A joint statement by several top teams made clear that they support the idea of a LAN Major, but the first COVID-19 cases are troubling the community.
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On 21 March, Natus Vincere and Quincy Crew announced that they won’t be able to compete with their original DPC roster at the ONE Esports Singapore Major 2021, because Bogdan ‘Iceberg‘ Vasilenko, Andrey ‘alwayswannafly‘ Bondarenko and Arif ‘MSS‘ Anwar had caught COVID-19.
We regretfully announce that @MSSDota has tested positive for covid and will be unable to make it to Singapore. His symptoms have been mild so far and he is doing well. We’re trying to secure a sub who can get processed in time to travel to the major.
— Jack Chen (@KBBQDotA) March 21, 2021
Five players won’t be attending the Major
Natus Vincere have already announced a fitting replacement in the form of Andrey ‘Mag‘ Chipenko and CIS superstar Roman ‘RAMZEs‘ Kushnarev who was benched by Evil Geniuses.
Earlier this week Virtus.pro announced that they won’t be able to travel to Singapore with their star carry Egor ‘Nightfall‘ Grigorenko, because he is feeling sick. The same goes for Neon Esports‘ carry John Anthony ‘Natsumi-‘ Vargas. He was replaced by Rafael ‘Rappy‘ Palo for the upcoming Major.
The Singapore Major will take place from 27 March to 4 April. It’s the first Major since DreamLeague Season 13: The Leipzig Major and the first LAN event since the start of the pandemic in early 2020.
Do you think these teams are still in with a chance of winning the Major? Which team is your favourite?
Photo credit: DreamHack – Adela Sznajder
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