FUT’s quarter-final loss to Nemiga leaves Nikita “cmtry” Samolotov on FUT’s VRS roster with no matches left earlier than the invite cut-off. Astralis will possible play the PGL Main Singapore with a stand-in except Valve grants an exception or FUT play one other occasion.
Nemiga’s win in Bucharest determined greater than FUT’s personal match. It additionally settled the place cmtry stands for the Main.
Valve’s roster guidelines bind cmtry to his outdated crew
The issue comes from how Valve Regional Standings deal with a participant who seems on two rosters. Underneath that rule, cmtry stays sure to FUT for this occasion.
Valve’s Main supplemental rulebook leaves little room to maneuver. Invites go solely to intact rosters. If a roster declines or is now not intact, its invitation passes to the next-highest-ranked roster. The roster a crew registers for the Main should additionally match the one which obtained the invite. Groups could add one coach.
Two roster strikes arrange the conflict. FUT signed AWPer Álvaro “SunPayus” García on October 1 after G2 benched him. FUT had no occasions scheduled earlier than PGL Masters Bucharest, which started on October 24. On October 13, Astralis signed siuhy and cmtry to interchange HooXi and jabbi. cmtry was set to maneuver from the AWP to a rifle position.
He leaves FUT with current success behind him. cmtry received his first MVP award when FUT received PGL Bucharest in April 2026.
Jabbi is the possible stand-in except Valve or FUT act
Astralis introduced jabbi again on October 27 to face in for the remainder of Stake Ranked Episode 5 in Barcelona. The membership mentioned he had come “straight from the airport at little or no discover.” He’s now the possible stand-in for cmtry in Singapore.
One path to free cmtry stays open. A fifth match for SunPayus would put him on FUT’s VRS roster in cmtry’s place, HLTV reported. FUT might get him that match by signing up for an occasion open to all groups, with EPIC 49 in Kettering one choice. Thus far FUT have given no signal that they are going to.
Registering SunPayus as an alternative would let FUT discipline him on the Main below the prevailing guidelines. cmtry has no such choice with Astralis.
The end result will form a 32-team Main with a $1,250,000 prize pool. Any reply from Valve would wish to come back earlier than the cut-off. After that, certified groups should verify all crew particulars by November 6 and submit match objects by November 9.
