ESL adds conflict of interest clauses in rulebook update

21-12-2023 18:13

The most notable updates were regarding the amount of changes ECL teams can make, regional designations, and conflicts of interest.

ESL has touched up its rulebook ahead of 2024, amending or adding several different guidelines ranging from conflict of interests to the number of players ECL teams can change.

The regions were also updated to more accurately reflect the way ESL runs qualifiers. They are:

1. North America
2. South America & Antarctica
3. Asia
4. Oceania
5. Europe & Africa

The regions can be further divided into subregions, as ESL sees fit.

Regarding ESL Challenger League teams, they can now make three changes up from two, although they will need to keep a majority of their starting lineup from the previous season until they have completed a majority of their matches during the first stage of the regular season.

There were also three bugs added to the allowed list:

- Covering the bomb with objects in the map or graffiti spray
- Using graffiti spray to track the bomb timer
- Silent drops

Two sections have also been added in regards to conflicts of interest, a much talked about topic recently as GameSquare, Complexity's parent company, is lining up an acquisition for FaZe.

Sources: Jason Lake looking to reacquire Complexity from GameSquare

The new paragraphs are:

2.12.1 Conflict of interest for participants

Players and coaches submitted as part of the team are not allowed to have any financial interest in the success of any other participant that is competing in the same competition. They are required to affirm that they have no conflict of interest (including any business entanglement such as shared management or ownership) with any other participant.

2.12.2 Conflict of interest for team staff

No person or entity that has direct or indirect influence or control over any organisation that has a team taking part in the competition is allowed to have direct or indirect influence nor to hold any shares/stocks or other financial stakes in another such organisation. An exception can be made if the involvement is extremely minimal or “unintentional”, e.g. if the amount is so low that any financial benefit of it could never match the direct benefit from the success of the actual organisation.

For a comprehensive list of changes to the rulebook, which also includes game-specific rules, go here.

cool

2023-12-21 18:14

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You did NOT read the whole thing in 1 minute

2023-12-21 18:25

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Too many letters

2023-12-21 18:28

ofc I didn't

2023-12-21 18:44

Bro it's less than 500 words, you can easily read that in under a minute. Really outting yourself here lmao

2023-12-21 19:07

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i have difficulty reading for longer than 25 seconds because i need constant entertainment

2023-12-22 11:39

can't believe I'm in the same region as Antarctica now

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Antarctic flag when

2023-12-21 21:53

Lmao

2023-12-21 22:03

want to see teams from anctartica now..

2023-12-21 22:38

Always a good thing to do.

rip coL

2023-12-21 18:37

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Ex-CoL owner is looking to buy back so coL "might" be still good to pursue NA CS

2023-12-21 20:23

yeah but i feel like its unlikely

2023-12-21 21:34

Antarctica KEKW

2023-12-21 18:19

Using graffiti to track the bomb timer is pretty cool lol

yes but I have no idea why it was even considered a bug.

2023-12-21 23:16

"An exception can be made if the involvement is extremely minimal or “unintentional”, e.g. if the amount is so low that any financial benefit of it could never match the direct benefit from the success of the actual organisation." like what??

2023-12-21 18:21

Idk about current instances. But for example Get Right has some stocks in NiP.

2023-12-21 19:27

Probably something like allu owning a percent of ence

2023-12-21 20:25

Well I know elige had to get rid of his % of liquid as an owner when he left so it has to be really little

2023-12-22 01:39

Is someone at ESL trolling? Antarctica?

lmaooo

2023-12-21 18:30

LEAVE COMPLEXITY ALONE!

2023-12-21 18:22

Who playing CS in the South Pole?

2023-12-21 18:24

I suspect they added that just for the reactions. Pretty cool :)

yeah but mocking BR lowkey

2023-12-21 18:33

as it should be

2024-01-02 12:35

those 5 people in Antarctica that have ever touched csgo finally getting their deserved recognition

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5 is too much of a stretch, i dont even think someone has ever played cs in antartica

2023-12-21 18:31

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"Antarctica's population is comprised mainly of scientific research staff. The number of residents varies, from around 1,100 in the harsh Antarctic winter to around 4,400 in the milder summer months of October to February, plus an additional staff of 1,000 in the nearby waters." I think from 6,5k people at least some have played cs. maybe not in antarctica but anything counts

2023-12-21 18:32

In the Argentinian Antarctica, only 200 people voted in the national elections. I doubt that with those numbers there’s 5 people playing CS there 😂

2023-12-21 19:23

yeah I doubt any of them are active considering they're researchers but I'm gonna be confident on that at least 5 people have in the last 10 years touched csgo. If we include non-permanent researchers too which probably brings up the population by a few thousands we might even find a guy that has touched cs at least once in the last 3 years

2023-12-21 19:30

Can you imagine if they would have to choose between going for a clutch or fighting a polar bear trying to get into their base?

lmao

2023-12-21 19:06

erm- polar bearsh live in the north pole, not the shouth pole 🤓☝

2023-12-22 04:40

Oops. Then fend off those nasty seals as I see that they are the apex predator there.

2023-12-22 06:28

"Players and coaches submitted as part of the team are not allowed to have any financial interest in the success of any other participant that is competing in the same competition." Very non-rigid to the extent that it also means that if FaZe is about to win a Grand Slam, Twizzt effectively cannot compete in the same tournaments they do as he would have a direct financial interest in them winning the tournament, as he would receive his part of the Intel Grand Slam prize money.

That would mean the elimination of financial gain for the part of roster that left the team core though.

2023-12-21 18:36

That was already a rule. For example jks didn't get anything for winning Katowice with FaZe because he joined G2 and competed against FaZe. bo3.gg/news/jsk-wont-receive-his-igs-pri..

2023-12-21 18:41

so bizzare i wouldn't have even thought he'd be eligible regardless.

2023-12-21 21:02

Penguins and polar bears to dominate Americas, know the deal here:

- Using graffiti spray to track the bomb timer how does this work?

2023-12-21 18:39

since the graffiti cooldown is the same as bomb duration so if you do street art the same time you plant the bomb you can press your graffiti menu key and look how much exactly is left of the timer

2023-12-21 19:34

ah okay, thanks. Dont know why they are allowing this, I feel like graffiti shouldnt even be allowed for this reason but also visibility etc. maybe im just a killjoy tho

2023-12-21 19:48

Graffiti cooldown is 45 seconds so you spray before you plant bomb, which will leaving with 40 seconds on the UI when holding graffiti button. But keep in mind getting a kill resets the cooldown so it's a bit finicky.

2023-12-21 22:24

so faze or complexity are doneski's unless jason lakes picks up col for cents on the dollar? and #30 you spray graffiti when you plant has a 40 second cooldown so you can hide and hold T to see how long is remaining so you can peek at 4.5999 seconds and win on time

2023-12-21 18:55

Thank god Falcons is owned by a Saudi Fifa player and not by some entity that owns tournament organizers, huh?

2023-12-21 19:15

Maybe ESL is still bleeding tons of money so there is no financial benefit lul. but yeah thankfully that Fifa player just has millions of dollars lying around to sign all these great players.

2023-12-21 20:27