paiN official announcement: v$m has been relegated to the bench, and Rkzinho will replace him.

Brazilian CS2 team paiN announced on Friday that Vinicius Moreira (ID: v$m) has been relegated to the bench, effective immediately.

The 27-year-old v$m primarily plays as a rifler and has played for several top CS teams throughout his career, including DETONA, MIBR, O Plano, 00 Nation, Fluxo, Tropa do VSM, Flamengo, and Keyd Stars. In January of this year, he officially replaced David Maldonado (ID: dav1deuS) in the paiN starting lineup.

To date, v$m has played 124 maps and participated in 2633 rounds for paiN, with an average rating of 1.01. His greatest achievement for paiN was leading the team to the second stage of IEM Cologne 2026 and winning the Circuit X Mayhem São Paulo tournament.

According to the official statement, v$m's successor will be 16-year-old Ribeiro Diaz (ID: Rkzinho). As a trainee player for Rkzinho, Rkzinho will make his first appearance for the first team in the PGL Bucharest Masters Americas Closed Qualifier starting on September 6.

Following these adjustments, paiN's starting lineup is now confirmed as follows:

Commander/Rifleman: Rodrigo Bitancourt (ID: biguzera)

Rifleman: Guilherme Barbosa (ID: piriajr)

Sniper: Rafael Costa (ID: saffee)

Support: Joao Vinicius (ID: snow)

Rifleman: Rickson Ribeiro Diaz (ID: Rkzinho)

Coach: Enrique Vaku (ID: rikz)

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