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　　The standin for Kai 'H4nn1' Hanbueckers has now been confirmed as the Speed Gaming.int player Kurtis 'Aui_2000' Ling.

　　Editor's UpdateOur 5th player for #D2L finals tomorrow will be @aui_2000 . Thank you for stepping in. We'll keep you posted.

　　— FNATIC (@FNATIC) January 6, 2014

　　Original Story:

　　The unfortunate news arrived today that the Fnatic Dota 2 team will be without their carry player Adrian 'Era' Kryeziu or their mid lane player Kai 'H4nn1' Hanbueckers at this week's D2L Season 4 offline finals in Vegas. The event that is due to be played on the 7th and 8th of January will now see Jimmy 'DeMoN' Ho playing as a standin for the team in place of Era. A standin for H4nn1 has yet to be confirmed and will most likely be announced either later today or early tomorrow.

　　In regards to Adrian 'Era' Kryeziu's attendance Danijel Remus, Fnatic General Manager & DotA 2 Team Manager provided the following statement on the Fnatic website:

　　"Due to health issues that struck a couple of days ago Adrian "Era" Kryeziu is not able to attend the D2L Season 4 Finals in Las Vegas due to a strong flu. The doctor has advised him to rest and despite Adrian trying and wanting to go to Vegas he physically couldn't, nevertheless he is recovering and you will see him back on the battlefield very soon. Replacing him will be Jimmy "Demon" Ho, who you all already know. I would like to thank Jimmy for stepping in, it was all a last minute decision that we were still finalizing at 7AM this morning. Thanks to admins for understanding and letting us use a stand-in as well."

　　Kai 'H4nn1' Hanbuecker's lack of attendance is due to travel and weather problems he experienced earlier today leaving the team with not enough options or time to get him to the event in Vegas.

　　Losing two of their key players will most definitely put a dint in their chances this week where they are due to face off against the Eastern giants Vici Gaming and LGD.cn as well as the International victors Alliance.

　　The Caesar's Palace plays host for the D2L Season 4 finals with a first place prize of $50,000 up for grab.Photo credit: ESL