Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir will stand-in for Splyce at DreamHack ZOWIE Open Austin due to Abraham 'abE' Fazli having other commitments during the $100,000 event.

Splyce were part of the three North American region teams (alongside Tempo Storm and NRG) invited to DreamHack Austin following the withdrawal of European outfits due to a busy event schedule.

However, due to the abrupt nature of the invite, it was revealed that Splyce player Abraham "⁠abE⁠" Fazli had already made vacation plans for that time period unbeknownst of the event and long before the team were invited.

freakazoid will don different apparel in Austin

As a result, Splyce have decided to attend the event with a stand-in in the form of Ryan "⁠freakazoid⁠" Abadir, who formerly played for Cloud9.

Known as a fearless entryfragger to some, and as a tormentor of teenagers to others, freakazoid parted ways with Cloud9 this month after being a part of that organisation since his return to competitive play in April 2015.

Splyce's roster at DreamHack Austin will be:

David "⁠DAVEY⁠" Stafford
Andrew "⁠Professor_Chaos⁠" Heintz
Jason "⁠jasonR⁠" Ruchelski
Arya "⁠arya⁠" Hekmat
Ryan "⁠freakazoid⁠" Abadir (stand-in)

DreamHack ZOWIE Open Austin will run from May 6-8 at Austin's Convention Center and divvy up $100,000 in prize money while representing DreamHack's first event in North America.

Abe is unable to attend Dreamhack Austin with us so @freakazoid_tv will be standing in.

— Splyce Pro Team (@SplycePro) April 26, 2016

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