-11-06 05:15

LOL

2014-11-06 04:09

Até que enfim! Aleluia!Better late than never!

2014-11-06 04:12

Ai é foda

Nice move. I hope to see them in EU very soon.

2014-11-06 04:17

nice!

2014-11-06 04:42

I guess Steel was teamless for like 5hrs. Steel just tweeted a pic of him packing up to fly from Canada to Brazil tomorrow !

good decision

2014-11-06 05:07

gl guys!@!!!!!

2014-11-06 06:06

wth steel oh thats some Brazilian guy I guess

2014-11-06 06:25

brazillian scene is on fire. players and girlfriends talking a lot of shit. moments like these remember me why cs in brazil is so amateur... why not shake hands and move on? you know, everyone that plays counter-strike knows (should, at least) that changes are normal. it is an end of cycle... but no, they prefere to talk a lot of shit and close doors (organizations, partners, sponsors...). including fallen here, which make a shit post commenting about the backstage of kabum's preparation and talking about the individual performance in games against titan or hellraisers. come on, this is what real leaders do? this is what professionals do? the fact is brazil is one of the worst cs communities. it's a lot of fanboys and haters (players also), no one stop and think even a minute... why not be more racional? adult, maybe? gg and good luck kabum, teles brothers and mibr.

2014-11-06 06:56

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>the fact is brazil is one of the worst cs communities. Every Brazilian community is a cesspool in online games from what I have seen.

2014-11-06 11:03

true story bros, brazilian community is so immature, bunch of kids and their "egoments" We probably have the skill/style potential, but no leagues and no community

2014-11-06 13:19

I don't know if you followed what was happening in hen1's stream after his facebook post, but I think that reaction forced fallen into saying all that. When things get so out of proportion like that, you have to be sincere and smash the truth into everyone's faces. It was a terrible situation for FalleN, and he handled it decently, imo. I also wish he would explain it in more of a professional way, but I don't think that would've work with his target audience in this case. Alot of unnecessary drama, for sure.

2014-11-06 12:42

No we didn't, so please explain what happened, what did he say??

2014-11-06 19:01

Alot of people saying: - FalleN only cared for money and doesn't give a shit for people who helped him. - HEN1- and lucas were the best at ESWC and by no means should be the ones kicked. - FalleN stolen tournament prizes and a PC (he didn't allowed the twins to get the PC bac to their house, but is wasn't their PC, it was kabum's). - FalleN the worst person in the world and will backstab whoever to get money. No need to say this kind of kids lack understaning in a huge way and will trash people with no information proving their "points". But FalleN has explained things and now only the very stupid remain against him.

2014-11-07 16:53

>players and their girlfriends >their girlfriends >girlfriends WTF

2014-11-06 16:23

Fallen vs FNX girlfriend,best shit EVER! scontent-b-gru.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1.. scontent-b-gru.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1.. Brazil scene strong my friends.

2014-11-06 16:56

fallen is a genious xD

2014-11-06 18:00

hahahahha "Em todos nossos treinos FNX precisou estar no celular para falar contigo." I feel you poor FNX,i feel you bro.

2014-11-06 18:03

Damn steel, quick with those decisions.

2014-11-06 07:18

hen1 and lucas were insane , why would you change them

2014-11-06 08:24

Sick team, now they have a chance

2014-11-06 08:30

2014-11-06 13:55

Very cool.

2014-11-06 09:38

best of luck braziiiiil

2014-11-06 10:09

This is ridiculous!! Everyone is going crazy. Fallen just kick their ass and now is talking a lot of shit. He open his fucking mouth to talk about professionalism and now is talking about how many he spended, talking about some rounds that Lucas and hen1 did against HR and Titan. Come on, if he is "so pro" why he doesn't get out of Brazil and starts play in a big org in sweden? Fiffly is out, go there little fallen. I would like to see you talking that f0rest it isn't professional and how many you spended. You are one of the best awpers that i have seen. Since CS 1.6. But you my friend, its not professional like you say. Asshole! Good luck kabum.td Fer + zqk will be sick

2014-11-06 11:33

+++

2014-11-06 11:46

its not that he isnt pro for brazil standards, hed have no chance in any top 10 eu team

2014-11-06 22:03

+cogu pls

2014-11-06 11:37

Good luck for them!

2014-11-06 12:02

FalleN being such a dickhead, that's sad for me, I was a big fan of him. but the way he managed the situation was just ridiculous. Kicked fnx - Surely deserved and expected, nothing to say about it; Kicked the twins lucas and hen1 - a questionable decision, wich I respect completely, specially considering his new opportunity to play international tournaments more often. The problem lies at his second post about the subject. After being kicked along with his brother, hen1 posted on his facebook page a statement talking about it, about how sad he and his brother were about the news, that he's looking for new teammates and a new sponsor so he can keep with the dream of living from what he loves doing and thanking FalleN for the opportunity he gave them. Handling everything in a very mature way without a doubt. hen1's statement: facebook.com/henriqueteles2/photos/a.146.. But then FalleN comes with a new statement full of shit and trashtalking, where he says that the twins were always mid-level players, talking about how thankful they should be for the opportunity he gave them, classifying in-game individual mistakes by lucas in the game against Titan as "imbecile decision", calling them "a bunch of infants" for not accepting the situation completely fine and accusing them of playing the victim role. And calls himself a leader. Such a joke. Sad. FalleN's post: facebook.com/henriqueteles2/photos/a.146..

2014-11-06 12:33

hen1 was pretty good

2014-11-06 15:18

Simplesmente pelo esse fato que os times brasileiros disputam campeonatos na europa e sempre perde, não sabem monta um time para fica a um longo tempo...

2014-11-06 15:25

Because it Brazilian team always lost! Brazilian team don't know make a good team , happens that always go out a player

2014-11-06 15:28

I now this might hurt a lot for the twins (not for FNX because he's probably going to the new MiBR line),but i think Fallen made the best decision ever,the team is so much better,he don't have to play as assault anymore,so he can AWP,the team has ZQK as an awesome second sniper,botlz young talent and have dedication into the game,steel and fer are very important players for any team,and the most important thing,they can play at least 4 International LAN Tournament every year.

2014-11-06 16:11

i understand the decision too. the trips are real, they need focus. sometimes we need make some hard decisions. also, i believe hen1 will be in new mibr line hope both teams do well and play a good game, like mibr g3x/GC in 1.6

2014-11-06 20:56

now is the time

2014-11-06 16:19

fallen is traitor and mercenary, for him just the money makes sense, FalleNC$

2014-11-06 16:45

20 replies

it is professional not amateur

2014-11-06 16:47

+1000

2014-11-06 16:49

stfu dude, they're gonna have more chances to compete outside Brazil

2014-11-06 16:50

17 replies

kicking fnx and hen1 for boltz and zqk instead ? do you really know what are you talking about ?

2014-11-06 16:54

16 replies

do you read the topic at all ? omg im not gonna argue with you

2014-11-06 16:57

topic ? dude, i saw fallen post on facebook, the replies of hen, lucas and fnx on face and twitter... did u saw fallen's post on his facebook ? he is dirty as shit if u want to know something more about this situation then quit hltv and go get more information, fallen is a mercenary !

2014-11-06 17:01

its simple, can you understand? they're gonna have more chances to compete, if you can't understand it, you're just a retard.

2014-11-06 17:09

more chances to compete, less chances to win... this new lineup sucks hard and u have to admit this! fnx, lucas, hen1 > zqk, bolts...

2014-11-06 17:11

they're merge with ProGaming.TD u moron

2014-11-06 17:00

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and ???? do u really think that this lineup is better than the one before ? then ure a newschooler fag, moron...

2014-11-06 17:02

10 replies

ok not givven you attention anymore, you're just a kid random troll

2014-11-06 17:12

So,you think zqk,steel and boltz aren't better than lucas,hen1 and fnx?Really?

2014-11-06 17:13

8 replies

dude don't give him attention, he's retard

2014-11-06 17:15

and ure a fallen fanboy or aluninho da GA, gtfo please

2014-11-06 17:24

Yep. He probably does, no reason for giving him any attention.

After his last comment,i think i will listen to you guys,don't worth replying :S

2014-11-06 17:32

newschoolers get along with newschoolers

2014-11-06 18:57

steamcommunity.com/id/mamilos ofc im a "newschooler" gtfo ty :D

2014-11-06 20:57

5 years ? hahahaha omg, do u think that this is oldschool ? please give me a break

2014-11-06 20:58

dont u think like this ? u dont know anything about cs then...

2014-11-06 17:25

by far the best team br

2014-11-06 17:06

A lot of monkey business happening here -> youtu.be/5zwEVbCln8o

2014-11-06 18:10

- boltz pls

2014-11-06 18:54

why? boltz top 3 ak/colt Brazilian

2014-11-06 19:08

Wise decision, I always stated that the brothers didn't had what it takes to WIN the major tournaments. I think fnx will not be THAT fnx we once knew, even at that time he seemed to have problems with motivation, or should i say focus. He always looked like he had other things in mind other than CS wich is sad, because he had the potential to be, not one of the best, but the best itself. Anyway, good luck. PS:. I already know who one of cogu's new teammates is. :D

2014-11-06 21:58