One of the final hurdles to Sweden hosting the CounterStrike Major fell this week as the government changed their requirements for competitors attempting to secure visas to enter the nation for esports.
Roughly a week before the LCS 2021 Lock-In, Counter Logic Gaming had multiple members on its professional League team catch COVID. CLG is also experiencing visa slowdowns. They've signed two temporary subs, here is their new roster:
Due to sickness, Doublelift will not be playing in Team Liquid's Saturday game against TSM. Tactical will take his place on stage, playing against his former org, TSM. Read more on Tactical and Team Liquid here:
Wednesday morning, CLG tweeted out that former mid laner, Pobelter, would be re-joining the team as starting mid laner after a 1-7 start to the season. Pobelter replaces Crown, and will hope to help the team turn around their season. Read more here:
Many LCS orgs have been plagued by visa delays this off-season, but CLG finally secured their last player, Wind, who has just arrived to Los Angeles. With his return to the team, CLG has all of its members eligible for play. Read more on the team here:
After visa delays for both Broxah and Shernfire, MikeYeung returned to Team Liquid and has rediscovered his passion for competition. Watch our video interview on YouTube, or read the transcription here:
I'm here with Lee "Crown" Min-ho, who is back in NA on a new team ready for the new year. First, I want to ask, when did you get here and how has it been trying to fit in with the team? I came here th
Due to visa complications for original jungler and mid, Kadir and giyuu, Evil Geniuses has signed AnDa and 5fire as replacements for their LCS Academy squad. Read more on the swaps here:
Sources close to Inven Global reported visa issues for a number of players, including Crown, the starting mid for CLG, but they've now confirmed he has arrived in NA. Read more here:
CLG and Crown haven't been able to finalize the star Korean mid's visa, and CLG Academy mid, Tuesday, will be starting in the opening LCS weekend. Read more on the situation here:
Team Liquid has had multiple visa problems this year, but the team has kept positive and worked out a solution for the time being. Here's what Pobelter and Broxah have to say about Liquid's current predicament:
Team Liquid may be playing their streamer, TF Blade for their early LCS games. According to his stream, Ashkan “TF Blade” Homayouni mentioned that “there's a good chance” that
It's a problem that has plagued NA for years, players and coaches sometimes struggle to get their visas approved in timely fashion. Team Liquid now has three of their members facing this problem, Broxah, Cain, and Shernfire.
Crumbz returned to the pro League scene earlier this year after a short stint in OWL. He sat down with Inven Global to discuss his year and the mistakes he has seen NA make, particularly in the off-season. Read about NA's problems and his future plans here:
