Team Fusion will be disbanding and will no longer participate in the 2015 Summer North American Challenger Series. Fusion had originally submitted a roster with intentions to keep the spot, and this was messaged to Challenger Series teams in the qualifier. However, Fusion has been unable to maintain a valid roster from the Spring Split, and as such they will not be returning for the Summer Split.
At the time of the ladder lock, prequalified CS teams were required to confirm that they were willing to participate and declare a tentative roster. All teams, including prequalified teams, and teams participating in the Qualifier had until May 20 to submit final rosters. In order to maintain their position, teams are required to field at least three players in their first game from their most recent Active Roster (see Section 3.2 of the
Official Challenger Series Rules).
Fusion's previous active roster consisted of the following seven players:
- Trance
- Chunkyfresh
- MiMo
- HuHi
- Nien
- Nintendude
- Bee Sin
At the time of the lock, Trance, Chunkyfresh, and MiMo had been added to other teams' rosters. HuHi was added to CLG's active roster as a Substitute player. Fusion claimed Nien, Nintendude, and Bee Sin as their three returning players. However, shortly after the deadline, Nien reached out directly to CS officials to state that he was not intending to play with Fusion in any capacity, and as such was removed from the roster. Fusion’s management was presented with this information and granted a brief extension at the discretion of CS officials to resolve the issue. Shortly afterwards they submitted HuHi as their third rostered player.
LCS Reserve Players are permitted to play for Challenger Series teams, but only with the consent of their LCS team (see Section 3.2 of the
official LCS Rules). Last week, without prompting, CLG management approached CS officials and stated that they did not give HuHi permission to play for Fusion, making HuHi ineligible. As such, Fusion did not (and could not) submit an eligible roster, and is unable to claim their prequalified spot in the Summer North American Challenger Series. To fill the vacant spot, a third place match will be added to the
current Qualifier bracket, held on June 16. The winner of the third place match will earn a berth into the NA CS Summer Split.
