{"id":7791,"date":"2020-09-09T16:53:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T16:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/valve-cancels-csgo-rio-major-responds-to-coaching-bug-controversy"},"modified":"2024-07-19T17:41:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T17:41:45","slug":"valve-cancels-csgo-rio-major-responds-to-coaching-bug-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/cs-go\/valve-cancels-csgo-rio-major-responds-to-coaching-bug-controversy","title":{"rendered":"Valve cancels CS:GO Rio Major, responds to coaching bug controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ESL Rio Major for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has been cancelled, Valve has confirmed. <\/p>\n

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In a blog post<\/a>, the developer announced the Major, which was delayed to November<\/a> due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will no longer go ahead. <\/p>\n

“We’re not going to ask players and fans to risk their health in order to attend a Major while the pandemic still poses a threat to travellers,” the post reads. “Therefore, we have made the painful decision to cancel the November Major.”<\/p>\n

Valve also announced they will not schedule any forthcoming Majors until Regional Major Ranking (RMR) LAN events are “safe to hold around the world” – with online RMR events deciding the best teams for the time being.<\/p>\n

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Rio Major 2020 has been cancelled (Picture: ESL) <\/span><\/p>\n

This means 2020 will be the first year in CS:GO’s history there won’t be a Major tournament.<\/p>\n

The recent bug scandal, which saw some CS:GO coaches banned after admitting to using a bug which allowed them to become a spectator anywhere on the map, was also addressed.<\/p>\n

“Any teams that were disqualified for exploiting this bug during an RMR event will have their RMR points reset,” it reads. <\/p>\n

Addressing the coaches specifically, Valve explained they’re waiting to consider the “complete picture of the extent of the bug abuse” before they taking any action themselves – stating they would “consider limitations to coaching”. <\/p>\n

Recently, Faruk “pita” Pita and Allan “Rejin” Petersen became the first two coaches to publicly admit<\/a> to using the coach bug.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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