[UPDATE:]Fnatic: "As we approach TI4, we are at a crossroads"

Adrian "Era" Kryeziu's health has recently been on a decline, forcing Fnatic to obtain the services of Steven "Xcalibur" Ye for recent LAN events. Unfortunately, Fnatic revealed today that Era's health is much worse than previously thought, and is causing difficulties with their invite to TI4. 

 

Fnatic revealed today that Adrian "Era" Kryeziu's health had taken a downturn, with their carry player suffering from intense anxiety and panic attacks manifesting "every time he had to travel." An intensively competitive player, Fnatic has no doubt that Era would have loved to play with them during the summer, but was unable to do so on doctor's orders.

Predicting potential issues, Fnatic has "been in constant communication with Valve since the very beginning" of this dilemma, and has kept them informed of Era's status. Despite these issues, Valve has remained firm that it will be the five invited Fnatic players (including Era), or none at all. Not willing to jeopardize Era's health for anything, Fnatic hopes for some sort of resolution to this issue in short order.

Valve's position in this situation is unusual given their previous policy allowing some replacements in cases of medical emergency. While Valve time does permit unexplained delays, Era's health and Fnatic's ability to play in TI4 will not, leaving the DOTA 2 community - and Fnatic - in a state of confusion as to whether Fnatic will be able to play in this year's International at all.

We will keep an eye on this situation, and update this article when new information becomes available.

UPDATE: Valve just stated their point of view in a blogpost, you can review here.

UPDATE 2: Fnatic just responded with their own entry from their correspondances. You can read their case here.