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Team DPG and KZ Merge, rebranded as DKZ.

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digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6330 Posts
March 13 2023 11:26 GMT
#1
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After much rumor and speculation, Dragon Phoenix Gaming and KaiZi Gaming officially announce a merger of the two teams, the roster will continue to compete under the new DKZ Gaming embrella.

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Initial roster:

(T)Oliveira
(P)herO
(P)Jieshi
(Z)Dark

It's currently unknown how the extra WTL Code S slot left vacant will be filled.
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TheOneAboveU
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Germany3367 Posts
March 13 2023 11:48 GMT
#2
So this is WTL's version of EG-TL? Let's hope they'll be more successful. ^_^
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Haku
Profile Joined August 2013
Germany550 Posts
March 13 2023 13:10 GMT
#3
Love it! Probably a good solution and I am a huge fan of the new team. Sick roster!
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Devangel
Profile Joined March 2019
Russian Federation66 Posts
March 13 2023 13:17 GMT
#4
Their new name should have been DPGZI :D
digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6330 Posts
March 13 2023 14:15 GMT
#5
On March 13 2023 20:48 TheOneAboveU wrote:
So this is WTL's version of EG-TL? Let's hope they'll be more successful. ^_^

Both DPG and KZ are no more, this is a new team.
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MJG
Profile Joined May 2018
United Kingdom1406 Posts
March 13 2023 14:23 GMT
#6
The logo kinda makes it look like "DKSZ".

Just me?
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digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6330 Posts
March 13 2023 14:33 GMT
#7
On March 13 2023 23:23 MJG wrote:
The logo kinda makes it look like "DKSZ".

Just me?

It's sort of a play on both former team's logos. the "S" shape is the lighting symbol in KZG's logo and the dragon in the background is self-explanatory.
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55566 Posts
March 13 2023 15:10 GMT
#8
From Dragon Penis Gaming to Dicks Gaming
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
TheOneAboveU
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Germany3367 Posts
March 13 2023 16:14 GMT
#9
On March 13 2023 23:15 digmouse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2023 20:48 TheOneAboveU wrote:
So this is WTL's version of EG-TL? Let's hope they'll be more successful. ^_^

Both DPG and KZ are no more, this is a new team.

Sure, but in terms of two big rivals joining together it reminded me of that.
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CicadaSC
Profile Joined January 2018
United States1872 Posts
March 13 2023 16:31 GMT
#10
No innovation? Thought he was on kaizi
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Elentos
Profile Blog Joined February 2015
55566 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-03-13 16:40:54
March 13 2023 16:40 GMT
#11
On March 14 2023 01:14 TheOneAboveU wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2023 23:15 digmouse wrote:
On March 13 2023 20:48 TheOneAboveU wrote:
So this is WTL's version of EG-TL? Let's hope they'll be more successful. ^_^

Both DPG and KZ are no more, this is a new team.

Sure, but in terms of two big rivals joining together it reminded me of that.

Yeah but DPG and Kaizi were one team to begin with before they split. Also this is actually 2 good teams joining together.
Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes.
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18230 Posts
March 13 2023 17:19 GMT
#12
So it's Dragon Kaizi?
renaissanceMAN
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1840 Posts
March 13 2023 18:29 GMT
#13
On March 14 2023 00:10 Elentos wrote:
From Dragon Penis Gaming to Dicks Gaming


thank god someone else thought of this because I'd get banned for writing the same thing
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tommey.liang
Profile Joined November 2020
United States363 Posts
March 13 2023 18:50 GMT
#14
Very cool! Great to see them merge.
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Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
Last Edited: 2023-03-13 20:20:16
March 13 2023 20:19 GMT
#15
On March 13 2023 23:23 MJG wrote:
The logo kinda makes it look like "DKSZ".

Just me?


Nah me too, but they should integrate the "Team" and the "Gaming" so we get to say like "TDKSZG vs AX - WTL W3"
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mariarashdi
Profile Joined March 2023
1 Post
Last Edited: 2023-03-13 20:53:12
March 13 2023 20:20 GMT
#16
Bot edit.

User was banned for this post.
dbRic1203
Profile Joined July 2019
Germany2655 Posts
March 13 2023 20:44 GMT
#17
Acording to one of the owners Dark is confirmed to play the entire coming season for them. So his military service is not going to Start in the first half of the year at least.
They couldn t make any statement on anything after that, though
MaxPax
Balnazza
Profile Joined January 2018
Germany1270 Posts
March 13 2023 20:55 GMT
#18
On March 14 2023 01:31 CicadaSC wrote:
No innovation? Thought he was on kaizi


He left KaiZi when he retired, though apparently since this month he started playing games again?
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deepseer
Profile Joined August 2015
31 Posts
March 14 2023 02:48 GMT
#19
DKZ is called DaKaiZi by fans. Some of you have already known the meaning of "Kaizi"in Chinese. "Da" is "big, grand, arch- (before a title, as in archbishop or archmage)".
Blargh
Profile Joined September 2010
United States2103 Posts
March 14 2023 03:48 GMT
#20
They pretty much have 3 out of 5 of the best players right now, so that's cool! Too bad they lost Cure, but they're probably still the best team.
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