Following their announcement last July 11, popular Brazillian Football Club Corinthians Paulista officially enters the competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) scene.
The newly publicized CS:GO pro team is set to expand the already existing eSports gaming divisions of the said football club. Before the announcement, Corinthians already have a Free Fire division. Corinthians Paulista, a football club, based in Sao Paulo, Brazil announced its first CS:GO roster on Wednesday, July 27.
Read Corinthians' announcement on Twitter here:
Corinthians Goes Pro With Loaned Players From HUMMER Esports
In a report from AFK Gaming, Corinthians CDS Esports, the organization's esports wing, also detailed that the roster will consist of players from HUMMER Esports, a Brazilian esports organization.
The budding CS:GO team will join upcoming professional competitions loaning players from the Brazilian esports organization. The players from HUMMER Esports previously represented Sao Caetano, an esports team also playing under a local football club.
Unlike most esports teams that go through various training and preparations before joining big esports competitions, Corinthians has decided to immediately join upcoming professional CS:GO bouts in Brazil.
The new team joined their first contest last July 27 in the 'CLUTCH' regional CS:GO tournament. The organization is optimistic that it will bag many championships soon.
CS:GO Is a Thriving Sport in Brazil
One could say that CS:GO could be Brazil's national sport, only second to football. In the past few years, Brazilian CS:GO fans have witnessed the game's rapid rise in popularity.
Brazil has turned out to be a CS:GO hotspot as many related esports activities continue to be hosted in the region. The announcement of IEM Rio Major 2022 also brought more excitement to Brazilian players and fans.
The growing CS:GO 'culture' in Brazil only pushes more local esports organizations to expand their rosters and initiate more regional stages. More and more Brazilian locals bring their game to be regional and even international spotlights. Corinthians is just one of the many promising teams in Brazil.
Neymar is probably Brazil's most prominent sports celebrity. Aside from his legendary football skills, Neymar is also a big CS:GO fan. The athlete would do live streams on Twitch now and then and gain thousands of viewers with each game played. The football star himself has a massive following in his country, which only adds the hype to the Brazilian CS:GO craze.
CS:GO is one of the most popular gaming esports. Many countries like Denmark and Russia have massive gaming communities that are avid fans of the said team-based action game.
As reported by Sounds and Colors, the said nation is a massive powerhouse of avid CS:GO supporters who can cheer the loudest in crowds. No one in Latin America has the same enthusiasm for the game. Brazil has generated all of South America's S-Tier or even A-Tier CS:GO teams.
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