IGC insist MIBR \u201cremain committed\u201d to CSGO despite BLAST Premier slot sale IGCTomi Kovanen, Managing Director and Executive Vice Chairman at the Immortals Gaming Club (IGC), has told Dexerto that CS:GO is still a priority for their Brazilian esports organization. On April 21, BLAST announced that the BLAST Premier slot owned by IGC had been acquired by Norwegian organization Heroic for an undisclosed fee. The news came as a shock to the Brazilian community as it meant that MIBR no longer have a guaranteed spot in an active franchise league (Flashpoint, of which they are a founding member, has not operated since Season 3 in July 2021). MIBR can still qualify for BLAST events via the pathway available for non-partner teams, which consists of regional qualifiers and the Showdown tournament. But despite the criticism that has come with the sale of the slot, IGC\u2019s Tomi Kovanen has guaranteed that CS:GO remains a vital part of MIBR\u2019s operations. \u201c[CEO] Roberta and [executive chairman] Yuri are doing a great job operating MIBR, which will remain committed to Counter-Strike, where the brand\u2019s roots are,\u201d he told Dexerto. \u201cWith the strong performance of late, we are confident that MIBR will continue qualifying for BLAST events even without a guaranteed partner slot.\u201d Kovanen also confirmed that MIBR had no involvement in the decision to sell the league slot. \u201cIn IGC\u2019s corporate structure, the holding company (of Immortals, MIBR, and LA Valiant) makes all asset acquisition and divestiture decisions.\u201d MIBR\u2019s reaction to the news MIBR strategic coach Renato \u2018nak\u2019 Nakano was saddened by the loss of the league spot, but at the same time, he showed understanding for IGC\u2019s decision. Triste por n\u00e3o ter mais a vaga na BLAST mas sendo bem sincero, est\u00e1vamos l\u00e1 h\u00e1 um bom tempo e n\u00e3o tivemos resultados expressivos. Corr\u00edamos o risco de perder essa vaga por desempenho, o lado bom \u00e9 que vendemos e conseguimos mais recursos para manter a estrutura que temos. [2\/3] \u2014 RNakano (@nakfps) April 21, 2022 \u201cHonestly, we have been there [BLAST Premier] for a while, without any outstanding results,\u201d he wrote on Twitter. \u201cThere was the risk of losing the spot based on performance. The good thing is that with the sale, we will have more resources to keep the structure we have in place.\u201d MIBR recently qualified for PGL Major Antwerp after finishing the American RMR in second place. This will be the first Major for four of the squad\u2019s players, and it will mark the return of MIBR to the biggest stage there is in CS:GO after the team missed the Stockholm Major in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
IGC insist MIBR \u201cremain committed\u201d to CSGO despite BLAST Premier slot sale IGCTomi Kovanen, Managing Director and Executive Vice Chairman at the Immortals Gaming Club (IGC), has told Dexerto that CS:GO is still a priority for their Brazilian esports organization. On April 21, BLAST announced that the BLAST Premier slot owned by IGC had been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}