Flashpoint apologizes after \u201cunfortunate\u201d issues plague CSGO qualifiers B Site Inc.Flashpoint\u2019s organizers FACEIT have issued an apology after a problem-riddled first week of qualifiers saw brackets reset mid-way through, and players abused by admins. Flashpoint\u2019s CS:GO league qualifiers have once again been marred by controversy after numerous complaints were voiced following the weekend\u2019s action. From unclear technical pause rules, to admin abuse, players were disappointed in the experience being a let-down compared to previous FACEIT events. Regarding the FLASHPOINT Open Qualifier issues.https:\/\/t.co\/22nuXey4ky \u2014 FACEIT (@FACEIT) February 11, 2020 FACEIT came out and issued an apology to players for the \u201cunfortunate events\u201d that plagued the league\u2019s qualifiers. Milos Nedeljkovic, partnerships manager at FACEIT, relayed to players the issues they faced during their Open Qualifiers were unprecedented in their four-year history. However, they also clarified why they made the decisions they did, which when stacked up made for a disaster, according to players. One such decision was the removal of in-server technical pauses, which Nedeljkovic said was to stop \u201chistorical abuse\u201d of the system. Read more: Stuchiu \u2014 What does Impact mean in CS:GO? – \u201cWe decided against allowing players to use technical pauses directly on the server due to historical abuse of the way in which they were used during previous high-volume FACEIT Open Qualifiers,\u201d he said, before stating the rule had been amended for future weeks. Due to unforeseen issues in the FLASHPOINT EU qualifier bracket, EU Qualifier 3 will restart, with this taking place at 5pm CET. We apologise for the inconvenience and will share the new bracket once live. \u2014 Flashpoint (@Flashpoint) February 9, 2020 The major issue players had with the qualifiers, especially in Europe, was the restarting of brackets half-way through. FACEIT mentioned the restart was caused by \u201cunforeseen technical infrastructure issues,\u201d with the only remedy being a full restart. \u201cThe time it would have taken to fully understand which matches had a reliable outcome would have prevented the Qualifier from continuing that day,\u201d he said. \u201cFor this reason, and due to the short window of time available with other qualifiers taking place on consecutive days, we made the decision to restart the qualifier.\u201d Read more: When is IEM Katowice 2020? – The decision angered players, none more so than Yacine \u2018yzn\u2019 Laghmari and his squad, who had taken down top-seeded team ForZe in the first round. Just beat the best seeded team in the tournament, @forzegg and admin goes “”Bracket issues, new qual. in an hour, everyones welcome””. Gotta love esport, huh \u2014 Yacine (@YACINELAGHMARI) February 9, 2020 However, after he voiced his frustrations on Twitter, he was then made the target of admin abuse, something FACEIT has cracked down on in the days since. \u201cAs many in the community have probably noticed, an unfortunate conversation took place between a member of FPL-C Staff and yzn,\u201d said Nedeljkovic. \u201cDuring that conversation the attitude of the admin was not appropriate and they then took an action that is certainly not aligned with what FPL stands for. The admin in question has been relieved from his role and we immediately apologized to yzn in private and reinstated him back to FPL-C.\u201d The Flashpoint qualifiers will continue on February 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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