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]]>The player will replace Leonardo “?n9xtz?” Santos on the Counter-Strike team following his departure from paiN late last month.
NEKIZ has represented paiN three times, the first dating as far back as March 2017. He was on the team for five months before joining Luminosity in August 2017. NEKIZ returned to paiN after over two years with Luminosity and stayed with the group till August 2022.
During his second stint with paiN, NEKIZ was a part of the roster that won competitions like the DreamHack Open January 2021 North America and Extreme Sports League Challenger League Season 41 North America. The team also competed in the Professional Gamers League Major Stockholm 2021, where they were eliminated in 20-22nd place.
NEKIZ moved to O PLANO in August 2022 but was back to paiN by October of that year. In his third stint, paiN peaked at 13th place on the world rankings. The squad competed in the ESL Pro League S17, where they slipped through the first round of playoffs. paiN also competed in the Paris Major Americas RMR and secured a place in the main event.
The team did not fare well in the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 and were eliminated in the Challengers stage in 17th-19th place. paiN also finished in last place in the ESL Challenger Katowice 2023, which likely led to the roster revamp.
NEKIZ was moved to the bench last month and set up for transfer. He leaves paiN with a 1.04 average rating.
NEKIZ now joins 00NATION, which include Marcelo “?coldzera?” David, Lucas “?nqz?” Soares, Eduardo “?dumau?” Wolkmer, and Bruno “?latto?” Rebelatto.
The 00NATION roster notably won the Pinnacle Cup Brasil 1 but have mostly produced disappointing results following the departure of Epitacio “?TACO?” de Melo. The in-game leader left the team’s active lineup in February this year.
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]]>In a Twitter post, NEKIZ revealed that he had been benched for the second time and asked interested teams to reach out to him.
“Today, I’m going back to the bench,” NEKIZ started.
“I believe the team has other ideas for the next season, with a big change to the core. I am open to BR and EU proposals.”
Prior to the move, Dust2.br reported that paiN wanted to bump up academy player, Cássio “cass1n” Santos, to the main lineup and sign Fluxo player, Lucas “lux” Meneghini. paiN’s decision to bench NEKIZ is rumored to be the first in a long line of roster changes.
NEKIZ initially started playing with paiN in December 2019 and was a part of the team for more than two and half years. He was eventually moved to the inactive roster and replaced with Felipe “?skullz?” Medeiros who is still with the team.
NEKIZ remained on the bench for seven months before moving on with O PLANO for a short two months stint. During this period however, the player was still contracted to paiN and was called to rejoin the starting roster in February this year in place of Vinicios “?PKL?” Coelho.
— Gabriel Schenato (@nekizcs) June 22, 2023
In his second stint with paiN, NEKIZ helped the team secure solid international placing, and eventually peak in 13th place on the world ranking. The team reached a playoff finish in the Electronic Sports League Pro League Season 17 and finished in second place in the BLAST.tv Paris Major Americas RMR.
paiN’s performance eventually dropped and the team finished with a disappointing 2-3 placing in the Paris Major Challengers Stage. They also failed to qualify for the Gamers8 2023 following a loss to ATK in the event’s open qualifier.
paiN ended their initially impressive season with a last-place exit at the ESL Challenger Katowice 2023. The poor ending to the season likely led to paiN’s decision for a roster overhaul.
Fluxo is reportedly targeting three paiN players which include Romeu “zevy” Rocco, Vinicios “PKL” Coelho, and Wesley “hardzao” Lopes. If the deal pulls through, the CS:GO team will be left with only two players Rodrigo “biguzera” Bittencourt and Felipe “skullz” Medeiros.
paiN will likely sign Fluxo’s lux and cass1n from their academy lineup to fill the player gaps. The team will need to make the final changes to their lineup before the IEM Cologne Play-In, which will start on July 25.
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