Gambit pull out of Cologne qualifiers

16-5-2017 22:54

Gambit are forced to skip the closed qualifier for ESL One Cologne, Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko has announced.

On social media, the Ukrainian veteran cited "scheduling errors" as the reason for his team to skip the qualifier, to which they had been invited. Danylo "⁠Zeus⁠" Teslenko's posts on Twitter and Facebook announcing the decision have since been deleted.

ESL's decision not to invite Gambit, who are currently ranked 9th in the world, was met with surprise by many, with Zeus reminding that his team have not attended an ESL event since the 2016 Cologne Major.

Zeus blames scheduling issues for his team's withdrawal from the qualifier

The closed qualifier for ESL One Cologne will run from May 21-22, with 12 teams fighting for two spots in the $250,000 competition.

ESL has not yet stated what will happen with Gambit's spot. As one of the higher seeds, the Kazakhstani team would be able to skip the first round and go straight into the quarter-finals.

We really wanted to go but there were certain circumstances under which we weren't able to plan our schedule so that we could play
— Daniil Teslenko (@ZeusCS_GO) May 16, 2017

rip

2017-05-16 22:54

3 replies

It's a shame

2017-05-16 22:55

hes mad that hes not invited, bm

1 reply

Yes, but he should

2017-05-16 23:47

rip gambit

LOL

Rip

Sad

thats just sad

Good news for the new Mousesports girls team

wow

2017-05-16 22:56

ok right now ez for SS

wtf? wesa rigged

ragequit

2017-05-16 22:57

2017-05-16 22:58

ez path 4 godsent then

Next time,next time...

Zeus transferring back to Na'Vi first day of the tournament

2017-05-16 23:01

probably forfeited to make a point tbh

2017-05-16 23:11

rip in pepperonis

2017-05-16 23:20

WESA ruining the scene LUL

2017-05-16 23:24

Glad they pulled out, else they'd impregnate Cologne Qualifiers

2017-05-16 23:25

"The offline qualifier for ESL One Cologne will run from May 21-22, with 12 teams fighting for two spots in the $250,000 competition." Is it online or offline now?

2017-05-16 23:29

2 replies

online* apologies

2017-05-16 23:46

npnp

why did he delete the tweets?

2017-05-16 23:31

Probably someone in the organisation told him to?

2017-05-17 18:52

So sad

2017-05-17 00:03

they were not invited for the tournament cause only Pro League teams are invited to ESL main events (R.I.P VP invites)

2017-05-17 00:05

Smooya not in this?

2017-05-17 00:09

Expected

2017-05-17 00:11

so the team got invited to dreamhack open summer had to qualifier for ESL ? these two events had same date LOL

2017-05-17 00:38

No gambit girl then :(? Wont be the same!

2017-05-17 00:44

good decision zeus...they are ignoring u, just u ignor them aswell

2017-05-17 00:57

2017-05-17 01:47

That's a really nice way to say a big fuck you to ESL.

2017-05-17 04:09

gyazo.com/5a69cac1eec59a3fc95698111aa096..

2017-05-17 04:11

WESA conspiracy

2017-05-17 04:53

industry leader strikes again

2017-05-17 06:11

No Gambit, no watch. ESL decided to invite shitters like ShitpTiC gaming, Cry9 and NiP instead of this hard working top 10 team.

2017-05-17 06:36

respect

2017-05-17 08:44

Adren last played on 1st of may Maybe thats the reason?

2017-05-17 09:16

Instead of going for the qualifiers for ESL One, what other tournaments are there for Gambit which would cause a scheduling error?

2017-05-17 09:48

I'm glad that Gambit pulled out, Fuck this ESL who invited NiP, C9, OpTic Na'Vi instead of Kazakhstani team.

2017-05-17 10:12

Ukrainian veteran? VETERAN?

2017-05-17 10:13

5 replies

Veteran, Legend, Professional player, In-Game Leader, Captain, one of the best ever.

2017-05-17 11:04

4 replies

Legend, Professional player, In-Game Leader, Captain, one of the best ever. OK, but not "veteran"

2017-05-17 11:17

veteran of gaming for sure. this is Cybersport's CSGO website. hello?

2017-05-17 11:23

I just thought this designation for people in retirement, but I was wrong and put our "hello?" in your ass pls

2017-05-17 12:09

1) "our" ? Are you from CIS? 2) Why so rude?

2017-05-17 16:37

gambit vs astralis on PGL major finals cuz every1 will spend their energy on cologne EZ

2017-05-17 12:54

wtf Gambit RIP

2017-05-17 16:38

actually why is gambit not playing esl pro leauge? or ECS, in general i see them at so few tournaments and they are top 10 team, whats with that?

2017-05-17 16:54

they are in the 2nd division of ESL (called ESEA Premier) and they didn't get access to the Pro League (GODSENT qualified already and PENTA/BIG are in the relegation against VP/Hellraisers) they also didn't get access to ECS S3 Promotion (North and fucking Space Soldiers got through and will be playing against the last two teams in ECS S3) to sum it up, Gambit is shit online

2017-05-17 18:38

okay thanks for filling me in I just started watching csgo and like it mostly i just dont get this 'shit online' teams i mean i get that its different on the stage, but i loose respect for teams who dont compete well online as well. its like they dont have enough motivation or something, that does not imply to most of the other sports and is a little bit disappointing.

2017-05-17 20:33