Ze Pug Godz have secured promotion to the ESL Pro League Season 4 due to issues with KKona's roster.

After finishing runners-up to Tempo Storm at the ESEA Premier Finals, Ze Pug Godz were due to face KKona, the bottom table finisher from the ESL Pro League, in a relegation match, with the winner securing a spot in the big-money tournament.

However, ESEA has now revealed that "due to some roster instability issues", KKona is unable to field a team to play the relegation match, with Ze Pug Godz automatically moving up to the Pro League.



ZPG secure Pro League spot

After the announcement, KKona member Ellis "⁠els⁠" Clay came out and claimed on Twitter that the team's problems were triggered by Daniel "⁠vice⁠" Kim and Steven "⁠rooRoooo⁠" Herrell leaving the roster to play for Ze Pug Godz in the Pro League next season.

Before this, however, KKona had also lost Kyle "⁠OCEAN⁠" O'Brien, who is now playing for Kaliber, and David "⁠inVert⁠" Monroe.

On ESEA's website, ZPG member Josh "⁠shinobi⁠" Abastado stressed that the team "had direct contact" with league officials from the beginning to ensure that no rules were being broken at any moment.

ZPG's roster consists of: