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Empire and Vega withdraw from MLG following visa issues

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MLG has since announced Ninjas in Pyjamas and London Conspiracy to replace both the teams.
 


 

According to MLG tweet an hour ago, Team Empire and Vega Squadron has decided to pull out from the tournament due to failure in obtaining an American (B1/B2) visa. This is the second time Empire has failed in obtaining visas for all their players this year; Empire played with funn1k as a stand-in in joinDOTA MLG Season 1.

 

The news of Vega pulling out of the tournament due to visa issues have been reported by DotaBlast on May 23. DotaBlast alleged that Vega will most likely be replaced by London Conspiracy, the fourth placer in the European qualifier, although no official word have been released by both the team and the organizer.

Empire's pull out on the other hand, came as a little bit of a surprise considering the Russian team was invited and had ample time to prepare for their visa.

We have reached out to MLG on Empire's possible replacement and MLG stated that they will announce it later today.

Teams participating in joinDOTA MLG Season 2:

United States Evil Geniuses
Sweden Alliance
Russia Virtus Pro
Greece London Conspiracy (?)
Europe Mousesports
United States  Summer's Rift
Malaysia Team Malaysia

JoinDOTA MLG Season 2 will be taking place in Austin, Texas from 5-7 June. The esports event will be among many other exteme events such as BMX, skateboarding and Moto X.

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