Royal Bandits to miss eXTREMESLAND due to visa issues

Royal Bandits have informed the Chinese organizers that they will not be attending the Shanghai event next week, due to visa problems for the Turkish side.

The news takes place after the eXTREMESLAND groups had been revealed, visa issues are no stranger to the Turkish scene following several examples in the past including HellRaisers star Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker.

Most recently, Space Soldiers were forced to field their coach Canpolat "⁠hardstyle⁠" Yıldıran as a stand-in at the
recent FACEIT Major, while Engin "⁠ngiN⁠" Kor had to miss out for the exact same reason.

SasuKe and co. will miss out on eXTREMESLAND

Despite Royal Bandits' efforts, the Turkish organisation were told by the embassy it was impossible for them to acquire the Chinese visas in time to compete (including the express method).

This was the first time eXTREMESLAND hosted a Turkish qualifier, which saw Ufuk "⁠SasuKe⁠" Göktaş's crew win the grand final, 2-0, over Bursaspor Espor last month. They were set to face TNC at the main event in Group D, alongside BOOT-d[S] and XCN.

The tournament organizers have informed HLTV.org that there will be no replacements. Therefore, the current team list will be reduced to the following fifteen teams:

Turkey Engin 'ngiN' Kor
Engin 'ngiN' Kor
Age:
25
Rating 1.0:
0.93
Maps played:
624
KPR:
0.61
DPR:
0.63
Turkey Ufuk 'SasuKe' Göktaş
Ufuk 'SasuKe' Göktaş
Age:
22
Rating 1.0:
1.01
Maps played:
301
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.71
Turkey Özgür 'woxic' Eker
Özgür 'woxic' Eker
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.15
Maps played:
527
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.62
Oh no
2018-10-11 07:44
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5 replies
Rip
2018-10-11 07:49
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4 replies
Sasuke, he's protecting hidden leaf.
2018-10-11 07:53
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L
2018-10-11 08:21
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2 replies
#38
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Troubley | 
United Kingdom freshfBN
Rly sad :-/
2018-10-11 09:22
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1 reply
Really sad that we Turks actually got used to this i didn't even react to it i was expecting this anyways
2018-10-11 11:50
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#2
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Europe JuliusCaesar
I actually feel bad for those guys. Its 2018 and people still got problems with visa. Thats weird
2018-10-11 07:45
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3 replies
That's Turkey for you.
2018-10-11 08:03
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2 replies
#45
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Mongolia Schweinepriester
Politics mainly
2018-10-11 09:46
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1 reply
Yeah, of course.
2018-10-13 18:18
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#3
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Denmark Twick_
Ok
2018-10-11 07:44
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#5
Faceit level 5 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
SpawN | 
Malaysia Monstrexa
haihzzzzzzzzzzz
2018-10-11 07:46
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Turkey & VISA issues. Name a more iconic duo. Its crazy lol.
2018-10-11 07:47
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7 replies
USA & Visa issues, the most iconic duo.
2018-10-11 08:03
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6 replies
#28
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Poland kola5410
USA? Do they need it? Nobody asked them to go and... Do they give a fuck?
2018-10-11 08:43
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5 replies
#37
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Singapore derpydm
US events and visa issues TyLoo and Flash got screwed over because of that before
2018-10-11 09:19
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4 replies
#46
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Mongolia Schweinepriester
Mongolz couldnt attend major because of this. And it couldve been a turning point for them
2018-10-11 09:48
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plus 100thieves xd
2018-10-11 10:57
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1 reply
the legendary team with 0 matches
2018-10-11 12:48
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#77
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Poland kola5410
I was understanding it like us Players have those issues
2018-10-11 12:54
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#8
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Indonesia Exodd
LUL not surprised anymore at this point
2018-10-11 07:50
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#9
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Brunei SilverDogz
RIP
2018-10-11 07:53
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#12
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Belgium HLTVnewfag
Ez visas for turkey
2018-10-11 07:59
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#13
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Poland BAN_ANIME
this is so sad alexa play despacito jk unluko maluko
2018-10-11 08:00
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Turkey Visa Problems Pick One
2018-10-11 08:01
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2 replies
#18
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Czech Republic Limacool
unfortunately in China they picked both
2018-10-11 08:04
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1 reply
lmfao
2018-10-11 08:27
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#15
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Czech Republic Limacool
sad
2018-10-11 08:03
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#19
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Georgia Broozman
Sad :(
2018-10-11 08:10
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#20
nEGRo | 
Ukraine aels
Ez4opticindia
2018-10-11 08:11
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#21
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Bulgaria AboveYall
100k for such teams ? sign me up XD
2018-10-11 08:16
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3 replies
#47
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Mongolia Schweinepriester
Youre not asian, youre choban
2018-10-11 09:49
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2 replies
#49
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Bulgaria AboveYall
youtu.be/fkXPF_bXytI?t=60 choban you say B-) lmao
2018-10-11 09:59
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1 reply
#51
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Mongolia Schweinepriester
+1 hahahaha
2018-10-11 10:16
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Rip to them Looked like a promising lineup
2018-10-11 08:19
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Nice
2018-10-11 08:21
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Im really bored cauz of that. Fuck turkish cs.
2018-10-11 08:23
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5 replies
#76
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Czech Republic Limacool
turkish cs did nothing wrong but Erdogan and your politicans did ;)
2018-10-11 12:53
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4 replies
+999999999 #removeerdoganfromtheworld
2018-10-11 13:49
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3 replies
Silivri soğuktur aslanım iyi giyin :))
2018-10-11 23:27
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2 replies
Nt samsunda yaşıyorum oralar daha soğuktur bence ağrı van felan
2018-10-11 23:33
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Amk bmkahkskflkwke türkiyedeki memeslerden o kadar uzağım ki ne dediğini anlamadım aq xdddd
2018-10-16 15:37
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2018-10-11 08:40
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#30
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Finland Olter
Name a more iconic duo; Turks and LAN dodging inb4 Joelz
2018-10-11 08:51
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4 replies
#31
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Bulgaria kr9ptonn
joelz
2018-10-11 09:02
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2 replies
#32
Zeus | 
Finland Olter
You is retard
2018-10-11 09:03
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#73
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Namibia banned_so
Nt krepton9lul
2018-10-11 12:43
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#93
s1 | 
Ukraine mpletop1
nt joelz
2018-10-11 16:33
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ORG NAME CHECKS OUT
2018-10-11 09:07
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1 reply
#72
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Namibia banned_so
They read it as loyal bandits so as they are loyal to erdogan it’s dangerous to give them visas
2018-10-11 12:43
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visa is a weird way to spell cheat
2018-10-11 09:08
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#35
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Brazil ^7|1
Ez for OpTic India
2018-10-11 09:09
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1 reply
+1
2018-10-11 11:34
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#39
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Troubley | 
United Kingdom freshfBN
Start to belive that nobody want turkish ppl in their county...
2018-10-11 09:24
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2 replies
yes lul
2018-10-11 09:27
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#59
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Turkey itsmeyaboi
Thanks to Erdogan, he just made our people travel 50 years back.
2018-10-11 11:22
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Woow and it is china, Come here I will be your host and take you to the geisha house my Turkic friends
2018-10-11 09:24
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Sad Story
2018-10-11 09:24
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#42
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Bosnia and Herzegovina @NiKo
USA visa fucked Mongolian CSGO scene too. The MongolZ were skipped MLG Columbus 2016 Qualifier.. That was too sad and fuck USA.
2018-10-11 09:25
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1 reply
#71
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Namibia banned_so
This event is hosted in China
2018-10-11 12:42
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#44
Faceit level 10  | 
ScrunK | 
Germany miinus
F
2018-10-11 09:38
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#48
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United States Koosh34
how bad is turkey that they can't even get a visa to china.
2018-10-11 09:50
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2 replies
#50
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Turkey Tormund1
Thanks to our president
2018-10-11 10:09
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#60
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Turkey itsmeyaboi
Thanks to goddogan, fucking dictator.
2018-10-11 11:23
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Feels bad for them. there's is not many chances for them to have an event like this and when they have this chance they just couldn't get a visa. sad
2018-10-11 11:00
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lol
2018-10-11 11:22
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#62
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znxxX | 
Turkey Jarrod
So sad unluko
2018-10-11 11:33
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noooooo fk off fk Turkey
2018-10-11 11:39
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1.who? 2.fuck visas
2018-10-11 11:49
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2 replies
#92
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Ukraine mpletop1
you should change your flag
2018-10-11 16:31
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1 reply
no
2018-10-11 18:04
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Stop wasting invites on turkish players prior to checking if they can actually leave their country and enter another one..
2018-10-11 11:53
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4 replies
they were not invited???
2018-10-11 12:13
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Do you even follow the tournaments? If you dont have any clue about what we are talking just dont talk about it.
2018-10-11 13:40
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Lmfao nice brain
2018-10-11 13:53
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1 triggered doner kebab please
2018-10-11 14:01
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#69
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France breezy0
feeling bad for them they can't attend because of stupid politics
2018-10-11 12:18
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2 replies
#70
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Namibia banned_so
No one wants erdogans soldiers unluku
2018-10-11 12:41
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1 reply
#81
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France breezy0
not all turks are erdogan soldiers but yeh there are too many brainwashed idiots sadly
2018-10-11 13:48
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#75
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Germany mogh
lol except from flash players, i don't know any other player in that tournament
2018-10-11 12:49
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1 reply
#78
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Mongolia FoxOutOfGlocks
I think that is just cuz u dont follow scene that much then considering how we have seen mvp pk and BOOT-d[S] in multiple international events and SCARZ were in asia minor where they beat renegades xd...
2018-10-11 12:56
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Expected
2018-10-11 13:20
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#83
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China Contrail_Xinwei
feels bad for Turkish players
2018-10-11 13:50
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lmao again?
2018-10-11 13:51
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#88
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India g0bl1n
You Gotta Tell Turkish Govt to permit you :(
2018-10-11 14:45
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#89
Faceit level 6  | 
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Turkey Alpyy
Fuck fuck fuck and fuck again
2018-10-11 14:52
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#90
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Russia Iwanowitsch
Haha Trump ;) Trump denied all black peoples and peoples who came from bad countries. Same happening in the bodybuilder scene to Hadi Choopan.
2018-10-11 16:30
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#91
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Ukraine mpletop1
Turkey LUL
2018-10-11 16:30
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erdogan LUL
2018-10-11 16:38
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thx erdogan LUL
2018-10-11 17:06
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sad... that team has a lot of potential.. :/
2018-10-11 17:48
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why do you play csgo professionaly if u cant even get visas?
2018-10-11 19:12
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So sad
2018-10-11 19:46
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its lie they have no dollar for flights and hot-dogs
2018-10-11 22:03
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expected and no one cares anyway, tier 10 lan
2018-10-12 05:50
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That's unfortunate.
2018-10-12 05:56
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