ZPG move up to ESL Pro League

25-5-2016 00:15

Ze Pug Godz have secured promotion to the ESL Pro League Season 4 due to issues with KKona's roster.

After finishing runners-up to Tempo Storm at the ESEA Premier Finals, Ze Pug Godz were due to face KKona, the bottom table finisher from the ESL Pro League, in a relegation match, with the winner securing a spot in the big-money tournament.

However, ESEA has now revealed that "due to some roster instability issues", KKona is unable to field a team to play the relegation match, with Ze Pug Godz automatically moving up to the Pro League.


ZPG secure Pro League spot

After the announcement, KKona member Ellis "⁠els⁠" Clay came out and claimed on Twitter that the team's problems were triggered by Daniel "⁠vice⁠" Kim and Steven "⁠rooRoooo⁠" Herrell leaving the roster to play for Ze Pug Godz in the Pro League next season.

Before this, however, KKona had also lost Kyle "⁠OCEAN⁠" O'Brien, who is now playing for Kaliber, and David "⁠inVert⁠" Monroe.

On ESEA's website, ZPG member Josh "⁠shinobi⁠" Abastado stressed that the team "had direct contact" with league officials from the beginning to ensure that no rules were being broken at any moment.

ZPG's roster consists of:

United States Josh "⁠shinobi⁠" Abastado
Canada Jimmy "⁠Marved⁠" Nguyen
United States Christopher "⁠cJ dA K1nG⁠" Jones
United States Daniel "⁠vice⁠" Kim
United States Steven "⁠rooRoooo⁠" Herrell 

United States Josh 'shinobi' Abastado
Josh 'shinobi' Abastado
Age:
21
Team:
Complexity
Rating 1.0:
0.84
Maps played:
73
KPR:
0.62
DPR:
0.76
United States David 'inVert' Monroe
David 'inVert' Monroe
Age:
26
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.96
Maps played:
142
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.72
United States Christopher 'cJ dA K1nG' Jones
Christopher 'cJ dA K1nG' Jones
Age:
18
Team:
Ze Pug Godz
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
25
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.73
Canada Jimmy 'Marved' Nguyen
Jimmy 'Marved' Nguyen
Age:
16
Team:
Ze Pug Godz
Rating 1.0:
1.00
Maps played:
24
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.71
Canada Kyle 'OCEAN' O'Brien
Kyle 'OCEAN' O'Brien
Age:
29
Team:
Kaliber
Rating 1.0:
0.74
Maps played:
173
KPR:
0.51
DPR:
0.73
United States Steven 'rooRoooo' Herrell
Steven 'rooRoooo' Herrell
Age:
25
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
126
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.74
United States Daniel 'vice' Kim
Daniel 'vice' Kim
Age:
20
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.92
Maps played:
58
KPR:
0.64
DPR:
0.69
Canada Ellis 'els' Clay
Ellis 'els' Clay
Age:
28
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.87
Maps played:
164
KPR:
0.63
DPR:
0.75
#1
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Croatia Rapt0rJESUSS
NA SCENE KAPPA XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
2016-05-25 00:14
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17 replies
#21
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Turkey Mustafa-
ZPG do it for NA
2016-05-25 00:15
0
13 replies
#23
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Croatia Rapt0rJESUSS
Even god can't help them lmaooo
2016-05-25 00:15
0
12 replies
#42
Luxembourg GradeAOverA
well your country got the best scene EU right?
2016-05-25 00:24
0
11 replies
#79
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Croatia galich
and niko is carrying german cs.. Bosnia>Germany
2016-05-25 06:44
0
5 replies
#86
Belgium LinkeDeSports
and dutch chrisj :)
2016-05-25 09:11
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#94
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Germany rektardo
and still better than croatia?
2016-05-25 15:36
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#98
Luxembourg GradeAOverA
WOW... Bosnia got one good player lmao
2016-05-25 17:01
0
2 replies
#101
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Croatia Rapt0rJESUSS
and you got 0 good players really
2016-05-25 21:40
0
1 reply
#102
Luxembourg GradeAOverA
well that's why your country had teams on majors right?
2016-05-25 22:58
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#83
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DeM | 
Italy Brian_Furious
Rekt
2016-05-25 08:43
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#90
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Croatia Rapt0rJESUSS
lmao can't do shit without niko
2016-05-25 11:01
0
3 replies
#97
Luxembourg GradeAOverA
so?
2016-05-25 17:00
0
2 replies
#104
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Croatia Rapt0rJESUSS
just saying dont think ur scene is any good,mousesports without niko is nothing,be honest
2016-05-25 23:22
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1 reply
#105
Luxembourg GradeAOverA
your scene is bs bro
2016-05-26 09:49
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#65
Sweden TheDankMemeMeister
XDDD
2016-05-25 01:09
0
2 replies
#91
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Palestine avgHLTVUserIQ35
RIP KKona, NA hope RIP OCEAN
2016-05-25 11:57
0
1 reply
#103
Luxembourg GradeAOverA
greek scnene best scene Kappa
2016-05-25 22:58
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#3
Netherlands LekkerZera
4
2016-05-25 00:14
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#4
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Finland Eepzie
juj
2016-05-25 00:14
0
#5
Laz | 
Bangladesh KooKlucksKappa
rip
2016-05-25 00:14
0
#6
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Poland MatiPasio
who?
2016-05-25 00:14
0
2 replies
#75
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United States joke_cs
cares about you kid LOL NO ONE
2016-05-25 02:38
0
1 reply
#93
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Sweden im_better_than_olof
U r real joke
2016-05-25 14:23
0
#7
Turkey MusluklaRLeNMq
wait who?
2016-05-25 00:14
0
6 replies
#34
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NAF | 
Canada bongsmoker1337
Professional Canadian electronic sports organization, ZE PUG GODZ from the northern country of Canada.
2016-05-25 00:18
0
2 replies
#38
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Germany xlex
But is it ez for them?
2016-05-25 00:19
0
1 reply
#54
Italy cubiq
EZ FOR ZE PUG GODS
2016-05-25 00:35
0
#44
Luxembourg GradeAOverA
they are better than any brazilian team for sure
2016-05-25 00:26
0
2 replies
#60
Turkey MusluklaRLeNMq
LUL
2016-05-25 00:56
0
1 reply
#73
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kennyS | 
United States re-avenger
go back to twitch chat
2016-05-25 01:44
0
#9
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Switzerland bufu
ROFL
2016-05-25 00:14
0
#10
United States mishaz
k
2016-05-25 00:14
0
#11
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Germany kenanBiceps
n1
2016-05-25 00:14
0
#12
United Arab Emirates JorgeBush
xd
2016-05-25 00:14
0
#13
United States sEx6TenZ
inb4 ZPG goes 0-26
2016-05-25 00:15
0
1 reply
#82
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Switzerland bufu
Expected
2016-05-25 07:49
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#14
Bulgaria kristyan99
1
2016-05-25 00:14
0
1 reply
#80
pronax | 
Russia exeFalleN
Just 6 points for every team
2016-05-25 07:09
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#15
PeeP | 
United States Den422
y tho?
2016-05-25 00:14
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#16
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YEKINDAR | 
Bulgaria AlexDR19
who cares LUL
2016-05-25 00:14
0
#17
Switzerland GoTMedicine
wtf
2016-05-25 00:15
0
#18
Brazil SmartBrazilian
Congrats!
2016-05-25 00:16
0
#19
Brazil BuddyINSANE
good luck to them!
2016-05-25 00:15
0
#20
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NiKo | 
Poland Jaruzel
what a dumb name, gz
2016-05-25 00:15
0
#22
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New Zealand Steeze_NZ
Yet one of ZPG's team members just left due to some shady shit going on. Matchfixing?
2016-05-25 00:15
0
10 replies
#32
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Canada JermainWilliamson
The team consists of two KKona players (Vice+Rooroo) the KKona manager (Dayv1d), two ZPG players (Marved+CJ), and Shinobi. FGB probably trying to insinuate that there was some collusion in place, even though Ocean and inVert jumped ship.
2016-05-25 00:17
0
8 replies
#37
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New Zealand Steeze_NZ
This is NA... and ESL. The Shady Country and Shady League. More than possible considering that incident with an ESL board member and FaZe.
2016-05-25 00:19
0
5 replies
#40
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Canada JermainWilliamson
I don't think it's that shady. Rooroo was acting in his best interest, and it sounds like they were in contact with SCREAM the entire time. The real test is whether they cut Rooroo + Dayv1d X games into the season. Then, ooo.
2016-05-25 00:24
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#51
Canada yia
there are far more shady leagues than ESL, esp regarding lower tier teams like ZPG
2016-05-25 00:30
0
1 reply
#76
Reunion SHaaMAN
Yeah, FGB was just salty he got kicked. Just let him be a sourpuss.
2016-05-25 03:21
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#57
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United States pyrocentury
North America is a country.
2016-05-25 00:40
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1 reply
#63
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United States imagineth
how do you expect him to know that if he's never been here? don't be rude.
2016-05-25 01:00
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#41
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NAF | 
Canada bongsmoker1337
FGB lmao
2016-05-25 00:24
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1 reply
#46
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Canada JermainWilliamson
Yeah, for some reason when he was tweeting... WWWWWWW ITWWWWWWWLOOKED WWWWWWWWWWW LIKEWWWWWTHISWWWWWWWW. KappaRoss
2016-05-25 00:28
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#35
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France ketokilvo
Or paying esl/kkona to get into pro league
2016-05-25 00:18
0
#24
ScreaM | 
Dominican Republic Litox06
LUL
2016-05-25 00:15
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#25
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United States RiceNoddles
Feels good to know who'll get relegated next season before the season even starts
2016-05-25 00:15
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1 reply
#29
ScreaM | 
Dominican Republic Litox06
NA CS, anything can happen, wouldn't be surprised if C9 got relegated 4Head
2016-05-25 00:16
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#26
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Canada JermainWilliamson
There ain't no drama like NA drama. Sucks for els :(
2016-05-25 00:15
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#27
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United States puzzIe
LUL
2016-05-25 00:16
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#28
Faceit Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
United States tolkienfanatic - HLTV.org
KKona's former manager is also now managing ZpG.
2016-05-25 00:16
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1 reply
#71
Trashhero | 
Belgium sn0uby
Isn't he involved in shaddy business with agg too? As well as rgn throw league? :)
2016-05-25 01:29
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#30
TheEntireNationOfKenya | 
United Arab Emirates CA1MAN
NA cs nothing else to say
2016-05-25 00:16
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7 replies
#43
Luxembourg GradeAOverA
yes Russian Cs is so much better Kappa
2016-05-25 00:25
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6 replies
#45
TheEntireNationOfKenya | 
United Arab Emirates CA1MAN
Und deutsches ist perfekt keppo Seriously in my opinion it is since pretty much there just are gambit na'vi an F.3 nothing to remember less fucked up rosterchanges :D
2016-05-25 00:27
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5 replies
#47
Luxembourg GradeAOverA
neither the US, Russia or Germany have Top Teams atm
2016-05-25 00:29
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4 replies
#49
TheEntireNationOfKenya | 
United Arab Emirates CA1MAN
US: Liquid CLG (C9) Germany: mouz Russia: Gambit (na'vi , f3)
2016-05-25 00:30
0
3 replies
#58
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United States m0tive
Fair enough tbh
2016-05-25 00:44
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#95
Luxembourg GradeAOverA
well i would not really define either of those as TOP teams but i see the point you are trying to make
2016-05-25 16:58
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1 reply
#96
TheEntireNationOfKenya | 
United Arab Emirates CA1MAN
W8. Are you trying to imply that the SECOND BEST team on the world is not a top team? Wtf
2016-05-25 16:59
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#31
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Venezuela GirlWithAHalfChub420
EZ ESL PRO LEAGUE WINS
2016-05-25 00:17
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#33
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emokie | 
United States nguyen_CS
RIP FGB
2016-05-25 00:18
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#36
Russia KPACTEP
shinobi is so fucking bad
2016-05-25 00:18
0
#39
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El Salvador spence120
ez for my boy roorooo
2016-05-25 00:20
0
#48
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Poland Unknown93
BELAL MY FREND GL KAPPA
2016-05-25 00:30
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#50
Faceit plus user Faceit level 10 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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United Kingdom Wessywes
Now theres a team worse than complexity.
2016-05-25 00:30
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#52
Canada CanSavage
Recycled average players. Theyll get wrecked in pro league.
2016-05-25 00:32
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#53
Moldova GormanDaWalrus
EZ for ZPG 0-16
2016-05-25 00:35
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#56
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United Kingdom Alth
NA Pro League.
2016-05-25 00:35
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#59
Reunion R8_Revolver_Pepe_Frogger
gonna win one game maybe if lucky, who care
2016-05-25 00:52
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#61
apEX | 
Brazil nove
sad for FGB :(
2016-05-25 00:56
0
#62
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Russia OREL_1337
who
2016-05-25 00:59
0
#64
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Greenland LilPeep
Just after ZGB leaving ZPG because of "shady shit" ...kek twitter.com/FGBcsgo/status/7348691213226..
2016-05-25 01:07
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1 reply
#78
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North America deadaccountduetosecuritybreach
shouldnt have been a surprise to him. a couple players on that team have always been shady.
2016-05-25 06:10
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#72
Greenland tomato
For every map this team wins in pro I'll eat a chunk if duck shit
2016-05-25 01:33
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#74
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Canada Lizzie
so sneaky, "Hey come play for us and you will for sure get into the pro league and wont need to play a regulation match :D :D"
2016-05-25 02:29
0
#77
United States Essent1al_MI
EZ 4 Z PUG GODZ LOST CANADIAN ESPORTS ORGANIZATION, EH?
2016-05-25 05:52
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#81
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Other zoeymargera87
who?
2016-05-25 07:18
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#84
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Macau skillig
roorooo ayy lmao
2016-05-25 08:57
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#85
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Liechtenstein Swagyolo321
NA CS going HUUUUUUUUUUGE.. what a joke this region is, its insane xD
2016-05-25 09:09
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#87
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GuardiaN | 
Sweden kvNr
skdc finally disbanded.
2016-05-25 10:30
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#88
mohamed | 
Georgia bacchus
FOLLOW THE DAMN TRAIN CJ
2016-05-25 10:32
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#92
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Russia RacerJuiced_
Ez for CJ
2016-05-25 13:39
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#99
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allu | 
North America hesh
I'm excited to watch cJ-dA-nolife get absolutely demolished in pro league
2016-05-25 19:55
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#100
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United States prodigyyy
jesus christ...
2016-05-25 21:20
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