Perfect World announce Shanghai Major

12-11-2023 13:35

A Major is set to take place in China for the first time.

Perfect World have revealed that the second Major of 2024 is set to take place in Shanghai, China. The announcement was made during the final day of the CS Asia Championships.

The event is scheduled for December 2024 and will mark the first time China has hosted Counter-Strike's most prestigious event since Valve began supporting Majors back in 2013.

HLTV reported in July that Valve were aiming to host 2024's second Major in Shanghai. That report stated that the RMR qualifiers for the event would be planned to take place from October 26-November 13, with the Major itself set to follow just over two weeks later from December 1-15. Perfect World's press release did not confirm the exact dates.

Sources: Valve targets Shanghai for second 2024 Major

HLTV's original report also said that Perfect World would be running the Shanghai Major in partnership with PGL, who have been tasked with organizing the first Major of 2024 in Copenhagen. Perfect World's recent announcement made no mention of PGL.

Perfect World have been organizing top-level regional tournaments in China for years, running events such as the recent Perfect World Arena Premier League. They have also hosted international LAN events, like the ongoing CS Asia Championships.

Can't wait to wake up at 4am for a major final

2023-11-12 13:18

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Valve & Riot will both have there majors in China. Somehow I doubt that’s a coincidence.

2023-11-12 17:58

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Biggest population in the world, by a lot. Biggest economy in the world, by a lot. No conspiracy, no coincidencs, just capitalism.

2023-11-12 18:22

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2023-11-12 18:30

2nd biggest economy

2023-11-12 23:00

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for now. but a bigger population of gamers there, and they all play crossfire for some reason, which means they're easy for valve to convert to the best game in the world which is counter strike

2023-11-13 13:59

Biggest economy

2023-11-18 12:21

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2nd biggest

2023-11-18 15:40

^ and 2nd biggest population now

2023-11-13 00:32

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China number 2

2023-11-14 13:07

2nd biggest population

2023-11-13 06:52

India is first now

2023-11-14 13:14

Most educated HLTV user..

2023-11-13 13:00

Where should we have it then? Wales? 😂

2023-11-12 19:17

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lol

2023-11-12 19:45

Cardiff major let's go!! Everyone drunk before 5pm, sheeps invade the stage

2023-11-12 22:28

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4/5 crowd are sheep lol venue smells like a farm

2023-11-12 22:38

Cardiff is getting a new 15,000 seater arena, so who knows

2023-11-13 00:54

shetland deserve a major

2023-11-13 04:37

today the finals started for me in the afternoon, Sydney's time is worse

2023-11-12 19:59

Cya in China 😁

2023-11-12 20:15

xDDD

2023-11-12 22:40

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2023-11-13 04:19

XDD

2023-11-12 23:50

CAC grand final was midday

2023-11-12 23:51

they just had an event and final was at 14:00 CET

2023-11-13 00:35

csgo asia championship just ended and it was fine

2023-11-13 11:43

YOOOO china major

2023-11-12 13:17

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Lets hope they dont use these PC's from CAC

2023-11-12 17:12

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OFC they will, perfect world can't make a tournament so PGL will be the real organizer

2023-11-12 23:55

somehow I still remember this youtu.be/hNVrqS1wUYY?si=6EqQOfn8oGAQ1t9R . I think that this will be the same.

2023-11-15 12:15

idk

2023-11-12 13:17

australia deserves it more poor aussies

2023-11-12 13:17

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Waiting for Sydney, Astana, Cologne, Riyadh

2023-11-12 13:21

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no need for Riyadh

2023-11-12 13:24

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Unfortunantely, it will be hosted there sooner or later. Cause of money, ofc.

2023-11-12 13:28

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isnt that just gamers8 now? they arent doing majors they are doing some world cup thing idk dexerto.com/esports/saudi-crown-prince-a..

2023-11-12 13:30

I don't think Valve cares about who pay the most.

2023-11-12 14:56

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money is a reason why they give major to PGL

2023-11-12 17:52

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Sure bro

2023-11-12 17:54

expected from flair

2023-11-12 13:25

7 replies

huh?

2023-11-12 13:28

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i just have an image of faze as a big business organization who would have no problem with accepting saudi money

2023-11-12 13:41

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Ye because Faze are accepting Major proposals from event organizers…..

2023-11-12 14:10

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that's not what i said, my point was that fans of an organization (not necessarily its cs2 team) with such a plastic, normie brand like faze would have no problem with competitions filled with saudi propaganda because of their lack of knowledge compare this to messi fans giving 0 fucks about the injustices of the qatar WC and the current direction of FIFA overall because they're too busy being megafans of a superstar player

2023-11-12 14:28

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Fact WC was in Qatar takes absolute nothing from Messi winning it. Why should I care about stupic politcs? I just enjoy the game and supporting of my team, you act like if you don’t watch the event it won’t happen, learn to accept thing in your life, you can do nothing about. Also fan of C9 talks about plastic hahahahahah

2023-11-12 14:30

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if no one cared about human rights as they are understood in the west, the world would be a worse place. that's why we need to criticize countries whitewashing their actions with money and entertainment. i do understand if you do not want to hear about the evils in our world 24/7, but it's not wise to accept major injustices

2023-11-12 14:52

bruh, no one on HLTV knows anything about Faze apart from their CS team

2023-11-14 12:38

Astana???

2023-11-12 13:31

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astana would be pretty fire tbf its like giving the russians a major but not giving the russians a major so you can actually enjoy it lmao

2023-11-12 13:34

Well, to be fair, Kazakhstan did contribute some pretty solid players to the scene, including a couple Major winners, and they do have a pretty solid fan base. Astana is also a pretty neat city from what I hear. Also, it doesn't have a horrendous timezone, it would actually work pretty well for most CS fans.

2023-11-12 17:20

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Make Sacha Baron Cohen the host and I will pay a fortune to be there.

2023-11-18 14:49

Good CS history, major winners, they deserve it

2023-11-12 20:35

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something tells me Valve doesnt give a shit about history else it wouldnt have taken them so long to host a major in Denmark

2023-11-12 21:08

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Perhaps none of the TOs wanted to host one in Denmark

2023-11-14 12:43

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could be the case but it doesnt make from the the business POV in my opinion.... Denmark is in close proximity to the majority of EU and the fanbase in Denmark is zealous, so selling out tickets is pretty much guaranteed

2023-11-14 14:22

+1 I said it, if you really want to rekt EU with timezone at leat give us proper production and crown like IEM Sydney, not lul of event like was Shangai Dota Major, which is considered to be worst major ever.

2023-11-12 14:12

it does feel like a slap in the face, we have a bigger crowd and a bigger history. more people waiting longer for one here. but when you come back to reality the perfect world partnership is what matters more to valve

2023-11-12 14:27

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bigger crowd than china?? not even sure what you mean by history tho, unless its a sarcasm

2023-11-12 16:29

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look at the last s-tier lan in china, its like 20 rows of seats. and at this CAC theyre in what looks like a college basketball stadium. even just the premium section at iem sydney was bigger. by history i meant results by au teams/players and also the playerbase; counterstrike's expansion into china is relatively recent

2023-11-12 16:48

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ah, thought you compared actual chinas history to au lol

2023-11-13 06:34

>expansion into china is relatively recent Perhaps that's why there is a major to jumpstart a cs scene there? I liked the recent Sydney one, but it has to be said that the timezones are better in China

2023-11-14 12:45

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yeah exactly, business as usual. just more pandering to china

2023-11-15 05:01

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True, Japan should have finished the job

2023-11-15 09:56

COME TO MELBOURNE 🔪🔪🔪

2023-11-12 16:33

SO TRUE MEN 100% (NOT PARTIAL AT ALL)

2023-11-12 22:22

woooo Shanghai, here we come

2023-11-12 13:17

Lessgo CS2 Now Getting Worldwide

2023-11-12 13:17

Yay

2023-11-12 13:18

lessgo, a major with unwatchable time schedules

2023-11-12 13:18

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literally every other major for asian watchers

2023-11-12 13:21

lessgo a major where Asian and Australians can finally watch without staying up at 3

2023-11-12 13:24

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all this just to chinese teams will end up 15-16th place

2023-11-12 13:25

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how does that correlate with anything, there's a major in Antwerp and there isn't any Belgium team nor player

2023-11-12 13:39

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He is just mad

2023-11-12 13:40

Because EU CS > China CS, there were teams which are from countries few hundreds of km away from antwerp while in China closest tier 1 team is half a planet away lmao Also if we get something like Shangai Dota Major the worst major in history hmmmm can’t wait for lul time zones and lul production at the same time

2023-11-12 14:09

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Sure, the time zones won’t be great for us, but like events like Sydney ETC, we get multiple events a year that are fine for us in terms of schedule… they MIGHT get one. So them getting one major is fine by me 🤷‍♂️

2023-11-12 14:17

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I said it multiple times I would be ok with Australia having Major in sydney, great production, great crowd, but China, there is zero possitives.

2023-11-12 14:38

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How are there 0 positives

2023-11-12 14:52

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how about u provide one then?

2023-11-12 17:39

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Lots of fans to watch the game first major in China which is pretty cool

2023-11-12 17:52

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so 0 positives since thats not even true lmao

2023-11-13 06:16

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There are a lot of players in china though.

2023-11-13 08:01

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i would need to see reports to believe that

2023-11-13 08:02

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twitter.com/leetify/status/1390715793805.. Alsofans from japan, australia, india benefit from this. And as someone already said here, they need to compete against valorant in this region.

2023-11-13 08:06

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hmm, more than expected. but in contrast to populations its rly rly small, i guess theres huge potential in the market though. you've changed my opinion from anti to indifferent.

2023-11-13 08:27

thank god valve doesn't follow your business model

2023-11-12 16:03

23-24th*, there is no way a chinese team reaches top 16

2023-11-12 14:14

+11111 lets fking gooo

2023-11-12 13:25

Ever heard of watch replay on youtube lol ?

2023-11-12 13:49

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watching it live is way better than replay?

2023-11-12 13:53

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I don't think it is. Replay = no adds, skip every break, skip every game analysis, skip games you are not intertested in.

2023-11-12 14:00

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game analysis isnt all that bad some of them are generally entreating and watching reply simply cant give you the excitement and anticipation compare to live, that why ill still watch major or any cs event despite most of them starting at midnight

2023-11-12 14:13

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Some of them yeah, but at least replay you get to choose if you want to watch it or not. Well this is purely in your head man, you'd get placebo'd hard if you were in a study about this. I'm sorry i'm more pragmatic (and healthy), I'd rather watch it during the day when it suits me rather then forcing me to watch breaks and analysis at 4am

2023-11-12 14:38

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well you probally know the result if u watch the replay, that kinda lose the enjoyment and thrill of the uncertainty of watching it live, like that kato liquid comeback watching that comeback live is way better than watching the replay.

2023-11-12 14:46

Unless you are specifically avoiding the outcomes live is always better. I don't want to watch a match when I know what happened already, it takes the excitement out of it.

2023-11-12 17:56

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Obv if you know the final score it makes no sense, but you can watch the replay without knowing the outcome of the game ...?

2023-11-12 20:57

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Some of us try to follow tournaments as they're ongoing. It's weird being behind, and there's just something less interesting about it not being live.

2023-11-12 21:00

yeah europeans should try that a few times

2023-11-13 02:38

Maybe go to sleep a bit earlier so you can wake up earlier and catch most of the games?

2023-11-12 13:29

You don't have to watch live

2023-11-12 13:38

imagine how asian fans watch so many ‘unwatchable’ matches...

2023-11-12 13:40

Imagine how many events Asia and Oceania had unwatchable schedules? Give me a break

2023-11-12 20:34

while all of match in eu are unwatchable for asian fans. Last year it was iem cologne Grand Final, I was in asia and I fell asleep later than 5am

2023-11-13 05:30

Better than Sydney

2023-11-14 12:45

Oh shit

2023-11-12 13:18

lol

2023-11-12 13:18

Finally Oceania don’t have to murder their sleep schedule for the major

2023-11-12 13:18

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fr, don't know what some comments are complaining about

2023-11-12 13:22

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CAC has been so good to watch with normal hours

2023-11-12 13:32

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wish there's a major in Sydney soon

2023-11-12 13:39

you know you can watch it replay right

2023-11-12 13:50

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Give this dude nobel price boys

2023-11-12 14:06

Oh yeah, and watching it live and in replay is really the same thing, huh?

2023-11-13 08:20

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No you're right it's different, replay is way better : you can skip adds you can skip breaks you can skip game analysis you can skip technical issues you can skip games you are not interested in you can have a healthy sleeping schedule the "live" feeling is totally in your head, if people would do a study about it you would get placebo'd so hard. you still have chat reactions btw

2023-11-13 13:25

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I agree also why watch a band live just watch on youtube !

2023-11-14 03:01

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lol are you serious ? when we mean live it's live.. on youtube obv being in the arena itself it's a totally different experience that seem to be great but never did it

2023-11-14 09:48

But you can't watch the game live which is the most important thing

2023-11-14 08:49

Free Tibet. Free East Turkestan. Free Inner Mongolia. Free Hong Kong. Winne the Pooh. Tiananmen 1989.

2023-11-12 13:18

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Flag

2023-11-12 13:20

You better not speak like that about your future overlords

2023-11-12 13:22

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I don't live in russia anymore

2023-11-12 13:24

u forgot Free Ukraine

2023-11-12 14:12

I'd love to free Tibet, but Mao already did.

2023-11-12 22:32

nobody cares your political opinions

2023-11-13 05:21

interesting

2023-11-12 13:18

It was known for a while, there was an article here few months ago

2023-11-12 13:18

Maybe Chinese teams wake up by then and build a lineup that doesn't choke under pressure

2023-11-12 13:19

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if any of the Chinese teams we know suddenly start playing like gods internationally in 2024, we know what to blame

2023-11-12 13:22

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bad chinese food for the competing teams should do the trick!

2023-11-12 13:28

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mens(

2023-11-12 13:29

Literally what happened last rmr in Mongolia lol. The Rare Atom guys got food poisoning day one

2023-11-12 14:32

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Hey man, Mongols are known to be fond of biological weapons. Some things never change, i guess. XD

2023-11-12 15:04

Roids?

2023-11-12 14:05

Isn't it literally illegal for youngsters to play too much on video games in china? If there's a Chinese team ever then it's because a group of 18 year olds decide to start the grind and then maybe win a tournament when they're 25 if they can catch up.

2023-11-12 13:43

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that was a regulation. Not really a law. But it's kind of useless since Im pretty sure many of those under 18 guys will just use the IDs of adult family members.

2023-11-12 14:15

It's not a very robust law, not really applied afaik, and like every law/regulation in China, there are many ways to bypass it like being part of a professional esports org.

2023-11-12 14:31

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we could really benefit from having that law here in America, enforcing it, and research robust ways to prevent it from being bypassed. Many of our kids can barely fucking read-- forget about life skills, emotional intelligence, etc. Sittin' there playing baldur's gate eating doritos and donuts and hopping on tiktok after 10.5 hours playing video games. Breeding a generation of idiots. Then they wonder why teen anxiety and depression is endemic

2023-11-12 16:37

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Lowering of avg iq to the point that some schools are swapping/removing analogue clocks since students can read them and the fact that many can't pass basic mental aptitude test for the army (80 iq~) But hey I cant say much either, since Australia is apparently bottom 3 in developed nations for their secondary education system, iirc

2023-11-12 22:31

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yup, tiktok, snapchat, videogames

2023-11-13 02:20

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you don't need or want everyone to be highly educated in a country anyways some people are just not cut out for years and years of school and the US + other countries can't always rely on immigration for lower-skill labor

2023-11-13 16:06

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Agreed-- but i dont even mean book smart and necessarily getting a formal education. Just being able to read and communicate with other human beings. Be able to occasionally speak in public. Not being suicidal and anxious. Be able to listen and present an argument. Developing emotional iq, life skills. Having the ability to sit and meditate. Understanding the importance of physical activity. Understanding how to build wealth, and how important gratitude and charity is for your own self. Being at peace and feeling fulfilled and not feeling lost if the smartphone was taken away for 24 hours, e.g. figuring shit out without google maps... etc .

2023-11-13 16:30

It is a regulation at the beginning, and people have been playing international server of CSGO/CS2 pretty much all along. So they can pratice like others for sure, but sometimes they are not able to compete in official tournaments, which like others had said, there are still some ways to get around it.

2023-11-12 21:51

pog

2023-11-12 13:19

gg but australia when

2023-11-12 13:25

very good news

2023-11-12 13:19

LET'S GO SHANGHAI YOOOOOOO

2023-11-12 13:20

Put one in Hong Kong you cowards

2023-11-12 13:20

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Hong Kong had never held any official events on esports due to high venue costs, it's one of the cities with highest level of costs.

2023-11-13 06:07

nice!!

2023-11-12 13:20

That' cool!

2023-11-12 13:20

Nice, a major that no one can watch

2023-11-12 13:20

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2023-11-12 13:22

Same as no one watching CAC .

2023-11-12 13:29

1 reply

2023-11-12 13:36

You know you can watch it replay on youtube right? It's actually better, you can watch it whenever it suits you best + you get to skip all the adds, the game analysis and all that

2023-11-12 13:51

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Bruh stop this nonstop coping, you are the only cigarette who doesn't watch live games. Imagine caring about a full match if you already know the outcome

2023-11-14 12:50

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I don't know the outcome when I watch a game in replay wtf otherwise it makes no sense.. wtf are you on Is it so hard not to turn HLTV or instagram first thing in the morning to check scores ? Have a bookmark for the youtube channel of the event, turn off volume, press bookmark, look at the bottom part of your screen, put the cursor at the very begining of the live, turn on volume.

2023-11-14 14:23

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jumping all these hoops just to have an inferior experience

2023-11-14 14:33

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oh you mean waiting for breaks to finish at 4am is a superior experience I think my way of experiencing is better (subjective) and healthier (objective). have a good day

2023-11-14 17:50

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>I think my way of experiencing is better (subjective) and healthier (objective). both of those are subjective, and both of those statements are wrong anyway

2023-11-15 09:57

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Hectic sleeping schedule can't be better than one respecting circadian clock. We evolved for millions of years with a sleeping pattern respecting sun movement and you think it's healthy to watch a screen till 5 am LOL. So yes this is totally objective. I say it's subjective so I accept that you prefere the experience of watching live at 4 am, and you say it's wrong ? bro I do a step for a compromise, do one too. How can't it be subjective as everybody can have a favourite way to watch an event I'm done with you I'm not sure if you are trolling or not

2023-11-15 12:11

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Bruh, I had night shifts for years and my sleeping hygiene was much better than now on 9-5. "nooooo, you must compromise" that's for cucks

2023-11-15 12:37

you know alarms exist?

2023-11-12 16:01

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let me introduce something to you : a healthy lifestyle with a good sleeping schedule

2023-11-14 14:20

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you dont have to watch every game... just the ones your team is in. How do you think people from Australia watch majors? or other sports? I watch every F1 race, hasn't impacted my health

2023-11-14 14:25

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if you don't sleep 10pm to 6am everyday you health is impacted whether you like or not. read scientific publications about circadian rhythm + it's impossible for you to know in which health you would be with a strong sleeping routine so that statement is impossible to make

2023-11-14 17:51

Sydney >>>> Shanghai

2023-11-12 13:20

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1000% NO DOUBTS

2023-11-12 22:26

xd timezone hahah

2023-11-12 13:20

#FaZeUp

2023-11-12 13:21

Should be interesting.

2023-11-12 13:21

Yes cs community need this ! We want cs to be popular and competitive in whole world, not only in Europe ! Hope this would motivate the scene in Asia / Oceania / NA. We are better than Valorant!

2023-11-12 13:21

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You are objectively not better then valorant. A one region game that would be dead without it’s main playerbase (Russians)

2023-11-12 22:47

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CSGO was better, only like the last year and CS2 are worse. And i say it as a regular VALO player lol

2023-11-13 22:30

let's hope it's better then dota 2's shanghai major

2023-11-12 13:22

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We don't talk about that 😶 Especially James

2023-11-12 13:26

cant be worse than that lol

2023-11-12 14:12

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Gaming Paradise happened so yes it can

2023-11-12 14:40

Nice!

2023-11-12 13:22

cool

2023-11-12 13:22

nobody liked that

2023-11-12 13:22

AYYYYYYYY

2023-11-12 13:22

LOL gonna be a terrible time schedule for u guys

2023-11-12 13:23

timezones will be fucked holy shit

2023-11-12 13:25

Get ready to learn chinese, buddy

2023-11-12 13:26

Lets gooo

2023-11-12 13:26

major for a dead game will take place in dead region - perfect indeed

2023-11-12 13:27

2 replies

2023-11-12 15:24

Instead of replacing your 20 year old PC, you call it a dead game. I am sorry Vlad, just because you can't play it, doesn't mean it's dead

2023-11-14 12:52

I'm gonna stay up all night but I don't care

2023-11-12 13:27

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what do you think of life

2023-11-12 16:39

Xi Wu major MVP on his home soil lessgo

2023-11-12 13:29

Decent but next one after this Sydney pls

2023-11-12 13:28

Glad no PGL one.

2023-11-12 13:29

Asia major.

2023-11-12 13:29

Biggest L from Valve

2023-11-12 13:29

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L flag L flair L name

2023-11-12 13:33

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Yo what does flair mean? Also, I'm planning a trip to Fiji in a couple months, but don't know anyone there. Would you be able to show me around?

2023-11-12 16:41

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flair is your fav team/player displayed with the heart, its hadji for you. and i dont think there is a single fijian on this site, its just a common sign for weebs. sorry men

2023-11-12 16:48

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lol! now that you kindly explained it to me- I love the reply you posted to the Nerd with no Life kid

2023-11-12 17:17

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L flag. hakim fraudyech scammed my club chelsea

2023-11-12 17:20

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chelsea fc is a scam and destroys talents, club is run by american businessmen that like a nba team. Crespo, shevchenko, wright-philipps, f torres, kezman... hires shit coaches too. tuchel and pochettino are not good. 54 player roster too.

2023-11-13 02:16

youtube.com/watch?v=hNVrqS1wUYY

2023-11-12 13:29

YOOOOO

2023-11-12 13:30

interesting to see Perfect World hosting a major

2023-11-12 13:30

cool EZ for Xi WU

2023-11-12 13:30

Nice news, glad to see new points in cs geography.

2023-11-12 13:32

At least as an Aussie I'll have good viewership time...

2023-11-12 13:32

lowest viewership for a major ever, congrats valve

2023-11-12 13:32

W news

2023-11-12 13:32

does niko play perfect world?

2023-11-12 13:33

Nice

2023-11-12 13:33

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWW CHINA NUMBA WAN

2023-11-12 13:33

When do we get Sauna Major somewhere in Finland

2023-11-12 13:34

Sudden ptsd flashback to dota2 shanghai major that's considered the worst production of all time. Very cool perfect world

2023-11-12 13:34

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This and CAC we are watching now look very low value. Stream sucks constant lags, tech pauses, crown is meh and time zones are just lmao. If you really want to go this way give the Major to Australia instead.

2023-11-12 14:03

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might be biased but, I agree

2023-11-12 22:19

advent major mvp

2023-11-12 13:34

what is this PGL branding copy lmao wait it's china

2023-11-12 13:36

SOLD OUT

2023-11-12 13:36

very cool, really hope cs will be more popular in china/asia

2023-11-12 13:42

First major on home soil for king Xi Wu of team Vitality!

2023-11-12 13:42

I wonder if they'll collect DNA samples of the players to try to create the perfect gamer like they did with the Olympics

2023-11-12 13:46

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Ropz is know for not sleeping for 30 days and insane awareness, no way china mens get their hands on him

2023-11-12 13:59

I forgot they do stuff like that

2023-11-12 22:20

sauce?

2023-11-14 12:53

nice, but Macau better

2023-11-12 13:47

LETS FKING GOOOOO

2023-11-12 13:49

Really? With what i see here on CAC, crowd will be worse than in rio...which was already a shame to cs scene

2023-11-12 13:54

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nothing will be worse than Rio. At least Chinese fans are more likely to appreciate what they see. And this was a smaller event to begin with.

2023-11-12 13:55

Ive got some mixed thoughts, but very happy to see this. I was very scared that Valve would be moving to only 1 major/year

2023-11-12 13:54

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Why? Majors should be only once a year

2023-11-14 12:54

2 replies

I have a crippling sticker addiction

2023-11-14 14:15

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understandable, have a nice day I am afraid to put stickers on my guns

2023-11-14 14:33

Yay, another event that 70% of the world cant watch

2023-11-12 13:54

No pls no, watching matches at 5 AM, have you seen crowd in CAC, this is gonna be suuuuuch a bad major. At this point rather give major to arabs, so at least most of the CS player can watch it properly.

2023-11-12 13:58

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0/8

2023-11-12 14:16

2023-11-12 15:24

Nah the crowd was actually loud, production just muted them for a while idk why

2023-11-12 20:31

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#369

2023-11-12 21:04

wtf, the crowd was great at CAC? IF anything to criticize it's the constant tech pauses

2023-11-14 12:55

we won't be watching

2023-11-12 13:56

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because of this comment they should cancel

2023-11-12 13:58

we would be

2023-11-12 20:16

Asian CS finally gonna become great in CS2

2023-11-12 13:58

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if Asian CS somehow becomes godlike in 2024, we know what to blame)

2023-11-12 14:16

good. lets F ri*t games

2023-11-12 14:03

Cs2 to usher in a new generation

2023-11-12 14:17

Give us the major! Give us the major! Give us the major!

2023-11-12 14:17

WHY?

2023-11-12 14:20

let's goo! not singapore or seattle but still great place

2023-11-12 14:24

7 replies

singapore is extremely mid

2023-11-12 14:53

6 replies

main stage arena on last year ti is goated along with seattle

2023-11-12 14:56

5 replies

seattle is the capital of depression and suicide

2023-11-12 16:49

4 replies

detroit exists

2023-11-12 16:50

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i know but that's how bad seattle is - it remains the capital of d and s despite the existence of Detroit. And you want to bring a fucking major there? come on man, be considerate

2023-11-12 17:18

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i think you don't know that seattle in dota is like cologne or katowice in cs, great arena overall

2023-11-12 17:22

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oh I see - no I dont follow dota - never know what the fuck is going on , who's winning , or what the aim of the game is

2023-11-13 02:18

I thought it was the MMORPG Perfect World that I played in 2010.

2023-11-12 14:37

2023-11-12 14:42

Well this maybe the first major that wouldnt watch at all because timezone

2023-11-12 14:56

thats cool, i love china

2023-11-12 15:00

Make cologne a major again. Best corwd and athmosphere not graveyard like rio or china

2023-11-12 15:05

love it, stand in teams incoming

2023-11-12 15:08

I really wish there was only 1 major a year. It makes it less exciting when theres multiple majors in a year

2023-11-12 15:18

Scripted chinese show incoming

2023-11-12 15:23

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no shit sherlock. Everything is fixed and scripted. It's an entertainment industry

2023-11-12 16:52

Valve trying to appeal to Chinese and Asian scene with their broken game will only push back EU/NA scene. Also, the time schedule will be awful for these regions were the most viewers come from.

2023-11-12 15:25

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Do you realise that by simply being held in China the viewer count will be easily +1/2m? Recent majors barely reached 800k total from 'regions *where the most viewers come from'

2023-11-12 15:32

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We’ll see. Also, there’s a difference between a million viewers from around the world and a million chinamen. The last 3 Majors has had the most viewers ever. And a slight drop off from 2021 has to do with the awful bracket system that resulted in tier 2 teams in playoffs, but that’s going to be changed anyway.

2023-11-12 15:39

Hello ccp

2023-11-12 15:31

China #1 winner will be FaZe

2023-11-12 15:34

Love china !

2023-11-12 15:37

pfff who will watch this

2023-11-12 15:38

Games start at 6am cet?

2023-11-12 15:39

hopefully the hours of matches are going to be adjusted to make sure most of people can watch them without completely destroying their sleep schedule lmao

2023-11-12 15:42

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yeah man. let's fly out all these people across the world for an event just to run it in the odd hours for some people who are going to watch it for free while running a venue for a LIVE AUDIENCE the same way.

2023-11-12 16:05

BnTeT major

2023-11-12 15:47

what about visa issues?

2023-11-12 16:04

Wowie that time zones gonna be awful! Cant wait to hear Europeans complain when games start at 6AM for them (which is about when they start for us everytime and its optimal imo) meanwhile for the Americas the games will be from 11PM-8AM or something, and thats being generous… bruh

2023-11-12 16:08

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yeah yeah cool, but who cares about the americas? It's a European sport

2023-11-14 12:59

Theres never gonna be a Major in Russia. Starladder had the chance and they opted to do one in Germany instead. Thats so telling

2023-11-12 16:20

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Well, there's gonna be no Russian major for a long time after 2022, that's for sure.

2023-11-13 15:20

Oof hard schedule incoming

2023-11-12 16:22

huge huge W for cs2! Breaching new markets! Tired of majors in overcast cities Copenhagen, Paris etc...

2023-11-12 16:25

2023-11-12 16:56

W Cs is huge in china

2023-11-12 17:00

Good for the industry

2023-11-12 17:01

I really hope we dont get whatever disaster happened in dota when perfect world tried to host a tournament. maybe they contract PGL or someone to help.

2023-11-12 17:20

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Hopefully not. Cs tournaments are much organized than Dota and quality of content are much better.

2023-11-12 18:08

this major will supposedly be co-hosted with PGL. And CS tournaments are very well organized compared to other esports.

2023-11-12 19:18

Yeah, as a Dota viewer words "Shanghai Major" gave me a PTSD.

2023-11-13 15:21

If it's gonna be in sh-t timezone, at least it should have been in Australia. Way more deserved, imho - great crowd, already produced some decent players and teams and a region that could do with being pulled back into the spotlight for a bit because of how disconnected it became from the mainstream pro-scene during the forced online era. I understand that Valve are trying to promote the game in a new region where it has tons of room to grow, but I feel they have been negligent of their long time fans as of late, in more ways than just putting the Major into a minor-scene country. Ought to throw a bone to the old dogs from time to time as well.

2023-11-12 17:33

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You are right, but China is a way bigger market and there is already a perfect world business connection and theyve probably been asking valve constantly to host a CS major.

2023-11-12 18:10

Fair take, maybe Oceania and NA major in 2025, please ((

2023-11-12 22:33

They need to kickstart CS in China somehow. Sure AUS deserve it more, but if they don't do anything they lose everyone in China to Valo (which they still might of course)

2023-11-14 13:01

excellent, lets hope we can unite in this beautiful game of ours

2023-11-12 17:53

Some TO should come to continues like Japan, Singapore or here Philippines!

2023-11-12 18:06

doubtful but seems interesting

2023-11-12 19:09

hopefully we can see at least 1 chinese team qualify for it

2023-11-12 19:33

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even if they dont qualify, many will play to fill the gap of teams with visa issues

2023-11-12 20:18

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i doubt there will be many visa issues in China. Its not like in USA. Or at least there wasnt visa problems in this CAC one, only for the replacement of G2 but that was because they dropped out late

2023-11-13 19:33

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they got it 4/5months before the CAC's tn

2023-11-14 01:36

did you forget already about Dycha?

2023-11-14 13:01

Well in 1.6 we had a lit of major tours in china.

2023-11-12 19:40

so they have 1 year to create "crowd sound effects" so they can spam it next time

2023-11-12 20:00

China numba 1

2023-11-12 20:09

Why there out of all places? There are 30 other countries that could and should have a major

2023-11-12 20:14

is 2 weeks enough for everyone to get permission to travel to China?

2023-11-12 20:17

2weeks later after RMR to get the visa. . wp valve

2023-11-12 20:17

China no.1

2023-11-12 20:30

PGL buy Volvo or what? Awful timezone

2023-11-12 20:42

Awesome. The planned second major of 2023 was allegedly supposed to be held in China or Singapore before it got scrapped for CS2 so this is good news.

2023-11-12 20:46

decent time schedules lets go pgl > perfect world, in production??

2023-11-12 22:27

Nice!.

2023-11-12 23:07

+99999 Social Credits

2023-11-12 23:30

I just hope the times are humane and that the chinese dont behave like brazilians

2023-11-12 23:47

China is one of the last countries that should get the privilege to host a major. If Valve want a major in Asia go to Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore and so on. If Valve just want a new major location go to Australia. They're the ones who would deserve it the most.

2023-11-13 00:19

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North Korea can also be a good place for a major :)

2023-11-13 00:37

Name one top 100 South Korean, Japanese, Thai or Singaporean team

2023-11-13 00:39

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Tbf valve killed South Korean cs. There would of been more South Korean talent if it weren’t for the pc bang incident

2023-11-13 00:42

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Actually interested in other Asian CS regions, can you tell me about the PC bang incident?

2023-11-13 00:55

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Basically in South Korea, majority of the gamers play at pc cafes especially at the time. Then valve started charging South Korean cafe gamers 15 bucks a week or month to play cs and destroyed their player base. South Korean players were as dedicated at cs like they were with league and StarCraft until valve ruined it. This is all according to Xeta, in a double tap interview

2023-11-13 03:48

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Also pc bang banned valve games because of the price which put an end to counter strike and I think dota

2023-11-13 04:20

5 people in crowd at japan major pog

2023-11-13 01:07

lmao 10 people crowd at japan singapore major, u need meds pls

2023-11-13 04:01

Major with 32 team please

2023-11-13 00:56

Well gee, how fun. Blatant issues with this aside, I straight up will not bother watching an early Major final.

2023-11-13 04:23

communist major, lets goooooooooooo

2023-11-13 05:03

Im hoping for night games so I can watch in the job

2023-11-13 11:11

Aussies deserved a Major but if it's healthier for the game to get some money and fans then yeah, go for it.

2023-11-13 16:36

Not sure about this but if it's an attempt to strengthen the Chinese market then all power to Valve. It's a good time to market their new game in commuland. Surely crowd will be subdued and tame but I hope the teams bring the hype with them.

2023-11-13 18:32

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I dont think its gonna be tame

2023-11-14 02:57

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I'm willing to bet on it if you are. If the crowd is quiet, boring, no good interaction or otherwise limp or even perhaps empty seats then you put ropz as your fave player until the next major. If the crowd is excited and brings the noise, good signs maybe some memes, cheers and screams (including for non Chinese teams) then I put Moseyuh as my fave player until the next major. Wanna bet?

2023-11-14 03:39

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Lmao sure. Depends on definitions tho, cause did you think CAC was tame? I think far from it, especially on the Chinese stream it was crazy but it was a little muted on ENG stream I got nothing against ropz anyway so its a win win

2023-11-14 04:04

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CAC, Gamers8 = Tame IEM Rio, IEM Sydney = Hyped Then it's a bet *Internet hand shake of honor*

2023-11-15 00:07

You already lost the bet, look at CAC

2023-11-14 13:04

Give it to Antwerp or Paris again, those were the best

2023-11-13 19:18

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2023-11-17 13:30

Its so weird to me that people are saying China dont deserve major and Aus should get it instead. From a western perspective yes but China has more CS fans than Aus and an entire community that has never had a major, aus at least is used to english broadcast etc, so while timezone isnt catered to them essentially everything else is.

2023-11-14 02:59

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