In the absense of Hai who is recovering from medical issues, Link will take his place and help represent North America at All-Stars.
In lieu of Hai's absence due to medical issues, Link from Counter Logic Gaming will take the place of the mid laner to represent North America at All-Stars. After a collapsed lung, Hai is not able to participate and travel to Paris for the event. Kelby had this statement about the matter:
“It was also unfortunate that we would not be able to see C9 HyperX perform at their best after the immense amount of practice we know they have put in for the upcoming tournament. I reached out to Jack immediately to see if there was anything CLG could do to help, and fortunately in working with Riot we were able to find a way to provide support for C9 HyperX as they look to represent the growing strength of the North American region.”
“We were devastated by the news that Hai wouldn’t be able to travel to Paris as it’s been our goal all year to be a part of All-Stars and play against some of the best teams in the world,” said Jack Etienne, Owner and General Manager of Cloud 9 HyperX. “We’re extremely thankful to CLG who reached out to offer Link in our time of need and to Riot who worked hard to process this trade quickly so we could start scrimming immediately.”
Link has already moved to the Cloud 9 gaming house to begin training for the event. The event starts next week on May 8th where Cloud 9 will take on OMG to kick off their debut at the tournament.
Source - CLG