Team EndPoint, the UK organisation recently unfairly relegated from the ESEA CSGO Premier division, have been added back into the league.
EndPoint were relegated to the ESEA Main earlier this month after initially being told that the bottom two, four or six teams would be relegated. With EndPoint outside the drop zone, ESEA apparently decided to instead relegate the bottom eight teams at the last minute – including EndPoint.
On top of this, there were claims that other teams had broken rules around defaulting matches, but they had not been relegated or disqualified due to what some described as team favouritism from ESEA.
EndPoint players naturally reacted loudly to the news, as did others in the CSGO scene; Richard Lewis even did one of his analysis videos criticizing ESEA.
“We are extremely pleased to announce that we have recieved a formal re-invitation to the ESEA Premier Division, which we gladly accepted. We are eager to put the drama of last week behind us and are ready to perform!”
Now, however, EndPoint have been placed back into the Premier division.
They’ve replaced another team – Orgless Kings – who have been removed after two players were banned: Worsty and Mopoz.
Ben Smith, player for Orgless Kings, tweeted yesterday about the team being relegated, and how he’s fighting for them to be reinstated into the Premier:
Lmao we have been owned so hard. Worsty has well and truly fucked us good. #ESEA Open. Pish banned for a month. Mopoz banned for sharing
— Ben Smith (@r0mCSGO) January 27, 2017
Kick a player for not being good enough and holding the team back, and gets you fucked outta esea premier #karma can be ruthless Fair Play
— Ben Smith (@r0mCSGO) January 27, 2017
UPDATE Pishila unbanned, Worsty banned. Still a good result for the lad. He just won 9-1 instead of 10-0
— Ben Smith (@r0mCSGO) January 27, 2017
UPDATE. Just realised not only has he fucked us, he’s fucked the old lineup out of their ESEA winnings. Ouch.
— Ben Smith (@r0mCSGO) January 27, 2017
So mopoz apparently didnt play for 2 teams… his teammate used his PC at their gaming house? But i guess he’d say that regardless right.
— Ben Smith (@r0mCSGO) January 28, 2017
Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance. The 5 stages. I’m not depressed yet and I created a support ticket. I’m at bargaining!?
— Ben Smith (@r0mCSGO) January 28, 2017
EndPoint said in a statement on their website: “We are extremely pleased to announce that we have recieved a formal re-invitation to the ESEA Premier Division, which we gladly accepted.
“We are eager to put the drama of last week behind us and are ready to perform! We are back!”
Image source: Multiplay Flickr
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
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