FaZe Clan has withdrawn from their ESL Professional League Season 22 match towards G2 attributable to ESL rule restrictions!
Just some hours earlier than their opening match, FaZe Clan introduced that they might forfeit their collection towards G2. The choice reportedly stemmed from inner disagreements with ESL and uncertainty concerning which gamers had been eligible to compete within the match.
Neither the event organizer nor FaZe have issued an official assertion concerning the state of affairs. Nevertheless, shortly after the announcement, reviews emerged that rain had been reinstated to the energetic roster instead of jcobbb.
The withdrawal got here after FaZe determined to interchange Håvard “rain” Nygaard with Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken, which resulted within the staff not assembly the required Valve Regional Standings (VRS) core roster guidelines.
FaZe’s Withdrawal Cause: VRS Core Violation
July seventh VRS Roster:
- 🇩🇰 Denmark – karrigan
- 🇸🇰 Slovakia – frozen
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine – s1mple
- 🇺🇸 USA – EliGE
- 🇳🇴 Norway – rain
Present Energetic 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 way of the Valve Regional Standings (VRS) should retain at the very least 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 primary occasion concludes — masking all qualifiers and phases.
This rule prevents organizations from overhauling unsuccessful rosters in an try to re-enter the occasion.”
This restriction additionally applies to instantly 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 by way of qualifiers.
