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VCT EMEA Challengers Week 3 postponed

eutalyx

February 24, 2022

Riot and Freaks4U Gaming have decided to postpone the third week of its Stage 1: EMEA Challengers games due to the "escalating crisis in Ukraine."

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After careful consideration, we have decided to postpone VCT EMEA Week 3 games. Our community’s welfare is integral to us and at this time, our number one priority is to support the players, casters, staff and fans affected by the escalating crisis in Ukraine.

In order to preserve the "welfare" of its community, Riot has opted to not play this week's EMEA Challengers games. Six games were scheduled for this week, three per group.

There are 13 Russian players participating in EMEA Challengers, as well as two Ukrainian players. Five of those players play for Gambit Esports Gambit Esports Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Chronicle Timofey Khromov d3ffo Nikita Sudakov sheydos Bogdan Naumov nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin , whose manager and coach are also Russian. FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #3 crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder 's Nikita "Derke" Sirmitev is Finnish-Russian.

An updated VCT schedule will be released as soon as possible.

VRL CIS: Milestone and VRL France: Revolution's games for today have also been postponed.

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man_i_love_tenz

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Eutalyx W

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lorenzopajaroFC

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Oh no

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Arisqq

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good decision

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yourfather

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too political post, going to use spike.gg now

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acui01

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lmao spike.gg

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hiimnsk

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how is this a political post? youre an idiot.

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yourfather

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I'm being sarcastic

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hiimnsk

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im sure you are.

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yourfather

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I'm mocking the mods who were deleting posts spreading awareness about the situation and praying for people

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hiimnsk

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nt

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Flumplestiltski

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Tbh i thought it was sarcasm, i mean the spike.gg part pretty much gave it away

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'_'

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yourfather

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ya

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pretty obvious sarcasm, its about the fact that vlr has been deleting posts about ukraine due to the No Politics rule

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hiimnsk

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nt

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?

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big_chungus69

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How is it not?

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hiimnsk

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how is giving a reason as to why its prosponed make it political?

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turkey

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8/8 you baited so many

#40

pewpew

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its always gotta be a brazilian...god damn it bruh...always

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LokiTronix

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this as polytical as keznit is racist xd

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LogicValo

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So instead of getting the milk you went to spike.gg. Please dont come back.

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??

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:(

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jblancard

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w

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Good decision.

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kfox

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What teams/players are from Ukraine?

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Navi players are from ukraine

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eutalyx

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FPX have two Russian players (Shao, SUYGETSU) and one Ukrainian player (ANGE1).
Guild have one Russian player (trexx).
Fnatic have one Russian player (braveaf) and one Finnish-Russian player (Derke).
All of Gambit are Russian, coach and manager included.
Acend have one Ukrainian-Spanish player (Kiles) and two Polish players (zeek and starxo, whose country is on high alert due to its proximity to the conflict).
Natus Vincere have four Russian players (dinkzj, Duno, Jady, Cloud) and one Belarusian player (7ssk7, whose country maintains a very tight-knit relationship with Russia).

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Thanks for info

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Fnatic has 2

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ciro

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You are half Russian right?

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eutalyx

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Did not know you were half Russian, thanks.

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xPR13ST

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damn bro! you need to work for eSports. You provided the crucial information everyone wanted but the article left out. GGwp. Not all heroes wear capes.

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eutalyx

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very true and an oversight on my part, thanks

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Ange1 IGL of FPX is ukranian and ardiis just said on stream that they might need to get a stand in because he his internet is cutting off and Ukraine just mandated conscription of men between 18 and 60 years old

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Massive W by VCT great decision

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1tna

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The welfare of the players and community should always come before competition great decision
Let's just hope Ukraine's will be safe

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nice from riot

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ciro

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Safety and welfare of the players comes first, Rito W

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W

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hekzy

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does that mean we are finally able to talk about this or is this post supposed to be 404d?

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no idea lol

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I wish I could get international options on this. This site is incredibly diverse and I would like to hear a different point of view than I’m receiving from the American media.

I am curious why Russia is doing this and why they think it’s worth the immense international pressure they are going to receive because of this.

I understand this may be sensitive and their are two sides to most stories, so if discussions like this are not allowed on this website, can someone point me in the right direction to find out the other side of the story that isn’t told by the American media.

Thanks.

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try reddit and twitter buddy

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hekzy

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probably the two worst places to read takes/opinions.

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read up on AP, Reuters, AFP, Wikipedia.
Avoid American media.

we're not allowing these discussions on VLR.gg.

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hekzy

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Yeah same

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Nice

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Good decision

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#StopWar

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sadge, hope everyone is safe

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This is not an "escalating crisis in Ukraine", this is the russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Courage of Ukrainian people is impressive, stay strong brother.

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Marrix

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They were doing the same thing to palestine and many other countries. They call it a "crisis" when it's clearly one-sided and you're just defending yourselves.

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I think its a good decision.

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Good decision

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CIS VALORANT😔

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