ESL under fire for lack of quality IEM Katowice 2020 qualifier coverage ESLIntel Extreme Masters Katowice 2020 kicked off the ESL Pro Tour on January 7, but the tournament organizer is already under fire after eager CS:GO fans are already missing out on some of the biggest headlines heading into the first night. ESL Pro Tour\u2019s premiere night for its \u201copen ecosystem connecting every ESL and DreamHack competition around the world\u201d hit an early snag, with the TO only widely broadcasting the first round match of the NA Closed qualifier between Chaos EC and FURIA. While a great match in its own right, there were major debuts for highly anticipated rosters on the agenda that were lacking any significant coverage. Industry vets and the casual viewer alike were finding it hard to track down streams showing the debut for both Cloud9\u2019s new roster and C9\u2019s old roster wearing Gen.G colors against Complexity. Read more: Stuchiu: Best CSGO Players by Role in 2019 – \u201cComplexity and Cloud9 \u2018debut\u2019 and Gen.G in only their third map,\u201d user \u2018ppears\u2019 said. \u201cDon\u2019t give GOTV, only stream one match, and make it god damn Chaos v Furia. ESL ya okay?\u201d The CS:GO community weren\u2019t fans of ESL\u2019s strategy for covering the first day of matches, and the people started to voice their disappointments. Comment byu\/emanuellond from discussion inGlobalOffensive \u201cESL it is absolutely pathetic that in 2020 you can\u2019t provided ips for matches that you are unable to cover,\u201d popular Australian analyst Chad \u2018SPUNJ\u2019 Burchill said. \u201cI understand the desire to hold onto the control of your matches and qualifier broadcast but when you don\u2019t actively try to show the matches people want to watch, what the f**k are you thinking?\u201d What the fuck are you thinking? There are members of the community actvitely wanting to broadcast these matches for you. I’m sure they’d even use your overlay with sponsor roll if you made that a condition. \u2014 Chad Burchill (@SPUNJ) January 7, 2020 There was even more backlash when ESL\u2019s Twitch channel moderators were reportedly \u201cblocking people complaining in the chat.\u201d Fan desperation got to the point that popular Brazilian CS:GO streamer Alexandre \u2018gAuLeS\u2019 Borba started broadcasting HLTV\u2019s live game logs of the matches; at one point, over 30,000 fans tuned in to watch. \u201cAll the Brazilians wanted at that moment was to watch our team\u2019s matches,\u201d gAuLes said. \u201cAnd I would definitely use any HUD \/ overlay and promote any and all sponsors needed [to legally stream the Qualifiers].\u201d The acquisition of the ATK lineup came as a surprise to those who weren\u2019t savvy to the mounting reports for the C9\u2019s impending deal. But once the ink dried, intrigue started building to see if this talented roster of sporadic flair could step up in their first outing representing The Nine. On the other side of the coin, it was Gen.G that piqued people\u2019s interest. All eyes would be on how Indonesian star Hansel \u2018BnTeT\u2019 Ferdinand would pair with NA\u2019s Major-winning Timothy \u2018autimatic\u2019 Ta, all under the calls from Damian \u2018daps\u2019 Steele. But fans would have been lucky to catch a few coherent rounds of either game from a Russian streamer\u2019s makeshift broadcast; the streamer had to switch between the action with both games in a creative picture-and-picture mode. The inaugural ESL Pro Tour got off to a shaky season, and with a long 2020 campaign, fans will be eager to see how the TO adapts to the growing concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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