Professional CS2 gamers and followers are campaigning for Valve to prepare a Main in Australia following the success of IEM Sydney.
IEM Sydney was the inaugural huge occasion for CS2 esports and the group arrange an unbelievable environment, which undoubtedly made the competitors extra worthwhile for everybody concerned. Now the occasion has been concluded, everyone seems to be asking Valve to prepare what can be the primary Australian Main.
Even gamers like karrigan, who has been competing for the reason that Counter-Strike: 1.6 days, was impressed with the present placed on by the group at IEM Sydney. The Dane interacted with the group throughout FaZe Clan’s matches and after the match, he pleaded with Valve to offer a Main to Australia.
What performs in favor of the Australian crowd is that they placed on a terrific present for all groups, though not one of the Australian groups made the playoffs and Australia’s greatest participant Justin “jks” Savage didn’t qualify for the grand finals. The Brazilian crowd, for instance, placed on a terrific present as nicely but many complained it was only when the local teams were playing.
Naturally, one of many obstacles to bringing a match of the caliber of a Main to Australia is the time zones. The matches can be performed at grueling occasions for a Western viewers. Nevertheless it appears Australian followers have already discovered an answer to that concern.
“Main must be in Perth, seven-hour distinction from Europe, so a 4.30pm begin (identical to IEM Sydney) would imply 9.30am in Europe, 9.30pm U.S. East Coast, 6.30pm U.S. West Coast,” one fan wrote on Reddit and others agreed, going so far as saying Perth must be the official esports capital of Australia.
Valve has the chance to deliver the Main to Australia in 2024, with the placement for the second CS2 Main nonetheless up within the air. The first CS2 Major will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark in early 2024.
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