Organizers StarSeries S2 reported that after the SK, to take part in the tournament and will not be able OpTic Immortals.
SK previously received a direct invite from StarLadder, but were forced to withdraw from participation because they do not be able to serve the whole. Recall that in early August, after problems with the health of the team was eliminated Fernando "fer" Alvarenga and temporarily replaces Gustavo "SHOWTiME" Gonzalez. By replacing the best team of the world steel FaZe, who recently signed a talented sniper Aleksi "allu" Yalli.
Also, LAN-finals in the capital of Ukraine will miss the North American finalists qualifying OpTic and Immortals. The reason for refusal was the OpTic moving team "gaming house" and registration of the relevant documents in this regard. As for the Brazilian five of Immortals, then they will not be able to play because of the tight schedule, in which StarSeries coincided with qualifying on ELEAGUE S2. Accordingly, the quota of North American teams were given to other members of the region - Cloud9 and Renegades. Australians also were forced to give up, because in this time will take part in the ECS S2 Dev.League, you can not miss. As a result, the last place will be problematic local Ukrainian team Flipsid3.
Recall that in StarSeries S2 will be attended by 16 teams, including three local teams - Natus Vincere, HellRaisers and Flipsid3. The first phase of the competition will be held on September 7-8 in StarLadder studio, and from 9 to 11 the number already on the concert platform of the palace "Ukraine". The prize pool of $ 300,000.
The list of participants SL i-League StarSeries S2:
Natus Vincere
Virtus.pro
Ninjas In Pyjamas
GodSent
Astralis
G2 Esports
HellRaisers
FaZe Clan
Team Dignitas
Heroic
Team EnVyUs
MVP.Phoenix
TyLoo
VG.CyberZen
Cloud9
Flipsid3 Tactics