Renegades withdraw from ESL Pro League S14

11/8/2021 - 15:35

Travel restrictions in Australia have caused the team to drop out of the tournament.

Renegades have withdrawn from ESL Pro League Season 14, citing pandemic-related restrictions that are in place in Australia and that have prevented the team from traveling to Europe and take part in the online competition.

The organizers have invited forZe to replace the Australian side as the next team in line based on the ESL World Ranking, in which the Russian side currently sit in 20th place. Andrey "⁠Jerry⁠" Mekhryakov and company will take Renegades' place in Group B, which will run from August 21-26.

Renegades were forced to skip the event due to travel restrictions

"Unfortunately, due to the global pandemic right now, we will be unable to attend ESL Pro League," Joshua "⁠INS⁠" Potter said in a video released by Renegades on Twitter. "For now we'll compete in ESEA Premier next season and prepare for the RMR, and hopefully qualify for the Major and be able to attend at the end of the year."

Renegades' withdrawal from the tournament will be a tough pill to swallow after the team finished the last season with a surprise qualification for the main event at IEM Cologne, beating OG on the way. The Australians were looking to build on that result following the end of the summer break, but recent restrictions imposed by the country's government have made it difficult to leave and return.

With forZe replacing Renegades, Group B at ESL Pro League now boasts the following six teams:

Group B

Very sad day for au cs

2021-08-11 15:37

47 replies

nsw premier

40 replies

Actually depressed now.

33 replies

Can not wait for this shit pandemic to end. It just sucks.

2021-08-11 15:39

13 replies

cancer period

2021-08-11 16:42

2 replies

isnt ESL Pro League will be played online??

2021-08-11 21:41

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Even if it is, can you imagine latency from Australia to Europe? It would be impossible to play.

2021-08-11 23:28

Australia is just retardedly strict

2021-08-11 17:30

9 replies

well we got new cases after lifting restrictions so :/

2021-08-11 18:38

7 replies

Or did you? Maybe you actually didn't... who knows...

2021-08-11 18:58

does that mouse crisis really exist??

2021-08-11 19:41

They are literally arresting grannies sitting on park benches. It's worse than China rn I'd hate to be in Australia atm

2021-08-11 20:40

Cases are rising even with restrictions.

2021-08-12 01:04

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That's because there's retards around ignoring restrictions and not staying at home right after getting tested

2021-08-12 13:14

Even more why we aren’t “retardedly strict”.

2021-08-12 13:17

true, but they really should start cracking down on that type of shit

2021-08-12 13:25

Hey hey hey.. Maybe.. Yes

2021-08-12 09:50

2021-08-11 15:42

ESL will invite renegades in the next season,dont worry,lol

2021-08-11 15:44

hopefully...

2021-08-11 16:39

-Renegades due corona.It's like 12 season.

2021-08-11 16:40

RNG would've whooped OG again.

2021-08-11 15:59

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+1 INS too strong

2021-08-11 17:00

+1 but now Og will be second or third in the group because no RNG so kinda savior to OG that RNG can't play :D- But really sad that we don't see them play

2021-08-11 17:12

You think OG can beat VP to secure third place?

2021-08-11 20:26

"can" yes but it will be like 60-40 for vp, but OG usually perform better against harder opponents and lose to weakers

2021-08-11 21:02

2021-08-13 14:02

+1 I had such high hopes for them, they are almost as good as EG

2021-08-11 16:18

rng > eg

2021-08-11 20:46

Feel bad for you mate... :(

2021-08-11 18:35

just kick a kangaroo or something heheehhehehee or eat a big fookin SPOYYYDA

2021-08-11 19:16

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Eldritch abomination arachnid, invades* Australians : Oi mayte dint worry its just a little spy'da But srsly dont make fun of my oceaninan brothers

2021-08-11 19:25

I love aussies they are very funny people imo

2021-08-11 21:11

Don't kick a kangaroo it'll fuck you up

you sure bud?

2021-08-12 17:13

GladBag took too long. Now the entire country is dogged in. Absolute lunatic.

2021-08-11 15:40

its crazy, she actually looks like she's wearing someone else's face

Legend of the dog faced woman

2021-08-11 18:24

Haha nope, good luck sydney we’re all good now out here Just start complying with regulations and maybe things would get better lol

2021-08-11 15:54

gladys binchicken not makin the restrictions tight enuff

2021-08-12 08:13

fuckin gladis the fuckin witch

2021-08-11 16:59

yes

nothing new.

2021-08-11 15:48

and yet another good day for cis cs

2021-08-11 16:24

why cant they play EPL14 from Vienna?

2021-08-11 17:59

AU restrictions are for the way out.

2021-08-11 19:43

Indeed

2021-08-11 19:04

sad

2021-08-11 15:36

fuk

+forze so cool for cis mens))

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cis has so many teams anyway xd that was the only team from AU ):

Extremum, rip the og boys

2021-08-11 17:08

I meant the only AU team in EPL.

2021-08-11 17:58

As if we didnt hav enough CIS teams already

we don't

2021-08-11 16:19

yes we do

2021-08-12 04:58

Renegades would be much better. Im so tired of watching Forze play and will skip their games

2021-08-11 15:49

2021-08-11 17:46

Sad not to see them at EPL 14

l0l

boys((

renegades did very good job on cologne, we would like to see on epl but unlucky for you guys

2021-08-11 16:38

unlucko mens

2021-08-11 16:50

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

2021-08-11 17:31

Unlucky bro, hope they get invited next season

2021-08-11 18:27

It’s an online event man. No worries.

2021-08-11 22:40

forze :DDDDDD

Sad

Forze too stronk

Oh man

RIPnegades

2021-08-11 15:38

UPDATE THE TOURNAMENT PAGE PLEASE

F REN

WHY????

country restrictions on the way out, did you even read?

2021-08-11 19:44

no i meant it like a "Noooooo". I read it well don't worry

2021-08-11 20:52

Even easier for navi

nooo, sad((

rip

expected

Rip

nooooooooo

so sad,but ok

Sadge

g2 won't go to playoffs

esl washed up tournament anyway

Man, I wanted og/renegades rematch. 🥲

whats the point, 0g would lose anyway

Wasn't expecting them to do much anyway

2021-08-11 15:41

They have like dozen deaths since last month, fuckin politicians...

Nah we actually care about our people’s health that’s all

Nah your god damn scared of a damn flu

you’re*

2021-08-11 16:41

2021-08-12 13:55

very sad to see, they were about to be back in top 15 form like in late 2019 :(

+1 sadge

2021-08-11 15:43

At least Forze might be able to get some wins. Renegades should move the fuck away from Australia,that place is a hellhole during covid times.

Except for the fact that hardly anyone has died and cases have been rare. I’d stay away from Europe in a heartbeat

2021-08-11 15:46

Don't leave your home,don't ever leave your country,a 90 year old might die of covid,along with his diabetes and stage 3 cancer. I live in Europe and cases have been rare,deaths even rarer in the past 3 months with barely any measures.

2021-08-11 15:51

The evidence doesn’t support that lmao And nah I’ve been enjoying it outside of the house actually, we’ve had a total of like 1 month lockdown over the entire pandemic :)

+1 lmao

2021-08-11 16:45

what lol

2021-08-11 19:14

they’re not considered athletes *cries*

Hatz does a lot of push ups on stream so he'll probably knock out the entire government

2021-08-11 16:14

Nah it looks like it’s the sydney lockdown specifically that screwed them over not the whole country, so regardless of sport international travel is probably gone across the board dude the renegade lads are ripped, but really anyone can do 1 pushup and already they’re more fit than the government lmao

Lol. Csgo has transfer sums of +1M € nowadays - prolly more than half of olympic sports can't claim the same.

2021-08-11 18:50

Doesn’t have enough national recognition, it’s not like renegades is representing aus which is typically why sports have been allowed to leave over the past year with some exceptions. But it gets murky cause there’s parts of aus in local lockdowns rn (mainly Sydney affected) which aren’t really escapable, which is why they aren’t able to go for sure considering they got to Europe fine for whatever event it was a few months back

2021-08-12 00:37

Man that is a SHAME to the highest degree

Damn man

i know polish cs is not best but still ago was second in premier and 2x won vs forze i think if they need to change rng for someone it should be ago for me

2021-08-11 15:45

I think they were going by ranking

2021-08-11 15:47

Unlucky really

L SCARED OF S1MPLE

Unlucky

2021-08-11 15:50

Well fk. Thanks Gladys and NSW! Pricks.

OG thanking the gods right now

hahahahahha trash country hf living in prison australians

nt aleksib

2021-08-11 15:52

Thank you ESL for robbing AGO, who finished 2nd in esea premier and u give an invite to forze based on your trash ESL ranking LMAO

2021-08-11 15:53

Why should AGO be in EPL 14 just because they had 1 fluke tournament?

Maybe it was a fluke, maybe not. The fact is that they deserve to get that spot

2021-08-11 16:44

why forze they lose 2 times against ago

2021-08-12 15:27

Nooooo and now shit forze is coming

Lmao guy. Take a look haha twitter.com/forzegg/status/1430867885644..

2021-08-26 19:49

Covid is cringe

forze LMAO

2021-08-11 15:57

Take a look twitter.com/forzegg/status/1430867885644..

2021-08-26 19:50

monkaS forze is watching

2021-08-26 20:01

FeelsBadMan

2021-08-11 15:58

unlucky

so sad :(

2021-08-11 16:00

WHY MAN?? fr

Forze controlling the Aussie government confirmed?

2021-08-11 16:01

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NOOOOOO

It may not be that bad. It might be just Scott Morrison being a secret Forze fan.

2021-08-11 17:13

Hey I wouldn’t mind more aus-rus relationships ngl bro Although scomo is only the PM, he can’t exactly do much on his own. All of the federal politicians behind him are the actual forze fans.

2021-08-12 00:25

Anyway, if they win the tournament it should count for you guys. So you should also support those Ruskis.

2021-08-12 17:07

Not so much forze but I do like entropiq

2021-08-12 23:48

+1 confirmed by hltv

good

2021-08-11 16:02

No Carry Potter

2021-08-11 16:05

fucking boring forze

Ahaha twitter.com/forzegg/status/1430867885644..

2021-08-26 19:51

I see this as an opportunity for KENSI and ZORTE to show what they are made of. 💪 Gl Jerry

2021-08-11 16:06

FPX could have easily qualified for EPL but they decided to stay dormant for 3 months and as such they have plummeted down the rankings

2021-08-11 16:11

That honestly sucks on so many levels, hoped to see more of Renegades since they made a few upsets on their last tournament run. Always good to see new teams taking on the big stages.

2021-08-11 16:12

gl forZe

2021-08-11 16:15

Fpx fucked again, just invite them already zzz

2021-08-11 16:17

unlucko sad for au

rip free 1.6 on col vs renegades 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

is jks gonna make it to eu then?

2021-08-11 16:20

He's already there

2021-08-11 16:58

Why not ago? Trash esl ranking

2021-08-11 16:23

-forZe +Endpoint

2021-08-11 16:29

-Endpoint +forZe

2021-08-11 16:34

-Endpoint +Tyloo

2021-08-11 18:00

-Tyloo +Spirit Academy

2021-08-12 03:57

-Spirit Academy +5Balls

2021-08-12 07:57

nooooo :((

2021-08-11 16:31

this is unreal

2021-08-11 16:35

Wtf why aussies are so pussies, locking their population in august/2021, nobody is doing any measures against Covid anymore, wake up guys, this China-created virus isn’t ever going away, we have to deal with it for the rest of our lives, just get the vaccine and them you’re free to board a plane

2021-08-11 16:37

Brazil

2021-08-11 16:43

I love Australia but how can you guys accept this type of authoritarianism

2021-08-11 17:45

Call it what you want but it’s kept our people and society alive

2021-08-12 00:27

Well, unsurprisingly, many people are vehemently opposed to this oppression. You only hear about the ridiculous conspiracy theories and protestors here in Australia though, reasonable argument is impossible to vocalise without being censored or shouted over by the type of people who use the term "science denier" as if scrutiny isn't an actual requirement for something to be considered science in the first place. I had a good chat with one of my Doctors about this and he spends much of his day talking to people who've had enough, him included.

2021-08-12 14:25

flag checks out

2021-08-11 16:46

>just get the vaccine nt bill gates

2021-08-11 18:51

damn that sucks

Why forZe steps in if AGO was in final match of ESEA Premier playoffs?

nooooooooo :( horrible news, i cheered 4 them

LOL Less a newbie team

fuk u corona

2021-08-11 16:49

that's sad

2021-08-11 16:53

OG must be pretty happy right now

2021-08-11 16:56

+1. OG have better changes now :D

2021-08-11 17:14

Damn. It's sad. Renegades always fun to watch 😕

2021-08-11 16:57

inviting forze the legendary matchfixers LOL

Should be Extremum imo, fellow Aussies.

2021-08-11 17:27

2021-08-11 22:46

sux big time

2021-08-11 17:02

Are you fucking kidding me. Those liberal idiots that didn't get us enough vaccines and coasted on Murdoch media circle jerking are now effecting Aussies trying to give it a go in international cs? Now I've seen it all. Just remember kids the liberals gutted our NBN speeds and now this BS despite a year to plan ahead.

imagine being not allowed to leave your country... scary times!

2021-08-11 21:16

Gotta suck when china has more rights than you

2021-08-12 02:11

2021-08-11 17:07

AGO robbed.

2021-08-11 17:09

they need to travel to play an ONLINE tournament?

Are you very smart? Servers will be in EU so Aussies will have 120+ ping playing from Australia.

2021-08-11 19:01

200-300*

2021-08-11 17:11

man that sucks rip too all the aussie fans :(

save for og

2021-08-11 17:16

Thx China for f up the world. And didn't even get punished kekw

2021-08-11 17:42

2021-08-11 18:56

You wouldn't be saying this if the virus was spread from a Western country. Hypocrite. If a future virus originated in Europe or NA and spread throughout the world , no one is going to blame them. Perhaps even somehow connect that to being China's fault.

2021-08-11 22:41

Funny how everyone agreed with my comment and a chinese not. Kekw. Ignored

2021-08-12 00:40

+1 #StopAsianHate

2021-08-12 03:42

That's really sad to hear, and replacing with ForZe? Those guys are Clowns 🤡

2021-08-11 17:37

Especially you are. Take a look my guy twitter.com/forzegg/status/1430867885644..

2021-08-26 19:52

Scared of OG, as expected

damn rona

2021-08-11 17:39

Pandemic doesn't exist

Australia as a country in shambles

2021-08-11 17:49

Oh nooo

2021-08-11 17:55

yeah the bois :(

2021-08-11 17:56

wtf is australia doing ? you cant leave your country to work abroad temporarily ?

2021-08-11 18:08

it's real fucking hard to leave the country right now if you plan on coming back within 3 months, cause our federal government took forever to secure vaccines.

2021-08-12 06:31

We're still securing vaccines at this point. Murica has a bunch sitting in warehouses that Scomo is trying to bargain for, note these are about to go out of date Edit: Sauce cost $$ juicy sauce : theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?s..

2021-08-12 10:04

2021-08-11 18:15

2021-08-11 18:18

2021-08-11 18:19

sadge

2021-08-11 18:23

Forze supremacy, let's fucking goooooooo

2021-08-11 18:25

Noooooooo :(

2021-08-11 18:28

Anyone know how many qualifies from the groups?

2021-08-11 18:30

2021-08-11 18:43

*happy OG noises*

thats an awful group jesus

2021-08-11 18:47

Why Forze tho? Could have been AGO yeah flag checks out but still

2021-08-11 18:52

Sad TT

2021-08-11 18:53

2021-08-11 19:10

It's sad coz i like Renegades and now we have 6 CIS teams in ESL Pro League.There should be limit.

2021-08-11 19:40

Very sad

2021-08-11 20:20

FUCK

2021-08-11 21:33

2021-08-11 23:01

unloko

2021-08-11 23:23

That's unlucky, gl next time

2021-08-11 23:32

That’s unlucky( it’s still not over

2021-08-12 00:51

I have already chosen Alistair in my fantasy squad, what happens now?

2021-08-12 02:02

thats a bit shit innit

2021-08-12 02:22

2021-08-12 03:10

It is so sad for Renegades.

2021-08-12 07:20

cool ez44Ze

2021-08-12 07:56

Shiiiiet boooy og gonna win this

2021-08-12 08:22

RIP Alistair looked insane at iem

2021-08-12 09:20

Now coL can definetly fuck this up

2021-08-12 11:34

This country is run by muppets.

2021-08-12 14:27

withdraw from online event lmao only aus can do it

2021-08-12 17:00

VERY UNLUCKY FOR AU FANS BIG SAD!

2021-08-12 23:54

who cares, they are garbage

2021-08-13 05:08

Australia sucks. Countries all around the world are welcoming big amounts of fans into stadiums again with crazy amounts of new cases daily still while we are in lockdowns with 20 new cases a day, for example (One state is right in the shitter compared to that figure). Shit government for not getting on top of getting vaccines in earlier

2021-08-13 08:39

how can this still happen with almost half of the world vaccinated...

2021-08-14 13:19