Media: paiN close in on kauez

4-7-2023 16:15

paiN and FURIA could come to a resolution soon after weeks of negotiations.

kauez will be one of three reinforcements for paiN this summer

paiN, a team very much on the rise in the first half of 2023, is undergoing major structural changes ahead of the second half of the year. Their latest move involves FURIA Academy's Kaue "⁠kauez⁠" Kaschuk, according to a report by Dust2.com.br.

The negotiations between paiN and FURIA have been ongoing for weeks, per the report, as the former wanted to buy the player while the latter just wanted to loan him out due to his perceived potential. Eventually, it appears FURIA have given in and will sell the player as per his wishes.

kauez had, at one point, even been regarded as a possible addition to FURIA's main team during their own restructuring, but after the signings of Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo and Marcelo "⁠chelo⁠" Cespedes that will no longer be the case.

Media: FURIA bench drop

kauez is set to join up with paiN Academy player Cássio "⁠cass1n⁠" Santos and Fluxo's Lucas "⁠lux⁠" Meneghini in a revamped lineup with only star player Felipe "⁠skullz⁠" Medeiros and IGL Rodrigo "⁠biguzera⁠" Bittencourt remaining.

From the previous roster Romeu "⁠zevy⁠" Rocco could be going to Fluxo alongside benched IGL Vinicios "⁠PKL⁠" Coelho while Gabriel "⁠NEKIZ⁠" Schenato, who was recently benched alonside Wesley "⁠hardzao⁠" Lopes, is headed to 00NATION.

With the reinforcements, paiN's lineup will be the following:

Felipe "⁠skullz⁠" Medeiros
Rodrigo "⁠biguzera⁠" Bittencourt
Cássio "⁠cass1n⁠" Santos
Lucas "⁠lux⁠" Meneghini
Kaue "⁠kauez⁠" Kaschuk

Henrique "⁠rikz⁠" Waku (coach)

Wesley "⁠hardzao⁠" Lopes (beched)

Nice

2023-07-04 16:16

who?

would love to see paiN back on top of their game this year! good luck!

2023-07-04 16:17

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Good addition on kauez, he's a headshot machine. But i dont think cass1n will be able to perform at high level as a awp, if they are serious about their project they should go after a better AWPer.

2023-07-04 16:55

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I think the price for Kauez is not so low, which makes it impossible to look for a high-level AWP, even because it doesn't have a name that stands out in the BR scene

2023-07-04 16:59

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00nation guy

2023-07-04 17:03

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Nqz? difficult, he didn't prove himself much in 00nation, and his buyout must be very high

2023-07-04 18:49

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00nation is a career destroyer, literally every player was better before joining this team. In nqz's case, saying he was far better before is a understatement.

2023-07-04 22:37

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00nation more like 00trophies lmao

2023-07-05 00:03

It could even be, but it is still a fact that his buyout must be high

2023-07-05 12:45

I would have as a cheap option: history. And as a expensive option: HEN1.

2023-07-04 17:07

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history is cheap but not good (let's face it) since HEN1 is old, I think it goes against what PaiN wants. Well, it might not be the best choice, but I can understand why they made that decision.

2023-07-04 18:51

a while ago a lot of people were shitting on insani's head when he ocupied jota's place in MIBR. sometimes the rookie can surprise(and sometimes fail miserably lol)

2023-07-04 20:56

that's the question, you don't know when the youngster will go from a prospect to a consolidated player, it's in how you're going to make decisions with him in the team, and how good he really is, Cass1n proved himself in the Academy of PaiN despite having failed on other teams.

2023-07-05 12:47

aaaaaa

2023-07-04 20:47

Young and good Team. I'm loving seeing how the Brazilian scenario is for the remainder of 2023 and early 2024

looking forward to seeing how they will play

2023-07-05 12:49

Nah man just FREE SKULLZ

In what team do you want him?

2023-07-04 19:29

I would love to see him in Furia together with FalleN. Furia should've +FalleN +Skullz instead of Chelo I think he is too good to not play in the #1 BR team

2023-07-04 19:51

I agree, but as we said, Skullz is VERY expensive

their team was great, now it will be an academy team with skullz and bigu, good job lol

2023-07-04 16:18

u know that gl and others did a great job doing exaclty the same...i just think that zevy was a heavy loss to this roster, but maybe they can work, who knows

2023-07-04 16:56

These mooves are looking to CS2

gambit youngsters top 6 team in the world rn btw

2023-07-04 19:20

i'm not saying it wont work, what i mean is that their team was getting better and better, everyone was realizing that, and for no reason they decide to swap most of their players for new ones who havent proved themselves at the highest level. can it work? of course. but the point is that they changed a team that was clearly on a rise for some guys who have never played tier 1/2 events consistently

2023-07-04 20:25

tf is Kauez!!!! also gl new gen

Best brazilian prospect.

2023-07-04 16:39

honestly, this kid is going to be big, I'd be happy if they rose to Furia's main team if chelo didn't join

2023-07-04 17:01

i hope so amigo

2023-07-04 18:54

the problem I think is in Cass1n, so don't be carefree for now kkkkk

2023-07-04 18:57

Pain best br team, furia now officially a recycle done players team

2023-07-04 16:19

WHAT? Lmao change nekiz and hardzao for kauez and cass1n???? Very disappointing

2023-07-04 16:22

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yea

2023-07-04 16:24

Kauez is a top prospect but yeah we all have already seen cass1n fail in team one and lux fail in fluxo so idk

Neither of them failed. T1 was just trash, unfortunatelly. Fluxo didn't have the synergy since day one, so we must blame the project instead the players.

2023-07-04 16:41

mate even skullz was garbage at teamone, do you really trust that cass1n being bad at teamone is any indicative? as for lux, i think he deserves another shot cuz fluxo never was that good to begin with

2023-07-04 16:52

kauez and cass1n are promising players that fit well in a long term project. They will be good. Lux is weird though because I don’t think he’s good.

2023-07-04 16:25

paiN what doink

Damn

2023-07-04 16:35

Praying for good cass1n's performances, this team has great potential.

Damn, this team has crazy potential

2023-07-04 16:42

what the hell is going on with Pain, they finally managed to build a solid and consistent tier 2 roster with young players such skullz, zevy and even hardzao that still have so much to grow, great sinergy, and biguzera that is still adapting to the IGL role even though they already got some good results, and now they decide to completely rebuild their team?? They were literally the only Brazilian team that didn't need to do anything, just keep improving, maybe one change at most if there was good market opportunity, like changing Saffee for Zevy and yet here they are making a huge gamble by changing 3 of their pieces for 3 young and unproved players... unless Fluxo paid a stupid high amount for their players, and they just want to cash out, this doesn't make any sense

2023-07-04 16:50

I think Fluxo made a huge offer to buy these players and Pain big ranks wanted money. Then they gone after young cheap promisses. Is more about a money thing.

2023-07-04 17:09

I mean, they just spent a lot to bring zevy and skullz, what should indicate they were serious about investing in their csgo team, and I doubt Fluxo would much more than that to get technically pain's 3 lowest rating players, probably they end up around even considering their initial investment, maybe got a little more but that's it... I don't know if they end up regreting their previous investment (even though the team did well) or what, but it's definitely odd

2023-07-04 17:16

+1 makes no sense

2023-07-04 18:33

kauez is insane, sure one of the biggest prospects and totally deserves this chance, excited to see him play high level cs

2023-07-04 16:51

lux wasnt good enough for fluxo, why they want him here?

+1 The only acceptable reason is for paiN to get money swaping zevy for him. I mean zevy is way more proven than lux and fluxo has lots of money so maybe thats the case

anyway cass1n is fine and kaez is upgrade

2023-07-04 17:19

2 academy players, maybe the team will lack experience but lets see.

2023-07-04 17:23

Where will HEN1 go?

2023-07-04 18:09

Retirement home (honestly thought if imperial want to remain a thing he should go there)

2023-07-04 18:19

He might be expensive also imperial will need new igl do you know anyone good from br scene?

2023-07-04 18:23

Either boltz or JOTA , both have previous IGL experience

2023-07-04 18:34

if you aren't russian or danish you can't say anything about scene... any country other than those I mentioned can only make decent teams when they join forces with other countries...

2023-07-04 20:55