BLAST Premier Fall Teams 2023 completed on July 23, and the outcomes impacted HLTV world rankings, probably the most outstanding within the recreation. After the match organizer tweeted in regards to the change, Snappi referred to as it out for “manipulating the world rankings.”
Within the eyes of ENCE’s in-game chief, having tournaments similar to BLAST Premier Fall Teams 2023 affect the world rankings is a destructive factor for CS:GO aggressive scene. Solely partnered groups are in a position to take part in Fall or Spring Teams, so Snappy doubtless views it as a dangerous affect on the scene.
Snappi additionally underlined how the final occasion earlier than 2023’s summer season break was Spring Finals in Washington. The complete Spring season had the identical format as Fall, which started with Fall Teams in July.
In BLAST’s circuit, non-partnered groups are solely allowed to qualify for Season Finals by way of BLAST Showdown. However, to be able to qualify for Showdown, groups must be immediately invited by the organizer or win a second-tier on-line match with which BLAST is partnered. So, finally, the street to collaborating in both season finals is simply extremely lengthy, time-consuming, and exhausting.
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This isn’t the primary time Snappi has criticized this side of BLAST’s format earlier than after ENCE had certified for BLAST Premier Spring Showdown 2022. Again then, the European workforce needed to come out victorious in two qualifying occasions to even get to the Spring Showdown, which was itself a qualifier for BLAST Premier Spring Remaining 2022.
The dialogue about how damaged the partnered groups system is in CS:GO has been occurring for what appears like years now. Many followers and gamers, particularly from non-partnered groups, consider there’s an pressing want for a lot of adjustments, together with extra open circuits for tier-two groups.
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Fortunately, there have already been reviews about potential adjustments. In June, Richard Lewis reported that Valve demands BLAST and ESL to do away with their closed match programs for a more healthy aggressive circuit in CS2.