Team Secret declined to participate in a tournament with a prize pool of half a million dollars

Team Secret has withdrawn from the Dota 2 tournament named Clavision Snow Ruyi Invitational with a prize pool of $500,000. Organizers cited problems with roster formation and visa issues as the reasons for their decision.

According to this information given on the event’s official Weibo page.

According to the statement, Clement "Puppey" Ivanov's team won't be able to participate due to visa processing challenges and difficulties in finalizing their roster. Team Secret has not yet commented on the situation.

Earlier, comparably Nouns team also withdrew from participation because of such travel issues related to LAN tournaments in Dota 2. Thus, there are now only ten teams instead of twelve in the list of participants for the competition

There is a forecast that Arthur “Arteezy” Babaev may come back to Team Secret after his departure from Shopify Rebellion.