Luis "peacemaker" Tadeu is a Counter-Strike veteran and the coach for the young Brazilian upstarts, Tempo Storm. The team has come a long way and is now ranked fourteenth on HLTV, but they are going into DreamHack Masters Malmö after being looked over for FACEIT's $3.5 million Esports Champions League, one of the biggest CS:GO leagues to date.

peacemaker spoke to theScore esports about the ECS invites and the leadership dynamic within the team.

What were some of the issues surrounding the invites for Esports Championship Series?

Basically we only got invited for a qualifier of this league three days before our trip to Sweden, and this qualifier happened while we were in Sweden already, making it impossible for us to attend.

Plus, FACEIT didn’t allow us to play with high pings cause it would be unfair for the esport in general, so in their point-of-view there was no other solution than just wishing us good luck in the next season.

Cant describe how frustrated our team feels about not beeing invited to FACEIT Main League. https://t.co/zDqeL4mVtz theres post about it — Tempo Peacemaker (@TempoPeacemaker) April 9, 2016

FACEIT responded on Reddit and gave a statement, do you have a response to it?

Actually, it's great that they took their time to give the community and us an answer and we are already in touch with them to discuss about all what happened, but unfortunately there’s no solution for this season.

It's great that they apologized and all that, but we are losing one of the biggest Counter-Strike tournaments ever, which is kinda frustrating for us.

Will Tempo Storm pursue Season 2 of ECS?

Yes, we will probably attend to Season 2; it all depends if they’ll invite us next time or if we’ll need to play qualifiers.

Tempo Storm have had an explosive year so far and you guys are now ranked fourteenth on HLTV. What is your opinion on how the team has been performing?

Our team has been together with this lineup for four months only and in my opinion we are doing way better than I thought we could do. I guess our recent results and performances proves that our dedication, allied with a huge talent from all our players and under my leadership, seems to be working pretty well.

All we need is to keep competing at big tournaments and getting more and more experience and I think it's just a matter of time until we start to win tournaments.

Despite the team’s apparent strength, there have also been some spotty performances here and there, what do you believe is the source of some of these shortcomings?

Well, honestly after IEM Katowice, when we went out of the groups, I think that we kinda relaxed a little bit too much in the other qualifiers/events we participated.

Since we are a young team with young players it's quite hard to keep their focus all the time. That’s one of my biggest challenges and that’s something that we had to change before we traveled to Sweden for our boot camp.

Now things are good again and we’re 100% focused.

Henrique "HEN1" Teles and co. after Tempo Storm defeated Team EnVyUs to secure a Playoff spot at IEM Season X World Championship Katowice. It was the young squad's first main stage appearance at a premier event.

The biggest loss recently was probably not qualifying for the MLG Major, how did the team recover from that loss?

We were obviously really frustrated and sad after our loss, but in my opinion our team improved a lot after that in a lot of ways. I guess we managed to show that one week later at Katowice.

On that note, what was the team’s reaction when Luminosity Gaming won the Major?

At the beginning everyone was shocked and we couldn’t believe that it happened, but we were extremely happy since they are great friends that always helped us.

We know how hard these guys works to achieve their goals. They were close to win tournaments a lot of times but I guess they choose the right one to win, right?

You are older than a number of your teammates. How does that affect the leadership dynamic in the team? Do they look to you as a mentor because of your age and experience or does everyone consider each other as equals?

No, they don't look at me as a mentor or anything. We consider each other as equals and we always listen to each other and try to improve together.

Obviously, since I'm the oldest and with more experience I always give them another perspective in different situations, but in the end we're a team and we decide everything together.

In-game I do the calls but I'm always trying to adapt to new styles and different ways based on the skills of our players.

Luis "peacemaker" Tadeu with Tempo Storm on the main stage of IEM Season X World Championship Katowice

What about in-game calling? How much are you making the calls and strategies? How much input do the players have?

I am the in-game leader since the beginning of the team and I do most of the calls and all our strategies, but since I'm not playing it's always good to listen to the players.

During the matches and all our practices they always tell me what they think would work based on how the other team is playing. We always try to adapt. In the end it's team work and it's really important to learn and improve together.

What kind of preparations is the team making ahead of DreamHack Masters Malmö?

We were boot camping at GoodGame Arena in Linköping, Sweden for five days before this tournament and we had the opportunity to practice against the best teams in the world.

I would say that in five days our team's performance quite surprised all of us; let's see what we can do in this tournament.

Your first match up will be against Team EnVyUs, how do you feel about this? How do you feel about the rest of the group (Virtus.pro, FaZe Clan)?

Team EnVyUs are world champions; very talented players with lots of experience and team play together. We already managed to win against them in Katowice and I think that they kinda underestimated us there, but this time they'll be very prepared. In the end we are super confident and it's gonna be a hell of a match for sure.

About the rest of the group, we are talking about two great teams: Virtus.pro did amazing at the Major and seems to be back on their best form and FaZe just changed their lineup and you never know what to expect.

Like I always say, if we do mistakes against these guys they'll punish us; we need to be 100 percent focused and prepared for every match.

Nathan "NBK" Schmitt of Team EnVyUs during IEM Season X World Championship Katowice. They are Tempo Storm's first opponent during the DreamHack Masters Malmö Group Stage

What are your expectations overall at the event? Are there any teams you’re keeping an eye out for?

Our expectations for this event is to get out of the Group Stages, hopefully with two victories and see what's gonna happen in the future. But when it comes to Sweden and based on our practices, you have to keep an eye on NiP cause they're coming hungry and stronger than ever for this tournament.

Beyond the tournament, what are your and Tempo Storm’s plans for the future? Any final thoughts?

Well, after Malmö we're going back to California and we'll play ESEA Finals at May 15. After that we don't have any other big events to participate. So we'll just keep practicing and playing as many tournaments as we can and getting ready for the next Major qualifiers, because we are hungry for that.

This article has been edited and condensed for clarity.

RELATED: Everything you need to know about DreamHack Masters Malmö