A wise man once said: “The best ability, is availability” and by that logic, degster is about as good as us.

degster is going to, at the very least, miss the start of IEM Cologne. He’s failed to acquire a visa in time for the second event in a row, which means HEROIC will play with a stand-in again. Coach sAw won’t have to stand-in this time though, as HEROIC has already registered a sub. But no one knows who that is.

This is already the third event degster is going to miss for HEROIC since signing in May. Extra impressive since we’ve had a player break in that time as well.

If you’re HEROIC, surely you have to be wondering if it’s worth keeping him now. What good is a “star’ AWPer if he can’t play? A footballer might be capable of scoring 30 goals a season, but if he’s injured for every game he’s useless.

Of course, this could just be bad luck, but it’s odd that only degster has been affected. Spirit was fine at BLAST, and BetBoom is fine at the Cologne Play-ins.

If degster makes it back for Cologne and puts in a good performance, then all can be forgotten. But if HEROIC flunks out of the Play-ins before he even shows up, and god forbid he misses another event, that has to be all she wrote for degster on this team.

If the latter does happen, and he somehow manages to survive that, we want his contract lawyer's phone number. Or a copy of whatever dirt he has on the org.