F91, the fourth best Chinese player according to our ranking, might miss World Cyber Games.
Ending in second place in the Chinese preliminary, this would be the first WCG the Chinese Zerg player would attend. However due to being denied visa to go to USA, his chances look slim. His countryman Colorful.Lyc, WarCraft 3 player had the same problem but decided to go to the embassy for a last shot in traveling to USA. Whether F91 is intending to do this is at the moment unclear.
The rumor has been floating around in the scene for quite some time, but now it has been confirmed by MeetYourMakers that this is the case.
The MeetYourMakers player F91 won the Chinese national preliminary, defeating Phoenix66 in the final. The Top 3, who are meant to represent the Chinese dragon in Seattle are F91, Phoenix66 and Pj. Ending in a suffering fourth place was the recent PGL winner Legend.
However, because of the possible dropout of F91, Legend might actually snag the last spot. WCG administrators tells GotFrag.com that "in case of the 1st player unable to come to Seattle, then the 2nd seed moves to 1st place, the 3rd seed goes to the 2nd place and the new replacement takes the 3rd seed spot." Although nothing has been heard on whether Legend will try to attend or not. Most likely it is too late for the Chinese Protoss to start getting visa, travel and permission to go. But if he can, he seems to be in great shape in order to defend his fourth-place title.
This might mean that Phoenix66 might be moved to Group E, and Pj to Group C. The spot for Legend will then be in Group G. According to The1Crow, StarCraft ESUP at MeetYourMakers, it is a 5 percent chance that F91 can attend.
Links
MYMYM.com - Confirming the rumor
GotFrag.com - WCG administrator statement
