Giants sign trio to complete all-Portuguese roster

3-9-2018 20:59

Giants have announced a major overhaul of their squad with the signing of Ricardo "⁠fox⁠" Pacheco, Christopher "⁠MUTiRiS⁠" Fernandes and Rui "⁠RIZZZ⁠" Lima.

fox joins the team on a free transfer after stepping down from Tempo Storm earlier on Monday, while MUTiRiS and RIZZZ have been recruited from Movistar Riders and FTW, respectively.

The trio will link up with fellow Portuguese players Ricardo "⁠roman⁠" Oliveira and Joao "⁠KILLDREAM⁠" Ferreira, the only remnants of the Giants squad that almost shocked HellRaisers at Moche XL Esports and that attended DreamHack Open Valencia, in July.

fox, MUTiRiS and rmn reunite in Giants

With this announcement, Giants send out a strong message about the organisation's intent as they have put together a team capable of challenging Oscar "⁠mixwell⁠" Cañellas's Movistar Riders for the Iberian crown.

Giants' new lineup looks as follows:

Ricardo "⁠roman⁠" Oliveira
Joao "⁠KILLDREAM⁠" Ferreira
Ricardo "⁠fox⁠" Pacheco
Christopher "⁠MUTiRiS⁠" Fernandes
Rui "⁠RIZZZ⁠" Lima

Ricardo "⁠AIm⁠" Almeida (coach)

Rip

2018-09-03 21:00

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Nice 1# you got there matey

2018-09-04 06:35

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Is everyone in Portugal called Ricardo? Wtf?

2018-09-04 07:11

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ay lmao true

2018-09-04 08:38

It's a common name. In Brazil too

2018-09-04 15:28

xaxaxaxa

GO GIANTS #WEAREGIANTS

Let's go!

lets fking gooooo

EZ TOP1

lets foxGOD

2018-09-03 21:01

lol

xddddd

Ahahah lets go! +Zelin and it would be a dream

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Do you mean a KILLDREAM? xDDDDDDDD

2018-09-03 21:31

unfortunately zelin and mut cant play together.

2018-09-03 21:49

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why ???

2018-09-04 09:03

did zelin bang his girlfriend or what boiiiiiiiiiiii?

2018-09-04 10:52

probably fnx likes that

2018-09-05 04:13

2 replies

why u bully me everyone asking

2018-09-05 13:46

They were rivals in 1.6, they didnt get along..

2018-09-17 13:33

EZ BRO

Spanish org paying for PT SUPERTEAM (unluko Zelin) Happy for the tugas. This is needed

2018-09-03 21:06

9 replies

2018-09-03 21:05

+1 this is good for iberian cs

2018-09-03 21:32

Movistar vs giants Spain vs Portugal Good lucky hermanos

2018-09-03 21:48

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And not only those two, although they're obviously the favorites, but teams like Dragons with the addition of DonQ and meison, Madlions with several talented players as well... LVP and ESL Masters are going to be more interesting than ever, that's for sure.

2018-09-03 22:03

Couldnt agree more

2018-09-03 22:14

And don’t forguet offset (ex alientech) if they decided to group up again

2018-09-04 04:41

2018-09-04 04:45

Don't forget Offset on the Portuguese side If Giants are Portugal "gold team" offset is the "silver" for sure

2018-09-04 09:42

good luck we will see who are the king!!

2018-09-03 22:09

Tier 5

RIP fox career [*]

start of fox career, he said long years ago if they had paid more to fox we would have a pt team in top 10 but it only happened this year,

So you are saying that Giants could be new Imperial-type team that could win some smaller tournaments and suprise in online matches? Would like to see fox in the top again :)

2018-09-03 22:51

Disband after 2 months

João**

Hope they grow

I shouldnt be, but im.so.fucking hyped

2018-09-03 21:02

gl guys! really good team

xD nice joke boiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

2018-09-04 10:53

hmm? :)

2018-09-04 11:46

Movistar Riders vs Giants iberian el clássico

fox lul

2018-09-03 21:03

no zelin no win

+1 haha

2018-09-03 22:12

Unexpected

lul

Zorlak should be coach.

2018-09-03 21:12

AIM is a good coach trust me, sadly coachi is not here :/ .

2018-09-03 21:17

He wins to much streaming and casting do they can't pay him and I think he don't want anyway

2018-09-03 22:44

QUE BALAAAAAAA

2018-09-04 09:55

ahahaahhaah

2018-09-04 00:53

You guys might think this is a shit team etc but this is actually a big step further in the portuguese scene

No zelin tho

2018-09-03 21:07

I think zelin and some beef with mut and fox

2018-09-03 21:11

Lets fuckinggg gooo

3 Ricardos allowed?

Unluko Ricardo

Was t4 now t5 with fox

Fox the last stop before the end? Or 3 months later new team?

twitter.com/AndreMuchagata/status/103668..

2018-09-03 21:04

Now work hard, cuz you certainly have the talent.

NICE

Nice

A dream come true... i hope you have a lot of success

Sweet. Hopefully they will stay together and maybe achieve something.

XDDDDDD

Fox point system 1 point: Stays with team for more than 2 weeks 2 points: Stays with team for more than a month 3 points: Stays with team for more than 3 months 10 points: Stays with team for more than 6 months 100 points: Stays with team for more than 9 months (legendary achievement) I'm expecting he will leave in 1 month and 2 weeks, this will become one of his more long term commitments.

LOL

2018-09-03 21:08

ez 4 alivenightmaresticko

WHY NO ZELIN ???? WHY NO JUST ???? WHY MUTIRIS & RMN IN THE SAME TEAM ??? My god if only there will be one good portuguese lineup for once, this lineup average age is 25.4 WITHOUT RIZZZ lmao. Still no good enough org... Yeah they will not break into TOP50 for shit.

Zelin doesn't like to play with mutiris

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dont say shit brother, zelin is probably leaving counter strike, its because that.

2018-09-03 21:20

Viruss since when do u play cs?? 3 or 4 years? I'm in this since 2009. Mut never had a good relationship with zelin. That's why he never went to play for wesg for Portugal and stuff like that.

2018-09-03 21:21

N1 bait zelin was in contract with alientech during wesg and got knocked out on the qualifier n1 bait

2018-09-03 21:24

Only happened 1 wesg??? Or did u only saw 2015 wesg? Have you ever watched gathers?? Poser

2018-09-03 21:25

Poser hahaha u are not even lvl 10 on faceit stfu newfag

2018-09-03 21:27

Im here on community from same time off you, you can check my age and i know everything you are talking! The question is, its the best pt team ever, they obvious invite zelin, but he refused because he is thinking off leaving counter strike, its why he refuse, its because that.

2018-09-03 21:37

queuentc and virusscsgo, pls dont try to speak english

2018-09-03 23:22

Stfu zelin didnt want to be The 5th cuz he will leave cs amd start working as engineer...yw

2018-09-04 00:22

yall saying "shit team", "tier 5000", but trust me this line up, with some patient can fight for tier 2.

2018-09-03 21:10

yes

gl fox

Finally CARALHOO! It should be Zelin instead :( but Rizz is a gr8 choice!! He is the best choice.

2018-09-03 21:14

10000% agree.

fox ,mutiris GG XDDD

Fcking hypeeeee

New TOP90 team, so exciting.

It is actually exciting if you're portuguese. ;)

2018-09-03 21:22

who is the IGL? fox? lol RIP

2018-09-03 21:13

probably mutiris

2018-09-03 21:35

muitiris

2018-09-06 01:11

Uncertain about this team.

rip fox

lol, triple ricardo team

Finnaly I can change my name

change to fox_needs_a_portuguese_org

2018-09-03 21:16

change to fox_needs_to_retire

2018-09-03 23:23

Hahhahahhaha xD

lul No good portuguese orgs

2018-09-03 23:07

Tier 2 potential

This team with AIM as a coach PogChamp , sadly coachi is not in giants. Make Portugal CS great again

2018-09-03 21:15

hm with coachi they could be successful actually. AIm just won't have any hand on fox.. fox thinks he is better than he actually is and that's why no one can be his IGL. He is an awful IGL too so... the only chance he can do anything internationally is that if he has a IGL he respects (top teams: fallen, gla1ve, etc.etc.etc.) or coachi on his back

never seen so many portugese before

2018-09-03 21:18

- rmn or mutiris + zelin zelin one of the best portuguese players

Expected! +1

uhm..with zelin instead of rizz would've been the best there is in portugal

But rizz is IGL and kill, mut, fox are more like "firepower". zelin have contact anyway

2018-09-03 21:23

Mut is the igl

2018-09-03 22:32

ZELIN rekt everyone he is god

Under KPI contract.. It would be amazing if Zelin was in this lineup.

Rizz can IGL

2018-09-03 21:42

Mut is igling

2018-09-03 22:33

Lets go

I give 2 months for fox XD

disband or change in 1 month

Good move by fox and great team assembled. GG TEMPO STORM DOG SHIT ORG

''portuguese superteam'' lul tier 15 at their best

2018-09-03 21:26

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Its still a portuguese superteam so u just looking like a wanker

2018-09-03 21:29

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but why the hype?

Portuguese lvl 1 -lvl 8 on faceit that overhype. I would be hyped if they remove botiris for zelin and kick rizz for an igl

2018-09-03 21:33

idk any of them but fox... i just like to get some fanboys triggered.. portuguese ppl overrate fox af

2018-09-03 21:36

Because it balances the dopamine on your brain refuting imbalance chemicals avoiding, ergo, depression and other mental illnesses

2018-09-03 21:39

2018-09-03 21:44

Same reason why 4chan pol hate on black people

2018-09-03 21:46

but isn't supporting fox a mental illness like depression and anxiety?

2018-09-03 21:50

Nope something worse. Nationalism

nationalism = dumb 15 year old kids who can't distinguish a good player from a bad player... nationalism shouldn't make ppl dumb

2018-09-03 22:42

That's what we call "Being proud of our own Country"!

2018-09-03 21:52

where is zelin??

I don't know any of them but Fox, but I wish the team all the luck. VAMO CARALHO

2018-09-03 21:30

k1ck 2014 without SHOUW That was amazing team. GL HF

who remember knows the potential of this team :) The thing is, this time they'll be profesional team, so they'll train a lot, had a coach, a analist and all the support of a profesional team. Trust me, will be sick.

no zelin i sleep zzzzzzzzzzz

They are back time of kick but in a good org and good money :P fraglider.pt/video-13084-video-de-aprese..

Finally! This team is gonna be fire!

i hope they dont disband after 2 weeks

This team will count as titles every victory over Movistar Riders because they can't achieve anything important really (._.')

finally fox did the right thing.

2018-09-03 21:34

tier 2 team

Tier 2 lmao , lucky if t4

2018-09-03 21:40

LETS FUCKING GO! WE ARE PORTUGAL!

this team under an org like k1ck..

Giants have much more money that k1ck

2018-09-03 21:41

yeah but isnt it a spanish org?

2018-09-03 21:54

Yes it is

2018-09-03 22:00

so yeah thatswhy i mentioned k1ck as portuguese org

2018-09-03 22:02

Mutiris IGL okok

Nice, Portugal! Good luck! Love from Brazil!

Champs! GoGo!

2018-09-03 21:45

Coachi in Coach no? but gl

aim is better

2018-09-03 22:27

disband in 2 months

can u retire already bot fox?

LETS GO GIANTS!!!

2018-09-03 21:51

the 4 best Portuguese players plusz REZ

2018-09-03 21:55

AWESOME LETS GO GIANTS!!!!

2018-09-03 21:57

The fox just reached the major's final stand-in, with the best team in the world ... and did a beautiful performance. He also played in FAZE and G2 / Kinguin He is an excellent awp and plays very well as Rifler It's not just the random player.

2018-09-03 22:04

Easy for Movistar El classico is coming

Igl?

2018-09-03 22:11

Spanish CS League growing !!

omg nice! finally!

2018-09-03 22:16

can you get ZELIN and a decent coach please? That would be awesome :) Actually i dont see fox being coached by aIm lel

2018-09-03 22:18

who is better than Alm? zelin refused

2018-09-03 22:20

He didnt refused. Hes under contract with KPI. Allways making things up -_-

2018-09-04 00:59

aim is a good coach

2018-09-03 22:25

-rizz +zelin ez tier 2

2018-09-03 22:19

ZELIN didnt accepted the offer

so i guess we need to trust in rizz skills

Nice news for Portugal scene. RIZZ is great player, one of talents in PT scene. I just remove AIm for Coachi but Sharks is better than Giants. Good luck guys!

2018-09-03 22:21

aim is decent too

2018-09-04 01:15

true but never better than coachi lol

2018-09-04 01:16

I would try to get coachi. and zelin to replace rizz not to be their coach but i guess the positions would get fcked :/

2018-09-03 22:22

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Coachi never leaves Sharks for Giants. Sharks is improving with him

2018-09-03 22:24

Actually i think coachi would instantly accept just to be in the team with fox because they are friends for a long time and to help portuguese scene to grow. and i disagree that sharks are better than giants, i mean.. they are right now but in 2 months forget about that.. just my opinion :)

Sharks > Giants ofc lol Sharks atm its a tier 2/3 team.

Money + friends > “loyalty”

2018-09-03 22:54

aim is way better than coachi. Zelin apparently didn't accept to be part of the team

Wtf? Coachi it’s the best IGL, mastermind in Portugal scene imo lol Wtf are you saying? OMG

2018-09-03 23:24

In tactical part AIM is way better, Coachi allways got recognized by the moral part. And Giants will be easily way better than sharks and in the best option sharks are t3 and its a lower t3

2018-09-04 15:21

Aim is better than coachi ZELIN dont want to play with them

aim is better coach than coachi

2018-09-03 23:27

LUL

2018-09-03 23:29

Zorlak>Coachi Aim>Coachi

ULTRAOMEGALUL

2018-09-03 23:30

YESSSS

2018-09-03 22:23

I miss something new from the portuguese scene, always the same old players, anyone knows if theres any upcoming talents? Portugal have a decent player base dont they?

2018-09-03 22:30

actually there are some 17 or 18 yo players in the professional pt scene so if they keep improving maybe there will be some new news

2018-09-03 22:35

Zelin, rennatohax, stadodo, pizituh, obj are other promissing player's to, and after them are the new generation of player's. but yeah for the level to try to be at least t2, only zelin could be picked.. maybe obj could replace fox as awper...

2018-09-03 22:37

actually our player base has been evolving since for more or less than a year, so i will be expecting more news hopefully! Good luck to fragsters, loved to see them play against tempo, young and talented!

2018-09-03 23:43

Thanks mate, good luck to your scene aswell. Would be nice to see a portuguese team at a major in the next couple of years!

2018-09-04 13:31

that would be a dream come true xD

2018-09-04 19:21

>Ricardo "fox" Pacheco >team capable of challenging Oscar "mixwell" Cañellas's Movistar Riders Pick one

Mixwell hasn't been in form for more than a year now.

2018-09-03 23:00

mixwell achievements in 2018: Won Dreamhack valencia with north qualified for an international event with a new team (less than a month of playing together) Almost every event this year with a +1 hltv rating Fox achievements in 2018: Achieved absolutely nothing Not getting into the major Dropped a lot of glocks Mixwell is not s1mple of course, but riders achieved in 1 month a lot more than TS in his whole existence with the fox squad, that was my point.

2018-09-03 23:09

u r right, i checked only after i commented. seems to be doing decent, sorry for hltv-style comment

2018-09-03 23:17

Nah, dont worry, i was ironic but not offended or something :)

2018-09-04 01:05

dont cry when u get beaten by big daddy fox, u movistar riders fangay

2018-09-03 23:41

Trust me, im not a fan of any spanish org, and i truly wish fox plays his best, but we all know this probably wont happen, i think the team will work fine for the iberian scene, but not further, while riders can make it to the tier 2 scene (i mean, they look promising and they are very young)

2018-09-04 01:09

hhhaa delusional if u think movistar can be t2 hahahaha

2018-09-04 01:30

Neither will go that far i think tier 30 tops i think

2018-09-04 05:06

they can become as good g2 are , tier 10

lmao

2018-09-03 22:48

best portuguese roster i suppose.

2018-09-03 22:49

2018-09-03 22:56

Zelin missing

2018-09-03 23:06

Y DOE?

2018-09-03 22:59

finally fox in a team that he deserves to be in

2018-09-03 23:05

Why are half the players named Ricardo

2018-09-03 23:31

same reason why half the muslims in the world are named muhammad

2018-09-04 12:43

G O D - f o x

2018-09-03 23:44

tier5 max

2018-09-03 23:47

this team is capable of beating all teams below rank 30

2018-09-03 23:55

ok let's wait and see

2018-09-03 23:57

This lineup will fight on the low/regular t3 scene.

2018-09-04 00:25

fox is now live in twitch.

2018-09-04 00:26

W8.... Fox said that in tempo storm didn't had a true igl, I can't see one here either.

2018-09-04 00:44

Mutiris. And here had a coach to make the strats and a analist to study the oponents. Way different of last fox mixes.

2018-09-04 01:01

2018-09-06 01:16

Nice. I prefer single nationality rosters more. foxiris was underperforming in mixes lately, now he can prove hes still decent player. My first guess on this roster is top 30-40. GL

2018-09-04 00:47

thanks bro. tbh, kinguin with taz could actually work too, if wasn't the language barrier.

2018-09-04 01:00

top 30-40 would be good for the first months

2018-09-04 01:02

Amazing to see so much hate in this shitty community. Thank you denmark and sweden for keeping quiet and not criticizing this Portuguese line up but I see a lot of third world countries out there talking shit. Portuguese love hate. ♥

2018-09-04 00:54

rip espanhois

2018-09-04 00:57

Fox after leavin SK in February of 2017 never get good results anymore, Fox only joins a Tier 2 teams, teams who in a bit of time disband, or departs with him

2018-09-04 01:07

Old k1ck lmao

2018-09-04 02:03

I'm sad for Fox's carreer choice. A 5-man PT team will never win anything relevant. He would be much better doing something with Rubino and Tenzki.

2018-09-04 02:20

ESKETIT

2018-09-04 02:45

who is the igl??

2018-09-04 03:26

Finally fox will fade into irrelevancy

2018-09-04 03:32

no zelin no party

2018-09-04 05:09

ZELIN will quit CS for a time to end his university

2018-09-04 05:15

gl tugas great team

Thanks

2018-09-04 05:14

Rizzz IGL?

2018-09-04 05:35

rmn igl rizz maybe entry fragger

2018-09-04 12:40

this team won't achieve anything, they all have rating around 0.97-1.03 and they're playing tier3 teams

2018-09-04 06:34

We will see.

2018-09-04 10:32

Fox playing with worse people than the people with whom he started his career, a million years ago. Im all for people who keep playing but fox is just a dinosaur and he should stop embarrassing himself asap. I heard Carrefour is hiring people Fox. Might wanna check it out.

2018-09-04 08:19