FaZe Clan has withdrawn from their ESL Professional League Season 22 match in opposition to G2 on account of ESL rule restrictions!
Just some hours earlier than their opening match, FaZe Clan introduced that they’d forfeit their collection in opposition to G2. The choice reportedly stemmed from inner disagreements with ESL and uncertainty relating to which gamers had been eligible to compete within the match.
Neither the match organizer nor FaZe have issued an official assertion relating to the scenario. Nonetheless, shortly after the announcement, experiences emerged that rain had been reinstated to the lively roster rather than jcobbb.
The withdrawal got here after FaZe determined to switch Håvard “rain” Nygaard with Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken, which resulted within the crew now not assembly the required Valve Regional Standings (VRS) core roster guidelines.
FaZe’s Withdrawal Motive: VRS Core Violation
July seventh VRS Roster:
🇩🇰 Denmark – karrigan🇸🇰 Slovakia – frozen🇺🇦 Ukraine – s1mple🇺🇸 USA – EliGE🇳🇴 Norway – rain
Present Lively Roster:
🇩🇰 Denmark – karrigan🇸🇰 Slovakia – frozen🇱🇻 Latvia – broky🇵🇱 Poland – jcobbb🇨🇦 Canada – Twistzz
Related ESL Guidelines:
📜 ESL Professional Tour CS Basic Guidelines, Part 2.28:
“Groups invited by the Valve Regional Standings (VRS) should retain a minimum of three of the 5 core gamers listed on the roster on the time of the invitation.”
📜 ESL Professional Tour CS Roster Restrictions, Part 2.4:
“When a participant first enters a qualifier, they need to keep nearly all of that lineup till the principle occasion concludes — overlaying all qualifiers and levels.This rule prevents organizations from overhauling unsuccessful rosters in an try to re-enter the occasion.”
This restriction additionally applies to straight invited groups, whose roster on the time of the invitation is taken into account their “core roster.” Due to this fact, even invited groups are handled as if they’d participated by qualifiers.
