OpTic are turning their back on North America

OpTic return to Europe; leave vacancy in North American EPL

The Danes will take a step down to MDL due to there being no available licenses in the European Pro League.

ESL have annouced that OpTic have requested a transfer from the North American division of the ESL Pro League to the European division.

However, since there are no available licenses in Europe, the team will instead be directly invited to European MDL, where they will have a chance to earn their way back to the top division.

The immediate impact for North America is that there is one extra spot in the league. Dust2.us knows that SK still hold their license from last season, so it is expected that MIBR will be issued the new license — however ESL have yet to confirm that. We also know that the players of boxr will retain their spot, after they were released by Splyce at the end of last season.

As such, the team list for ESL Pro League Season 8 is currently:

United States Cloud9 Canada Ghost
United States Liquid Brazil Luminosity
United States NRG Australia Renegades
United States Rogue World SK
United States eUnited boxr
compLexity World TBA

ESL Pro League is set to kick off on October 2nd. Further announcements from the league regarding the vacant spot will be expected before then. Another date to make note of on our calendar is September 23rd, wihch is when the WESA transfer window will close.

Note: An earlier version of this article stated that ESL Pro League Season 8 was starting on September 18th.

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September 3, 2018 05:12PM
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Wait, wtf, what kinda team is SK gonna throw in here lmfao
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September 3, 2018 05:31PM
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