Perseverance release team after ESL ban*

30-7-2024 20:56

The NA team was disqualified from ESL Challenger League after submitting "false evidence to mislead the tournament administration."

AWPer CoJoMo has 21,600 subscribers on YouTube

Perseverance have released their team in the wake of a ruling that banned the roster from all ESL Pro Tour competition for two months.

An ESL statement read: "Last week, it came to our attention that Perseverance Gaming submitted false evidence to mislead the tournament administration in an effort to have an ESL Challenger League match rescheduled.

"Following a thorough investigation into this violation, we have decided to disqualify the team from ESL Challenger League Season 48. Additionally, we are suspending the team and its players from all EFG pro competitions for two months."

Perseverance Gaming submitted false evidence to mislead the tournament administration in an effort to have an ECL match rescheduled

ESL Pro Tour team

In addition to their disqualification from ECL, the two-month ban means that Perseverance's roster will be barred from qualifiers for IEM Rio, ESL Challenger Atlanta, and ESL Challenger Katowice.

The organization condemned the actions of its team swiftly, saying that they were "lost for words" and calling the situation "a complete failure of trust and integrity."

Four of the team's members, streamer Collin "⁠CoJoMo⁠" Moren alongside Cory "⁠shutout⁠" Frymark, Gabriel "⁠Gabe⁠" Shah, and John "⁠mds⁠" Marin, recently qualified to the IESF World Championship competing as Team USA, which is outside of the ESL Pro Tour. IESF has not yet confirmed if the team will be allowed to compete.

July 31, 2024 10:30 Update:

Dust2.us have conducted an investigation into the ban, discovering falsified text messages shown by shutout in the ESL Challenger League Discord.

His message reads: "My power company is sending me alerts about power outages tomorrow and I can show proof. Can we reschedule Mythic tomorrow ? I'm in a heavy storm zone. Do you want a screen shot of this?"

The ruse was intended to allow Perseverance to play with new player Nelvin "⁠nooz⁠" Gonzalez instead of Chance "⁠xaler⁠" Palmer against Mythic on July 18.

Dust2.us' report also indicates that a text from shutout's supposed power company actually came from Gabe's personal number.

Weather forecasts around shutout's location also showed that, from July 17 to July 18, there was a maximum of 0.73 inches of rain while wind speeds only hit 13 miles per hour — not conditions expected to cause a power outage.

Perseverance were:

Nelvin "⁠nooz⁠" Gonzalez
Cory "⁠shutout⁠" Frymark
Gabriel "⁠Gabe⁠" Shah
Collin "⁠CoJoMo⁠" Moren
John "⁠mds⁠" Marin

2024-07-30 20:56

damn get rekt i suppose

2024-07-30 20:57

NA CS at it's peak

2024-07-30 20:59

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US CS*

2024-07-30 22:25

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NA if you're not coping though

2024-07-30 22:52

peak NA CS

2024-07-30 21:04

What false evidence they provided?

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Too busy gooning, when in reality, they were edging...

2024-07-30 21:12

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me basically :3

2024-07-30 21:22

relatable..

2024-07-30 21:25

Lmao 🤣

2024-07-30 22:13

#50

2024-07-31 01:58

Fake Weather reports and text messages from the power company LOL

2024-07-31 12:04

unlucky for the tiktok guy Btw why is this shutout guy using polish flag?

2024-07-30 21:21

Maybe he liked your flag, applied for citizenship and...it was approved.

damn I should apply for kiribati or saudi arabia citizenship then so i can use their flags on HLTV secured servers

2024-07-30 21:30

LOL tiktok kid was scared to play austin

2024-07-31 12:05

wow they really fucked up now

2024-07-30 21:24

Disappointing.

I wonder why everyone is hating on Gabe and calling him a backstabber recently? I think he snitched or he is to blame for this but I don't know the real details. the ECL players just keep calling him a snake and backstabber.

Gabe "Two-Faced" Toledo

2024-07-30 21:39

dust2.us/news/51178/investigation-persev.. Supposedly, the phone number the "electric company" contacted shutout from is Gabes number...

2024-07-31 02:01

man this is so sad for nooz

2024-07-30 21:41

who released who? maybe dr.who should meet with zywho to talk about the WHO handling of covid..... and scream WHO like an owl.

Nah dawg you are thinking of the Woo he’s in vitality

2024-07-31 00:33

Who lied about what? Who submitted the evidence?

2024-07-30 22:04

wowza

2024-07-30 22:36

LOL, atleast they going to Riyahd to represent NA ;)

2024-07-30 22:59

lmao ruined their career to avoid playing against flom

2024-07-30 23:23

flom > donk

2024-07-31 01:11

Nooz has now gotten disqualified from back to back ECL seasons: Season 47 because EMIYA cheated and Rocket were disqualified Season 48 because of falsifying evidence (not clear who did so), resulting in Perseverance getting disqualified Also: >In addition to their disqualification from ECL, the two-month ban means that Perseverance's roster will be barred from qualifiers for IEM Rio, ESL Challenger Atlanta, and ESL Challenger Katowice. Yeah no wonder you got dropped you clowns, you breached the integrity and trust AND essentially nuked your season for any outside opportunities.

2024-07-30 23:32

Dust2 just reported on it. It was a multiple person effort to dodge a match... against mythic

2024-07-30 23:40

Were they afraid of the Abadir bros? 💪

2024-07-31 00:07

dust2.us reported that it was shutout who claimed power outage and it was allegedly using Gabe's phone number for it

2024-07-31 05:08

This is just vague and confusing. Need more details.

Knew from day 1 CoJoMo and mds are shady people with no class. No honesty in either of the two and this clearly shows. Sad day that this is what Tier 3 CS is in the US now, bunch of classless kids with no integrity. Hope every org looks at these guys and doesn't pick them up in the future

2024-07-31 01:39