{"id":3167,"date":"2020-03-11T18:57:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T18:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/epl-online-malta-coronavirus-ban"},"modified":"2024-07-20T19:17:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T19:17:15","slug":"epl-online-malta-coronavirus-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/cs-go\/epl-online-malta-coronavirus-ban","title":{"rendered":"ESL Pro League moves online following Maltese coronavirus measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ESL&#8217;s CS:GO Pro League Season 11 will take place online as a result of the ongoing situation regarding the coronavirus outbreak and the LAN Finals <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2020\/02\/esl-pro-league-season-11-finals\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">scheduled to take place in Denver this April<\/a> will be moved to a studio location within Europe.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESLCS\/status\/1237801054940663809\"><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg); width: 500px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><\/twitter-widget><\/p>\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i158395305277164076=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In order to ensure the safety of players, fans and our crew in the current global dynamics, Season 11 of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ESLProLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ESLProLeague<\/a> will be played entirely online and the finals will be moved from Denver to a studio location.<\/p>\n<p>Full details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qBdmv0QjSj\">https:\/\/t.co\/qBdmv0QjSj<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rhT6awYDEQ\">pic.twitter.com\/rhT6awYDEQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESLCS\/status\/1237801054940663809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pro.eslgaming.com\/denver\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The full statement from ESL<\/a> explains the decision was <span class=\"st\">&ldquo;<\/span>largely motivated by the fact that Malta, the country of our originally planned studio location, has instituted a wide range of travel restrictions and quarantine regulations as of today<span class=\"st\">&rdquo;<\/span> that had been raised as a possible issue by others in the community as it happened.<\/p>\n<p>OG Team Manager Vladyslava Zakhliebina had Tweeted earlier about the ban that had been introduced by Malta relating to numerous European cities which would see teams from those regions as well as those flying through them potentially unable to attend the LAN event.<\/p>\n<div 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