Evil Geniuses replace Nightfall with MSS

On the official page of the Evil Geniuses organization on the Twitter social network, information has appeared that Egor "Nightfall" Grigorenko has been sent to the reserve of the main Dota 2 roster. His place was taken by Arif "MSS" Anwar and will play with the team until the end of the rating season.

The reason for this decision was Yegor's visa problems, as the United States tightened the rules for entering the country for foreigners during the coronavirus pandemic. By the way, the announcement indicates that Grigorenko will return to the base as soon as there is such an opportunity.

Egor "Nightfall" Grigorenko's own commentary:

“Guise, due to visa complications and the fact that I cannot get to Canada/America, I will not be able to finish the 1st DPS season. Also, I would like to add that everything is fine in our team, so the fans do not worry and continue to cheer... "

Current Dota 2 roster of Evil Geniuses:

• Arthur "Arteezy" Babaev
• Abed Azel "Abed" Yusop
• Arif "MSS" Anwar (replacement)
• Andreas Frank "Cr1t-" Nielsen
• Esse "JerAx" Vainikka
• Egor "Nightfall" Grigorenko (reserve)

It should be noted that the community was dissatisfied with this decision of the North American organization and this news was commented on by a number of significant people in e-sports, including commentator Vitaly "v1lat" Volochay, sports director of HellRaisers Maria Gunina and analyst Yaroslav "NS" Kuznetsov.

Vitaly "v1lat" Volochai's comment:

“Don't make up a bike with EG and Nightfall. From the end of November, new entry rules for foreigners began to work in the United States. They let those vaccinated by Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson or Astrazeneka. The satellite is not included in the list, so Egor needs either a booster dose, which he will be able to receive not earlier than six months later from the second vaccination, or simply play remotely. "

Maria Gunina's comment:

“Contradictory feelings from the replacement in EG, didn't they know from the very beginning that it would be difficult for a Russian to get a visa to the United States? Was it a discovery for them a few months later? "

Yaroslav "NS" Kuznetsov's comment:

“If we take the option where he really cannot fly to the USA because there is no visa and no vaccine conditional Pfizer, then this is epic and nonsense from the management. Yes, and now it is difficult to obtain a visa for a citizen of the Russian Federation, and it is also problematic to deliver a vaccine not Sputnik, but both can be solved. But if this is all a SUPER PROBLEM for some reason, then why was this transfer needed at all? One way or another, he was in the CIS with a really incredible carry level, and now he is not in the CIS, but on the bank in the EG. Well, maybe they will be allowed somewhere to replace him, on lease, so to speak, but now it is unlikely that anyone needs it, the season is in full swing, those who have everything well will not change anything, but go to replace those who have everything is not very much and there is not a lot of sense. Nonsense and compote. "