The European squad Team Tinker will replace First Departure in the LAN playoffs of The Summit 2, as the players of the backup SEA squad Invasion could not get US visas in time. Tinker will be travelling to Los Angeles with Loda instead of qojqva.
Through their official twitter account, BeyondTheSummit announced that Team Tinker will replace First Departure in the LAN playoffs of The Summit 2, as the Singaporean team cannot travel to Los Angeles with players Galvin 'Meracle' Kang Jian Wen and Wilson 'Poloson' Koh Chin. Team Tinker will be flying to the event from Sweden, where they are currently competing in the playoffs of DreamLeague Season 2.
Originally, the first candidate after FD was the Malaysian Invasion eSports, but the players were unable to apply for US Visas in time since they had spent several days trying to gather the required documents for a trip to Russia and the postponed Synergy League. This means that Invasion missed the chance to participate in two LAN events, a large stroke of bad luck for the SEA representative.
"Unfortunately due to the last minute nature of the replacement, we were unable to secure visas for the SEA runner-up, Invasion eSports, in time for the event. With the winner and runner-up for the SEA division both unable to attend, we assessed other options for teams to take the 6th slot at the LAN finals. We based this decision on a number of factors including teams' ability to secure visas, their rankings in their respective divisions, the Redemption vote, and their availability. Tinker was ultimately chosen as the team most suitable team to take the slot on such short notice." - David 'GoDz' Parker
It was also revealed that Team Tinker will be traveling without their full roster for the tournament as Max 'Qojqva' Broecker will be unable to attend the event. Alliance's Jonathan 'Loda' Berg will be stepping in for the tournament which is due to begin on December 3rd. South American representatives Not Today will also be missing a player, with Natus Vincere.US support player Ioannis 'Fogged' Loucas standing in for Alex 'Masoku' Davila Matallana.
Source : BeyondTheSummitTV
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