ESL udelukker Mousesports fra ESL Pro League. Det sker på baggrund af Simon "smn" Becks VAC Ban, da han spillede de første to kampe i kvalificeringsturneringen som stand-in for Mousesports.

Nyheden rammer få timer efter, at der tidligere i dag blev offentliggjort en liste over de hold, der skal spille i ESL Pro League. Her er de tre danske hold, der deltager til Dreamhack Winter i denne uge blandt andet med.

Mousesport bliver erstattet af PENTA Sports, og holdlisten ser nu således ud:

  • Team Dignitas
  • Copenhagen Wolves
  • myXMG
  • NaVi
  • Epsilon
  • LDLC
  • Titan
  • Ninjas in Pyjamas
  • Orbit
  • Virtus.Pro
  • ESC Gaming
  • fm-eSports
  • k1ck
  • myKPV.de
  • Planetkey Dynamics
  • PENTA Sports

Chris "ChrisJ" De Jong udtrykker over for HLTV.org sin store skuffelse over, at holdet ikke kan spille med i turneringen.

Although Beck was not caught cheating in the two matches he played as a stand-in for mousesports, we are very sad that the unacceptable behavior of one non-mousesports player now affects our entire team, which successfully qualified for the ESL Pro League but is not allowed to participate in the upcoming ESL Pro League any longer.

Furthermore we would like to state that player Simon „smn“ Beck has never been an official player of mousesports nor was he contracted in any way by our organization.

Dette er nu det tredje hold, der er blevet diskvalificeret fra en stor turnering på baggrund af de seneste VAC bans.