http://gambit-gaming.com/en/article/366
Four of Gambit's Players Won't Attend LCS in London
Gambit四名選手無法出席於倫敦舉行的LCS
Gambit Gaming’s core line-up is going to miss the fifth stage of LCS EU
Summer that takes place in London from June 21st to June 22nd. The reason
behind it is that four Russian players cannot get a visa to Great Britain.
Gambit的核心成員將會缺席由6月21日至22日，於倫敦舉行的第五週LCS EU。這是因為
四名俄羅斯選手未能取得英國簽證。
It takes from three to six weeks for Russian citizens to acquire this visa,
and, on top of that, players don’t have a chance to go abroad during this
period, since they have to leave their foreign passports in a consulate.
俄羅斯公民要取得英國簽證需要三至六週的時間。更重要的是，在這段時間，選手不
能到其他國家，因為他們需要把護照留在領事館。
To our surprise, we found out about LCS taking place in London only from an
official announcement published at leagueoflegends.com on May 22nd, meaning
that the current split had already begun, even though Riot Games’
representatives should have notified us about it beforehand. In theory, we
could have applied for an emergency visa that takes up to two weeks to be
acquired, but in this case, we would have to miss two stages in Cologne. It
is completely senseless to sacrifice two stages to attend one.
令我們驚訝的是，我們在5月22日才在leagueoflegends.com發現LCS將在倫敦舉行的
官方消息，這意味著夏季賽已經開始了，而Riot Games的代表早應該要通知我們。理
論上，我們可以申請緊急簽證，需時只要二星期，但這個情況下，我們會錯過兩週在
Cologne舉行的比賽。為了一週賽事而犧牲另外兩週賽事顯然不合理。
Organizing events like LCS London Roadtrip requires no less than a couple of
months, therefore it is obvious that we are the innocent victims of
organiziners’ careless actions. They failed to investigate how difficult and
lengthy it is for Russian citizens to acquire visa to Great Britain. It is
worth paying attention to that we could have acquired visa to Great Britain
without any obstacles during the off-season (April 18th – May 19th), should
we be informed about games taking place in London in due time.
要籌備LCS倫敦週這規模的賽事，最少需要一個月的時間，所以明顯地我們是Riot粗心
大意下的無辜受害者。他們沒有好好調查俄羅斯公民取得英國護照的難度和時間。這
裡需要說一下，我們在休賽期間（4月18日至5月19日）絕對可以在沒有任何障礙下，
取得英國簽證，我們應該在這段時間被告知我們需要到倫敦作賽。
We have approached Riot Games’ representatives with an inquiry to reschedule
our games on a basis that we cannot travel to London due to their own lack of
foresight, but our inquiry was declined. Should we skip LCS London Roadtrip,
our team not only receives two default losses, but is also subject to severe
penalties. In light of it, we are forced to resort to using four substitute
players. Consequently, organizers’ careless actions have a negative impact
not only on us, but, more importantly, on our fans, who paid for tickets and
accommodation and changed their plans for this weekend in order to attend
this event and support their favourite team.
在Riot Games缺乏遠見導致我們未能到倫敦參賽的前提下，我們曾向他們查詢能否重新
安排賽程，但我們的查詢被拒絕。如果我們不參加LCS倫敦週的話，我們不只不戰而敗
兩場，我們亦要面對處罰。鑑於這一點，我們被迫派出四個替補選手。結果，組織（
Riot Games）大意的行動，不只對於我們有負面的影響，這更影響了已經購買門票、更
改行程，到場支持我們的粉絲。
It’s not the first instance of Riot Games putting us in a disadvantageous
situation. We acknowledge that a decision to remake our match against SK and
a refusal to reschedule LCS EU Spring Week 6 games can be considered
questionable, but a given event is an indisputable failure of Riot Games.
Riot已經不是第一次讓我們處於不利的情況。Riot要求我們與SK重賽，他們亦拒絕了重
新安排LCS春季賽第六週的賽程，這不一定是Riot的過失。但是次事件中絕對是Riot的
失誤。
#1JDRNa36 與SK重賽的聲明
#1I_oqskR LCS春季賽第六週多人無法出賽
We won’t hide that up until yesterday organizers were trying to remedy this
situation and did their best to make it possible for us to travel to England,
but, unfortunately, it was too late to find a viable solution. Essentially,
acquiring visa is not an issue as long as it is addressed in good time.
我們直至昨天仍然不公開這件事件，是因為組織仍然嘗試尋找解決方法，並盡最大努力
讓我們能夠有一個英國之旅。不幸地，現在已經來不及找一個可行的解決方案。基本上
，若能及時處理，取得簽證根本不是一個問題。
As for our fans, who counted on meeting us in London, we can only express our
condolences.
而對於準確在倫敦見我們的粉絲們，我們只能表達我們的慰問。
翻譯：Ian