CSPPA in talks with tournament organizers over LAN safety protocols

9-10-2020 15:56

The player association hopes to ensure a safe return to live events during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Counter-Strike Professional Players' Association (CSPPA) announced on Friday that it is working with tournament organizers on creating "clear and safe" protocols to minimize the health risks that players will face while competing on LAN during the current pandemic.

The protocols will include regulations regarding "travel, testing policies, interaction with staff, media, and fans", as well as "other general safety measures", the release states. The conclusions of these discussions could come into play as soon as December, when ESL plans to hold its second big LAN event of the year.

Post match behavior is not the only thing the CSPPA is looking to change

The CSPPA notes that returning to physical events during the pandemic exposes players to "considerable health risks" due to travel and interaction with a larger number of people.

Aside from the IEM Global Challenge, which is scheduled for December 15-20, no other big international LANs have been formally announced. A recent report has, however, linked North America-based teams with a trip to Europe, noting BLAST as one of the driving forces behind the potential move.

If Evil Geniuses, Liquid, 100 Thieves, and MIBR were to travel to the Old Continent, BLAST would, instead of having two separate regions, hold their Fall Series tournament as a single event, albeit an online one. A similar plan is is seemingly in place for Flashpoint 2, which "will be limited to teams who are able to quarantine in Europe".

very nice!

2020-10-09 15:56

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finally doing smth useful

2020-10-09 15:58

nice

LANS pls LETS FUCKING GOOO

2020-10-09 15:57

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2020-10-09 23:16

n o i c e

lan pog

Please, make it happen

2020-10-09 16:01

poj

finally lans

2020-10-09 16:08

Noobs

Ay here are they!

2020-10-09 16:11

LAN time bois

2020-10-09 16:16

Great, maybe it will finally help LANs to comeback.

2020-10-09 16:17

fingers crossed

the teams just have to ``quarintain`` aka doing what they always do: sitting in rooms for two weeks and practice and that stuff and than they can do a big LAN its actually not that difficult

2020-10-09 16:19

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I mean sitting in the same hotel with same 5+ people for 2 weeks isn't as easy as it sounds, especially not even on your home continent

2020-10-09 16:25

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oBo did it for almost a year, why cant the adult pros do it too 4Head

2020-10-09 17:23

because it's not a normal thing to do, and if players won't perform at their best because of these conditions, what's the point of having lans in the first place? NObody cares about what obo did

2020-10-10 10:50

guess its gonna be like the nba bubble

2020-10-09 16:31

Nice

2020-10-09 16:33

lets go

2020-10-09 16:41

fakemic in 2k20 OMEGALUL

2020-10-09 16:43

imgur.com/a/vQByJTJ bruh

2020-10-09 17:02

BB ONLINERS LOSERCERE

2020-10-09 17:04

most player countries are closed to travel. Wonder what did you talk about LUL

the weather?

2020-10-09 20:47

KEKW

2020-10-09 21:13

Finally we get to find out who are the onliners who knows triumph might become better OMEGALUL

2020-10-09 17:25

cOVERRATEDronavirus

2020-10-09 17:46

Yes pls! I can't watch online cs anymore

2020-10-09 17:54

The old continent, that’s so stupid... All the continents are the same age...

2020-10-09 19:05

+1 CSSPA definitely NA education

2020-10-09 20:48

First LAN will be epic!

2020-10-09 19:57

go to new zealand. NEW ZALAND LAN POPGHCAMOP

2020-10-09 21:02

i've heard bad things about that country

2020-10-10 01:59

unexpected

2020-10-09 21:06

this PLANDEMIC is fake guys

2020-10-09 22:23

Which major was the one where each team had their own sort of enclosed booth in the center of the arena? They could do something like that again and put barriers between players.

2020-10-10 03:12