peacemaker: "Now Imperial Esports is harder to play due to the increased level of attention to our team"

peacemaker, who is the coach of Imperial Esports, spoke about how the attitude towards his team has changed after a successful performance at PGL Major Antwerp 2022. In an interview for the Dust2 portal, the 34-year-old Brazilian specialist shared some details about the life of the team after a series of high-profile victories.

As we started to show ourselves on the server and managed to defeat some of the strong opponents, the rest of the teams began to prepare for us in a completely different way. I have this feeling. Everyone used to think Imperials were retirees, but no one thinks so now. Each opponent should be careful, because we managed to beat Cloud9.

Now Imperial is more difficult to play due to the increased level of attention to our team. At the same time, we can’t just train and not play in separate tournaments, hiding tactics. The lack of competition will have a negative impact on the players.

Recall that ESIC brought charges against the peacemaker for using a bug with which the coach flew around the map and could see the location of the players of the opposite team. According to the charge, the 34-year-old Brazilian risked a two-year ban. However, after the end of PGL Major Antwerp 2022, the Commission officially dropped the charges against the coach, accepting the evidence provided.

The 34-year-old Brazilian specialist encountered a camera bug in 2018 while coaching the Heroic team. In one of the rounds of the match against Imperial, the specialist moved freely around the map in spectator mode, looking at the location of his opponents. According to the peacemaker himself, at that moment he did not transmit any information to his players.

In turn, Imperial Esports finished playing at IEM Dallas 2022 the day before. As a result of the championship, the Brazilian team lost two matches and took the last place.

IEM Dallas 2022 runs from May 30 to June 5 in Dallas at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. Sixteen teams from Europe, Oceania, North and South America are fighting for a prize pool of $250,000, as well as ranking points in the EPT and BLAST Premier tables.