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Immunity receive seasonal ban from CGPL

Team Immunity have recieved a seasonal ban from the CyberGamer Premier League after unexpectedly dropping from the tournament.?

In a strange turn of events, Team Immunity have been granted a seasonal ban from the future CyberGamer event today, an organization which hosts many of Australia's top events. The news comes after Immunity announced they would not be attending the offline finals for the CGPL, but according to CyberGamers' tournament rules, teams are not allowed to withdraw after agreeing to attend the event. Since the issue was not resolved between the two parties, CyberGamer have opted for the harsh option and handed Immunity a seasonal ban. The Australian team issued the following statement on their Facebook regarding their ban:

Unfortunately, tonight CyberGamer has banned our CS:GO team for the next CGPL season. The ruling has been passed down due to the fact that an international tournament we have been invited to coincides with the CGPL LAN Finals and although we are seeded in first place, we will be unable to attend the Finals event. Although the outcome of CyberGamer’s decision is unfavourable, we do not regret our actions in preparing to compete in any and all international tournaments that we can. As an organisation, we will always look for opportunities to raise the skill level of our players and subsequently (through osmosis by playing back at home), develop the skill level of Australian E-sports.

We are adamant that every Australian gamer dreams of having the opportunity to compete internationally. We, as well as the other Australian teams who have been competing in the international arena, strive to make this possible for not only our own teams but the communities who follow us.

As a community, we should be proud to have our country represented overseas at some of the most prestigious competitions in the world but unfortunately, this ruling promotes the opposite. It is our view that this ruling should not have applied to teams who are looking for further challenges internationally, but rather focused on teams that disband or deliberately disobey.

As an E-sports organisation, we have loyally supported the Australian gaming scene since our beginning and will continue to do so into the future. Although we may not compete in upcoming CyberGamer competitions, we will participate in every other Australian CS:GO competition that we are able to.

We wish the best of luck for all remaining teams in the CGPL competition and we look forward to competing against you all again soon. Good luck, have fun.

Source and headline image: CyberGamer

*Note: The previous iteration of this piece stated that Team Immunity received a life ban. This was not the case and the article has been edited to reflect the reality of the situation.