posted by Malystryx.GDS,
Team Empire appear to be in a spot of bother in regards to securing their line-up for the upcoming Majors, with the organisation revealing their new 5th player is already locked to the ru aSpera.dota2.net* roster on the Major's website. According to Team Empire Valve was unwilling to bend the rules on player locks, which could mean that Team Empire will be forced to play through the open qualifiers.


Team Empire wrote in their official news on the matter that although they are announcing two new players, ru Andrei 'the_apathy' Aleshkov and ru Eugenii 'Fervian' Aksenov, they are "facing a problem that can't be solved".

According to Valve's rule set for the locking of rosters, once a player has submitted themselves to a team they are locked to that team.

Unfortunately, we can not declare The_apathy to Valve's Major tournament for Team Empire, since he previously accepted the invitation on dota2.com from his former team aSpera, which he had already left. Under the rules of Valve, player who has accepted an invitation from a team remains locked behind this team until the end of the season.

This rule applies only to major tournaments, in the remaining tournaments Andrei has a right to play for Team Empire.We contacted Valve and explained the situation, but the rules are the same for everyone and in this case they can't do nothing.


Valve's rule on unlocking players state:
Making changes to your roster will cause your team to no longer be eligible to receive a direct invitation to either the Major or the Regional Qualifiers. Note that this only applies to roster changes outside of your Primary and Substitute members -- there is no penalty for swapping between Primary and Substitute slots. Your team may still register and participate in the Open Qualifiers.


As a result Team Empire have decided to carry on regardless, and will play with The_Apathy in the upcoming ESL One New York Qualifiers, where the team is already in the semi-finals. However, it means in order to participate in the first Major, they may need to pass the open qualifiers, with the team to decide their course of action following the return of ua Roman 'Resolut1on' Fominok from his holidays in the States.

Team Empire like Navi have decided to invest in rising stars for their upcoming campaign, with new additions The_Apathy and Fervian both joining the team with minimal experience in the top flight.

Team Empire's roster as it stands:

ua Roman 'Resolut1on' Fominok
ru Airat 'Silent' Gaziev
ru Ivan 'uBaH' Kapustin
ua Ilya 'AlohaDance' Korobkin
ru Andrei 'the_apathy' Aleshkov
ru Eugenii 'Fervian' Aksenov (Substitute)

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