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SKADE to miss FLASHPOINT Global Qualifier due to visa issues; HAVU come in as replacement

29-2-2020 01:23

SKADE have been ruled out of the FLASHPOINT Global Qualifier after experiencing visa issues, with HAVU replacing them at the Los Angeles tournament, Denislav "⁠dennyslaw⁠" Dimitrov revealed on social media.

Originally, SKADE had applied for B1/B2 visas as recommended by their legal counsel, which the officials deemed insufficient, instead requiring P1 visas, for which the team no longer had enough time to apply.

Despite their and the organizers' attempts to rectify the situation, the Bulgarian side have been unsuccessful in obtaining the documents necessary to travel to the United States, preventing the team from attending their biggest event to date.

SPELLAN and co. will not be in attendance at the FLASHPOINT Global Qualifier

In a Twitlonger post explaining the situation, dennyslaw revealed his team has been replaced by HAVU at the Los Angeles event, after the Finnish side placed 7th-8th in the European closed qualifier. Lasse "⁠ZOREE⁠" Uronen & co. will take the Bulgarian team's place in Group B, also featuring Chaos, Copenhagen Flames, and Redemption POA.

SKADE had secured a spot in the FLASHPOINT Global Qualifier after making their way through the closed qualifier in second place, which saw the Bulgarian squad take down Spirit in the consolidation final, joining AVEZ in qualifying.

The FLASHPOINT Global Qualifier will run from March 3-5, featuring a prize pool of $64,000 and two spots in FLASHPOINT Season 1. The groups now look as follows:

Group A

Group B

thats sad to hear F

2020-02-29 01:23

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More on the situation dust2.us/News/4006-skade-denied-visas-fo..

2020-02-29 01:29

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NICE TIER 123424178974123643267842367842672442678678248672346782436784123678342678123476843768431 TOURNAMENT.. ITS LIKE 16 MM SUPREME/GLOBAL ELITE GAMES LMAOOOOO

2020-02-29 02:05

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2020-02-29 02:07

Vsm = top 20 player if he wasn't banned by valve racista

2020-02-29 02:35

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sorry. world only talk about TRUE WINNERS,.. iF he wins nothing = means nothing

2020-02-29 06:41

Yeah...but ez for TETONA

2020-02-29 01:24

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LOL BIG will trash them!

2020-02-29 01:26

KKKKKKK

2020-02-29 02:28

KKKKKKKKKKKK

2020-02-29 02:36

+1, DETONA most overrated BR team

2020-02-29 05:22

Detona USA best arcade racing game

2020-02-29 11:52

LUL IT AGED SO EVIL detona 16-11 BIG, germany cs LUL so bad

2020-03-03 19:22

typical for the cis scene, unfortunate :(

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Bulgaria isn’t CIS

2020-02-29 01:32

it is not their fault, they were told the wrong thing. Also we are not cis wdym LUL twitlonger.com/show/n_1sr5hnm

2020-02-29 01:28

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ok, I said Bulgaria isn’t CIS tho

2020-02-29 01:31

Not players' fault but org definitely sucks. Everyone in esports circles should know at this point that you cant get by without proper working visa anymore.

2020-02-29 10:32

bulgaria is not cis tho?

well fuck, i thought they were considered in the CIS region, my bad

2020-02-29 01:34

DK EDUCATION

2020-02-29 04:35

Yess

2020-02-29 01:25

2020-02-29 07:41

sad

Is this happens because we are from Bulgaria?

This time yes, this is happens because they are from bulgaria :()

2020-02-29 08:16

No Bulgarian team in LA(((((( I love u and I miss u aahhhhhuuuuuuuuuuuu

Great news for BIG CLAN!

IS THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE WE ARE FROM BULGARIA?!

At this case yes

2020-02-29 17:43

Fuck this bullshit :/

BIG vs Chaos finals. Calling it now.

2020-02-29 01:27

BIG will win!

“Smooya’s revenge” has a nice ring to it

2020-02-29 01:30

no finals and i dont think big nor chaos will lose a game so they can't meet in semis either

TETONA definely on the finals Redemption can surprise

cof cof detona > BIG

unluko

Feels bad for Spellan, so unlucky

Wtf not TS???

2020-02-29 01:35

Usa best country! Always with visa issues for CIS guys

2020-02-29 01:36

2020-02-29 01:38

ex-USSR

2020-02-29 04:04

Bulgaria isn't ex-USSR either, LMAO

2020-02-29 07:30

xDDD

2020-02-29 10:24

Unlucky af But gl HAVU))

2020-02-29 01:41

Trump's wall

Nice Bulgarian legal counsel LMAO

2020-02-29 01:43

The BG/US Embassy we got in Sofia is pure shit that's why.. I can't blame the United States, it is our ''workers'' that got this shit mistaken..

2020-02-29 01:44

come on dude, these problem with US visas frequently with Easter Europe and Asia countries. this is not first and even not second time for US events...

2020-02-29 01:59

yeah, if your embassy sucks that much, you have to get some capable legal help... which i guess these guys tried to do but they unfortunately picked shitty legal counsel

2020-02-29 10:33

Well I guess you're right :/

2020-02-29 11:49

This is just a joke, these players worked so hard to get to the Flashpoint Global Qualifier and because of the Bulgaria and US embassy they couldn't get the right visas on time.. I feel really bad for them :(

HAVUJA

2020-02-29 01:53

hahahah 2020 and still Visa ISSUES good JOB NA

2020-02-29 01:54

Actually Skade applied for the wrong VISA jesus

2020-02-29 03:53

big ooooof

2020-02-29 01:57

imagine you tryhard so much and get finally to the lan and then visa issues xaxaxaxax

2020-02-29 01:58

Skade didn't have time for P1 visas anymore, but somehow Havu comes from the sidelines and they DO have time? It's insane, dare I say it, racist towards bulgaria?

2020-02-29 02:03

Is this happens because we are from BULGARIA ?????

2020-02-29 02:10

It's actually surprisingly easy to get a US visa for max 2 weeks as a Finnish citizen. It can take as little as 3 - 5 days if you're lucky.

2020-02-29 02:30

They were playin mdl finals in us so i suppose they still have their visas

2020-02-29 02:31

Isn't finland in the visa waiver program? If you fly with the right airline you get to stay in the USA for some time without a visa

2020-02-29 07:43

yes but... Performers (such as actors and musicians) who plan on performing live or taping scenes for productions back home, as well as athletes participating in an athletic event are likewise not allowed to use the VWP for their respective engagements and are instead required to have an O or P visa prior to arrival

2020-02-29 10:38

Havu already had visas because they had been to US recently

2020-02-29 12:01

wow what a lucksters this havu team also very unluko for skade Is this happens because we are from BULGARIA ?????

2020-02-29 02:09

Doesnt win anyways

2020-02-29 02:56

Havu prolly got visas ezly or quickly because they recently played esea in Dallas. Anyway thanks Bulgaria we helped you in 1878 and now you helped us thanks frens

2020-02-29 03:01

this is what happens when you make qualifers in 17 february and lan in usa after 15 days there so many times that had to apply for visa if they qualifed and no way you would get visa in 15 days shit move from flashpoint

2020-02-29 03:28

2020-02-29 03:41

This is really happens because they are from Bulgaria :(

2020-02-29 03:44

Ezy for biggg

2020-02-29 04:11

Why would you apply for a B1/B2 that's a visitor visa basically :0 when you will be in the US to work/compete? Who helps these teams... This is an enormous missed opportunity. Probably the biggest in their lives. Had they made it through, they could've gotten a fat new name/sponsor in the league. Incredibly stupid to waste this opportunity like this, probably saved money on a legal representative just to be cheap fucks.

2020-02-29 04:40

solid 30s google later... i.imgur.com/s6lQxgC.jpg

2020-02-29 08:37

im pretty sure its not enough because they each get 5k a month from flashpoint which would be their primary income

2020-02-29 16:18

takes a solid 20 seconds to google and find that b1/b2 is the right visa for this my dude

2020-02-29 08:54

You had to google it. I didn't. I see it almost daily. B1/B2 is not the right visa in this case. It says so in the "proof" you provided if you actually bothered to read it. Here, where would SKADE compete had they made it into FP? Also, FP would be their primary income.

2020-02-29 18:24

I'd guess there's an argument both ways for the league itself but the QUALIFIER (what they were trying to go to) is very clearly a competition with a prize that would not be their main source of income.

2020-02-29 21:02

Sad to hear. Considering Flashpoint got multiple seasons in a year I hope they say something like "as long as you remain top x in ranking y, you will get direct invite to next qualifier"

2020-02-29 05:05

havu deserves it more anyway

2020-02-29 05:50

Deserved by HAVU.

2020-02-29 06:46

Could HAVU bet Spirit? NAH

2020-02-29 09:10

Its sad because USA citizens can come here without visa's because we are part of EU... but we cant go to USA.... In EU Union only we and Romania need visa's to go in USA .... this bureaucracy is wrong...

2020-02-29 08:39

Riiiip thats sad this was a good opportunity for SKADE... they deserve this

HAVUJA!

2020-02-29 09:22

How the fuck does a EU Country get Visa Issues in the US? Traveling to the US is a fucking Shitshow.

2020-02-29 09:35

Tell me about USA dont give us free access and we need VISA... but they can come without VISA here....

2020-02-29 09:59

SO PREDICTABLE hhahahahahahaha been watching these guys fall at the last hurdle before LAN for so long, the finally make it and they can't get visas. to be fair, the two weeks allowed really wasn't long enough so we can give them the benefit of the doubt....

2020-02-29 09:36

I saw the twitter and basically he said that in order to get p1 visa they need 20 days to get it but they had 17.So from the start they knew its impossible to get p1 in time.Dont make international events in USA if you have such strict requirements to get a visa :)

2020-02-29 09:51

2020-02-29 09:57

top3 on this qual was Spirit, top4 Gambit, top5-6 Winstrike and Cop.Flames. OFC we invite HAVU, GJ TRASHPOING.

2020-02-29 10:02

imagine making international event in USA and preventing a team to enter the country KEKW

2020-02-29 10:07

spirit, GY and winstrike have a minor cph flames has an invite

2020-02-29 10:25

havu? looooooooool

2020-02-29 10:19

What a joke

damn that fucking sucks for skade. they've been great online recently, feelsbad.. Wondering how Havu got in as the 7-8, but still happy for them i guess.

2020-02-29 11:46

It is pretty obvious honestly, CIS teams rather play their closed minor q and would have issues with visas, so havu is actually next in line (btw Copenhagen flames already got in too as 5-6th in qualifier.)

2020-02-29 12:53

Oh yeah, didn't realise. +1

2020-03-01 11:24

rip

2020-02-29 11:56

no words from Thorin about yet another fuck up from them I guess.

2020-02-29 12:04

sad news.. hope the best for havu

2020-02-29 12:32

EZ 4 VacSM

Lmao flashpoint going down hill already

2020-02-29 13:04

Didn't the qualifier had $100k prize pool? Now its only 64k

2020-02-29 15:40

I dunno it’s a t4 league though

2020-02-29 18:54

I love HAVU, so I consider this to be good news, even if it's too bad for Skade. They can probably beat both American teams. In both Group A and group B the two European teams will get out I think.

2020-02-29 13:38