The reason is the following: their new player Bere 'S0ny' Adrian simply cannot make his work arrangements to come to Kiev next weekend, because he officially joined the team just today. aL were placed 9th in the regular season, but due to Quantic and EG not being able to come to Kiev they were invited by v1lat alongside with MYM.
If Absolute Legends again will be replaced by another team on this short notice, is not known yet.
Statement aL Dota 2 team manager Islam 'Samo' Kenawy:
"I'm extremely sad about not being able to see our new team play with full strength at the SLTV LAN Finals season 3. We had plans prepared much earlier with a bootcamp beforehand and everything, but sometimes things happen like a sudden roster change and you just can't do anything about it.
I'd like to thank v1lat and everyone at SLTV for giving us the chance to participate and extend the invitation to attend the LAN finals following the withdrawal of US teams. We shall hopefully make it to the LAN event next season!"
"I'm extremely sad about not being able to see our new team play with full strength at the SLTV LAN Finals season 3. We had plans prepared much earlier with a bootcamp beforehand and everything, but sometimes things happen like a sudden roster change and you just can't do anything about it.
I'd like to thank v1lat and everyone at SLTV for giving us the chance to participate and extend the invitation to attend the LAN finals following the withdrawal of US teams. We shall hopefully make it to the LAN event next season!"
Source: Absolute Legends
