In the German-speaking Prime League, teams are currently competing in League of Legends for a spot at a major European tournament. This also included the professional team of streamer Agurin, but they have now been disqualified for allegedly committing multiple organizational errors.
What errors are being referred to? In the 1st Division of the German-speaking Prime League, the team CGN was also playing. The most well-known player on the team is probably the German streamer Agurin, who last attracted attention in June for toxic statements.
However, things are not going well for his team either. As announced by the Prime League on their official x-account, CGN is now being relegated to Division 2 and will be disqualified.
This is justified by organizational errors that CGN has repeatedly committed. They are said to have submitted either no valid, a faulty, or unintended roster
in 4 out of 5 games. The Prime League is said to have shown leniency multiple times and only imposed in-game penalties to allow the matches to take place.
On the 4th matchday, a complete roster was presumably not submitted again. Therefore, the match was counted as a loss for them. They assured the Prime League that improvements would be made. However, there were again problems on the 5th matchday. Since they had no valid substitute, this match was also counted again as a loss.
Thus, the decision was made to disqualify them, as it is, according to the Prime League, the only option to not disadvantage the other teams.
Esports manager of CGN takes responsibility
What penalties were there? Following the disqualification, there were further penalties:
- All points made in the season are reset to 0.
- The team is no longer allowed to participate in the season finals, and the secured spot at the EMEA Masters Summer is lost.
- CGN will be automatically moved to Division 2, essentially the 2nd league of the Prime League, and will play there in future splits.
- The team will also receive a fine, though the amount is unclear.
The harsh penalties are justified by the fact that the multiple mistakes create unfair conditions for the other teams. The points of the other teams will be retained for the split, and a Last Chance Qualifier
will be organized for UOL Sexy Edition and AF want to have for the vacant spot at the EMEA Masters Summer.
Has CGN already commented on the matter? The esports manager of CGN, CGN Kalle, has made a statement on x.com acknowledging the mistakes. He has been responsible for the team since Split 3, and he has made organizational errors. According to him, the incorrect reports were absolutely avoidable mistakes
. He underestimated the complexity of the regulations
.
CGN Kalle takes responsibility for the mistakes and publicly apologizes to his team. He also thanks his club, which still seems to believe in him.
How is the community reacting? Under CGN Kalle’s statement, there are many nasty comments suggesting that it is so easy. However, some comments defend the 18-year-old manager, stating: mistakes happen. Among them is streamer LPGJustJohnny, who writes on x.com: Take a deep breath three times before you throw stones. He messed up, he admits it openly, and there is no need to hit him like a fifth-grader.
However, there are also criticisms of the team. Some users criticize that the team could have helped the young manager and also supported him with the statement.
Agurin also published a statement
Agurin also commented on the situation. In a lengthy statement on x.com, Agurin spoke in detail about the addressed mistakes. He admits that CGN Kalle should not have been given so much responsibility and that organizational errors were made, but he disagrees with the harsh penalties.
Especially since, according to him, the league did not respond to attempts at communication. Agurin explains that aside from the first incident, there were no proactive solutions proposed by the league. They reached out to the league more often, but it did not always respond proactively. The mistakes were made by individual persons, not by the players, who earned their participation through strong performances.
He believes it is more sensible to impose financial penalties rather than punishing the entire team. This not only harms the team, but also the overall product and the Prime League itself. So far, the Prime League has not commented on this statement. Not only in the German scene are there problems: LoL team of a Twitch streamer dominates its league, might not be able to participate in the next tournament because the Worlds are coming up
