Immortals withdraw from ESL Pro League

1-12-2017 21:16

Immortals have decided to pull out of the ESL Pro League with immediate effect, the tournament organisers have revealed.

In a statement, Immortals CEO Noah Whinston cites "roster instability due to factors outside of the organization's control" as the reason for the team to quit the league.

The Brazilian team had already been granted an emergency transfer following the internal problems that resulted in Vito "⁠kNgV-⁠" Giuseppe being released from his contract, and Lucas "⁠LUCAS1⁠" Teles and Henrique "⁠HEN1⁠" Teles stepping down from the roster.

steel was the latest player to exit the Immortals roster

With the additions of Caio "⁠zqkS⁠" Fonseca, Lucas "⁠destiny⁠" Bullo and Bruno "⁠shz⁠" Martinelli, Immortals finished out the ESL Pro League season in 12th place, with a 9-17 record - meaning they had to play in the relegation stage to keep their spot in the competition.

Lucas "⁠steel⁠" Lopes's departure to Liquid then left Immortals with a four-man roster, and, to make matters worse, it is reported that zqkS and destiny are unable to enter the United States at the moment due to visa problems.

In a video posted on Twitter, the Immortals CEO confirmed that some of the players on the roster "are undergoing visa issues", while admitting that others are still "new to the game" and not as experienced as steel or Ricardo "⁠boltz⁠" Prass.

The North American organisation will take the next months to evaluate its position in the Counter-Strike scene and all the opportunities that arise to make a "reasoned, patient and calculated" decision about the path to take, Mr. Whinston added.

"I promise that we will be exiting the other side of this Boston Major swing with some concrete plans about how we can get Immortals Counter-Strike back on top," he stated.

Immortals' spot in the Pro League relegation stage has been offered to Ghost, who finished last in the league and were thus set to play in Premier. The North American team's participation is now pending confirmation from the team and a review of their eligibility by ESL.

Immortals CEO, @nwhinston, talks next steps for our #IMTCSGO roster and how we plan to move forward into 2018. pic.twitter.com/yKeO4JWDE7
— Immortals (@Immortals) December 1, 2017

Ahahah rekt

2017-12-01 21:16

24 replies

HONOR

2017-12-01 21:17

23 replies

Honor haha are u idiot?thr fucking trio fucked up the org and they have nothing to do about.

2017-12-01 21:28

22 replies

ye fucked up by bringing this org from shithole to tier1 level

2017-12-01 21:30

20 replies

tier 1 LMAOOO, they reach major gf with a lucky bracket, they never won nothing relevant, and are a big trouble for orgs, DRUNKERS!

2017-12-01 21:44

19 replies

Drunkers biatch

2017-12-01 22:05

9 replies

IMT is irrelevant not worth even using a $5 keyboard to type about it

2017-12-02 02:31

8 replies

but you did

2017-12-02 02:41

1 reply

Hahahaha

2017-12-02 04:22

Actually Germany cs is more irrelevant I mean best and only team big?feelsbadman

2017-12-03 14:46

5 replies

mad favela LUL

2017-12-03 21:16

4 replies

poor fellow. only have to cheer for legija and his shitty crew. haha I sorry for u

2017-12-04 06:49

3 replies

legija is serbian and Im from NA LUL

2017-12-05 00:47

2 replies

> fan of big > legija worst suppot ever (who play in big >german cs

2017-12-05 00:51

damn mans is mad in this shit LUL

2017-12-06 01:47

"they reach major gf" "they never won nothing relevant" gj you refuted yourself 4Head

2017-12-01 22:42

You are retard or what? They won the major??

2017-12-02 00:11

7 replies

they won a lot of tournaments and reached a major gf while drunk, you don't have arguments, starts insulting cuz you need attention lmao

2017-12-02 00:44

6 replies

haha "they won a lot of tournaments" Delusional fanboy,

2017-12-02 02:20

you could check before insulting mad hater, stating facts = fanboy flawless logic

2017-12-02 03:52

First off they didn't "win a lot of tournaments". Secondly they got mad luck in their run through the groups and playoffs. Third they're all a bunch of drunk assholes who aren't worth the oxygen they waste

2017-12-02 09:15

yes "luck" very "luck" more "luck" than sk the 3 drunk "luck" guys reaching a gf while drunk very "luck" indeed another murica hater what a surprise

2017-12-02 09:53

Learn some basic English, and then reply.

nice arguments another excuse inc? or just mad? i'm not talking about their personality i'm tlaking about their achievements if you don't like then it's ok kNg is a fucking asshole but he's a good player and the "drunk" party has never been confirmed if they were really drunk or not, you don't need to come up with excuses to hide the fact you hate them lmao

2017-12-02 10:05

Disband >>>> honor >>>> all

2017-12-01 21:31

bye

If any IMT Orgman is reading this: You should invest in the new Fox and Maikelele team, they will be good.

2017-12-01 21:29

yeah right, that's what people thought about the dignitas roster when it was formed, but it didn't turn out very well, did it?

2017-12-01 21:34

They were solid Tier 2, I don't see the problem.

2017-12-01 22:45

Solid t3-4. I don't know what your criteria is for t2 but they deffo weren't t2.

2017-12-02 00:14

His criteria is na scene imao

2017-12-02 01:20

2017-12-01 21:35

Unexpected

Expected

Rip

W0w

Still have honor and this is all

firts

rip immortals

who cares lol

good job, ez now add SK

wat

i thought they can add SK now

2017-12-01 21:18

That's ECS bruh. Anyway, IMT is withdrawing of the League, not the playoffs, as they didn't qualify for them.

2017-12-01 21:19

2017-12-01 21:20

Always pull out guys!

13 replies

LMAO

Can i get that bold name?

2017-12-01 21:21

I don't think my choice of nick was that bold, but I like it and you can't have it. Sorry mate.

2017-12-01 21:45

Why cant i have it?

2017-12-01 21:51

Staff only.

2017-12-01 21:54

Cant it be staff+me?

What did you mean by that?

2017-12-01 21:26

When you grow up you will understand mate.

he's 25 lol...

2017-12-01 22:13

First CLG releases their CS:GO team, now Immortals withdraws, so the pro scene is not as strong as before.

2017-12-02 05:02

Actually, I think I know. But oh well, everyone has its ups and downs.

2017-12-02 04:10

Pull out what? D.ck?

LUL

2017-12-01 21:50

RIP

honor

rofl

angry Brazilians inbound

does GX automatically go to pro league now??

Nop, GX was 3rd. Probrably SOAR goes

no because the loser of Soar/Rise goes to relegation. so instead of 4 teams in relegation they will have 3. Unless ESL makes changes.

2017-12-01 21:23

No Gx is in relegation.. there are 4 teams in relegation, Immortals were one of them.. Gx needs to place first or second in relegation. But if there are only 3 teams in relegation. GX just needs to win 1 game. instead of 2

2017-12-01 21:22

expected

Noah made so much money with boltz, steel and the unprofessional players fnx, HEN1 and LUCAS1. He truly won against the brazillian community.

ex-CLG to Immortals incoming

+1 actually this might be a smart move that not many people have thought of, n1

2017-12-01 21:32

But he said he want to go to the top of CS scene. No ex-CLG players then.

2017-12-01 23:20

well ex-CLG is the best available, and probably on free transfer

2017-12-02 04:08

So this means there are going to be 3 teams in ESL relegation?

IMT's spot has been offered to Ghost

2017-12-01 22:09

Rise Nation needs to be in EPL this season

2017-12-01 23:10

Honor

honor > all LUL

whatever.... irrelevant

Immortals has dug themselves a endless hole.

Awesome job Noah!aws

ez4fns

BR players' parents shouldve pulled out tbqh

ESL should make the NA EPL 12 teams (preferably 10) with the additional condition that 6 teams must always be majority North American. If you look at the NA EPL standings since its inception, there have always been a team (or "teams" in many seasons) that end up with 4 or less wins.

What if orgs contest the rule because maybe another org has non-american players and they can't buy any themselves because there'e a limit? There's more to what you are suggesting.

2017-12-02 00:23

The idea is only loosely based on the LoL model where each team must have three NA residents (in addition to the loopholes and grandfathered players). Regardless, there's a problem (the NA EPL has far too many sub-par teams) and consequences (NA EPL & ECS have abysmal viewership, even worse for the lower tiered teams). And something needs to be done about it, other than having more EU teams (especially the ones HQ'd in USA: OpTic/NV) fill in the void.

2017-12-02 01:01

lol

Sad

Kng is laughing right now at a club in poland

2017-12-01 21:24

Honor > all

Honor, wimps love it.

2017-12-01 21:38

Please disband.

karma's a b**** ain't it huh?

2017-12-01 21:39

No?! Steel did nothing wrong and got punished...

the funny part is that imm would be never the same or sucseed at CSGO, this guy just wants attention

2017-12-01 21:40

Noah "Mastermind " Winston Kappa

2017-12-01 21:41

"roster instability due to factors outside of the organization's control" Hahaha. You lost the control long time ago man. :D

2017-12-01 21:47

DISBAND ALREADY

2017-12-01 21:53

JUST i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/00..

2017-12-01 21:59

Fan of Noah and DAZED?? NICE

What an honorful movement from Noah

H O N O R B O Y S

2017-12-01 22:19

good job mr noah

2017-12-01 22:23

>NOAH >HONOR

2017-12-01 22:27

one of the best ceo in world from what i've seen tbh

2017-12-01 22:29

It was a good organisation, unfortunate the leader is so incompetent though. Thankfully the good players have all moved on to better teams/orgs. Rest in peace Noah

2017-12-01 22:31

nobody cares 3rd worlders stay home.

2017-12-01 22:47

get rekt MR. HONOR

2017-12-01 23:09

Wow, such honor.

2017-12-01 23:19

GET OUT OFF ESPORT NOAH GET REKT

I personaly LOVE this guy mindset, professionalism and effort. Who talk shit about him, just helps to destroy CS comunity power. He is doing everything he can to built a professional organization, risking tons of money, energy and time. We only can support and cheer that hiw work gets his roster somewhere, he is been giving oportunity to a lot of players to become PROFESSIONAL CS PLAYERS. So please guys, stop with toxic jokes that dont make our esport to rise and start been more positive about good projects like immortals! LOVE FROM BRAZIL!

2017-12-02 03:35