
Invitations will be sent to intact teams, per the invitation requirements above.

Note that for the purposes of RMR, regions represented by more than 8 teams will be subdivided into groups of 8 or less, so that each group can be resolved with one of the available RMR formats. In other words, teams that change regions take their invites with them.Īdditionally, 8 Contender invitations are distributed to regions. If a team is able to-and opts to-play in a different region, their previous region loses an invitation and their new region gains an invitation. Teams that earn an invitation for their region (i.e., top 16 teams from the Major) are given a chance to defend their regional invitation at the following RMR.

Regional Major Ranking events (RMRs) sort teams within their region, and the top teams from each region receive Major invitations. Separating world-wide competition into regions that allow players to compete with low latency is important to measure skill on a level playing field. RMR invites are sent to teams of three or more members of the core lineup who participated in the Legends Stage of the previous Major. 8 teams are invited as Contenders, to also enter the Major in the Challengers Stage.8 teams are invited as Challengers, to enter the Major in the Challengers Stage.8 teams are invited as Legends, to enter the Major in the Legends Stage.However, they can register a different coach or substitute player. Major invites are sent to the core lineup (not including a substitute) who earned an invitation from the most recent RMR.Ī team cannot adjust their core lineup between the RMR and the Major. Rules and procedures for determining who is to participate in the events. These are the main deliverables outlined in this document that are required of the TO, along with their due date (relative to the start of the event). Any conflict between these and other tournament rules are to be resolved prior to the publication of the event rules. Event admins are expected to be familiar with the contents. The Tournament Organizer ("TO") will include this document in its tournament rules. What is expected of tournament organizers with respect to this document.
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If you would like to contact the CS:GO team with questions or comments, feel free to send an email to csgoteamfeedback, with the subject #MajorsRule. For the complete body of tournament rules for your event, contact the tournament organizer. This document does not contain all of the rules of the tournament only the ones we require to be uniform across all Major events.

By consolidating them into a single document, we hope to eliminate inconsistencies across Valve-sponsored events and allow tournament operators to prepare their staff well in advance of their events. Historically, the rules and requirements for Majors have been communicated publicly through different channels or to partners privately. The Major represents the pinnacle of Counter-Strike skill and provides an open invitation for the best in the world to participate regardless of their means or access. The goal of the Major is to bring together the best Counter-Strike players in the world to a LAN setting, provide them an opportunity to claim their title, and to demonstrate to millions of CS:GO players around the world just how high the Counter-Strike skill ceiling is.
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The CS:GO Major Series Supplemental Rulebook Foreword
