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TACO
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TACO 
Personal Information
Name:
Epitácio Pessoa de Melo Filho
Born:
January 24, 1995
Nationality:
Status:
Years Active (Player):
2011 – Present
Team:
Roles:
Approx. Total Winnings:
$1,063,743
Alternate IDs:
VACO, TACOTN1
Links
History
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2011-??-?? – 2011-??-??
2011-??-?? – 2011-??-??
2011-??-?? – 2011-??-??
2012-??-?? – 2012-??-??
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2014-05-08 – 2015-07-21
2015-07-21 – 2015-08-02
2015-08-02 – 2015-11-23
2015-11-23 – 2016-07-01
2016-07-01 – 2018-03-22
2018-01-13 – 2021-03-??
Yeah (Organization)
2018-03-22 – 2018-04-06
SK Gaming (Inactive)
2018-04-06 – 2018-12-21
2018-12-21 – 2020-09-13
2020-09-13 – 2021-01-08
MIBR (Inactive)
2021-01-21 – Present
Epitácio "TACO" de Melo (born January 24, 1995) is a Brazilian professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and former semi-professional Counter-Strike player who plays for GODSENT as the in-game leader. He is best known for being a core member of the Luminosity-SK-MIBR lineup, with a brief stint in Team Liquid.
Gear and Settings[edit]
| Mouse Settings [1][2] (list of)
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| Mouse | eDPI | DPI | Polling Rate | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw Input | ||||||
| Razer Viper Ultimate | 760 | 400 | 1000 Hz | 1.9 | 1 | On | ||||||
| Updated as of 2019-10-24 (816 days ago) | ||||||||||||
| Mouse Settings [1][2] (list of) (calculate)
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| Mouse | Curvature | Circumference | Mouse Setup | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw. | ||||||
| Razer Viper Ultimate | 1003 MPI 0.658 deg/mm | 21.5 in/rev 54.7 cm/rev | 400 DPI @ 1000 Hz | 1.9 | 1 | On | ||||||
| Updated as of 2019-10-24 (816 days ago) | ||||||||||||
| Hardware [1][2] |
|---|
| Mouse | Mousepad | ||
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Razer Viper Ultimate | |
Razer Gigantus |
| Monitor | Refresh rate | In-game resolution | Scaling | |
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ZOWIE XL2546 | 240 Hz | 1152×864 | Stretched |
| Keyboard | Headset | |||||||||||
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Razer Huntsman (Tournament Edition) | |
Razer Kraken (Tournament Edition) | |||||||||
| Updated as of 2019-01-17 (1096 days ago) | ||||||||||||
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Placement | Tier | Type | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020-04-19 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline/Online | 
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Flashpoint Season 1 | 
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1 : 2 | 
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$250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-07-29 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline |
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ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier 2018 | 
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0 : 2 | 
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$200,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-12-10 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESL Pro League Season 6 - Finals | 
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3 : 1 | 
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$225,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-10-29 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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EPICENTER 2017 |
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3 : 2 | 
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$250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-07-09 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESL One: Cologne 2017 |
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3 : 0 | 
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$100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-06-25 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
|
Esports Championship Series Season 3 - Finals |
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2 : 1 |
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$250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-05-07 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
|
Intel Extreme Masters XII - Sydney |
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3 : 1 |
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$100,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-07-10 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESL One: Cologne 2016 |
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2 : 0 | 
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$500,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-05-15 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESL Pro League Season 3 - Finals | 
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3 : 2 | 
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$200,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-04-03 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016 |
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2 : 0 | 
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$500,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trivia[edit]
- He is from Recife, Pernambuco, the fourth-largest city in Brazil. [3]
- His nickname is a play on his first name, and most likely does not in fact refer to the Mexican dish; but rather to a nickname his aunt gave him when he was a child, because she never liked the name his parents gave him, "Epitácio".
- Named by FalleN as a potential breakout player of 2017. [4]
- Was a founding board member of the Counter-Strike Professional Players' Association. [5]
Highlights[edit]
Interviews[edit]
2015-11-17 | TACO: "We represent both Americas" by stich of HLTV at RGN Pro Series
- 2016-07-06 | Interview TACO by Personne of VaKarM at ESL One Cologne 2016
- 2017-01-25 | TACO: "We studied Astralis a lot" by Striker of HLTV at ELEAGUE Major 2017
- 2019-03-22 |
CS:GO: "Não vou deixar os mesmos erros acontecerem", diz fer sobre 2019 da MIBR [CS:GO: "I won't let the same mistakes happen", says fer about 2019 from MIBR] by Breno Deolindo of The Enemy at BLAST Pro Series: São Paulo 2019 - 2019-04-13 | TACO: "When we're winning everything is fine, but when we start losing it's like a truck is rolling over us" by LucasAM of HLTV at BLAST Pro Series: Miami 2019
- 2019-05-14 | Interview with TACO by Reece Perry of Snowball Esports at IEM Sydney 2019
- 2019-07-07 | Interview with TACO of PLAYzone at ESL One: Cologne 2019
- 2020-08-06 | OVERTIME #1 - TACO, direto da Europa, fala sobre o momento da MIBR [OVERTIME #1 - TACO, from Europe, talks about the MIBR moment] of DRAFT5
- 2020-12-14 | TACO - Flow Podcast #276 of Flow Podcast
- 2021-02-04 | Em exclusiva, TACO cita ausência de AWPer na GODSENT: "Não creio que será um problema" [In an exclusive interview, TACO cites AWPer's absence from GODSENT: "I don't think it will be a problem"] by Filipe Carbone of DRAFT5
- 2021-02-05 | TACO garante que GODSENT não ficará baseada na Europa: "Nosso plano futuro é estar nos EUA" [TACO guarantees that GODSENT will not be based in Europe: "Our future plan is to be in the US"] by Filipe Carbone of DRAFT5
- 2021-02-20 | TACO cita “fases distintas” da carreira do grupo que consagrou o CS brasileiro [TACO cites "distinct phases" in the career of the group that established the Brazilian CS] by Edmilson Junior of DRAFT5
Gallery[edit]
TACO at DreamHack Open Anaheim 2020 with MIBR
TACO at DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018 with Team Liquid
TACO at cs_summit 2 with SK Gaming
TACO at DreamHack Open Summer 2017 with SK Gaming
TACO at DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 with Luminosity Gaming
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 [1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 [2]
- ↑ TACO (2017-12-14). "Queridos amigos repórteres do Brasil: eu sou Pernambucano, nascido em Recife - logo sou Recifense" [Dear reporter friends from Brazil: I am Pernambucano, born in Recife - therefore I am Recifense] (in Portuguese).
- ↑ Zvonimir "Professeur" Burazin (2017-01-19). "Top 20 players of 2016: FalleN (2)". HLTV.
- ↑ Lars "Yossarian" Esmarch (2018-06-29). "Players' Association announced". HLTV.
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