Sashi member Anton "Anlelele" Huynh has been registered by Astralis as their substitute player for PGL Major Singapore, multiple sources told HLTV. The Vietnamese player is rumored to be already practicing with the team as it steps up preparations for the showpiece event.
Anlelele will replace Nikita "cmtry" Samolotov, who was listed on the invited FUT VRS roster after they were eliminated from PGL Masters Bucharest before playing their fifth match with Álvaro "SunPayus" García. As a result, the Ukrainian is barred from playing the Major with another team.
Jakob "jabbi" Nygaard remains on Astralis' VRS roster after he stepped in for cmtry in three Stake Ranked Episode 5 matches. However, sources told HLTV that he is not expected to play in Singapore.
Anlelele was at the heart of Sashi's plan to switch to the Asian VRS by revealing he held Vietnamese citizenship, which, alongside the arrivals of Tynan "TjP" Purtell and Jordan "Hatz" Bajic, granted the team an Asian core.
The plan fell through when Valve introduced new region-swapping rules that require a three-month wait before a change takes effect.
Valve stated that all teams that had swapped regions ahead of the Singapore Major would not qualify for the event, unless they were granted an exception. That was the case of BC.Game, who had swapped to the Asian VRS with the signing of Tyson "asap" Paterson.
This prompted Sashi CEO Claus "D0KT0R3N" Nielsen to say that BC.Game were given preferential treatment from Valve. "In my world, it’s very frightening that one team can solve it right away and the other team simply doesn’t get an answer," he said. "Why? Then we don’t get a fair chance to build further either."
As the 12th-highest-ranked team in Europe per November 2's invite ranking, Astralis have been invited to Stage 2 of the Singapore Major, which kicks off November 28.
The Danish organization has submitted the following lineup for the event:
Love "phzy" Smidebrant
Victor "Staehr" Staehr
Gytis "ryu" Glušauskas
Kamil "siuhy" Szkaradek
Jakob "jabbi" Nygaard
Anton "Anlelele" Huynh (substitute)
Filip "NEO" Kubski (coach)
Gytis 'ryu' GlušauskasPast 3 months
FUT
Álvaro 'SunPayus' García
Yasin 'xfl0ud' Koç
Dmytro 'dem0n' Myroshnychenko
Aulon 'Krabeni' Fazlija
Džiugas 'dziugss' Steponavičius
András 'coolio' Fercsák
Anton 'Anlelele' HuynhPast 3 months
Sashi
Rasmus 'Zyphon' Nordfoss
Anton 'Anlelele' Huynh
Nicolai 'HUNDEN' Petersen
BC.Game
Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev
Emil 'Magisk' Reif
Tyson 'asap' Paterson
Azbayar 'Senzu' Munkhbold
Ayush 'mzinho' Batbold
Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas
Jakob 'jabbi' NygaardPast 3 months
Filip 'NEO' Kubski
Astralis
Love 'phzy' Smidebrant
Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek
Victor 'Staehr' Staehr
Gytis 'ryu' Glušauskas
Nikita 'cmtry' Samolotov
Filip 'NEO' Kubski
Tynan 'TjP' PurtellPast 3 months
Victor 'Staehr' StaehrPast 3 months
Tyson 'asap' PatersonPast 3 months
Nikita 'cmtry' SamolotovPast 3 months
Kamil 'siuhy' SzkaradekPast 3 months
Love 'phzy' SmidebrantPast 3 months
Jordan 'Hatz' BajicPast 3 months
Álvaro 'SunPayus' GarcíaPast 3 months