Edward Misses ESEA, Na`Vi Fall Back On Ceh9

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Confirmation has finally come, stating that Ukrainian side Natus Vincere, who in recent months were DreamHack finalists and SLTV StarSeries winners, will have to miss one of their main fraggers in Ioann 'Edward' Sukhariev due to visa problems travelling to the United States. As a result this weekend's ESEA offline finals in Dallas, which had already been severely weakened due to the absence of Titan, Dignitas and LGB, will be dealt another blow.

The visa issues were caused by the US embassy, which lost the passport of Sukhariev and will not manage to return it to him before next week. As a result Edward will not be allowed to travel to the US, forcing Na`Vi to use a stand-in.

To replace Edward the Ukrainian side will rely on their previous member of multiple years Arseny 'ceh9' Trynozhenko, who retired last year but continued to be around the scene as Na`Vi's in-house streamer and caster. Last time Trynozhenko played competitively was DreamHack Winter 2013.

Na`Vi will have to do with ceh9 for the entirety of the ESEA LAN, but can expect Edward to return in time for the IronGaming LAN in Austin, Texas, the same state where the ESEA finals are held.