TACO reveals Europe snub

31-3-2018 01:00

Epitacio "TACO" de Melo has revealed that he turned down the chance to continue his career in a European team.

The Brazilian player is currently without a team after stepping down from SK's starting lineup last week, more than two years after linking up with Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo's squad when they still played under Luminosity.

The 23-year-old has been strongly linked with both Cloud9 and Liquid, and he confirmed on Thursday his decision to join a North American team.

TACO says a move to Europe would be detrimental

In an Instagram post, Epitacio "⁠TACO⁠" de Melo has now given another update on his future, stating that he will remain in California, "very close to other teams" and to his "Brazilian friends", while revealing that he passed up the opportunity to further his career in Europe.

"I had offers from teams from American, Brazilian and European teams," he wrote. "I have decided to play for an American team.

"A move to Europe, despite being a cool opportunity, would probably be detrimental to me because of several factors.

"I am happy in the US and used to it here. Besides, I will remain in California, very close to other teams and to my Brazilian friends. I really wanted a new experience, and I have no doubt that this will be a phenomenal experience that I will take with me for the rest of my life.

"At the end of the day, I was able to pick the team that I wanted and that I think is the best for my future. That is what matters the most, and I am very happy with my decision.

"In the coming days, you will know more details. Thank you for all the support in these last days."

taqo

2018-03-31 01:02

12 replies

hltv report quality tumbling down

2018-03-31 01:01

7 replies

hard to have a loaf of bread when all you get is bread crumbs my brother

5 replies

bowman youre a corrupt admin

2018-03-31 01:04

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why you say that brother man

2018-03-31 03:29

3 replies

some turkish guy said u were

2018-03-31 06:34

2 replies

Well dont fucking trust turks. Ever.

2018-03-31 11:41

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Ok thanks for advice try not to get invaded by Russia btw

2018-04-01 00:46

2018-03-31 01:18

Read the article you moron :>

wow, i have to say it. of all the baiters on hltv, i think you might be the absolute worst ever, lol!

2018-03-31 05:24

picked the team he wanted... must be TL then

2018-03-31 11:19

ez TACO

Oke

Wt?

expected

TACO best entryfragger

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Best entry-death

2018-03-31 01:11

2018-03-31 02:02

Best entry-frag*

2018-03-31 04:37

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liquipedia.net/counterstrike/TACO Entry fragger* learn english first, then try again.

2018-03-31 07:23

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Best entry frag for the opponents lol

2018-03-31 07:42

That does not make sense if we talk about the best entry fragger cs history

2018-03-31 07:47

entry frag*

2018-04-03 15:09

You should learn English, then try again

2018-03-31 08:21

I am taking english classes, don't worry about me mate, just live your life :)

2018-03-31 08:27

Great for you mate, then you didn't understood his point

2018-03-31 08:29

didn't + understood ? hehe just kidding :D

2018-04-01 02:36

fak happens man :((((

2018-04-01 08:23

probably monkenglish then? a 5yo child would understand what he was implying

2018-03-31 09:40

Lul

NTC inc

LUL

Rip TACO'S cs career

Maybe not, he still has a chance to land on Liquid or C9.

2018-03-31 01:09

Game of Thrones Season 1

+1 NTC

LAST.. Taco da man!

what is that title? lol

lul

rip sprout TACO

hahahaha

2018-03-31 09:07

legit tells nothing ://

Agreed

2018-03-31 01:31

Now every pro player instagram post will be news on hltv. Tomorrow will be a funny day :)

hltv literally thirsty for news, next news will be like "taco farted" ps : jonathan pls don't ban ily

2018-03-31 01:03

hahahahahahaha

2018-03-31 02:08

Omegalul

2018-03-31 07:10

cool

What is this???

NA and EU teams dying to get the worst brazilian player on a tier 1 team ahhahaha so funny

probably a tier 4 european team

2018-03-31 01:05

I mean, he would fit in mouz

2018-03-31 01:53

kkkkkk truth

2018-03-31 01:10

They just want the knowledge of how SK plays, then they'll kick the botaco

2018-03-31 01:20

100% he was asked by mouz to replace Styko

Lul ok

who

C9 confrimed????????????????????????????????

This is getting frustrating af. Baiting like crazy to build up some suspense. Get him an ESPN special like LeBron.

Baldtaco

enough of this gossippy bs just announce official lineups, everything else is irrelevant and just click bait for views.

just close your eyes until they post something u want

But how will he know if it's something he wants if he has his eyes closed.

2018-03-31 01:28

Why doublepost? hltv.org/news/23168/taco-set-to-join-nor..

HLTV will follow every Taco steps.. lul

...lul

not 1st april yet hello

next news: Taco buys HLTV.org

Hltv now reports about every ig post by any pro player, rip

next news:TACO REVEALS AFRICA SNUB

:DD

2018-03-31 09:37

Nice and warm California is 10 times better than shitty Europe anyway. He made a good choice.

2018-03-31 01:06

taco in a european team??? tier 3 ofc, like godsent, heroic, faze clown. shit teams

Zews was a big factor to help him choose Liquid, for sure. *btw MIRAA, you chose your title for this news TERRIBLY. "Snub"??? ffs, change it before TACO himself asks for it on Twitter.

c9 for sure

-ngin +taco

Liquid

2018-03-31 01:07

c9 taco

Remain in california? C9 headquarters in california Coincidence ? I think not!

Lol he is going to liquid. Did you see the twitter pic from last night?

2018-03-31 01:23

Taco in stream said he was with liquid just for fun

2018-03-31 01:49

lol of course he would say that because it’s not supposed to be known yet. Why would the owner of liquid take down his tweet unless there was something to hide?

HLTV LUL

Quality shit posting by HLTV

at this point this is not more funny please stop Mr. Hltv

Who cares about moves who are confirmed to not happen, this is bad reporting HLTV

stop rumors about botco

He's already in Liquid stop posting about him -_-

NRG 100%

California? Liquid confirmed

2018-03-31 01:14

I mean, who would want to play for north? LOL

He's already in Liquid and stew in Sk ,probably on April 1 announce everything...

2018-03-31 01:15

who care admin ? go sleep kid

2018-03-31 01:17

HLTV beat me into it! I really tried to form a forum post as fast as I could, also because I was not expecting them to report on his Instagram post.

I'm so proud of you bro! Good luck you and remember that We are from BRAZIL! We smart, we loyal, we friendly! Kreygasm

go destroy cloud9 BOTACO. ez top 20 for cloud9 with botaco.

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There are no North American teams left in pro league besides dignitas. Fuck the haters. if C9 sign a foreigner, I'm a full time dig fan

2018-03-31 01:30

but you would be happy if were a niko, simple or oskar for your team don't you? ;)

2018-03-31 02:04

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dont think he would be happy about that i think he wants a full na roster

2018-03-31 02:45

No I wouldn't. I'm so insane that if C9 pick up Xizt, I will root for dignitas. If C9 and Liquid win majors, I will not care. I only root for NA teams

2018-03-31 03:13

even if a foreigner enters the team he will not stop being an American team... it would be the same thing that Barcelona didn't hire Messi because he is not Spanish... I don't understand much the logic of super nationalist people. But whatever, the the team will not miss a beat if you stop supporting them...

2018-03-31 06:04

Obviously not. I didn't like that Liquid picked up steel and stopped supporting them but they still improved. My opinion is my opinion. I would not be super nationalist if CSGO community was not super nationalist.

Yes, I understand and respect your opinion. I just don't agree with it, I know it's really cool to see a team full of players from your country win something, but I don't see why not accept help from other players just because they were born on a piece of land different from yours. But I think that both Liquid and C9 have better options inside the USA, Taco is not known there for being an extraordinary player, but if I were a C9 fan and they managed to hire Niko for example I would be even more excited.

2018-03-31 06:11

I wouldn't, but I would be lying if I didn't say I was excited when s1mple was on Liquid. That was before stanislaw and Twistzz entered the scene and I saw that a full NA roster that could be really good was actually possible. Now I saw that, then I saw C9 go full USA and win a Major. Now I can't turn back

2018-03-31 06:15

"europe snub"? which proper team is spoking english (which is his only option besides playing back home)? faze and mouz. thats about it. and he is 2 bad to join either team, he is no serious option for other top quality teams such as astralis, G2, NiP, fnatic, NaVi (even VP/Gambit), none of those teams would talk english just for him. so i highly doubt he got any quality offers from t1 teams, sure some t2/t3 mix teams, but dont make it sound like you declined proper european teams. :D NA is common sense, closer to home and no (more) language barrier while lower quality competition. nothing else.

remember NiP back in allu days? they used to talk english

2018-03-31 01:26

im talking about current teams, sure there have been other top teams talking english and might be others aswell in the future.

2018-03-31 01:52

HR and mouz were both teams that offered him

2018-03-31 01:29

HR isnt considered t1, thats why i said some t2/t3 team might consider it. he surely could help some teams with his experience. not sure tho with mouz, they didnt pull the trigger on mixwell or dennis, why would they do it with taco who is individually worse than both. even if you want to put him slightly above styko (which is really slim if noticeable), thats not worth changing up your successful roster with several months of training and working teamplay.

2018-03-31 01:55

Taco turned down faze invite, Dekay released

2018-03-31 01:21

faze taco

C9 Taco to skadoodle place?

2018-03-31 01:24

C9 Taco PogChamp

Liquid's TACO.

2018-03-31 05:07

He turned down the opportunity to Europe to fuck NA CS up. nice

Because he played an important role in one of the most successful team cores in CS:GO history? Downplay his importance all you want, Taco was willing to play all the bitch roles nobody else wanted and excelled.

2018-03-31 22:32

I never questioned that. I'm just really aggravated another full NA team was ruined in choice of picking up a foreigner. Even if TACO ends up being the right choice, I would rather prefer 5 NA players

2018-03-31 23:45

lmao i literally replied to the wrong dude, i meant to reply to #101 who asked "why so many news about botaco". sorry haha

2018-04-01 00:29

2018-04-01 00:44

why so many news about botaco?

2018-03-31 01:32

europe snub cus he has decided to play for a NA team instead to an european one? damn hltv u guys are getting everyday worse

2018-03-31 01:33

Taco Refresh Spawn Youyou Doktizj

TACO GOD

2018-03-31 01:36

So first news were that he will play for American team and now you are telling us he will not play in Europe?

2018-03-31 01:40

Rapaz, únicos times que devem ter procurado esse Pino são os Portugas, x6tence, Alientech etc.... nenhum time bom vai querer esse cotoco ae, carregado desde que entrou na SK

2018-03-31 01:41

First, this site is to be commented in English, second, TACO was considered the best entry fragger in the world, third, Liquid is talking to him (probably to enter Nitro's place), and fourth, if you did not like it, go there and safe an Astralis of life rushing in your bomb, little silver.

2018-03-31 05:06

It's for Steel's place, they both play the same role so it would make sense, they won't change Nitr0, he's the IGL... Also Steel will after being removed go to future SK with, Felps Bit FNX KNG Steel

2018-03-31 08:08

Maybe, but it's so distant.

2018-03-31 14:20

Vai si fude level limão do caralho , quem considera o taco o melhor entryfragger do mundo ou eh burro, cego ou ruim igual vc. Dps q pegar level 20 na gc aí se vem falar cmgo

2018-03-31 18:00

Level 20 is so much EZ, I want to see you win 2 Majors. "Aí se vem falar".

2018-03-31 18:29

ueh, se eu tivesse no lugar da mula calva carregada eu ia ganhar os 2 major = ele kkkkk ruim carregado desde sempre

2018-04-01 00:06

I can't wait to see what team TACO is going to play for lol. So much has been going on the past week or so in the CSGO scene. Let's hope for some exciting roster changes that will benefit everyone :)

2018-03-31 01:42

Liquid, there's a picture on Taco, Zews and Elige at the cinema together...

2018-03-31 08:09

I didn't see, no need to give me an attitude mate

2018-03-31 17:28

Srry, didn't mean to be rude or anything :)

2018-03-31 18:20

Much love my friend :)

2018-03-31 18:25

hltv news in 2018..

2018-03-31 01:44

why he's trying to feel all special

NTC

He's confirmed to Liquid, Doublelift leaked on twitter

nice colabo with valve on incoming april fool’s day

2018-03-31 02:09

TACOtop!1

2018-03-31 02:17

LOL. This guy thinks he's the best,

2018-03-31 02:18

"I had offers from teams from American, Brazilian and European teams," he wrote. "I have decided to play for an American team." Thanks for choosing to destroy an NA team instead of an EU one, TACO. :>

2018-03-31 03:55

+1 hahahahaha

2018-03-31 08:05

Didnt we already know he'll play in NA?? next hltv news to reveal taco wont play for an african team, sick

2018-03-31 04:52

It's Liquid, sad to see Steelega go but he had to step up.

2018-03-31 04:56

Maybe Nitro is leaving for TACO to come in?

2018-03-31 05:02

why would liquid do this retarded move?

2018-03-31 08:51

Zews and Steel are brasilians... So it's a possibility.

2018-03-31 14:18

taco and stewie are just switching rooms

Why is this silver being such a drama queen. He behaves like he's anything better than a silver, while he was kicked for being the worst player in the entire CS:GO scene. Lmao.

2018-03-31 05:40

+1 haha and by the way which top team will take him, if he sux with such amazing players

2018-03-31 22:58

glad for SK that this guy left

2018-03-31 06:39

NiP taco

2018-03-31 06:58

glad to see coldzera's dog found it's home :)

2018-03-31 08:04

TACO join NTC ffs. fnx, kNgV, felps, TACO, bit This would be great..

ENCE.Taco would be great

C9 Taco

2018-03-31 09:10

74CO

2018-03-31 09:23

so what? lol no one cares he sucks

2018-03-31 09:41

Well you will have him in C9 so you care

2018-03-31 10:39

excuse me? we don't need any t3 players lol

2018-04-28 03:10

Thats why you have FNS?

2018-04-28 10:51

i think not that much pressure on him like in SK ang he will play better. Good choice

2018-03-31 10:46

-Styko + Taco

2018-03-31 11:36

Good luck TACO! <3

2018-03-31 12:33

Taco turned down Ence? wtf?

2018-03-31 13:24

Communication will be a bitch

2018-03-31 15:00

Why do people care so much about Taco and why is Liquid so hot to trot with him? If I was Liquid I would be thinking that messing with team chemistry now could be a really bad idea. If I was C9 I would be thinking I could do better with homegrown talent.

2018-03-31 16:47