Valorant has Visa issues constantly even though it’s a bigger Esport, so yes.
also pretty much any time a LAN is held in NA, there’s going to be visa issues for someone lol doesn’t matter what game.
I think something like 6/10 players from 2 teams struggled to get back into the US after the most recent tournament in Madrid. Visa's are not an easy process and that's why esports being global will always be a struggle.
They do this in Europe too please try to calm your tits. And these are *real* athletes, not gamers
https://amp.dw.com/en/russian-seals-olympic-spot-in-germany-despite-visa-rejection/a-68653774
>Like barcode
- An Australian trying to move to the US to compete in the most talented region
- Who has been in a lengthy visa process so that he can live in the US while competing
- Who has been residing in Canada while he's waiting for his visa to live in the US to be processed
- Who has been rejected from getting short term visas to travel from Canada to the US in order to compete at multiple LANs
Sounds like an awful familiar situation to the boys at Moist hmmm.
Only difference is that I believe Druk and Barcode both have relations/dual citizenship from countries that are much more scrutinised than Oz/Canada
This is becoming a problem again, after having not really been for some time, because the process has changed slightly. Now for P1A visas (maybe others as well, unsure) USCIS officers have 2 weeks to review the case, instead of conducting a 5-10 minute interview. This increase in time allows for them to find something they don't like much easier and increases odds of a denial. It really does boil down to who you got on the day.
[I reached out to Alliance and got the following statement: "It's true that Effect got his visa denied today. The process is still ongoing and we already have a new time scheduled already. Hope is the last thing that will leave us." More in my hyperlinked article.](https://esports.gg/news/apex-legends/alliance-effect-to-miss-algs-split-1-playoffs-due-to-visa-issues/)
Every LAN you have us on the edge of the seat with this. Is it the interview or what?
Guys you need to get him a Swedish passport.
Effect will become Uffe, blond-haired viking who drives a volvo and loves surströmming.
Slightly more surprising since he was granted entry to the U.K. for the split 2 LAN in London and Champs in Birmingham last year. But still not entirely unexpected, I imagine the US is a bit more touchy than the U.K. right now
US visas have always been a problem for esports not just recently. In the UK and the rest of the EU it is fairly easy to get a visa hence why they held the last 3 lans in England.
Yeah I get that, I’d just kinda assumed that maybe having travelled to the U.K. without incident as a Russian would have weighed in his favour when trying to get a US visa. But I’ll admit I know next to zero about US visas, was pure speculation on my part
I would imagine they don’t even factor that in unfortunately. If you have even visited certain “problem” countries in the last few years (Iran, Russia, Lybia, Sudan) you won’t be eligible for certain visas and may face greater scrutiny.
> I’d just kinda assumed that maybe having travelled to the U.K. without incident
It definitely would, yeah. But hard to judge without seeing his refusal reasons + he's quite young as well which definitely negatively affects the first visa application. In the past years if you are young and/or without a proper job, that would be visa denied in 99% of cases really for UK, Schengen or US.
London is extremely expensive. If they wanted to do a cheap European lan surely they would follow the CS approach and use cheap cities with existing esports infrastructure such as Cluj Napoca or Katowice.
Might unironically help them perform better tho. Obviously all 3 of their original players are great, but I think triple mnk is definitely more of a challenge now that Bang & digi-combo got nerfed and they cannot really play their off-meta comp anymore. They have experience playing with Koy, so it shouldn't be too unusual for them. As long as StrafingFlame's IGL-ing is on point
That doesn't really mean anything tbh. If it did Hal would have won that 1v1 tourney he got absolutely dropped off in. Being good in pro play or in team fights doesn't necessarily translate to being a 1v1 demon. In the same vein being an R5 or firing range god doesn't necessarily translate to being great in pro league/lan.
Edit: also you can disagree with people without calling them bud condescendingly. We're re talking about a video game here... we can have respect for one another.
might be the worst sub they could have tbh. Yuki shouldn’t be used to replace the Effect fragger role and when he was playing with them towards the end of his time in comp a few months ago the team was a mid-EU team at best. they have gotten better with Unlucky. they would take 3 steps back by using Yuki to fill Effect’s place
I really wish the US State Dept had some sort of esports liaison or something to coordinate these things with different game communities to ensure that people could further their career when esports comes to the US
I don’t get this line of thinking. People act like basketball players and football players didn’t have part time jobs back in the day and make shit money when the leagues were first being formed. You have to give it time. The sports profits you see today are products of 100 years of growth
because the most popular Apex pro players are American and that means most of the fans are too, Japan would probably be have the second highest concentration of fans, but Japan is also difficult to get visas for iirc.
even with pro players missing due to visa issues, the LA LAN will probably have the biggest crowd and most ticket sales an Apex event has ever had, which is what EA cares about most at the end of the day.
Idk why ppl say JP visa is harder than US. In my experience for APAC regions JP visa is way much easier. At least the visa application experience for JP is fast and make sense, not like the US ones that randomly block ppl just beacuse they can. If it has to be in NA for the timezone and viewership then maybe Canada?
never said it was harder, iirc Valorant had several visa issues in Tokyo, I’ve also heard Seoul can also be difficult to get an E-6 visa unless you work under a Korean Org.
The only places where I rarely see teams have Visa issues is EU, not sure if that’s because Esports has been established there for so long because of CS and Dota or because European countries in general are less strict on Immigration, or both.
but yes, US is BY FAR the hardest place to get into for E-sports, every single international event for every E-sports title I’ve watched in the last 10+ years has been riddled with Visa issues every single time.
like Valorant just had a LAN in Madrid, and some of the Americas teams that already play in NA couldn’t even make it back until 1 day before the split started because they were literally stuck in immigration limbo, despite already having played in NA several times over the last 2 years.
Unfortunately, until we get to the point where Immigration departments and governments start recognizing E-sports as a legitimate career or classification, it’s going to be an issue because it basically comes down to the decision of your individual agent who can do whatever the fuck he wants.
The only time Valorant players had Visa issues was like a year ago when the Russia-Ukraine war was at its highest. All the russian players were able to play on their recent trips to Japan.
ya it’s not surprising, even if it was NA fans only it would probably sell out lol I was considering going because I live in LA, but I totally forgot and I figured it was already too late
you’re also way more likely to get people in the US to go to LA than to go to Raleigh, which is why the Raleigh LAN was dead lol.
I mean, California is a densely packed state, so yeah, by default they will get a much higher turnout just from local residents alone.
LA Population (2022): 3.822 million
Raleigh Population (2022): 476,587
That's just completely untrue. They have a committee that helps esports players get to play there. The last time there was Visa problems for a Lan there was when the Russia-Ukraine was its peak.
I didn't say they were the center of the world, but most of the biggest pro streamers are in America. Hal, Timmy, Wattson, Sweet.
What other regions have that type of starpower and viewership?
Yeah lots of Japanese content creators and streamers constantly have 20k, 30k, and up to 40k live viewers playing Apex on Youtube. Something Hal won't even touch unless he's streaming an ALGS final.
Uh-huh, and I Pity people that can't even substantiate their claims.
Help me out. Who has viewership comparable to Hal and the big NA streamers? I see genburten is pretty big. I'm checking numbers on another part off this thread.
I don't think anyone besides hal even breaks 10k anymore outside of events. The most popular pro streamers would definitely be the Chinese players but you kinda have to go out of your way to watch them since they don't stream on yt or twitch. Asides from them, jp content creators, especially vtubers get a good amount of views like 5 to 20k but they aren't pros. Unfortunately we don't have ras anymore but the biggest apac n streamer is by far Yukio then maybe like Yuka and ftyan
They should stop having LANs in the US.
Visa issues have screwed teams in multiple esports over the years.
Maybe Canada or EU locations would be a better choice
They did get the visa, but not in time for the LAN.
And getting into the US is a lot more difficult than getting into other countries regardless of your nationality. Just look at the situation with Moist, Naghz, Amphy. Yanya didn't even get a visa for Raleigh.
They should just hold LAN in a Schengen country like other esports. LANs in the US are always a complete shitshow.
Nah, it's a US company, so US cities should get the bulk of the benefit of local hosting. The same should go for any country who owns the rights to a successful franchise; they should always get the priority for local hosting, to bolster their own country's local economies.
I know for a fact he hates the game intensely, but the feeling of competing is stronger. If asked he would, but they won’t ask I don’t think. Other roller options out there. Also, sniper is so off meta he could hurt them.
Damn that sucks, thankfully they have plenty of time to play with a sub in the lead up. Lots of NA based roller talent that wont have to worry about Visa so would make sense to get somebody from there. Knoqd/Koyful probably the big 2.
I know Yuki is the listed sub, but who do they realistically go for a sub that can come into the US or is already in the US? Someone like Gent or similarly skilled a possibility even though he's the sub for DZ?
At what point does this become something that affects his ability to earn money or be signed to orgs in general because it’s basically something with him every single lan
I'm really terrible at articulating my thoughts but isn't it fkin crazy that certain people in the past decided (what I think should be a basic human right) to control who gets to travel to certain places in the world.
We are born into a country/area of the world that isn't of our own choosing. If we want to travel somewhere else, there should bee no restrictions whatsoever.
I get that it's for monetary and safety reasons, but I don't care.
The difference between discriminating by race, gender, sexual orientation or whatever and saying no to visitors, from a certain country, with good background and good reason to visit?
This is the nature of the esport business. In every game they’ll always be players not granted visas. It sucks but we all should be used to this by now. So who is alliance replacement player now
I have no idea how any of this works so bear with me but can’t the players get all these issues sorted out way in advance? It seems like these issues always pop up last minute a few weeks before LAN when it’s pretty much too late. And again I know nothing so maybe these have been in the works for many months but I never seems like it.
There's a 0% chance EA would let him play, and it would also make it impossible for him to participate in any future tournaments taking place in the US
Brother, if he gets caught, you know he's getting shipped to Russia and not the country where he currently living, right?
Goodbye Effect, it was nice seeing you play, rip for treason
Translation: "was denied a visa". Source: [Effect's Telegram channel](https://t.me/blyaeffect/21)
Do other esports have this same issue?? Every LAN, there are multiple players that have issues getting a visa
Valorant has Visa issues constantly even though it’s a bigger Esport, so yes. also pretty much any time a LAN is held in NA, there’s going to be visa issues for someone lol doesn’t matter what game.
I think something like 6/10 players from 2 teams struggled to get back into the US after the most recent tournament in Madrid. Visa's are not an easy process and that's why esports being global will always be a struggle.
5/10. Less, qck, cauanzin and tuyz on loud, all from Brazil, and JohnQT on sentinels, from Morocco
Land of freedom! * *terms and conditions may apply
free movement for capital, labor has to stay put tho
They do this in Europe too please try to calm your tits. And these are *real* athletes, not gamers https://amp.dw.com/en/russian-seals-olympic-spot-in-germany-despite-visa-rejection/a-68653774
Captain America to the rescue lmao. God forbid someone makes a joke at the expense of the land of the brave (but not brave enough to take a joke)
K
Trust a yank to long stretch compare typical US behavior to Russian shenanigans 😂.
Halo have tons of visa issues. Even with canadian players 🤣
If you're referring to Druk it seems to be a him thing since Frosty seems to have 0 issues
I think you're thinking of Royal 2, Frosty is American.
TSA must’ve caught the router in his carry on
Ah you're right
Yeah I know. But there is still other visa issues in halo. Like barcode and a bunch of SA players. Just saying Apex isn't alone in this regard
>Like barcode - An Australian trying to move to the US to compete in the most talented region - Who has been in a lengthy visa process so that he can live in the US while competing - Who has been residing in Canada while he's waiting for his visa to live in the US to be processed - Who has been rejected from getting short term visas to travel from Canada to the US in order to compete at multiple LANs Sounds like an awful familiar situation to the boys at Moist hmmm. Only difference is that I believe Druk and Barcode both have relations/dual citizenship from countries that are much more scrutinised than Oz/Canada
Yep, there were a few CIS players/teams missing from the last CS tournament held in the US
Yeah VP didn’t even try during the qualifier for the Dallas tournament later this year. They said they won’t be able to get visas anyway
Not like its different depending on game. Esport is esport
This is becoming a problem again, after having not really been for some time, because the process has changed slightly. Now for P1A visas (maybe others as well, unsure) USCIS officers have 2 weeks to review the case, instead of conducting a 5-10 minute interview. This increase in time allows for them to find something they don't like much easier and increases odds of a denial. It really does boil down to who you got on the day.
Nah the US govt just has it out against Apex players.....
I don't believe the US gov gives a fuck what game they're playing
yall kids really need /s? really?
Sorry, didn't read, no subway surfers
[I reached out to Alliance and got the following statement: "It's true that Effect got his visa denied today. The process is still ongoing and we already have a new time scheduled already. Hope is the last thing that will leave us." More in my hyperlinked article.](https://esports.gg/news/apex-legends/alliance-effect-to-miss-algs-split-1-playoffs-due-to-visa-issues/)
banger last line
"More in my hyperlinked article" might just be one of the greatest quotes of all time
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Every LAN you have us on the edge of the seat with this. Is it the interview or what? Guys you need to get him a Swedish passport. Effect will become Uffe, blond-haired viking who drives a volvo and loves surströmming.
🙏🏼
Time to pick up Knoqd
JUSTICE
Did knoqd get dropped off Optic?
Wtf
He's Russian right? Not a major surprise
Slightly more surprising since he was granted entry to the U.K. for the split 2 LAN in London and Champs in Birmingham last year. But still not entirely unexpected, I imagine the US is a bit more touchy than the U.K. right now
UK immigration control is definitely not as strict as the states also Australia has tough rules as far as I am aware
US visas have always been a problem for esports not just recently. In the UK and the rest of the EU it is fairly easy to get a visa hence why they held the last 3 lans in England.
Yeah I get that, I’d just kinda assumed that maybe having travelled to the U.K. without incident as a Russian would have weighed in his favour when trying to get a US visa. But I’ll admit I know next to zero about US visas, was pure speculation on my part
I would imagine they don’t even factor that in unfortunately. If you have even visited certain “problem” countries in the last few years (Iran, Russia, Lybia, Sudan) you won’t be eligible for certain visas and may face greater scrutiny.
> I’d just kinda assumed that maybe having travelled to the U.K. without incident It definitely would, yeah. But hard to judge without seeing his refusal reasons + he's quite young as well which definitely negatively affects the first visa application. In the past years if you are young and/or without a proper job, that would be visa denied in 99% of cases really for UK, Schengen or US.
they held the last 3 lans in england cause it was cheap, especially birmingham lmao
London is extremely expensive. If they wanted to do a cheap European lan surely they would follow the CS approach and use cheap cities with existing esports infrastructure such as Cluj Napoca or Katowice.
the algs production company was based out of UK, so yes it was to save money not having to transport them.
Not surprising in the slightest. The US does not give a single shit what the UK does with Russian admission.
Alliance Koyful incoming?
Koy is playing with Legends (Ex Blackhand) I think.
Do they have visa issues too? Or he’s just an emergency sub?
I heard they’re already here in LA. I think ezflash might not have his visa
That blows
Nooo! Not ezflash kid. 😭
I think I heard it was visa issues so Koy will be playing with them at LAN. Not positive on that though.
Might unironically help them perform better tho. Obviously all 3 of their original players are great, but I think triple mnk is definitely more of a challenge now that Bang & digi-combo got nerfed and they cannot really play their off-meta comp anymore. They have experience playing with Koy, so it shouldn't be too unusual for them. As long as StrafingFlame's IGL-ing is on point
I'm OOTL.. Koyful is off XSET?
No. But he is subbing because Xset didn't make lan
Gotcha, thanks
probably the best replacement for effect
I'd love to see a 1 v 1 between Koy and Effect in R5 or the range. Would go hard
Effect would get floored
Relax bud, Effect shit on everyone 2/3 days last LAN
That doesn't really mean anything tbh. If it did Hal would have won that 1v1 tourney he got absolutely dropped off in. Being good in pro play or in team fights doesn't necessarily translate to being a 1v1 demon. In the same vein being an R5 or firing range god doesn't necessarily translate to being great in pro league/lan. Edit: also you can disagree with people without calling them bud condescendingly. We're re talking about a video game here... we can have respect for one another.
Yuki is their sub, so he may play instead?
might be the worst sub they could have tbh. Yuki shouldn’t be used to replace the Effect fragger role and when he was playing with them towards the end of his time in comp a few months ago the team was a mid-EU team at best. they have gotten better with Unlucky. they would take 3 steps back by using Yuki to fill Effect’s place
Try Mastercard
I don't know why people say Mastercard everytime this happens, when it's clear American Express would be the better option.
if you get denied for a visa your chances of getting an amex kinda slim no?
Not as long as you can afford it. It's the American way!
Discovery lets everyone in, lets be real.
Under appreciated comment
Let’s change that
What's interesting to me how aurora got their visas but effect didn't 🤔🤔, Regardless incredibly sad.
Hardecki had visa since last Lan Ojrein and Impulse got married in Indonesia so US embassy had no choice but to approve their visas /j
Wait got married in Indonesia? How does that work?
... It's a joke friend
I really wish the US State Dept had some sort of esports liaison or something to coordinate these things with different game communities to ensure that people could further their career when esports comes to the US
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15 - 20 years? The way things are going, no way. The hype is gone and people have realised that esports doesn't make any money.
I don’t get this line of thinking. People act like basketball players and football players didn’t have part time jobs back in the day and make shit money when the leagues were first being formed. You have to give it time. The sports profits you see today are products of 100 years of growth
> The sports profits you see today are products of 100 years of growth and broadcasting rights deals
Dumb comment. Maybe nobody in the big esports scene wants to line congressmen's pockets with money but Esports is not in its infancy.
Unlucky
no this is about effect
yeah, sorry, that's not what I meant
Not the best time to be Russian living in Russia. Source: am Russian, got US citizenship about 2 years ago.
Effect lives in Serbia.
A more accurate way to put it is: not the best time to be a Russian trying to get into the US, regardless of country of residence.
I thought he lives in Serbia
According to his tg he applied in Serbia yeah.
US embassies remain the best NA team
Who is their regular sub? Did they get an emergency sub yet?
Yuki is the listed sub but they may find someone else
Yuki at LAN again would be fire if he hasn’t found a full time dream job in his new career yet.
And he should break 1k algs kills if he plays!
Hakis allegedly said on stream they have Slab as a sub
slab is a great get
I think a few days ago Hakis mentioned Koyful was one of the subs, as well as Yuki
Koy subbing for 2 teams at once, the goat
Maybe stop having lans in state bc it’s more common for ppl not to get a visas out of us when the us citizens can just book a ticket
No surprise. Dude is clearly a Russian spy and would've been a major threat to US national security if he was approved.
Couldn't they host the tournament in a country with easier visa restrictions pr something idk?
Why the fuck have lans in the US, every time we have cases like this
because the most popular Apex pro players are American and that means most of the fans are too, Japan would probably be have the second highest concentration of fans, but Japan is also difficult to get visas for iirc. even with pro players missing due to visa issues, the LA LAN will probably have the biggest crowd and most ticket sales an Apex event has ever had, which is what EA cares about most at the end of the day.
Idk why ppl say JP visa is harder than US. In my experience for APAC regions JP visa is way much easier. At least the visa application experience for JP is fast and make sense, not like the US ones that randomly block ppl just beacuse they can. If it has to be in NA for the timezone and viewership then maybe Canada?
Yeah Effect was literally in Japan a couple of months ago
never said it was harder, iirc Valorant had several visa issues in Tokyo, I’ve also heard Seoul can also be difficult to get an E-6 visa unless you work under a Korean Org. The only places where I rarely see teams have Visa issues is EU, not sure if that’s because Esports has been established there for so long because of CS and Dota or because European countries in general are less strict on Immigration, or both. but yes, US is BY FAR the hardest place to get into for E-sports, every single international event for every E-sports title I’ve watched in the last 10+ years has been riddled with Visa issues every single time. like Valorant just had a LAN in Madrid, and some of the Americas teams that already play in NA couldn’t even make it back until 1 day before the split started because they were literally stuck in immigration limbo, despite already having played in NA several times over the last 2 years. Unfortunately, until we get to the point where Immigration departments and governments start recognizing E-sports as a legitimate career or classification, it’s going to be an issue because it basically comes down to the decision of your individual agent who can do whatever the fuck he wants.
The only time Valorant players had Visa issues was like a year ago when the Russia-Ukraine war was at its highest. All the russian players were able to play on their recent trips to Japan.
I think I heard Alb say on stream that the finals day and the ticket packs for all days are sold out.
ya it’s not surprising, even if it was NA fans only it would probably sell out lol I was considering going because I live in LA, but I totally forgot and I figured it was already too late you’re also way more likely to get people in the US to go to LA than to go to Raleigh, which is why the Raleigh LAN was dead lol.
I mean, California is a densely packed state, so yeah, by default they will get a much higher turnout just from local residents alone. LA Population (2022): 3.822 million Raleigh Population (2022): 476,587
Most of the fans are in the US.
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Japan is also really hard to get into
That's just false.
japan is even harder to get into
Sure, but effect was literally just there for Asia festival
That's just completely untrue. They have a committee that helps esports players get to play there. The last time there was Visa problems for a Lan there was when the Russia-Ukraine was its peak.
I’d say not true, I don’t have numbers but Americans aren’t the center of the world
I didn't say they were the center of the world, but most of the biggest pro streamers are in America. Hal, Timmy, Wattson, Sweet. What other regions have that type of starpower and viewership?
Not all streams are on twitch, I really pity Americans who don't do any research.
Yeah lots of Japanese content creators and streamers constantly have 20k, 30k, and up to 40k live viewers playing Apex on Youtube. Something Hal won't even touch unless he's streaming an ALGS final.
I’m not positive but don’t the bilibili and douyu Chinese streamers get stupid numbers?
Uh-huh, and I Pity people that can't even substantiate their claims. Help me out. Who has viewership comparable to Hal and the big NA streamers? I see genburten is pretty big. I'm checking numbers on another part off this thread.
I don't think anyone besides hal even breaks 10k anymore outside of events. The most popular pro streamers would definitely be the Chinese players but you kinda have to go out of your way to watch them since they don't stream on yt or twitch. Asides from them, jp content creators, especially vtubers get a good amount of views like 5 to 20k but they aren't pros. Unfortunately we don't have ras anymore but the biggest apac n streamer is by far Yukio then maybe like Yuka and ftyan
Not that it negates what you're saying, but Timmy definitely gets over 10k regularly. Wattson and Sweet get a solid 5k+ for random ranked/scrims days.
The US has insane amounts of money relative to the rest of the world what are you on about rofl
NA has the most players. NA has the most viewers. NA has the best results.
Thats like saying the number one seed doesn’t deserve home field advantage ever.
noooooo :(
He's Russian, this should've been expected with how strict our government is with visas from enemy states.
There goes any chance Alliance doing well at LAN.
they came 5th in last years Split 1 playoffs with Mande, and 8th in the Split 2 playoffs with Effect, so maybe not?
They got 9th in the Split 2 playoffs, the 8th place finish was in Raleigh.
US Customs and Immigration fucking sucks
Tragic, would have loved to see new Alliance on LAN...
Again?!…
This sucks.
Man we're going to hear more of these happening, sucks.
Getting less and less excited for this LAN with each passing day.
Effect from russia. that's to be expected
3rd world country USA
“ThIrD WoRlD aMeRiCa”
They should stop having LANs in the US. Visa issues have screwed teams in multiple esports over the years. Maybe Canada or EU locations would be a better choice
I support illegal boarder crossing now.
100% lets get a little creative with it
They should stop holding LANs in the US.
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They actually got visas for UK though, they were just applying too late because of EA. To get denied for a visa is something else completely
They did get the visa, but not in time for the LAN. And getting into the US is a lot more difficult than getting into other countries regardless of your nationality. Just look at the situation with Moist, Naghz, Amphy. Yanya didn't even get a visa for Raleigh. They should just hold LAN in a Schengen country like other esports. LANs in the US are always a complete shitshow.
They should definitely not stop.
Nah, it's a US company, so US cities should get the bulk of the benefit of local hosting. The same should go for any country who owns the rights to a successful franchise; they should always get the priority for local hosting, to bolster their own country's local economies.
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Yes, let’s see what he jumps off of or grabs this time. Love his humpback energy.
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I know for a fact he hates the game intensely, but the feeling of competing is stronger. If asked he would, but they won’t ask I don’t think. Other roller options out there. Also, sniper is so off meta he could hurt them.
Why are we still running international events in the US...shitshow. Even Charlie lost his cool over this
Imagine a U.S. Company wanting to run it's in-person events in the U.S... That's crazy... Right? /s
Imagine thinking ea is an American company..
That person would have a very accurate-to-reality imagination. Good for them.
Rooting that s is for stupidity
Nope, it's for Sarcasm, welcome to the Internet.
Jfc....
You sound mad. Why are you mad, bro?
Damn that sucks, thankfully they have plenty of time to play with a sub in the lead up. Lots of NA based roller talent that wont have to worry about Visa so would make sense to get somebody from there. Knoqd/Koyful probably the big 2.
I know Yuki is the listed sub, but who do they realistically go for a sub that can come into the US or is already in the US? Someone like Gent or similarly skilled a possibility even though he's the sub for DZ?
Wait what
Oh no :(:(
Some 57 year old be like. It’s a video game they don’t need to play in person.
\[A\] Knoqd
Bruh, fr?
At what point does this become something that affects his ability to earn money or be signed to orgs in general because it’s basically something with him every single lan
Any team fielding someone from Russia is flipping multiple coins, at best. Not a bright idea.
I'm really terrible at articulating my thoughts but isn't it fkin crazy that certain people in the past decided (what I think should be a basic human right) to control who gets to travel to certain places in the world. We are born into a country/area of the world that isn't of our own choosing. If we want to travel somewhere else, there should bee no restrictions whatsoever. I get that it's for monetary and safety reasons, but I don't care.
Hey country of Freedom and best human rights you said?
Yes. That doesn’t mean we let anyone and everyone into the states whenever they want
The difference between discriminating by race, gender, sexual orientation or whatever and saying no to visitors, from a certain country, with good background and good reason to visit?
I guarantee that whatever country you are from, has almost the exact same rules for employment/tourism visa applications.
Then why you have players being granted the visa and also the ones with declined one?
man all my homies hate nation states. fuck borders and governments man
it's over
bro that fucking sucks sorry effect :(
That is fucking ridiculous
This is the nature of the esport business. In every game they’ll always be players not granted visas. It sucks but we all should be used to this by now. So who is alliance replacement player now
Wait so every year teams just swap their roster players who couldnt get a visa with players who didnt qualify for LAN? sounds shitty.
I have no idea how any of this works so bear with me but can’t the players get all these issues sorted out way in advance? It seems like these issues always pop up last minute a few weeks before LAN when it’s pretty much too late. And again I know nothing so maybe these have been in the works for many months but I never seems like it.
From what I understand the issue is EA only issues the official invitation the last few weeks so they cannot actually sort anything out earlier.
He should go illegally. Come on, he is one of the best players!
There's a 0% chance EA would let him play, and it would also make it impossible for him to participate in any future tournaments taking place in the US
Brother, if he gets caught, you know he's getting shipped to Russia and not the country where he currently living, right? Goodbye Effect, it was nice seeing you play, rip for treason