Alexandre Gaules is a Brazilian professional CS:GO player and a coach. He has been a part of the Esports community since 1998, having served nine years as a player and three years as a coach. However, his main aim has been to produce content for Twitch. There is little doubt that he has been highly successful as a streamer. His channel is one of the 10 largest channels on Twitch. This enabled his channel to reach the top spot in May and June, having more than 12 million hours watched.
Being a Brazilian, he has been an active supporter of South American teams. He has recently joined hands with a Brazilian company Omelete Co. to launch his own CS:GO tournament.
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CS:GO: Realization of a personal dream
The 37-year-old content creator will collaborate with Omlete Co. to launch his own tournament. And it isn’t going to be just any tournament. Winning the championship will get the team a spot at ESL One: Rio 2020, which currently stands postponed because of the global pandemic.
Gaules believes that this tournament will give the South American teams a great chance to showcase their talent and earn themselves an opportunity at one of the biggest tournaments in CSGO.
Gaules and Omlete Co. have come together to celebrate South American talent on an international level.
We’re excited to announce the fall RMR events and partners for 2020:
EU – @DreamHackCSGO
NA & CIS – @ESLCS
Asia & OCE – @CPerfectworld
SA – Omelete & Co.Stay tuned for announcements from partners for details, scheduling, and more!
— CS:GO (@CSGO) August 3, 2020
South American Talent on an International Stage
Valve shared the details of the same on their Twitter account.
“It is the opportunity to show South American talent to the world again on an international stage.”
Extensive details on the championship are yet to be announced. Participation details and other information might be announced in August.
Gaules looking to help after leaf fiasco
In a match between Chaos Esports and MiBR, Gaules accused a 16-year-old Nathan “leaf” Orf of cheating. A few video clips were produced but they did not reveal any hard evidence. Gaules is one of the biggest streamers on Twitch and boasts of a huge following. Things went south when the 16-year-old started receiving death threats. Gaules faced a lot of criticism from the CS:GO community for sparking this heated debate over leaf, without any real evidence.
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However, he took to Twitter to apologize, saying he did not intend to spark off controversy and hoped that everyone could get past what had happened.
Minhas sinceras desculpas. Espero que possamos melhorar juntos nossa comunidade.
My sincere apologies. I hope we can improve our community together. pic.twitter.com/ixZblpdagQ
— Gaules (@Gaules) July 13, 2020
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It looks like Gaules is ready to move on from that incident and make a positive contribution this time around. His tournament is sure to give many up and coming pros a stage to prove themselves.
