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Modern #CBLOL era, a memeful history thread.
Read at your own discretion.

Hello, everyone, it’s your favorite subtitles key back to the meme garden. Now, we dive not so deep into what I call the modern era of Cebolão.

The meme above borrows from Brazilian soccer. One can read: “when two Flamengos turn out to only have smelled it”.

This “cheirinho” (smell) meme began when Flamengo fans used to say “que cheirinho de hepta” (sorta “I can smell an hepta [to be a seven times champion]”) whenever Flamengo came near being seven times Brazilian champion.

And whenever it didn’t happen, it was only the smell of it.

CBLoL 2018 and 2019 used the same logo as in 2017. For the sake of it, check out the magical crest once again. It’ll be gone forever once you scroll down. Reply with “thank magical crest” for seven years of good luck.

First things first, check out Riot’s new studio for casting and playing. Super neat, isn’t it? I couldn’t find the photographer for the life of me. I believe this pic is by Riot Games. In case it is not, please tag the photographer.

The team of casters stayed the same, though.

The championship was still in a single round robin format. Matches were now a best of three, from which the winning team received 3 points.

It was a change from the previous bo2 format, which made people call it “CBLoL dos empates”, meaning that CBLoL was made of ties.

There were a total of eight teams. Top five teams advanced to the playoffs. Instead of having traditional semifinals and finals like before, CBLoL now had the “Escalada”, a King of the Hill format all made up of bo5 matches.

It’s a bit complicated, but hold on, I think I got this.

Fourth and fifth teams played a bo5 → winner faced the third team → winner vs the third team faced the second team → winner vs. the second team faced the first team in the final bo5.

Back to the fourth vs. fifth team, we get the Promotion Series: loser faced the sixth team → loser vs. sixth team faced the seventh team → loser vs. the seventh team played vs. the second team of the Challenger Circuit.

Eighth team in CBLoL was automatically relegated to the Challenger Circuit and the first team of the Challenger Circuit was promoted to CBLoL.

Sounds messy in theory, huh? This video explains it better than me. Portuguese only, sadly.

Winning team of the first and second split was KaBuM! e-Sports, which you already know if you’ve read the first thread. However, the roster was totally different from the 2014 roster that you saw in Worlds.

I forgot to mention: KaBuM! is an online tech store in Brazil.

The roster: top Luccas “Zantins” Zanqueta, jungler Filipe “Ranger” Brombilla, mid Matheus “dyNquedo” Rossini, ADC Alexandre “TitaN” Lima, and support Marcelo “Riyev” Carrara.

Trivia: dyNquedo is a known Brazilian funk fan.

If you know the photographer, please tag them.

KaBuM! faced Vivo Keyd in the finals. The total prize pool was R$200,000, with R$70,000 to the winner. Matches were played in the Riot Games studio, São Paulo, on patch 8.5.

Victory picture by Riot Games.

Vivo Keyd had reunited the so-called “Exodia”: top Felipe “Yang” Zhao, jungler Gabriel “Revolta” Henud, mid Gabriel “tockers” Claumann, ADC Micael “micaO” Rodrigues, and support Luan “Jockster” Cardoso.

People were so hyped about this match. It’s me, I’m people.

Winning the first split qualified KaBuM! for the Mid-Season Invitational 2018 (MSI 2018) play-in stage, held in Germany, land of the EU LCS.

Once again, Turkey was Brazil’s nemesis: SuperMassive Esports ruled the group stage and proceeded into the play-in qualifying bo5.

Second split had no changes in format, winner team, or roster. Have another shot of them, though.

Picture by Riot Games.

Finals took place in Auditório Araújo Vianna, Porto Alegre, on patch 8.15. Total prize pool was R$200,000, R$70,000 for the winner. In a close 3-2 series, KaBuM! beat Flamengo Esports, a team on the rise since their Challenger Circuit days. “Rise”, huh…

Picture by Riot Games.

As the winners of the Brazilian region, KaBuM! was automatically qualified for the play-in stage of Worlds 2018, in South Korea. They were tied in score with DetonatioN FocusMe, the LJL team. KaBuM! lost in the tiebreakers, leaving Worlds early and sadly.

KaBuM! e-Sports is still active as an org and in CBLoL.

Zantins has retired from competitive play and joined Globo’s esports section as an analyst. Ranger is jungling for Flamengo Esports. dyNquedo plays for LOUD. TitaN plays for Red Canids. Riyev is coaching for LOUD.

2018 also held Rift Rivals again, which would be discontinued for Brazil and its close regions in the following year. Rift Rivals gathered a total of six teams: two Brazilian ones, two from Latin America South, and two from Latin America North.

CBLoL was once again the winner.

Top two teams of their regions joined. Each team played all four teams of the other regions in the first round, all games being a bo1. The best region was already in the finals.

In the semifinals, second and third regions played vs. each other, up to five games if needed.

In the finals, the survivor of the semifinals played vs. the best region. Both teams from each region played the other two from the other region, bo1 format. A fifth game could be needed in case of a tie; if so, both teams in the region would decide which one would play.

Matches were played in Riot's studio, São Paulo, without a crowd, though. CBLoL faced Copa Latinoamerica Sur (CLS) and won in a 3-1 sort-of series, no fifth game required.

Picture probably by Riot Games. If not, please tag the photographer.

Let’s jump right into 2019.

Surprise, CBLoL had a new format and it’s my duty to explain it. This year, teams would play vs. each other three times total (a triple round robin), but in a bo1 format. Now, the championship also lasted for ten weeks instead of only seven.

The Escalada (King of the Hill format) no longer would exist.
Top four teams advanced to the playoffs. Seventh team would play the Promotion Series vs. the second team of Challenger Circuit (CC). First team of the CC was autopromoted and eighth team of CBLoL was autorelegated.

First split champion was INTZ, now without a single member of Exodia, the Forbidden One. You might have heard of this team if you’ve read the Silver Age thread… or if you’ve watched Worlds 2016.

This roster consisted of top Rodrigo “Tay” Panisa, Diogo “Shini” Rogê, Bruno “Envy” Farias, Guilherme “Mills” Conti, and support Ygor “RedBert” Freitas.

What a nice, chill picture. Also by Riot Games.

Total prize pool was R$160,000, R$70,000 for the winning team. Finals were played vs. Flamengo Esports in Riot’s studio, São Paulo, on patch 9.6. In a 3-2 bo5, INTZ won the series and was automatically qualified for MSI 2019.

Imagine the cheirinho memes.

Picture by Riot Games.

INTZ’s performance in MSI left a bitter taste in everyone’s mouth. With a score of one victory and five losses, they did not go through the play-in stage, being placed in the same group as Vega Squadron (Russia), DetonatioN FocusMe (Japan), and MEGA (Southeast Asia).

Already stated it in the previous thread, but INTZ is still active as an org and in CBLoL 2021.

Tay plays for LOUD. Shini is hired by INTZ, but is inactive at the moment. Envy plays for INTZ. Mills plays for INTZ Academy. RedBert plays for Flamengo Esports.

Second split had no changes in its format. Our winner this time was Flamengo Esports, finally putting their hands on the cup.

No cheirinho memes were harmed in this victory.

Their roster at the time: top Leonardo “Robo” Souza, jungler Lee “Shrimp” Byeong-hoon aka “Xurimpe”, mid Bruno “Goku” Miyaguchi, ADC Felipe “brTT” Gonçalves, and support Han “Luci” Chang-hoon.

Picture by LoLEsports/Riot Games, cropped by me. Still holds some spoilers, though.

Finals took place in Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro vs. INTZ on patch 9.16. Total prize pool was R$160,000, R$70,000 for the winner only. In another 3-2 match, this time Flamengo asserted dominance without even T-posing. Guess the cup smelled good.

Picture by Marcelo Cortes/CRF.

Flamengo was autoqualified for the Worlds 2019 play-in stage in Germany. In the same group as DAMWON Gaming and Royal Youth (TCL…), Flamengo performed quite well vs. DAMWON despite losing and took a game off of Royal’s hands.

As for the other games, no more than sad defeats.

Flamengo is still active in esports and in CBLoL 2021.
Robo currently plays for paiN Gaming. Shrimp is teamless. Goku plays for Flamengo Academy. brTT and Luci play for paiN Gaming as well, as their bot lane.

2020. What a strange year.

Our dear CBLoL logo went through some small alterations. The golden edges now look more metallic, the colors shine brighter, and you can see the new League logo on the top. Still loyal to its roots, but more powerful.

There were new casters in sight: Murilo “takeshi” Alves, the eternal runner-up, and Carlos “Nappon” Rücker, former CBLoL champion, were the additions. As for another caster, Diniz “Gruntar” Albieri climbed up from the Challenger Circuit.

Everything was fine and dandy until…

In a tragic flood, Riot Games Brazil lost a lot of its belongings and structure of the casting/playing studio. The tournament had to be put on hiatus twice that year, first due to the relocation to On e-Stadium, São Paulo, then because of the pandemic.

When the pandemic situation in Brazil became progressively more complicated, CBLoL switched to remotely playing and casting the games. That also meant no crowd for the first and second split finals.

That was so-called “the toughest CBLoL we’ve ever had”.

There were no changes as for the tournament format in comparison to 2019. Triple round robin, top four teams in playoffs, you get the idea.

Winner of the first split was the already well-known KaBuM! e-Sports.

Roster was as follows: top Lee “Parang” Sang-won, jungler Na “Wiz” Yoo-joon, mid Arthur “Tutsz” Machado, ADC Igor “DudsTheBoy” Lima Homem, and support Denilson “Ceos” Oliveira.

No casual or victory pic this time. Thanks, virus. Picture by KaBuM! e-Sports.

KaBuM! played vs. Flamengo Esports in a remote format, so no location for the finals, on patch 10.8. Total prize pool was R$160,000, with R$70,000 for the winner.

That was it. No international performance. MSI 2020 was cancelled, so there was not much anyone could do.

Meh.

As already stated before, KaBuM! e-Sports is still active as an org and in CBLoL.

Parang currently plays for Flamengo Esports. Wiz plays for Undead Gaming. Tutsz also plays for Flamengo. DudsTheBoy and Ceos are the current bot lane for LOUD.

Things got at least a bit more interesting later that year.

This time, CBLoL champion was INTZ. They have a pretty logo, so here it is again. It might be kinda tiring to see it once more, but they’re not tired of winning, I guess.

The roster: top Rodrigo “Tay” Panisa, jungler Diogo “Shini” Rogê, mid Bruno “Envy” Farias, ADC Micael “micaO” Rodrigues, and support Ygor “RedBert” Freitas.

Envy looks like he can stare into your very soul. It’s like the Brazilian Snoopeh stare.

Picture by INTZ.

Like before, the total prize pool was R$160,000, with R$70,000 for the winner, vs. paiN Gaming, probably on patch 10.16.

AND THE FINALS WERE PLAYED ON TOP OF A FUCKING BUILDING.

YOU CAN EVEN SEE PONTE ESTAIADA FROM UP THERE!!

Picture by Bruno Alvares.

I mean, how incredible is that?

Onion has gone to several Riot events (2020 had no crowd, though), but this freaking company never ceases to amaze me with infrastructure and sheer, overwhelming beauty and power.

Please, just LOOK at this shot of the cup.

LOOK AT THIS SHIT.

Picture above by Riot Games.

Now, finally, we’ve got a victory picture, following all safety protocols, wearing masks, using hand sanitizer, yadda yadda. How was even life without these things?

Picture below by Bruno Alvares.

Qualified for Worlds 2020, INTZ flew all the way to Shanghai for the play-in stage.

They finished their journey as the last of their group, losing in tiebreakers to MAD Lions, previously known as Splyce.

TCL was in the same group, but didn’t have much to do with it.