Coldzera explains why he's been benched at MIBR ahead of BLAST Pro Series LA, IEM Chicago

On July 12, MIBR announced that coldzera had been moved out of the starting lineup and into the inactive players list, replaced by coach Wilton 'zews' Prado.

The roster change will go into effect for the next two events - BLAST Pro Series Los Angeles and IEM Chicago, both of which coldzera was set to attend prior to the switch.

This news has casted a degree of uncertainty around MIBR's lineup situation, since they technically are not allowed to make any changes due to the roster lock that went into effect on June 25, barring an event of emergency.

 MIBR are scheduled to face off against Renegades, FaZe Clan, NRG, Team Liquid, and Cloud9 at BLAST Pro Series LA. 

MIBR STARTING LINEUP FOR BLAST PRO SERIES LA AND IEM CHICAGO

• Gabriel "FalleN" Toledo

• Fernando"fer" Alvarenga

• Epitacio"TACO" de Melo

• Lucas"LUCAS1" Teles (loan from LG)

• Wilton"zews" Prado (stand-in)

Why is coldzera leaving MIBR?

Roster uncertainty aside, there had been a lot of confusion in the days leading up to coldzera's eventual benching. 

While most believed that he himself had asked to be moved to the bench, the Brazilian refuted those claims on Instagram, instead saying that it was his teammates who had not wanted him featured at the upcoming competitions because of desire to part ways with the team.

He later reiterated his claims in a long Twitter post he put out on July 12, stating that he wanted to feature for the team in the next two events.

"I made it clear that I would play these championships with MIBR, because of the magnitude of the championships," he wrote. "However, as I will not train with them anymore because of the new player, the decision of the team was to play with zews. I made it clear that I would play this championship without any problem, but the decision is of the team."

However, in the post, he also made it clear that his decision to leave MIBR was completely his own, citing discontent with how the team was functioning.

"The decision to leave the team was 100% mine," he wrote. "During the meeting, I was asked who wanted to stay and who wanted to leave, and I said that I wanted to leave because I was not happy with how we are dealing with the problems, how we had been playing in the last seven months, and because I felt that the team did not know how to use me and listen to me more inside the game."