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Smooya will stand in for Renegades again at ESL Pro League season nine

Visa issues are haunting ESL Pro League’s Group A.

Leonardo Biazzi

Published: May 14, 2019 03:28 pm

Renegades has struck a deal with German organization BIG to use Owen “smooya” Butterfield at stage two of ESL Pro League season nine.

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Smooya will continue to play for Renegades on a loan deal. He already replaced Sean “Gratisfaction” Kaiwai in the first stage of the tournament. Gratisfaction’s new visa hasn’t arrived since the beginning of ESL Pro League season nine in last April.

We're happy to have @smooyacs stand in for @GratisfactionNZ at #ESLProLeague! #RNGWIN pic.twitter.com/mUvisjzUKk
— Renegades (@Renegades) May 14, 2019

The loan extends to the next two tournaments for the Australians: cs_summit 4 and DreamHack Masters Dallas, both to be played in May.

Smooya has been on BIG’s bench since last February after they added the Turkish star Ismailcan “XANTARES” Dörtkardeş.

Renegades are set to play in Group A of stage two of ESL Pro League Season nine, alongside MIBR, compLexity, and Isurus. Their first match is today against compLexity at 7:20pm CT.

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Leonardo Biazzi

Staff writer and CS:GO lead. Leonardo has been passionate about games since he was a kid and graduated in Journalism in 2018. Before Leonardo joined Dot Esports in 2019, he worked for Brazilian outlet Globo Esporte. Leonardo also worked for HLTV.org between 2020 and 2021 as a senior writer, until he returned to Dot Esports and became part of the staff team.