American Goons, a promising Dota 2 crew from North America, made it to division two of Dota Professional Circuit on Could 25 after battling by the Open Qualifiers. Nevertheless, these division two goals have been reduce quick as PGL, the DPC organizer, disqualified the Goons roster, citing suspected involvement in bets and match-fixing.
Goons have been instantly faraway from the second division and changed by one other NA Dota roster, GateKept, who had completed third within the closed qualifiers.
Goons members didn’t make any official feedback concerning PGL’s choices. Nonetheless, rumors surrounding the scenario instantly began to floor on Reddit.
Goons have been disqualified from the second division on account of a “jokey” screenshot that includes a message from Jose “esK” Coronel, according to NA Dota followers. Within the screenshot in query, Kobey “Serviette” Eimers supposedly asks esK whether or not Goons threw video games within the higher bracket of the qualifiers, to which esK replied with “ye.”
This screenshot was allegedly despatched to PGL organizers by Serviette, and the organizer determined to take away Goons, stating “they actually admitted to it.”
Regardless of an official clarification, notable figures inside the NA Dota 2 group, like TI-winner Peter “ppd” Dager and Samuel “Sammyboy” Anderson, got here to Goons’ protection.
Each ppd and Sammyboy expressed their disbelief, calling the choice “uninformed.” Ppd even shared the screenshot in query that was PGL’s “foremost proof” towards Goons.
PGL admin Aneko Merkki appears to be within the heart of this scandal, according to another community comment. In late April, Merkko was criticized by two-time TI winner Sébastien “Ceb” Debs, after the organizer disqualified Previous G from their tiebreaker match because it was happening concurrently the Berlin Main.
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On the time of writing, PGL hasn’t made a second remark concerning the matter, however with the group stress build up, the organizer would possibly launch a follow-up assertion within the coming days.
Dot Esports has contacted PGL and Goons for official responses.
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