[CONFIRMED]: Saigon Buffalo's visa
✅Taki (sup), Hasmed (top), Richard (mid/sub), manager
❌BeanJ (jgl), Froggy (mid), Shogun (adc), Ren (head coach)
SGB still has chance to re-apply for visa before the play-in begin
According to , GAM’s application for the US VISA has just been declined by the US Embassy. The reasons were not announced, but this means until now, GAM haven’t fulfill the necessary paper to the US for upcoming
#Worlds2022
Police in Hanoi, Vietnam, said on the afternoon of June 1 that they arrested a Korean man named Lee Chan-ju (Yaharong) on May 30 in Ba Dinh district. According to a Vietnamese police investigation, Lee killed a Korean woman who was a fellow student for refusing to have sex.
Beside GAM, VCS
#2
seed Saigon Buffalo also not yet having VISA to Mexico for Worlds 2022. In a word, VCS might once again be absent at Worlds like 2 recent years.
GAM still have chance to get the US VISA. But they'll have to wait for another 14 days to re-apply for the VISA.
STORY: Richard (sub/mid) retrieved his visa by saying that his family owns a hill in Vietnam. His interview lasted only 5 minutes.
Whilst Hasmed's interview lasted more than 45 minutes, but got his visa as well.
Ren got unlucky due to national holiday in MX.
GAM is trying to look for chances even it 's the most fragile hopes to reach the World Finals 2021, and at the same time, they call on the community to create the hashtag
#BringVCStoWORLDS
, spreading the influence of Vietnam to the world.
GAM's GM Khanh Hiep Izumin said to : "Obviously, when we didn't get to go to Worlds 2020, the promise of both Garena and Riot Games to us was to take us to MSI 2021, and then promise to take us to Worlds 2021. But as a result, you guys already know".
Zeros, former top laner of Phong Vũ Buffalo at MSI 2019, has been permanently banned from competitive play by VCS (Vietnam Championship Series) due to inappropiate speech.
✅Note: GAM still have chance to get the US VISA. According to the rules, they'll have to wait for another 14 days to re-apply for the VISA. This means they'll have to wait until Sep 24 to know if they will be able to join Worlds 2022. Let's pray
About TSM stuff - I've heard the same thing already reported about the Huni and Lost stuff being up in the air. If I was still updating my spreadsheet, it would look like this:
Huni (yellow)
Spica (green)
POE (green)
Doublelift -OR- Lost (green)
Palette (yellow)
They contacted Riot's team in Singapore to obtain an invitation letter for GAM and SGB and a letter of funding for expenses signed by John Needham, President of Global Esports at Riot Games.
GAM Esports are looking for photographers 📸 and videographers 🎥 in New York to help us document our "Return to Worlds". Vietnamese speakers would be prefered. Please tag and send us your portfolios. This is a paid job. Thank you!
Saigon Buffalo will fly from HCMC to Hanoi to apply Mexico and US VISA this Sep 14.
GAM have not given any annoucement abt the VISA. They are patiently waiting for good things to come. Let's pray and see what happens.
#BringVCStoWorlds
According to the exclusive news of , 5 out of 8 members in SGB team has succeeded having the US visa. This means 3 others members has failed for it. The information of these who failed is not published.
During a livestream, Zeros said that he would hope that the situation would worsen in Vietnam, so that the VCS winner could not attend MSI 2021 in Iceland.
With the greatest efforts, GAM's leadership is taking advantage of its relationships in Iceland to obtain official documents from the Icelandic government for immigration
GAM still have chance to get the US VISA. According to the rules, they'll have to wait for another 14 days to re-apply for the VISA. This means they'll have to wait until Sep 24 to know if they will be able to join Worlds 2022
[Update]
- Next Monday, Sep 12, GAM and Riot Games will hold a meeting together abt VISA issue.
- GAM is waiting for next interview schedule.
- GAM's owner has American citizenship.
- The door to Worlds 2022 for GAM is still widely openned.
GAM HAS ALL THEIR VISAS TO THE US!🎉
The last member of the team, coach JackieWind, received the VISA this morning. After many difficulties, 8/8 members of GAM have definitely made it to New York to attend
#Worlds2022
.
However, it is expected that the news will be even more shocking as it is known that Lee Chan-ju has been a professional gamer of LOL, a professional league player in Korea, and retired from being a professional gamer after playing for a global club.
VCS
#1
seed - GAM Esports has only one step away from Worlds 2022: The US VISA. Unfortunately, they’ve just failed for the VISA application in the 1st attempt.
6 days remaining for Saigon Buffalo to get the visa and make it on time at
#Worlds2022
play-in kickoff.
Froggy, Shogun, BeanJ's visa were denied previously and haven't received any new update yet.
The process for obtaining a visa for GAM to attend
#Worlds2022
held in the US is moving in the right direction. Both GAM and SGB are trying our best to bring Vietnamese representatives to the global stage.
The future of Saigon Buffalo at Worlds 2022 is not yet certain. Same to GAM, SGB still has chance to re-apply for visa before the play-in begin and move to the US for group stage
@TomMatthiesen
GAM, VCS champions was looking forward to releasing these Worlds 2021 jerseys, which were approved by Riot Games. As you can see we have the Vietnamese⭐️ on the chest for national pride in hopes of representing 🇻🇳 and the VCS on the global stage.
According to local information including Vietnamese public security, Lee Chan-ju, who was born in 2000, went to Lotte Hotel in Hanoi with P, a Korean woman born in 1991, at around 1 p.m. on May 30. He reportedly tried to rent a room at the hotel.
"In Spring, GAM is having the opportunity to compete fairly with the big teams that we practice in regions in Asia. We are extremely confident in our ability to go out on the world stage. I always think about being in the Top 8 at Worlds".
GAM x SGB - The Return to
#Worlds2022
The press conference aims to spread the story of the two leading e-sports teams in Vietnam to more people. The two will share stories around the VISA issue as well as the team's upcoming plans at Worlds 2022.
- BEAN J, FROGGY, SHOGUN: The 2nd round of interview will be rescheduled and conducted hopefully next week.
- Head coach Ren: Not yet interview due to sudden issue at U.S Embassy Hanoi in the 16/09 morning. His appointment will also be rescheduled and conducted next week.
"We want to have a clear plan for the future of VCS as well as the opportunity to participate in international tournaments of Vietnamese teams from Garena and Riot Games. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to have a plan at all".
We’re on the way to Mexico
6/8 members (Hasmed, BeanJ, Richard, Shgogun, Taki & manager) fly first, while Froggy and coach Ren will be on a separate flight tomorrow due to the U.S. Embassy hasn't returned their passports in time.
#Worlds2022
So there was a conflict," but it is not clear yet. According to a local source, "There is a local media, and there is a report by the public security, but the local media in Vietnam is not reliable. It is difficult to be sure that there is a conflict over the issue yet."
Oh shit here we go again!
Saigon Buffalo will continue to participate in VCS 2023.
The deal with
@cnj_esports
had been collapsed and team is back with the "Buffalo" brand.
"GAM has a pretty perfect personnel plan for 2021, as evidenced by the Spring 2021 championship, a balanced lineup of talent and experience. We share the same ultimate goal for ourselves".
@cutebchu
GAM still have chance to get the US VISA. According to the rules, they'll have to wait for another 14 days to re-apply for the VISA. This means they'll have to wait until Sep 24 to know if they will be able to join Worlds 2022