dav1deuS steps down from 9z

4-10-2023 11:00

The Chilean rifler has chosen to longer be a part of La Violeta's starting five.

dav1deuS departs 9z after two successful years

9z has announced that David "⁠dav1deuS⁠" Tapia Maldonado will no longer start for the team due to the rifler himself deciding to step away from the most successful Spanish-speaking lineup in Latin America.

dav1deuS wrote a heartfelt statement to 9z fans when the news broke saying he is removing himself from the team in order to organize his "life, goals and happiness."

The 23-year-old, who most recently reached the ESL Pro League Season 18 playoffs with 9z, still remains contracted to La Violeta and his replacement will be announced briefly, according to the organization.

dav1deuS is by far the most accomplished CS:GO player hailing from Chile, having reached two Major Challengers stages with 9z: PGL Antwerp and IEM Rio.

He also recently reached the ESL Pro League Season 18 playoffs, where he and his 9z teammates dispatched of Virtus.pro before falling Movistar Riders.

Locally, dav1deuS won the Flow FiReLEAGUE Finals in 2022 and the WESG 2021 Brazil Finals, the former with 9z and the latter with Paquetá.

9z is now:

Maximiliano "⁠max⁠" Gonzalez
Franco "⁠dgt⁠" Garcia
Santino "⁠try⁠" Rigal
Nicolás "⁠buda⁠" Kramer

Gustavo "⁠tge⁠" Motta (coach)

David "⁠dav1deuS⁠" Tapia Maldonado (benched)

Unluko

2023-10-04 11:01

Rip

malbsMd to 9z

2023-10-04 11:02

8 replies

nicest move actually

2023-10-04 11:06

Very true he should just save himself from that NA team he plays for

2023-10-04 12:20

he says he wants to play in international rosters

2023-10-04 12:50

3 replies

and 9z isnt an international roster?

2023-10-04 15:14

2 replies

technically is, but not language nor culturally wise, he meant an english speaking one as a NA or European team would be

2023-10-04 16:13

1 reply

Of course, he's living in the US, imagine being so delusional and idiotic to move to South America lol

2023-10-06 03:50

strong af

2023-10-04 15:12

make it happen

2023-10-04 18:51

He had too many letters in his nickname to fit in the team.

2023-10-04 11:04

Lol

2023-10-04 11:22

+1 should change it to dvd

2023-10-04 15:00

Amd buda to bud and 9z to 9ze so it's all 3 letters

2023-10-04 16:34

no longer be a part*

2023-10-04 11:05

"the most successful Spanish-speaking lineup in Latin America" can you specify it a bit more please?

6 replies

some people don't know, but in Brazil we don't speak Spanish... So basically 9z is the most successful team in Latin America, not considering Brazilian teams

2023-10-04 11:24

4 replies

I know bro, it's just an amusingly specific way to describe the team

2023-10-04 11:33

It's not, dude. In their countries, they're probably titans for playing internationally

2023-10-04 14:03

and now the best ranked team in latin america ;)

2023-10-04 14:50

I didn't know this! This is a historical ..

2023-10-04 16:57

I guess that's another way to say non brazilian latin america team which is just as long

2023-10-04 16:15

Davideus to Vitality?

2023-10-04 11:09

Liquid?

2023-10-04 11:14

Pathetic lol Leaving the team after their best run in t1 tournament ever

2023-10-04 11:18

How is that pathetic

2023-10-04 12:01

Always sympathized to this roster, least represented nations yet always managed to break their through to the majors

Add to it the fact that 9z weren't allowed to classify to EPL through the common way(through ESL Brazil) bcz some Brazilian TOs are xenophobic AF so they didn't allow people from other countries(even if they are living in Brazil) to play that tournament(Imperial classified to EPL with that tournament), so 9z had to play an open qualifier for a whole day and then a closed qualifier(with Brazilian teams in it) to actually qualify. Literally 9z has always qualified with a lot of odds against them(not only for EPL), they deserve more invites to tournaments tbh(although this is biased xD).

2023-10-05 01:52

well of course what happened on EPL and BPL was awful and shouldn't happen, honestly, a lot of you deserve for what happened in Blast/FireLeague and you guys not only weren't against it, you guys loved...

2023-10-05 14:15

Fire league did that once, them admitted Brazilian teams due to the criticism it received. BPL didn't, you people have many tournaments where only Brazilians can participate, otherwise Bestia and 9z would be dominating those tournaments too, just like it's happening in the events they participate. Btw, 2 wrongs don't make 1 right.

2023-10-05 16:42

get someone with Lowercase only letters so it looks nice at least

2023-10-04 11:26

no more than 4 letters. 3 preferably and -buda +another 3 letter merchant

2023-10-04 11:43

fnx and nqz lmao

2023-10-04 11:46

im gonna cry thats so fcked up :(

2023-10-04 11:37

what a waste of opportunity for davideus because he cant stay away from home for half a year. He will surely regret it

2023-10-04 11:44

This guy has insane aim

2023-10-04 11:45

-mopoz +dav1deuS ????

he left because he don't like cs2

2023-10-04 12:05

okay thats... unlucky for 9z

2023-10-04 12:08

noooooooooo

2023-10-04 12:43

Why did it?

2023-10-04 12:47

10 replies

Homesickness basically. 9z is going to probably relocate to Europe at the beginning of the nect year

2023-10-04 13:04

9 replies

wow, that would be a huge step not only for him and the team but the whole scene in general. hopefully he is comfortable with his decision, dude is a great person on top of being a great player

2023-10-04 13:25

Its huge for 9z, they've been wanted to relocate to Europe since a while ago. I believe dav1d is going to figure it out his problems and comeback stronger to play for another top SA team, i'll always root for him.

2023-10-04 18:14

Nice manito, one more SA team robbing T2 trophies. We're going to steal them all eventually! ;)

2023-10-04 14:04

Tudo nosso mano, mibr e 9z no topo para o cs2

2023-10-04 18:12

União BR y Chile manito en EU

2023-10-05 13:55

MIBR and 9Z to become best tier 2 teams? Would be pretty crazy

2023-10-05 01:54

HAHAHAHAHHA we're gonna dominate those arrogant Europeans one day. We're gonna make them rethink about their values of being the center of the world!

2023-10-05 13:56

I get that but the timing is really a shame

2023-10-04 16:18

Its a shame, but the will and mentality of the team, and the bond between them is very strong. I'm sure they'll be able to figure it out the replacement nicely.

2023-10-04 18:11

So sad

2023-10-04 12:49

:( get THE BULL NADOTTI back please

+lukeN ? or will they promote academy player like they did with buda

2023-10-04 13:24

It is going to be +huasopeek probably, another chilean prospect from the academy. Currently on loan with flamengo

2023-10-04 18:08

Saddest news…

2023-10-04 13:34

best SA team. Unbelivable

Imperial dav1deuS?

2023-10-04 14:17

+ huasopeek if they're smart.

2023-10-04 14:19

what

2023-10-04 14:28

Nooooo thats so sad

2023-10-04 14:35

bring back nadotti

2023-10-04 14:40

If Luken was serious about his career, it would probably be a good decision, although roles would have to be adjusted

2023-10-04 22:08

Wtf bench Buda not davideus

2023-10-04 14:58

He stepped down, not benched, read his twitter statement

2023-10-04 16:04

good

2023-10-04 16:14

Farewell chilean rifler. You will be missed

2023-10-04 16:27

+tomaszin

Sad ;/

2023-10-04 16:29

Well if he is happier working in a supermaket is ok xD

2023-10-04 16:41

Real reason: CS2 is a buggy mess and ultimately the worst game Valve released

2023-10-04 16:44

gg :(

2023-10-04 16:48

The biggest chilean talent we had in the last years, sad to see. Idk how it's in other countries, but here in Latam it doesn't seems too secure to put all eggs in the esports career basket. Best of luck to him!

2023-10-04 17:24

There are better players in SA, just gotta find them.

2023-10-04 18:18

That's too bad, he was their best player recently.

2023-10-04 18:45

DAVIDEUS NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

+luken +tomaszin +jota +tuurtle +malbsmd if you wanna go to europe any of these players are the solution

2023-10-04 19:25

I'd probably bet on tomaszin if BESTIA are willing to part ways with him and if tomas himself is willing to relocate to Europe (I think it was mentioned that 9z's relocating to Spain? In Barcelona?)

2023-10-05 14:02