Monte were one of our favourite teams at the Major.

Not only did they play fun CS - which, impressively, skewed towards the T side for round win rate on every map - the team itself had a great story, with afro, Rainwaker, and Bymas all reviving their careers while representing the Ukrainian org.

Not just that, but they’re led into battle by the English gla1ve, so obviously we’re big fans of Gizmy.

It’s only natural, then, that the team will fall apart immediately after the Major. Because we can’t ever have nice things.

From the looks of things, though, most of the team will be sticking together. A HLTV report states that the quartet of afro, Bymas, Rainwaker, and AZUWU will all be heading to Luminosity, as the NA organisation looks to return to CS for the first time since releasing their Brazilian lineup in 2019.

We’re glad that most of the team will be sticking together, but considering they will reportedly now be IGLed by lux instead of Gizmy, we feel like the redemption arc might be coming to a swift and regrettable end.

Oh well.

As for Gizmy, the Brit isn’t going to be left on his own at Monte; he’s also attracting some big interest.

HLTV are reporting he will soon be on his way to 100 Thieves, where he will take over the IGL role from rain - quite a short-lived arc there, rain - and take the place of Ag1l on the roster.

A benching that is slightly unfair for the Portugeezer, he’s lived up to his end of the bargain as a stellar anchor player, but the T side problems that plague 100T need to come to an end if the team is to climb in the second half of the year.

This does mean there’s a lot of Portuguese players on the market, though…