Danil “Dendi” Ishutin, professional Dota 2 player with team Natus Vincere (Na’Vi), has been forced to cancel his tour to South Africa due to an illness.
In a post on the Na’Vi website, Dendi explained the situation:
A few days ago we announced that Natus Vincere’s star Dota 2 player, Danil “Dendi” Ishutin, would be attending rAge Expo in Johannesburg, South Africa on October, 4-6th. Unfortunately, we are sad to announce today that due to becoming very ill with the Flu over the past 48 hours, Danil is unable to make the trip to Johannesburg for the event. We’ve tried to give it time to solve itself, with the help of medicine and antibiotics, but he has been advised not to travel at this time.
On behalf of Natus Vincere and SteelSeries, we want to extend our sincere apologies for everyone who was looking forward to meet and greet Danil at the upcoming rAge Expo. Both parties are now considering alternative opportunities to bring Dendi to South Africa in the nearest future and we will do everything possible to make such an event possible.
Danylo “Dendi” Ishutin
Jason Borea, Marketing Director at Megarom (distributor of Steelseries products in SA) said:
We are all devastated about the news, due to his massive following in SA and the value we know he would have brought to the South African fans. We have to appreciate that these things happen but can assure you that all partners will be working together in bringing Dendi to our shores in the near future. We sincerely hope Danil feels better and makes a speedy recovery.
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