MarKE ruled out for FLUFFY AIMERS in ECL S48

Dust2.us has confirmed that FLUFFY AIMERS will be unable to field Edgar "MarKE" Maldonado in ESL Challenger League Season 48 as the team has used up its three roster additions for the season. As a result, FLUFFY AIMERS will need to field their coach, Ahmed "ayy" Mahmoud, or benched Ukrainian rifler, Vova "bezymecc" Slobodian, for the remainder of the season. The realization that the team needed to use ayy or bezymecc reportedly caught FLUFFY AIMERS by surprise, causing their forfeit against Legacy last night.

The team used up their first two roster changes at the very start of the season by replacing Darius "PNDLM" Bandali and Nelvin "nooz" Gonzalez with Dylan "slump" N. and bezymecc. The team then used their final addition by bringing nooz back into the lineup a month later as a replacement for Diego "sacrifice" Camacho, leaving them unable to bring MarKE into the team.

FLUFFY AIMERS had to choose nooz over MarKE as the Venezuelan player allows the team to keep their 3/5 majority from last season, something they had lost with the benching of sacrifice. Normally, nooz would be unable to return to FLUFFY AIMERS due to Rule 2.21 in the ESL Pro Tour Roster Restrictions, which prevents a player from returning to a former team within a 120 day window. However, Dust2.us confirmed that ESL voided nooz's move to Perseverance due to the team's infamous ban which resulted in nooz never playing for Perseverance.

Regardless, the situation is unfortunate for FLUFFY AIMERS as their roster with MarKE has seen a marked improvement at the Perfect World Shanghai Major Americas RMR NA Closed Qualifier, taking wins over Party Astronauts and E-Xolos LAZER.

To add to the team's misery, FLUFFY AIMERS told Dust2.us that they will have to field their coach tonight as bezymecc is sick and unable to play tonight.

As such, FLUFFY AIMERS' roster for ESL Challenger League Season 47 consists of:

• Jason "Jason" Garcia

• Brett "brett" Rhein

• Dylan "slump" N.

• Nelvin "nooz" Gonzalez

• Vova "bezymecc" Slobodian (Stand-in)

• Ahmed "ayy" Mahmoud (Coach)

• Edgar "MarKE" Maldonado (Ineligible)

FLUFFY AIMERS will head into action tonight against Take Flyte at 09:00PM.