Astralis, G2 & other BLAST teams surprised by CSPPA\u2019s voice comm concern CSPPA \/ BLASTMoments before the BLAST Fall Finals were set to begin, the Counter-Strike Professional Players\u2019 Association (CSPPA) raised concerns of how the tournament organizer (TO) was handling players\u2019 voice comms. CS:GO players supported the announcement, but the 14 teams at the event were blindsided by the dispute. A day after a three-hour delay kept the Fall Finals from running on schedule due to comms deliberations, teams including G2 Esports, Natus Vincere, Team Liquid, Astralis, FaZe Clan, Furia, Mousesports, and the rest of the orgs at BLAST contested the CSPPA\u2019s claim. It\u2019s not to say that there weren\u2019t any concerns with the handling of sensitive voice communications among BLAST partners, but that the collective of teams had already resolved these issues with the TO prior to the Fall Showdown. \u201cThe teams and all Tournament Organizers, including BLAST, have worked, are working, and will continue to work together to ensure that any and all of our players\u2019 needs pertaining their participation are met to the extent possible,\u201d the 14-team collective said in a joint announcement. \u201cAs a result of this already successful partnership between the parties, BLAST resolved the issues raised around the usage of voice comms already on November 23rd.\u201d In fact, the CSPPA\u2019s involvement in the matter on the whole took the teams by surprise. \u201cWe fail to understand how and why CSPPA are involved in trying to raise concerns with an already resolved issue, without our knowledge or any form of previous communication,\u201d the statement said. To be clear, organizations generally operate with their players\u2019 interest in mind; but in this round of CSPPA\u2019s problem-solving, teams weren\u2019t aware of any concerns from pro players that weren\u2019t already addressed. During the delay for the Fall Finals, plenty of CS:GO pros came out in support of the CSPPA\u2019s message. While it\u2019s a direction that teams could have also supported, they were kept away from these discussions. \u201cWhile we continue to improve the quality of life of our precious teams and players, we urge both the community and our players to continue raising concerns through the proper channels, so that we can carry on improving their conditions in and outside the game,\u201d the teams said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Astralis, G2 & other BLAST teams surprised by CSPPA\u2019s voice comm concern CSPPA \/ BLASTMoments before the BLAST Fall Finals were set to begin, the Counter-Strike Professional Players\u2019 Association (CSPPA) raised concerns of how the tournament organizer (TO) was handling players\u2019 voice comms. CS:GO players supported the announcement, but the 14 teams at the event […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}