Leslie "⁠Bobosaur⁠" Soen will play for BOOT-d[S] at IEM Shanghai in place of Alikhan "⁠w1nt3r⁠" Kopzhanov who ran into visa problems.

BOOT-d[S] are one of the eight teams that will compete at IEM Shanghai taking place on August 1-6. The Singaporean team will not be able to use w1nt3r at the tournament due to visa issues and Bobosaur will stand in for the Kazakhstani player.

BOOT-d[S] have recently taken part at the Asia Minor with Bobosaur among their ranks, finishing 5-6th at the event and missing out on qualification for the FACEIT Major New Challengers Stage.

w1nt3r won't be able to go to China

At IEM Shanghai, BOOT-d[S] will be in Group B alongside TYLOO, Grayhound and Gambit who the Singaporeans will take on in the opening match.

Here is BOOT-d[S]' lineup for IEM Shanghai 2018:

Nevin "⁠splashske⁠" Aw
Benedict "⁠Benkai⁠" Tan
Anthony "⁠ImpressioN⁠" Lim
Kumaresan "⁠Tommy⁠" Ramani
Leslie "⁠Bobosaur⁠" Soen

Alexandre "⁠alecks⁠" Salle (coach)

Benedict 'Benkai' Tan Age: 21 Team: BOOT-d[S] Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 373 KPR: 0.79 DPR: 0.67 Alexandre 'alecks' Salle Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.96 Maps played: 77 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.69 Gambit #21 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovNikolay 'mir' Bityukov Grayhound #39 Christopher 'dexter' NongSean 'Gratisfaction' KaiwaiErdenetsogt 'erkaSt' GantulgaLiam 'malta' SchembriOllie 'DickStacy' Tierney Kumaresan 'Tommy' Ramani Age: 24 Team: BOOT-d[S] Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 269 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.71 Alikhan 'w1nt3r' Kopzhanov Age: 20 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 86 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.65 BOOT-d[S] #55 Nevin 'splashske' AwBenedict 'Benkai' TanAnthony 'ImpressioN' LimKumaresan 'Tommy' RamaniAlikhan 'w1nt3r' Kopzhanov Anthony 'ImpressioN' Lim Age: 22 Team: BOOT-d[S] Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 360 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.69 Leslie 'Bobosaur' Soen Age: 22 Team: BOOT-d[S] Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 36 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.71 Nevin 'splashske' Aw Age: 19 Team: BOOT-d[S] Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 381 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.67 TYLOO #12 Ke 'captainMo' LiuHui 'DD' WuHansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandHaoWen 'somebody' XuKevin 'xccurate' Susanto