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Rasmus "MISERY" Filipsen steps away from coaching and will be replacing Geytor "Duster" Pereira as a support player in the paiN Gaming lineup for the upcoming DPC 2018-2019 season. The roster is looking for a new org as well.
The South American team showed up to TI8 with the hearts of fans and the hope to pull out their own underdog story. Their performances leading up to the big event had been consistently evolving and their matches were exciting and fun to watch. When the push came to shove, paiN Gaming ended up being eliminated in the group stage and never had the opportunity to walk out on the main stage.
In efforts to see even more improvements, the Brazilian based team has made a swap —replacing Geytor "Duster" Pereira with their TI8 coach and veteran player Rasmus "MISERY" Filipsen.
Since the arrival of Omar "w33haa" Aliwi, paiN Gaming had turned heads with their improved playstyle. At ESL One Birmingham 2018, they beat Team Liquid in a best of one and a best of three to secure their spot in the playoffs. They then swept Mineski before being eliminated by Virtus.pro and ending their run in third place.
South America qualifiers for The International 8 had its fair share of controversy, but hands down it had the most electrifying Grand Finals of any region. After acquiring the edge in game one paiN Gaming and SG esports went back and forth until the pain gang took their final advantage in game five and secured their place at TI8.
New lineup:
William 'hFnk3' Medeiros
Omar 'w33haa' Aliwi
Otávio 'tavo' Gabriel
Danylo 'KINGRD' Nascimento
Rasmus 'MISERY' Filipsen
