EDG Worlds Roster Update

Riot·Oct 12, 2016·3 votes·45,363 views

It’s our sad duty to confirm that Yu-hao “Mouse” Chen will be returning to China to address the loss of a family member, as confirmed by the team and verified with documentation for League officials, and thus will be unable to participate in the remainder of the 2016 World Championship. Per Worlds rules, Edward Gaming is permitted to replace Mouse with a player from their season-ending active roster, and will have Yang “Koro1” Tong as that replacement.

Worlds rules, in section 3.2, state:

Each team is required to maintain, at all times during Worlds, five players in the starting lineup (“Starters”), and one substitute player (“Reserve”) (collectively, the “Active Roster”) as well as an official coach. The Active Roster is considered locked as of September 7th, 2016, at 11:59am PT. The Active Roster that was submitted to or known by Worlds officials on this date will be considered the eligible Active Roster for Worlds. This roster lock will not supersede regional roster locks that may have occurred prior to this date. In the absence of a regional roster lock, teams will not be able to add any new players to their roster after their last regional competition preceding Worlds.

In the case of an emergency, a team may add a substitute after this deadline, however, the substitute added must not have been on any other professional roster on September 7th and must have been eligible to be on a professional roster on September 7th. All Starters must have a written contract with the team they are playing for.

Koro1 was on EDG’s roster through the summer, and meets all eligibility requirements to play; he will be available to play starting in EDG’s Quarterfinal on Saturday, October 15th.

The family has requested privacy with which to mourn their loss. Our sincerest condolences go to Mouse and his family.

70 Comments

PheeshyOct 12, 201636 votes

That's rough for a youngster man, condolences to him and best of luck to EDG in worlds as well as other teams

HoldenCOct 12, 201617 votes

The following is a portion of a reply I made to somebody else's comment on this thread that I am reposting and adding to here because basic human decency is a rare commodity in the ~~Riot community~~ _world _ today and oversensitivity (real or bluffed) is also all too common:

My condolences to Mouse and his family. As easy as it is to make memes about Mouse's performance at worlds, death is something to be taken seriously in any situation and flaming someone with a recently deceased family member is at the very least in poor taste if not outright a horrible thing to do. I do also think that we can't let the circumstances of the roster change cause us to temper the discussion of what the roster change means for the tournament. That, to me, means that we can and should still evaluate Mouse's performance honestly, but we should not be douchebags about it (not that we should ever be douchey about stuff like that anyway). If you would like to talk about Mouse in a hostile manner in a private conversation with your friends, you might still be a douchebag, but you're probably not harming anyone, so go for it.

Sorry for being a moral prescriptivist in a comment thread online, but I really think this is important.

KinjishiOct 13, 20164 votes

Well, Holden, sure it can be important. However, it needs to be tempered with reality. Corporations are not above performing illegal acts to get ahead. Documents are able to be forged and EDG's only sub was a mid-laner in PawN. If getting to finals is important enough to a corporation, which EDG and their sponsors are, then they may do something like this. A rather forcefully created loop to get another sub.

If it really happened, then it would be sad indeed.

DraqoneOct 13, 20162 votes

Why not go further?

I mean, sure, they could just forge the documents but I think it's also possible that EDG hired a hitman to kill Mouse's family. This would then give them a totally legit excuse to get him off the team and sub in Koro.

The real question is, who was the hitman, how much did EDG pay them and why are Riot and the Chinese government turning a blind eye to those illegal activities?

This brings us to the only possible conclusion. EDG has strong ties to Chinese intelligence agencies and EDG players are foreign agents secretly sent to the US to steal secrets from the Silicion Valley companies. This incident already showed they'll stop at nothing to prolong their stay in the US, so I appeal to the FBI, the CIA and the PCV to protect the members of the ROX tigers since they probably fear for their lives this very moment.

PS: I'd like to extend my condolences to Mouse and his family, losing a family member is always tragic.

HoldenCOct 14, 20161 votes

I don't think that line of thought is inappropriate at all. I doubt EDG as a company is above actions like that, but I hope that this is all fair play. We do need to also remember, however, that somebody having a family member die isn't all that rare of an occurrence. It's pretty hard to assign a probability to all of the different possibilities of what happened for real.

I think what's out of line is saying things that would hurt Mouse on a personal level for no real reason as he is surely having a hard time right now.

lonelygoatOct 14, 20162 votes

it is said on Chinese forum that Mouse's family member didn't die yet, but the cancer is deteriorating and is about to die within days. He had to rush back to see him/her probably the last time. I'm just really pissed at the conspiracy theorists, how their brains work upon someone's death is beyond my imagination. Why would EDG sub in a freakin diamond 1 who's underperforming the whole versus the team with SMEB? yea KORO used to be good, but would TSM sub in Dyrus is Hauntzer is not doing well? I've lost faith in humanity.

ChoRdMonsterTedOct 12, 20168 votes

My deepest condolences to Mouse and his family. Good luck EDG.

EleshakaiOct 12, 20167 votes

Condolences to Mouse. Hopefully everything goes as smoothly at home as it can, and he can find support among his family, friends, and fans.

warpenguin555Oct 12, 20166 votes

oh thats pretty bad. :(

A Running 300GOct 12, 20165 votes

This is just...reminding me of Caomei...hope he can get through this....

J0SEPHOct 12, 20164 votes

RIP

Reformed AlexOct 13, 20164 votes

condolences to the family! :( and gl to EDG do something special for mouse :)

IncrediPhiLLOct 13, 20164 votes

Condolences to Mouse and his family, and I'm not saying this story isn't true, but allowing another player to come in is inexcusable. They chose their one sub and it's Pawn. He should have to play the lane. That's what a sub is for. Bringing in someone fresh after 2 weeks of competition isn't fair. It's as simple as that.

KinjishiOct 13, 20161 votes

Agreed 100% - a team getting an extra sub is not alright. If ROX had a member get sick or injured, would they be allowed to have a 7th player? No, probably not.

EleshakaiOct 13, 20163 votes

Depends on the illness/injury. If he was hospitalized, yes. If he got a cold or sprained his foot? No.

It's in the rules. In the event of an emergency, a substitute may be added. I'm sorry you're sour about Riot following the rules they've made, but I'm not sure why it really matters. It's all laid out in the rules.

R3ktarOct 12, 20163 votes

LUL

Hidan42Oct 12, 201630 votes

why would you LUL over someones death... that's just sick dude....

RobotEthanMarsOct 12, 20168 votes

C9 flair, I'm sadly not shocked by this response.

UltramarineQCOct 12, 201639 votes

Hey, this is not the image us real fans want for our team. Sadly, assholes and trolls exist in all fan-bases, but we do not want their opinions to reflect on our "real" fan-base. Memes are dreams, but death isn't a joke.

XcùzOct 13, 20165 votes

This completely. R I P Mouse's deceased family member. Amumu item 3070

QuartzGolemOct 13, 20169 votes

Too bad that this is the image that half of Cloud 9's own players exude. Sneaky literally acts like a 12 year old reddit addict. Meteos is getting drunk on stream, and Jensen is the definition of a toxic mid. If they didn't have Reapered as coach, C9 wouldn't even have made it to worlds with their original work ethic.

Porter2Oct 13, 20162 votes

You say this but c9 hasnt missed a worlds while being in the lcs

QuartzGolemOct 13, 20161 votes

Yes please, more downvotes. Prove me right C9 "fans". You talk about never missing worlds? Every other year there was only 2 other shit teams to compete with. This season there was 4 teams in the top of the pile of trash that is the NA LCS: TSM, CLG, C9, and IMT. Without Reapered, C9 would've crashed and burned. Their entire end of season comeback was only because of his coaching methods. The only reason they also were in the top 3 in the other seasons was because Hai actually tried, and wasn't a complete dumbass. Watch for an early exit in the knockout stage for C9.

seangaresismydadOct 12, 201635 votes

Please remove your icon, then delete account, uninstall and rethink your life choices that lead you to making this comment.

RequestsOct 12, 20163 votes

Yeah. From statistics, he was 10 ranks far from his team but this is their roster that they picked and we have to respect it. Now we should respect his wishes and hope his family gets through this. I am sure if you lost a family member you wouldn't want people to be btching on and off.

ModPrandineOct 13, 20163 votes

My thoughts and prayers go out to Mouse and his family in these hard times.

TrollFan01Oct 13, 20163 votes

Just had a death in MY family so I know what Mouse is feeling right now. Poor guy. Hope he and his family can don't get too depressed item 3070 Best wishes to them.

Good luck to EDG in their Quarterfinals match too.

Smart KittyOct 13, 20163 votes

Condolences to you, Mouse, and both of your families then man, I'm sorry to hear. item 3070

TrollFan01Oct 13, 20161 votes

Thanks man. Appreciate that. Feeling better now but when you GET the news it hits harder than a truck.

EmlnenceOct 13, 20163 votes

I'm not saying it's not true, but for all we know this could be a made-up story just because he was underperforming and they wanted to replace him with someone else.

kevinsurbanOct 13, 20165 votes

as confirmed by the team and verified with documentation for League officials

??? did you not read ?????????????

Condolences to Mouse. He looked like he was working so hard to compete.

Your distant broOct 13, 20163 votes

and do you think Riot allow that made-up story>? THINK

EmlnenceOct 13, 20162 votes

Yes I do, it could be an elaborate plan that you sheep just follow...it's fine this community is sensitive af.

Missing LincOct 14, 20161 votes

u think they made a story by using a death of family member? U R SUCK A MOTHERFUCKER...

lonelygoatOct 14, 20163 votes

Yes they made an elaborate story, forged all the documents and underwent all those schemes, tricked all Riot officials and fans in the whole world,

to replace Mouse, the top laner who works incredibly hard and won them the summer split, with Koro1, the man who got subbed by Mouse in the first place because he was underperforming in a whole split and haven't played competitively in half a year and is currently stuck in D1 in CN soloq, because he is the better pick in a BO5 versus the team with SMEB, since you know, Mouse is "underperforming".

Yes that makes total sense. I guess if u were the coach for TSM, you would sub in Dyrus if Hauntzer doesn't do well right?

WoopyDOct 13, 20163 votes

My dad died in the middle of a match we were winning. I told everyone in game about it and we all ff'd. Everyone believed me and I got to go to the hospital asap. I would have went anyway but it was best that they all let the match end.

AeroZaraOct 13, 20163 votes

This is terrible. At first, I thought something happened to one of the midlanes, but I see now that something has happened to Mouse. It deeply saddens me to read this article and I hope this doesn't destroy any future Mouse has in EDG, and I hope EDG does well at worlds despite this tragic event. I am glad to see that Riot was willing to work with both Mouse and the organization for this event, and I hope EDG the best, and I hope the best for Mouse.

ke yiOct 12, 20162 votes

To be honest, mouse hasn't been playing on world championship, and koro1 is pretty good. No offense to mouse, but I think koro would roam better than mouse

A Running 300GOct 12, 20161 votes

Nah man...koro did not even play one game for the entire summer...I don't expect anything from him now...in my opinion he might be worse than mouse now

HoldenCOct 12, 20163 votes

I'm just trying to conceptualize what worse than Mouse looks like. Sure, Mouse showed up on Poppy a bit, but that's pretty much all he has. (if you would like to contest that, I am interested in having a - civil - conversation about it) If koro1 has a reliable champ pool of any size greater than one or even if his champ pool is simply more of an enigma than Mouse's, he is an improvement over Mouse. However, I know literally nothing about koro1 except what is contained in this article and its comments.

My condolences to Mouse and his family however. As easy as it is to make memes about Mouse's performance at worlds, death is something to be taken seriously in any situation and flaming someone with a recently deceased family member is at the very least in poor taste if not outright a horrible thing to do. I do also think that we can't let the circumstances of the roster change cause us to temper the discussion of what the roster change means for the tournament. That, to me, means that we can and should still evaluate Mouse's performance honestly, but we should not be douchebags about it (not that we should ever be douchey about stuff like that anyway).

ke yiOct 13, 20161 votes

Probably not making my statement clear, my thought is that in my prespective, koro1 will do better than mouse in toplane, not by mouse's horrible performance at worlds, but koro1's previous plays during the lpl and last worlds. Im not trying to make a meme about it or anything, and i do feel sorry about his loss of a family member, but i just think that koro1 would have done better.

Sona or I AFKOct 12, 20162 votes

Damn... Best wish to Mouse and EDG!

AnAppleLOLOct 12, 20162 votes

rip

lonelygoatOct 14, 20162 votes

Other than feeling sorry for Mouse. I really appreciate Koro1's decision to play in Mouse's position. Mouse is by no means of Smeb's calibre, and Koro1 is even worse. Taking the position is no different than accepting the fact that he's gonna be slaughtered in the game and become a laughstock of the world. But he's doing this for Mouse as a teammate, a friend. Much respect to him.

ReśtlessOct 13, 20161 votes

I am not even bothered to point out why he has the right to go back to China and be with his family right now.

I am just gonna point out that Mouse is Challenger in Korea Server with 800 points which Koro1 is only Diamond 1 on Chinese server right now. Additionally, Koro1 hasn't practiced with the team for very long time. Even before the group stage when the entire team was preparing in Korea, Koro1 was traveling in the USA. I don't think it will give EDG any advantage. Most people back in China right now are actually sad that EDG probably now lost all its chance to win against ROX Tiger.

To make it simple, Mouse is underperforming but getting a Diamond player who is realistically no longer a part of the team will not be any better.

ReśtlessOct 13, 20161 votes

*While Koro1 is only Diamond 1

Missing LincOct 14, 20162 votes

Nobody gonna blame him in China, u see? Family is bigger than everything.

Wayfinder22Oct 14, 20161 votes

My deepest condolences to Mouse and his family item 3070

BedardoOct 16, 20161 votes

Feel bad for the dude. Was getting shit on at Worlds for his performance while, I assume, he was giving up last moments with this person to be there.

3DdestroyerOct 16, 20161 votes

welp koro1 didnt do that bad in the BO5... at least not as pretty much everyone expected. EDGs only flaw is that their top laner(koro1 and mouse) arent the most constant performers. feels bad man. but i jope everything goes well for mouse and his family item 3070