MUFC Story. I guess the smoking thing was a retarded rumor?
MUFC: "For the rumors out there, we would like to explain to all who are commenting and asking about it.
Firstly, about the visa issue. The team were unable to transit to Vancouver because they do not have a transit visa. The starting point of this issue was because we encountered some technical problem for our previous tickets. Thus we purchased new tickets with new routes for all of them. However, our team has been arranged to depart to Seattle via New York. The problem has fixed.
Second issue, rumors about Sharky. He lost his passport in Hong Kong and that's why he is going to be late for the tournament. Our management team is working with valve to do our best to send him to Seattle. However, the situation is still unforeseen.
We will update on Facebook about how the situation is progressing. Sorry for the troubles and we hope that the rumors could be ended."
"We are not allowed to use stand-in to play for the group stage matches/entire tournament. Sharky will not be available to make it until Monday or Tuesday. There is no alternative for us to play besides getting a stand-in. We would like to apologize to all of our sponsors, fans and friends that support is all the time.
We are very down. Sorry."
Sharky: "I would like to say sorry to my teammates, sponsors and also my fans who are always supporting me.
Because of my careless causes my teammates have to give up the opportunity to compete with the international teams on LAN. And the trainings and efforts that we had putted in are wasted. As a captain, I feel really regret and guilty to all of them but I really hope that they can forgive me and stand with me always.
I saw a lot of comments, from the fans that care about my situation. I am currently in Hong Kong and waiting for everything to be settled on Monday. Thanks for your caring.
I am really sorry for what was happened. I know I am responsible for it, all my fans, teammates and sponsors that worked for me all the time when the issue has happened.
Thanks for everything.
Sincerely,
Raymond "Sharky" Wong
Captain of MUFC DotA"
source:
https://www.facebook.com/MUFCdota