One player of team MUFC will be late for The International. As the rest of the team arrived in Seattle, Sharky lost his passport in Hong Kong. His team and Valve are currently trying to solve the problem.
MUFC's way to Seattle was not without problems. First the original idea of traveling to Seattle via Vancouver was cancelled, because the players did not have a transit visa for Canada. After rebooking the flight however, they arrived at Seattle via New York.
During the trip, the Malaysian team nevertheless lost one player: Sharky lost his passport in Hong Kong and is now trying hard to continue his trip. He is getting assistance from Valve and his team MUFC in his efforts. These informations have been published by MUFC on the team's Facebook page.
Original Facebook post by MUFC:
"For the rumors out there, we would like to explain to all who are commenting and asking about it.
Firstly, about the visa issue. The team were unable to transit to Vancouver because they do not have a transit visa. The starting point of this issue was because we encountered some technical problem for our previous tickets. Thus we purchased new tickets with new routes for all of them. However, our team has been arranged to depart to Seattle via New York. The problem has fixed.
Second issue, rumors about Sharky. He lost his passport in Hong Kong and that's why he is going to be late for the tournament. Our management team is working with valve to do our best to send him to Seattle. However, the situation is still unforeseen.
We will update on Facebook about how the situation is progressing. Sorry for the troubles and we hope that the rumors could be ended.
Thank you!"
"For the rumors out there, we would like to explain to all who are commenting and asking about it.
Firstly, about the visa issue. The team were unable to transit to Vancouver because they do not have a transit visa. The starting point of this issue was because we encountered some technical problem for our previous tickets. Thus we purchased new tickets with new routes for all of them. However, our team has been arranged to depart to Seattle via New York. The problem has fixed.
Second issue, rumors about Sharky. He lost his passport in Hong Kong and that's why he is going to be late for the tournament. Our management team is working with valve to do our best to send him to Seattle. However, the situation is still unforeseen.
We will update on Facebook about how the situation is progressing. Sorry for the troubles and we hope that the rumors could be ended.
Thank you!"
Best of luck for Sharky to end his Odyssey, we hope he'll arrive soon and save. In worst case scenario, mousesports would still be in Seattle as a stand-in team.
Lineup of MUFC in Seattle:
Jerry "Chikaboom" Kok - MUFC eSports Director
Raymond "Sharky" Wong - Captain
Lim "Net" Wai Pern
Lim "SilverCross" Chang Sheng
Daniel "TFG" Wong
Sim "Ling" Woi Cheong
Source: MUFC's Facebook page
