Born Of Fire to miss SL Invitational

Starladder has announced that Born Of Fire have withdrawn from the SL I-League Invitational due to visa issues.

The Chinese team had been announced as TyLoo's replacement after the Asia Minor champions decided to skip the event in order to be able to apply for visas to enter the United States, where they will be competing in ELEAGUE at the end of the month.

However, LiKan "⁠ryk⁠" Luo's side have also been forced to withdraw from the tournament as a result of visa problems, leaving Starladder in a race against time to find a suitable replacement.

s1mple's Worst Players to replace Born Of Fire 

Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev's Worst Players, who were officially created at the start of the month, will be taking Born Of Fire's place in the double-elimination bracket, with their first match pitting them against Virtus.pro.

Taking place from May 19-22 at the Olimpiyskiy Football Stadium, in Kiev, the SL I-League Invitational will feature eight European teams and a $100,000 prize pool.

Worst Players' lineup consists of:

Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev
 Vladyslav "⁠arch⁠" Svistov
 Ilya "⁠fix⁠" Golovko
 Igor "⁠crush⁠" Shevchenko 
 Ivan "⁠AiyvaN⁠" Semenets 

Igor 'crush' Shevchenko Age: 20 Team: Worst Players Rating 1.0: 0.93 Maps played: 80 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.74 Ilya 'fix' Golovko Age: 18 Team: Worst Players Rating 1.0: 0.89 Maps played: 206 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.71 Ivan 'AiyvaN' Semenets Age: 19 Team: Worst Players Rating 1.0: 0.95 Maps played: 83 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.71 Vladyslav 'arch' Svistov Age: 20 Team: Worst Players Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 185 KPR: 0.65 DPR: 0.72 LiKan 'ryk' Luo Age: 29 Team: Born Of Fire Rating 1.0: 0.86 Maps played: 36 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.73 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Age: 18 Team: LiquidB Rating 1.0: 1.18 Maps played: 413 KPR: 0.84 DPR: 0.71