FaZe Clan has withdrawn from their ESL Professional League Season 22 match in opposition to G2 resulting from ESL rule restrictions!
Only a few hours earlier than their opening match, FaZe Clan introduced that they’d forfeit their sequence in opposition to G2. The choice reportedly stemmed from inside disagreements with ESL and uncertainty concerning which gamers have been eligible to compete within the match.
Neither the event organizer nor FaZe have issued an official assertion concerning the scenario. Nevertheless, shortly after the announcement, reviews emerged that rain had been reinstated to the lively roster rather than jcobbb.
The withdrawal got here after FaZe determined to interchange Håvard “rain” Nygaard with Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken, which resulted within the crew not assembly the required Valve Regional Standings (VRS) core roster guidelines.
FaZe’s Withdrawal Purpose: 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 Normal Guidelines, Part 2.28:
“Groups invited via 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 the vast majority of that lineup till the principle occasion concludes — masking all qualifiers and phases.This rule prevents organizations from overhauling unsuccessful rosters in an try and 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.” Subsequently, even invited groups are handled as if that they had participated via qualifiers.
