Aunkere kihagyja az RMR-t; A Benched Heroes részvétele kétséges

Eugene "Aunkere" Karyat has been ruled out of IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR following a rejected visa application. The 22-year-old’s absence confirms reports by Dust2.dk és a cybersport.ru, which indicated that Russian players will struggle to obtain visas for the event.

Ugyanabban az időben, Owen “Smooya” Butterfield - jelentette be egy tweetben that the team is also waiting for Mr. Grant "Kehely" Arkin‘s visa decision, happening on Tuesday. If the Turkish player doesn’t obtain the required permission, the team’s only chance to attend would be to use an emergency stand-in, something they have not been granted permission for at this time, according to the British AWPer.

Aunkere is ruled out of the RMR event

Teams are allowed to use one substitute player according to ESL’s rulebook, És Benched Heroes opting to put down Tamás "Thomas" Megengedve for the role. The British player is now set to replace Aunkere on the lineup, but without Kehely, they would still be one player short and unable to compete. The rules do state that the submitted coach can act as a substitute, but only where no substitute player is registered. This means that the team would be unable to field five players if Kehely‘s visa application gets rejected.

If Benched Heroes are to miss out, the rules state that they will be replaced by Világító, as their 7th place finish in the fourth open qualifier makes them the highest seeded team.