SirScoots hits out at Sadokist over BLAST Pro criticism: \u201cStop being a daft c***\u201d ESL \/ MLGEsports veteran Scott \u2018SirScoots\u2019 Smith went back and forth with Popular CS:GO talent Matthew \u2018Sadokist\u2019 Trivett, over controversy regarding BLAST Pro Series events and the players association. The rising tournament organizer known as BLAST, part of the RFRSH Entertainment brand, has held three $250,000 events so far in 2019, with plans for more throughout the year including their Global Final at the end of the year. BLAST events feature a best-of-one round robin format until the grand final and usually take up just two days. Their tournaments are often completely invite only and concerns have been raised over 2018\u2019s top team, Astralis, missing out on other premier events to attend BLAST Pro Series, especially given the fact that they are both under the RFRSH brand. Other teams, including the likes of Team Liquid and NiP, have also been accused of prioritizing BLAST events; many critics argue that clashes in event dates and an ever more full calendar are robbing fans of true tier one tournaments with all top teams in attendance. With BLAST Pro\u2019s plans to continue expanding in the CS:GO scene, rivaling other tournament organizers such as ESL and FACEIT, Canadian caster Sadokist has been one of the community members to raise concerns. Trivett claimed that there were certain pro players expressing problems with the events, such as travel and scheduling, but were unable to speak up publicly about it: \u201cAt each of the previous 4 events I have attended, at least one player has told me, unsolicited, that they do not like attending Blast events.\u201d At each of the previous 4 events I have attended, at least one player has told me, unsolicited, that they do not like attending Blast events (travel\/schedule\/etc). When asked why they don’t say\/do something about it, their answers have been consistent: “”We can’t.”” \u2014 Matthew Trivett :wolf_face: (@Sadokist) June 1, 2019 When these comments caught the attention of SirScoots \u2013 who is also an adviser for the player\u2019s association \u2013 he claimed that Sadokist had no issues with the tournament organizer while he was working with them: \u201cWhat Matt won\u2019t tell you is he was fine working for Blast himself until he fucked up at the last event he worked for them and they told him he was going to sit out the next one.\u201d Get your facts straight. I kept this out of it, but they asked me to attend SP. I told them no, and then they changed their tune and tried to flex on me. This is not about me at all, but I will address this when I’m not in the middle of a final (nice timing). \u2014 Matthew Trivett :wolf_face: (@Sadokist) June 2, 2019 The pair went back and forth arguing about the facts of the story, claiming the other was spreading misinformation before the argument began to grow hostile, with SirScoots telling Sadokist to \u201cstop being a daft cunt,\u201d and that he needed to seek \u2018professional help\u2019. Sadokist accused Smith of \u201cmanipulating public opinion,\u201d and suggested the accusations were based on assumption, calling the \u2018attack\u2019 \u201cuncalled for.\u201d You have absolutely nothing to base this on but assumption, and attacking me entirely uncalled for. I am a stern personality with unwavering opinions, that is true, but I’m not sure what bridges you speak of. \u2014 Matthew Trivett :wolf_face: (@Sadokist) June 2, 2019 Stop being a daft cunt and stop tweeting and do your fucking job for once. Then seek professional help. \u2014 Scott Smith (@SirScoots) June 2, 2019 G2 Esports CEO, Carlos \u2018Ocelote\u2019 Rodriguez pleaded with the pair to stop: \u201cThis ain\u2019t worth it bros. You may see each other around here for decades.\u201d Sado and Scoots this ain’t worth it bros. You may see each other around here for decades. This ain’t a hill to die on. \u2014 Carlos \u2013 ocelote (@CarlosR) June 3, 2019 Scoots stated that he would always call out those he feels deserve it, regardless of how popular they may be: \u201cRegarding my tweets today. I always call out those who I feel deserve it, be they popular figures or not. Often the facts I base my opinions on are not public at the time. One day when more is known, some of you might think twice about labeling me the bad guy. Time will tell.\u201d Regarding my tweets today. I always call out those who I feel deserve it, be they popular figures or not. Often the facts I base my opinions on are not public at the time. One day when more is known, some of you might think twice about labeling me the bad guy. Time will tell. \u2014 Scott Smith (@SirScoots) June 2, 2019 The pair finally stopped tweeting each other shortly after, likely to avoid taking things too far in the public space. The exchange certainly came as a shock to many CS:GO fans, seeing such respected figures in the scene trading blows. While Sadokist\u2019s original Twitter post did not tag or directly mention SirScoots in any way, Smith claimed that the Canadian had done so in previous posts. \u201cThe tweets in question are not this one,\u201d he clarified., \u201cbut ones earlier that he leveled at board members. He is not a man of the people as he is acting now, he is a man with a grudge who continually burns the bridges around him. Believe me or do not, it is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SirScoots hits out at Sadokist over BLAST Pro criticism: \u201cStop being a daft c***\u201d ESL \/ MLGEsports veteran Scott \u2018SirScoots\u2019 Smith went back and forth with Popular CS:GO talent Matthew \u2018Sadokist\u2019 Trivett, over controversy regarding BLAST Pro Series events and the players association. The rising tournament organizer known as BLAST, part of the RFRSH Entertainment […]<\/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-38945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38945","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=38945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38945\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}