ESL Influence, the ladies’s league for CS2 esports, has introduced its 2024 schedule and roadmap which incorporates fewer spots for the Americas.
ESL Influence introduced its 2024 roadmap on November 30, 2023, which included the schedule for home tournaments and worldwide LAN occasions.
The announcement options changes in regional slots for season finals to “be certain that the very best expertise is given the chance to compete at top-tier occasions.” The Match Organizer has additionally reallocated slots to areas with greater participation charges.
Consequently, North and South America could have fewer slots at worldwide occasions subsequent 12 months. At each Season 5 Dallas and Season 6 Stockholm the 2 areas will solely have three slots mixed.
This has brought on a lot outrage from the North and South American CS2 communities as they’ve known as on ESL to revert the choice.
ESL Influence diminished slots for NA and SA in 2024
A number of distinguished North American gamers and neighborhood members have known as out ESL for the slot distribution adjustments, saying the transfer is not sensible.
“In my 14+ years competing in 1.6, CSGO, and now CS2…. that is traditionally essentially the most NA girls groups now we have EVER seen. To take away 1 NA slot now when the scene is prospering makes completely no sense, and can solely harm it sooner or later. Please rethink this resolution,” Counter-Strike veteran Emmalee ‘EMUHLEET’ Garrido mentioned on social media.
Others mentioned the organizer ought to’ve saved the identical quantity of slots for North and South America, and as a substitute simply added extra slots to Europe.
“All for extra slots the place the strongest groups are, however really feel it ought to simply be a bigger occasion quite than taking slots from different areas,” caster Lucy ‘LucyLuce’ Eastwood mentioned.
Evil Geniuses Gold participant Vanessa “vanessa” Gideon identified that this transfer will additional hobble the expansion of the ladies’s scene in CS2, simply because it had began to rebound.
“Rattling, y’all need NA to die in each scenes so dangerous lol. I used to be a model new participant who broke into competing for the primary time due to Influence, similar to many groups/gamers that exist now. The vast majority of NA groups are busy enjoying catch up in talent and expertise simply to be shut down,” she mentioned.
Whether or not this outrage will change ESL’s thoughts about its slot distribution has but to be seen.
