{"id":32221,"date":"2023-09-05T20:13:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T00:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=32221"},"modified":"2023-09-05T20:13:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T00:13:40","slug":"algs-championship-impacted-by-visa-issues-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/algs-championship-impacted-by-visa-issues-once-again\/","title":{"rendered":"ALGS Championship impacted by visa issues once again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/apex-legends\/global-series\/\" title=\"ALGS betting guide\">Apex Legends Global Series Championship<\/a>, in Birmingham, U.K, will experience the absence of some of its players due to visa complications that hindered their travel plans.<\/p>\n<p>Among the individuals are Miron &#8220;Effect&#8221; Novikov from Alliance, Kiryl \u201c9impulse\u201d Kostsiu and Lev \u201ctaskmast33r\u201d Grigoriev of Aurora Gaming.<\/p>\n<p>To fill in for Effect, Mikkel &#8220;Mande&#8221; Hestbek will step up, while Aurora Gaming will fill the spots of 9impulse and taskmaster with Jose \u201cUxako\u201d Llosa from Entropiq and Keenan \u201cTax\u201d Mackey from Myztro Gaming.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to ALGS: Championship 2023 \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n<p>Due to visa issues, we had to invite substitutes to participate in the Champs. Thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Taxington?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Taxington<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UxakoTTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UxakoTTV<\/a> for help.<\/p>\n<p>Important note: if <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9Impu1se?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@9impu1se<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taskmast33r?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@taskmast33r<\/a> can get a visa before\/during ALGS, they will arrive and play. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YEIqGTvOlm\">pic.twitter.com\/YEIqGTvOlm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aurora Apex (@AuroraApex_GG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AuroraApex_GG\/status\/1699027186567500149?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>These visa related challenges mark another instance within a series of issues that have plagued the ALGS this year.<\/p>\n<p>Back in May, several players were unable to attend the ALGS Split 2 Playoffs in Stockholm, Sweden, due to similar visa complications.<\/p>\n<p>The frustrations stemming from these visa problems have affected both players and fans alike.<\/p>\n<p>The general manager for the Alliance <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/apex-legends\/\" title=\"Apex Legends betting guide\">Apex Legends<\/a> team Pontus &#8220;Chef P.&#8221; Bengtsson, released an update on the team and what things will look like at the ALGS Championship via his twitter account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Short <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ALGS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ALGS<\/a> update<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 Mande will start the group stage as our sub<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd38 Effect will come if we get VISA news before Friday<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 A prize cut split is already in agreement between Effect\/Mande<\/p>\n<p>The squad is confident no matter who plays, time to bring it home! \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LongLiveAlliance?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LongLiveAlliance<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ni08LLZChI\">pic.twitter.com\/Ni08LLZChI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alliance | Pontus \ud83c\udfcc\ud83c\udffc\u200d\u2642\ufe0f (@chefPontus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chefPontus\/status\/1698789510094426432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite these setbacks both Alliance and Aurora Gaming are still eligible to participate at the event.<\/p>\n<p>However they will face a disadvantage because they will have to rely on substitutes who may not be as acquainted with the game or their teammates.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Fire Beavers will not get to participate at the Championship at all, as none of their players received visas in time, leaving them with no choice but to forfeit their spot at the event. <\/p>\n<p>The ALGS Championship marks the pinnacle of the year ALGS circuit.<\/p>\n<p>This tournament will showcase 40 top notch Apex Legends teams from across the globe vying for a portion of the $2 million prize pool.<\/p>\n<p>The ALGS Championship is scheduled to take place from September 6-10.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apex Legends pros will miss the ALGS Championship due to visa issues, in yet another instance of travel complications hampering the esport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":20703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2738,2222,491,681,910,2566,3362,3363,3359,3360,3361,3358],"class_list":["post-32221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-algs","tag-algs-championship","tag-alliance","tag-apex-legends","tag-apex-legends-global-series","tag-aurora-gaming","tag-jose-uxako-llosa","tag-keenan-tax-mackey","tag-kiryl-9impulse-kostsiu","tag-lev-taskmast33r-grigoriev","tag-mikkel-mande-hestbek","tag-miron-effect-novikov"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32221"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32224,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32221\/revisions\/32224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}