Chinese Dota 2 team, Dragon has been disqualified from the Lower Division of China 2021 DPC Season 2 after they were confirmed to be using an unauthorized stand-in in their series against Xtreme Gaming. The team did not have spectacular results before the incident placed in the bottom two with a 0-5 W-L score. All their played and remaining series have defaulted to a 2-0 loss with the disqualification. As a result, their eligibility to participate in the China DPC has been voided.
Dragon was disqualified from the DPC on May 3 during their series against Xtreme Gaming. The teams were already eight minutes into the first game when the game was paused by Xtreme Gaming due to unknown reasons. A few minutes into the pause it was stated that “Due to a player violation from Dragon in Dragon vs Xtreme Gaming today, Dragon is assessed a default loss and Xtreme Gaming proceed with the 2-0 series victory.” with more info to be revealed at a later time. After a few hours, the host of the DPC, Perfect World Esports, followed up the incident with the following tweet.
Dragon’s progress and position in the DPC is canceled with this disqualification. The Season will proceed with the remaining teams in a seven-team table and only the seventh spot team to be relegated to the open qualifiers.
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This incident is not the first of its kind and adds to many previous disqualifications. Several other teams have previously been disqualified from the DPC: