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paiN Gaming is a Brazilian esports organisation founded in March 2010 by Arthur "PAADA" Zarzur, a former professional Dota 2 player. It has a League of Legends team competing in the Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends (CBLOL), Brazil's top professional league for the game.[4]
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| Short name | paiN, PNG, FzP |
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| Divisions | Free Fire |
| Founded | March 2010 |
| League | Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends (CBLOL) |
| Based in | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Owner | Arthur "PAADA" Zarzur |
| Head coach | Sin "Xero" Hyeok |
| Championships | 3× CBLOL 1× BRCC 1× Superliga ABCDE |
| Partners | BMW[1] Coca-Cola[2] Razer Inc. SanDisk[3] Trident |
| Website | soupain |
paiN Gaming is one of the oldest esports organisations in Brazil and has a higher following on social media than many traditional sports clubs.[5] It was also the first esports organization in Latin America to have a gaming house and the first in the world to have a fan membership program, the size of which rivals that of Series A association football teams.[6]
History edit
paiN Gaming was founded in March 2010 by Arthur "PAADA" Zarzur, a former professional Dota 2 player. Its inaugural League of Legends roster consisted of players from CNB e-Sports Club and GameWise. The organization has since expanded into the professional scenes of Clash Royale, CS:GO, Dota 2, Free Fire and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.
Rosters edit
Counter-Strike 2 edit
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Henrique "rikz" Waku | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Legend:
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Latest roster transaction: 10 November 2023. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Honours edit
League of Legends edit
Domestic edit
- Campeonato Brasileiro de League of Legends (CBLOL)
- Winners (3): 2013, 2015 Summer, 2021 Spring
- Brazilian Challenger Circuit (BRCC)
- Winners (1): 2019 Spring
- Superliga ABCDE
- Winners (1): 2019
International edit
- International Wildcard Tournament
- Winners (1): 2015
Academy edit
- CBLOL Academy
- Winners (1): 2022 Summer
Womens edit
- Ignis Cup
- Winners (1): 2022
References edit
- ^ "paiN Gaming anuncia parceria com a montadora BMW". theclutch.com. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ @paingamingbr (24 May 2019). "Seja muito bem vinda @CocaCola_Br" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 November 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ "paiN e SanDisk firmam parceria; fomos conhecer o local de treino da equipe". voxel.com. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "PaiN Gaming: a organização de eSports mais tradicional do Brasil". e-SporTV. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Fenômeno na web, paiN tem mais curtidas que seis clubes da Série A". e-SporTV. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "paiN é o primeiro clube de e-Sports no mundo à lançar programa Sócio Torcedor". Mais eSports. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2019.