The Truth Behind Brazil's FPS Dominance

When you think of dominant regions in esports, there are a few that instantly come to mind: Korea, Denmark, China.
But while some of the wealthiest nations in the world jockeyed for power, another country was hard at work, trying to grow.
Brazilian FPS players took matters into their own hands, and with almost no money or support, created one of the most passionate communities and some of the greatest players the world has ever seen. From CS:GO to Rainbow Six: Siege, Brazil is everywhere.
The rise of Brazil is one of the most incredible stories in esports - they did it all on their own, and despite some ups and downs, they’re not done yet.
Written by: Devin Coull (@Fake_DevinCoull)
Edited by: Matt Massey
Thumbnail by: Brandon Mistele
Production assistance by: Nicolas Buck and Jason Lo (@JasonLobsterr)
Hosted by: Daniel Rosen (@Daniel_Rosen)
Produced by: Daniel Rosen (@Daniel_Rosen) & Alina Sotula (@ASotula)
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[@uatzapzap]

Just so people know, Brazil dominated so much on Rainbow 6 that the final and semi-finals were only brazilian teams.

[@pierrekk]

Brazil master race

[@Dornana]

@@pierrekk master race dos vira lata

[@BrenoGF144]

@@Dornana Caramelo>>>>> Lulu da Pomerania

[@eduardoalbornoz2718]

THIS IS PEAK PERFORMANCE LOOKS LIKE

[@Dornana]

@@BrenoGF144 de fato

[@PauloArais]

It's not entirely true we don't have internet access in Brazil. Most people have but not exactly high speed. Many people have a PC or notebook, but not for gaming purposes. What people have here is passion on what they do. I grew up playing videogames usually at a friend's house. Only as an young adult making my own money I was able to have a PC with a dedicated GPU. It wasn't state of the art hardware but I had fun playing when I was back from college.

[@gw4yn]

Yeah that part about internet access being rare is outright inaccurate. What we lack is hardware capable of running modern games at a competitive performance level at an affordable price. GPUs have long been inaccessible to all but a few in Brazil, long before the international shortage became a thing

[@Sid-vz8rm]

that's pretty dope, seems exactly like the indian scene here, doe tbf gaming pcs have been getting more mainstream from what I've seen (at least in a few cities)

[@JuFranco0]

This! Also, LOTS of people have access to mobile internet, so it's not like we live completely isolated from the rest of the world. Really wish foreign mainstream media would stop spreading this idea that we all live in favelas or in the jungle. Yes, stuff can be rough sometimes and we might not be able to afford "top of the line" tech gear - but we don't live in a bubble...

[@Sid-vz8rm]

@@JuFranco0 yep, a lot of foreign media depict countries with little to no international presence as these underground poverty ridden areas when in reality a lot of people can look at exactly whats being said about them online. a bit weird, especially for some of the people I've met who live in Africa, where people just assume they all hunt deer themselves, etc

[@godofgamer5486]

fato

[@vacilusmaximuz]

Gaules deserves an episode for himself, his story is harsh and motivational. He became a symbol for brazilian scene and his achievements were deserved. A tribo ta junto sempre.

[@bueking]

factsss. UP!

[@robertomoraes9975]

O Gaules como streamer é muito recente, ele ainda não influenciou uma geração dominante, mas essa próxima que esta vindo, já influenciada por ele, PROMETE. Lembrando que Gaules começou a streamar em 2018, e toda uma geração dominante já estava formada antes disso.

[@hurtfulnessHurricane]

100% upvote this

[@drnod4779]

É amigo? É amigão?

[@EtopiaCA]

The guy who regurgitates content and trashes peoples careers because hes biased? Nah, fuck Gaules.

[@enzocarneiro6748]

“Access to internet and computers is rare” certified bruh american moment

[@Taylor_Costa]

When Fallen Star to play it was rare indeed e now a Days its expensive and a high percentage of the population doesn't have a internet connection

[@tduarte]

"Out of roughly 134 million Brazilians who accessed the web in 2020, more than 132 million did so using a mobile phone. Moreover, almost 77 million people in Brazil used the internet exclusively through cell phones." So yes, access to a personal computer is rare, and most of the population only has access to the internet through their phones, sometimes limited to instant message applications like WhatsApp. Also, let's not forget the other 80M of people that has no internet access at all.

[@SlayerPlaysChannel]

@@Taylor_Costa internet in Brazil is cheaper than in the US. A 300mbps AT&T plan costs about $55 while a 300mbps in Brazil costs about half the price and it's unlimited

[@ADOWAITE]

@@tduarte do you really know what "rare" means?

[@S1CKnDaH34D]

@@SlayerPlaysChannel this makes no sense at all, the minimum wage at us is about $1200/month while brazil is just $220/month. If lets say 300mb plan is 55$ in US and in Brazil is half as that 27$, a person in Brazil will comit more than 10% of his monthly wage just on Internet alone, while americans will pay less than 5%. Thats a huge difference, and im not even talking about internet quality.

[@cdm8909]

it’s because we live in a fps everyday

[@thebluecollarkid1831]

WTF bro?!

[@sh1r4ko73]

Ooof that's some dark humour

[@thebluecollarkid1831]

Now I know why you guys are so good with "Peek and Fire" and tight corners!

[@pedrogomesmoura]

Fatiou, passou

[@jamarmontehermoso2951]

Lmaooo

[@rgrosset]

"Access to internet and computers is rare” Jesus man, almost 81% of the population here has broadband access to the Internet, 152 million people. Brazil is the 3rd country in social media access, and 2nd for streaming media. We definitely home some huge problems to sort out here, but you should get your facts together asap.

[@GustavoMatiasp]

having mobile data and a phone is one thing, having a computer that can run cs go, mouse, keyboard, a screen and a stable internet connection is different, thats why i dont think that in the context of playing cs go, saying that brazilians in general rarely have acess to internet is wrong

[@literalmenteeu7217]

@@GustavoMatiasp A maioria das pessoas não se interessam por computador hoje cara, não é como se um computador fosse tão caro assim. Dá pra trabalhar e economizar pra comprar um, não é tão absurdo.

[@R.a.f.a.e.l.]

@@GustavoMatiasp when it comes to fixed broadband its 55%. Its still the majority. Not everyone needs access beyond mobile. Lets be honest, even fixed is pretty acessible these days. Any minimum wage job can pay for it in urban centers (75mbps costing around 7-8% of the minimum wage on average). Not saying its easy for people who earn that much, but its affordable. Of course if we are talking about a family living on 1 minimum wage then its a different story.

[@klebermotta4559]

@@GustavoMatiasp cara, qualquer casa que tem uma pessoa que joga tem internet razoável pra jogar, e pelo amor de deus, um PC pra rodar CSGO qualquer um que realmente queira consegue, quando era estagiário e não fazia nem um salário mínimo, com conta e todas as despesas, consegui parcelar um PC usado em 12 vezes e jogava a mais de 144 FPS, o cara aí do vídeo falou merda sim

[@miguelito4528]

@@literalmenteeu7217 tá bem caro man, vc compra um carro com o dinheiro pra um PC bom

[@lutaria16]

Uma coisa que ele não comenta no vídeo mas acho que vale destacar, CS era muuuito popular na época não só por causa das lan house mas pela facilidade de se conseguir uma cópia pirata. Sempre tinha alguém na sua sala que conseguia te arrumar um. E qualquer pc conseguia rodar.

[@AdolfoWWolf]

Verdade foi assim que consegui a minha na época do 1.5 e 1.6 kkkkkkkkkkk

[@_guiviana]

o acesso a lan house era o que mudava tudo, realmente poucas pessoas tinham um pc em casa, mas o acesso a um não era complicado.

[@lendasmoveis1912]

Point Blank tmb

[@lendasmoveis1912]

@@_guiviana sem falar que o preço nas lan era acessível

[@wesleifilho7774]

''filho da puta ta de teco mid''; ''-vou bangar- caralho mano tu me bangou''

[@Wohlleben1]

I just wanted to say thanks to Daniel and all the TheScore esports team from bringing this topic up, we know that Brazil isn't the most beloved community (expecially with north america) but we do have a beautiful history none other then less, so thanks again for using your platform to talk about us and thanks for doing something that shows what we are capable of :)

[@Girvo747]

I’ve got nothing but respect for the Brazilian players! It’s the group of psycho fans online that people have an issue with, sadly. Sending death threats and “demanding respect” when they show none to other teams is a bit gross, and ruins the reputation for the majority of Brazilian fans who are not like that. It’s a sad situation :(

[@roflololoolol]

@@Girvo747 an very unfortunate example of a minority giving the majority a bad name. No scene can survive without passionate fans and there aren’t many fan bases that are more passionate than Brazilians! Their viewership numbers are absolutely bonkers. The death threats just need to stop. Looking forward to seeing how the new generation uses the experience of those who have paved the way to make their own path. New MIBR beating a sleepy Na’Vi was a pretty great start and 2-0ing COL is even better. What a fantastic time to be a CS fan.

[@NoorNabiLakho2020]

I agree with josh girvin. I respect Brazilian fans alot it's just the one's who are psycho who can't handel a defeat and send death threats. Peace man ✌🏼

[@jeffersondantas2872]

Wonderful comment, I know that Daniel shows our history through American's eyes it's clear in 2 or moments when he says things Americans says about us, but I really think that's fine the video quality and his voice and the interviews, those things overcome all that, I loved the video! It's a pleasure to have such a lovely, respectful and informative register of our history in the FPS, the only issue is that it ends so quickly.

[@clafelthegameped]

vc tem um bom gosto musical

[@eajayy8969]

Didn’t realize how important fallen was to Brazil, I only knew him as a good Awper.

[@TransparentEclipse]

Yeah, anyone who knows the history respects fallen more than almost anyone. Dude was revolutionary.

[@taksuii]

Fallen is like a hero for the CS/FPS community here. We don't call him "Professor" for no reason.

[@sete7158]

He's the godfather of brazilian cs

[@hudsonmatheus7964]

Fallen is the embodiment of the Brazilian CS scene

[@FabrizzioLaroca]

He was TRULY a Cs Professor, that's why we call him that,

[@jorgenamnum6481]

Much proud of my brazilian brothers! here in DR and in most of LATAM we know the struggle too well. The 30fps laptop on the free public wifi set up is where latam legends are born.

[@defalttheloner]

I know right? Even we Brazilians who have a good situation have this problem. But dammit I feel like a god when I kill some American in my 30 fps broken controller console

[@Flu_1902FFC]

bruh its not like that

[@godnb]

​@@defalttheloner maybe you're not in that good of a situation if you're playing with a broken controller and a console that runs at 30fps

[@defalttheloner]

@@godnb I'm not, but I still achieve high frags 🤣

[@DoritosSweetChilli]

As a brazilian, i need to say FALLEN IS OUR HERO.

[@DantHimself]

é fallen +4 bora brasilll

[@JackoBanon1]

I'm German and I'll never forget the 7:1. It was so much fun to watch.

[@DeLuca_51]

@@JackoBanon1 You know what else was fun to watch? Germany lose 2 world wars lol

[@GuilhermeHenrique-wp5kx]

@@DeLuca_51 and in his history they lost too the most part of his territory kkkkkkkkkkk

[@JackoBanon1]

@@DeLuca_51 At least we gave them a good fight and didn't get humiliated in our own country like Brazil. xD

[@ryplaxbr9479]

Just a small correction: back in the 2000's internet and home computers were rare, nowadays is not that rare (although in homes without a gamer person, the quality of those two tend to be low), only places with high levels of poverty doesn't have those two things. Anyway, great video, I love to see my region getting some love!

[@bobtavor4234]

Exactly. At that time, internet was not for everyone, that's why people meeting in LAN houses to play together was something so common.

[@tomascotsifis8560]

2:31 - According to a simple google research 81% of Brazilians have internet access at their homes. another research says Brazil has over 440 million digital devices, wich comprises computers, notebooks, mobile phones and tablets. Saying that in Brazil having internet access and computers is rare is an absolute joke, We don't live in the jungle nor are we savages.

[@sekittojoseph8341]

The ping though

[@beomond_]

@@sekittojoseph8341 Literally every big game has a Brazilian server, i'm poor and play with 18 ms of ping

[@cryostatis3018]

In 2005? Brazilians had 81%?

[@eduardowormittag2113]

the video despites the situation in the 2000's

[@gabrieldeoliveira194]

@@sekittojoseph8341 The ping is only high when we try to play in NA Servers, if we play in Brazilian Servers is always between 17-50 ms

[@HeliasVieira]

access to internet and home computers are not rare as you said in the video. surely there are poorer regions where this happens more often, but that also applies to the US. it's very uncommon to not have internet/wifi, even in the most remote and rural areas

[@azura1933]

Sim, mano. Existem dados que apontam que a média de penetração de acesso à interntet no Brasil é superior à média da OCDE.

[@agronnak]

It's theScore, my friend. Their good content is the one that they plagiarize. They couldn't even properly research for this video lol

[@purplewine7362]

I mean wasn't it pretty obvious he was talking about the early 2000s?

[@ajjabajja9155]

@@purplewine7362 even my pc/internet was shit then

[@eduardowormittag2113]

it was during the 2000 - not now,

[@keeganleg3761]

The fact that they built a system to train new players and find talents is Giga Brian

[@hugofco0772]

YES

[@eddeeh4694]

Brian

[@ADOWAITE]

@@eddeeh4694 Shit its Brian

[@ezequielmachadodias5363]

One of the smartest decision that he made, with it he could make his own team and make the brazillian scene a big one on the cs 1.6

[@contosreddit2845]

É o brian

[@micmarduk]

When you talk about Brazilian FPS Scene, you HAVE to talk about MIBR's 2006 ESWC win in cs 1.6 (which is considered a major championship), specially when Lincoln "FnX" Lau was in that line up and in the 2x major winner line up in cs go. Mibr and G3x were both legendary teams in Brazil, competing and winning big international tournaments like CPL, ESWC and WCG. Those 2 teams were the ones that inspired 2 generations of players here to try to become pro players.

[@nathanaelsallhageriksson1719]

I just hope brazill can keep the positive aspect of being energetic and patriotic about esports. In sports and esports the patriotic regions are either the best or worst in terms of fanbase. I say this as a european BTW, I would know.

[@luizgustavoalves6976]

its hard, as an european you may know how football fans are a bit toxic, and that aspect spreads into the Brazilian culture of hard supporting the things that we love. Inside Brazil we know that is nothing personal but i recognize that this situations reachd an sad spot. Anyways, i think that this hate sadly is a thing natural in csgo, but i am really excited with the possibility of a major in Brazil, im sure that it will be the best major the fans part, we know how to keep the crowd loud

[@nathanaelsallhageriksson1719]

@@luizgustavoalves6976 Yeah, I mean, a bit of toxicity is to be expected, like with football, right. I have seen my fair share of hooligans in my city. But I don't know how it looks like now, from the video it seemed as if it's fine for the most part, with toxic flare-ups mainly happening when players instigate it, which is good for now. If that is the case, I just hope it continues to not be bad. Becuase you guys are festive, and festivity is a great combination with eing hype for sports, makes great crownds :-)

[@Solizeus]

People here love some football team collectivism, it doesn't need to be patriotic, we have cheerleading football groups that literally set day and hour so they can fight with fists, wood and stones because they like fighting against an enemy team

[@Suflanker]

@@luizgustavoalves6976 This level of toxicity isn't normal, it's not natural. Normalizing it, is a blant tap on the shoulders of these kids that think they are above everething and everyone. Just like football, the day we started to accept it as a normal thing was the day we ruined our reputation as a fanbase.

[@ezhernandez8116]

Man, I was so excited for ESL ONE: RIO when it was announced. Unfortunately covid happened. I was so hype when I heard about a cs major happening in Brazil.

[@ymatt-6559]

Hopefully I’ll get one major on Brazil in 2022, the Brazilian crowd will go crazy

[@m1sfit1]

2:05 this round with Kix and Interro screaming "noooo way"... it still gives me goosebumps

[@SlayerPlaysChannel]

"Access to internet is rare" Me living in the countryside paying 20 bucks for highspeed fiber: of course

[@udontneedtoknowmyname]

Yep

[@guigazalu]

Me, in a medium size city near the biggest city in the country, São Paulo, and with a unstable internet as the best one in the region: sure...

[@icaro8264]

morar em lugar isolado tem ironicamente internet melhor

[@sacydepatinete1531]

Colzera might be the goat of brazilian cs But Fallen created the brazialian scene

[@eduardowormittag2113]

well, even cold is a "Fallen" creation - without Fallen cold would not get that call to his father you know

[@ExoShaman]

I've never played CSGO before, but I had to watch this cuz I knew this video was gonna be so damn interesting. Y'all make such great content. Thank you all!

[@rodrigos7070]

Brazil's underdog story in cs better than NA's.

[@xdarckstrack45]

100%. Brazil bulit from scratch, NA just buys teams and players and hopes that money will buy them a major too.

[@bestlukluk6638]

@@xdarckstrack45 so true, they are so privileged and yet they don't beat anyone in any game

[@rrr13455]

@@bestlukluk6638 oloco kkk

[@jseus2340]

By official statistics, 75% of the people have access to internet. So internet is not a rare. Desktop computers are not so common though, but I would not call it a rare too. Many people play fps in low end laptops.

[@thebluecollarkid1831]

"The Truth Behind Brazil's FPS Dominance" is pursuing something that gives you escapism and a chance for a good life! That's it!

[@maicolclaudioshotgunkatana5673]

like futbol

[@PauloHSousa237]

​@@maicolclaudioshotgunkatana5673 Not anymore, people here wants to be a free fire pro player instead of a Soccer player

[@mwhunter2346]

the exact words i've been looking for, thanks

[@shamsulf4429]

@@PauloHSousa237 so fkn free fire is now in brazil too? i thought only south asians are addicted lmfao.

[@chicco5033]

I am still wondering how that game is still alive when Pubg mobile and CoDWarzone mobile are a thing

[@drakeusmaximus2459]

Brazil in any sport. Flashy and powerful. Speed and skill. Raw talent.

[@thiagoklock5064]

not in MMOs btw

[@gannielukks1811]

Football, MMA, volley, skateboarding, surf, automobilism, a lot of GOATs and current GOATs are from Brazil.

[@roberleyrodrigues9769]

We actually do have hardware and internet available, I could say 80% of the people at least have smartphones with basic internet access, what we don't have is top of the line resources but we do the most with what we have, playing at 40fps with no gpu people in here do their best and we MUST appreciate that! thanks for the representation and the video theScore!

[@x4rky]

as a brazilian, thanks a lot for this video. Means a lot. Fallen is our hero, such as gaules who is a very important person for our scene as well

[@gustavalbericchidurocher9764]

former cs 1.6 player here. I've never even heard the name Fallen by the time I've played. the cs 1.6 scene was VERY big in Brazil with 3 teams: GC, g3x and Mibr. Kiko and Cogu were the most successful players but a lot of guys like fnx, btt, pava and Gaulês, who became the succesful streamer later, were among players that everyone knew. this is not to demean Fallen in any manner. just goes to show that there was a lot going before him. Classic Mibr even won an international tournment once (eswc I guess) but in Brazil it was known that despite how ignored most guys got by europeans, a guy like Cogu was among the best, if he wasn't the best awper in the world! a guy like Pava was among the best, if wasn't the best Usp shooter in the world aswell. we really guessed what it would be like if we could practice daily not with 50/60 ping, but could, as swedes, finns etc. play with a lan-ping at home. I guess teams like liquid and Furia showed us that we were right to guess.

[@gustavalbericchidurocher9764]

legend was that there was a player in that Mibr who seemed a little worse than everyone else who was none but the son of the owner of the team Mibr. he owned the biggest servers company around Rio in a time there weren't many local servers' companies. as he paid everyone's sallaries, he had to play hahahhaha out of curiosity, as other legend goes, the highest paid was Cogu, who earned around 6 minimum wages of Brazil. something like an average civil engineer would earn at the time. as it wasn't really profitable and was still seen as a kid's play, many amazing players left. Cogu even tried to play football professionally - in Qatar!!! hahahhaha it may be a reality shock for the youngsters out there to think merely less than 20 years ago, the very best player of his generation left the game to try playing soccer in a country that is probably among the worst of the world - maybe because he dreamt about it but also maybe he would earn more. fnx was already on the spotlight for his work with mainly GC and thanks God kept up the hard work to represent the CS from that era in CS:GO.

[@FakeRlot]

Thank you for making this video! For some reason, Brazil is very looked down upon in the Esports community, every single Brazilian can tell you that they have already suffered from racism and prejudice in the Esports landscape, and that can be really demotivating to any future Br esports athlete, so it's very nice to see someone actually recognizing Brazil's achievements

[@user-hh7yt3cb5f]

Brasil é tratado dessa forma por estrangeiros em quase todos os cenários, só procurar qualquer menção ao Brasil que verá a forma que o país é citado. Assim como nesse video, os negativos daqui são exaltados, de forma sutil, claro. Também é comum a arrogância e elitismo na fala, como se o país fosse inferior em todos os aspectos

[@eduardoalvescorreia9275]

most brazilian homes have access to a internet device (not saying its the best quality), hardware is the most expesinve thing to have here, high taxes, low income...

[@eduardowormittag2113]

he is talking about the 2000's

[@Peagaporto]

@@eduardowormittag2113 most people had a family pc that could run cs 1.6 back then

[@eduardowormittag2113]

@@Peagaporto doubt that, since we had lan houses full during that time - once everybody got a PC, lans got empty.

[@Peagaporto]

@@eduardowormittag2113 lan houses had better pcs and better connection, they were also cheaper and provided a sociliazed environment. There's a lot to why lan houses became less popular, but everyone having a serviceable pc is on the botton of the list.

[@alvarochiappetta4071]

Really great content, dude! Although the structure is not as precarious as you showed, thats a good story! We have a serious problem with accessing game-oriented equipment due to the devaluation of our currency, but we have managed to do great things with the equipment we have. We hope to continue doing more and more!

[@gigachad69775]

"country where access to internet and home computers is rare" come on bro, we're not that poor.

[@didysocker2590]

They think we are in 2000 still

[@adryangui]

Here in the slums and in most of the hoods, kids play freefire precisely because their parents can't afford a decent computer. But, I agree "rare" is a complete exaggeration.

[@didysocker2590]

@@adryangui 99% of kids ever used computers almost all schools have computers

[@adryangui]

@@didysocker2590 Where I live, I believe two-thirds of people have broadband internet access. But when it comes to computers, that number drops even further, and I live in a city that borders the state capital. Maybe you're just in a bubble. I studied in public schools all my life, and none of them had a computer room.

[@Pedrojunqueira100]

@@adryangui essa galera acha q a própria experiência pessoal conta pro pais inteiro, mas esquece que a gente tem pobreza extrema em vários estados e até em zonas dos Estados menos pobres. O problema é q a galera q tá vendo isso provavelmente se enquadra, majoritariamente, nessa pequena porcentagem que é envolvida com jogos e tem um PC maneiro (eu incluso) e nunca teve contato com a realidade do país.

[@zenorzmj]

Não tem como falar do cs brasileiro sem mencionar o fallen maluco e mt foda

[@ferreira123matheus]

Esport brasileiro*

[@jupiterTE]

2:02 hearing Kixstar cast again bro. RIP Kix

[@SeasonalSisters1630]

salute to you mr. Fallen sir....keeping the game alive and nurturing players to represent the country all by yourself....big respect! BIG Respect!

[@swaggymcswaggerton374]

I’m sending this to my gf even though she doesn’t like esports that much, just Brazilian pride

[@vlinkin22]

Make a Brazilian content and receive the likes it's simple ! haha But it's really special for us, when someone recognize our conquests, cause only who lives in here knows how hard it is to make anything here and yes a lot of guys plays fps all day, the servers here are really tough.

[@ivanbertoni7622]

A good video, but man, you should talk more about MIBR in 1.6 era, how hard was to raise from nothing to glory in CSGO, and also giving more details of Gamers Academy and Gamers Club, aka GC, which is biggest prive server in SA

[@grrvaes]

Loved the video! We appreciate you taking your time to talk about our fps scene. It's exactly how Zews described it, if there's a brazilian competing, we are rooting for him, no matter the sport. Our core is coming back with Imperial! I hope they do well. It's gonna be tough.

[@BeanStalker117]

I'm an Aussie and I have NEVER had a negative opinion of Brazil and it's people. The ones I've met have been the SINGLE NICEST people I know

[@TexTheBest]

Brazilian fandom is known for its passion not only in sports. Bands and singers many times say Brazil has their most passionate fans. Brazilian nerds are a whole nother level too, our comic con is the biggest in the world.

[@ConspiracistLizardMan]

My guy spoke about Brazil like we fight dinosaurs in the streets to get to a pc with internet.

[@eduardoalmeida6145]

it's so cool when you start to realize you're understanding the video without subtitles (a brazilian guy)

[@amadeusmalonje8263]

I'd love to see an eSports scene developed here in Malawi 🇲🇼

[@averegeyoutuber9133]

I love that every time someone talks about Brazil they have to show some favelas. Also the slums are less than 10% of the country's population not 90% as the media portrait and btw internet connection is quite widespread. Also, don't forget that we won a major in 2006 with mibr. They were way more important than SK/LG era.

[@Erick-no8zn]

Thanks for the video, is rare to Brazil be recognized by big english speaking channels. But again Brazil being roasted by mislead information and stereotypes like the “Access to internet and computers is rare” which is false, since about 70M Brazilians access internet through PC, that's 12 times Denmark population, also the "favelas is one of first things to come in mind when you think of Brazil" which is also a super stereotype since 8% of Brazil population lives in the favelas..

[@STREEEEEET]

" *Access to internet and computer is rare* " - Just no! You're talking rubbish. I'm very poor and my internet connection is 350 mpbs and 180 mbps upload just for contextualization. Anyone that is not one step away from becoming homeless can afford internet connection and they are available everywhere, perhaps not far away rural areas but i presume that is the same case for rich countries.

[@Kassarth]

Fi se vc tem internet de 350 mbps e fala inglês vc não é muito pobre. Não to duvidando da tua pobreza mas MUITO pobre tu não é kkkkk

[@jucaflores9188]

@@Kassarth "nao to duvidando da sua pobreza" KKKKKKKKKKKKKK rachei

[@malfunction1185]

@@Kassarth "nao to duvidando da sua pobreza" foi de fude kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@skinnybuggo]

Yeah sure fella you're poor lol

[@durchfaII]

"FPS dominance" Points out a finger to PaiN and Shark gaming, 2021 pgl major.

[@icroosing]

csgo isnt the only fps out there, and Brazilians dominated csgo and cs 1.6 for a good while and I'm not even starting on R6

[@synth9660]

Brazil owns R6

[@dasch0und]

is still fps dominance with other teams sharks and pain are like the tier 3 or the sub teams of latam little to no difference when compared to like 9z for example

[@joaopedrosouza2049]

As a brazillian myself i can confirm that, the biggest raw talents that has in pugs in any fps you see here, if you see most of the fragmovies of the main brazillian third party service (Gamers Club) is as flashy as FPLs clips, and we dominated any FPS we could actually progress and have acessibility to the common people (Crossfire, Combat Arms, CS, R6, Free Fire)

[@kilelofworld]

They may own R6, and maybe CS at one point. But they don't and haven't ever dominated Halo, CoD, Valorant, or any other FPS out there. Saying they're good in 2 FPS games doesn't mean they dominate the genre.

[@carlosforma5978]

Thank you for the narration and positive message. Even though I was completely unaware of these developments in my own country, it still brought me some joy and pride in my countrymen to come to know of them, and I am sure a great deal of it is due to the top tier narration of the events, and especially the message at the end. Thank you very much! Sorry for my previous, derailing, comment. It is relatively tainted by politics, even though the political part of it is somewhat easy to avoid and ignore due to the TL; DR. Since the previous one is very much soured, I wanted to make another one for a more positive message.

[@zzasserzz]

The score content is simply amazing. Thank you Brazil for producing some of the most exciting players to have graced an FPS

[@deidara3021]

thank you sir(as brazillian)

[@danielbpaiva]

You managed to summarize our fps scenario very well. Great video!

[@1234jokerboy]

Man. Miss the prime Coldzera era. Such insane plays from him and also other players like Niko etc.. .

[@neapelflorenz4364]

I m getting more and more into Brasilian csgo. So many great players and teams.

[@matheusc.5839]

Ah yes, the famous Brazil Jungle where PCs and internet are rare. Who tf did this research?

[@shainz_5877]

Cogu is insane in 1.6 cs. He win 1 major and have high rating in 1.6

[@PJFeitosa]

The brazilian team Loud won the Valorant Champions yesterday too.

[@johnatacoelho2004]

O Brasil vai voltar ao topo novamente!

[@Gabrielbarsch]

must be because living in rio de janeiro is like a irl FPS game

[@BenjaminBüchler]

Nice comment steal

[@Brunel0]

Congratulations man, that was an script worthy of applause, it reminded me of a Brazilian channel that covers fighting games mostly, and also has incredibly well written scripts like this one, it's called O Punho do Dragão Esports (Fist of Dragon Esports), so once again thank you for your attention with the Brazilian scene and a big hug!

[@playerjohn0]

Loud world champion of valorant, another fps game conquered by brazil

[@GilesFAhrun]

Outside of the eSports scene, I believe if wasn't for Mataleone, the man who created the ever popular cs_rio map, CS wouldn't be that popular in Brazil (and with that created a huge army of fans and hardcore players as well).

[@Antonio-lt1sp]

“Access to internet and computers is rare” You really think we live in the jungle and we do spinning balls like Blanka, right?

[@PauloHenrique-fl6pb]

I think Gamers Club/GamesAcademy was worth mentioning, it is a special platform that was founded by FalleN, that at first was Games Academy. It was a space for classes for improving at CS. FalleN used to online teach and answer questions directly, and that is one of the reasons we call him Professor. Later on, Games Academy became Gamers Club and it hosts both free and pay-to-play tournaments, where our local scenario kept growing.

[@gildoespirra]

access to internet and home computer is not rare at all in brazil, wellll, that was on the 2000's in which the SK, LG roster lived and played on their youth buuuut nowadays internet connection and cellphone towers are extremely normal

[@tavernavelhodruida]

our country was a real fps, we have trained since childhood

[@lsso]

Petição pra eles fazerem um vídeo sobre o Gaules 🤝

[@davidaugusto4653]

Aí coloca ele atacando a chãos é pedindo desculpa pro mundo

[@jeffyramalhocardioworkouts]

Love you video mate ❤️ very emotional 😭

[@notopo]

Engraçado que sempre dão foco aos haters, mas nunca falam do time da Chaos usando cheat, por que claramente eles estavam cheatados.

[@themiz3321]

Exatamente. E a "grande promessa" leaf curiosamente se "aposentou" do CS pouco tempo depois. E ainda tem quem defenda.

[@pedrao420]

i saw this counterstrike thing born in brazil im 35, i used to play with Raphael “cogu” Camargo when i was (also he was) a teenager. a few year latter cogu became the first pro player in brazil that was signed with a pro team outside brazil with guess who? Fallen(for me it was only Gabriel) it was CRAZY i started playing CS when it was on beta version (beta 0.4), back on that time we need to go to korean internet cafés, with koren computers, nothing in portuguese. i was the only non korean playing in that place (there is a huge korean colony in brazil). good old times

[@genaroslxps]

THE STORY OF GAULES!!!

[@davidaugusto4653]

História de atacar jogador americano só pq ganhou de time favorito kkkk é falar um monte de merda

[@joaopedroferreiraribeiro1732]

Unfortunately people from countries apart from Brazil have a really bad image of our country. Internet access and computer disposal isn't rare here, mainly in our biggest states (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, ...). Favelas, samba and soccer are just a really small portion of what Brazil has.

[@fernandolopes8592]

2:28 - Here in Brazil, we do have access to the internet every where. (Of course there's not access to it in the middle of the jungle or in the middle of the desert).

[@henriquegadenz968]

Eles realmente acham que a gente vive no meio da Amazônia

[@nity4588]

brazilian history in r6 deserves its own video, kind of sad you didnt cover more of what they were able to do

[@yDkayVal]

Alguém invocou a gente? Primeiro brasileiro? Lesgooooooo

[@felipearaujo7815]

Dude, internet and PCs are very accessible in Brasil now a days. In early 2000s it wasn't and people would gather in bunches in a cyber cafe to play CS. BEST TIME EVER! It was a social event, people would leave school and race to the cafes to play against people in their schools and other nearby schools. It was fucking awesome.

[@TylerFast441]

Ahh, Brazilian players. I used to play Crossfire back around 2008 to 2011. There was no Brazilian server and they absolutely invaded the NA server. High pings, toxic behaviour, chat spams, getting players better than them kicked out of games and a high amount of hackers. Good times.

[@spGustavobrasil]

I was one of them. Good times

[@pedrogomesmoura]

Try to imagine what is like playing in our servers...

[@Phillipmamowfwifharts]

wow crossfire.....I didnt think i would ever see anyone talk about that game again. I remember renting guns for 2-3 days lmao...that game was the first loot crate type deal that i had seen.

[@snoop3539]

@@Phillipmamowfwifharts crossfire is still a thing??

[@TylerFast441]

@@Phillipmamowfwifharts also still one of the worst examples of loot crate gambling we have ever seen.

[@InuPf]

Brasil is also big on R6 Siege... This weekend's R6S Invitational's GFinals was 2 "brazilian teams". And our internet is absolutely banana republic... but that's just a theory .... a brrrraaaaazilian theory...

[@luck7345]

*puts Brazil in the title* Brazilians: Did someone call?

[@Pedro1907saibro]

A correction: FNX didn't come from Games Academy. He was already a 1.6 World Champion and a Brazillian legend on CS, he played with fallen many times before 2015 (with and against).

[@Illuminatixbangbang]

cogu was the brazilian superstar in cs 1.6 not fallen

[@eduardowormittag2113]

FNX**

[@yurizin666]

I am brazilian, and I vividly remember the moment where NIP won the Six Invitational in 2021, A classmate and friend of mine invited the entire class to hang out in his house at weekend. We had no plans to watch an esports tournament but since we were bored out of our minds and the finals were rolling on twitch, we decided to turn it on and watch it, when we put the match on the screen no one besides me had literally any interest on the tournament, but by the end everyone was hyped tf up and cheering for NIP to win, since we were from brazil. Truly a memory I will cherish for the rest of my life.

[@juanpaulofricke1506]

this video made me cry so much, omfg

[@marcusmeins1839]

i remember in the early version of Counter strike , people used to talk about how good brazilians were in this game.

[@caioz.vargas7615]

PROUD BRAZILLIAN HERE, come to brazil ^^

[@hritikbamrara1095]

watching this after Champions Istanbul 22.

[@luck7345]

"Dominance", because we don't have good PCs over here, so it's either CS or LoL. Not many options of low to none cost games for low budget PCs

[@AlgumaCamila]

I'm a brazillian, so I obviously watched this with a lot of curiosity and a grain of salt. Overall, I think you give professional e-sports a bit too much credit in the popularization of games around here. We're very competitive and social people, which made cyber-cafes very popular around here back in the early 2000s, when good internet and PCs were not exactly affordable. With economy improving around 2010s, the access to internet and PCs followed the same trends and the huge repressed demand played a great part on gaming in general becoming more popular. The rise and success of brazillian e-sports pros happens in this context, but even though we do have amazing crowds everywhere this success is not exactly as known as how you paint it. I've had no idea we had all that success on Rainbow 6 to this day, for example. The idea of living as an e-sport professional is not a thing here to this day. So these cases are seen as huge outliers and no one would even try to become a pro without a very good money source to back them up. Considering the amount of players, I do think we'd have way more pro teams if this was not such a deal breaker.

[@hurtfulnessHurricane]

Good documentary! Just some points that are a bit off.. Chaos Esports doing A FEW sus plays? A few, really? XD.. FalleN also started a twitch project after he was benched from MIBR to talk to kids and teach them CS tactics, teamwork, exercises and metagame as long as they kept studying hard on their own and together(that was beginning of 2020/pandemics. Public schools stayed closed 6-12 months. And that granted him the nickname “The professor”

[@purplewine7362]

Lmfao another guy who still can't believe that leaf was just better than you guys

[@Sa-ic8zd]

@@purplewine7362 where is leaf and xeppa today? Have a good day.

[@purplewine7362]

@@Sa-ic8zd probably fed up by death threats from you guys. But little did he know Brazilian valorant fans are same as csgo fans and will send death threats to whoever defeats them.

[@Sa-ic8zd]

@@purplewine7362 yeah, death treats of 13 yo. Come on dude, you are better than this. When the same situation happened to Akuma a lot of you guys were on the side of Navi, so let's get real here: "If the anticheat didn't catch anything, they are innocents ;)." Let's just pretend that nothing happened and you are correct with a invalid argument.

[@purplewine7362]

@@Sa-ic8zd lmao i love how brazillians will never let things so. Even after it's been a couple years since leaf owned you guys, you still haven't been able to admit that he was just better than your players

[@dsheep9937]

I am Brazilian, and my theory is that there are many unemployed people and they decide to play and end up getting good at it, and school education sucks and many young people prefer to play and become very good in developed countries these minds are moving to other areas and lower cost of living people prefer to go out instead of playing games, in other more developed countries you can live a decent life with a pizza delivery salary while in Brazil you can barely live with a minimum wage. So they spend a lot of time playing and end up becoming good, tand few here have really good computers because the prices of hardware are absurd and generally competitive FPS games don't need powerful hardwares. There was a time of LanHouses where CS 1.0 was really famous LanHouses were crowded there were 5 on the same street, when hardware became cheaper many lanhouses ended up going bankrupt but the passion for CS and the young people who were good continued and today they are the best we have, I was a kid and frequented Lanhouses this was in 2006

[@paulodorea]

Internet access is not rare in Brazil, who did the research for this video?

[@vitorangonese]

Lots of fellow Brazilians giving Daniel and theScore shit for saying that "Access to internet and computers is rare in Brazil", proving the point that was made in the video (and called out by Zews) that the Brazilian community can indeed get very toxic when you say anything you "shouldn't" say about Brazil. So I just want to clarify things for anyone who might be interested, and for theScore esports team, who I think did a fantastic job with this video, but got this tiny little thing wrong. Brazil is a huge country in terms of size, approximately 8.5 million km², so even though there's a lot of people here, they're mostly spread out throughout the country. Not only that, Brazil has a big inequality "problem" that's been going on forever. So in some areas you'll have loads of wealthy people, while on others you'll have an entire population that's literally starving poor (I put "problem" under quotes because for me the real problem is poverty, not inequality itself). The thing is the informations that come from the national census, measures the entire country, as if the 26 states were even in terms of poverty, security, unemployment, education, *internet access*, and so on.. So while YES, it is true that there are millions of people in Brazil who, to this day, have never had a computer nor internet connection in their region, there are also millions of people who grew up in wealthier areas and have had computers and internet as a part of their life from the day they were born. So I think that's where theScore research/writing team had it wrong, here's why: To say that "Brazilian pro players, who came from a place where access to internet and computers is rare..." is wrong, because the vast majority of Brazilian pro players and streamers come from these wealthier areas where computers and internet access are not actually rare. Important Note: that's not to say that ALL of the pro players and streamers come from rich families, what I'm just trying to say is that, even if you're middle-class or lower middle-class in the state of São Paulo, or most southern/southeast states for example, you're life quality and the environment you live in is probably better, and completely different to the life quality from someone in a poorer area/state. Great video overall! And for all my Brazilian friends out here in the comments, chill out - they made a small mistake, but theScore esports team has always given us love, so don't be mean to them.

[@Gabriel-oi1el]

Cmon bro, that video was cool, but hey, we are not miserable was you pictured...The time most of these players grew up playing we are in a golden age here. Waaayyy richer than fucking UK and most of Europe!! pretty good life for many of us, even favela won against famine, the cafes were full of young people. Now we are in a shithole since, well... fascism rose here and crippled us. But, by the time these guys were playing, we were not that miserable as the video hints.

[@Gabriel-oi1el]

As you can see, even the toxic part just showed up on 2020 when our country was neck deep on shit and death. We are toxic 24/7 now.

[@pedrogomesmoura]

Even favela won against famine hahahahah tu mora onde play?

[@Gabriel-oi1el]

@@pedrogomesmoura does not matter were we live, since personal experience is worth less than the clogged shrimp shit ahahahhaah.

[@purplehaze7615]

lmao brazil has never been richer uk or most of europe

[@Gabriel-oi1el]

@@purplehaze7615 2011 1. Usa 2. China 3. Japan 4. France 5. Germany 6. Brasil. 7. Uk. Not quite sure about the order on 3-5. But these are the countries. So yes, we were richer than UK and richer than most of Europe, only France and Germany had more money than us.

[@chrissiefk]

"access to internet and home computers is rare" It hasn't been rare for over a decade

[@LilSheep]

se tem brasil tem like

[@TovenDo.O.Video-]

I'm so glad to see fellow Brazilians defending the country's image. We don't live in a jungle and Brasil isn't only Rio de Janeiro. There are good, bad, very bad and very good states just like in the US.

[@marco9810]

9:52 "No one else can talk shit on brazil" Zombs: Are you sure bout that.....

[@marco9810]

@@pablomorseheart yea ask your neighboring Country to get revenge because you guys got caught cheating/abusing glitches🙊🙊🤡🤡

[@joaomarcoscassiano5330]

U sure u wanna talk about that?

[@davidcely7098]

@@joaomarcoscassiano5330 he is right xd

[@andrgomarta]

“access to internet and computers is rare” desisti de assistir depois dessa lkkkkkkkkk uma hora dessas Jered???

[@shyanide]

And brazil just won valorant world

[@thefoxand]

He said access to internet and home computers are rare here in Brazil????? Whaaaaaattt? It's thanks to just a few people?? Man! Even the smallest towns here have at least "good internet connection" and many, have excellent internet connection! Same goes for PCs, PS5's, Xbox one x, high-end PCs, you name it! There are hundreds of big metropoles here just like USA and Canada. We are not just about beaches and favelas! And about the players.. there are thousands of killers in every corner of this continental sized powerhouse for most games you can think of, including FPS based, street fighter, mortal Kombat, and so many more genres!. I really appreciate your video but these few words you said at the beginning shows how this country is so underrated and unknown for many. If we had more opportunities to play on the big stages I assure you people would be amazed about what we can do. Thanks for the video anyway.