4 gamers left Outdated G to hitch PuckChamp, which has led to speculations that Outdated G have rebranded themselves to retain their DPC Division II standing
Vladimir “No[o]ne” Minenko, Topias “Topson” Taavitsainen, Sébastien “Ceb” Debs, and Kartik “Kitrak” Rathi have left Outdated G to signal for PuckChamp. At first look, this appears nothing out of the odd. Outdated G had been kicked out of the Dota Professional Circuit (DPC) Western Europe (WEU) 2023 Tour 3: Division II as they did not area a full group in a tie-breaker match towards PuckChamp. The latter stored maintain of their Division II standing with out having to play the sport as Outdated G have forfeited. That mentioned, the mass exodus of Outdated G gamers to hitch PuckChamp have raised eyebrows within the Dota 2 neighborhood.
Evidently Outdated.G purchased PuckChamp’s slot. Ceb is coming again to DPC by outsmarting (outpaying) PGL.
Ex-PuckChamp cut up up. Lorenof + swedenstrong joined Daxak’s new group (+MiLAN + OwnedMe). pic.twitter.com/fytK8fmYPp
— Arseny Kuzminsky (@_koozya) May 9, 2023
As of writing, Roman “Resolut1on” Fomynok is the one participant presently registered underneath Outdated G, whereas Adam “Aramis” Moroz has joined the opposite 4 gamers who’re presumed to be the defectors from Outdated G. Throughout the Dota 2 neighborhood, there’s a prevailing concept that the arrival of Aramis signifies a strategic transfer by the Outdated G hierarchy to interchange Resolut1on on the roster.
Credit score: Valve
After being slapped with disqualification from the Summer time Tour 2023 Closed Qualifiers for alleged breaches of the code of conduct, as disclosed by PGL, the group has been pressured to make some daring strikes. The saga started when Outdated G had been pressured to forfeit their match towards PuckChamp as a result of two of their gamers had been taking part in as stand-ins on the Berlin Main. PGL refused to permit Outdated G two stand-ins for the match, because it goes towards their guidelines, and expelled them from Division II. In response, Outdated G’s Ceb took to Twitter to launch a scathing assault on PGL and it made the matter worse for the Division II exiles.
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PGL goes laborious on Outdated.G after Ceb’s critique.Now no Closed Quals for them.
Actually, Ceb was fairly poisonous when addressed them the opposite day. I suppose karma 🫤 pic.twitter.com/LfkrWV5iXx
— Arseny Kuzminsky (@_koozya) May 8, 2023
This flip of occasions caught the eye of famend Dota 2 streamer Max “qojqva” Bröcker, who could not assist however categorical his ideas on the matter. Qojqva cheekily talked about that PGL, the event organizers, should be feeling a bit annoyed with the state of affairs. In any case, Outdated G’s roster would nonetheless be competing in Division II, even after their disqualification from the closed qualifiers.
“They really purchased the slot from PuckChamp? Oh my god. PGL should be fuming proper now. That is fairly humorous. So Ceb simply threw cash at it and the issue went away?”
Janne “Gorgc” Stefanovski additionally chimed in together with his response to the state of affairs.
“Outdated G purchased PuckChamp Slot? Is that what occurred? Is PuckChamp in Div II? Oh yeah, No[o]ne, Topson, No place 3, Aramis, look forward to Aramis, was he in a group earlier than? This man is a brand new man. So Ceb I suppose is gonna be the final one proper? So they simply purchased the slot? However why would they? Perhaps they did not really feel like taking part in the qualifiers. I ponder how a lot they paid for it. Will need to have been at the least $10k. That’s kinda unhappy for them as a result of they had been nearly to play an elimination match towards them and so they could not area the roster after which they’ve to purchase their slot. That is a tough one.”
