In S.Korea there are increasing numbers of immigrants from S.Asia both legal & illegal. I guess they have some specific regulation in place to manage how many enter the country. I doubt it has anything to do with the fact that he's an esports competitor. S.Korea knows better than any other country in the world how legit progamers are.

well thats still just a guess, i'd like to know what the actual reason was

ZenDeX

Philippines2916 Posts

December 08 2011 17:03 GMT

#25

All we got was a paper with a big "DENIED" text printed on it then some vague guidelines on how to apply next time.

It also states on the paper that reasons of denial are not to be disclosed by the embassy.

scumbags imo -_-

Tachion

Canada8573 Posts

December 08 2011 17:06 GMT

#26

Does the guy have a criminal record? :o

[17]Purple

United Kingdom3489 Posts

December 08 2011 17:23 GMT

#27

Really sad about this because I was extremely exited for his performance in WCG, depsite with MorroW and HuK being in his group, I really wanted him to show his mettle. Good luck to him for next time and hope to see more of the SEA scene both play and suceed as shown by mOOnGLaDe in this tourney.

Vetrocide

Norway600 Posts

December 08 2011 17:23 GMT

#28

sad to see these things happen

MasterBlasterCaster

United States568 Posts

December 08 2011 17:28 GMT

#29

Poor guy. Tough luck, man... keep your head up and all that jazz.

pedduck

Thailand468 Posts

December 08 2011 17:37 GMT

#30

I used to work at visa section for UK Embassy in Bangkok, Visa clearance Officer (in case of Bangkok, they are all British) sometime reject visa to a person they don't fully have confidence of. Including person who don't have respectable job or people which financial credit is not enough. so yeah, they make strange decision all the time.

Neoattitude

Guam172 Posts

December 08 2011 18:39 GMT

#31

what?!?! As a SC2 fan and, more importantly, a filipino, I am quite disappointed that my country wasn't represented in WCG because of this issue. Really sucks!

Prplppleatr

United States1518 Posts

December 09 2011 02:11 GMT

#32

That sucks

Dox

Australia1199 Posts

December 10 2011 01:03 GMT

#33

Such a shame, EnDerr would have done some serious damage at WCG.

GreEny K

Germany7312 Posts

December 10 2011 01:22 GMT

#34

Would have liked to see his play, I hear he is a great player, but I've never seen his play personally.

Stark1

Canada120 Posts

December 10 2011 01:25 GMT

#35

Sucks for him, but I'm fine with not having mid-Masters players at international events.

Maenander

Germany4926 Posts

December 10 2011 01:29 GMT

#36

Has this happened to a player before? There were a lot of WCGs in Korea in the past and I never heard of a similar incident. (aside from Smuft, but that was about drugs)

Juliette

United States6003 Posts

December 10 2011 01:37 GMT

#37

:[. I was planning on cheering for him too, especially considering his group of Huk, Morrow, Snute, breek, Ptak, and Gorky would have been a much closer race with him there.

Currently 73rd in US GM: http://www.sc2ranks.com/us/2150485/MskiEnDerr